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Tnn Queen and Prince Albert have received a number of visiters at Windsor Castle this week. The Dutchess of Gloucester arrived on Saturday, the Duke of Cambridge on Monday ; and both staid till Wednesday ; the Prince de Oettingen Wallenstein, accompanied by Baron de Cetto, arrived on Monday, and departed on Wednesday ; Sir James and Lady Graham, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, and Sir Henry Wheatley, came on Monday, and went on Tuesday ; Lord Aberdeen, who had been visiting at the Castle, also departed on Tuesday : then Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and Mr. Patrick Frazer Tytler arrived ; the Premier and his lady took their departure next day, and Mr. Ty tler staid one day more by "special command."
On Wednesday morning, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Prince de Oettingen Wallenstein, went out shooting. Prince Albert came to town on Saturday ; inspected some trophies from China, at Buckingham Palace ; visited the Polytechnic Institution, and returned to Windsor. His Royal Highness hunted with the harriers on Thursday, in Ritching's Park.
Thursday, the Prince of Wales's birthday, was marked by the usual signs of rejoicing in town and country. At Windsor, the troops sta- tioned in the town marched to the Park, fired a fen-de-joie, and pa- raded before the Queen and Prince Albert beneath the Castle-terrace. In the evening, the Queen gave a dinner-party ; at which the Dutchess of Kent and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar were present. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Windsor Castle, yesterday. The Council was attended by Prince Albert, Lord Wharn- cliffe, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and the Earl of Jersey. Parliament was ordered to be prorogued from Tuesday the 14th instant, to Tuesday the 19th December. At the Court, Mr. Arthur Aston, late Envoy in Spain, was presented to the Queen, on his return to this country, by the Earl of Aberdeen.
The Dutchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Ho - henlohe-Langenbourg, drove to town yesterday ; and the Royal ladies paid a visit to the Dutchess of Gloucester ; while the Prince visited the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Oettingen-Wallenstein. Meeting again at Clarence House, the party returned to Windsor.
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