The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY•

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OSBORNE, SEIM lye
The Queen and Princess Louise drove out yes'
terday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill.
Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended by
the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton._

The Prince and Princess of Wales' „,
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, °eel
panied by the Earl of Macclesfield (who is stall
on a visit at Frogmore for a few days), and
by Captain G. H. Grey (the Equerry in Viraitieg);
and Mr. Herbert W. Fisher (the Prince's P111.3t
secretary), left Fro more House for a day's hurl
with the harriers. There was a gocd scent, O
fair sport, although the ground was in some placess
rather heavy through the late rains. The Ft
1140,
and his party returned in the afternoon to r°o
attecae

more.
On inquiry yesterday afternoon it was sse6ri
tained that her Royal Highness the Princes: °,
Wales and the infant prince were still pregress'n°
most favourably.
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THE PRINCESS OF WALES WITH HER ID1141‘;
PRINCESS, will not be moved from Frogmore f t
period of six weeks; meanwhile Parliament will have
he
t+
and a very busy London " season " inaugurated. at
ences to the happy event will be made in both houses P -
early date.
CABINET COUNClL.—Yesterday sugull°llses We°
issued for a Cabinet Council on Saturday next.
MR. THACKERAY AND MR. DICKENS.--" !Tr;
sdEopi ocakngedrneesen,mtaensndat
yteshx:Fttfe:di
rYbsooeumt
between
ealnevnegi‘tnihro.
odfTohtuiambetkeehtrheaayeyrdatt:cr,-iotr,
were 'it,
friendly, That Tthheacit
uwaarsretlhweacsamsea;debuutpibt
before
sorme oi‘sitr.gTraiitairrgsocii,
death. Singularly enough, this happy circurastauAceh
curred only a few days before the time when it would
pt
too late. The two great authors met by soiet de hoist
4t,
the lobby of a club, both hanging up their hats tog
the same moment, They suddenly turned and Pisf,:Bo
other, an,' the unrestrained impulse of both was to ho'":1
the hand of forgiveness and fellowship. With that liri%je
grasp the differences which estranged them ceased• e
must have been a great consolation to Mr. Dickens 0136-011
saw his great brother laid in the earth at Kenai- di
:ter
THE STEAMSHIP LOUISIANA.—A serious (91301
has befallen the Louisiana, one of the Ntit°o:l;
Steam Navigation Company's Liverpool and New"lfet
screw steamships. The Louisiana sailed from Li'76`r,i
New York on the sth of January, arrived safely at'"7lo'
town on the following day, and proceeded on' er *l-'
tie
On Monday she put back to Queenstown, havingt°
i et
13th of January suffered severely in a hurricane. s'o" rd.
12 of her crew and 3 passengers. A report from lbet. g
officer of the ship states that the vessel was struck 6.'014
p.m. of the 13th by a heavy sea, The officer and toa-0
oe
immediately afterwards cautioned the crew not to ret"-000
or
the forward deck-house any longer. They, hove/e°-
ar'
lected to remove, and were washed away. The 1"
has st.stained no damage to hull or machinery. nice
ARC OF MERIDIAN.—An interesting coranitt- the
tion from Dr. Otto Torell has been Wade for
Royal Society, through General Sabine, detailino,"'ridiel
sures in progress for the measurement of an are oPigefor
in a high northern latitude. The Swedish Diet 101,eilell'i
the money necessary to complete the survey at SPitirl'
There is every reason to expect that the practical.'"
the undertaking will be settled in the next sutoser; gd,
Diet has likewise voted a sum towards the propose7r
Middle-European Triangulation from Palermoto,- 04
hjem, and has also made a grant for the erection of -
astronomical observatcry at the University of Lw; *l,l
DIRECTING THE WAR FROM WASEUSa"°:OO
The Federals have constructed upwards of 5,000 0100
the
hilitary telegraph, and the Secretary of War stste_ds„tree,
course of last year at least 1,200,000 telegraraS'
along these lines—about 3,300 a day.
A SHORT RECKONING.—The New clgr
Society (of New York) celebrated by a dillariti
month the 243 d anniversary of the landing of the
in Plymouth. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecll8°
called upon to speak to the toast of the ,aAmerica abroad," said that the advocates of the ';,to
cause abroad might be numbered without getting,A- 067
l.'
teens, He proceeded to reckon them, and is reP°
having had occasion to count beyond the dozen. it Jar
HIGH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.—A reP
„lelits
L. 41,0
read a few days ago at a sitting of
Medicala d'Emulation, on a curious paper bY -:reat".
which he recommends a high atmospheric Pre%foti Do(
cure for various diseases. He remarks that fish
the greatest possible barometrical variations hi -ote!
their air-bladder, which, by swelling up, can ta°dtteo
even momentarily suspend, the circulation of
i;te,
The permanence of viscero-mttscular presses° ts
prevents the formation of a vacuum ; the air-bled
de-,
0010
