CHRONICLE. 
JANUARY. 
3d. Confiderable change has 
A taken place in the pofi- 
tion of the ftones which form an 
extraordinary relic of the ancient 
fuperftitions of our countrymen, 
This is attributed to the rapid thaw 
which fueceeded a very hard froft. 
Some people employed at_ the 
plough, near Stonehenge, remarked 
that three of the large ftones had 
fallen, and were apprized of ‘the 
time of their fall by a very fenfible 
concuflion,.or jarring, of | the 
ground. ‘Thefe ftones prove, to be 
the weftern of thofe pairs, with 
their impofts, which have had the 
appellation of Trilithn; and had 
long deviated from its true perpen- 
dicular. There were, originally; 
five of thefe trilithons, two of 
which are even now {till remaining 
in their ancient ftate. It is remark- 
able, that no account has ever been 
recorded of the falling of the others; 
- and, perhaps, no alteration has been 
made in the appearance of Stone- 
henge for three centuries prior to 
the prefent tremendous downfall. 
The impolt, which is the fmalleft 
_ of the three ftones, is fuppofed to 
weigh 20 tons. 
proitrate on the ground, and have 
received no injury from their aérial 
feparation. They fell flat weft- 
_ ward, and levelled with the ground 
2 ftone alfo of the fecond circle 
Vox. xxx1Ix. 
They all now lie. 
that ftood in the line of their pres 
cipitation. 'Frem the lower ends 
of the fupporters being now \ex- 
pofed to view, their prior depth 
in the ground is fatisfactorily /af- 
certained: it appears to have beeri 
about fix feet. The ends, however, 
having been cut oblique, neither of 
them was, on one fide, more thana 
foot anda half deep. Two only of 
the five trilithons, of which the a+ 
dytum confifted, are now, therefores 
in their original pofition. The de- 
ftruction of any part of this grand 
oval we muft particularly lament, 
as it was compofed of the mioft ftu- 
pendous materials of the whole 
ftructure.-+-A fimilar change of 
weather occafioned the difclofire 
of a fubterraneous pafiage at Old 
Sarum in 1795. 
The new Emperor of Ruffia has 
iffued an order enjoining all fo- 
reigners in. Peterfburgh to -wear 
cocked hats, their hair in bags, &c. 
and not to drive’ through the city 
with more than two horfes. With 
refpect to the mourning for the — 
Emprefs, the four firft claffes of 
people muft furnifh their fervants 
with fables, every coach muft have 
the fame covering, ,and horfes, withs 
out diftinction of colour, be provid- 
ed with black tails. ‘The;Emperor 
has alfo given orders that the pens 
fion of Staniflaus, late king of Po- 
land, fhall be paid with the utmoft 
punctuality. This unfortunate 
A Prince 
