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

COURT CIRCULAR.—TuEsDAY

Her Majesty gave a state dinner, yesterday, at Bucking-
ham Palace to the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty arrived
from Marlborough House at the palace a quarter before eight
o'clock, and was received iu the grand hall by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary
Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and also by the Hon.
Miss Murray, and the Hon. Miss Lister, Maids of Honour
in Waiting on the Queen ; the Earl of Erroll, Lord Steward;
Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting ; and Col. Wemyss, Equerry
in Waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert conducted her Majesty
the Queen Dowager to the state rooms.
The dinner party consisted of her Majesty and Prince
Albert, the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe
Coburg Gotha, tine • Duke of Wellington, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, Earl of Erroll, Lord Steward; Earl
of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain ; Countess of Uxbridge,
and the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget. Earl Howe,
Lord Chamberlain to the Quean Dowager; Viscount Mel-
bourne, Lady William Russell, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence,
Lady Barham, Lady in Waiting ; Frances Lady Clinton,
Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dowager; Lady Fanny How-
ard, Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent ; Hon. Miss
Murray and Hon. Miss Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting ;
Hon. Miss Mitchell, Maid of Honour in Waiting on the
Queen Dowager; Baroness Lehzen, Lord Lilford, Lord in
Waiting ; Hon. Charles A. Murray, Master of the House-
hold ; Viscount Beringdon, Gentleman of the Bedchamber
to Prince Albert; Col. Armstrong, Groom in Waiting; Col.
Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting ; Col. Wylde, Equerry ; and
Mr. Seymour, Groom of toe Bedchamber to Prince Albert ;
Baron de Lowenfels, and Baron de Graben.

The Band of the Coldstream regiment of foot guards was
in attendance during dinner.

Her Majesty had afterwards an eveninc, party. Their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess oeCambridge, and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr and
Baron Knesebeck, arrived at ten o'clock, and were received
by the Honourable Misses Murray and Lister, and Colonel
Wemyss.
Weippert's royal quadrille band attended in an ante-room
over the Picture Gallery, and performed in the course of the
night the Rainbow and Coburg waltzes, composed expressly
for the occasion, Le Triumphale, and two entirely new sets
of quadrilles.
WEDNESDAY.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Covent-garden
Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite
included the Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Lilford, Colonel
Armstrong, Col. Weinyss, Col. Wylde, and Mr. Seymour.
The Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg, attended by Baron
Lowenfels, accompanied the royal party.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience, yesterday, of the
Queen. _ _ _ _

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager had a dinner party, last
evening, at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Kent took an airing in the parks, yester-
day, in a carriage.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager rode out on horseback,
Yesterday, attended by Frances Lady Clinton, Hon. Miss
Mitchell, and several gentlemen of her household.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge arrived
at Cambridge House at half-past three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, from Brighton.
The Princess Augusta took an airing, yesterday, in a car-
riage-and-four fur the first time since her recovery from her
indisposition.