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THE Queen held a Court on Tuesday afternoon, to give an audience to Count Schimmelpenninck, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary of the King of Holland, and receive his letters of recall.
A state ball of great brilliancy enlivened the routine of Court life on Monday : upwards of two thousand persons were present. The Queen opened the dance with the Prince of Prussia for her partner, and did not retire from the ball-room till two o'clock in the morning. A concert was given on Wednesday. More royal guests arrived at Buckingham Palace on Saturday —the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, and Duke Ernest of Wurtem- berg. Her Majesty's party, a daily one, to the Great Exhibition, was very numerous this week ; including, on most days, the whole of her royal guests and a large suite of courtiers. Both the Operabouses were visited,—Covent Garden on Saturday, and Her Majesty's on Tuesday.
The Royal Family went on Thursday, with the whole of their visitors, to Osborne, to stay for a few days only.
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