The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, Say. lv•
The Queen and Princess Louise drove out Yee.
terday afternoon, attended by Lady Churchill.
by
Princess Helena rode on horseback, attended
the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, acco.ta'
panied by the Earl of Macclesfield (who is gal
on a visit at Frogmore for a few days),and ottendf
by Captain G. H. Grey (the Equerry in Waiting/1'
and Mr. Herbert W. Fisher (the Prince's rovatel
secretary), left Frogmore Huse for a dk/y's
with the harriers. There was a gocd scent,
fair sport, although the ground was in some Pr ace 6
ince'
rather heavy through the late rains. The p
and his party returned in the afternoon to Ft°ls.

more. ascar
On inquiry yesterday afternoon it was of
tained that her Royal Highness the Princess, 0.
Wales and the infant prince were still progres°l'
most- favourably.

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THE PRINCESS OF WALES .WITII HER Tor
PRINCESS, will not be moved from Frogmore for
period of six weeks; meanwhile Parliament will hace
and a very busy London " season" inaugurated. at er
at se
ences to the happy event will be made in both house° -
early date.
CABINET COUNClL.—Yesterday summonses Were
issued for a Cabinet Council on Saturday next.
CO'rr
MR. THACKERAY AND MR. DICKENS.--"A
spondent says:—" You have no doubt heard thi'mt
disagreement existed between Mr. Thackeray and u°l
Dickens, and that for some length of time they Wereeo
friendly, That was the case; but it is most gratifyi
know that the quarrel was made up before Mr. Th2eltBll7c,
death. Singularly enough, this happy circumstelleicLo
curred only a few days before the time when it won't"; is
been too late. The two great authors met by aceid,eulif at
the lobby of a club, both hanging up their hats toge'mmejt
the same moment, They suddenly turned and savVetit
other, and the unrestrained impulse of both was to 11°. at/
the hand of forgiveness and fellowship. With that no,
grasp the differences which estranged them ceased'elto
must have been a great consolation to Mr. Dickens w"-
saw his great brother laid in the earth at KensalgArete:;ter
THE STEAMSHIP LOUISIANA.—A seriot.B u`Stiosi
has befallen the Louisiana, one of the •Ntltliort
Steam Navigation Company's Liverpool and Isre.vir° got t
screw steamships. The Louisiana sailed from leivlll3,a-eer
New York on the sth of January, arrived safely st t`',Teoges
town on the following day, and proceeded on her %*. the
On Monday sbe put back to Queenstown, havir4;, 104,
13th of January suffered severely in a b.urricane• ''-ethtte
12 of her crew and 3 passengers. A report from that 9
officer of the ship states that the vessel was struck lit.ticie
p.m, of the 13th by a heavy sea. The officer and b°3-.00
immediately afterwards cautioned the crew not tore/311110er
the forward deck-house any longer. They, h°tvefleert:teio
lected to remove, and were washed away. The
Ps*
has sus' ained no damage to hull or machine*. ajCir
AIW OF MERIDIAN.—An interesting c000:11" the
tion from Dr. Otto Torell has been made %es'
Royal Society, through General Sabine, detailing thcridete
sures in progress for the measurement of an are 0t!„ beiges'
eotea
in a high northern latitude. The Swedish Diet Oh' el'
the money necessary to complete the survey at SPitt•ty
There is every reason to expect that the practice', le
the undertaking will be settled in the nest steronierd.grey
Diet has likewise voted a sum towards the proP°6°r
Tr osd'
Middle-European Triangulation from Palerrao t°,-eesi
hjem, and has also made a grant for the erection 01
astronomical observatcry at the University of L'lllto.l
DIRECTING THE WAR FROM WASSING...i9 °'
The Federals have constructed upwarL:s of 5,000 "tteet
military telegraph, and the Secretary of War stetes,,- eso
the course of last year at least 1,200,000 telegrams
W-r
along these lines—about 3,300 a day. p 2104
A SHORT RECKONING.—The Nair ltlst
Society (of New York) celebrated by a aintifveigritol
month the 243 d anniversary of the landing of the
in Plymouth. The Rev. Henry Ward Besellt °`
de
to
called upon to speak to the toast of the
America abroad," said that the advocates of the tity
cause abroad might be numbered without gto
etting i73cif,so°
teens, He proceeded to reckon them, and is repot
having had occasion to count beyond the dozen'
art O'
HIGH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.—A reP4ociete
read a few days ago at a sitting of the 'll
Medicala d'Emulation, on a curious paper by Dr. ..Ic),.eatul°,
which he recommends a high atmospheric press.„%e,
cure for various diseases. He remarks that fish '''-aes
the greatest possible barometrical variations bY °et° Or
their air-bladder, which, by swelling up, can rooderi'elOt
,even momentarily suspend, the circulation et the,a
Tine permanence of viscero-muscular preseure
ad
prevents the formation of a vacuum ; the air-bledtlecrPeeee°
upon the vena cava and the aora, and thus Pip 1114
the shock of the vital fluid on its re,ttrai
birds there are air-bladders all round the 0;0 ou'"
nearly resembling the lungs. The higher a bira,idt
the larger are the reservoirs for air covered pietva
tractile organs. The very bones and feathers °leo° rti;
for air, and in the more powerful species air Waco., frit.
