The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 24.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis
of Bosse, drove out yesterday afternoon.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princos3
Louis of Hesse, Prince and Princesi Christian,
and the. Duke and Duchess of Coburg, walk,:cl iu
the grounds this morning.
The Duke of Edinburgh dined with the Queen
last evening.

NAVAL AND MILIIARY INTELLIGENCE•

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The 2d Battalion Coldstream Guards, com-
manded by Colonel the lion. A. Hardinge, C. 13. ;
and the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, com-
manded by Colonel Stephenson, C. 8., under the
command of Major-General Hamilton, C. 8., were
inspected by the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-
Chief, in Hyde Park, yesterday. They were
formed into line in review order opposite Grosvenor-
gate to receive the Commander-in-Chief at 10
a.m. His Royal Highness, accompanied by his
Staff, arrived on the ground at the above-named
hour, and was received with a Royal salute. fie
then rode down the line and inspected the men,
after which he took up his position at the saluting-
post, and the battalions marched past by grand
divisions in quick time ; they were then formed into
line and put through the platoon and bayonet ex-
ercises, after which the usual evolutions of a firing
field-day were performed. The review lasted about
an hour and three-quarters, and at its conclusion
his Royal Highness expressed himself satisfied with
die general appearance and steadiness of the trolls
under arms. The battalions were then marched to
their respective barracks and dismissed. The
ground was kept by a detachment of the 2(1 Life
Guards and a party of the 2d battalion Grenadier
Guards.

The detachment of sappers and miners of the
Royal Engineers which proceeded from Chatham
co Wouldham on Mouthy, for the purpose of being
employed in the formation of the new poatooning
ground on the banks of the Medway, rejoined
head-quarters yesterday, on the completion of the
undertaking: Liaut. Prince Arthur, K.G., also re-
turned to Chatham with the Royal Engineers, his
Royal Highness during the time he was stationed
at Wouldham, having been encamped with the
~facers and men of the corps.
The Esex, chartered troopship, which has been
taken up by the Hon. Council of India for the con-
veyance of reinforcements to India, was inspected
yesterday, at Gravesend, by the officers of the Staff
from Chatham garrison, previOus to the embarka-
tion of her troops. The St. Lawrence, East India'
man, has also been chartered by the Government
for the conveyance of Royal Artillery and other
troops to India, via the CapJ of Gool Hope.
The screw steam troopship Tainar, 2, Capt. V.
W. Sullivan, C. 8., from the East Indies and China,
last from Queenstywn, arrived on Thursday even'
ing at Plymouth, where she will receive new boiler°
And undergo repair.

The Spanish armour-plated steamship of war
Vittoria, which was built in the Thames, arrived on
rhursdlty at Plymouth, where she will receive here
Armstrong guns, coming by rail from the north 01
England.

The hired transport Akbar, 793 tons, Capt. J. n"
Pizzie, from the East Indies, bound for Spithead,
put into Plymouth Sound this afternoon ; wlnd
easterly. She left Madras, March 10, and Ceylon,
March 29, with 94 military invalids, 13 women, and
25 child! en, under command of Major Cunniugliaill'
3d Madras Native Infantry. Before arriving at St;
Helena, on May 29, five deaths had occurred, all'
there is now so much sickness that permission tv
;and the troops at Plymouth has been sought kola.
the Horse Guards by Major-General the Hon. Sir
.\. Spencer, the commander of the forces in the
west.

The Newcastle sailing Indianian, Tiench, master,
Jelunging to Messrs. Green and Co., of Black wall'
embarked yest_ Hay morning from Portsmouth
lockyard the folowing officers and troops fur cox?:
veyanc..: to Calcutta, and was under orders to 01
this morning :—Major Maclean, 3d Battalion lii
Brigade, in military command of troop 3, and Alrs:,
Maclean. Ist battalion 11th Infantry-86. wet], 1'
women, and 8 children. 2d battalion 12th Infantry
Capt. Newton, Elsign Morgan, GO men, 7 woree°'
Ind 6 children. 2d battalion GOth—Capt. Crane/
vlrs. Crane, and 2 children, 56 men, and 1 woman'
3d battalion Rifle Brigade Captain Henley, Enid°
Barnard, 123 men, 8 women, and 8 children. I°'
Infautry—Captain Clelands. Staff-Assist.-Suri
[nkson, wife, and 2 children, in medical charge °

