26 JANUARY 1856, Page 2

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THE Queen has driven abroad in an open carriage, and has walked with her children in the Home Park; and Prince Albert, with the Count of Flanders and General La Marmora, has past some time in shooting during the week. On one evening, her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Belgian _Prince, dined with the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore Lodge: "The Merchant of Venice" was performed on Wednesday evening, in St. George's Hall, before the Queen and a select circle. Among her Majesty's guests have been—Lord Palmerston, the Earl of Aberdeen General La Marmora, Sir Edmund Lyons, the Duke of Cam- bridge, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, Captain Drummond, Captain Sherard Osborn, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Lord Torrington Sir George and Lady Grey., Dr. Philpott of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, and the Princess Victoria Gauronana of Coerg.

The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale visited the Queen on Saturday.