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THE records of the Court newsman include a varied list of royal move- ments. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort, King Leopold, and his children, have inspected the Leviathan, a courageous exploit considering the state of the river. They have also visited the Prince of Wales in his home in Richmond Park, and have driven to Frogmore to call upon the Duchess of Kent. They have witnessed Mr. Rarey's ex- periments upon Cruiser and the tamed zebra ; and have been to both the Operahouses.
Some State business has been done. The Marquis of Exeter has twice had audience : once to present a resolution of the House of Lords stating that William Constable Maxwell, Esq., had proved his claim to the title of Lord Hordes of Terregles, Scotland ; and again to present Lord Stanhope's address touching the State services.
The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes the names of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge ; Prince Victor of If ohen- lohe, the Maharajah Dhnleep Singh, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, the Belgian Minister, M. Van de Weyer ; the Austrian Minister and Countess Apponyi, Earl and Countess Granville, Lord and Lady Palmerston, the Earl and Countess of Durham, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Claud Hamilton, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Sir John and Lady Pakington, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Manchester, the Duchess of Somerset, the Countess of Derby, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess Cowley, Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord and Lady Forester, and Sir James Graham.
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