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Tip Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace on Saturday. The mem- bererof the new Council for the Dutchy of Lancaster took the oaths of office. Seim Toro, Minister for the Republic of Venezuela, had an audi- ence and presented his credentials.
Count St. Aulaire was present at the Royal dinner-table in the evening. Lord John Russell had an audience on Monday.
Earlier on Saturday, her Majesty visited the Princess Sophia.
On Thursday, the Queen and Prince Consort went to the French Play. Prince Albert paid an official visit on Saturday to the Datchy of Corn- wall office.
The Dutchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, Prince Frederick of Hesse, and a party of ladies and gentlemen, went to see the Polytechnic Institution on Monday, the National Gallery on Thursday, the Zoological Gardens yesterday.
Prince Alexander Menedorff left the Palace on Thursday, for South- ampton, on his way to Portugal.