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THE QUEEN and the Prince Consort left Windsor Castle on Monday, and arrived at Buckingham Palace for the season. The next day the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge and the Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to her Majesty ; and in the evening, accompanied by the Prince Consort and the Princesses Alice and Helena, the Queen went to the English Opera at Covent Garden Theatre.
Her Majesty held a Court at Buckingham Palace on Thursday. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had audience, and her Majesty fixed Tuesday for the presentation of the address of the Corporation of London on the birth of her Majesty's grandson. Sir Charles Trevelyan kissed hands on his appointment as Governor of Madras. Mr. Secretary Wal- pole and Lord Stanley had audiences. In the evening her Majesty went to the Princess's Theatre.
The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes the names of tho Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Turkish Ambassador and Madame Musurus, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of St. Germans, Countess Granville, Lord and Lady Emlyn, Lord and Lady Claude Hamilton, Lord and Lady Naas, the Right Honourable Benjamin and Mrs. Diraeli.
We have authority to announce that it is her Majesty's intention to hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 23d instant, and on Wednesday, the 2d of March next. It is also her Majesty's intention to hold a Drawing-room and another Levee before Easter. A later an- nouncement will state the days upon which these will be held.—Norn- ing Papers.
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