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Tim Queen had a dinner.party on Monday evening. The princi- pal guests were the Dutchess of Kent, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mrs. Howley, the Duke of Devonshire. the Duke and Dutchess of Sutherland, Lord Combermere, Lord Foley, and the Earl of Ilchester.
On Tuesday, her Majesty, attended by the Dutchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Tavistock, Miss Pitt, Miss Sprii,g Hire, the Earl of Albemarle, and Colonel Cavendish, went to the National Gallery, and viewed the exhibition of pictures. The Queen spent about an hour in the gallery.
Her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council on Wednesday, at the New Palace. Lords Verulam, Powis, and Dundee, were resworn as the Lords. Lieutenant respectively of Hertfordshire, Shropshire, and Ork- ney and Zetland. A design of the royal arms, omitting the arms of Hanover, was approved of by her Majesty. In the afternoon, the Queen took a ride ; and afterwards had a dinner-party. The Duke and Dutchess of Roxburgh, the Marquis and Marchioness of West- minster, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clamicarde, the Marchioness of Tavistock, the Earl and Countess Carlisle, and Lady Robert Grosvenor, were among the company.
On Thursday, the Queen, with the Dutchess of Kent and Baroness Lehzen, visited the Queen Dowager, at Bushey Park. On their road through Twickenham, Isleworth, and other places, the Royal ladies were enthusiastically cheered. They returned about a quarter past six to the New Palace. The Queen had another dinner-party ; including the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, Lord Duticannon, and the Earl and Countess of Tankerville. Last night, the Queen had a concert and dinner company.
A new throne, described as follows by the Morning Post, was erected on Thursday in the Palace— so It is a most magnificent piece of furniture. The platform upon which the gorgeous chair is placed is 16 feet long by 10, and raised three steps from the Boor. It is covered with crimson velvet pile carpeting, over which a canopy is suspended 18 feet in height, decorated with the rose, thistle, and shamrock, in- terwoven with foliage, and surmounted by a beautifully carved crown and cushion. The drapery is composed of the richest crimson velvet of English manufacture, lined with lustring of the same tone. The tester is composed of velvet panelleo, with a broad oak-leaf, and acorn gold lace trimming, with a massive gold rope. Similar decorations are used in forming the drapery of the
inside valance. The valance on the outside is of a different design, and is trimmed with two rows of gold lace, and finished with a deep gold fringe. The curtains, which are exceediegly full, are furnished in a similar manner, and are looped up with a gold rope and tassels; the whole forming one of the most beau- tiful structures imaginable. The chair, which was not finished until a late hour last night, is covered with crimson velvet, and is richly carved and gilt, and embroidered with rows of deep gold lace. The footstool corresponds in colour and magnificence with the decorations above and around the throne."
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