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THE usual routine of quiet life at the Castle was broken in upon by a little public business on Wednesday ; when the Privy Council met. The Council was attended by Prince Albert, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Haddington the Earl of Ripon, Sir Edward Knatchball, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, and the Earl of Jersey. Par- liament was ordered to be prorogued from the 10th instant to the 13th of December. [This day is named only pro forma; the real meeting of Parliament is not expected till the usual time—about the beginning of February.] The Queen's consent was given to the marriage of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge with the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
After the Council, the Ministers and Great Officers of State returned to town by the Great Western Railway.
Earl Spencer has been a visiter at the Castle : he arrived on Tues- day, and departed on Thursday. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived, on a visit to the Queen, on Tuesday.
The Dutchess of Gloucester arrived in town, from a country-tour, on Monday ; and Gloucester House has been the scene of several family visits. On Tuesday, the Dutchess of Cambridge, Princess Augusta, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz visited the Dutchess. The Duke of Cambridge, who arrived in town from New- market on Wednesday, paid a visit in the afternoon, and then rejoined his family at Kew. On Thursday, the Dutchess gave a (Wenner ; which the Dutchess of Kent rode over from Frogmore, and the Cambridge family with the Grand Duke from Kew, to partake. Yesterday, the Dutchess of Gloucester went to Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen.
The Grand Duke went to Covent Garden Theatre on Saturday.
The Queen and Prince Albert are expected to leave Windsor for the Duke of Wellington's seat, Walmer Castle, on the 10th; the Duke giving up the Castle for their use. Thence, it is understood, the Court will proceed to Brighton ; and will return to town in about a month or six weeks ; when the Queen will lay the first stone of the Houses of Parliament.
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