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 M jesty.
Hie Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia,
attended by Baroness Dobeneck and Major Von
S'Aiweinitz, 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 Wales la
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 West-
moreland, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Proby,
George Filzw:Eiam, Mr Leslie, &c.
The Duchess of Wellington has left Apaley licuse
for Glasgow, to meet his grace, who left town a few
days since.
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left
bolton Castle, on a visit to the Earl of Sandwich at
llinchinbrooke.
The Earl and Countess Spencer have been enter-
taining a large party at Althorpe Park during the
week.
The Earl of Coventry left town yesterday for
Hungerford, Berkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Morley and 14dI
Catherine have left towc for Sunning Hill; VLse°ert.
Boringdon has left for Scotland for the shooting
season.
Count Maffei has returned to town from Chives
to take the direction of the Iralian Legation during
the absence of his Excellency the Marquis d'Azegll°'
Lord Llanover has left town for the Continent'
her ladyship is at Llanover, near AbergavennY•
Lord and Lady Tenaplemore will shortly leave
Bruton-street for Duribrody Parks,county Welter'a.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE SCOTTISII
ARCLIFIIS.—It is intended to present a bonnet bi
the Society of the Ancient Archers of Kilwinning to
th°
Prince of Wales on having accepted the office
of patron
(which the Prince Consort also held). The bonnet is
ll
quisitely got up, and rtfl:cts the greatest credit on a cow
cerned. It is in shape the same as worn by the arche r
.s
while shooting at papingo, and the inside is lined Witti,
white satin, and in the centre the Prince of \Vales' coat toi:
arms is beauiiiully embroidered, and below the wer
" Ich Lien," 1183—th date when the society was orig.
noted.—Edinburgh Daily Review.
ONE uF THE HINDOO GODS OF DEI"---;
STRANGE AND HORRIBLE IDOL:—" With
large protruding eyes, prominent nose, curved at the no
trils and point, wide mouth, thick, sensual-looking tipts!.
two upper and two lower tusks, it presented a very re heal d
able and by no means pleasing appearance. Oa
was a tiara studded with cleverly chiselled death'e heads
utb J
Tv
hideous
cut, long ears were pierced with ornaments very
hideou!
cut, and from the cartilage of both were suspended
the v
skulls. Numbers ut cheins were hung round the neck, antal
a loose scarf fell across the broad chest from the le
shoulder to the right. Massive bracelets ei-circled the
writs and biceps, and the right arm was slightly raised, °r,
giving emphasis to an oracle. A belt of skulls eacircled
the corpulent stomach, and the left hand rested on 4 Walk-
ing-stick or sceptre of stone,—Mr d'Almeida's book de-
scriptive of " Lite in Java," recently published by Hurst
and Blackett.
SINGULAR WlLLS.—There 14tely died at Szepes
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 Wine
left in his cellar. It is said that the wish of the de-
ceased was entirely fulfilled.—Brazil and River Plate
Mail.

THE NEW ATTRACTION AT THE ALHAMBRA,—.
The " little" wonder in every sense of the word
for the lady is only 4 feet 8 inches in height--Margaret
Douglas, is hastening merrily and gamely on to the com
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 of
effort or fatigue in the champion female pedestr.an of tlaa.
world—who, in the opinion of some of the most experieccea:
"professors," will bring her task to the same successful
issue she did in Australia. The daisy and nightly increas°
ing number of visitors atl est in the most unmistak-able
manner the awakening interest of the public to witness the'

sWer.AuTuER.-
little lady's performance.
DANGERS
wreoFheaalmost every
IyNearSOO.4iLSLOC:
Al' a‘l‘
from
tsahor even fatal accident at watering places arisii4
dangerous habit of pl • head f emost into
plungingor
water that is to) shallow. This should never be done Wl'
less the water is at; least 4 or 5 feet deep. Surgical boars
are full full of cases of broken vertebrae, but unluckily theY
not known to the persons who need the caution. 5°14'14
his edition of Chelius, tells of a sailor, 40 years of age,
is
into the
in good health, who jumped headlong irorn 8 ship
sea to bathe, a sail being spread a few feet below the stv lace
13:111j'es
to receive the bathers and to protect them from the sarks'
thr os n bachk tti
It
is supposed that his head was violently juiroediatell'
coming in contact with the water or sail, as he
became motionlese. When got on deck, Alt the ea
observe
of the limbs and trunk blow the shoulders vrefa
to be paralysed, and resuiration was performed 11 twe he'
diaphragm alone. The circulation and temperaturere
natural, and the senses perfect. in a few hours after theh
occurrence of the accident, vomiting commenced, encil;
came more frequent till he died at the expiration 0f..11,1
cervit, .
