THE COUNT AND COUNTESS DE NEUILLY, (THE EX-KING AND QUEEN OF THE FRENCH.)

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 315, 5 August 1848, Page 4

THE COUNT AND COUNTESS DE NEUILLY, (THE EX-KING AND QUEEN OF THE FRENCH.)

The Count and Countess de Neuilly arrived in town on Saturday, from Claremont. The Count and Countess proceeded from the railway station in one of the royal carriages to Clarence House, St. James's, on a visit to the Duchess of Kent, to congratulate her Royal Highness on her Majesty's happy confinement. The Duchess of Kent entertained the Count and Countess at a ddjeuner shortly after their arrival. Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester, met the Count and Countess at the dejeuner. The Count and Countess returned to Claremont shortly after four o'clock. The Count has received visits from a great many personal friends and others, at Claremont. The Duke of Wellington has visited the Count, and was closeted for a very long period with the ex-King. The Count and Countess are in good health ; and, for the present, we understand, they contemplate remaining at Claremont. Offers have been made by -several noblemen and gentlemen to place their country seats at the disposal of the exiled monarch, but we have not heard that any of them have been accepted. Powderham Castle, the seat of the Earl of Devon ; Airlie Castle, the seat of the Earl of Airlie, in Forfarshire; and Mr. Standish's seat in Lancashire are among those named.