The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-13 00:00:00

THURSDAY.

The Queen held a court yesterday afternoon, at half-past
two o'clock, at Buckingham Palace.
Sir Claudius Hunter, Sii George Carroll, Mr. Frederick
Huth, jun., and Mr. Josiah Wilson, a deputation of the
Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London, had an audience
of her Majesty to know her pleasure when her Majesty
would receive the Lieutenancy of London with a dutiful and
loyal address.
The Queen was pleased to name Friday at two o'clock, as
the day for her Majesty's receiving the address from that
body.

The court was attended by Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting ;
Colonel Armstrong, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel We-
myss, Equerry in
of Norman Waiting.
The Marquis by and Viscount Melbourne had
audiences yesterday of the Queen.
Her Majesty aiiid Prince Albert honoured the Concert of
Ancient Music with their presence last evening, at the Han-
over-square Rooms. The Royal party arrived in four state
carriages. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Coburg Gotha, attended by Baron de Gruben, accom-
panied the Queen and Prince Albert.
The Royal suite consisted of Lady Barham, Hon. Miss
Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Lil-
ford, Viscount Boringden, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel
Wyld e.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was aalaitntyenHdeod.
C. 8., First
onseirld.
during the reception of several addresses byonLesass I
Ho-
ward, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Cowper,
Equerry, and Controller of her Royal Hi
Sir Moses Montefiore was prevented by indisposition
attending the presentation of the addresses to their Rorom
Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent yester-
day, day, from the several congregations of the Jews in London
(as one of the deputies appointed by the congregations), and
also from the Court of Lieutenancy of the city of London.
The Duke of Cambridge had a dinner party last evening
at Cambridge-house. The company were the Archbishop a
York, Earl Howe, Lord Burghersk, the Dean of Carlisle,
Sir William Curtis, Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Gore Ouseley, Sir
Andrew Barnard, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, Mr.
Berkeley Paget, Mr. Salomons, Mr. Hammersley. and Sir.
G. Smart. The Duke of Cambridge afterwards went to the
Hanover-square Rooms to receive the Queen and Prince
Albert, his Royal Highness being the director for the even-
IV. The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the
to
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and all the guests also went
Dowager,
Concert of Ancient Music. Her Majesty the Queen
of
ii attended by Lady Charles Somerset, the Countess
____:jbiii, Hon. Miss Mitchell, the Earl of Denbigh, and
vu.((-1 other
Concert of Ancient Al •
tnitileetn4euneueoisif her household, also honoured the
Glocester at Giocest--rl7lemvulecsiDleing.
Her Majstgye
with their presence lasts
at Cambridge-house, digi eetri
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Cambridge Rooms
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Prince George of ucant)
yesterday. ridge visited the Princess Augusta

INCREASE OF LETTER 'WRITING Of the extent of the
possible and probable augmentation of some
idea may be conveyed 'shy the follothweing facts. The daily
reductione might be
average number of letters before
, many lettersr to
estimated at 205,000. Assuming each let
ions represent one
of
fn proceeded
letter writer (though, in fact
Scotland,sls daily
about one
the
from one person), above twenty-six mill
made no use of the post. In England and
proportion of daily general post letters waswhenfloort
every 500 individuals. In Ireland the proportions d:inde
exceed one in 500. It is computed by Mr. Hill that
there shall be an average of fourteen letters a year to each
individual in the United Kingdom, the post will again fur-
nish its million and a halt' of net revenue.—Westminster
Rerive.

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