2 MARCH 1861, Page 4

Or Court,

THE Queen, the Prince Consort, and the Royal Family quitted Buck- ingham Palace for Osborne on Wednesday, arriving there the same afternoon.

Before her Majesty departed "she gave audience to the Marquis of Breadaibane, who has gone on a special mission to Berlin to invest King William L with the insignia of the Garter. The Queen and Prince Consort went to Covent Garden Opera on Monday. The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes the names of the Earl of Mahnesbury, Lord George Lennox, Lord and Lady Newport, Sir Charles Wood, Sir George and Lady Grey, Sir James and Miss Graham, and Lieutenant-Colonel Maude.