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THE Queen held a Privy Council on Monday, at Buckingham Palace ;. and afterwards gave audiences to Lord Melbourne, Lord Lansdowne, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lord Palmerston.
In the evening, her Majesty gave a grand state-ball. The company,. who began to arrive about ten o'clock, included the Duke of Sussex,. the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, Earl Grey, the Earl of Durham, Prince Esterhazy, Count Pozzo di Borgo, Mr. Webster (from the United States) with his wife and daughter, Si:
E dward Bulwer, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Mark Phillips, Mr. Hustle, lids. Hawes, Mr. Charles Lushington, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. Thornely, and Mr. Dennistonn.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Leiningen, the March- ioness of Normanby, Miss Cocks, Miss Cavendish, Mr. Charles Mur- ray, Mr. Rich, and Colonel Wemyss, went to the Italian Opera on Tuesday. Her Majesty rode out on Wednesday afternoon, attended by Baroness Lelizen, Miss Quentin, Lord Uxbridge, Lord Byron, Lord Lilford, Colonel Wemyss, and Sir Frederick Stovim In the evening, Lord Melbourne, the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of Belfast, Mr. George Bvng, and Mr. William Cowper, dined with the Queen.
• On Thursday, being the anniversary of her Majesty's accession to the throne, the Queen held a Drawing-room, at St. James's Palace. It was not numerously attended. Several noble families, including those of Northumberland, Sutherland, and Portland, are in mourning ; which partly accounts for the paucity of visitors. Among the ladies present, were the Dutchesses of Somerset, Bedford, and Buckingham, the Marchionesses of Douro, Londonderry, and Lansdowne, the Countesses af Clarendon, Glengall, Sefton, Dowager Cowper, and Darlington, Ladies Howick, Wrottesley, Charlotte Lyster, Louisa Jenkinson, and Cowley.
In the evening, the Queen honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster with her company at a splendid entertainment at Grosve- nor %use. Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Earl of Uxbridge, and some of the Ladies in Waiting. The dinner company at the Palace last night included Lord Mel- bourne, Earl and Countess Cowper, Mr. William Cowper, and Lord and Lady Ashley. The Dutchess of Kent was prevented from attending the state ball and the drawing-room, by the dangerous illness of Lady Flora Hastings, to whom her Royal Highness has constantly paid the most anxious attention,
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