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THE Q . i1-,:ne service in St. George's Chapel on Sunday. -With h a -• y•al closet. were the Countess of Albemarle, Lade ( l:•■ De ea t. and Lords Melbourne, Ileadf.a.t. Palmer- 1. • On A, the Queen, with the Dutchess of Kent. and
Lady at Buckingham Palace from Windsor. In the
aftertmee. [-at -.\1• erne called upon the Queen. and in the evening he dineti v. tit . :ay. Yesterday Lord Melbourne was again at the Queea', ;nide.
The Quect Dovneer has returned to Lord Howe's, Gopsall Hall, from her r hit to ir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor; and on Monday next she I, expected by the Duke of Ilutland at Belvoir Castle ; where she will remain three days, and this again go to Lord Die. lahs, Newnham Paddox. While at Drayton, Queen Ade- laide, with a splendid party, went to Lichfield, and attended divine service at the Cathedral. Wednesday was the day ; but the Dean ha\ lug received notice of her Majesty's intention, was present, and the inhabitants "turned out en masse to receive the amiable and exemplary w idow of our late revered King." The Morning Post reports that
" her 3Ltjetv was loudly cheered along the route; and at Freeford Marsh a numerous company of the principal inhabitants and gel: try in the neighbour- Lood met the Queot Dowager, and accompanied the iilustrions party to the city. Thy Lichfichl troop of the Queen's Own Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry eseort,d In aleiesty to Lichfield with their tine band and colours. The Queen Dcealesr and suite arrived at the Cathedral precisely at three o'clock, and alighted at the Light gates. Her Majesty's reception was, ai on all pre- TIus 0 ciu.ion during the Royal progress, moot enthusiastic. A triumphal arch of Lierelate:s was erected in the close, which was ornamented with some anropriate dek ices. The Very Reverend the Dean, the Honourable II. E. I.
Howard, ith the clergy and lay members of the Choir, received the Royal vhiter. Previous to the Queen Dowager attending divine service, her Majesty went to the southern aisle to see Chantrey's much-admired monu- ment of Mr. Ilineklev's deceased children. The Queen Dowager was thea conducted to the Dean's pew. The Very Reverend the Dean read. the lessons, and the Prayers as m.rual were chanted by the Choir. Kent's evening service in C smut tl.c Anthem front Me ..1/o.z:iale were the pieces selected; and too =itch praise cannot he given to the Choir for the correctness amid taste they displayed ihi this tine mutate."
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