Buckingham Palace remains in state quo. The preparations for completing
the building as a royal residence have been long in a for- ward state : it is still, it is understood, uncertain whether the Royal Family will occupy the Palace by February next.—Globe. [We be- lieve that the King hates the very idea of living in this mass of damp ugliness.] The Princess Sophia of Gloucester and suite have left Curzon Street for her Highness's villa at Blackheath ; where the Dutchess of Gloucester paid the Princess a visit en route from the Continent.
Prince George of Cumberland has left Nordeneye, to join the Duke and Dutchess of Cumberland at Berlin.
It is said that Pozzo di Borgo has been prevailed upon by the Em- peror of Russia to undertake the embassy to this country.
The Duke of Buceleuch has arrived at his seat, Bow Hill, in S-elkirkshire, from Blair Forest, his shooting. lodge in Perthshire. The Marquis of Douro, Lords Maraliam, and John Scott, have been participating in the sports of the field on his Grace's estate.
The Duke and Dutchess of Sutherland were expected to return to Trentham Hall on Tuesday, from a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth.
The Duke of Hamilton has arrived in Portman Square, from Hamilton Palace.
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