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

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HER MAJESTY•

OssouNE, lan. 21he
Her Majesty walked and drove yesterdaY i°
21t
grounds.
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Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena olla
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill e°°
the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, rode on horseback. in
Earl do Grey and Ripon arrived at Osborae ft
London and had an auder ce of the Clueells

The Prince and Princess of Wales. pi.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, acc°ol,
panied by his Royal Highness the Duke dCaotit
bridge, and attended by CAptain Greltwen soda
shooting yesterday morning, and met with
fine sport.
In the afternoon the Prince of waies, goo;
panied by the Duke of Cambridge, h tll°
and rode through Windsor, returning trong-
Long-walk to Frogmore House at five o'elocl'
left FregO

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Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess 0' 04
the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Str,elit: tile
bridge,theP
first
week
kceiss Mary, leave Cambridge Cottage, 0-e.c;eAce
'n the ensuing month for the duchesss re°
at St. James's Palace. 804
His Excellency the Prussian Anibassad° Bpd
the Countess Bernstorff left town yesterdeY 1,1',1
severaland days on a visit to Mr. Chichester FortescaeP
,bill
Twickenham.
Frances Countess Waldegrave, at StrawbarrL as
The count and countess return
Monday next. rrheolail
The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at .`" to.
Hotel, Berkeley-square, from his seat, Clurnbertl4°dt-v ill
0 The party at Holkar Hall has breketlfa;loo
onsequence of the serious illness of Miss ii,avillo;id,°4
.daughter of Mr. Frederick and Lady Fanall'`). ,
nieces of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. AMP
Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St' iforic
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nd Lady Diana Beauclerk, have left Skuttersloileart Earl 11
shire, for Aske, Richmond, on a visit to ale
Countess of Zetland. ositO
. The Earl of Derby, as leader of the °FP en
in the House of Lords, will give a grand r4rilirg3ill 016
dinner on Wednesday the 3d proximo, to a 'ati3l:gir
of his political friends' in the Upper House of the A
lature. h br
arrivedfront atoil
visiting Lord and
at Elton Hall. stela°
The Earl de Grey arrived in town le
afternoon fromit a visit to her Majesty at (MOO got
Lord
-square,
BeTrkheleey Salisbarf.o4
Right Hon. Sir Robert reel, Bar( gae4tat
and Lady Emily Peel will entertain a successico °- f AO'
at the Lodge, Phoenix-park, Dublin, until the 01/,(11 II U.
week. The right hon. baronet as S' retary for Irs'Afioo'r
expected to arrive at his residence in.eWchitehtill-gr—
theTlhaet orn i2gdhotf next month.
Frederick
P, el come to town next weeke,rfircokmPteheel; Ms
e'er:llll6r Irill'el::
shire, for the season.

