The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, August 11.
Her Majesty and the Royol Family drove out in
the morning and afternoon of yesterday.
The Right Hon. E. Cardwell arrived at Osben orne,
and had the honour of dining with the Que and
Royal Family.
Prince and Princess Leiningen also dined with
her Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia)
attended by Baroness Dobeneck and Major Von
Schweinitz, left Osborne this morning on his return
to Germany.

Her Royal Highness the P.-incess Mary
will leave
The Cottage, Kew, to-day, on a visit to their Rolla
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Walus itt
Scotland.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been
oltou
entertaining the following company at Kimb
Castle, dating the week ;—Marie Marchioness Of
Ailesbury, the Marquis of Hartington, Ithe
Earl of Coventry, the Earl and Countess of West'
moreland, Viscount Canterbury, Lord ProbY,
George Fitz william, Mr Leslie, &c.
The Duchess of Wellington ha© left Apsley Nouse
for Glasgow, to meet his grace, who left touts a feW
days since.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left
bolton Castle, on a visit to the Earl of Sandwich 6
Hinchinbrooke.
The Earl and Countess Spencer have been enter-
taining a large party at Althorpe Park during the
week.
The Earl of Coventry left town yesterday for
Hungerford, Berkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Morley and
18'13;
Catherine have left town for Sunning Hill; Viscount
Boringdon has left for Scotland for the shootiag
season.
Count M.ffei has returned to town from coves
to take the direction of the Italian Legation dal
the absence of his Excellency the Marquis d'Azegli..
Lord L!anover has left town for the Conduce"
her ladyship is at Llanover, near AbergaveneY: ve
Lord and Lady Templemore will shortly lad.
Bruton-street for Dunbrody Park, county Weifcl

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE SCOTTISIE
ARCHERS.---It is intended to present a bonnet by
the Society of the Ancient Archers of Kilwinning t°
aw-,
Prince of 'Wales on having accepted the ()face of p
(which the Prince Consort also held). The bonnet is e-
coolL°
quisitely got up, and reflects the greatest credit on 0—
ellr
cerned. It is in shape the same as worn by the Breth
lined
while shooting at papingo, and the inside is
white satin, and in the centre the Prince of Wales' cost
dost
arms is beautifully embroidered, and below the ver
n" ait ce
dh.tizend,l7nbll,llB9,34,—Dthaeildya.Rteevwiehwen. the society was oriel
ONE OF THE HINDOO GODS OF DEA"—pp(
.°.....A
STRANGE AND HORRIBLE IDOL : 4, Wita large
large protruding eyes, prominent nose, curved at the nos-
trils and point, wide mouth, thick, sensual-looking liPkst.
two upper and two lower tusks, it presented a
Oa tb ,ea
able and by no means pleasing appearance.
was a tiara studded with cleverly chiselled death's bes"B;
the long earn were pierced with ornaments very minute
cut, and from the cartilage of both were suspended hideou
skulls. Numbers of chains were hung round the neck, and„
a loose scam fell across the broad chest from the loft
shoulder to the right. Massive bracelets encircled the
writs and biceps, and the right arm was slightly raised, or.
giving emphasis to an oracle. A belt of skulls encircled
the corpulent stomach, and the left hand rested on a walk
very rear d
ing-stick or sceptre of stone,—Mr d'Almeida's book de-
scriptive of " Life in Java," recently published by kiurs
and Blackett.
SINGULAR WlLLS.—There 14tely died at SzePea
Vallarya an old man of 78 years of age, whose will con"
tained a clause leaving 100,000 cigars for those who Laight
attend his funeral. The eccentio testator also expressed
his desire that his friends should not leave the house of
mourning without drinking to his memory all the win°
left in his cellar. It is said that the wish of the de'
ceased was entirely fulfilled.—Brazil and River Plata
Mail.

