The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY•

•
OSBORNE, Jan. 21.
Her Majesty walked and drove yesterday in the
grounds. and
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena 2
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill and
the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, rode on horseback.
Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived at Osborae fronl
London and had an audence of the Queen.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
His Royal Highness the P.'ince of Wales, accorh'
pan ied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Lam
bridge, and attended by CAptain. Grey, wens'3°3B
tout
shooting yesterday morning, and met with
fine sport.
p a Inni e
dt hbey a
tfht eer npo ou nk
et
oh
fe
CParmi nberei
dogfe IVe Lty eFs 'r
cageol.
e,
and rode through 'Windsor, returning through the
Long-walk to Frogmore House at live o'clhel'

Their Royal Highnesses the D u.chese of 011131:,
bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitzt
the
the Princess Mary, leave Cambridge Cottage,
first week in the ensuing month for the duchess's Jr
at St. James's Palace. pa
His E.;:ccellency the Prussian Ambassador a
the Countess Bernstorff left town yesterday t°
Tr; ,
several days on a visit to Mr. Chichester Fortescllet
1l
and Frances Countess Waldegrave, at Straw
Twickenham. The count and countess return 11°132°
Monday next. 0
The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at 111°'
Hotel, Berkeley-square, from his seat, Clumber,
The party at Holkar Hall has broken uP Ist
consequence of the serious illness of Miss Howard, eld,e a
daughter of Mr. Frederick and Lady Fanny Howard! °-
nieces of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. St
Albuox
Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St.
and Lady Diana Beauclerk, have left Skutterskelfetl°mar
shire, for Aske, Richmond, on a visit to the Earl
Countess of Zetland.
The Earl of Derby, as leader of the OPP°siti°ll
in the House of Lords, will give a Olt
grand PO 1 circle
dinner on Wednesday, the 3d proximo, to a jarg°t-egir
of his political friends in the Upper Rouse of tile*" -
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The Earl and Countess of Yarboroug
arrived at Brocklesby from visiting Lord and Lady
at Elton Hall. 6 ail
The Earl, de Grey arrived in town lesl
afternoon from a visit to her Majesty at Osborne. ,rtelf
Lord Rivers has arrived at Thomas's .
Berkeley-square, from Rushmore Lodge, Salisbury. ri,
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bert., N'egi
and Lady Emily Peel will entertain a succession off
II
eat
at the Lodge, Phosnix.park, Dublin, until the end °.
and' 1.1
dens
expected The right hon. baronet, as Secretary for Irea,
expected to arrive at his residence in Whitehall-gar
the Ist or 2d of next month. A go,
The Right Hon. Frederick Peel, ALP and
Peel come to town next week, from,their seat in' "1- c‘l‘'
shire, for the season.

