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Tice second levee of the season was held by the Queen on Wednesday, at St. James's Palace. It was well attended, but fewer remarkable men were presented than at the first levee. On Monday the Queen held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace ; when Lord Palmerston, Earl Granville, and Lord Panmure, had audiences.
The Queen has paid three visits to theatres. She took the children to an afternoon performance at the Adelphi on Saturday; and with Prince Albert she was present at the Princess's Theatre on Tuesday, and the Haymarket Theatre on Thursday. Her Majesty visited the Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince Albert took the two elder boys to the British Museum, on Tuesday. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert visited the camp at Aldershott. They travelled to Farnborough by special train ; the Queen drove thence to the camp in an open carriage, and Prince Albert rode on horseback. At two o'clock they arrived on their return at Buckingham Pekoe; and in the evening dined with the Duke of Cambridge and a distinguished company at his residence in St. James's Palace. The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes the names of the Sardinian, the Danish, American, Netherlands, Prussian, and Saxon Mi- nisters, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of St. Germans, Lord Napier, Mr. Baines, General Sir James Simpson, Lord and Lady Cranworth, the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Musgrave, Lord Burghersh, Lord West, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gladstone, Lady Peel, Cap- tain W. Peel R.N., Sir Charles Eastlake, the Earl of Eglinton, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Sir Benjamin Hall, and Mr. Disraeli.
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