The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, 2IOND AV AUGUsr 25,
__1862.

modest, respectable, 'young, and innocent girls, if
the press did not insist on the law being worked as
stringently for their protection as for that of their
betters. Indeed, from the habits of society, they
, need more protection.,

On Friday next her Majesty, accompanied by
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the junior
branches of the Royal family, will take her departure from
Balmoral for Windsor, where the royal party will Lathe on

Saturday, the 30th inst. Her Majesty and the royal family
and suite will proceed across the country from Balmoral to
Aboyne, a distance of 20 miles, in the royal carriages, and
thence by the usual line of railway to Windsor. On the
Monday morning after her Majesty's arrival at Windsor
proceed to Gravesend, where she will em-
bark for Germany. Her Majesty will remain in Germany
the
Queen will
for six weeks, and then return to Windsor for the winter
season.— Court Journal.

Her Majesty Queen Marie Amelie, accompanied
by their Royal Highnesses the Princess de Joinville, the

Duke de Nemours and suite, arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, on Saturday moraing, from Tunbridge Wells. His
Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles Louis of Austria,
their Royal Highnesses the Count de Paris, the Prince de

Joinville, the Dukes d'Anmale, de Montpensier, de Chartres

and a numerous party, breakfasted with her Majesty, who
left early in the afternoon for Claremont.

The Queen of Prussia, who has been visiting her
daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden, at Carlsruhe, since
her highness's accouchenent, has returned to Baden. Her
Majesty will remain fo7 some time, and during her stay

Baden will also be howured by a visit from the King
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Prussia.

THE MINISTRY.—Lord Palmerston remains at
his official residence, Walmer Castle, Kent, but is expected
to return to town this thy. The Duke of Somerset returned
to London in the middle of the week from his tour to the
royal dockyards and arsenals. Earl Granville returned in
the early part of the week from Paris, and remains in the
metropolis. The Right Hon. T. M. Gibson is cruising in
his yacht off the coast of France. The Duke of Newcastle
is the Minister in attendance on the Queen at Balmoral ;
and Sir George Grey, whom the duke succeeded, proceeded
to his country seat in Northumberland. The Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Argyll, and Mr. Gladstone continue ab-
sent from London.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—A crowded audience
on Saturday evening experienced much disappointment in
consequence of the sudden illness of Signor Giuglini. This
necessitated two changes in the performance. First, the
substitution of Mr. Walter Bolton in the part of Lionel, in
" Marta ;" that gentleman, though not singing the whole
of the music allotted to the tenor part, achieving an encore
in the favourite " M' appari tutt' amur," and considerable

applause. The descriptive Ode, " L'ltalia," was, however,
unavoidably impracticable, and Tietj ens, as a compensation,
in the kindest manner, obligingly sang a scene from " Lucia

