The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-02 00:00:00

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APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday, September 30 :—Henry Bennett
Smith, Hertfordshire ; James Richards Walker, Liverpool;
Roger Roberts, Rathkeale, Ireland ; Richard Brown,
Greengate, Salford, Manchester ; Andrew Gibson, South
Shields ; and six gentlemen passed their first examination.

HER MAJESTY IN THE NORTII.—Her Majesty
is constantly driving about in a light phaeton, without any
attendant, visiting high and low, rich and poor. We were
told, and had pointed out to us, the residence of her Ma-

jesti's weaver, where all her Balmoral tartans are made—a
small cottage on the road side, with a" but and a ben,"
inultun; in parvo. At the weaver's her Majesty makes re-
peated calls, being great favourites ; and whose tartans, all
gifted away in London, are highly prized, as the only true
Balmoral tartan. We had also a snuff out of John Blair's
-7" the Queen's fiddler"—box, as the coach stopped at

Craithie. John is really not at all like a fiddler ; neverthe-
less, John must always assist at the Balmoral rejoicings.
Having :left Edinburgh by the twelve o'clock noon train
on a Friday, we got to Ballater easily on Sunday morn-
ing by ten o'clock. Crathie beinc, nine miles off, we drove
to church, and, having got a hint to enter by the east end,
we did so, and got seats without difficulty opposite her
Majesty's seat. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, and two ladies came in and took their seats without
any ceremony, observing closely the presbyterian form of
worship during divine service ; and but for the knowledge
that the Queen was present, we could see no difference.
Her Majesty had no attendant with her but the postilion
when she came, or on leaving the church, and not " a red
coat" was to be seen. Great improvements are making on
the road from Ballater to Braemar. The road on the south
side of Balmoral is to be shut up, and that on the north
side of the Dee improved for the public. Prince Albert is
building a handsome bridge of granite on the Dee, oppo-
site or near Invercauld House, at his own expense, pre-
paratory to these alterations.—Glasgow Daily Mail.
PROBABLE TERMINATION OF THE OAKS COL-
LIERY STRIKE.—The outrage at Hoyle Mill on Friday
night created the greatest excitement throughout the whole
of the district, and on Sunday there could not have been
less than 6,000 persons viewing the scene of destruction. A.
sermon was preached in the vicinity of the tents and every-
thing passed off quietly. On Tuesday seven arrests were
made, including a man named Shelton, one of the leaders
of the turnouts and two or three from Worsborough-dale.
When it became known that some of the men had been ap-
prehended the colliers congregated in bodies, and every-
thing betokened that another collision, or rather attack,
was likely, to meet which every precaution was taken by
the authorities, and a large body of police was marched
down to the houses. Their services, however, were not
called into requisition. On Saturday, Sunday, and Mon-
day a considerable number of the "black sheep" sold off
their things and left, not being desirous of being placed in
a position in which their lives and property were alike en-
dangered. On Thursday afternoon a meeting of the mas-
ters and men took place at Hoyle Mill. The masters stated
their willingness to allow the men to commence work on
the old terms, as they had before offered, provided they
would come to some agreement with the men at present
working in the pit as to the places where they formerly
worked. The men, who were respectfully received by their
employers, then retired, and after a short time invited the
"black sheep" to a conference, which the major part of the
latter at once acceded to. After some discussion, carried
on by both parties with great calmness, nearly the whole of
the "black sheep" present agreed to give up to the old
hands the places m which they had worked previously to
the strike. This being what the turnouts stipulated for at
a previous conference between them and the masters there
is now every probability that the strike, which has now
lasted 18 weeks, will be terminated without either party
giving way.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The autumn and winter sea-
son having commenced, season-tickets at half-a-guinea
each, available on all occasions till the 30th of April next
year, are issued. The screen separating the main building
from the tropical department has been refixed at a consi-
derable distance down the north nave, thus enclosing the
whole of the large basin and both fountains, besides the
Alhambra and Byzantine Courts, with the vestibules lead-
ing thereto. This will form a much more spacious pro-
