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Principal vocalists Miss Banks, Mlle. de Villar, Miss Fanny Rowland, Miss Paliner, Mr. Sims Reeves; Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Saintley, Mr. Thomas. Tickets Is., 28 dd.; Stalls Commence at 8.

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Her Majesty the Queen held a levee on Wednesday afternoon in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham Palace at a quarter past two o'clock, escorted by a detach- , meat of Life Guards. The Great Officers of State received