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THE Queen continues in good health at Windsor. She has had very little company at the Castle this week. The usual drives and walks in the parks and slopes have been enjoyed by her Majesty every day the weather permitted. Prince Albert shows himself to be an indefatigable sportsman : almost daily be is out with his gun, or hunting. On Wed- nesday, there was a kind of private stag-hunt in the Great Park : on Tuesday, his Royal Highness paid Colonel Challoner a rabbit-shooting visit, at Partnoll Park, Virginia Water ; where in one hour's time he is reported to have killed twenty-five rabbits, and to have said that it was the best sport he had yet had. The Dutchess of Kent is with the Queen.
The Duke of Sussex and the Dutehess of Gloucester "attended" at Clarence House, St. James's, on Wednesday. The Duke of Sussex also " attended " on Thursday. The Duke of Cambridge has been very active in his visiting move- ments this week. On Sunday, he visited the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea ; on Monday, he left town for Coombe Wood, returning to Gloucester House in the afternoon ; on Wednesday, he went to the Military College at Sandhurst, whence Ile returned in the evening; on Thursday, he honoured the members of the " Nulli Secundus Club" with his company at dinner at the Clarendon Hotel; and yesterday he went again to Sandhurst to attend the examination of the cadets.
The Queen has signified her intention of subscribing two hundred guineas towards the erection of the new church at Windsor. Prince Albert has also subscribed one hundred guineas, and the Queen Dow- ager fifty pounds, for the same purpose. •
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