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A Privy Council was held at Buckingham Palace on Monday ; when the Royal Speech on proroguing the Parliament was arranged. The Duke of Sutherland took the oaths as Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. Mr. Spring Rice gave up his seals of office as Chancellor of the Exche- quer; and the Queen handed them to Mr. Francis Baring, who was sworn in a member of the Privy Council, and kissed hands as Mr. Rice's successor.
On Tuesday, the Queen went in state to prorogue the Parliament. Her Majesty wore a splendid circlet, necklace, and ear-rings of dia- monds. The Dutchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Earl of Albemarle, Pilaster of the Horse, sat in the state-carriage op- posite the Queen. The day being very fine, a considerable number of persons lined the route of the procession from the Palace to the House of Lords, and there was occasionally some cheering and also some hisses.
Her Majesty gave a dinner-party in the evening ; at winch Lord Melbourne, Lord Holland, Lord Palmerston, Sir John Hobhouse, and Mr. Poulett Thomson were present. Another party at the Palace, on Wednesday, included Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Devonshire, the Datchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess Granville, and the Earl of Minto.
Another Privy Council was held on Thursday. Mr. Shell was sworn in a member of the Council, and took his place at the Board. Mr. Foulett Thomson took the oaths as Governor-General of Canada.
Yesterday afternoon, the Queen, with the Dut chess of Kent, the Duke Serdinand of Saxe Coburg, the Princess Victoria of Saxe Coburg, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Household at present in attendance on her Majesty, left Buckingham Palace, for Windsor Castle, intending to remain there for the season. The King and Queen of the Belgians are expected to arrive at Ramsgate on Tuesday, and thence to proceed to Windsor on a visit to the Queen. There will be quite a congress of Co:burgs at the Castle.
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