The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-01 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 30. 3
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena 9
Prince Leopold, attended by Lady Caroline 131;
rington, the lion. Mrs Wellesley, Captain Sir.
Hoste, and Mr Buff, want to London last evel3ll3lr,
and honoured the performance at the Priceel3sc
Theatre with their pretence, The royal raft'
returned to Windsor castle at twelve o'clock. po
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal iligb%cs
Princess Helena and her it)yal Highness
Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily "lictao
walked and drove in the grcunds of the Castle'

morning. 0,0
Her M9jesty held c Council today, Lac
attended by Earl Granville, Earl 1tu.3011,
Stanley of Aldcrley, and the Right Hon. Sir Ge°-
Grey,
Earl Russell had en audience of the Queevi 6
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presented M. Barredi, Minister of Peru.
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Earl Granville had an audience. t *ll
Mr Henry, chief magistrate at Bovc-stree od
presented to her Mjesty by Sir George Grel
received the honour of knighthood.
His Royal Highnt3ss the Duke of Canabridgelecit'
James'
,said

town yesterday, attended by Colonel the Hon. - „,
donald, on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Fr'Pj'
Princess of Wales at Sandringham.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington are e
taining a select party at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. pite
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailestuti for
left their house in Pall-mall, for Savernake Locll24'
Marlborough, Wilts. bees
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield ualo
receiving a succession of friends at Brett/ Park' -et
shire. to
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Viscount and Viscountess Amberley, a"e".1Itot1t0

ing 'Woburn Abbey, intend to pay a few visits audscili
go to Earl Russell's seat, near Stroud, Gloucestor6lJitlip.iel'
La Baronne de Molembrix has left Browns 050
The Earl of Caithness and Captain Sir IV'
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. 0
Mr Helps, the clerk of the Council, If
attendance. et°
The Countess of Gainsborough bas suneeedv
Countess of Caledon as Lady in Waiting
Majfsty. atav
Lord Mahon and Captain Hayter, of the
dier Guards, arrived in England by the Persia, fr°l33:tete
through North America, and a visit to the heado)-
the armies operating in front of Richmond. br°
Lady Herbert of Lea, with the Earl of ret°ooi
and her family, have arrived at Palermo,where tloi"
passing the winter, to tiVj
The funeral of Lord Eliot is appointed op
place on Saturday next. The Earl of St. Ger 133311
other members of tho family will attend,
The marriage of the Hon. George Fitithol
and Miss Anson, only unmarried daughter of ;t01,!
General Anson and sister of the Marchioness of t
to take place next month. The precise (155' is 'l2
v 10'
fixed.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, 3.1
Mrs Cardwell Elite about to visit Mr Baring, at
Ito
Hampshire. eteo.,
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel is eltPi-f
arrive at his residence in Whitehall-Gardens t()-"i.

