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Qui= Vic-roars opened the Crystal Palace at Sydenham on Saturday. For that purpose the Royal party drove from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, in eight carriages and four; and returned about five o'clock. In the evening her Majesty went to the Royal Italian Opera. Her Majesty held an investiture of the Order of the Bath on Mon- day, at Buckingham Palace. Sir James Graham, introduced by Sir Joseph Thackwell and Sir John Burgoyne, was invested with the riband and badge of a Knight Grand Cross, Civil Division ; Mr. James Cosmo Melvin., introduced by the Bath King at Arms, was made a Knight Commander, Civil Division ; and Rear-Admiral George Robert Lambert was made a Knight Commander, Military Division. Her Majesty held a Privy Council. Lord John Russell was declared Lord President of the Council, and took his seat ; Sir George Grey was sworn in one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; and the Duke of Newcastle, who before the Council was held had resigned the seals as a Secretary of State, again accepted the seals as a fourth Secre-
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of State, and was sworn in.
'flee Court left Buckingham Palace at four o'clock on Tuesday, and reached Windsor at five. On Thursday her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Portuguese King and Prince, and a large party, drove to Ascot Heath in ten carriages, to witness the races. On her return the Queen gave a grand dinner in St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle. Among the plate ex- hibited was a sculptured silver shield, a gift from the King of Prussia to his godson, the Prince of Wales. Her Majesty afterwards had an evening party.
Prince Albert and the King of Portugal inspected the Horse Guards in Windsor Great Park yesterday. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess
and Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince Arthur, and the Duke of Oporto, drove to the ground in a pony chaise. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred were present on horseback. In the evening her Majesty gave a concert.
The King of Portugal and his brother visited the Botanic Gardens in the Regent's Park and the Colosseum on Monday. The Countess de Neuilly visited the Queen on Tuesday.
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