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TI 1E King arrived at St. James's Palace, from Windsor, on Wednes- day afternoon : the Dutchess of Gloucester was at the Palace to re- ceive him. Soon after his arrival, the King held a Levee ; which was attended by the Foreign Ambassadors and Officers of State ; but the general company was not numerous. His Majesty gave audiences to Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, and Lord Hill; and returned to Windsor in the evenieg.
The Queen intends to hold Drawing-rooms on Thursday the 24th March, Thursday the :.'1st April, Thursday the 5th May, Saturday the 28th May (in celebration of the King's birth-day), and on Thurs- day the 16th June.
The Princess Sophia met with a serious accident, at Kensington Palace, on Friday last. .According to the published account, she was passing by the fire-place, with a bottle of spirits of wine in her hand, when a spark flew out upon her gown : she stooped " to extinguish the small portion of her dress which had ignited," when the stopper of the bottle dropped out, and part of the "spirituous liquid coming in contact with the flame, instantly caught fire, and enveloped her Royal Highness in flames." She called out " Fire, fire !" as loud as her lungs and her terror would permit ; whereupon Mr. Harrington, her page, and Mrs. Cochran, her dresser, came to her Royal Highness's assistance, and, with the help of several servants, prevented any more severe injury than the scorching of her neck, her right ear, and eye- brow. Her cap and collar were entirely destroyed. Such is the ac- count given of the accident in the newspapers.
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