Ireland.
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THE NEW CANON OF WESTMINSTEE.---`"1.1,i
of Westminster has appointed Monday next, the;; !;1
for the installation of the Rev. Ernest
secretary of the Society for the Propagation of 6:: il•
t8:0
in Foreign Parts, to the Canonry lately vacant 14,,,j
signation of the Ven. Archdeacon Bentinck. Idtrietilr
has tendered his resignation as secretary of the 60- 1
the post will forthwith be declared vacant. 11/,
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MK. LINCOLN'S Mt SSAGE,—TiIe 'fill •
wishes that those desiring to call upon him Pere:il4
postpone their visits for a time, as he is engage'
Dag his annual Message to Congress. As this, -;1;
will contain a comprehensive resume of all civiL
tary matters for the past event:ul year, it will be
with anxious interest by the country.—.Acw
The Irish papers announce the de,rea• Y'l
" Father Mooney," the Irish priest who lonarjl,tigey
Theresa Longworth Yelverten, in the littlo
Kilbroney, aostrevor. The deceased entlernali 'l'
g old
jetted to a very close examination at aft_ tr;3l 30 41'
Yelverten case, in Dublin, and it is said lie A
himself
DEATHsi O nceF"C°i}.A COMPANION OF SIR WTALTS 11
1051-411'
—Mr James Skene, of Rubislaw, Aberdeeio 9,
died at Frewen Hall, Oxford, on Sunday last, mßiser
of Sir
WHealwtears one of twhohoesaerliaecsqt aunaid.nmtaonseteiniateiO3;t4doefo;
1796, after his return from Saxony, whither Ile II get 04
study German. Mr Skene was called to thebat of
in 1797, and his was the oldest name but one '""r.064.
that of Lord Brougham, who was called to the blo- itey
standing next, In 1797 ako Mr Skene was 111)P°',01
net of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, a regiPiotiot
mainly by the exertions of Sir Walter Scott, Wile dor(
office of quartermaster in it. Mr Skene marrie tirs93o)
of Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, the benevcselli ".
triotic Sir Willie, so celebrated in the Liste! g°llolfl4,
banking. Mr Skene had several children; one °`,ool°
daughters is married to the Archbishop of Yorl' 00.4°
canto of " Marmion" is dedicated to Mr Skene, pry',
touching reference to the death of Sir Williselot oPyii
happening immediately after the birth of Idr-4e0;114
i,i
child, thus mingling sorrow with rejoicing. 061`'
held the office of secretary to the Board -r
Manufactures in Scotland. Or
A STOWAWAY EXTRAORDINARY.--"13 y.lO
the Brothers' Pride, belonging to lgessrl4rrig'shlil,
Brothers, and commanded by Captain P,yntet o,
Queenstown on Saturday, from Callao, which PAl%$ Ckti,
early in September. Among the crew abipPes",,e,
was a man named Coleman, a native of Pa66e,i' frejl';
two days after the Brothers' Pride had saile-00Y
s
Coleman mysteriously disappeared. He wile 0,541fti1J4
in every part of the vessel, even to where the,c„oc°
was composed of guano, was stowed, but nowg'oo,o'
be found. Repeated quests for the missios g$11"Ii.
made but with the like result. It was then thotIIID Ore
had fallen overboard, and ho was entered ;let
to
book as dead, and his clothes and Ac:,ts,/4
were set up to auction, and knocked u-0550eii/
highest bidder. The Vessel made a fair fr,
sighted Cork Harbour on Saturday 1,'°°,.,,,g t 9
days after she had left Callao. Whilst prer tor",
were being made to cast anchor, a human le,,ec;;(ol3efi
eternation of the sailors, appeared above the .":401/;/1
entire body, and the apparition advanced tow's; I, 01;
and said, "I may as well give you a pull, h°1;0„lorde
as the sailors recovered from their momenter4o7/
recognised in the apparition their long-lost °O-00f64,
man. looking very dirty, no doubt, but not DeeAffl
worse for his long incarceration. He haa,,go
concealed in the hold of the vessel amongst `.11,00.11
How he managed to subsist, or on what lie 'loct
matter of mystery, rendered greater by tb•eof tlleogy
crow were rather short of provisions for par est ,itef
He was brought on shore and given into the' fie
police, to await whatever proceedings captoili
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bring against him,—Court Examiner. t
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MAGNESIUM.—It is well known of
discovery magnesium can bs used as so
ing agent. Its properties in this respect are
photography, as applied to portraiture, eigi'ataholl,
dispense with the light of the sun. Tl.lO g
°lll,l ro0;001:0
for the manufacture of the metal is in the° )1
trire",i,
ford, near Manchester. It is now naart;'° 11 - Or 01 1
fully by Mr Edward Sonstadt, an Eng.i;, and itrel
Swedish descent, who, after much studl.lelloo7.l
periments, recently discovered a compartjo.o 4060"/
sive mode of making magnesium in 11; foqj
The basis of the manufacture is t-it
which dolomite mountains are conaposed•
the north-east of England in combination.:l; PoW
stituting magnesian limestone, from etill A,P.
metal is not so readily extracted as front eireiorsli;
magnesium imported from GreecE. • Tlic; 00, t 01)",,
of hills in India consisting of carbautte 0110160, tiA
the ocean magnesium exists in suo.'3 ctrougl3t Peofrie
Sonstadt estimates, if it could be .008
4 til.,tioij
it would make a mountain of Do*.
more than fifty-four miles in heigbttrsett oa
miles square. The metal, after being e;ooB,oo3ifir
carbonate of magnesium by a chemical P,riateraw;ePiri'?
into solid blocks, whiah are taken to the P),‘,
in order to be converted into wire and ticrutts 1)70
to which the wire has been yet a
Preter, has jPill1)/
urination. Mr BrotL'ers, of mane es
so 11100 5f
adopt it for taking portrjte niglittru of ni° jolV
weather the burning of a et.. 1511
assists the action of the sunlig.ht for
We learn that on the 23d inst. Mr it; of 07:0144
Practical Astronomy at the Univer:OPrior
from Liverpool for Egy pt,supplied witt. theiotefic
and every other requisite for photogriTtio ot(
rho Pyramids. By the ail of magn°6l and P
caves and mines may be distinctly se° co oflo.l`4o?si
For signals it is ;hoped that it will grace
`;,01„. 100 ti
since its light has been seen at a xis in vsfiwt),Po,4
Its applicability is now being te'teluiets 1„,00`
Government authorities and by ch% that e`le
world, and we may covtidently (12cP, neW o°
adaptations to use will be found vf
_ modern civilisation,