The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 29.
The Judge Advocate• General had an audience of
the Queen yesterday.
His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen and her
Royal Highness Princess Leiningen dined with her
Majesty and the Royal family.
The Chr.neellor of the Exchequer arrived from
London, and had an audience of the Queen.
The Queen held a Council to-day, which was at'
tended by Earl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, Sir
George Grey, and the Right Honourab:e W. E;.
Gladstone.
Mr. Arthur Heps, the Clerk of the Council,
attended.

At the Council Parliament was ordered to be
prorogued from this day (Friday) to Thursday, the
lath of October.
Earl Granville and Lord Palmerston had Budig
ences of the Queen.

The Prince of IYales is expected to lay the
foundation-stone of a cross, in memory of the
medical officers who fell in the Crimea, on Monday
next, at Netley Hospital.
The Earl and Countess Russell will leave 1" emA
broke Lodge to-morrow for a few days, on a visit
to Lord Harry Vane.
The Earl and ConnteEs of Erroll and family
tiavo arrived at Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, from
Grafton-street.

The Countess of Essex gave birth to a son on
Wednesday last, at Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire:

Lord and Lidy Londesborough will bb among
the visitors at Cowes during the regatta week. Hie
Lordship's yacht, the Albertinc, has been at Cow"
for some days.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE KING OE
PRUSSIA.—It is announced to-day that the Emperor
will have an interview with the King of Prussia in the
second fortnight in August.

NAPOLEON lII.'S HEALTH AND POPULARITY.."-*
Accounts from Vichy represent his health as having
greatly benefited by the waters. Two nights ago there was
a soldiers' ball there, and he attended, figuring in a quadrille,
with a bouncing country lass for a partner, and a sergeant,
of Voltigeurs for a via-a• vis. The men were naturally
delighted, and loudly cheered him as he loft the salle.
'THE EMPEROR'S FATHER.—A funeral service to
the memory of King Louis Bonaparte, father of the
Emperor, was celebrated yesterday in the church of St. Lee'
(Seine-et-Oise). Marshal Vaillant, Minister of the Etri;
peror's Household, was present with the functionaries of
the arrondissement, and a deputation of soldiers of the Firs

