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Tins has been a gay and busy week in the Isle of Wight. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh arrived at Osborne on Monday, on a visit to the Queen : the Duke of Newcastle also arrived on Monday. On that day the Royal party drove to Carisbrook. On Tuesday they went to sea, in the Victoria and Albert, to witness the target practice of the new screw gun-boat, the Arrow, off the Needles. On Wednesday the annual fae of Prince Albert, in honour of his birthday, which falls on the 26th, was celebrated by an- ticipation. This was a pretty sight. Under marquees, pitched on the lawn at Osborne, about four hundred and fifty labourers, soldiers, seamen, marines, and coast-guard men, dined. About three o'clock, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, and the Royal children, walked through the marquees, and gave the signal for dinner. About half-past four, dancing and rustic games began in presence of the Royal party, and were kept up till sunset.
Prince Albert went to Newport on Thursday, and laid the first stone of a new church about to be erected there, to be called St. Thomas's Church. Yesterday he reviewed the garrison of Portsmouth.
The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh left Osborne on Thursday.
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