El , COMM Tins King held a Privy Council on Monday,
at St. James's Palace; when Viscount Combermere, Lord Wbarncliffe, Sir James Scarlett, Sir Edward Sugden, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Mr. Alexander Baring were sworn in as members of the Privy Council.
On the same day, Sir Robert Peel kissed hands as First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Goulburn as Home Secretary, Lord Wharricliffe as Lord Privy Seal, Sir Edward Knatchbull as Paymaster of the Forces, and the Earl of Jersey as Lord Chamberlain.
In the evening, the King attended the performance of Terence's Eunuch by the boys of Westminster School.
There was a small dinner-party at the Paler* on Tuesday evening. It was attended by the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, Earl and Countess Mayo, Lord Hill, and Lord Byron.
On Wednesday, the company at the Royal dinner-table were—the Marquis of Winchester, Lords Hill, Ducie, Byron, and Adolphus Fitzelarence. The Duke of 1Vellington, the Marchioness Wellesley, the Earls of Jersey, Howe, Denbigh, and Mayo, with Lords Hill, Fitzroy Somerset, and Sir John Macdonald, dined with tie King and Queen on Thursday.
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