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of Curt. THE QUEEN, accompanied by Prince Albert and the

family, arrived at Buckingham Palace, from Windsor Castle, on Thursday afternoon. In the earlier part of the week, her Majesty entertained a distinguished

company at Windsor Castle. She held a Privy Council on Saturday ; when Lord Castlerosse took the oath of a Privy Councillor, and his seat at the board ; and the Earl of Yarborough took the oaths as Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.

Among the company entertained by her Majesty, were the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Major-General Wetherell, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Earl of Westmoreland, General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, the Princess of Hohenlohe and Prince Leiningen, and Colonel Francis Seymour, On Tuesday, the anniversary of her Majesty's wedding, the band of the First Life Guards played on the terrace in the morning, and in the evening the Queen gave a concert in the Music-room. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal, were present at the Haymarket Theatre last night. In the course of the day her Majesty visited the Duchess of Gloucester.