The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-10 00:00:00

RETURN OF THE ALL .ENGLAND ELEVEN.—Capi

Stephenson and his ten companions, who have been win
ning fresh laurels in Australia, arrived at Alexandria with
the overland passengers on Sunday last, the 4th inst., and
left the following day for Marseilles, which port they were
expected to reach on the 12th. They will in all probability
get to London by the 14th, in time to receive a hearty wel-
come home from the gentlemen of the Surrey Club, who
dine at the Bridge House Hotel on the 15th inst.
ROYAL FREEMASONS GIRLS' ScilooL.--The an-
niversary of the above institution is announced to take
place on Wednesday next. The Earl of Zetland, grand
master of the fraternity, has kindly consented to preside on
this occasion, thus showing his anxiety for the success of
this admirable institution. It will be the duty of all pro-
vincial grand masters, past and present grand officers, and
all masonic brethren, to assist the noble earl, and show by
their presence and contributions the zeal they feel in the
success of this chat ity. From the warm interest the newly
appointed secretary, Mr. Patten, has always taken in this
charity, and his indefatigable exertions, it is to be hoped a
very large subscription will be realised.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT CHESTER.—On
Tuesday, a Roman altar, in an excellent state of preserva-
tion, was found by some labourers who were digging near
the city walls and behind the Corn Exchange. The altar
is of the old red sandstane, and measures 28 inches in
height. There are four rows of letters, in such a state that
the whole inscription will be easily translated. A quantity
of Saxon silver coins were recently discovered at Chester,
which are now being sketched for the journal of the Numis-
matic Society. Among them are some of the reign of
Edward the Elder, A.D. 901 and 925, which are gems of
their kind.
PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The ship Blackwall, 838
tons register, Captain William Harrison, belonging to
Messrs. R. and H. Green, of London, which left Adelaide
on the 7th of January, has passed up Channel. She touched
at St. Helena March 15, and spoke, March 8, lat 2 7 N.,
long 21 40 W., the Bride, from Sunderland for China ;
April 1, lat 4 0 N., long 21 11 W., the Mussouri, from
Cardiff for Aden ; and April 3, lat 5 0 N., long 20 15 W.,
the Syren, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro. The Blackwall
has experienced nothing but light winds and calms. She
brings passengers in the cabin—Mr. F. Singleton and son,
Mrs. Waugh and child, Mr. and Mrs. Mellor, Mr. Williams,
Mr. Bury, Mr. M'Culloch, Mr. Oldham, Masters Dutton,
and Buchanan, Misses Jennings, Mrs. Fothett and child,
and 34 in the second cabin and steerage. Her cargo con-
sists of 2,068 bales, 3,975 pieces of copper, 22 hhds. of
regulus, 48 bags of silver lead ore, 6,183 trenails, 2 bales of
skins, 18 bales of leather, 49 bags of gum, 9 cases and one
quarter-cask of wine, and 6 packages of sundries.
BOVINE FREAK.—An ox, on its way down the
Back-lane of Penzance, on Thursday last, towards the
slaughter-house—dazed by the change to town from coun-
try life, or more in love with flour and yeast than block or
skewer—turned suddenly aside into the yard of Mr. B.
Beckerleg, bread and flour dealer, and mounted the roof of
his bakehouse, the eave of which reaches within a foot of
the ground. After a plunge on the slates two of the slight
beams gave way and his oxship fell through, with his fore-
feet on a dough-tro-sgh and his hind legs on the ground.
*Unabashed by this intrusion, he walked through an open
door into an office, but could make nothing of the desks and
books, so lumen, walked through the room into the bake-
house (now lit by a huge hole in the roof), perambulated
this apartment, and made his exit into the lane by a smaller
yard and doorway. He seemed nothing the worse for this
visit, although no doubt there was an extra bit of bruised
meat in Saturday's raarket.—Cornish Telegraph,
DEATH BY A FALL FROM THE LAND'S END.—
PENZANCE, Friday, May 9.—On Tuesday last a young
man named James Cock, aged 28, and either a tailor or a
shoemaker of Plymouth, arrived at Sennen on a visit to his
father, who is the head lightkeeper of the Longships Light-
house, and was formerly of the Eddystone. Father and son
had not met for 12 years, and it was arranged that the son
should proceed to the Longships and see his father to-day.
Yesterday afternoon young Cock left the lightkeepers'
houses, accompanied by his two sisters, to see the Land's
End and adjacent cliffs. One account that reached us last
evening said the party struck across the crofts and ap-
proached the verge of the cliffs to the right of the famous
promontory ; another account this morning says the brother
end sisters inspected the extreme western headland of
England and returned along the northern side of the pre-
cipices to look at the natural tunnel which runs directly
through the Land's End. One thing is certain—the
unfortunate young man venture: on the very edge of
the rocks, which are in some places grass-grown and
treacherous ; his sisters, a little distance behind him,
saw his feet slip, his hands thrown upwards, a
desperate clutch at a projection a few feet downwards,
and (while an agonising ".exclamation, in which one of
their names was mentioned, reached their ears) their
unhappy brother falling down until at a depth of from 150
to 180 feet he reached the rocks and became a crushed and
inanimate mass. They raised an alarm as quickly as pos-
sible. Mr. Toman, landlord of the First and Last inn, and
many villagers of Sennen, hastened to the spot with ropes,
and in half an hour the body was recovered, but in a dread-
ful state, every bone, apparently, being crushed. A coro-
ner's inquest to-morrow will elicit further particulars. A
black flag was hoisted at the lightkeepers' houses on the
mainland, and the three watchers on the Longships soon
perceived the signal of death and hoisted their own sad-
coloured emblem, but it was too late to put off in a boat,
and the father would not know. of the melancholy fate of
lies son until Vli.B Telegraph.