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The enjoyments of the Royal circle have been broken in upon by a visitor who respects not the persons of royalty more than of com- monalty. The Princess Louisa of Saxony, after many months of suf- fering, expired on Wednesday. The event had long been 'regarded as inevitable ; and for some time past, had been matter of daily expecta- tion ; but no preparation ever made the visit of death otherwise than terrible, and oo length of anticipation ever made it appear otherwise than sudden when at length it came. The Queen sat beside her niece until past four on Wednesday morning ; and no sooner was the fatal event, which took place about six, made known to her, than she rose and hastened to the chamber of her sister, the Dutehess of Saxe Weimar, to mourn along with her. We have before noticed the ex- tremely amiable conduct of the Queen during the illness of her niece; No mother's tenderness could have been more exemplary. The disease of which the young Princess died was an affection of the spinal chord. The King held a Levee on Wednesday, at St. James's Palace; there not being time to postpone it. The University addresses, on the oc- casion of the late attack on his Majesty's person, were presented, by deputations from each. There were also a number of similar addresses from various parts of the country. The King returned to Windsor at five o'clock. The Court will go into mourning to-morrow ; the mourning willeon- tinue until the 5th August. The next Levee will be held on Tues- day, instead of Wednesday.
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