menade as a winter garden, possessing a summer tem-
perature, even during the most inclement weather.
Arrangements have been made by which the whole build-
ing Will be kept at more equable temperature during the
winter, and the Palace be made as agreeable and available
in winter as in summer. Mr. Mann's Great Concert takes
place this day, at two o'clock, and will doubtless attract a
large number of season ticket holders and their friends.
The visitors have staid so late at the Palace the last few
evenings watching the comet, which is particularly bril-
liant, that it has been found requisite to light the gas
standards in the nave, used by the workmen on busy occa-
sions. This lighting up, partial as it is, produces a beauti-
ful effect, and is evidence of the grand results which would
follow an entire illumination of the Palace. Half-crown
day, Friday, Oct. I.—Admissions on payment, 994 ; ditto,
by season tickets, 355; total visitors, 1,349.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—TWO LIVES L 0 ST.—Three
young men, Edward Humphries, William Taylor, and Jas.
Morris, residing in Newport, but natives of London, on
Sunday last left Newport in a small boat for Cowes. The
reached East Cowes and landed at the Medina Hotel, took
some refreshment, and proceeded to East Cowes Castle to
call on a friend of one of the parties ; not finding him at
home, they went to the Prince of Wales Inn, got something
to drink, then returned to their boat, and proceeded up the
river homewards, when, from some unexplained cause, the
boat upset, and Humphries and Taylor were drowned.
Morris swam and fortunately reached the shore, in front of
Kingston Quay. Had he attempted to get on shore either
higher up or lower down the river he must have lost his
life, as the mud is so soft and deep. He proceeded directly
to the police-station at West Cowes and obtained assistance
of boats and drags, but, though' the boat upset soon after 6
o'clock, and it was then nearly low water, the bodies of the
unfortunate young men were not found until nearly 11
o'clock. The boat, only ten feet long, was• found bottom
upwards. An inquest was held on the bodies, and, a ver-
dict of accidental death returned. The young men were
both in situations of trust : Humpheries was managing the
business of Mr. Way, grocer, of Newport, and Taylor was
a traveller for the same concern.
VAGARIES OF CRINOLINE AT CHURCH.—On
Sunday morning last (says the Plymouth Journal) the
worshippers at St. Andrew's Church were not a little sur-
prised and amused at a remarkable circumstance that oc-
curred there to a lady who was blessed with a superabun-
dance of the present fashionable expander. For the-advan-
tage of the attendants the churchwardens have had placed
about the church in convenient corners tins to receive the
drainage from umbrellas in wet weather. On Sunday
morning a lady swollen a la mode, while passing one a
these tins, happened, by an unlucky chance, to seize one tit
the bottom of her dress, and as she passed along it beat on
the ground with the same kind of noise as a dog that is
tail-piped. The sounds attracted the congregation, many
of whom laughed heartily, and the churchwarden left his
pew to ascertain the cause of a noise so unusual, but he
was preceded by the verger, who had hastened to the
lady's assistance and removed the annoying connexion.
We should think that the novelty of the lady's costume
by no means added to the calmness of her devotions that
morning.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and
Blackett have just issued their list of new works for the
forthcoming season. Among their other announcements of
more than usual interest are the following :—A new serial
publication entitled " llurst and Blackett's Standard Library
of Cheap Editions of Popular Modern Works," each to be
comprised in a single volume, elegantly printed, bound and
illustrated, price ss. The first volume is to contain " Nature
and Human Nature," by the author of " Sam Slick ; " A
Summer and Winter in the Two Sicilies," by Miss
Kavanagh ; " Henry the Third, King of France, his Court
and Times," by Miss Freer ; the genealogical volume of
"Lodge's Peerage," improved and enlarged, and contain-
ing for the first time the ancestral history of the baronets,
as well as peers of the realm ; " Episodes of French His-
tory," by Miss Pardee. Among the works of fiction an-
nounced by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett are :—A new story
by the author of " John Halifax ;" " Stephan Langton"l7
Martin F. Tupper, author of " Proverbial Philosophy ; '
"The Laird of Norlaw," a Scottish story, by the author of
" Margaret Maitland ;" " Two Hearts," a tale, edited by
Mrs. Grey ; " Fellow Travellers," by the author of " Mar-
garet, or Prejudice at Home ;" ' The Master of the
Hounds," by Scrutator, author of " The Squire of Beech-
wood," ito.