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THE Court remained at Claremont till Wednesday. During the Queen's residence there her Majesty received very little company. On Satur- day, the Dutchess of Kent paid a morning visit, and remained two hours. On Sunday, Lord Melbourne went on a visit to the Queen, and remained at Claremont till the following day. Prince Albert spent the forenoon of Saturday and Monday shooting in Claremont Park.
On Wednesday, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and the attendants on the Court, returned to Buckingham Palace.
On the same day, her Majesty held a Court; at which the Lord Mayor, accompanied by a City deputation, presented addresses of congratulation from the Common Council and the Court of Aldermen.
Similar addresses were afterwards presented to Prince Albert; also to the Dutchess of Kent, at her residence, Ingestre House. The Queen gave audiences, on Wednesday, to the Marquis of Nor- manby and Lord Melbourne. On Thursday, the Queen held another Court, for the reception of addresses of congratulation from the Universities of Oxford and Cam- bridge. The deputation from Oxford University was headed by the Duke of Wellington, who read the address. The deputations from the two Universities also presented similar ad- dresses to Prince Albert and the Dutchess of Kent.
The Queen held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace yesterday ; when Sheriffs for the ensuing year were appointed. At this Council it was ordered that the name of Prince Albert should be inserted in the Liturgy. The Queen and Prince Albert went to Covent Garden Theatre last night.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left town on Saturday morning for Coombe Wood, and spent the day shooting. His Royal Highness returned to Cambridge House in the evening.
The Dutchess of Gloucester had a select party at dinner on Monday evening, at Gloucester House. The Dutchess of Kent was of the party.
On Monday, Prince George of Cambridge returned to town, from a visit to the Queen Dowager at Sudbury Hall. We regret to hear that Prince Albert's father, the Duke of Saxe Co- burg, is too indisposed to allow of his being in England by the 10th in- stant, at the christening of the Princess Royal. His Majesty the King of the Belgians is expected to arrive in this country by the 7th instant. —Morning Chronicle.
The Morning Post states, on the authority of "a usually well-informed correspondent," that the royal christening is postponed from Wednesday next till Tuesday the 16th instant. The cause of the postponement is said to be the non-arrival of the King of the Belgians, whose visit was unavoidably delayed. The Queen has received a letter of congratulation on the birth of the Princess Royal, from the Sultan Abdul Medjid. It is thus described by the courtly Observer- " We are assured that this epistle is quite a gem of Oriental rhetoric, and a rare specimen of the flowery eloquence so peculiar to the East. Nor is the form leas remarkable than its tenour ; as may be easily supposed from the fol- lowing particulars, with which we have been favoured from a valued source. The letter is about three feet in length by four or five inches in width. It is written in very beautiful characters, small, but extremely distinct, and evi- dently done with great care. In the margin is the autograph of the Sultan, with an enumeration of all the titles of the Most High and very Powerful Seigneur' which have appertained to his Highness's predecessors from time im- memorial. The paper is of fine quality, resembling, but superior to vellum, and with a fine enamel on its surface. The letter was enclosed in an envelope, and sealed with the armorial bearings of the Sultan. The whole was enclosed in a rich sachet (or small bag, similar to a lady's reticule) of crimson satin, elabo- rately embroidered with silk and gold, and to which were attached a cord suit tassel of bullion of the moat recherche manufacture. Much curiosity has been excited in the highest circles, and by the few distinguished individuals aware of its receipt, to gain a sight of this almost unique specimen of epistolary cor- respondence from the Sublime Porte. We bear that it is much regarded by the illustrious personage to whom it is addressed."
The Windsor correspondent of the Times furnishes the following ac- counts of preparations in the riding-house, and of new appointments in Prince Albert's establishment- " Instructions have been forwarded to Windsor for the new riding-house to he completely finished previously to the arrival of the Court; which is at pre- sent fixed to take place on the 12th instant, in the event of the christening of the Princess Royal not being postponed beyond the 10th, the day originally selected for the performance of that ceremony by her Majesty. The only un. finished portions of the new riding-house are the interior walls, which require plastering, and the wood-work around the ride, which is to be painted. Several workmen are now engaged ; and within a week the whole will be perfected, and the building in a fit state for the use of her Majesty and the Prince. A leap- ing-bar has just been placed on one side, in about the centre of the ride, by command of Prince Albert, to enable his Ro3 al Highness to practice leaping, (even if upon a small scale,) and to render himself more expert at taking a fence than at present ; and likewise to become, from practice, better qualified to follow the Royal buck-hounds upon his next visit to Windsor, without in- curring greater leaping risks' than attend even more experienced and cou- rageous sportsmen. The Prince has scarcely hunted with the Royal pack during the last three months or more. The last time his Royal Highness was out with the hounds was on the 4th November. A new office, that of Stud- Groom has just been created in the Prince's household. This has been con- sidered to be a necessary addition to his establishment, in consequence of his having embarked in the (perhaps to him somewhat expensive) pursuit of horse-breeding."
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