the Court.
THE King, in company with Lord Hill, reviewed the Second Regi- ment of Life Guards, commanded by Colonel Lygon, in the Great Park, Windsor, on Monday last ; and afterwards entertained the officers of the regiment with a grand dinner at the Castle.
On Tuesday, their Majesties, attended by a numerous suite, went to Egham Races; and on Wednesday, left Windsor for St. James's Palace, where they arrived about one o'clock. The King gave audiences to several of the Cabinet Ministers, and afterwards held a Levee ; which was attended by the Foreign Ambassadors and principal Officers of the Household. Among the company were the Earls of. Jersey, Mount-Edgecumbe, and Beverley, Lords Western and Dmorben, Messrs. Charles and Robert Grant, Biddulph, Maule, and Law.
In the evening, their Majesties had a grand dinner party.; which was attended by the Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland, the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, Lord Hill, Sir James Kempt, and Colonel and Lady Mary Fox.
On Thursday, the King went in State to prorogue the Parliament. The procession was formed at St. James's Palace about half-past one, and consisted of four carriages and the state coach. The Earl of Albe- marle and Viscount Falkland were in the same carriage with his Majesty : the other carriages were occupied, by Lord Hill, Sir George Rowley, and other officers of the Household. A detachment of the Life Guards escorted the procession. His Majesty entered the House of Lords soon after two o'clock. He wore an Admiral's uniform, and walked with a firm step. The House was by no means crowded either by Peers or strangers ; very few Peeresses attended, but the back-seats were occupied by brilliantly-dressed ladies. The King returned to St. James's Palace soon after three. The streets through which the pro- cession passed were not crowded ; the persons present behaved with decorum, but displayed no enthusiasm.
The King and Queen dine with Mr. Stanley, at his villa at Putney, on Wednesday next ; and visit the Duke of Richmond at Goodwood on Thursday. Early in December, their Majesties, it is believed, will visit Brighton.
The Dutchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended a splen- did entertainment, given on Monday last by Lord Yarborough, at St. Lawrence. The arrival of the Royal visitors was greeted by a dis- charge of seventy-one pieces of artillery from the batteries. In the afternoon there was a meeting of the Carisbrook Archers, and a dajeuner a la fourehette, provided for a hundred and forty persons. Among the company, were the Duke of Norfolk, the Earls and Countesses of Durham and Echester, and the Earl of Errol.
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