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

HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, August 11.
Her Majesty and the Royal Family drove out in
the morning and afternoon of yesterday.
The Right Hon. E. Cardwell arrived at Osborne,
and had the honour of dining with the Queen and
Royal Family.
Prince and Princess Leiningen also dined with
her Atijesty.
His Royal Highness Prince William of rrussia,
attended by Baroness Dobeneck and Major Vo°
Sonweini?z, left Osborne this morning on his return
to Germany.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary will leave
The Cottage, Kew, to-day, on a visit to their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Weiss in
Scotland.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have been
entertaining the following company at Kimbolton
Castle, during the week;--Marie Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., the
Earl of Coventry, the Earl and Countess of W est-
moreland, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Proby,
George Fitzw lliam, Mr Leslie, &c.
The Duchess of Wellington has left Apsley 1:1°11se
for Glasgow, to meet his grace, who left town s

days since.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left 1011'
bolton Castle, on a visit to the Ear! of Sandwich at
Hinchinbrooke.
The Earl and Countess Spencer have been enter-
taining a large parry at Althurpe Park during the
week.
The Earl of Coventry left town yesterday for
Hungerford, Berkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Morley and Lad/
Catherine have left town for Sunning Hill;
Viscount
Boringdun has left for Scotland for the shollug
season. Ca es
Count Maffei has returned to town from
to take the direction of the I.alian Legation during
the absence of his Excellency the Marquis d'AzegO:
Lord L'anover has left town for the Continent'
her ladyship is at Llanover, near AbergavennY•
Lord and Lady Templemore will shortly leave
Bruton-street for Danbrody Park, county 'Well°

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE SCOTTISH
ARCHERS.—It is intended to present a bonnet 131
the Society of the Ancient Archers of Kilwinning to
the
Prince of Wales on having accepted the office
(which the Prince Consort also hold). The bonnet ja
quisitely got up, and reflects the greatest credits on all cow
corned. It is in shape the same as worn by he arch.er!
while shooting at papingo, and the inside is lined witt
white satin, and in the centre the Prince of Wale,s' coat °is`
arms is beautifully embroidered, and below the wordy
arms origr*
" Dien," 1183—fh, date when the society
noted.—Edinburgh Daily Review. ,TT
ONE OF THE JiINDOO GODS OF DEAL"---;
STRANGE AND HORRIBLE IDOL :—." Wita jar':
at the 310-
large protruding eyes, prominent nose, curved
trils and point, wide mouth, thick, sensual-lookiug
of patron
two upper and two lower tusks, it presented a very rernard
able and by no means pleasing appearance. On the head
was a tiara studded with cleverly chiselled death IT
the long ears were pierced with ornaments very hideousatbj
cut, and from the cartilage of both were suspended
skulls. Numbers of chains were hung round the neck, But,
a loose scarf fell across the broad chest from the
lei'
shoulder to the right. Massive bracelets eLcircled the
writs and biceps, and the right arm was slightly raised' or,
giving emphasis to an oracle. A belt of skuas macircle,a
the corpulent stomach, and the left hand rested on a walk-
ing-stick or sceptre of stone,—Mr d'Almeida's book de'
scriptive of " Lite in Java," recently published by Ilurst
and Blackett.
SINGULAR WlLLS.—There lately died at SzePe°
Vallarya an old man of 78 years of age, whose will con-
tained a clause leaving 100,000 cigars for those who might
attend his funeral. The eccentic testator also expressed
his desire that his friends should not leave the house of
mourning without drinking to his memory all the wi°
left in his cellar. It is said that the wish of the de-
ceased was entirely fulfilled.—Brazil and River Pala
Mail.

