The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 27.
The Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Arthur, drove out this morning, attended by
the Marchioness of Ely.
Her Royal Highness Princess Helena rode in the
Home Park.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by
the Hon. Emily Cathcart, took a carriage drive.
Their Royal Elighesses Princess Helena, Princess
Louise, and Prince Arthur, left Windsor Castle this
afternoon for Claremont, to be present at a dance.,
in fancy dress, given lay her Majesty Queen.Sarle
Amelie.
They were attended by the Marchioness of Ely
and Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses wore oar;
guise costumes of the last century, with powdereu
hair ; and his Royal Highness Prince
Highland dress of the same epoch, also with pow'
dered hair. Arthur

The Prince and Princess of Wales
The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Tees"
dale, hunted with his harriers near Windsor yester-

day.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drivel at-
tended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went in
the
evening to the amateur theatrical performance "3:1
the officer of the Brigade of Guards at the Bij°
Theatre, in aid of the Guards' Industrial Home,

ed
The Prince and Princess of Wales have sign'l
their intention to patronise the Devon and Cornwall 147
,00.
boat Bazaar, to be held at Teignmouth in August nO'
aid of the funds of the Royal National LifebLifeboatDastituti
All the lifeboats, numbering fourteen, on the shores a tho
two counties belong to the National Institution, which 11°
expended on them about £7,000.
His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and
10
the Countess Bernstorff will receive a distinguished circe
at dinner, at the Prussian Embassy, on the 7th of the elan
l-
suing month. The Countess Bernstorff will have
assembly afterwards. 011
The Duchess of Somerset commences her c.L.,;„t
dancing parties on Wednesday, the Bth prox., at the '—
Lord's official residence at the Admiralty, Whitehall.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and fain a
are expected to occupy a portion of their new residence;
Whitehall after Easter. It is not the intention of the
and duchess to come to town till then.
The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and fall
have left town within the last few days for Cluraberiffter
Notts, where they purpose to stay until after the
holidays. t at
The Marchioness of Lothian was not presen-ole
the requiem for Cardinal Wiseman at Ifoorfields. "re_
marchioness was at Dalkoith Palace at the time the ee
mony took place.

The Committee on the Prussian Badge

[REUTER'S EXPRESS.]
tsl.3toiiiie
The committee on the budgetß hEaßvLelN;gFreebed.
the tenor of the report they will recomra
clu elld $
oc u,sW
Chamber of Deputies to adopt. The
•

are textually as follows : Judi'
" 1. The committee is unable to recognise a, •
of
cious position of public expenditure in the ara"
the budget laid before the Chamber.
essential
" 2. The war estimates should undergo
rge
change, and ought to be redu.
3. Lar sums than areced stated in the bndeet
ought to be devoted to productive purposes' t° tto
better development of water ways, to the Sala'
rural improvements, to science, to raising the s`iv...
ries of teachers and subaltern officials, and t° the
creasing the pay of sub-officers and privates is
army.
tt 4. The present is a favourable time for eff-cevt;
ing a reform or a diminution of unduly bea et.
public burdens, or of such as defeat their prOis
object, notably the suppression of additional inei,
upon the expenses of administering justice, ur
the postage of letters, and the abolition of the alt
monopoly.
by
" 5. The house tax ought to be definitely fieci
the Chamber at the sum of 2,843,260 thalers,

originally agreed upon. 4, tas
"6. A legal change of the class and incovs%hiy
should be effected, so that the number of be
levies requisite to cover the total amount shs-ta.
yearly settled by the budget within the legally 0
blished maximum of 12 monthly pasts." ,„;‘,ll ran
Herr Virchow proposed a 7th elatiSe,
as follows . witly
" The Chamber invites the Governraelll;
draw the draft of the budget which h
before it, and to prepare a new draft as
has li-
the preceding clauses."
This proposition was lost by a inait)riti Of
votes.

Naval and Military Intelligence'

Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Buller, K.C.13.1
ceed Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., ))1/j).'itd
Governor of Portsmouth, and in military ee°/ ffira
of the South-West District, on the removal °f
to
William to the Adjt.-Generalcy at tbe
Guards in April next. wooly,
The 64th Regiment, at present in P°l.ter ao
garrison, will leave Portsmouth for Manelles.,,svirr.
Chester on the 15th of March. Ten conaPalithe
te
be stationed at Manchester and two at tine
tr°
The regiment will be conveyed from PortsiTtitese"
Liverpool by water transport, and procee"
by railway to Manchester and Chester. A 01°'
The depot of the 52d Regiment is order t poo
ceed to Portsmouth to await the arrival at till of til°
of head-quarters from India. On the
r arrili°r a
faotith
regiment it will take up quarters in ts
garrison for a term of service. arri'lejh
The 81st Regiment, shortly expected t° ore
England from foreign service, will on arri/
into quarters at Gosport. • V
The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. he
will embark to-morrow at Portsmouth the ijose
fo
baggage of the 59th Regiment, and on t'occil'
ing morning the regiment, composing 3,110 °°•:1
783 men, 7 horses, 103 soldiers' wives, ail- siocelv
diers' children, will arrive at Portsmouth Vora tio
train from Aldershot, and embark ea b.i for tto
ship, which will immediately afterwards s3eitaras
Clyde. From the Clyde the Himalaya ders,
England with the 92d Gordon Highail, 100
strength of 29 officers, 727 men, six horse'' ,fhe lel
diem' wives, and 135 soldiers' childre% rtsaliv
will disembark from the Himalaya at Ai' c)ciersll°;eta
Dockyard, and proceed to the camp at Wes'
a special train on the London and So-ut""
Railway. CO;
, ship' poi
The Edgar, 70, screw line of battle of d)
G. P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Adnviortsia° to
Colpoys Dacres, C. 8., was undocked at iirOgterc
on Saturday, after receiving a new rctel 000
her screw shaft tubing and other rePai7br. ea
day she left Portsmouth harbour on a
,nerviSoi° fts'
trial of her machinery, under the stirb.e
it
Capt 11. Caldwell, C. 8., commanding or'mouth Steam Reserve, and staff. Tllis Pr tile
,i,Ol,
satisfactory the ship afterwards retarnei,e doclo ftt•
bour and was made fast alongside t'l.o otlie.fte to
where she will be completed in cabin rid his sal 011
tings to convey the Earl of Sefton an
is
Lisbon. The Edgar is of 3,904 tons7bl" galioo
engines of 600 horse Power nominal,
wYof so/ae
Sons, and Field, and manned by a ere
officers and men.
ship geOrArsell
Her Majesty's iron screw troop
Montagu B. Dunn, arrived off
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0 oisv iso ;be
yesterday from Portsmouth,
powder buoy to discharge Tower
sgitoorei; cste
under orders to go up to Deptford alr.,siort. tor
of victualling stores for Rio and Asee'_,o 00 Bator'
The following appointments were olr. E• E 0,
day at the Admiralty :vi e
—Commander
the Speedwell, vice Cottam, invalided ; Ao.atoleu
ri li,
,„„„ves.r, ,
G. M'Hardy, to command the visher, tool"
..° 011/
Knowles, invalided ; Frederick . Cr
nated to a naval cadetshipp
chief engineer, to the Geyserlnu Julia ; d
Otl
.orr
es °i
engineer,gin to the
TBlenheim, .for ter
rett, assist.-engineers, to the Toren.