di Lammermoor" with Signori Rossi and Gassier, the
latter as Enrico, the former as Raimondo. The director
further promised the divertissement, " Le Revell de Flore,"
but this, too, was curtailed of its fair proportions by the
absence of the leading danseuses. Amid this complication
of managerial distress, the energy and kindness of Tietjens,
who repeated her "Last Rose of Summer" the second time
in English, and the exertions of Vialetti, who sang twice
his beer song to the gratification of the crowded audience,
went far, as far as substitution could go, in restoring the
good humour of the audience.
TAXING THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS.—
A short time ago a robbery took place in the compound of
a certain lieutenant, but no trace of the thief could be found.
On the morning of the 28th of June the lieutenant, with-
out consulting any of the civil authorities, determined to be
his own " detective." It appears he suspected his own ser-
vants, and therefore commenced operations by lashing the
khansamah to a tree, and after having, with his own hands,
inflicted more than 100 strokes with branches cut from
date trees, on the man's bare back, he took his seat on a
chair under a tree, and deliberately ordered other servants
and chuprasses to flog the unfortunate man until he con-
fessed to the theft. These men proceeded with the w,rk of
torture for nearly two hours, but the khansamah still de-
clared his innocence. A neighbour, hearing the cries of
the suffering man, proceeded towards the lieutenant's com-
pound, and finding the man undergoing a most cruel and
shameful punishment, he told a jamadar of a Punjab in-
fantry regiment who was looking on, that as the punish-
ment was being inflicted in the military cantonment, infor-
mation should be given to the senior officer, as the man's
life was in danger ; but finding that no one would give no-
tice, he returned to his house and wrote a hasty note to the
Deputy-Commissioner, mentioning the circumstances.
The Deputy •Commissioner immediately proceeded to the
spot and found the man still tied to the trunk of a tree,
with a chuprassee flogging him. He demanded from the
lieutenant an explanation, and then proceeded to the senior
military officer and to the Commissioner. After a short
time a captain with some Europeans were sent, and the
lieutenant placed in arrest, and a court of inquiry was to
be held on the 30th. The hhansamah is now an inmate of
the Charitable Dispensary, his back and chest are in a sad
state, and he has been spitting blood. It was expected
that the man would not recover, but through the skill art d
energy of our civil surgeon there is now some hope of his
life, though he is by no means out of danger. The natives
declared that the lieutenant ordered the khansamah to be
flogged to death ; and such must have been his intention,
as the man was flogged from 7 to a quarter past 9 a.m., and
must have received at least 20 strokes per minute.--Lahore
Chronicle.
THE HARTEST.—The wheat throughout the dis-
trict of Bedfordshire is now nearly all cut, and if the
present fine weather continues a few days longer it will be
harvested in excellent condition, It maybe remarked that
the wheat crop, particularly on the cold clay lands, appeared
strong and good, but few think the yield will be up to the
average, being more or less affected by blight or red gum.
The barley crop is generally good, though by no means
heavy; the late heavy rains have somewhat discoloured that
which was cut in the swathe. Oats and beans also pro-
mise well, :particularly the latter, which are well podded ;
some are affected with the fly and blight, but this is not the
case to any serious extent. A good deal of land in this
small county is now under steam cultivation, the crops here
are abundant,and augur well of the new system of farming.
Farmers are looking forward to better prices than they have
had lately. After a summer of unprecedented wet weather
and cold temperature, the harvest in Cumberland will be
deficient in quantity and quality, as well as late. A. few
days of beautiful summer-like weather have gladdened the
farmers this week and given them better hopes of securing
their crops well, but the general impression is that the mis-
chief done by the bad weather cannot now be remedied.
There are numerous complaints, especially in the west
of the county, that the wheat has suffered much from
mildew, and it is feared that under the most favourable
circumstances the crop will be a very inferior one. Oats
give more promise on 1 ght dry lands, but those on wet soils
have suffered very much, and will in some cases be almost
worthless. Barley shows the same variation according to
the lightness or heaviness of the land on which it has been
sown, and perhaps, upon the whole, may approach something
like an average crop. Turnips have not been so extensively
sown this year on account of the difficulty of getting in the
seed, and the crops will be very inferior. Of potatoes ac-
counts vary considerably, but it is feared it will be a bad
crop. The weather during the past week has been much finer
than for months past in the Midland district, and harvest
prospects have considerably improved. The cutting of
wheat is now general in Nottinghamshire and Leicester-
shire, and as the season advances it becomes more apparent
that the yield will hardly be up to an average. The rain
of last week has proved very beneficial, as the grain has
filled steadily, and both the yield and quality will be
decidedly better than was at one time expected, In many
districts of North Notts there will be a full average crop,
but on indifferent soils less favourable. B trley gene-
rally promises well. Oats have suffered to some extent by
the wireworm, but a good yield is expected. Beans pretty
fair. Turnips, mangold, and pastures are in a healthy
condition.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE SCOTTISH NORTH
EASTERN RAILWAY.—On Friday morning a very alarming
accident occurred near the Farnell station of the Scottish
North Eastern Railway. The mail train which leaves
Perth about midnight had arrived at Fame!! embankment,
which is on a curve of the line, tbout half-past 1. This
embankment is about 10 feet high. On entering on the
curve, the engine met with some obstruction on the rail--
not yet explained—end, with a sudden leap, sprang first on
the space between the rails, and then leapt on the up dine.
The guard's van and a first-class carriage were thrown
over the embankment, making a sommersault in the fall.
Another carriage was overturned on the line, but remained
there ; the engine also stood fast on the up-line, upon which
all the eight or nine carriages in the train had also leaped.
There were not many passengers with the train, and, for-
tunately, two gentlemen who were in the first •class carriage
were but little injured, although one of them was for some
time insensible from the shock. The severest injury was
sustained by the guard, a young man named Thomson, be-
longing to Aberdeen. It appeaes that. he attempted to get
out of the van just as it was falling over, and that he was
thrown down the embankment, and hod both his thighs
fractured—the right one in two places—and his right arm
was broken above the elbow. In the van along with the
guard was a railway policeman, who made no attempt to
get out, and was uninjured, except being a little shaken.
A surgeon was procured from the village of Friockheinn
who set Thomson's broken limbs, and he was conveyed to
Aberdeen. The engine driver, who was unhurt, ran back
to Guthrie station and telegraphed to the engineering shops
at Arbroath, whence Mr. Yarrow, the locomotive superin-
tendent, was shortly on the ground with a staff of workmen,
and had the line cleared in a few hours.
MONUMENT TO RICHARD OASTLER.—There hes
just been erected in Woodhouse Churchyard, Huddersfield,
a very tasteful monument to the late Richard Oastler. The
memorial is of Gothic design, and from a base of 3 feet 6
inches rises to a height of 14 feet. It is decorated with
deep moulded panels, with richly carved spandrels,crockets,
and finials. This memorial to the factory king has been
raised almost entirety by the contributions of the working
classes, collected by a committee of working men.—
shire (ladle.