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little''wNEW AoTnTdßeArCiTnloeNveAryT TseHnEse
for the lady is only 4 feet 8 inches in height—Margaret
Douglas, is hastening merrily and gamely on to the coat
pletion of her herculean task of walking a thousand miles
in a thousand consecutive hours. The bulletins announce
the performance of 192 miles, but there is no appearance °f
effort or fatigue in the champion female pedestr an of the
world—who, in the opinion of some of the most experienced
" professors," will bring her task to the same successful
issue she did in Australia, The daily and nightly inorees
ing number of visitors attest in tide most unmistakeable
manner the awakening interest of the public to witness the
little lady's performance.
DANGERS OF A " HEADER" IN SOALLOW.
WAThR.—We hear almost every year of
arWi °
serious or even fatal accident at watering places
from tile dangerous habit of plunging head foremost ton
nto
g
water that is to shallow. This should never be done ilkni:
.)
less the water is ac least 4 or 5 feet deep. Surgical boo 0
are full of cases of broken vertebra, but unluckily thSey ar...
on"it
not known to the persons who need the
in his edition of Chelius, tells of a sailor, 40 years of agett,te
iu good health, who jumped headlong from a she inutilaca
sea to bathe, a sail being spread a few feet below Ihe:berks.
caution.
to receive the bathers and to protect them fro/a
b aleback on
It is supposed that his head was violently t''re ga
0 the ediately
coming in contact with the water or sail, as II- --,,fhanecies
became motionless. When got on deck, a" 4.- t,,erved
of the limbs and trunk below the shoulders wets CI"-
the
to be paralysed, and respiration was performed bYwe___
diaphragm alone. The circulation and temperature r
rtri:
natural, and the senses perfect. in a few hours ftej3d be.
occurrence of the accident, vomiting commenced' ii of 48
came more frequent till he died at the expirationolv
jou
hours. Upon examination, the fourth and fifth oed for'
vertebra were found completely crushed and fore„, low
wards on the spinal marrow, which was crushed. ant'
euts,,
rated. This preparation is in St. Thomas's Mus_
Another man threw himself into a river to bathe fro Wirie
eight 7or 5 feet, bng on 3 feet deep,
0 f7b
carne upof to thec surface andwater immeeidiatelyly fell back I tto
bottom. The bystandere observing ho made no atterciP
the,
swim, drew him out and lifted him insensible accident'
d bank. He ed .n 10 hours and a half after the oart ebra
al
and after death it was found that the fifth cervical ve P
tetelr
was broken across, and the two pieces were f ,
crushed in upon the spinal cord. So bathers beWaret°o.
" header" in sb.allow water. Plunge deep or Uot a
—Medical 2unes and Gazette. k 1;° rag or
bTAINED GLASS COMPETITION. 1. Ta —to
the Committee of Council on Education desire_ _ ,
obtain for the South Kensington Museum a designsv.7 a
stained glass window, having a northern lighto,ns__o4_,z.,
semicircular head, and of the following Thedimenl winviicor
181 t 9in high to crown of arch, by lift wide. 2.
steorner of the
may be seen on a staircase at the north-7
de.
rations of tbe
Great Northern Court. The architecture ,co
haracter. '1.1313‘
staircase will be of an Ital an llanaissiance characters
ha
ter °`
subject of the design is furnished by the cp .
"3 I'll°
Ecelesiasticus, verse 24 to the end of the chapter.
._
on
ct
be on the scale of one inch. to the fo°' 4
design is to cartoon u
coloured. It is to be accompanied by a .c..a1l size
ec
..,00,
design of a sufficient portion to eho‘w the ex nt: it,
the • execute('
and a specimen of a portion of the des), g'll .0 artist,
glass, of the full size. 4. The competition ii; 01)5deec; for tlI:
of all nations. 5. A sum of £lO will boa War 03 oi.
and S SIX .
..
design which appears to be most suitable,
will be in
£2O for the next best design. 6. The judcaS w'
solely upon
structed to award the prizes to the designs'
ble cost cif
artistic merits, without reference to tha prolks
0,0 by 6
execution. 7. Each design must be uccompt3, :__
ea be
sealed tender stating the cost at which the des 11,90 to
executed, the time the execution is likely to takee 7.. et tea-
name and address of the artist. 8. The designs 17stoo ea
M ' pit
ders must be sent to the South Kensington , 8 pit
or before May 1, 1865. 9. The names of the in°!_ll, the
be published hereafter. 10. The designs to vi.nt'Lite cis
.
prizes are awarded will become the properti of
_OOO
t which however noes not bind itself f ° 1 col
partmen , Cohn°
either of them.—By order of the Committee of
Education. WoBl4'
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT CARRON A o 1110'
. „h ,
—On Wednesday night Mr James George Iti'". , et ihe
deputy con,ner for East Middlesex, held an Malt:Jo Jeatli.
Deck Hotel, Upper East Smithfield, respeeting:t'llie tilde'
of William Reardon, aged 45 years, who ° Decto'c
under the following frightful circumstances .0
woe en:
was a labourer. On Friday afternoon last h.
.. oar'o
gaged with other men on board the ship Cltlth_v't, 50,ith:
alongside the Carron Wharf, Lower z.",..0.0pty 0!
field (near St. Katharine 's Decks) in raising n
_44 ~, erar.
pig iron from the hold of the vessel by roes leen ul
The men overloaded one portion, and they _ had they had
When ddoll
tinned by Mr. Hickman, the stevedore.
ra
__ .ti e .
raised about a ton of metal the chain of the
upon
re'deceass:
snapped, and the whole mass of iron fell uopf t'l in
his brain °,..9r,
crushing his head and scattering. porno:lst_
a_ebeerlinsai
the lower part of the vessel. Death inns h
, .....
taneous. Verdict, accidental death. p's ACV'
sTAT--- d rho
WEST INDIAN ENCUMBERED 3 .
ti_, adopte
t. _
The Legislature of the colony of Antigu h..o7,.arryityg tot
.-.1 local act I r v
above acts, and passed the Us.--
game into eatecutiA,