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Tax QUEEN held a Privy Council at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Parliament was ordered to be prorogued to the 13th January. The six members of the Medical Council were formally appointed. Subsequently her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Derby, Sir John Pakington, General Peel, and Mr. Walpole. Colonel Tache, from Canada, had audience, and received the honour of Knight- hood.
The Emperor of the French sent over a 12-pounder gun to the Queen under charge of Major Melchior. It was presented to her Majesty on Tuesday by the Duke of Malakoff in the Quadrangle of the Castle. Major Melchior was presented. The list of guests at Windsor Castle includes the names of the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales, the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Blomfield, Sir James Hudson, Lord John Manners, Mr. Benjamin Disraeli; and Major Melchior.
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