troops on board.
The screw (unarmoured, wooden) frigate Liffel'
it guns, 600-horse power, Capt. John 0. Johlise°'
passed through Spithead, under steam, on Tbur°:
lay evening, for Cowes roads from the eastwar;
On entering the Solent Channel the frigate fired a
salute of 21 guns in honour of the Royal Stand°
dying on Osborne tower.
The Admiralty paddle-yacht Enchantress, Stag;
Commander Petley, will sail to-day from C64:1
roads, Isle of Wight, for Ostend, with their
.110",,
Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian e".
board, on the visit of their Royal Highnesses to 030
Continent, at the conclusion of their present li°l3
to her Majesty at Osborne.
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The Galatea, 26, screw (unarmoured, Woe— )f
frigate, Capt. his Royal Highness the Duke to
Edinburgh, anchored off Osborne, is ordered.
proceed to Devonport to refit for further serf
She will be relieved off Osborne by the Liffel.
A naval court-martial assembled yesterday tly
board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portswella,
harbour for the trials of Walter Branton, able 13%,
man, and John Collins, ordinary seaman of the 'if
cond-class, on charges of improperly leaving thtehe
ship, the screw troopship Simoom, contrary to
kdmiralty regulations. Branton was sentenced 1,
12 months' imprisonment in Lewis Gaol, and
tins to nine months'.

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HIGH TIDE IN THE THAILES.—.The conto--110
of the strong wind from the north-east has driven stioa
a large body of water up the Thames that several a 4,
iaw-lying wharfs and landing-places and other w6ter''„„a
promises, particularly on the south side of the river't,oo
at Slutdwell and Limehouse on the north, hAvci ;Of
flooded. This influx of water seldom occurs t" f-011'
moon spring tides ; but is generally expected on tb°, r or
moon springs, should the wind be in the same quarie-
at S.S.W.
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ALLEGED CURE OF A SNAKE-BITE.-^Tl.' fi
re
Father Raphael, parish priest at Battiah, Churap3ll7;yea
fates, in a letterdated May 23, the means which he euir7ttio
to save the life of a girl, 10 years old, that had bed° 1)1., lie
by a venomous snake :—" In the space of 10 atiotestiood,,
says, "she lost the power of speech, her eyes becallie b.oea
shot, and she was in a state of fearful and c°12%101
convulsions. Perceiving the dangerous state ill tablet the
was I immediately took a small lump of alum, lib°3ol6o
size of a pigeon's egg, dissolved the whole in a Wr 01"
of water, and at once made her drink it off. Ina:eni'it
aster
antes she began to be very sick, throwing up Ea"'
from her stomach, when I again made her drink aluo— to°
This wont about an hour and a half, during '4l'icilliee°
he must have consumed alum of about the siz 3°f 05110
egg, dissolved in two large bottles of water, the dr,i4'6l4.
being administered at short intervals after each vi'":o
rem
At the and of the time mentioned the girl bagaa lop
cover; and, within two hours' time, was able to 3toi,fter
by herself, and again gained the use of her voice' she is
this I made her walk abodt a great deal, and L'°%v -
almost entirely cured."—Braish Medical Journal. jiajil
A MURDEROUS RUFFIAN.—An extrAclc,, bf
series of crimes have jest been coni flitted at Nr3:o tiy Jai
nt to na ne 1 B.izz Lti, aged 63. Ile ha been rJeLeh,ity, so
misse 1 Irene s Alle employment nut ler the municiP,':bez,lo'
p.. 0 se -ention was co.n nice I ag tiast bin for _,
viCY'r
,neat of property belonging to the city. A f''"'i`li 01°,
armed with ttOchfork, he entered a cafe iu whieti!
was seated, and attec!i:ed him on the instant, lfoieeti
sev2r.tl Mang T 3
ons wounds; he then went out, ".i1„,0,1
two persons named Brescani an 1 Frau3escaiuir Ktt'et,it,re6
former and grievously injured t!to litter; he nji. 3•.
anoth:r cafe, and assailing the municipal assess()
sesti, mortally wounded him, au 1 inflicted soriatt.l. 'do A'
on two other p rsous named Tagliaforri and An
it
at once secured and placed in confinement. „t
rs-. vet',
SALES OF BLOOD STOCK AT YOUK.—
messannounce that tlwy will bold their sales thiVory ov
York, on the Kutivestuire, where .there will lece
comm)lation.