Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

THE COURT

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the
Princesses Alice and Helena, visited Bridgewater House on
Friday afternoon. The equerries in waiting; Major-General
the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, were
in attendance. The Prince Consort rode on horseback in
the morning.

The Queen and Prince Consort, attended by Lady Mac-
donald, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl of
Sheffield, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the
Hon. A. Hardinge, honoured the performance at Covont-
garden Theatre with their presence on Friday evening.
Her Majesty will hold a levee On the 26th proximo, and
a drawing-room on the 14th proximo.
THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM'S RECOLLECTIONS
or HomE.—An answer has been received to the address of
congratulation lately presented to her Royal Highness
Princess Frederick William of Prussia by the tenants upon
Balmoral, Abergeldie, and Berkall estates. Dr. Robertson
has also received a private letter from her Royal Highness,
inclosing a handsome donation for the benefit, of the poor
upon these estates.• In her reply the Princess shares in the
hope that she may, 'at no distant period, be able to revisit
the " Bonnie Bank o' Dee," by which she is bound by so
many dear recollections.

THE PRINCE OF WALES.—The Makuis d'Azeglio and
Count Balbo arrived here. on Tuesday evening, and on
Saturday presented the Order of the Annunciation to the
Prince of Wales. As I told you in my last letter, the
ceremony will be of a strictly private character, not even
the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires or Mr. Odo Russell being
present. The Prince is to be attended only by his own
people —Colonel Bruce, the chaplain, his medical man, and
another gentleman. Indeed, most judiciously, every effort
is made to maintain the incognito of the Prince, and attach
him strictly to the object for which he visited Rome. His
Royal Highness enters warmly into the festivities of the
Carnival, throwing bouquets into the carriages as they pass
beneath his balcony, and receiving with much courtesy
those which are presented to him. Indeed, his amiable ex-
pression and bearing have won all hearts in Rome.—Letter
from Rome.

The Earl of Minto was, we are gratified to learn, much
better on Friday, and hopes are now entertained of his
ultimate recovery.

• Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, on Friday,
from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands,
and the Governors of the settlements on the West Coast of
Africa. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the North
American and Australian colonies.
Another domestic affliction has befallen his Excellency
Count de Lavradio, Portugueses Minister at this court.
Scarcely recovered from the severe shock his excellency so
recently suffered, Friday's mail brought the intelligence of
the death of his sister, the Duchess de Ficalho, Mistress of
the Robes to her Majesty the Queen of I), artugal.

THE VACANT OFFICE OF RADCLIFFE OB3ERVER.—The
names of several gentlemen, eminent in the science of
astronomy, are already mentioned for the vacancy at the
Radcliffe Observatory, caused by the death of Mr. Johnson.
Amongst them are those of Mr. Pogson, of the Hartwell
Observatory, and Mr. Donkin, Savilian Professor of Astrc-
nomy in the university of Oxford. The former gentleman
was, for a period of sawn years, Mr. Johnson's chief
assistant, and is consequently well qualified to carry out
those important scientific works left in an unfinished state.
—Oxford Chronicle.