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THE event in the Court history of the week is the celebration, yester- day, of the Queen's birth-day. The morn was ushered in with the ringing of bells, and at one o'clock the guns were fired in the Park and the Tower.
The Queen held a drawing-room at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace at about two o'clock, in three carriages. Her Majesty was cheered by the people assembled in the Park to witness the procession. About half-past one, the carriages of the Queen's relatives began -to arrive : next came the Foreign Ambassadors, the Ministers, the Great Officers of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Judges, the Knights of the several Orders, all in state dresses ; and then followed a long line of distinguished visiters, gorgeously attired.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Hereford, Salisbury, Glou- cester and Bristol, Lichfield, St. David's, Chichester, Lincoln, Durham, Ely, Ripon, Norwich, and Bangor, presented an address of congratu- lation to the Queen.
After the drawing-room, Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Normanby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,i.nd Sir John Campbell, gave full-dress dinner-parties in the evenin gW At night, the club-houses, the theatres, and some private houses, were illuminated. On Thursday, the Queen held a Court ; at which Dr. Pepya did homage on his translation to the see of Worcester. The Queen. gave a concert at Bukiugham Palace on Monday evening. The grand saloon was fitted up as a music-room; and the Picture-gal- lery and Yellow Drawing-room were also opened. The Dutchess of Kent, the Duke and Dutebess of Cambridge, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, were among the company. The singers were Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache, and Mario, Madame Persiani, Madame Grisi, and Madame Viardot : the music was more varied than is usual at her Majesty's concerts ; for the selection comprised the names of Mozart, Haydn, Rossini, Martini, Donizetti, Mosca, Nicoli, Bellini, Schubert, Costa. The Queen had another concert last night ; consisting of pieces by Cimarosa, Beethoven, Spohr, and Mendelssohn. The superior taste of this selection is ascribed to Prince Albert. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Prin- cess of Leiningen and the Dutchess of Kent, visited the Italian Opera on Saturday and on Tuesday. The Queen gave audiences, on Sunday, to Viscount Melbourne; on Monday, to Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell ; on Tuesday, to Viscount Melbourne ; on Wednesday, to Viscount Melbourne ; on Thursday, to the Marquis of Normauby and Viscount Melbourne. A Cabinet Council was held on Thursday afternoon, at the Marquis of Lansdowne's (the Marquis being laid up with gout): all the mem- bers of the Cabinet attended. Prince Albert dined with the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace, on Thursday. The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge gave a gaud dinner at Cam- bridge House on Wednesday, to the noble Directors of the Ancient Concerts. The Princess of Leiningen visited the British Museum on Wed- nesday.
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