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THE QUEEN held a Privy Council on Saturday last, at Windsor Castle; Prince Albert and most of the Ministers being present. The day fur the meeting of Parliament was fixed. Mr. James Stephen, Under Secretary for the Colonies, took the oaths and his seat as a Privy Councillor.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Lord and Lady Beauvais, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, arrived at the Castle, as visiters, on Monday, and departed on Thurday.
The intelligence of Count Mensdorff's death reached Windsor on Friday afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert dined in private on that day. The Royal Family have pursued their out-door exercise: the Queen has taken walks with Prince Albert; the Prince has enjoyed the sport of shoot- ing; and the children have kept up their pony rides.
The Dutchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary returned to Kew on Tuesday, from the Continent, via Dover, after an absence of four months. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Kew on the same day, from the Duke of Rutland's seat near Newmarket.
Wednesday was the birthday of the Princess Sophia; who then com- pleted her seventieth year.
The Dutchess of Gloucester visited Lord and Lady John Russell, in Richmond Park, on Tuesday.
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