gbe (num THE Queen has left the quiet of Windsor
for the courtly bustle of Buckingham Palace. Before her departure on Monday, her Majesty received a congratulatory address from the Eton scholars, on her late escape; presented by the two senior scholars, Mr. Browning and Mr. Hulse. The Queen and Prince Albert, with Count Mens- dorf and Count Hugh Mensdorf, left the Castle at half-past eleven o'clock, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars; the other Counts Mensdorf, with three ladies of the suite, following its another carriage. At slough, the party betook themselves to the railway ; on which the Queen tnede her first trip. Preparations had been made secretly for her reception ; and the Royal saloon, in the centre of two Royal railway-carriages, was fitted up with additions' magnificence. The special train was drawn by the Phlegethon engine; and a second-class carriage was placed next to it, three trucks bringing up the rear. The Queen was received by Mr. C. Russell, the Chairman of the Company, Mr. F. P. Barlow, a Director, and Mr. C. Saunders, the Secretary. Mr. Brunel, the Chief E tgineer, accompanied by Mr. Gooch, the principal of the locomotive department, drove the engine. The train started from Sloutah at precisely twelve o'clock. At the Pad- dington terminus a large party had been privately invited to witness the arrival of the Queen ; which took place at twenty-five minutes past twelve, amid loud and repeated cheers. The Royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before one o'clock. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were brought to town by the common road, and arrived at a quarter past one. The Dutchess of Kent came to Clarence House from Frogmore is the evening. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council soon after her arrival. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had an audience, at which her Majesty fixed this day for receiving the addresses of the Corporation. Count Keilmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, had an audience. At the Council, the Queen made a declaration signifying her appro- bation of the marriage of Prince George of Cumberland with the Princess Alexandrine Mary, daughter of the Duke of Saxe Altenburg, A proclamation was ordered to be issued respecting a new coinage of half-farthings. Her Majesty gave audiences to Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Fitzgerald, and Lord Wharncliffe. The Queen held a Court on Wednesday, for the reception of addresses of congratulation from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the City of London. The address from Oxford was presented by the Duke of Wellington, Chancellor, and the chief officers of the Uni- versity ; that from Cambridge by the Duke of Northumberland, Chan- cellor, and the other chief officers. The Lord Mayor and Corporation of London arrived in state ; and the address was read by the Recorder. There was a drawing-room at St. James's Palace on Thursday. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Counts Mensdorf, ar- rived from Buckingham Palace in the usual order. The Dutchess of Kent and the Dutchess of Gloucester were present. Among the man, names of those presented we see Duarkanauth Tagore Zettandar, end.
Lady Begot, to take leave on her departure for Canada. The Queen gave audiences to the Lord Chamberlain and to Colonel Walton, Field- officer in Waiting. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Counts Mensdorf went to the French play on Monday ; on Tuesday, to the Italian Opera ; on Wed- nesday, to a dinner given by the Dutchess of Sutherland. The Royal party arrived at Stafford House, in a private manner, soon after eight. The Dutchess of Kent was already present. In the latter part of the evening there was a dance in the gallery, and the Queen and Prince Albert danced in several quadrilles. They did not take their departure until after midnight. The Dutchess of Gloucester paid a visit at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
The Queen Dowager, the Duke and Dutchess and Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, and Dutchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Tuesday ; and the same party went to the Opera in the evening. On Wednesday, the Queen Dowager and the Saxe Meiningen family went by railway to Southampton, and thence to Hyde, to reconnoitre and choose a three-months residence for Queen .Adelaide in the Isle of Wight. On Thursday, the loyal inhabitants voted an address to the Queen ; but as sbe had expressed a wish to avoid any public ceremony, it was sent to Earl Howe for presentation. The Queen and ber friends returned to town yesterday.
Dutchess Ida, Prince Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, embarked at the Customhouse, in the Columbine steam-packet, for the Continent, at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning.
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