SIR JAMES ROBERT GRANT, C.8.-"111..ei°133.91°':
gnished officer died on the 9th inst., 111'
Tb
Vicarage, Nottingham, in the 91st year of his a„...0 esr7
one by one, are the heroes of a heroic age
from among us, The year just ended gathered liiitsP;
venerable Lyndhurst, and the present has thus °rola .04
away the subject of our notice. There is yet ree'ingetil3,g
us a conspicuous monument of time in the elte-igasegou;
person of Combermere. Sir James Grant, WP01111:
temporary with the last-named, was second son
rtooj
Grant, merchant, and chief magistrate of Forrest trsll.o4
shire, born there in 1773, descended from the elallaisa ho
Strathspey, and, from the remarkable peculiar'ticelYo
ciated with his lengthened career, deserves More neo-t P'"o
the scrimp paragraph in " Ded's," as much ottac,.vice° (130
patriarchal age, the distinction of his public se'd that 0
which some idea may be formed when it is stn
~,te bota)'lo
was in the field before the late Lord Clyde 0011°80,
also being one of a family of seven brothers, alone'
of alto
were notable in their several spheres of action; ,00 er
11
was killed heading his regiment to the assault 01. tlolll,
stronghold, one was a valiant soldier at Assilleeosaie
trod the steps of the military ladder until xis biosOloli
K.C.B„ and Governor of one of our West I,IOOOA
but he, of all the rest, the recital. of whose 01EPi:rfella;
most engage the attention of those who love the
tijosred
was the renowned Coiquhoun Grant of the Pen 1,126 so •
,ailai
He it was who, with Colonel Waters, were famthepro 0,
by their brethren of the army the "Eyes and
Wellington ; and the soubriquet was not at all Wlof o
inasmuch as these two were respectively at the l'!!010014,.i,
intelligence and exploring departments, in the
0,
which duties—[There were two Grants emploYe:.oo7s
particular service, and well known to
nol;iler
Colquhoun as " Granto Bueno," the .0g
I'l4
" Granto Salo."]—the adventures of aye 00?
zeal they encountered would read noWscli:loth; 0
like the tales of fiction than those of substantial 'wed 514
eminent must be the advantages Wellington reSoio .o,i
these institutions through his campaigns in f "10
and Portugal, when it is remembered that cones,'," '0 ',„ot
orders on the commencement of the catriPtn6-.,,,01010,
(Waterloo) was that Col. Grant would restune btotli6if
on his staff. The dazzling feats of his übitlaile.°llo of 04
Colquhoun, would set the more serious elii,-tilete aid
James in the shade, were we to forget ths"fas the .00
•
such casualties attending a campaigning arlilarior
and wounded. It was in his capacity as 00,`- hi p 0
of
cal officer that Sir James was appreciate,' decisice:/100,
experience, indomitable power of endurance7p, 00300
character, and withal the kindliest nature, vier.- the
of
tbs
lable value to his suffering patients. Skilled hi:jaide
tongue, he was a welcome visitor to 014' CO(1" Pojet.
wounded soldiers of the Irish and Ilighli,ttollf y
whom he would converse in the most fat (;)
Sir James] entered the service in 1792, at" foot post°
medical officer in almost every grade of ran''o, viaie
surgeon to a marching regiment, slitget o're,r ofne
a man of war, medical superintendeliereS;josia°
ous home districts, to that •of the f the " 010:
in the department, Count Woronzosvi °tor tileorfis•C'
army in 1811, communicated to the Balejertle°Dryad
ble assistance they received from Sir , 100;
skill. He had also the rare distinction of etla
the expedition to Egypt, and being chief of the vied
f1r5"3.0,5,
at,the battle of Waterloo, he was present at
troa loolt
last actions of the great war. Sir James ins Cotebervia
daughter of Henry Birkett, of Etterby LcdgeiatetiVe 0; 116
but has no surviving son, his male represe.
uloastcp
Grant Thomlinson, Esq., of the Gordon sis_..tlncl voio
was created K.H. in 1816—lint. Bach" Id. xis reord'
18.50—and Deputy Lieutenant of Curnberlan miter+ fr
were interred in the family vault of the
Carlisle.
The 110Wiff
CHINESE CRUCIFIXION.---T-e f° 1:01,
of a recent crucifixion in China is
.1Y..20004o?
The
fhAe mviocyti,mwwhoaswaitwneeslls-ekdntohivenestheciteift,iownho:set;r:ltipo4l,°;ooo:l;
was that of stealing young girls to critlN
tutes. On his trial before hisjudge hh3°ll e
himself, although repeatedly aourged until
satisistro'tl
raw. If a female witness fails in ing
deuce in a court of justice, ehe is beaten ria 00.• 0
0 of =P
two or 0'
across the mouth His wife, desirous „0 oo
band, refused to give evidence, but sfterv, y. 50,010,0 k
and sellrit:A:r
applications of the strap her courage Ore that
%vie,
fessed his guilt, at the same time admitting lost the ill "0
the money so derived was hidden in the set 0 016 :oti°
Officers were sent to search, and finding t
tO clec6ol °Pt"
place indicated, the prisoner was sentence
—deemed by the Chinese the most severe 0f,!,,,et1a Tee
because they imagine that if a man leaves tnelo;dt,
any of his members, he appears in the ssnie..toiod
next. The culprit therefore prayed to bo c!, for':;•
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of being beheaded. The cross was of theePo
foot being inserted in a stout plank, and rret, hi°3:444
ing on a board, had nails driven through his pis ,0-00,
stretched and nailed to the cross Want and 1d.% pt.;
fastened to the cross with an iron chain', his 10.1:4 el_
bound with cords, and on the cord rounuritto 13.1 Dito
inserted a piece of wood, on which Was
and offence; a similar piece on his right or'day
sentence—namely, to remain on the crossthe 00,30 0000
until he died ; another on his left arm 104! iuia sass,,tre
judge, with his titles and offices. The coon?.
to ieeri
atontdhtelacernoessarirniseiddebtyh
the priSOU t aft., to
day, but removed at night inside a t
r oughf a re s leading'
ol)
rhoeensreeeah: efe itoeo f'l:oerfritrlf eleciu:Prr 6'.
5 g11:11
friendsin char
charge
o attemptingftw o so
lad rescue,
iers. andgw a
s carriedci t
!fir tu
iaoo °;t:sot
Nti,ednesday, and Mr. Jones converse!?tith cllfott tl4;.
the e vening. He complained of pain :Iloilo o
thirst. On Thursday he slept for sloracorapozed. cla:
cross was 'aid do-svn within thega
foodo or cf°4::
was allowed to suPPIY with 4,00 t of .
quite a fair launic'o`, ssa be; :f
°rawataesd from ad" sour AiY,orcii,
pinef,pltehebdeianygthactrt
meat vendors driving a large trade.e
load
to IV red,
still alive, when the Taetai was aPl2s, COd .lot ~0
to put an end to the wretch's suffering
should be adin,..l, pit I;
diately gave orders that vinegar ate cleat° vso 0,4
resultwhich shvaesexeptehcetre‘dvisweo,uulduapraotduscuresuiwsmeit::::llo6;
taken within the gaol, two soldiers
;zinc.
oat oe
both his legs and then stranglod
_onversca !a, at
00
all the Chinese with whoa' ho t'; and ).)010070tisteeco
crucifixion is a litoderu punishme.n. the
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introduced through the J
sthimeiN6reiwtyToefsPtaarasseage:t theteueist.:c. utitohnevvildt:, 130/
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