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Tax QUEEN held a Privy Council on Monday at Buckingham Palace and ordered that Parliament should be prorogued until the 5th May. At a Court Mr. Justice Hill kissed hands on his appointment as one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Earl of Derby, Sir John Pakington, the Marquis of Salisbury, Major-General Peel, and the Duke of Beaufort had audiences of the Queen.
The same afternoon her Majesty quitted Buckingham Palace and went to Windsor Castle. Here on Tuesday the Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio had an audience of the Queen.
• The corfirmation of the Princess Alice took place in the private chapel of Windsor Castle on Thursday. The Queen, the Prince Consort, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Saxe-Co- burg, the Princess Mary of Cambridge and the Prince of Leiningen were present. The ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Can- terbury assisted by the Bishops of Oxford and Chester. The Prince Consort led his daughter to the Communion Table. After the ceremony the Queen received the congratulations of a distinguished company. Before leaving London her Majesty gave audience to M. Toussaint and
M. Madion, Envoys Extraordinary from Hayti, to announce the esta- blishment of the republic.
• The guests at Buckingham Palace have been the Duke of Oporto, Earl de la Warr, Earl and Countess of Suffolk, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Lord Stanley, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord and Lady Worsley, Lady Emily Cavendish, Mr. B. Disraeli, Colonel Cecil Porester and Sir John Lawrence.
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