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THE QUEEN has been actively engagedin outdoor exercises and amuse- ments. She has driven abroad every day. Accompanied by the Prince Consort and the Princesses, her Majesty has visited the Royal Academy and the Exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, and the Haymarket Theatre.
The birthday of Prince Arthur was kept at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Prince Alfred set out to rejoin the Euryalus on Thursday. Professor Owen has delivered two more lectures on Natural History at Buckingham Palace.
The list of guests at BuCkingham Palace includes the names of the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Buccleuch, Count Vitzthum, Count and Countess Bcrnstorff, Earl St. Germans, Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Sir Edward Lytton, Sir Benjamin Hawes, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait, and Mr. and Mrs. William Cowper.