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TEE public was startled yesterday evening by the unusual announcement that Queen Victoria was ill. Such appears to be the fact, though the Illness is not of a kind to create serious alarm : the, symptoms are those of the malady bearing the unimposing name of chicken-pock. Of Course this will prevent her Majesty from paying her promised visit to the City on the 30th; but probably Prince Albert will be her proxy, and the Prince of Wales will help to soothe the loyal disappointment.
The Queen gave audience at Windsor Castle, on Saturday, to Mr. Abbott Lawrence, and received his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minis- ter Plenipotentiary from the United States. Her Majesty also gave audi- ence to Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, K.C.B., on his taking leave and proceed- ing to America as British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary to the United States.
The Queen and Princo Albert honoured Lord John and Lady John Rus- sell by being present at the baptism of their infant son, in the Royal Chapel in Windsor Castle, on Tuesday. Prince Albert, the Earl of Carlisle, and Lady Mary Abercrombie, were the sponsors. The Earl of Carlisle was a visiter last week; and this week, Lord Carlisle, Lord John and Lady John Russell, with the Reverend Wriothesley Russell, have been staying at the Castle.
The Dutchess of Kent dined with the Queen and Prince Albert on Sa- turday. On Thursday, her Royal Highness came to town and visited the Dutchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge visited the Dutchess of Gloucester yesterday. The Queen Dowager continues in a precarious state; passing alternately "tolerable nights" and "bad nights," and being reported from day to day as "seriously ill," as "in the same state of indisposition," Scc. On Thurs- day it was stated that she "passed a restless night on Wednesday," but had "rallied slightly" in the afternoon. In the early part of Thursday night, "her Majesty had some refreshing sleep, but towards morning was greatly exhausted by the violence of her cough, and remains rather more feeble than on Thursday."
The Princes Edward and Hermann of Saxe Weimar arrived at Stan- more Priory on Saturday: Prince Edward departed in the evening for Windsor; Prince Hermann remains a visiter at the Queen Dowager's.
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