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THE King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace about noon on Wednesday. The King held a Levee at two o'clock. The Marquis of Conyngham kissed hands, as Lord Chamberlain, and received his wand and gold key of office from the King. Lord Morpeth was pre- sented, as Irish Secretary.
Among the general company at the Levee, were Lords Lyndhurst, Cowley, Rolle, and Granville, Mr. Frederic Shaw, Sir Edward Sugden, Sir Henry Parnell, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Colonel Fox, and Mr. Newton Wigney. The King gave audiences, after the Levee was over, to Lord Mel- bourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Hill, Lord Albemarle, and Lord Glenelg.
In the evening, their Majesties returned to Windsor. The Dutchess of Kent gave a concert at Kensington Palace on Monday evening. Malibran and Grisi, with Tambnrini, Ivanhoff, Rubini, and Lablache, were the principal performers. The company consisted of noblemen and gentlemen of all parties, though the Whigs predominated in number very decidedly. Among the latter, were the Dukes of Devonshire, Grafton, Somerset, Argyle, and Sutherland ; Lords Durham, Roseberry, Grey, Kerry, Fitzwilliam, Uxbridge, Al- bemarle, Sefton, Surry, Morpeth, Palmerston, Ebrington, and Morley; Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir Henry Parnell, Sir John Hobbouse, and Colonel Fox. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Wharncliffe were the only distinguished members of the late Ministry whose names we find in the list.
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