Eby Court.
Tun. King and Queen, on Monday, dined with the Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland, and a select party, at the Palace at Kew.
The Marquis of Lansdowne paid a visit to their Majesties at Wind- sor on Tuesday, and returned on Wednesday to town.
Their Majesties arrived at St. James's Palace en Thursday about one o'clock. Soon after their arrival, the King held a Chapter of the Order of the Bath ; at which Sir George Anson, Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, and Sir Thomas Dallas were invested with the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross.
The King afterwards held a Levee ; which was attended by the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers of State. The general company was not large.
In the course of the day, the Queen, accompanied by Prince George of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, Lord Falkland, and Miss Hope Johnstone, visited the Sorry Zoological Gardens. In the evening, she honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence.
A magnificent state entertainment was given on Thursday evening by the King to the Officers of the Royal Artillery, on the occasion of his presenting to their corps a splendid candelabrum, as a token of his approbation of their services. The Officers appeared in full regi- mentals, and wore their respective insignia of knighthood. Lord Hill, Sir James Kempt, the Marquis Wellesley, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Colonel Egerton, and Major Dundas, were among the company. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria are paying a visit at Plymouth ; where they have met with the most hearty reception.
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