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THE Queen held a Court on Wednesday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Baron de Hugel, the Wurtemburg Minister, had an audience, to deliver to the Queen his letter of recall.
Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey had audiences of her Majesty on Thursday; Lord John again yesterday. The Queen gave a dinner-partv, at Buckingham Palace, on Monday: among the guests were, the Dutchess of Kent, the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and Prince Frederick of Hesse. Afterwards the Queen had an evening party; at which the Dutchess of Gloucester, the Count of Syracuse, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Lowen- stein, were present.
On Thursday, the Queen went in state to the Royal Italian Opera- house at Covent Garden. The Queen Dowager and the Dutchess of Kent- were also present at the Operahouse. Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove out in an open carriage and four on Wednesday, with an accompanying suite, to Willow Bank, Fulham; and were present at the fete in aid of the Baths and Washhouses ha- Gonlston Square. The Dutchess of Kent was also present. The Queen went to Bushy Park on Monday, on a visit to the Queers Dowager. Taking luncheon at Bushy, the Queen and Prince afterwards paid a visit to the Count and Countess of Neuilly at Claremont. On Saturday, her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Lord and Lady John Russell with a visit at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond.
Prince Albert reviewed the Scotch Fusilier Guards in Hyde Park on Saturday; and the Honourable Artillery Company, in their Artillery- ground, on Tuesday: on Monday, he presided at a sitting of the Fine Arts Commission; and on Tuesday inspected Mr. Cubist's great establishment at Milbank: on Wednesday evening he was at the Lyceum Theatre.
The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Dutchess Bernhard, and the Princesses Anne and Amelie, of Saxe Weimar, visited the Queen on Wed- nesday. Yesterday, the Queen Dowager gave an evening party, at which, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were present.