Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-08 00:00:00

THE COURT, &c.

The Queen, and Prince Albert, accompanied' by the
Princess :Royal,. and Princess Alice, took a- drive in an
open landau and-Tour on Friday afternoon. 4 Major General
Bouverie and Colonel F. H. Seymour attended on horse-
back. The Prince rode on horseback in the forenoon with
the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Col.
F. H: Seymour. Prince Arthur and the Ptincesses Helena
and Louisa took a drive in a carriage and four. Her
Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The company
included the Earl and Countess Spencer, Lady Caroline
and Miss Barrington, and the Dean of Windsor and' the
Hon. Mrs. Wellesley. The Duchess of Sutherland, Major
' General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, and Colonel the
Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps had the honour of being
invited in the evening. The members of the Cologne
Choral Union had the honour of attending and perform—
ing at Buckingham. Palace in the evening.

TOUR OF THE PRINCE or WALES.—We understand that
the Prince of Wales will in the course of the summer make
a tour on the Continent, residing for about six weeks •on
the banks of the Rhine, at Keenigswinter, at the foot of
the Drackenfels, where a commodious hotel has been en-
gaged for his royal highness. It is,expected that when the
season advances his royal highness will proceed up the
Rhine to Switzerland, for the purpose of visiting the Alps.
His royal highness will travel incognito, under the title of
Baron Renfrew. He will be attended by Major-General
the Hon. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby, Mr.
Gibbs, the Rev. Mr. Tarver, and Dr. Armstrong, R.N.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO MANCIIESTEE—There is little
doubt but that her Majesty will arrive in Manchester on
the 29th, in which case the royal visit will be made on
Tuesday, the 30th inst. It is not as yet decided whether
the visit will be one of state or strictly private, but a
strong and general feeling has been expressed among all
classes in Manchester that the visit may be of a nature
to enable the public to give her Majesty a loyal and hearty
reception upon this her second visit to the great centre of
manufacturing industry. Her Majesty and the Prince will
be accompanied we believe by the Princess Royal, the
Prince of Wales, and two of the junior members of the
royal family.
PRESENT FROM Ksa MAJESTY TO THE 23 d,D ROYAL WELSH
FUSILIERS.—Her Majesty the Queen has presented to the
23d Regiment of Royal Welsh Fusiliers a beautiful Cash-
mere goat, from the herd in Windsor great park, which
was despatched on Wednesday last, under charge of Drum
Major Knight and a drummer of the same regiment, to the
head-quarters at Portsmouth. This is the fifth present
of a similar kind made by her Majesty, as a special mark
of her royal favour, to this distinguished regiment, the
rest having died at various periods. One, which had
become very docile and been trained to march before the
regiment, died on its passage from the Crimea, since
which time it has been replaced by another goat from
Windsor great park, which also died a few weeks ago,
and the present animal, which is perfectly white and two
years old, is intended to replace it. It is well known that
many regiments have various fancies for peculiar favour-
ites in animals or birds,.which have always been attached
to them, such as deer, dogs, goats, monkeys ; even ravens
have been adopted as pets of a regiment of Foot Guards.
The last regimental pets seen at Windsor were a noble
deer and an old goat with gilt horns, which used to take
their position in front of the bands as the daily guards
marched to and from the barracks and castle.