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THE Queen joined the dinner-party at Buckingham Palace on Mon- day : the company consisted of the Dutehess of Kent, Viscount :Melbourne, and the usual Court circle in attendance. The Princess Royal was vaccinated on Monday, by Mr. Blagden, in the presence of Sir J. Clark and Dr. Locock. On Wednesday, the Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, escorted by a party of Lancers: the Princess Royal and her nurse followed in another car- riage. They set of at half-past eleven, and arrived at Windsor about half past one.
The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Household, attended divine service yesterday in the private chapel in the castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert afterwards walked on the terrace for half an hour. The Prince, attended by Lord Litton], Mr. 0. E. Anson, Sir E. Bowater, Captain Seymour, Mr. Rich, and 1)r. Pretorios, skated for some time on the lake in Erogmore Gardens. The Duke of Cambridge returned to London on Saturday, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at Middleton Park, Oxford- shire. On Wednesday evening, his Royal Highness attended the Concerts d'Iliver at Drury Lane. The Dutchess of' Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, left her residence, Ingestre House, on Thursday, on a visit to the,Queen at Windsor Castle.
A Court mourning, commencing on Sunday last, to change to-mor- row, and to terminate on the 31st, has been ordered for the Dow- ager Princess of Reus Koestritz, the Queen's great aunt.
The Windsor correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says, that from the nature of the instructions which have just been received at the Castle, it appears to be more than probable that the christening of the Princess Royal will take place there shortly after the meeting of Par- liament. The precise time will mainly depend upon the convenience of the King of the Belgians, who has signified his intention, as one of the sponsors, to be present at the ceremony, it' possible. The same correspondent gives the following important intelligence of preparations for the recreation of the Queen and Prince Albert- " It is said to be the intention of her Majesty, acting upon the advice of her medical attendants, to take daily equestrian exercise in the new riding-school, as soon as that edifice shall have been completed. The continued fiost has de- layed considerably the progress of the workmen who were engaged in the plastering-work of the interior walls. These are the only portions of this part of the building which are in an unfinished state ; but a few days genial weather
would enable the school to be perfected for the use of the Sovereign. Eighteen of her Majesty's saddle-horses arrived at the Royal Mews, from ham Palace, on the evening belbre the arrival of the Court at Windsor. The bil- liard•table in the Castle, which has been but little used since the time of his late Majesty 'William the Fourth, until the arrival of Prince Albert, is now
placed in the apartment which was formerly the Equerries' waiting-room. The Lord Chamberlain, at the desire of Prince Albert, and by command of her Majesty, ordered, on the day before the Court arrived at the Castle, the gas to be laitIon in the billiard-room, and four elegant burners to be suspended from the ceiling over the table, in order that his Royal Highness might retire occa- sionally in the evening with his friends and the members of the Royal House- hold to enjoy the amusement of a game at billiards."
The correspondent of the Herald announces that a wonderful gray parrot has been added to the Royal Establishment, which has been pur- chased for Prince Albert for 50/. Among its other qualifications, the parrot sings, " with great apparent feeling," the first verse of " The flag that braved a thousand years" ; it also sings, " with considerable humour," the first verse of " Jim Crow," with the whistling and jump- ing accompaniment : finally, when convivial, it drinks the health of the Queen and Prince Albert. This wonderful bird has been placed under the appropriate special care of Baroness Lebzen.
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