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hearing explanations on the subject of grants in aid to
private, and particularly missionary schools in the Baca":
Presidency. New rules have been lately introduced in iha'
presidency on the principle of payment for results. Sir C•
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PUTTING Too FINE A POINT UPON IT l"'-All
ingenious shopkeeper at Vichy has put a sign to hie
establishment, " The Three Theological Virtues, illus-
trated by medallions representing Faith, Hope, and CharitY4
personified by portraits of the Emperor, the Prince IPe.
rial, and the Empress.
whichS THEr re andN
anchoredSOtß. OVi lnEa tGL, IteAhitNehtnwWooafAdrisitgaftosSrsHoslefPvtSehre.—lTodrb:yessg:au fleet
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Frith on Monday evening. The corvette Ellida had
departed tli2leet
departed on Tuesday evening.—Scotsman.
THE YELVERTON CASE.—A minute oZ reference
to oath has been lodged by Mrs Yelverton, the
practical result of which is to prevent the judgment being
made final in Scotland until the parties to the suitjhava
been examined on oath. Their evidence given in Ireland
is considered most important.
THE TOM TIT, the TOAD, THE SNAIL, THE
SPIDER, AND THE BEE,—I used to see toads fre-
quently sitting under the landing board, and only recently
discovered they were there "seeking whom they could
devour." On one of these ugly visitors being laid open his
maw was filled with bees which he had sucked into his ugly
jaws. The tom-tit, also, is a dangerous little enemy. He
perches on the landing place of the bees on a wet day, taps
with his bill, apparently inquiring after the health of the
inmates ; a watcher bee comes out to reconnoitre, and IS
sbnruapshpeddisupposebsy
oft hihtems'icked hypocrite. The spider, also,
catches weary bees in his web, but the occasional use of a
peril. The snail attracted by
the
warmth occasionally creeps in. The bees successivelyattack him, but find their stings blunted and broken by the
shell as shot is by our ironsides. Failing to injure or re.
move the intruder they have recourse to a plan which incli"
cates more than instinct. They cover him up with Pre:
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or
from giving forth offensive odour by the air-tight case
shroud.—The Times Beemaster.
A STYRIAN LANDSCAPE.—A. pilgrimage-lookieg
church shone white upon a hill, and in the distance ton
the west rose the rocky barrier of the Caldron.—one 119-
stony mass in particular, the Raducha, representing 'll
this direction the last bulwark of the Alps; eastward 11°-4
athia
lay the plains of Hungary, and then the Carpns.
With two heavy farm horses we started for Cilli
ab
eleven o'clock. At the leisurely pace they took,it vas
7at night before we reached it—all down a widening vallo't
expanding till it was almost a plain, and a cluster of dark
peaks on the backward horizon alone remained of the noun"
tain world. The day was pleasant, with a fresh autumn
a
feel in the air. Gardens, gay with dahlias and Chine
asters, orchards laden with plums, corn plots with tbe
harvest all gathered, low hills covered with wood,
crowned with small white churches by the dozen, and
stretching into hazy, sunshiny distance on either hand ;
river flowing broadly in the centre, and bearing innume-
rable timber-logs, to bo formed lower down into rafts for the
navigation of the Save and Danube--such was this
Styrian. landscape. Tlais was to be our last drive, as the
previous afternoon had seen our last walk, and we
chatted over all our Dolomite • adventures. By five
o'clock the valley had become quite a plain, an expanse of
Indian corn, though still bordered by hills. Villages the
and twice or thrice a tract of blackened timbal
showed that one had been destroyed by fire. Then a long
low cloud of dust marked a high road in the distance, and
chateaux, in a sort of dishevelled grandeur, lifted their
c!
tur-
rets here and there. suddenly we were in the broad r
es of
itself, not more interesting than that of Barnet in tie
yore ; but unlike that of Barnet, for where an avenue
ch
off to a mansion, a great golden crucifix was fixed, the
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lofty statues, in marble, of sainted ecclesiastics
man's testimony to his religion; while fur.thermaornke
Soldiers
limit of his estate, and shone far over the landscpe. l
sant
were seenlounging ahou t the inns andvillages—anunp ea t
td
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over i,
treeswh
and a
backeda ted
hay,
castle ruins on a •
distance, tcarno cwed,
rigidity from the soaring, sweeping, tossing, broken linear,
lines of the rail I Ob, how different in their mathematic:l
mountain and hill, and the trembling lines of lake
.a
stream that had been our delight so long
Mountanis. Alter
THE CONDEMNED CONVICT PARKER.
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sentence of death had been passed upon Parkerrice:
the Nottingham assizes be manifested a perfect indifferlice
la
expressing himself somewhat confidently that he
cis.. unot
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receive a reprieve, but complained that his counsel id
the gaol chaplain, the Rev. W. Howard, has been unsrta,
cross-examine the witnesses sufficiently. Since
of
ting in his exertions to bring the wretched man to a... 0
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penitence for the awful crime be had conimitted.
is
reads his Bible with much attention, and apears to feel
awful positing.
Ile asked the chaplain thei could
.1.. s
him in getting up a petition to Sir George Grey frog*: :Lille
inhabitants of Fiskerton (the place of the tragedy) gnaw fcr ed
neighbourhood, where he was well known, but wae
neighb prof
by that functionary such a proceeding was out of u,.cito
vince, recommending the prisoner to write to his son
on the suhject. The execution will, it is understood944B
place on Wednesday, the 10th of August, in front a
county gaol at Nottingham. bars Est
theeratri.a.:
THE CROPS IN SOUTH WALES.—The
°f
prospects in South Wales are upon the whorl)) be
promising character, and it is expected the crops is in
fully equal to last year. In many districts the wafte"_ard
full ear, and the early sown barley and oats are in
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state. The little rain that has fallen during the last facw." ::e.
has done a vast amount of good, although much more is
quired, and there is a general complaint of the t
_l,Ybas
keep owing to the drought. The greater part of the .13"
„ ratlaer
been secured in good condition, but the crops we
light.
COPPER ORE SALE.—At the Swansea 9
0..
.130
on the 26th the following were the aver.sr__
.r 2; 6a
stopper ore sales :—British produce, 9:4--do; Price, :r3iole,
--standard, £llO ss. Foreign produce, 2- d
foreign reached 16—average price, Lit ss—s
_rtieb"l,o
dard, £lOO 4s. The total sales were 619 too ij I
19s—standard, £lOl he avetage produce oafveßrarigtiesh:l_
62 tons foreign,