THE NEW ATTRACTION AT THE ALHAMBRA'
The " little" wonder in every sense of the word
for
Tthe lady is only 4 feet 8 inches in height—Margaret
Douglas, is hastening merrily and gamely on to the cony
pletion of her herculean task of walking a thousand miles
eiwnffooarrltdt h—ooruwis.ahatoni
g,duinceotnihnsescothurteiinvieonhoofurs. The bulletins ann°2nese
championshh
ifee mote
thele pedestrian
most PePx
the performance of 192 miles, but there is no a WOO °'
" professors," will bring her task to the same successful
. issue she did in Australia. The daily and nightly increas-
ing number of visitors attest in the most unmistakeable)
manner the awakening interest of the public to witness the
little lady's performance.
DANGERS OF A " HEADER" IN sgALLOW
WATER.—We hear almost every year of some
ious or even fatal accident at watering Places arisi
from the dangerous habit of plunging head toreinos: into
that is too shallow. This should never be done all'
p r ioefn ct be
de
notin g
ood known
health,
o thwe
less the water is ac least 4 or 5 feet deep. Surgical booka
are full of cases of broken vertebrae, but unluckily they are .
in his edition of Chelius, tells of a sailor, 40 years of üb,e'
sea to bathe, a sail being spread a few feet below the surface
coming in contact with the water or sail,
to receive the bathers and to protect them irons the backs ov.
It is supposed that his head was violently throgn
° i diately
ho persons
jlmp
ewdhhoe
headlong
g thetro
we: tsihoinr. 5 o tit, 9
ra CI es
became ',motionless. When got on deck, all '—ee-e,l' d
of the limbs and trunk below tho shoulders Wore observed
to be paralysed, and respiration was performed by tre
diaphragm alone. The circulation and temperature Wteot,
natural, and the senses perfect. in a few hours after
came more frequent till he died at tchoemin
occurrence of the accident, vomiting as
11,..
the
to:taucee
expiration oticia7
hours. Upon examination, the fourth and fifth ceL vial
a forced P"-
vertebra) were found completely crushed an, A jaw
wards on the spinal marrow, which was crushed ao' 403.
rated. This preparation is in St. Thomas's lkills,a6 $
Another man threw himself into a river to bathe fry
Another
height of 7or S feet, the water being only 3 feet deep. to
enced, pod
be.:
came up to the surface and immediately fell back e) ,to
bottom. The bystanders observing he made no atteetiPtite
swim, drew him out and lifted him insensible nr.ndoi,
bank. He d•ed .n 10 hours and a half after the acclieare
and after death it was found that the fifth cervical verrtof
was broken across, and the two pieces were coroP's ,0,
crushed in upon the spinal cord. So bathers beware eflo.
"header" in shallow water. Plunge deep or not t'
—Medical limes and Gazette. T, de ()(
STAINED GLASS COMPETITION.--1. They --°I.
• 0 to
the Committee of Council on Educa.tion sir:, r 0
obtain for the South Kensington Museum a design
to.. x
stained glass window,. having a northern
semicircular head, and of the following dinria_sioen:7—
.107;
181 t 9in high to crown of arch, by lift wide. '2. Th -nd ~
may be seen on a staircase at the north-west corner of_ to;
Great Northern Court. The architectural decorations 0f,,0
light, wl:_,
staircase will be of an Ital an Renaissance ch.tracter. "tri-',.f
subject of the design is furnished by the 38th chapte4o
Ecclesiasticus, verse 24 to the end of the chapter. 3. .I_lo
design is to be on the scale of one inch to the foot,
tai
_,
coloured. It is to be accompanied by a full. Bizet cartoon
the desig,n a a sufficient portion to show she oect • to
and a specimen of a portion of the desig a execntieratoto
~,perr to to
glass, of the full size. 4. The competition is
of all nations. 5, A sum of £4O will be aw arded for of
d.e62hoi gi
enr t whichhe appearsnext
beat
designb o
.most sTuhi tea bj lhed,
gae pods:: ;sni I;
strutted to award the prizes to the designs 001e19_11.101
artistic merits, without reference to the probable
r 4 a
execution. 7. Each design must be tweet:opal:lW'; 13 be
the cost at which the design '1 the
sealedxecu tenderd g
teexecution is likely to take, ar':" 00..
executed,
the s
titratteci3n
thename and address of the artist. 8. The demigno a_llo3 0$
ders must be sent to the South Kensington Nitta' e will
1865. 9.lOT.hTe
rife to w 13,0 dr
be published hereafter.
or before May 19
prizes are awarded will become the property of the
re. untl
partment, which however does not blnd itself le c 100
either of them.—By order of the Committee of ‘..e
Education. ,e• WO°.
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT GARBO-
at , , tee
—On Wednesday night Mr James George
hneamdeessigol the jag; too
deputy corner for East Middlesex, held an itigui,,:‘, death
Dock Hotel, Upper East Smithfield, lostresPectingt 1,, we
of William Reardon, aged 45 years. who neceaoe4
under the follo‘siLg frightful circumstances :e
was or
was a labourer. On Friday afternoon last h.
a:ra oorecl
gaged with other men on board the ship Clittl2 . seeith:
alongside the Carron Wharf, Lower es,..l'ont.,tylot
field (near St. Katharine's Docks) in raising as
a crane'
pig iron from the hold of the vessel by mar; tool call;
the men overloaded one portion, and 01°' tbaY la°
When deali
tioned by Mr. Hickman, the stevedore.
crane .0 .
Itieli.rvaset do
raised about a ton of metal the chain of the
a:decesse:
snapped, and the whole mass of iron fell tiopn . tilet.rain ey c
t have i''
the lower pert cif the vessel. Death Inu!ii crushing his head and scattering portiono t hrouipogali.•
taneoui. VerdieVriceidental death. e
.00.
D EsTATEo e the
The Legislature of the colony of Antigticat have
cooing '
WEST INDIAN E.
of
t.,.ve adopts 41,3
above acts, and passed the USUAI local. a for
same into execution.