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Tug Queen gave a very gracious audience to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex on Tuesday, and intimated her pleasure as to the day for the reception of the Protestant address which the Corporation of London has voted to her Majesty.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours,.and the Duchess d'Orleans, have paid separate visits to her Majesty. Lord and Lady Palmerston, and Lord and Lady Hardinge, have been guests at the Castle.
Prince Albert came to town on Thursday, inspected the progress of the great building in Hyde Park, and presided over a meeting of the Com- missioners in the beadiegitself. On his retirement, the workmen, some two thousand strong, assembled at the sound of a.bell, grouped themselves in a crescent, and greeted the Prince with acclamations ; which were acknowledged by the present of a brewer's dray-load of ale for a "beverage."
The Prince has hunted and shot in company with the Dukes of Ne- mours and Aumale.
The Duchess of Bent, a daily visiter at the Castle till Tuesday, then came to town ; and she has twice dined-with the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
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