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Thu Queen and Prince Albert remained as long as possible in their retreat et- Osborne House.
Sir James Graham arrived on Saturday, and accompanied the Queen and Priam Albert to Parkhurst Prison. The party spent nearly two hours in seeing the young prisoners at their employments and gymnastic exercises. Sir Amos staid at Osborne House till Monday, and then returned to town.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert set out in the Fairy steamer' on Tuesday morning, for Gosport; whence they brought the King of Holland to their He staid to lunch, and returned to town in the afternoon.
The Queen and Prince Albert left Osborne House yesterday morning, and came . by the usual route to town; arriving at Buckingham Palace soon after twelve o'clock.
At half-past two o'clock, the Queen held a Privy Council; which was attended by most of the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of the Household. Her Majesty gave audience to several gentlemen; among others, to the Baron de Hugel, Wirtem- berg Minister, Mr. Everett, late United States Minister, the Baron de Gersdorf4 late Saxon Minister, on taking leave; to Mr. Louis M`Lane, United States Minis- ter, on delivering his credentials; to Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, on his appointment as Solicitor-General, and to Mr. Emerson Tennent, on his appointment as Colonial Secretary in Ceylon. The Royal Speech on proroguing Parliament was settled.
Wednesday was Prince Alfred's -birthday; which was marked at Windsor by the usual signs of rejoicing.
The King of Holland has distinguished the last week of his stay in England by a full share of that activity in visiting and assisting at spectacles which elm- raeterizes the royal class of society. He has generally been attended by Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, M. Dedel, Dutch Minister, and his suite. On Saturday, his Majesty dined with Sir Robert and Lady Peel, in Whitehall , Gardens. Of the party were, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Baron and Baroness Brunow, the Marquis of Westminster, and other distinguished persons; covers were laid for twenty-seven. At half-past ten o'clock the King went to the Italian Opera; and most of the company followed.
On Sunday, the King attended Divine service at the Dutch Chapel in Austin- friars ' - afterwards went to see the Temple, and paid several visits. At half-past seven his Majesty arrived at Apsley House, where a banquet was prepared for his entertainment. When received by his host, the King shook him cordially by the hand, exclaiming, "My dear Duke, bow delighted I am to see you!' There were forty guests, including the Dutchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince George, and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar. The King took his cone at ten o'clock, when the company broke up.
On Monday, his Majesty, as a Field-Marshal in the British Army, reviewed troops in Hyde Park. He set out from Mivart's Hotel a little before eleven, with Prince George of Cambridge and a brilliant staff of officers. On the ground he was received by the Duke of Wellington_ The troops reviewed were those of the London district, the Royal Horse Guards (Blue,) the Fourth Light Dragoons, the First and Third Battalions of Grenadier Guards, the First and Second Batta- lions of Scotch Fusilier Guards, and two troops of Horse Artillery. The whole were 'first inspected; then they marched by in slow and quick time; and divers evolutions followed, with skirmishing, charges of cavalry, and cannonading by the His Majesty repaired to Tilney Street, where Colonel and Mrs. ews artillery. The King left the ground at one o'clock, much cheered by the D= had prepared a splendid dejeimer; thence to Lambeth Palace, where a luncheon waited; in the afternoon to Bushy Park, to dine with the Queen Dowager, other . Royal guests meeting him; which leaving at ten o'clock, his Majesty returned to town by midnight, and honoured with his presence shall given by Lady Lanza. Meyriek in Curzon Street, to "nearly four hundred of the haut ton." he King left Mivart's Hotel at twenty minutes Toast nine o'clock on Tuaday, and repaired by the South-western Railway to the Isle of Wight; whence he returned by seven, and dined with the Earl and Countess Delawarr. • "
On Wednesday, his Majesty went, quite unattended, to breakfast with Lord }Item, Somerset; spent three hours in viewing the new Houses of Parliament, the cartoons in Westminster Hall, and the National Gallery; and dined with the Earl and Countess of Jersey, meeting the same Royal friends as elsewhere. The Countess also gave an evening party, with dancing.
Thursday morning was passed in receiving and paying farewell visits. The Duke of Cambridge called at the hotel, but the King bad already gone out. His Majesty visited all the members of the Royal Family in town, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and others. In the evening, Baron and Baroness Brunow took their turn in feasting the Monarch; who was met by the Royal guests that had become so familiar to him within these few days. After a few more farewell visits—from Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, and to Sir George Murray—and partaking of a dejeener at the Dutch Embassy—the King, attended by several distinguished friends, proceeded yesterday afternoon to Woolwich, embarked in his steamer the Cyclops, and set out on the return to his dominions.
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