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THE QUEEN held the first diawing-room of the season at St. James's Palace, on Saturday. On Monday, her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, Mr. G. S. Stafford Jer- nitigham, her Majesty's Minister to Sweden, had an audience of the Queen. Lord John Russell acted as Lord President of the Privy Coun- cil. The Queen gave audience to Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, and Lord Sydney. In the evening, her Majesty visited the Haymarket Theatre ; and on Tuesday evening the Adelphi. On Wednesday the Queen held a levee at St. James's Palace. On Thursday, her Majesty visited the Countess de Neuilly, at Claremont. The Hanoverian Minister, Count Kielmansegge, the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi' the United States Minister and Mrs. Dallas, the Earl and Countess of Elgin, the Turkish Ambassador and Madame Mu- sums, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Fife, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lady Emily Kingscote, Lord Proby, Sir Charles Wood, Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape, have visited the Queen during the week.