The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

FALMOUTH, Friday.—Arrived, short of supplies,
the steam frigate Styx. Landed her mails from
Singapore, Cape of Good Hope, and Madeira. She
has on board, as prisoners, the crew of the late
Russian frigate Diana. . The crew of the Frolic
brig of war are passengers.

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 18.—The mail to England '
has been delayed on account of the non-arrival of he
mail from the Crimea. This latter must be detained by
the bad weather ; while I am writing it is still blowing a
ea'e from the north-east. The Severn, which left this the
da 7 before yesterday, had to put back. The gala was so
violent that this powerful steamer could not make way
against it. Miss Nightingale, whb was on board, hart
again disembarked.
THE MUEDEE AT EXETER.—The case of Mary Weeks,
the young woman who was convicted at the recent
assizes for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child at
Exeter, and execution stayed in consequence of a jury of
matrons having pronounced her " quick with child,"has
excited much interest in the city of Exeter, and efforts
are making to obtain a commutation of the sentence..
The jury have memorialised her Majesty on the subject.,
stating they believe that the culprit committed the crime
under the influence of Thos. Warren, the principal wit-
ne.s against her, and to whom, it will be remembered, .
she was about tobe married ; and that she was labouring
under so much exOtement and trouble at the time that
she was temporarily irresponsible for her actions. An *pi-
ninn pretty generally prevails in Exeter that the .prisoner
will not be executed, but that her sentence will be coins
muted to transportation or imprisonment for life.
ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—An
accident occurred on the Eastern Counties line on Wed-
nesday which prevented. Prince Albert visiting the camp
at Colchester on that day, as he intended to have done.
It had been telegraphed to the various stations that the •
Prince would pass down the line between 12 and 1.
o'clock. Two or three carriages of the parliamentary down
train, however, got off the rails, soon after leaving the
Chelmsford station, at that part of the line where the
works are fining on for the Royal Agricultural Society's
meeting and were dragged some distance, one of theca )
turning over, but fortunately escaped being hurled doves
the steep embankment. The pa, seagers weremuch shaken
bud none of them seriously hurt. Information of tb,e -
matter was sent to London, and the reply was that the
Prince's journey was in consequence postponed.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT TO A BOY' FROM MACHINED?.
—One of the most awful of the many casualties we are'
called upon to report took place on Thursday morning
last, about a quarter past 6 o'clock, at the works of Coe
ma.a4ss. Dawes, Bromford. At this time a little boy, 9
years of age only, named Timothy Stanaway, whose r
parents live at Cialbury, was stationed as usual at ties
rolls. without his jacket, and put his arms through time
spindles or boxes to reach a hammer. In an instant the
rapidly-revolvirg machinery took up his shirt sleeve,
drew in his body, which passing twice in and out be-
tween the rolls, presented a spectacle awful to look
upon.; the head was torn from the trunk completely, and
the bowels and viscera, rent away, were scattered about.
Police-constable Freeman was sent from the station by
Sub-inspector Holland, but the remains had been taken
to the poor parents at Oldbury, who have other chin.
dren, and are labouring people. The first object he no.
ticed at Stanaway's cottage was the little sufferer's bro-
ther, about 13 : he sat in a heap by the fire, in a corner,
and took no notice or spoke te any one. He worked at
Bromford, and had seen the terrific fate of his little
workmate and playmate.—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
DISTURBANCE AT THE COLCHESTER CAMP.—We regret
to announce that a somewhat serious disturbance has
taken place amongst a number of soldiers of the militia
and line regiments in garrison, and which it was at one
time feared wonld result in the most disastrous conse-
quences. It is stated that some unpleasant reflections
were cast upon the 88th (Connaught Rangers), on their
march into the camp, by some of the militiamen, and
which speedily rai4ed the indignation of the 16th. ,
the evening a " row" took place in the street between
the 881.1), who were the most part Irishmen, and the
Essex Rifle', when broken heads and bloody noses were
the result, and six men r f the 88th and three of the
Rifles were taken into hospital. Some men of the 11th
Regiment sallied forth to the assistance of the 88th
against the Essex Rifles, although the best understand.
ing bad previously existed between them, as many of
the Rifles had volunteered to the ranks of the 11th, and
a fight took place, which lasted some little time, not-
withstanding the efforts of Col. Herbert, the adjutant-
general, and the officers in camp to subdue it. The de-
linquents were taken into arrest, and the injured men
sent into hospital. The affair has occasioned consider-
able excitement in camp, and much talk in the town.---
Essex Herald.

DESTRUCTION OF A DRUIDICAL TEMPLR. —We deeply re
gret to learn that the Druid Temple on the estate of Moy
ness, in the parish of Auldern, within a gunshot of the
ruins of the old ca3tle of Moyness, has been recently in-
terfered with, and in a short time, if the lord of the
manor, the Earl of Cawdor, does not put his veto on
the contemplated "improvements," all trace of this, the
most complete of the ancient Druidical monuments in
the province of Moray, will he obliterated. About ten
years ago this venerable temple was in an almost com-
plete state of preservation. Except a few stones which
had been removed from the west side of the great oircle,
to straighten an 'arable field, the sacred enclosure ap-
peared to be entire. The outer circle at that time de-
scribed a circumference of 200 or 300 feet. At 16 feet
distance from this there was an inner circle about 60
feet diameter. 12 stones of large size in the outer circle
represented the 12 signs of the zodiac, and 19 larger in
the inner—of which we counted 60 in all—may have
pointed to the lunar cycle. 'On the south side were two
immense boulders—one the Cromlech or altar-stone, the
other the Logan or rocking-stone. This latter was in the
rhomboid shape, broad at top and tapering below. It
measured 8 feet 6 inches along the top 5 by feet, and wan
fully 3 feet through. Its weight, computing 8 stone to
the cubic foot, could not have been less than from 9 to
10 tons. The lower extremity of this immense stone
was laid on the crown of another boulder slightly in-
dented and deeply sunk in the earth, but so nicely
poised that on the slightest touch with .the finger it
would vibrate six inches on each side and continue 'to
rock 26 times before steadying, when it always set at
rest fairly balanced in the centre. A new house was
erected lately for the tenant of the farm, and, building
materials being required, the contractor, either ignorant
of the value of this interesting and hoary monument, or
being enjoined to use these stones in the fabrie, unfor-
tunately commenced the work of demolition by splitting
up the rocking stone. Part of it, along with a quantity
of other material from the same place, WAS used in the
building, and we learn steps are in protress to clear the
place of the remaining boulders !—Porres Gazette.
During the celebration of divine service yesterday
morning in the church of St. Eustache, an elegantly
dressed young female requested a market woman, who
happened to be seated next her, to hold her child for a
few minutes whilst she retired. The market woman
really consented, bat time wore on, and the youu
woman did not return. The market woman, having
waited to the end of the service without seeiog anything
of her, took the child to the commissary of police. The
infant was ascertained to be a male, about a fortnight
old, and remarkably strong ; and the dress he were was
a very costly one, trimmed with expensive lace. Be•
neath his dress ws a paper, on which was written in a
female hand, "Circumstances, which I cannot combat,
oblige me to abandon my child, but I will claim him
some day." The little creature was registered by the
name of Joseph Eustache, and sent to the Hospice den
Enfans Tronves.— adignani.

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