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ON Saturday, her Majesty steamed up the Southampton Water, from Osborne, and the Prince Consort landed at the new Military Hospital at Netley. Divine service was performed on Sunday; her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Duchess of Kent, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louise, and Prince Arthur, were present.
The Prince Consort left Osborne on Tuesday, to preside at the Inter- national Statistical Congress, from whence he went to Buckingham Palace, where he received the delegates from foreign countries and the colonies.
Her Majesty and the Princesses Alice and Helena drove to West Cowes, and honoured Prince and Princess Leiningen with a visit. The Duchess of Kent was at her Majesty's dinner-party in the evening. The Prince Consort returned to Osborne on Tuesday, at a quarter past three o'clock, by the South-western Railway.
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