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THE Queen assiduously took her guests, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, to the Exhibition, up to the last day of their stay. On Monday, Prince Albert accompanied them to the British Institution, to see the collection of paintings by old masters, and to the gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water- colours; and on Tuesday, the Queen and Prince went with them to see the beautiful floral display of the Botanic Society in the Regent's Park. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Duke Ernest of Wurtem- berg took leave, for the Continent, on Thursday.
Lord Broughton had an audience of the Queen on Wednesday, to lay before her some magnificent presents from the Newab Nazim of Bengal, —elephant's trappings of velvet and gold, a howdah and palanquins of ivory inlaid with gold, and a throne or resting-conch of crimson velvet and gold with a richly, embroidered canopy supported by silver columns.
At a Court held on Saturday last, Prinoe Henry of the Netherlands took leave - the Prince of Wasa was presented by Baron Koller, the Aus- trian Chargi d'Affaires; the Chevalier Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Mi- nister, had an audience on his return to this country after a temporary absence ; and Sir Richard Pakenham was presented to take leave, as her Majesty's Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lisbon. The Queen and Prince Albert were at Her Majesty's Theatre on Sa- turday and Thursday, at the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday, and at the French Play on Monday.
Prince Albert honoured Sir Edwin Landseer with " a visit, at his resi- dence in St. John's Wood," on Tuesday.
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