19 APRIL 1856, Page 5

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THE QUERN held a levee at St. James's Palace on Tuesday. When the fatigues of receiving her subjects were over she drove out in an open carriage, and in the evening " assisted , at the opening of the Italian Opera season in the Lyceum Theatre. Her Majesty has ridden and driven out several times. On Wednesday, accompanied by Prince Albert and the Princess Royal, she visited the invalids in the military hospitals at Chatham. On Thursday afternoon she called on the Duchess of Gloucester, and went to the Adelphi Theatre in the evening.

The Queen has sat to Mr. Noble for a colossal bust destined for the Town-hall of Manchester ; and Prince Albert has sat for his portrait to Mr. Philip of Aberdeen.

The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Earl and Countess of Hard- wicke, Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Sir Harry Jones, Sir Charles Lyell, Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Evelyn, Lieutenant- Colonel Maude, R.A., the Earl of Dalkeith, the Earl of Sandwich, Lord and Lady Enfield, Rear-Admiral Meynell.