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ME Queen, Prince Albert, and the children, enjoy excellent health; rides and walks in Osborne grounds and on the island beach being the chief in- cidents of the week.
Tuesday was the birthday of the Princess Alice, and was suitably "kept.'
Visiters arrive and depart: the Dutchess of Kent, on Saturday, for a three-days stay; subsequently, Sir Robert Peel, the Baron de Beast, Sir George Cowper, the Honourable and Reverend C. Leslie Conrtenay, to join the Royal dinner-party and stay a night. An order was issued from the Palace, yesterday, signifying the Queen's wish that the ladies at- tending the drawiugrooms and invited to the Palace, shall appear in dresses of British manufacture.
Queen Adelaide arrived at Spitheacl, in the Howe 120 guns, at eight o'clock on Thursday morning; and was duly received and congratulated by the authorities. Her Majesty's health has been improved by her win- ter stay in Madeira. Prince Albert came from Queen Victoria, with gra- cious compliments and an invitation to Osborne; which was accepted; and a visit of a few hours was accomplished by means of the Fairy steamer. Queen Adelaide returned to the Howe in the afternoon, and cane to town yesterday at noon.
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