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THE QUEEN held a Court and Privy Council on Wednesday, at Buck- ingham Palace. At the Court, the Donna Anna of Portugal, great aunt of the King of Portugal, had an audience of the Queen.
At the Privy Council, certain orders were made relating to the conduct of the war, and a proclamation regulating the distribution of prize-money was ordered.
The Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Newcastle, and Sir James Graham, had audiences of the Queen.
The Queen held a dratvingroom, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday : it was very fully attended. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the children have taken their usual drives and rides. On Monday and Friday, the Queen and Prince Albert visited the Duchess of Gloucester. On Saturday, Prince Albert went to the Crystal Palace ; on Monday, he witnessed an experiment with Mr. Parratt's tubular life-raft in the gardens of Buckingham Palace; on Tuesday, he visited the exhibition of the Society of British Artists. The Queen and Prince Albert went to the Olympic Theatre on Tuesday, to the Princess's on Thursday, and the Lyceum on Friday.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the Queen on Saturday, and subsequently the Duchess of Kent. Among her Majesty's guests have been, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Mus- grave, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord and Lady John Russell, Mr. T. B. Macaulay, Brigadier-General Pennefather, Brigadier- General Buller, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Mr. and Mrs. Sid- ney Herbert, Brigadier-General Scarlett, and Captain Sir Baldwin Walker.
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