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THE Royal party at Windsor Castle has been enlivened this week by the arrival of an unusual guest. Earl Spencer, by her Majesty's com- mand, forsook for a while the society of his beloved beeves, and on Monday afternoon accompanied Lord Melbourne to Wiiidsor. What occurred at his Lordship's conferences with the Queen,—whether her Majesty wished the Earl to go to Canada, as some not over-wise per- sons surmised, or to the Colonial Office, not so improbable a conjec- ture,—or whether, as we must ourselves suspect, Victoria wished to have the experienced nobleman's opinion respecting a brindle cow, or a specimen of South Down mutton,—is at present a secret to the lieges. Further than this the chronicler of the Court saith not—that Lord
Spencer dined with the Queen, and rode with the Queen, oa Monday and Tuesday, and returned to London on Wednesday mut Mug. With this brilliant exception, the Castle company seems to have been as dull as usual. The Marquis Conyngham and the Earl of Surry, Miss Paget and Lady Lyttleton, Lord Melbourne and Lady Mary Stopford, have had the honour of riding in the morning and dining in the evening with the Queen. The Premier, "loth to depart," is not slow to return. He leaves his Royal Mistress for a few hours only, and hurries back to his com-
fortable quarters. -- The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge returned yesterday to Kew, after a short visit to her Majesty.
The Dutchess of Kent drove on Monday to Kensington Palace; where Sir John Conroy has arrived.
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