THE COURT OF KING Miriam —The Queen, with her usual
good-natured condescension, attended at a cricket match played on a leaturday last, by the buys of the Rev. Mr. Evorard's school, in which George of Cumin idge was a party. The game continued till dusk in the evening ; and during the whole of its progress, the Queen remained a pleased and interested spectator. The Princess Augusta accompanied her Majesty, and at four o'clock the Duke of Cambridge joined the Royal party. The King and Queen have during the week been experimenting on the tolerance of their Brighton subjects. On one occasion, they alighted from their carriage, and not only walked, like mere mortals, in presence of, but actually among the company ! They are said to have been incommoded by the gazers that clustered round them. Looking to the length of time that their Majesties have been at Brighton, this was . altogether inexcusable. Had they resided as long among a parcel of labourers or tradespeople, they would have been permitted to walk about and amuse themselves without molestation ; but there is no such rude people on earth as the vulgar great and fashionable.
The Laudgravine of Hesse Homburg is almost entirely recovered.
The ex-Duke of Brunswick has at last had an audience of the King. It took place on Saturday, and lasted for some hours. The Duke was at Covent Garden on Monday. A courtly contemporary says, in his paper of this morning, that he looked very low. Certainly we should hardly expect any thing great in the appearance of his Highness. He was accompanied by the son of a Brunswick joiner, named Bitter, whe is his chief companion.
The King will, it is said, visit Drury Lane on Thursday the 28th, and Covent Garden on Thursday the 9th. This is, however, an on dit merely; we believe no intimation has been given to the theatres on the subject.
The visiting-cards of the French Ambassador bear merely the words " Le Prince Talleyrand." We rather wonder, under a Citizen King, he did not prefer M. de Talleyrand.
The Duchess de Berri is at present in London, where it is said she means to pass the winter. The Court Journal says, the air of Edin- burgh is not volatile enough for her Highness. What will the land of hills say to this ? Can it not afford wind even to its visitants ?
The Marquis of Hertford is about to quit England for Marseilles, where he and his suite will pass the winter months. The noble Marquis purposes returning in March. We are sorry, though not surprised, to hear that the good and great Lord Stowell is so feeble as to be wholly confined to his chamber. His Lordship has been nearly blind for a considerable time.
The Duke of Sussex will attend the feast at the Guildhall. The pre- parations are rapidly proceeding ; and, without being the most expensive, there is reason to expect that the entertainment will be the most elegant ever given by the City. The arrangement of the procession is not yet finally determined. Parliament will be formally opened by the King in person, on Tues- day sennight. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel will give the customary dinners on Monday, when the Royal speech will be read to the Ministerial favourites. The Commons business next week will be limited to swearing in the members and electing a Speaker. The election will probably be made on Friday; when an adjournment will take place to Tuesday. On Saturday, or on Monday, his Majesty will hold a Court for the approval of the Speaker.
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