The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-20 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL KEG! ‘' Girard's division of the sth Corps, which I informed your Lordship had been collected at Merida, has retired from thence, and has again been cantoned in the neighbourhood of Zafra. " I likewise learn that Gen. Foy, who had dvance . as far as Zarza•Major, in the valley of the :flagon, with his own division, and one of the Army of the Centre, has retired tuwatds Pia centia.". Dollond's Aerometer, I see nothing in the appearance of dig coma but what may.be easily accounwd for by the,pricciples of projection. respectfully, Epping. Qctober 16. T. S. SRTURDA I'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. John Taylor, of Withington, Lancaster, cotton-dealtr, from Oct. 19, to Dec. 7, at ten, at . the Swan Inn, Manchester. B A NkRUPTS. Robert Butler, of Cheapside, glover. Robert Palmer Goodson, of Leadenhall-street, sadler. Richard Humphreys, late of Llanidloes, Montgomery, ilan tael-manniacturer. Lewis Morgan, of Aylesham, Norfolk, linen-draper. Joseph Twigg, of Amen-corner, Paternoster-rcw, muslin manufacturer. John Smith, late of Hessle, Kingston-upon-Hull, beast jobber. John Grehham, late of Bridgewater, Somerset, corn-factor. WAliam Hunter, of Birmingham, draper. John Cuwie, of Warnford-court, merchant. CERTIFICATES, Nov. 9. John I.utyens, of Lloyd's Cof f ee-house, insurance-broker. ...-Charles Turner, of Milbank -street, Westminster, colour rnaker.—Jarnes Battershell, late of Portsmouth, ship-chandler. —John Brown, late of Carlisle, and Matthew Brown, jwn. late of Petteral-green, Cumberland, manufacturers.—Thomas Geo. Clay, of Coventry,- ribbon-manufacturer.—Charles Sankey, of James -street, Covent-garden, cheesemonger.—Sarnuel Boys, of Drighlington, York, clothier.—Richard Mummery, of Mai- Pte, nierchant.—Samuel Clarke, of Leicester, salt-merchant. THE COMET. -....-- TO THE EDITOR. Ste—As few are disposed or are competent to enter into long and tedious astronomical computations, perhaps the fol lowing extracts from a series cf calculations, which I have lately made on this Comet, may nut prove uninteresting to some of-your Readers. The Comet was in its ascending node on the 11th of July, at a distance of 138,117,270 miles from the sun, its motion is re trograde, and its orbit lasses close (within 39 minutes) to the north pole of the !leavens; it was nearest the sun on the 12th of September, and to the earth on the llth of October, when its distance from the latter body was 113,630,450 miles. On the 22d the Comet will be equi-distant from the earth and sun, and in about three days after, its distance from the earth will begin to increase very rapidly, and therefore we must expect its bril liancy, its apparent size, and length of tail to diminish in a sl• milar ratio, after that time, though I think it will be visible till about the end of December; but, before then, it will cease to become au object to public attention. Millions of Miles from the Earth. October 11, - - 113,630,450 12, - - 113,948,225 2'2, - - 116,203,9C0 25, - - 118,306,540 1, - - 126,616,000 19, - - 214,730,400 Had this Comet-made its appearance about five months ear lier, the position of the earth would have been such, as to have rendered their otittinium distance from each other much !eta than at present, and, instead of a tail of 12 degrees, it would have appeared to extend over more than 30 degrees of the hea vens; its nearest distance from the earth would have been no more than 44,405,850 miles, and its apparent diameter woald have been increased nearly in the inverse ratio of its distance. This Comet is certainly much larger than the Moon, but it is difficult to Measure its diameter, owing to the dense atmosphere that surrounds it, yet, froM its distance, and the apparent size Of its nucleus, it must he a body of considerable magnitude i iti tail is not less than 49,401,900 miles in - length. I might have given the computed geocentric longitudes and, latitudes ;long with the distances above, but as its apparent course (which is direct) is not that of a great circle of the sphere, it vi e 74: be difficult to lay its track on a celestial globe with any d of accuracy ; and, moreover, its present geocentric track lies in a comparatively blank