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WINDSOR has lost its Royal guests. During the short stay of the Coburg family at the Castle, the weather permitted frequent walks and rides. At half-past nine o'clock on Tuesday, the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by a s.uall suite, accompanied their guests to town by the Great Western Railway, and thence to Woolwich; where the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, Prince Augustus and the Princess Clemen- tine, and Prince Leopold, embarked for the Continent in the French war-steamer Pluton.
The Queen and Prince Albert remained on board the steamer till its departure, and then repaired to Deptford, to view the dockyard and the new Royal yacht ; Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence playing cicerone. The Royal pair arrived at Buckingham Palace at ten minutes past one.
There the Queen held a Court, for the reception of Prince Alexander of the Netherlands; who arrived at four o'clock, and was accompanied by M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, and introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen. The Queen gave audiences to Earl Granville and the Earl of Aberdeen.
In the evening the Queen and Prince went to the Italian Opera.
At ten o'clock next morning, they returned to Windsor ; going by the Great Western Railway as far as Slough. Prince Alexander, and the Duke of Wellington, arrived at the Castle in the afternoon. They both returned to town yesterday ; as well as Lord Aberdeen, who had also visited the Castle.
The King of Hanover left town on Saturday, to visit the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe; and returned on Tuesday. On Wednesday, his Majesty dined with the Earl of Cardigan ; the Duke of Cam- bridge also joining the dinner-party. In the evening, the King gave an assembly, having issued tickets, as Duke of Cumberland, to between five and six hundred guests. The company began to arrive a little before ten o'clock, The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George came together; the Dutchesses of Cambridge and Gloucester. On Thurs- day, the King visited the Dutchess of Gloucester ; and left town for Kew. Yesterday, the King dined with the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Addington Park.
The Queen Dowager came to town from Busby Park on Tuesday; and proceeded, by the Birmingham Railway, to Whitley Court, in Worcestershire, which has been fitted up for her Majesty's reception.
The Duke and Datchess of Cambridge went to the Italian Opera on Saturday. On Monday, they viewed Westminster Palace. On Thurs- day, their Royal Highnesses received a visit from the Dutchess of Gloucester.
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