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THE circle at Court has received an important accession in the King of the Belgians. His Majesty left Ostend at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, in the Princess Alice steamer ; and landed at Woolwich at eight o'clock in the evening. He was received, with the usual honours, by Lord Rivers, Captain Francis Seymour, and M. Van de Weyer ; entered a royal carriage, and proceeded at once to Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Queen of the Belgians visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday ; and the Dutchess of Kent visited at the Palace daily, joining the dinner-circle in the evening. Her Majesty gave an audience to Sir Robert Peel on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Queen, accompanied by the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by the suite, left town for Windsor. The party occupied four carriages and four, and was guarded by the usual escort ; proceeding from Paddington to Slough by the Great Western Railway.
The Dutchess of Kent left town for Kew, where her Royal Highness partook of a dejeuner with the Dutchess of Cambridge ; and thence went on to Frogmore, joining the dinner-party at the Castle in the evening.
M. Van de Weyer arrived at the Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Queen Adelaide visited the Dutchess of Kent on Saturday ; and was visited by the Dutchess on Sunday. On Tuesday, her Majesty left Marlborough House for her residence at Bushy Park. The Dutchess of Cambridge went to the Italian Opera on Saturday. On Monday, with the Princess Mary, her Royal Highness paid a visit at Buckingham Palace.
General Tom Thumb, the American dwarf, exhibited at Marlborough House on Friday ; at Buckingham Palace on Monday.
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