9 AUGUST 1856, Page 2

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Cnersrxo and driving are the out-door occupations of the British Queen. On Monday, Prince Albert went in the Victoria and Albert to Portland, and the Queen with the Duchess of Kent and the young Princes and Princesses met him in the Fairy on his return. They also cruised in the Fairy on Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday.

Among the guests at Court have been the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Sir William Codrington, Colonel W. Pakenham, Colonel' George Caclogan, and Sir Hugh Rose.