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THE great naval display at Portsmouth drew the Court to the seaside this week. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, with the King and Queen of the Belgians, and their several suites, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter past nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, and proceeded by a special train on the South-western Railway to Gosport

The Queen Dowager had left Busby Park on the previous day, for Ryde; ac- companied by the Dutchess Ida of Saxe-Weimar, the Princess Anna, the Princess Amelia, and Prince Edward.

The experimental squadron of war-ships set sail from Spithead on Tuesday, under the most brilliant auspices. Gosport and Portsmouth were densely crowded; train after train having for two days brought visiters, by hundreds at a time, from London, and more flocking in from the surrounding country. Among the special trains on Tuesday' an early one conveyed Prince George of Cambn ; another, the Directors of the East India Company; the Lords of the Admiralty were already at their post. Long before noon, the streets, the quays, the shores in every part, were thronged with gaily-dressed crowds. A little before noon ar- rived the special train from town conveying the Queen and Prince Albert, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and their several suites. The naval and mili- tary authorities, with Prince George, and also with a guard of honour, were in waiting to receive her Majesty; but without delay the party embarked on board the Victoria and Albert yacht, and started for Spithead. The Queen Dowager, who had come over from Hyde, was on the quarter-deck of the Princess Alice, which set out in company: the Queen Victoria and her friends instantly went aft and spoke to her Majesty. The Black Eagle, with the Admiralty flag, and the Fairy, with attendents on the Royal party, also accompanied the chief steamer. At this time the scene was most animated: the shores were alive with people • and the waters were covered with craft of all kinds—steamers, yachts, sailing vessels, and smaller boats. On approaching Spithead, the vessels of the squadron were seen in a double line, from East to West, unmoored, and hove short: their yards were not manned. The Hibernia, which did not belong to the squadron, lay-to West of all, its yards manned. The following were the ships—

Starboard Line.

St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley ; bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Parker, Com- mander-in-chief of the squadron : built in 1815, with improvements, on the lines of Sir W. Rule's Caledonia.

The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Martin: a new ship, on the same model.

The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Baldwin Wake walker : the first of Sir William Sy- monds's three-decked ships, built in 1839. [This Is the vessel that has given rise to so much discussion.] The Albion, 90, captain N. Lockyer : 1842, same model.

Port Line.

Vanguard, 80, Captain Willis : the first of Sir William Symonds's 80-gun ships, ben In 1835.

Rodney, 90 : built on the lines of the late Sir Robert Seppings.

Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby : captured from the French at the Nile; and twice rebuilt, at great expense, by Sir Robert Seppings In 1835, and recently by Sir William Symonds.

The Superb, 80, Captain Corry : sister to the Vanguard.

[The object of the expedition is to test the ships built by Sir William Symonds. The main improvement In them consists in a reduction of the midship section under water, and an increase in the plane of floatation, from which great stability is obtained, and additional accommodation for officers and men, with increased facility for the working and fighting of the guns. Tire additional breadth of the ships over those of the old class is very considerable : in the three-decked ships It varies from 4 feet 5 Inches to feet 5 inches ; In the 90-gun ships It is 5 feet 8 inches, and In the 80-gun ships It is 4 feet 5 inches.] The Royal yacht, followed by the three steamers in its company, passed be- tween the lines, and rounded the bows of the Hibernia. The signal was then made to set sail: in a few minutes the anchors were all up, the canvass was flying, and the vessels moved forward under studding-sails slow and aloft. The Rodney was the first under way, and took the lead; but in a short time the Queen made head, and passed the Superb, Albion, and Rodney ; the fleet lying in this order as it passed the Nab light—Queen Rodney, Albion, Superb, 'Vanguard, Canopus, Trafalgar, St. Vincent. Up to this point, her Majesty-had stood on the platform between the paddle-boxes of the steamer, viewing the sailing of her ships with evident interest: after passing the light, her Majesty assumed the lead; off Dunnose the fleet formed in two lines, the Queen's yacht repassed between, and returned to port ; the Admiral leading the squadron forth on its voyage; with the Black Eagle, the Tagus, (bearing the East India Directors,) and several other vessels still in company.

The Queen and her party arrived at Osborne House by six o'clock on Tuesday evening ; and after enjoying the retreat for a clear day, returned to town, by way of Gosport and the South-western Railway, on Thursday morning.

The Queen Dowager's party also came to London on Thursday. Before leaving town, the King and Queen of the Belgians had exchanged visits with the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge and the Dutchess of Gloucester; and the King paid special visits to Prince George of Cambridge and Prince Ed- ward of Saxe-Weimar. At four o'clock on Thursday afternoon, their Majesties took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert; who accompanied them to the grand entrance of the Palace, and there said farewell. The King and his Consort, with their suite, set out, by the South-eastern Railway, for Dover, and so to Ostend, on their return to Belgium. Queen Victoria gave an audience to the Earl of Aberdeen on Thursday. The Queen held a Court yesterday, at which Sami Pacha had an audience. The Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal relatives, paid a visit at Buck- ingham Palace yesterday, and partook of a dejeuner: her Majesty subsequently left town for Bushy Park. Prince George of Cambridge also visited at the Palace yesterday. On Thursday evening her Majesty and Prince Albert went to the Italian

The Duke and Dutebess of Cambridge dined with Sir Robert and Lady Peel on Saturday; yesterday, with the Russian Ambassador and Baroness Brunow.