hours. Upon examination, the fourth and filth
vertebiaa were found completely crushed and forced for
wards on the spinal marrow which was crushed and la°.
rated. This preparation is, in St. ' ' Meura. Chowas s ,i, a,
Another man threw himself into a river to bathe fry—lie,
height of 7or S feet, the water being only 3 feet deep• he
came up to the surface and immediately fell back to tto
bottom. The bystanders observing ho made no atteralltth
swim, drew him out and lifted him insensible eP°'l, --,t,e
and after
Ho d ed .n 10 hours and a half after the acciec%
after death it was found that the fifth cervical vertebr".
11.
was broken across, and the two pieces were colliPlete
crushed in upon the nal .So b beware of a
ea "h der" in sb.allo-.vspi water.cord u. Pluns deep or not et all.
—Medical Itnzes and Gazette. athers
A at
STAINED GLASS COMPETITION. 1. The Lora;
the Committee of Council on Education desire ta'
obtain for the South Kensington Museum a design fair, :
stained glass window, having a northern light. Wit'. .
semicircular head, and of the following dimensions
18ft Sin high to crown of arch, by llft wide. 2. The winio;
way b.= seen on a staircase at the north-west corner of r
Great Northern Court. The architectural decorations of t
i:,
staircase will be of an Ital an Renaissanc
the 33te chah
character.
ter Th
01
_.
subject of the design is furnished by
p
Ecclesiasticus, verse 24 to the end of the chapter. 3. '.13,,a
design is to be on the scale of one inch to the foot, aaL:
coloured. It is to be accompanied by a full size cartoot!:
the design of a sufficient portion to show the execttietdwitr.
and a specimen of a portion of the design Wen :oil,
glass, of the full size. 4. The competition is opea to Art. _
of all nations. 5. A sum of £lO will be awarded for tea"
design which appears to be most suitable, and a snot
~,
£2O for the next best desig. 6. The judges will be l'il
structed to award the prizn3s to the designs solely 01)0_,
artistic merits, without reference to the probable cost
execution. 7. Each design must be accompanied bYbs'a,
sealed tender stating the cost at which the design
ear'olo.
executed, the time the execution is likely to take, and
ten.
name and address of the artist. S. The designs and
e.,
ders must bo sent to the South Kensington Museum
ill
or before May 1, 1865. 9. The names of the judges sv.„.,
be published hereafter. 10. The designs to which
prizes are awarded will become the property of the t
°
partment, which however dues not bind itseff to eice°ll 0
either of them.—By order of the Committee of Ceutteil 0
Education. Wit all r•
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT CARRON •. ' to
—On Wednesday night Mr James George Richaid :uf,
deputy col-, ner for East Middlesex, held an iDquirY 3Leatla
Duck Hotel, Upper East Smithfield, respecting tb°
his life
of William Reardon, aged 45 years, who lust
Deceased
under the following frightful circumstances en-
was a labourer. •On Friday afternoon last he wager`4
gaged with other men on board the ship Clutha, 11,,ith.
alongside the Carron Wharf, Lower yiast S'y of
field (near St. Katharine's Docks) in raising a girl:it:roe,
pig iron from the hold of the vessel by meats Of
a can
The men overloaded one portion, and they had lehellev bad
tioned by Mr. Hickman, the stevedore. when t',',loll
6dece3s
raised about a ton of metal the chain of the
the
uu cd
snapped, and the whole mass of iron fell upon
brain
over
crushing his head and scattering portions of his
e,,500„
ihe lower part of the vessel. Death must have be ,m
tancous. Verdict, accidental death.
"V TES ACT •
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WEST INDIAN ENCUMBERED ....STA , „et' tbo
of Antigua have saT
~
.110
The Legislature of the colony
for eturyie. k
above acts, and passed the usual local act
same into execution.