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back to the lodge in the same order, and shortly after-
wards (at eight o'clock) the royal pair sat down to dinner.
At half-past nine, the heads of colleges, masters of arts,
and all the fellows of Trinity, were in attendance at the
lodge, and at ten o'clock admitted in order of precedence
to the royal presence chamber, Henry the Eighth's draw-
ing-room, where they were presented to her majesty. At
ten o'clock on Thursday morning, the trumpets announced
the approach of the queen to the Senate House. Her
majesty was received at the entrances by the vice-chan-
cellor, the lord•steward, and a number of the higher
authorities of the university. Her majesty was plainly
but elegantly dressed, wearing a black and purple striped
satin gown, black velvet cardinal without any collar, and
a lilac silk bonnet. The prince wore a field marshal's
uniform.

The throne to which her majesty was conducted was
overhung with a canopy of red velvet, lined with white
satin, and surmounted by an imperial clown. The beads
of houses and doctors of divinity, law, and physic, took
their stations on the dais right and left of her snajesty ;
and on either side, also, stood groups of the more distin-
guished of the fair portion of the assembly. Portions
of the galleries were also set apart for ladies. When her
majesty entered, and for some short space after she took
her seat on the throne, the cheers throughout the build-
ing were deafening. A signal being given to the under-
graduates in the gallery, all was instantly hushed ; and
the ceremony of conferring a doctor's degree on Prince
Albert, and robing his royal highness in the scarlet gown,
was commenced. After this had been gone through, the
public orator ( Mr. Crick, of St. John's College) delivered
a Latin oration, addressed especially to the royal pair,
thanking them, in the name of the university, for the
snecial favour they conferred upon it by their gracious
visit, and congratulating the learned body on the auspi-
cious occasion. His royal highness bowed frequently, and
now and then really blushed at the very eloquent compli-
ments paid him by the speaker.
Her majesty after remaining in the Senate House for
nearly an hour and a half, and until the imposing cere-
monies had been concluded, was conducted to the Politic
Library, which is next the Senate House, by the Vice-
Chancellor and the higher authorities.

Her majesty and the prince visited the provost's house,
and walked about the grounds for a brief space : after
which they proceeded in the royal carriage through the back
gate of King's, and thence by the rear of Trinity to the
back entrance of St. John's College.
The queen and prince then visited the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre, generally called the Round Church, which
has lately undergone a superb renovation under the super-
intendence of the Camden Society. The royal pair ex-
pressed themselves much pleased with the restoration of
the beauties of the ancient edifice. After a very brief
interval her majesty and the prince proceeded together in
an open carriage to the Pitt Press, after which they drew
up before one of the most superb and beautiful buildings
in this or any other country, the new Fitzwilliam Museum.
Her Majesty did not alight from her carriage, but stopped
some moments contemplating the magnificent exterior of
the building. She then visited Corpus Christi College
and the new Church, and drove hack to Trinity College,
the gate of which she entered at four o'clock. After hav-
ing remained at the lodge for about half an hour, the royal
pair took their :departure through the front gate, where a
detachment of the Scotch greys escorted the royal car-
riages out of town, along Trinity-street, King's Parade,
Silver-street, and over the Queen's Bridge, through
Newnham, and on the Barton road for Wimpole, the seat
of Lord Hardwicke.

The Queen and her illustrious consort reached Wimpole
Hall precisely at twenty minutes to six o'clock, escorted
by the Whittlesey troop of Cambridgeshire yeomanry ca-
valry, and as the royal cortege drove up to the entrance,
the assemblage of persons warmly greeted her Majesty.

The Earl of Hardwicke received the Queen- on her
Majesty alighting from the royal carriage, and conducted
his august visitor up the steps to the entrance-hall, where
the Countess of Hardwicke was waiting to welcome her
Majesty.
The Duke of Rutland, Marquis and Marchioness of
Normanby, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Caledon, Viscount
and Viscountess Canning, and the other visitors especially
invited to meet the Queen and Prince, were previous to
dinner assembled in the drawing-room, and there had the
honour of being introduced to the Queen.
At eight o'clock dinner was announced. The enter-
tainment was served up in the grand dining-room, a noble
apartment in the south wing, in which are hung many
valuable portraits of the Hardwicke family, that of Lord
Chancellor Hardwicke being conspicuous among the rest.
The table presented a splendid display of plate, a silver
plateau, on which were ornaments of silver bearing the
choicest fruit, arranged alternately with massive silver
candelabra, extending the whole length of the table. In
the centre, opposite to the Queen and Prinee Albert, was
placed a beautiful model in silver of St. Michael over-
coming Satan, of exquisite workmanship. On the side
tables there was a profusion of ornamental plate, salvers,
&c. Covers were laid for 24.

The Queen and Prince sat beside each other at the
table, with the noble host and hostess on either side, and
all retired for the night shortly before twelve o'clock.
On Friday evening a splendid ball was given at Lord
Hardwick's, at which all the leading families of the county
and isle, to the number of three hundred, were present.
On Saturday, at eleven o'clock, her Majesty and suite
left Wimpole, and arrived at Windsor at a quarter before
five, having travelled by a special train on the Great
Western Railway. The testimonials of respect paid on
the road fully equalled those which awaited her Majesty
at almost every spot during her progress to Cambridge on
Wednesday.

RUMOTTRECD VISIT OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH.
—lt appears that the King intends to return, next year,
the visit he has this year received from Queen Victoria.
Such is at least what we infer from an answer given to a
contractor of the navy department on their postponing
some urgent supplies for want of money. "It as much
as we can do," observed an official person, "to find three
or four hundred thousand francs required for the fitting
out of the royal yacht, which is, next summer, to convey
his majesty to the coast of England."—Paria paper.

The Grand Duke Michael arrived, on a visit to Sir R.
Peel, at Drayton, from Chatsworth, on Saturday week.
The Grand Duke attended prayers with his host on Sun-
day, at the parish church. On Monday the imperial guest
left Drayton for Whitley, to visit the Queen Dowager.