vided even under the skin. The ostrich, the °seeder S;
other swift runners, have their largest air bsgo ""ci otl'ai" 0
muscles of the thigh; the condor, swallow,
whose power of flight is great, have those bags b--00
muscles of the wings. By this organisation all
t 0
tures can bear any amount of atmospheric
dePeet
faction within reasonable limits ; for the inero°lls- ieste
the ocean, measuring thousands of fathoms, °fa egoe.
are unfit for animal life ; and fish that, by Wi3el,,the, ?of,
ment, have been let down to such ou depths,
0% Si
been brought up again dead. The e.ecroli 10
pressure of the atmosphere, though tole
too
too
known beforo, have been quite recentil,tot 11`1,00
England, where it has been found '7O to le'eelt
filled with liquids, and then well corked, but se colt, later
emall empty space between the liquid and tile jot ercel')
if kept for an hour under the pressure of 001dueanij°:,f
2,000 fathoms high (which may be donellbleerteee,,,elfre
have their corks pressed down to the very je, P-efacE7
liquid. An empty bottle had its cork drile 1t
ears sr°
brought up again filled with water. ApplYil3s,.,atsiot.s the
to therapeutics, Dr. Foley remarks that
men ijobi!atiatifle
obliged to breathe more quickly than nlell roe' e
plains, because the air is more ratified on oogeil if
than in the plains, and therefore affords leseloreforeiocyr
breath than the denser air. Conversely,o 'cora of
patient be in want of more oxygen than b 000%401'
the ordinary pressure, let him be exposed ° hiing c°P-103111
rendered artificially denser. This can be c1°136
ing a small chamber, communicating witll
and provided with an air gauge and e ojecte Itary
patient confined in such a chamber fas 9 b°,o atreloOtta
out inconvenience to the pressure of about boa, a• -
and a half. By this treatment catarrh, 1151;0 TetaOletit'i,
complaints of the respiratory organs 001 the o/ett Ole;
croup he compressed air will flatten down I;e9oeSeP
the'
membranes and in disorders arising Wl°
Or
pressed air will arterialise the blood, ail-
power of the:patient.— G alignani. lie lies
HARD LYlNG.—There lives in New
tough 11 ip
man called Joe, a fellow noted for the fot, cage etas
can tell. A correspondent informs us thatokeed with etit 00;
Holton's lately, and found him almost ell_ oh Bb'
when he suggested, " You don't know tssri-"eted caret 00,i
naging smoky chimneys as I do, Sclntrelf.,Ye,
"Ah I" said Holton, with interest, "
said %Id d,*
smoky chimney cured ?" " Seen it " cotilltioss`ss ,8
think I have. I had the worst one in Seaolslow igeti
and I cured it a little too much.° bnilt /113:
asked Holton. " Why, you see," reid years spirt
house out yonder, at Wolf Hollow 10 or ,ar,
Bush, the fellow that built the chiraneYsr l'etythe the to
three quarters of the time, and crazy drurner, hetl/;0i14 Pe
told him I thought he'd have something* Wrvuedle an ca it
to it and finished the house. Well, sc° All the ste° t o
fire the next morning to boil the kettle. Ji:11" jog, ;n° 001,
through the room and went out of the or
three
daft os3",
went up the flues. We tried it for two or "'on to rauo JP:
got worse and worse. By and by it Cattle it pet Alfa:
the rain began to come down the chiueneY• the 0, or
down " 00/
out in a minute, and directly it carne as we col
We had to get the baby on the floor as Wu wateo tl)°,
it would have been drowned, In 15 minute!. whet
og oe''
knee-deep on the floor. I pretty soon seiw_oei Av°.o
✓
matter. The drunken cuss had put the ch wed ail ‘P.,010.1
up, and it drawed downwards. It gettw_bsihoV
within a hundred yards, and poured it do w:. 40itoe, feee
" Well, that was unfortunate," remark: I.lroe,rore,',
what in the world did you do Lidohe ho /et a
„% donee- 0e" ,;00
never cured that chimney ?" 'd witch' ere oO
old Joe ; "yes, I did." "how ? ' ask° „ and t
it the other end up," said toe incorrigiblet,.„ eut'doiter':
ought to have seen it draw. That was the
17, 000 P,
much." "Drew too much ?" asked Holt° • oro y4OO.
old Joe. le' eel
you may judge for yourself," said
table went, nod 1 see the back log ge .7b.„ oder_atoi,7o
oneaa fnt
another
trohfSeVtrehoogfo,tochTtuhaei
shootingr chimneyoutoi
tdtooh:voinrrdct hso
the old woman under ono arm and the ,a the to
ovr
and started ; but just as I got to the doe.wir reir cistiv;oo t cog
across the door backwards, holding ono
us n. pei30100:1
carpet, yelling awfully. It wasn't no
that seas t,
going over the top of the chimney u„';‘,ed ,a
her," " Well, what did you dthaehno?use
itico '0; P;
course you could not live in suchid
jthamoubgolat?':hl put a P°ll,o°Y, 00g/
tether a 11i0
r hat is what We
hod no more trouble." '
New Fork Ilerald.
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