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THE Queen's visitors continue to be numerous. The Marquis and Mar- chioness of Douglas, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and the Earl of Carlisle, arrived at Windsor Castle on Tuesday; Prince Lowenstein, and the Earl and Countess of Fortescue, on Wednesday; the Duke of Norfolk and the Ladies Mary and Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, on Thursday.
The Queen gave dinner-parties on Wednesday and Thursday, at which her guests were present; and on Thursday she gave an evening party, to which the Dean of Windsor, the Provost of Eton, Dr. Hawtrey, and some military guests, were also invited.
The play of Hamlet, with excisions to suit the Court taste and the Ru- bens Room, was performed by Mr. Kean's company on Thursday.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Earl and Countess Fortescue, took their de- parture yesterday.
The Queen yesterday gave a private audience to the Baron Andrian, Envoy from the Central Government of Germany, before his departure for Germany.