26 APRIL 1856, Page 4

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MiLrrAny and naval reviews are the characteristics of the Court intelli- gence. On Saturday, having slept the previous night in her pavillion at Aldershott, the Queen witnessed a series of brilliant manceuvres, at Cie- saes Camp, by the troops under Major-General Knolls : she returned to Buckingham Palace in the evening. On Monday, Prince Albert vi- sited the camp at Colchester, and reviewed the troops in Wavenhoe Park : in the evening he returned to town. On Wednesday, the Queen, accom-

panied by Prince Albert and their five elder n children, reviewed the fleet

at Spithead. They left Buckingham Palace at half-past eight in the morning, and returned at eight in the evening.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. At the Court, Dr. Montagu 'Villiers did homage on his ap- pointment as Bishop of Carlisle. The Earl of Clarendon. Sir George Grey, and Lord Panmure, had audience. The list of her Majesty's guests includes the names of Earl and Countess Granville, Count Cavour, Sefer Pasha, the Earl and Countess of Caithness, the Earl and Countess of Durham, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, the Earl of Westmoreland and Lady Rose Pane, Earl Cawdor, Lord George Lennox, Lord and Lady Barrington, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons.

As yesterday was the birthday of the Duchess of Gloucester, the Queen, Prince Albert, and all their children, paid their aunt a congratu- latory visit. It was also the birthday of the Princess Alice, and the Queen gave a juvenile ball at Buckingham Palace.