'br t out PRINCE ALBERT returned to Osborne from Boulogne on
Saturday morn- ing. The Queen went out to sea in the Fairy to meet him, and they proceeded together to East Cowes. Here the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto came on board and took leave. The Queen and Royal Family arrived at Buckingham Palace, from Osborne, on Wednesday. In the afternoon her Majesty held a Privy Council, and gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon, Sir James Graham, and the Duke of Newcastle.
Previously to quitting Osborne, her Majesty gave audience to Don Antonio Gonzales, who delivered his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Spain; and to Baron de Gersdorft who delivered a letter to her Majesty, announcing the death of the late King of Saxony, and returning the insignia of the Order of the Garter worn by his late sovereign.
Early on Thursday morning—at twenty minutes to eight o'clock—the Court set out from Buckingham Palace for Balmoral ; travelling by the Great Northern Railway, in a special train. The weather was wet and gloomy ; but many persons assembled to see the Queen's departure from London ; and at the various stations on her journey she was greeted with the characteristic loyalty of her people. The Queen arrived at Edin- burgh about half-past six the same evening, and rested at Holyrood Palace all night, At nine yesterday morning, her Majesty was once more on her way to Balmoral.
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