Itbt (rout. THE residence of the Court at Brighton has
been diversified by a trip to Portsmouth.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the three Princes of Saxe Coburg, with the suite, proceeded thither on Monday, in five carriages, at half-past seven o'clock in the morning. Triumphal arches were erected in the approaches to Portsmouth, and the streets were lined with troops. The Earl of Haddington, and several other Lords of the Admiralty and distinguished naval officers, had arrived on Sunday afternoon ; and the Duke of Wellington took up his abode at the George over night. The Queen and Prince Albert and the Princes, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington, were received at the Ad- miralty House by a large body of naval and military officers. At three o'clock, Prince Albert visited the Excellent gunnery-ship ; and then he accompanied the Queen to the St. Vincent. As the Queen entered the vessel, the Royal standard was hoisted, and the ships in port manned their yards and fired a Royal salute. The same ceremonies were re- peated when the Queen entered the Royal George. Rain coming on, the Queen returned to the Admiralty House. Prince Albert and his relatives went to see the block-manufactory, the forge, and the copper- works ; and then they joined the Queen at the Admiralty House, where there was a select party ; and the Royal visiters passed the night. After dark, the houses, the shipping, and the floating bridge were illuminated.
Next day, at an early hour, the Princes went over to Gosport to in- spect the Victualling-department. They tasted the biscuits, " which they relished very much" ; and Price Albert sent some for the Royal table. At about ten o'clock, the Queen and the Royal party went in the Black Eagle steamer to visit the Queen, 110 gnus, lying at Spithead. The party partook of a dejeuner it la fourchette on board. The Sun has an anecdote of the occasion : the Queen "tasted the soup and three-water grog' of the crew, and remarked with a dash somewhat in the Queen Elizabeth spirit, and with a smile, that it was not strong enough—a remark which the sailors relished wonderfully, and will long be remembered in the Navy. Her Majesty," adds the Sun, "evi- dently is no Teetotaller." Having returned to the Admiralty House, the Queen received the Mayor and Corporation ; who presented a loyal address. At two o'clock, the party returned to Brighton.
Sir Robert Peel, who was specially summoned to the Royal dinner. table on Saturday, remained at the Pavilion till Monday. The Brighton Gazette is enabled to state that the Premier was received with a degree of marked kindness that must utterly silence the "base lies" "as to the supposed political predilections of an exalted personage"; and that Sp. Robert slept, "by a coincidence worthy of mention," in the same room which he occupied many years ago. The Duke of Cambridge gave audience on Wednesday, at Cambridge House, to the Lord Mayor and City Remembrancer.
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