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Tun Court newsman records a series of short excursions this week, show- ing that her Majesty makes the most of the fresh air of the North. Thus, we find the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, visiting Lady Duff at gerrie Mul- zie, and Mrs. Farquharson at Invercauld, yesterday week ; the same party driving, on the following day, to Alt na Gnissach, and riding thence to Loch Muilc and the Dhu Loch ; driving round Craig Cluny on Mon- day; and, again, ascending, on Tuesday, the summit of Lochnagar.
Lord and 'Lady Canning and Earl Granville left Balmoral on Tuesday, and the Duke of Argyll succeeded them in attendance on her Majesty.