The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

" St. James's Palace, Feb. G

" The Lord Chamberlain has received so. many more appli-
cations for admission to St. James's Palace on Monday next,
than he has tickets to dispose of, that he is obliged'to take
this mode of expressing his regret to those persons whose
wishes he is unable to comply with, and to whom the Lord
Chamberlain is prevented addressing answers individually."
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Queen, yes-
terday, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Sussex also
visited her Majesty yesterday.
The Earl of Albemarle, Master.. of the Horse, presented
Master Byng, yesterday, at an audience of the Queen, to
kiss hands on being appointed one of her Majesty's pages of
honom, in the room of Mr. Cavendish, promoted.
The Earl of Errol, the Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Mel-
bourne, and Lord Hill had audiences, yesterday, of her Ma..
jesty.
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The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere joined the royal circle
at dinner, last evening, at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager, yesterday, at Marlborough House.

SATURDAY.—The DciChes of Cambridge presented Lady
Augusta Somerset to the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, on being appointed Lady in Waiting on her Royal
Highness.
Madame Dedel, the Lady of the Netherlands Minister,
had an audience of her Majesty, on Thursday, at Buckingham
Palace. . .
The Princess Augusta visited her Majesty yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen.
The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included
the Earl of Errol and Viscount Melbourne.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing, yesterday,
in a carriage.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester,
yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Duke of Sussex visited the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, yesterday, at Cambridge House.
The puke of Cambridge visited tbv Princess Augusta, yes-
terday, at Clarence House, St. Jarnes's.
Lord Lismore and Lord Hill had interviews with Viscount
Melbourne, yesterday, in Downing street.

MONDAY.—We are authorised to announce that persons
will be admitted to St. James's Palace. on Wednesday and
Thursday next, to view the State Apartments and the .Chapek
Royal, with tickets from the Royal Chamberlain, from ten
till one o'clock on each of those days ; and also from Vis-
count Duncannon, from one to four o'clock on the same
days.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha arrived at Buckingham ,Castle at half-past four o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, in Otie of. the Queen s carriages and
four, with out-riders in scarlet liveries, escorted by a nume-
rous party of light dragoons. His Royal Highness entered
by the,marble arch, and was extremely-well received by the
spectators assembled in front of the palace. The Prince
was accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and
Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg and'Gotha, and was attended
by Viscount Torrington. In the carriages that followed
were the Hon. Col. Grey, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvens-
leben, Baron Lowenfels, Mon. de Gruben, Captain Pcelnitz,
and Mr. Seymour. • •

---Her Majesty, accompanied by her august mother, received
his Royal Highness and his illustrious relatives, attended by
the great officers of state of her household, the Lord Stew-
ward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse ;
and also by Lord Byron, LOrd in Waiting; the Right Hon.
George Stevens Byng, • Comptroller of the Household ; the
'Hon. Charles A. Murray, Master of the Household ; the
Hon. Major Keppel, Groom in Waiting ; and Lord Alfred
Paget, Equerry in Waiting:
The Hon. Colonel Cavendish,"the Clerk Marshal, received
the Prince on alighting from his carriage.
The Lord Chancellor. came to the Palace at five o'clock,
attended by the clerk Of the crown, his secretary, purse and
mace bearer ; and having formed a Court, his lordship ad-
ministered to Prince Albert the oaths of allegiance and
supremacy directed to be taken by the act naturalizing the
Prince.

After his Royal Highness had taken the oaths, the Lord
Chancellor directed them to be enrolled in the High Court of
Chancery. •
The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon.
Count Sebastiani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo.
tentiary from the King of the French, had an audience of her
Majesty to deliver his re-credentials. His Excellency was
introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G:C.B. her Majesty's
principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con-
ducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The Countess Sebastiani had an audience of the Queen, on
taking leave. Her Excellency was conducted by Sir Robert
Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. _ . .

The Court was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting,
and the Hon. Major Keppel, Groom in Waiting.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty.
Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday evening. The
company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Kent, and Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha,
their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Saxe Cobourg and
Prince Ernest of Saxe Cobourg, the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Earls of Errol, Uxbridge, and Albemarle, Viscount
Melbourne, Lord Byron, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng,
Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron Lowenfels
Hon. Colonel Grey, Baron Stockmar, Mons. de Gruben,
Captain Pcelnitz, Mr. Seymour, Mr. T. Brand,. the Coun-
tess of Sandwich, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Cocka,
Hon. as caNtendi3h,_Mrs, Brand, Barone:3s Lehzen,

count Torrington, Hon. Charles A. .Murray, Hon. Major
Keppel, and Lord Alfred Paget.
The band of the loyal regiment of Horse Guards attended
at the palace during the evening.
Her Majesty and her august mother, Prince Albert, the
Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Prince Ernest, and
the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household in waiting,
at the palace, attended Divine Service,
,yesterday morning,
in Buckingham Palace. The BiShop of London officiated.
The Rev. Mr. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, was in
waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha went, yesterday afternoon, to pay visits to the mem-
bers of the royal family. His royal highness was accompa-
nied by his father and brother; the Duke and Prince Ernest
of Saxe Coburg and .Gotha, and was attended by Viscount
Torrington, one of the Lords in Waiting on her Majesty
The illustrious party went from the palace to Marlborough
House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager ;
from Marlborough House to Clarence House, St. James's,
the residence of the. Princess Augusta; and from Clarence
House to Cambridge House, the residence of the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge. The route from Buckingham Pa-
lace to Marlborough House was densely lined with specta-
tors, who greeted the prince with frequent _cheering, which
his royal highness very courteously and repeatedly acknow-
ledged.
The Duchess of Kent has been much indisposed for the
last fortnight, from an attack of cold and rheumatism, which
has frequently prevented her royal highness from dining at
the royal table.
By the Duchess of Kent's commands, the print from Mr•
Fowler's portrait of her Majesty was submitted to her royal
highness, who was pleased to express her approbation of it.
The engraving was also presented to the Queen.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday. . •
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and
the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service
yesterday morning, in Grosvenor chapel. Miss Kerr, Baron
Knesebeck, and Colonel Cornwall were in waiting on their
royal highnesses.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marlborough
House on Saturday night from the Royal Military College
at Sandhurst. His serene highness visited the Princess
Augusta yesterday. • • ' -
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester
yesterday.
A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers, and
sat•two hours.