part of the heavens. The telescopic appearance of this Comet is said to dif6rent item that of any other. Pram my own arierfttiont with Nov. CITY BUSINESS. On Thursday last, P. Court of Commnn Council was held at Gni!filial], which was numerously attended. The Coal .:nd Corn Committee delivered in a Report for di". continuing Ltie - City's Officer, at Grove Park, Hertfordshire 051 s the Grand Junction Canal, which wa s r ea d and a..reed to. The Committee for General Purposes presented a Report for making certain alterations at the Mansion House, suggested by the Lord Mayor Elect, which, after some debate, was rejected by the Court. Another Report was delivered relative to the Lord Mayor's state coach, which was represented as not worth repairing, and the Committee suggested the n.cessity of a new one. The Court, however, sent back the Report to the Committee, with directions to order such repairs in the state coach as were absu. iutely necessary for the present. Mr. DIXON stated, that a most alarming : pram:tr. was current through the City, which had ezcit.d a very considerable degree of solicitude and consternation ; he meant among the ladle!. he rumour to which he alluded was, tit there was to be no public festival at Guildhall upon the ensuing Lord Mayor's day. The worthy Magistrate had now an opportunity of setting' the public opinion right upon' the subject. Mr. Alderman HUNTER replied, that he had submitted his opinion to some Gentle - men of the Court, that, as, in considera tion of the melancholy state cf . his Majesty's health, it had bvtii deemed right to suspend the'Lord Mayor's feast last year, the same motives ought to produce a similar suspension on the ap proaching occasion, especially as tht presence of no branch of the Royal Family, or of the Memhets of Government. and great Officers of State, who usually attended, was to be expected. It was not, however, his wish to share his pocket, as in lieu thereof it was his intention to give six dinners, with balls, &c. at the Mansion House, to the Members of the Corporation. Mr. DIXON objected to any innovation. The omission of the entertahnient last year could afford no precedent, for the plea upcy , which it was omitted was not his Majes:y's illness, but the death of the Princess Amelia. Mr. W 'MILK thought, that after the entertainment given by the Prince Regent, which, in point of extent and elegance, was never equalled in this or any other Country, there could be no possible objection to the usual City Festival, on the 9th or next month. Mr. QUIN argued strongly on the same side, expressing his astonishment that the present Lord' May r and late Sheri& should not have taken an opportunity of satisfying thr Corpora tion that their forgetfulness of the 9th of November, did not proceed from any regard to their own pockets. Mr. Alderman HUNTER then declared, that he cheerfully ac ceded to the wishes of the Court, and that the Lord Mayor's day should be kept as usual. ILLEGALITY OF ARRESTING DEAD BODIES. -.......- . . The dead body of a Mr Elliott, late of Hoxron,'wai arrested last weel' v . wo days before it was intended to be interred, at the suit of a b icklayer and a carpenter, to whom the deceased was indebted Jl. The surviving relations refusing to make any compromise, a shell was procured on the day fixed fur inter ment, and placed on the ground before ate house in which the body lay; the corpse was then taken from its coffin, placed in. the shell, and carried away in the carpenter's cart, and de c osited in his cellar. What has since become of it we are flyable tat clikbut give the following to she* the illegality of the pro. ing : lit,the case of " Jonef v. Ashhurnham," decided in the Court oT King's Bench, in Hilary Term. in the 44th Geo. M. the arrest of the body of a deceased debtor was solemnly adjudged' to, be contrary to law. Upon that occasion; atter noticing the opinion of many high Law Authorities, Lord Ell, nborough says, among other things, " As to the case cited of a mother who promised to pay on forbearance of the plaintiff to arrest the deadhody of her son, which she feared he was about to do—it is contrary to every principle of law. Such an act is revo:ting to humanity, and illegal; and tharcfore any promise eatortact by the feat of it Weald never be valid." . .