The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-14 00:00:00

THE COURT

It is the intention of her Majesty the Queen to review
the Artillery lately returned from the Crimea, at Wool-
wich, to-day, at eleven o'clock. The Queen held a court
at three o'clock on Friday afternoon, at Buckingham
Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden
had an audience of her Majesty and took leave. M.
Musurus, the Turkish Ambassador, had an audience of
the Queen. Mr. Andrew Buchanan, Envoy Extraordi•
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of
Denmaik, had an audience of her Majesty, and took
leave on returning to Copenhagen. Mr. Buchanan was
presented by the Earl of Clarendon. After his audience
of the Queen, Prince Oscar visited the Prince and
Princess of Prussia, in Buckingham Palace, and took
leave of their Royal Highnesses. The Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince of Prussia, and the Princess Alice,
rode on horseback in the forenoon. The Prince and
Princess of Prussia, and the Princess Louise, attended
by the Countess Oriolla. and Count de Boos, went on
Friday morning to the gallery in Pall-mall of the New
Society of Painters in Water-colors, and afterwards
inspected the National Gallery. Their Royal Highnesses
paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House. In the afternoon, the
Princess of Prussia and the Princess Louise went to the
exhibition of the Royal Academy, and the Prince of
Prussia visited Prince Oscar of Sweden, at Claridge's
Hotel. Her Majesty and the Prince Censort, with the
Prince and Princess of Piussia, to,k a drive in the
afternoon, in an open landau and four. The equeries in
waiting attended on horseback. The Qleen and Prince
Albeit, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of
Prussia and the Princess Louise, honoured the Princess's
Theatre with their presence on Friday evening.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, SATURDAY.-Lard Palmerston
was invested this day with the princely Order of the
Garter. The usual State ceremonies were observed on
this occasion. A number of the Knights of the Garter
were prevented from being present at the investiture,
either from being out of town or by indisposition. Lord
Clarendon, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Aberde?n, the Duke of

Buccleuch, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of
Abercorn, and other knights assembled. The Bishop
of Oxford, Sir Charles Young, Garter King of Arms, and
the other officers of the Order were in attendance. Lord
Palmerston arrived at the palace at twenty minutes past
three o'clock. His lordship was habited in the full dress

official costume. Earl Fortescue, upon this occasion,
likewise attended for investiture, there being two vacan-
cies in the Order of the Garter, the number of knights
in which is limited to twenty-four, exclusive of royal
personages. Earl Fortescue also appeared in the richly
embroidered official costume, and wore round his neck
the light blue ribband and badge of a Past Grand Master
of the illustrious Order of St. Patrick, the noble earl
having filled the important post of Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland. The investiture of Lords Palmerston and
Fortescue took place in the presence of the Queen, when
both noble lords were invested with " The Garter," the
peculiar distinction of this ancient and princely order
bearing the well known motto, " lloni suit qui mal y
pense." Their lordships als) each received the blue
riband carrying the golden figure of St. George, the
patron of the Order. The interesting ceremony con
eluded soon after four o'clock. Her Majesty had a
dinner party this evening, and, in addition to the royal
visitors of Prussia and the ladies and gentlemen of their
suite, the distinguished circle comprised H.R.H. the
Duchess of Kent, His Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Earl
of Aberdeen.

DEPARTURE OF PRINCE OSCAR OF SW EDEN.—The
whole of the Royal Horse and Foot Artillery, between
2,000 and 3,000, recently returned front the Crimea, had
a grand field day on Saturday, in honour of Prince
Oscar of Sweden, and in presence of Sir W. F. Williams
of Kars, Earl Cardigan, and a brilliant staff. The prince,
who was dressed in a splendid green uniform, trimmed
with silver lace, rode a beautiful chesnut charger, and,
accompanied by General Williams, Earl of Cardigan,
Colonel Hardinge, and the stall', rode along the line, and
having returned to the flag staff, the whole of the
batteries of horse and foot Artillery passed first in slow,
and afterwards quick time. A sham fight and tremen
dour cannonading then ensued. Some brilliant
manoeuvres were executed, and after lasting nearly two
hours, the operations were brought to a close. The dis-
tinguished pa,ty then retired to the officers' m'ss room,
and shortly before five, his royal highness Prince Oscar
proceeded to the Dockyard to embark on board her
Majesty's steamer Vivid, on his return to Sweden, via.
Ostend. As the royal barge quitted the shore, a battery
of Artillery thundered forth a royal salute, and the Vivid
immediately got under weigh, and proceeded down the
river for Ostend.

ST R ANRAER JULY 9.—The Princess Royal, steamer
which went on shore on Scaur Laggan Rocks, 28th May,
suffered severely 7th instant, her how parted, and went
down in deep water. Efforts are being made to float off
the after part, in the hope of clung 04 engine and bailers,