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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-21 00:00:00

presented, yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, by
Ole Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Anglesey, and
the Earl of Ripon. 4
The Duchess of Kent also received the message of congra-
tulation from the House of Commons, 'tin the same auspi-
cious event. The message was presented to the royal
duchess by the following members deputed by the house :
the Earl of Lincoln, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., Sir
Matthew Wood, Bart., Mr. Campbell, of Islay, and Mr.
Villiers Stuart.

WINDSOR.—MONDAY EVENING.
(From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
The question of " precedence" with reference to Prince
Albert, and the whole of the male branches of the royal
family (which one would have supposed had been set at rest
by the withdrawal by the Premier of a certain clause from
the Prince's Naturalization Bill) is still a matter of extreme
difficulty to 'be arranged by the Court and the Cabinet.
Lord John Russell, when he stated, in reply to the question'
from Mr. W. Duncombe (in the House of Commons on
Friday evening), if it were intended to insert the name of
Prince Albert in the Liturgy, that " he had no intimation to
give the honourable member on the subject," evidently
shirked the question ; because I happen to know that more
than one discussion has taken place at the castle, during the
past week, as to whether the name of his royal highness
should be inserted in the Liturgy before or after that of the
Queen Dowager. However, as it is expected that the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury will cause the necessary instructions
on the subject to be sent to the clergy throughout the king-
dom before Sunday next, the public will soon perceive how
this point has been decided.
But there is another matter, in connection with the sub-
ject of the prince's precedency, which (taking into considera-
tion the withdrawal of the clause to which I have alluded) is
a source of very considerable embarrassment and anxiety to
the court and her Majesty's advisers. I allude to the posi-
tion which the banner of the prince, as knight of the Garter
is destined to occupy in Saint George's Chapel—whether her
Majesty as the Sovereign of the order, will command Sir
William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms, to displace
the King of Hanover, and seat his royal highness in the
stall now occupied by his Majesty ; or whether the prince
will have a stall appropriated to him next, in point of prece-
dency, to the last elected foreign prince, which chances to be
the reigning Duke of Saxe Gotha, his royal highness's father.
Should her Majesty decide upon the former course, it would
cause the removal lower down (in the scale of rank of the
royal family of England) of the King of Hanover and the
Duke of Cambridge, whose stalls are now on the left of the
Sovereign's, and on the right of the Duke of Sussex. Should
the Duke of Sussex, however, be disposed to give way with-
out a murmur, (which is not at all improbable,) then the
King of Prussia (who was elected twenty-six years ago) will
be elbowed out of his stall, and thus, under any circum-
stances, (unless his royal highness takes his seat amongst the
foreign princes of the order, according to seniority of elec-
tion) Sir William Woods will have his work cut out to ar-
range—or rather disarrange—th e banners and bearings of many
of the royal and illustrious knights of this most noble order.
The Garter King of Arms is expected here on Thursday
next, to affix in St. George's Chapel the banner of the reign-
ing Duke of Saxe Coburg-and Gutha, who was elected, in-
vested, and installed by, dispensation, in July, 1838, but
whose fees have not yet been paid.
. .

It was announced that PriLe Albert would hunt with, her
Majesty's stag hounds this morning, and that his royal high-
ness would be present at the meet, at Salt-hill, at eleven
o'clock. About twelve o'clock, however, one of the royal
carriages and four drove up to the Windmill Hotel, at Salt
Hill, from which alighted Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg,
Lord Alfred Paget, and (as I am informed) Baron Alven-
slebon ; but Prince Albert was not of the party. The field,
which was far more numerous than has ever been witnessed
upon any former occasion, consisted of upwards of 200 horse-
men, and was composed of the principal gentry and inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood. The Prince, &c., after par-
taking of a slight repast at Mr. Botham's. and doffing their
travelling for their hunting habiliments, proceeded with the
hounds to a field near the residence of Colonel Vyse, at
Stoke, when a firterdeer was uncarted. The stag then pro-
ceeded along Stroke-lane to Stoke-green, back again to the
lane; then through to Langley, and from thence to Slough,
when it was taken near the Dolphin. The Prince, who rode
well, was in at the take. The run was about 20 miles over a
most heavy country •, giving the horses a regular sweater for
the time it lasted. There was a deal of what is termed back
running ; the deer, at no one time, being more than three
miles from the place at which it was uncarted. • •