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THE QUEtN returned from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace on 1Vednesday, and in the afternoon held a Privy Council there ; when the Sheriffs for the English and Welsh counties were appointed, and the Speech of her Majesty, to be delivered at the opening of Parliament, was submitted, and agreed upon. A proclamation was ordered to be issued, warning persons from trading with Japan until the ratification of the treaty, Mr. John Inglis, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, was sworn in and took his seat at the board.
Afterwards her Majesty held a Court. The Duke of Montrose had an audience. Sir Henry Storks kissed hands on his appointment as Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. The Honourable Charles Augustus Murray had audience and presented a letter to the Queen from the Shah of Persia. Mr. Joseph Arnould kissed hands on his appointment as Puisne Judge at Bombay. The Earl of Derby, the- Marquis of Salisbury, General Peel, and Lord Stanley, had audiences of the Queen.
On Thursday the Queen proceeded to Westminster Palace in state, and opened Parliament.
On the evening of her return to London her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince Consort, the Princess Alice and Helena, went to the Hay- market Theatre.
Daily bulletins, reporting the health of the Princess Frederick William and her son, transmitted to the Queen from Berlin, have been published. The mother and infant are "as well as can be."
After opening Parliament the Queen returned to Windsor Castle.
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