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VISITS and parties in honour of their Belgian Majesties have occupied the Court.
The Queen and her illustrious relatives went to the Italian Opera on Saturday and Tuesday ; last night they went to see Rachel, at the same house; and grand dinners were given at the Palace on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday—followed by music. On Thursday, the Queen had an evening party, and the guests were treated with a concert of German music; the vocalists being Madame Linwe, Herr Staudigl, and Tichatschek. Among the visiters at the Palace on these occasions were—the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, Prince Esterhazy, the Duke and Dutchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane ; all the members of the Royal Family except the Queen Dowager ; the Ministers and their ladies; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; and Baron de Boar- -queney, the French Charge d'Affaires. The Queen Dowager, who came to town from Bushy Park on Saturday, paid a morning visit at the Palace. On Monday, the Queen held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace; which was attended by Prince Albert ; when Mr. Fox Maule was sworn a Privy Councillor, and appointed President of the Committee of Council of Trade pro tent. Viscount Melbourne had audiences of the Queen on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday ; and Lord John Russell had an audience on Wednesday.
The Queen and her Royal relatives visited the Duke and Dutchess a Sutherland on Thursday, and partook of a dejeune at Stafford House.
The King of the Belgians held a Court at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday, for the reception of the Foreign Corps Diplomatique.
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