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The Queen held an Investiture of the Order of the Thistle at Bucking- ham Palace on Monday ; when the Marquis of Allan was invested with the insignia of the Order.
The Queen and Prince Consort have witnessed performances at the Adelphi and Haymarket Theatres ; and the Prince Consort has visited the British Museum, the British Institution, South Kensington Museum, and the United Service Club-house in Pall Mall.
The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes the names of the Duke, Duchess, and Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Earl and Countess of Clarenion, Count and Countess Bernstorif, the Marquis and Mar- chioness of Salisbury, the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, the United States' Minister and Mrs. Dallas, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, and Countess Platen, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley, the Right Honourable Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, General Sir John Burgoyne, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Derby, and the Earl of Malmesbury.