The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-27 00:00:00

THE AR nY.

The Walmer Castle, lodiaman, Capt. Otrnsley,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday with 224 men on
board from various regiments at present in India,
197 being invalide, and the remaining 27 time-
expired men. They will be landed this morning,
the time-expired men being sent on to the depots of
their various regiments, and the invalids to the Royal
Military Hospital at Netley. The officers who have
come home in the ship with the troops consist of
Lieut. Lodge, Royal Artillery ; Capt. Turner, 28th
Regiment; Capt. Scott, 42d Regiment; Lieut.
Butler, 90th _Regiment; and Lieut. Stewart, 94th
Regiment. Ten deaths occurred during the voyage.
Tne `'Palmer Castle sailed from Kurrachee on the
22d of March and St. Helena on the 4th of June.
After having disembarked her military freight into
the Government steamers this morning at Spithead,
the 'Palmer Castle will resume her voyage to the
Thames, having a general cargo on board from
Kurrachee for London.

The Conflict, Indianian, with the 2d Division
(left wing) of the 20th Regiment of Foot (the East
Devonshire), sailed on Saturday morning from Spit-
head for Calcutta. There were on board Brevet-
Major W. Ord, in command ; Capts. E. M. Jones,
Hon. A. E P. Vtreker, and R. Blouut ; Dents.
John Aldridge, Geo. F. Harris, Baldwin K. White-
ford, R. N. Bird, and F. W. Barlow; Ensigns
E. P. T. Goldsmith, F. J. G. Cooke, and Delapere
Robinson ; Assist.-Surg. Cumming ; 18 sergeants,
12 drummers, 16 corporals, 312 privates, 40 women,
and 54 children.

The Blenheim, Indiaman, embarked at Portsmouth,
on Saturday, the headquarters of the 20th Regi-
ment, for conveyance to Calcutta, consisting of
Lieut.-Col. H. R. Browne; Capts G. G. G. Munro,
S. Egan, and S. H. Johnstone ; Lieuts. R. Fraser,
J. Smith, and G. D. Wahab ; Ensigns R. D'Arcy,
D. 0. N. Power, J. L. Worley. A. C. Duncan, and
F. E. Beaumont ; Adjt. W. Glencross, Paymaster
A. B. de Laselle, Quartermaster R. Storey, Surgeon
G. P. M. Woodward, and the remainder of the men
belonging to the regiment, with a proportion of
women and children. The ship sailed for her
destination, from Spithead, at 4 p.m. yesterday.

A Child Starved to Death by a Maniac.
Strange Romance.

On Saturday Mr. William Payne, coroter fur
the City of London and Southwark, held an inquest
respecting the death of Jessie Jenner, aged five
months, who was alleged to have lost her life
through starvation under very strange circum-
stances.

Maria Shrine said that on Wednesday last she
was asked by the father of the deceased to assist
him in picking or forcing in a door in the house, No.
28, Lansdown-place, Southwark. Upon entering
the room the wife of the man took up a chopper and
a knife, and attempted to strike them. She ap-
peared to be out of her mind. In a corner of the
room, on a box, lay the dead body of the deceased,
with a piece of muslin over its face. A doctor was
sent for.

Dr. W. Babbage said that on the day in question
he was called in to see the deceased. The body was
on the cover of a box, and was shockingly emaci-
ated. The mother lay on a sort of bad on the floor.
She kept her hands over her eyes, and would not
look up or speak when he addressed her. He be-
lieved her not to be in her right mind. From in-
quiries he learned that the deceased had been fed
by the mother on pure cold water out of a bottle.
The bottle was the common medicine bottle pro-
duced. There was only a little undissolved sago,
in lumps, at the bottom. He ordered the woman
to the union infirmary because he considered she
was a lunatic. The post mortem examination showed
that there was no trace of food in the stomach or
intestines. There was not a particle of fat in the
system. There were some traces of mesenteric dis-
ease, but nothing to produce death. The cause of
death was want of food. The mother starved and
neglected the child through lunacy.
Henry Jenner said that his wife had become de-
ranged since January last, on account of the follow-
ing circumstances :—ln that month, his daughter,
who was 20 years of age, was a servant at the Sun
Hotel, Jersey. A colonel in the army took a fancy
to her, and married her. He made a settlement on
his wife, and also promised a small allowance to
witness's wife. The latter was of respectable
family, her brother being the editor of a newspaper
in the Channel Islands. Witness had been in a
better position in life than be was at present. He
had a legacy left him by his uncle, but it proved
his ruin, and he had to become a bargeman. The
colonel, after his marriage, went to France, and as
there had been no communication from either of
them his wife grieved and lost her mind. She used
to sit at the window, saying, " Here she comes.
She is coming down the street at last." She used
also to imagine that the doctors were walking in
at the window to trepan her. He often asked
her to give the child milk, but she neglected it. He
was out all d, y and could not see after it.
The coroner having summed up, the jury returned
a verdict of death from want of nourishment.

The Fatal Accident on the Monmouthshire
Railway.

e ,ingß RAE, Saturday.
This protracted inquiry, which has been four times
adjourned, was brought to a close last night. It will be
remembered that an accident of a fearful character occurred
on the Monmouthshire Railway at this place on the 3d inst.,
when an express train ran off the rails, smashed the ear.•
riages, and killed the driver, Robert M‘Ghae, and seriously
injured other persons. Tho inquest on M'Ghee was held
before Mr. Brewer, coroner for Monmouthshire, and the
evidence adduced up to yesterday went to show that the
train was proceeding at a rapid pace, and that the line was
not adapted to express speed, the rails being fastened to the
sleepers with wooden pegs or trenails instead of iron ones.
Mr. Harrison, the engineer to the Monmouthshire Rail..
way Company having stated that the line was in good
,
repair,
Col. Yolland, the Government inspector, was examined.
Ile said his opinion was that the road was made of fair ma-
terial for the time when it was constructed-12 or 14 years
ago—but that it was decidedly not a road suitable for the
express trains of the present day,
would take
he trusted the Mon-
mouthshire Railway Company take warning by this
n
accident, and relay their line o the improved principle of
the present day, which the company themselves would find
after all to be the most economical, Wooden transit might
be considered good as long as the wood remained sound, but
the use of iron jang bolts was decidedly better • and it was
almost impossible for an inspector as he passed along the
road to see whether the wooden trenails were rotten or not,
and particularly on a line which was ballasted so heavily.
He
Was of opinion that the train was travelling at a fast
rate, probably 45 miles an hour. That was by no means an
unusual speed for an express train, on a proper road con-
structed for express trains, and he did not think the speed
exceeded the time allowed for the journey, which was 15
minutes from Pontypool road to Newport, which was too
little with the road in its present state.
At the close of the inquiry the jury found that the de.
ceased had bees killed by the train accidentally running off
the line, and they added—" We attribute the accident to
the high speed run on a road not originally intended for
fast running, and we urge the company to allow more time
for the express trains from Pontypool-road to Newport
until the road is renewed."

A curious report comes from many parts, says
the Court Journal, which seems to confirm the fact that
the moon was recently seen having the figure of a cross
upon it I