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Tar Queen, with the Dutchess of Kent, attended divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday. The sermon was preached by the Reverend Dr. Hook. In the afternoon, the Queen rode in an open carriage and four horses, in Hyde Park and the Regent's Park. Her Majesty had a dinner-party on Monday evening ; which in- cluded the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Dutchess of Beaufort, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, and Lord and Lady Cowley.
The Queen visited the Italian Opera on Tuesday.
An investiture of the Military Order of the Bath was held at Buck- ingham Palace on Wednesday ; when her Majesty's uncle, Duke Fer- dinand of Saxe-Coburg, received the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order. Lord Melbourne, Lord Morpeth, Lord Alfred Paget, and Mr. G. S. Byng dined with the Queen in the evening.
The Queen held a Privy Council on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace. It was attended- by the principal Officers of State and the Household; but if any business of importance was transacted at the Council, it was not communicated to the regular chronicler of Court news.
Last night, the Queen gave a party and a musical entertainment. The performers were the principal singers from the Italian Opera ; the pieces performed, chiefly from Donizetti—mend her Majesty's taste!
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