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THE Queen has led an unusually quiet life at Windsor ; walking each morning with Prince Albert in the Home Park, and taking a ride in a pony phaeton in the afternoon. The Royal infants have been carried out daily.
The Datchess of Kent joined the circle at the Castle on Saturday; Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Prince George of Cambridge on Thursday.
Prince Albert has varied his rides with field-sports: on Monday, he enjoyed a run with the beagles ; on Wednesday, " the favourite hind Snowdrop" was turned out before the Queen's buckhounds at Salt Mil, and made a good run for Prince Albert and a large assemblage of sportsmen ; and yesterday, the Queen, Prince Albert, Prince George, Prince Edward, with a numerous attendance, hunted with the beagles in the Great Park.
The Queen Dowager has derived much benefit from the milder weather this week, and has been enabled to leave her chamber for the first time since the illness which attacked her in November. Saturday was the birthday of Prince George of Cambridge ; and his Royal Bigness attended on the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House and the Duke of Sussex at Kensington Palace, to receive their felicita- tions. The Dutchess of Gloucester rode over to Kew to congratulate the Duke and Dutchess ; who gave a dinner on the occasion, in the evening.
On Tuesday, the Duke of Cambridge came to town and visited the Dutchess of Gloucester ; and on Wednesday his Royal Highness de- parted for the Duke of Rutland's seat in Lincolnshire, Belvoir Castle.
The Dutchess, of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta left Kew on the same day, for Strathfieldsaye, to join the Duke of Wellington's party ; and Prince George proceeded thither from Windsor Castle yesterday.
The Datchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager on Wednes- day.
We have great satisfaction in announcing that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will forthwith be appointed by her Majesty Lord Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall, vacant by the decease of the Marquis of Hertford. From what we have heard, we have no hesitation in con- gratulating the county on this appointment of his Royal Highness ; who, we believe, will apply himself vigorously to the reformation of the business at the Datchy Office, and direct that the appeals now pend- ing from the Vice-Warden's Court here shall be immediately disposed of. This announcement will, we feel assured, be received with plea- sure by the suitors and the county at large.—Falmouth Post.
Prince Albert is to lay the foundation-stone of the new district church at Windsor, at eleven o'clock on Monday ; so early an hour being named because it is expected that the Court will leave the Castle for town after luncheon.
Several Royal donations are announced: the Queen has given 201. to the Brighton Female Orphan Asylum, and Prince Albert 10/. ; the Prince has given 30 guineas to the Royal Humane Society ; and the Queen Dowager has given 201. towards the erection of a church at Nailsea in Somerset, and 104 to the Charity and Sunday Schools of East Moulsey in Surrey.
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