The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Mnann 24.
The Queen and the Prinoees Alice drove out this
°ening, Wooded by Colonel the Hoe. A. Handing. es

The Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal), attended
by the Counter Bleacher, walked and drove in the Rom.
Pi&
The Duke of Newcastle left the Castle.
The Duke of Nemours and the Princess of Joinville drove
over from Claremont, and returned in the &Remora,

Her Majesty's Oommireionan for the International Ex-
hibition of 1862 have received notice that Colonel Johnson
will shortly mire in this country, to act as commissioner
on behalf of the exhibitors from the United States. All
communications are to be addressed in the meantime to Mr.
J. E. Holmes, 17, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.
A deputation, relative to the People's Park, Belfast, had
a• interview with the Right lion. F. Peel yesterday, at the
Treinery. The depstation consisted of Sir Hugh M. Wink
M.P., fleannel G. Getty, M.P., Colonel Fred, M.P.,
General Upton, ILP., Jonathan Richardson, M.P., and the
Vice-President el the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy OmMoil oaf yerlisr•
day. A petitiou for • prolongatiaa Masson ;shirk far
railway wheels was commenced. The Lords proud were
the Lords Justices Knight Braes sad Tamer. sad Sir
Edmund Ryas.

Despetebee were met yesterday, from the Ooltaisl-ellee,
as the Lord MO Commissioner of the lades Weeds, and
to the Goversors of the settlemente on the West Comet of
Africa.

The Earl and Countess of Ashburnham have
snived at Ashbarsham Home, Dovet-etreet, from their
art is Sawa.

The Countess Dowager of Westmoreland and
lady Rees Fain liars The Grove, Watford, to-day, where
they have been staying at a viait to the Earl and Counter
et Clareedon, for Brighton.

The mortal remains of the late Dowager Via;
countess Dillon, notice of whose sudden demise at Paris
appeared in our obituary of the 20th init., were yesterday
Interred at Spelaburg, Oxfordshire. The numerous !may
of the deceased have been gratified by a gracious 6:peonies
of sympathy on the °opinion on the part of her Majesty,
more particularly ss:th reference to recent accounts from
Rome of the elate of health of the Hon. Mn.s Hamilton,
second daughter of the late viscountess, who was one of
the first maids of bosom to the Queen on her aceesilea to
the theme.

Lord and Lady Wensleydale have arrived attheir
residence in Parkatreet, from Arupthill Perk, for the
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lady Caroline Mamie gave her second dancing
party last erasing at her residence in Upper Grosvenor•
strerA.

In the House of Commons Mr. Denman, on
Friday week, will eall attention to the median of Poland,
sad mon for eertsha papers relating thereto.

On going into COnintittee of Supply, Sir James
requasou is to move, that, " In the opinion of this house,
it is not desirable that the annual training of the militia
should be of las duration than the minimum period re-
commended by the Royal Commisiloo."

On Tuesday next Lord Zicho propoees to move,
in the House of Commas, that "The physical, moral, and
soceomical advantages arising from a sydeoi of physical
iodising have hien clearly ehowa in *Awe before the
Royal Education Commissioa. That it is expedient, for
the increase of the bodily as well as the metal aptitude
al chiklreas far civil, industrial, as well as for possible mili-
tary movies, that encouragement and aid should be girth
for the extession of the practice of systematised gyinnathe
traiaing, sad far teaching military and Naval drill as DOW
practised in the district half-time schools for orphan
and destitute children, and in other schools for pauper
children"

Mr. Edward Pleydell Bouverie will ask, on Tues-
day, for a select committee to consider whither it is prsc•
Meals to provide a compendious record of parliamentary
proceedings for the use of members.
The first of Mr. Walpole's resolutions relative to
the Revised Code, to be proposed this evening, involves
the whole principle contended for. It rang thus :—" That,
when it is propped to give government aid to elementary
whoa* it is inexpedient that the whole amount of such aid
should depend on the individuel examination of each child
in reading, writing, and arithmetic."
The following members compose the minority who
voted last night for Mr. White's motion to omit the clause
in the Mutiny Bill giving courts martial the power to in-
dict corporal puniabment :—Messrs. W. B. Beater, J.
Blake, J. Clay, Sir R. J. Clifton, Messrs. W. Cox, R. Dal-
Ash. Sir C. Douglas, Messrs. A. 8. Finlay, J. Greene,
J. P. Hannemy, W. Lawson, J. F. Maguire, J. Max,t
and Mr. Alderman Salomon. Tellers, Ma'am White end
Pease.

The Times of to-day publishes two lengthy letters

—one from the Re►. Dr. Temple, of Rugby School, the
other from Mr. Harry Chester, Lite assistant secretary to
the Committee at Council on Education—in defence of the
revisal code. Dr. Temple thinks that the new code is the
first step towards decentralising our elementary education.
On almost every point, Mr. Chester regards the revised
code se an Improvement on its predecessor, and "as cal-
culated to pave the way for further improvements in the
working of Sir James fibuttlewortlis original and admirable
plus."