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THE Queen held a Court and Privy Council, at Buckingham Palace, on Monday. Mr. William Page Wood was knighted on being made Soli- citor-Gene4 and Mr. George James Turner was knighted on being made a Vice-Chancellor. Sir John Hominy as Master of the Rolls, and Sir George James Turner as a Vice-Chancellor, were sworn in members of the Privy Council. The Queen had never seen with her own eyes the palatial magnificence of Devonshire House. The Duke of Devonshire lately "received an in- timation"; so he had prepared a reception characteristically sumptuous, when her Majesty made a visit to him on Saturday, with Prince Albert, and a royal suite. A few guests, including the Duke of Wellington, as- sisted in doing honour to her Majesty on the visit; which was a pro-
longed one, and seemingly a very pleasant one to the Queen. The Duke of Wellington's private band, and the host's celebrated conservatories at Chatsworth and Chiswick contributed choice musical and floral charms.
The Queen and Prince Albert went to Her Majesty's Theatre on Satur- day; and on that same evening Prince Albert appeared in the St. James's Theatre during the representation of the Merchant of Venice by amateur performers, for the benefit of the Printers' Pension Society.
The progress of the Exhibition Building much engages her Majesty as well as Prince Albert. The Prince on Monday received at Buckingham Palace the Foreign Commissioners for the Exhibition. On Tuesday, after he had presided at a meeting of the Royal Commission in the Exhi- bition Building, the Queen with two of her children joined him there, and walked through to have a further view of the progress before leaving town.
The Royal Family left London for Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
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