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THE QUEEN held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Saturday. At the Council Sir Edward Lytton and Sir John Taylor Coleridge were sworn in, and took their Beats. Sir Edward Lytton hosed hands on his appointment as a Secretary of State, and received the seals of office. A proclamation for the election of a Scotch Peer in the room of the late Earl of Morton was issued. At the Court the Marquis of Bath, Earl De La Warr, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, and General Peel had audiences of her Majesty. The Prince Consort returned from Potsdam on Tuesday. He arrived at the Bricklayer's Arms station at nine in the morning. Her Majesty went there and met him ; and both returned to Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty gave a State Ball at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. The dancing was kept up until after midnight. The next evening the Queen and Prince Consort went to the Princess's Theatre. The Queen visited the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale at Twickenham, on Saturday ; and the Prince of Wales at his house in Richmond Park, on Monday.
The Queen held a levee yesterday at St. James's Palace. On Monday her Majesty and the Prihee Consort will proceed to Stoneleigh Abbey on a visit to Lord Leigh ; and on Tuesday the Queen will open Aston Park at Birmingham.
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