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Tax departure of the King of the Belgians, on Monday, has been the principal event at Court. At the dinner -party given on Saturday at Buckingham Palace, the Duke of Wellington was among the guests in- vited to meet King Leopold. There was an evening party at the Pa- lace on Tuesday.
On Thursday, the Queen held a Privy Council ; at which Sheriffs were appointed for the counties of Cornwall, Radnor, and Devon. Sir Joseph Littledale was sworn a member of the Privy Council, and took his seat at the Board. Prince Albert attended the Council.
The Queen and Prince Albert went to the Haymarket Theatre last night. •
On Saturday, Prince Albert attended at the offices of the Dutehy of Cornwall, at Somerset House, for the purpose of passing the accounts of the revenue of the Dutchy for the past year.
The Queen Dowager and the Duke of Cambridge dined with the Dutchess of Gloucester on Thursday evening, at Gloucester House. Queen Adelaide was attended by the Countess of Mayo and Earl Bowe.
The Dake of Sussex had a dinner-party yesterday evening, in Ken- sington Palace. The Duke of Cambridge was among the company. Wednesday was the birthday of the Duke of Cambridge. Prince Albert paid a visit of congratulation to his Royal Highness; who on his part visited the Duke of Susses and the Dutchess of Gloucester in the course of the day. The Queen has been graciously pleased to command that a full-dress ball should take place in the month of May for the relief of the starv- ing weavers of Spitalfields. Her Majesty has approved of several pat- terns of silk and satin of Spitalfields manufacture.—Morning Chronicle.
The Courier has the following notification as to a recent appointment at the Palace-
" It was at one time expected that the appointment of Superintendent of the Royal Nursery would have been conferred upon the Baroness Lehzen, who at present holds no recognized situation in the Household of the Sovereign ; but whatever the intentions of her Majesty in this respect might have been, they have, it is said, been abandoned at the instigation of the King of the Belgians. Her Majesty, in deference to the judgment of others, consequently gave up all idea of conferring the appointment upon the Baroness. The lady who has since been selected to fill the office is a highly respectable widow named Southey, the sister-in-law of the celebrated Dr. Southey, residing at Canterbury. Her husband was the late Captain Southey, in the Royal Navy. Prince Albert's treasurer and private secretary, Mr. G. E. Anson, proceeded to Canterbury a few days since, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements with Mrs. Southey ; and it is believed that the whole have been satisfactorily com- pleted, and that the duties of Mrs. Southey will commence forthwith. The amount of salary is stated to be 3001. per annum."
It will be remembered that the font used at the christening of the. Princess Royal was made expressly for the occasion, by the especial command of her Majesty. It is believed to have cost nearly 1,000/. The font which was used at the several christenings of the sons and daughters of George the Third and Queen Charlotte is still preserved. amongst the plate belonging to the Crown ; but her Majesty, desiring to have a font to he used exclusively for the christening of her own children, declined (upon the existence of this beautiful piece of plate being notified to the Queen by the Duke of Sussex) to use it upon the recent occasion.—Herald.
The Observer is more particular than the Globe of last week in its announcement of the Queen's " interesting " condition-
" Several of the journals have announced during the past week that her Majesty is again in that interesting state in which' ladies wish to he who love their lords.' We believe the fact to be as stated, and also that it is stated correctly. It is now nearly ten days since information of the pleasing circum- stance was conveyed to us from a quarter on which we have always safely- relied ; and though we declined to give it publicity at the time, it was not from any doubts of the accuracy of our intelligence that we did so, but from a certain delicacy (!) which precluded us from touching on such a topic at such a period."
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