28 OCTOBER 1854, Page 2

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TEE QUEEN and the children have been engaged in pleasant out-door ex- ercise during the week ; and Prince Albert has been shooting. On Mon- day he paid a visit to London, and called on the Duchess of Gloucester. Among the guests of her Majesty have been the Earl and Countess Gran- ville, Count and Countess Walewski, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord and Lady Hardinge.

Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the children, yesterday inspected Mx. Wombwell's menagerie, which had been brought into the quadrangle of the Castle for that purpose. Subsequently, on the wish of the Queen, the Eton boys paid a visit to the beasts.