The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

THE COURT.

Her Majesty has so far recovered as to be able to sit
up for several hours daily. The royal infants are out
constantly in the parks, and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert takes his accustomed exercises. The attention of
the Duchess of Kent, and the other members of the
royal family, have been kind and constant. It has been
reported that her Majesty intends to visit Ireland—some
say this autumn, others next summer. The visit of the
king of the French may interfere with the present season ;
and yet how desirable that the royal presence in Dublin
should restore the sister country to a forgetfulness of the
past, in a sudden burst of loyalty I

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HER MAJESTY'S AUTUMN EXCURSION. - Orders
have been given for the immediate equipment of the royal
steam-yacht Victoria and Albert. She has accordingly
been masted, &c., and has received on board her fuel.
Her captain, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, had arrived
from Cowes (where he has taken temporary lodgings),
for the purpose of hastening her outfit • and the yacht
will in a few days make a trial cruise, having been fur-
nished with new engines and boilers. Rumour states the
sth of September as the contemplated period of her
Majesty's embarkation for summer cruising.—Brighton
Gazette.

TITLE OF THE INFANT PRINCE.—It has been said
that Her Majesty expressed a wish that the infant Prince
should be called the Duke of Kent, in honour of her
illustrious father, instead of Duke of York, according
to the established usage. The eldest son of Majesty,
or Prince of Wales, inherits the income of the Duchy of
Cornwall from the moment of his birth, the sum increas-
ing, with interest, till he comes of age. But it is not so
with the other male offspring, there being no income at-
tached to them, until the Parliament makes a grant. The
children of the Sovereign inherit no dignity per se, but
are created peers at the will of the monarch. Thus the
children of George the Third were not raised to the peer-
age until nearly of age, and until then they were desig.
nated as Princes only—as Prince William Henry, after-
wards Duke of Clarence, &c. It is, of course, therefore,
incorrect to call the infant at present other than the young
Prince, or after he shall be christened except as Prince
so and so, until the Royal mother grant him a patent of
peerage.

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VISIT OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—The French
monarch is not now expected to arrive in this country un-
til the 16th September. A review, upon a great scale,
during the King's short visit at Windsor (which is not ex-
pected to be prolonged beyond a week or ten days), to
take place in the Great Park, has already been spoken of.
It is now rumoured that several infantry regiments will be
encamped in the park, and that no less than from 15 to
20 cavalry and infantry regiments, with a park of artillery
and field batteries, will be present at this intended magni-
ficent military spectacle. Splendid banquets will take
place in St. George's Hall and Waterloo Chamber, to be
followed by state balls and grand evening parties. Pre-
parations have already commenced at the Roman Catholic
Chapel, at Clewer, about a mile from Windsor, for the
accommodation of his suite. There is very little doubt
that the christening of the infant Prince will take place
during his Majesty's visit at Windsor. Indeed it has been
stated that the King of the French will be one of the
sponsors (it is supposed, if so, by proxy, his Majesty be-
ing a Roman Catholic) to the last born Prince of the
House of Brunswick. It is not expected that his Majesty
will visit the metropolis during his short stay in England,
but remain the whole time at the royal residence at
W indsor.—Standard.