upon the vena cava and the aora, and thu°
ttiPos,
gad
the shock of the vital fluid on its oeterl
At
birds there are air-bladders all round the /100.r.4
;
nearly resembling the lungs. The higher a bill' to °-
the larger are the reservoirs for air covere: pt o•
tractile organs. The very bones and feathers ore
for air, and in the more powerful species air be 6." *-
,0
vided even under the skin. The ostrich, thus oole,heflo
other swift runners, have their largest air baf.„--
muscles of the thigh ; the condor, swallow, --oaefai
whose power of flight is great, have those b5,5,°,100 e,
muscles of the wings. By this organisation so , of.ho'
tures can bear any amount of atmospheric pres6ll:tleroce
faction within reasonable limits; for the inunells;
the ocean, measuring.thousands of fathoms,
are unfit for animal life ; and fish that, bY 5163:00,
ment, have been let down to such d 4 '" ire
co 3
been brought up again dead. Th ege
e "
pressure of the atmosphere, though tole 000 Oa
known before, have been quite recontll o'loo
England, where it has been found tb-,:to
filled with liquids, and then we'll corked, but 00 700, fste!
small empty space between the liquid and the vioo of'ooe/
if kept for an hour under the pressure of C°1°,100111°„:
2,000 fathoms high (which may be done by 11-0110.41,/frA
have their corks pressed down to the veil 6 afto..;
liquid. An empty bottle had its cork &1./611606'ff
tits
brought up again filled with water. ApPlYintoteit°' r:do
to therapeutics, Dr. Foley remarks that InvipbalPi:otr,
obliged to breathe more quickly than men the OA°
plains, because the air is more rarified
than in the plains, and therefore affords hnilettie,-;04,
breath than the denser air. Converseill corn
feotoptiel:
patient be in want of more oxygen than ii.ne tillostr‘loo
the ordinary pressure, let him be exposed `-001/°°,. OP),
rendered artificially denser. This can he torcittvice.
ing a small chamber, communicating Wt
safety 1,1:4 t
and provided with an air gauge and 6 subl
patient confined in such a chamber may two stlfo)cietjlio
out inconvenience to the pressure of ab°l'l„," tiviso -„ired ;„00
and a half. By this treatment catarrh, '"-to rein'eotie
„0"
complaints of the respiratory organs olul the ealpo, 01;
croup the compressed air will flatten dull' vioala's-tio 41'
membranes ; and in disorders arising frolli eil°°
'at • fe
pressed air will arterialise the blood, al2- 001 De
power of the;patient.—Gaignani. 6, 00-ll` ijeo
et
HARD LYlNG.—There lives ill A-le woe, 4 if
man called Joe, a fellow noted for th°;oo oalietoit,
can tell. A correspondent informs us that,„ed lelll ttt
Holton's lately, and found him almost ch".,oti 01/0,06
when he suggested, " You don't knout be; rill'ted t 00:1j
naging smoky chimneys as I do, squire, '".l. you 131je 00,
"Ah 1" said Holton, with interest, " ("ad 00 ter
smoky chimney cured ?" " Seen it ?" rd 000 tylo
think I have. I had the worst one in. Sop!! gi cse%
6, 0 ity
and I cured it a little too much.' 01 bn
asked Holton. " Why, you see," gala Joie,; ,ears
house out yonder; at Wolf Hollow 10 or 1-,:nt blitLitor
Bush, the fellow that built the chimneys' gent
three quarters of the time, and crazy drilrong, biltclPVlil' I
told him I thought he'd have something wved „el:0
to it and finished the house. Well,
wa
1111 the 0233';,
fire the next morning to boil the kettle. joyo ; otPA
through the room and went out of the Avolrat'uree 11):
went up the flues. We tried it for two
000 to f's tlye
got worse and worse. By and by it c3u1..., It Pt eti, or
the rain began to come down the chircliesv-i; tOycool's
out in a minute, and directly it came d°,,„ ore Stl/o°6
Wo had to get the baby on the floor as s°""'s viPort,o
it would have been drowned. In 15 minnt% what ,ggio
knee-deep on tho floor. I pretty soon virco
matter. The drunken cuss had put the ul.l'o`"rea All
~Loiftrlrio
up, and it drawed downwards. It Olt, by bee!, oo
within a hundred yards, and poured it dunri solte"a'iy
" well, that was unfortunate, rornad'ulo ? 50`.601;$
what in the world did you do with the hrouci,„.l, f''
never cured that chimney ?" "Didn't I:: ijoitou• )',OO
old Joe; "yes, I did." " How ?" ask° Loci
ncorrigib.leo'.,..v. 036
.heTihat ::r` ISrePet'Or oue'l iotutghhetotothheraveendseuenpct sdariadwt
much." "Drew too much ?" asked OAT• co fr, 1000,i
you may judge for yourself," said old Jpe...d up, 05,
totnftecrofwtehegotchthaeirs
another of 'em shooting- towards :II nrr.
table went, and I see the back log going :3,„ uod°
the old woman under one arm and the 4 tbiet,ol
chimneyott of :ye lir
ct ho
nae ,°:l4rten4j:iitree: t,
11:
'144'1?
and started ; but just as I got to the doow.1131;or 0.104:0(
across the door backwards, holding on
u'r j
.0
carpet, yelling awfully. It wasn't an le at was_ tiPtop;,
going over the top of the chit-Teel, a
.."01.,510c1,1,1„,°,2,10 tea
her." " Well, what did you do thaenortis:F., 1/.00 000 1;0
course you could not live ins uc.h hi
at a P0111:4,
though ?" said Joe ; " but did ' to std
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