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THE King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace, from Windsor, on Tuesday afternoon. The King honoured the Duke of Wellington with bis presence at dinner at Apsley House in the evening, and the Queen visited the Italian Opera. His Majesty held his Levee on Wednesday. It was attended, as
usual, by the members of the Cabinet and of the Household, and the Foreign .Ambassadors : among the general company were the Earls of Shrewsbury, Harrowby, and Surry, Sir Stratford Canning, Mr. Frank- land Lewis, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Richards, Mr. G. H. Vernon, Ad- miral Tollemache, Sir Edward Owen, and Sir P. Maitland.
In the evening, the Queen visited Covent Garden Theatre; which was very thinly attended,—the pit, second tier of boxes, and the gal- leries, not being one third filled. She was very well received, and cheered by all present. ' Her Majesty held a Drawing-room on Thursday ; at which-the at- tendance of the nobility both British and Foreign, and of the members of Parliament, was very numerous. Among the company, were the Dukes of Northumberland, Argyll, Buceleugh, Cleveland, and Beau- fort, the Marquises of Londonderry and Downshire, Earls of Roden, Sorry, Ormelie, and Courtoun, Messrs. Walter, Scholefield, Richards, Whitmore, Lambert, Boulton, and Dundas.
The King dined in the evening with a distinguished party at Holland House.
The Dutchess of Kent entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Thursday, at the Palace at Kensington ; being the last for the season; her Royal Highness leaving town shortly far the Isle of Wight.
On Tuesday evening, when his Majesty dined with the Duke of Wellington, in honour of the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, on the cloth being removed, preparatory to the health of his Grace being drunk, his Majesty, addressing the Duke, said, " Wellington, have you no other person in the house that fought at Waterloo ?" The Duke answered his Sovereign in the negative : upon which the King replied, " Oh, yes, there are, for I saw two Policemen in the hall %veining the Waterloo medals ; let them be called in and join in drinking your health." The commands of the King were instantly obeyed ; and Mr. Superintendent May, of the A division of Police, and Mr. Inspector Adamson, of the same division, were introduced, and had the honour of drinking the Duke of Wellington's health in the presence of his Majesty. —Morning Herald.
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