SIR JAMES ROBERT GRANT, C.8.---Tbi%oforil
_________ disto,
guished officer died on the 9th inst., at ""-Tbae,
Vicarage, Nottingham, in the 91st year of his age' „aria
one by one, are the heroes of a heroic age disaPrit tips
from among us. The year just ended gathered witilogeli
venerable Lyndhurst, and the present has thus early jog to
away the subject of our notice. There is yet relesiridisifed
putoeesmrraaspnoocnt
:oamonrfsyepreiwceolaurtaol
inub
ttesh:atmonumentneneltlraes.t. of time in the disti 13 as
chiefSirna mme
magistrate
taer
was second
tseeGeo Grant, anFndot ,
rs
roweash,oo:vs os
oa aro .
go r
shire, born there in 1773, descended from the clan rest, see
Strathspey, and, from the remarkable peculiarities oar;
ciated with his lengthened career, deserves more lieticted bier
the scrimp paragraph in " Dod's," as much on sceee/1.,. 0 (e`
patriarchal age, the distinction of his public servile-I:st be
which some idea way be formed when it is stated '01), tol
was in the field before the late Lord Clyde Was b°o4ool
also being one of a family of seven brothers, each oaf thee'
were notable in their several spheres of action; 000 - jadie
i:liatier II:1;1°e"
was killed heading his regiment to the assault of 411...0tDer
stronghold, one was a valiant soldier at Assaye, 0:000 it
trod the steps of the military ladder until he re jalldB;
K.C.B„ and Governor of one of our West India Ls Weald
but he, of all the rest, the recital of whose expleite,ioo
rad' ,
most engage the attention of those who love the weal- 04m;
was the renowned Colquhoun Grant of the Penins aae,
biNlinvyaeestlihnaltienuwigreahtbsornwaesh;t htoahr'neewdnsiettohhtf
wetChosoeowl
uoaebnrrremeil
gryWue
respectively
teewec rat, si,sv,Enwe
yloyete
sr e faandln
aatt all illtl of ali:
the bee hot- gee'
intelligence and exploring departments, in the dis: 0 0!
which duties—[There were two Grants enlPleYs: oil Ate"
particular service, and well known to *
er Ito
Colquhoun as " Granto Bueno," the °t'llo. 04
" Granto Malo."]—the adventures of &nil° DOI
zeal they encountered would read nowadaYs . ye'
trtttil ' 6
like the tales of fiction than those of substantial - d fro-,
eminent must be the advantages Wellington recciTtlio aPt
these institutions through his campaigns in SO-00009 ,'
and Portugal, when it is remembered that one of Main 13/;
orders on the commencement of the campaign, 00 10-
(Waterloo) was that Col. Grant would resume li'SProtil
on his staff. The dazzling feats of his übiquitous of 5
Colquhoun, would set the more serious datleeo.o are,
James in the shade, were we to forget thatch sic''
such casualties attending a campaigning army
for pil;
and wounded. It was in his capacity as snlieribis ref
cal officer that Sir James was appreciated ; decisioe
tr,
experience, indomitable power of endurance/ af irleei,, leo
character, and withal the kindliest nature, were of
`l4llO
fable value to his suffering patients. Skilled in ide of witly
tongue, he was a welcome visitor to the hedSorre, vier,
wounded soldiers of the Irish and Highland c, taserias
whom he would converse in the most friendly dal of
bir Jamess entered the service in 1792, and €61,,1ta tii!,,arii
medical officer in almost every grade of rank, if" v'' '..
ott farl
surgeon to a marching regiment, surges-ofer foto
a man of war, medical superintendent jot 00,00
ous home districts, to that of the hifho Ottjas'
in the department, Count Woronzow, of "-t110:'5,001
army in 1811, communicated to the EmPerer es t.l--,a in
ble assistance they received from Sir Jelli:o. sera ' tag
skill. He had also the rare distinction of havak'adioat s ,id
the expedition to Egypt, and being chief of the 133 firs
1995,
9'5,
at the battle of Waterloo, he was present at til.cea in il.nd
last actions of the great war. Sir James aitbrrcitobel'ing
daughter of Henry Birkett, of Etterby Lodge' tins be Ile
but has no surviving son, his male represee,tsiaadera,`l3.,
Grant Thomlinson, Esq., of the Gordon ilig: aral '2OO
was created K.H. in 1816—Knt. Bach.. 1-81:;i0 re"
1850—and Deputy Lieutenant of Cumberlpiaa•
°btu °W-
-4..,
were interred in the family vault of "^-
t
to
Carlisle. :,, ace° 0,0
CHINESE CRUCIFIXION.—The following jos;
of a recent crucifixion in China is bV ~,Bth Oros
of Amoy, who witnessed the execution on the !_:„at Ole
_ti,
The victim was a well-known thief, whose pritiralorproooo
was that of stealing young girls and selling
ausfacv 6
g ildleate
iito ent:°::
tubes. On his trial before his judge he refus .5 ...selt
evv
himself, although repeatedly scourged
raw. If a female witness fails in giving s _ leather
dance in a court of justice, she is beaten sparingwi iler
..tee
across the mouth. His wife, desirous of or ti' 0,
ter two .
~0, .
band, refused to give evidence, but af .'l3"' eat,f
applications of the strap her courage gave way 00 (is
fessed his guilt, at the same time admitting that to b,,,,
the money so derived was hidden in the sea nedaoraara in
Officers were sent to search, and finding the
to decaPitthellts6
place indicated, the prisoner was sentenced .
1010100 ,001
—deemed by the Chinese the most severe t
° world 1# tile
because they imagine that if a man leaves thiscditio, o.a
any of his members, he appears in the samscrc_cejaed i'loloo
next. The culprit therefore prayed to be ,u_ti, forei!..(l,
of being beheaded. The cross was of th l'e,taiaal, 0_9:00
foot being inserted in a stout plank, and the s .mina],
his Pore
ing on a board, had nails driven through his llsis legs
oteat
stretched and nailed to the cross team: 70d hie ,01
fastened to the cross with an iron chsinnt.s,,o 01050.40
bound with cords, and on the cord r 0
written d.,i',.e'a bis
..I;i6
inserted rt
offence;e d apieacesiomf
sentence—namely, to remain on the cross acne
of led
until he died ; another on his left arm had . roe 140,
iwlaoropdiecoenownhhicihs rivlgahst awrtur-it:thataeitn:figtoli:
ee,cwtoisths
ihnissidteittlhese aynadmouteisn.
pria'shaeuncrei:roltacsio;itysl4l7oooo.
roughfares leading from the city, where ho Nv:',.r fear 0,40
day, but removed at night inside the prison I‘_`"
at clsoiaPolo
jatuondtdhgthen carried by four coolies to one of the_‘. reit darl !silitl
friends attempting a rescue, and carriedci foru!ooe,t
r_ in
in charge of two soldiers. He was cru
,fiv .
ilita ac
t, onoeoto
Wednesday, and Mr. Jones conversed
in
a the cl 2 l'a
the evening. He complained of pain : .
_too iclo_,l,o ono
thirst. On Thursday he slept for slomeonin:und. a 'Nil or
cross was laid down within the goo a
or I,
~.,k, 1 'lrefet
was allowcsd to supply' him with tool
roil;
0 lb,
ovieet;
ing the day there was quite a fair
tanti,m,
a__A tbo _ ifir
meat vendors driving a large trade. 0 people being attracted from a " 3
as
t::111blaccil rad :f.)00:111esi
tatit'geiir;,;;
mediate de‘'t ' ass `lye
which he expected would produce no
Nolen the,
or
00
vo 0
putto
ntiialtl
oiy alive,agna vewenhdoerndt
ne therorders
Ttehawaotrt
eaNti,ni wasnneag a
Eraup.sf
tphec
oraiulnel
g,dl b e
tool;
ti
otto
result was otherwise, and at eunscit,l stout l'Bl° d oYe ti3fit
taken within the gaol, two soldiers w
i:
... Jon
s4sett tlioo
both his legs and then strangled Tains AL, a ,
, converse- .' ,a- to
all the Chinese with whom he has . ,
jad looktob ceo
ni,hfuerit , a Harrell
~ecIA ,
crucifixion is a moderuthpeues:e7stitrowiidteliatwiway boo w
t introducedh o similarityN e w Testament, fthrough passagest hu in
ee r e conceives
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