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MEETING NE.4I? MiXirELLTDiVN. [(rester addressed for The Carlisle Jarrowll On the 17th instant a uumermis and respect able meeting Was held upon the . 00Ihelly Hill, near the borough of Matwelltown, by •Ournfries, to re- cord their sentiments on the barbarous slaughter and maiming of men, women, and children, at Manchester ; to adopt measures for their relief; and to consider the best means of providsug for their own daroce, in cave the iron hand of despotism should 'rack so far. Mr. Cohn Patterson, innkeeper, Max *elbow is, although a yomanry cavalry titan, was sinsiamousty called to preside - ; when Mr. Paean addressed the meeting in nearly the following worth " Gentlemen- , -The citify imptned upon me, at this time, is both painful and pleirmig. .T 1 is in deed truly painful wbeb we 'cast our eyes upon • Drighbouriug kingdOm, it'd behold r peaceful and antleriorg multitude. met, as we are, to mourn over their public offlictionr, and supplicate The pity of their rulers—to, behold. I say, this percent trerfeassailed and butchered•by a merciless banditti, instigated and directed by rneer,of still :less feeling. Bort 1 turn from the melancholy theme to one of a more pfrasiug uature: it is extremely Oratifying to behold, even in this retired corner of our i•land, respectable rind numerous a tneetior.; assembled for the noble purpose of discussing our rights aid and or proclaiming aloud to the world that, sprit of the shuddering scenes that men of despotic views have brought to view at Maireliester, Britons are yel free; yes, and I hope we are ready to seal our &triton) with our blood, if circumstances should call nporr us to make the sacrifice." The following Resolutions were then read and approved I. Resolved, That a subscription he net on rout instantly, the setter of those pertains wlfo sufftrtd by the wanton fa otstity vide. Mancha orr yeomanry. 2. That int ri Nhall he fraquently held on this ptare, for the rliprd , v purpose of etillf U fling by what utcaua al., US riff people. etmy avoid tyrannical oppresti ssss . :t. That it i. our wish that all wettings may ,lismitc ream-ably, unless we ate assaulted; thew it is ..xperteit ..,ry min will exert binisclf in the estate of right stud fret. tom. The meeting then peaceably dispersed. EMIGRATION TO AFRIed. r‘tvertil incorrect statements have beau published relative to the new Colony preparing to proceed trem the South of !reload to the Southern Coast 4 A blew. We believe the correctuess'of the fol. loaei r , particulars may be relied on :—The leader of the intended Colony is Mr. William Parker (not Pidniet), who lately resided at Passage, near Cork, o gentleman who, f o r a long period. was most ',t e te !) . Aveft. engaged in commercial pursuits in that city, at one time afforded employment slid the means of subsistence to not less than one thousand Intliiiduals. Much of Ins time and attention has bt en for years devoted to a consideration of the of improving, the cot:dition of the unemploy ed ;oaf distressed among his fellow-countryineu, trhielt description at present unfortunately includes tit email portion of them. Mr. Parker's plasm has I tan-fold object : to establish a commercial port ;net tt wn, and to locate a body of agricultural set 'tiers ut a abort and convenieut distance therefrom 1• the interior. The number of applications from persons desirous to emigrate has been very great ; but out of these ii:eve been selected Intween three or kur hisoldred well, who, besides complying wish the conditions resetibed by Government, appear the best fitted te engage in the enterprise. Many of thew are Trwyrird unit have families, some uumarried—their a rtsb are between 18 and 40 ; they contrite far rei:rs and labourers. in a large proportiou, as uell le mechanics of verious kinds, and maisuf,cturers of all the necessaries and conveniences, wad of ...gue of the superfluities of life ; quarrymen, ma se”s, carpenters, painters and glazietr, joiners, t!eelwrights, stnithr, 'tailors, tailors, shoemakers, nierrnen, bakers, goldsmiths, &c. &c. There are else associated in the undertakiug a slumber of gen tlemen. possessing not only a local kuoit ltdge of the ceniftry, but all those requisites as to scientific at. tai tumult. so necessary to ensure its sucetss. The situation chino' for the erection of the rew town is between Cape Town and Algue Bay, on mit a the most fertile and favoured spots on the whole crust of Africa. Mr. Parker's proposition. though not strictly within the terms betel out by Gave/nine tit, bur rot only met the favourable attention of many Members of Administration, but has also been lin timed with the distinguished approbation of the Prime Regent, which his Royal Highness ass pleased to express in $ manner highly boaourable to ler enlarged benevolence, as the head of a gro ut ensrere. That truly benevolent Irish Nobleman, Lent E 'more, • native of the city of Coik, has taken a most setive part in forwarding Mr. Pat ker's arraugerssentrand, in comnbance with his Lord. ahip's request, the Prince Regent has gtacomsly given per mission that the new town shall be called no Cot k ---" Pars am Trojam, irmnlataryne mnnil royals." hir. Parker is now in• London, end though lie hes been as yet nobble to bring his arrungl.utruts with the Colonial Department to N conclusion, bus n:sde very considerable progress in all the oilier Lecessary Immures preparatory to the establishment cf the Culouy. Many of the settlers going out belonged to a corps of yeomanry on the banks harbour, and as security is almost the 6►st . bject of an infant society, a regiment of nuliti i is to he embodied immediately on their arrival under coniniaml, a' Colonel. We have teen u list of iiie lii ms, occoutrements, and stores, which ore to be sent out ; and nothing is omitted a Inch could sine for the complete equipment or use of a well. discipliiied regular corps. Toe dispositions making for the internal trap. qMllity, good order, and morality of the settlement, i.,iiicate ns much prudence and foresight as those e [aired into for its external protection. A gentle. ii of abundant practical experience in the police r the metropolis, and who has published a very •aluable semi: on the subject, has promised to communicate ha advice and information towards the formation of a system of police adapted to its 6s q-mi:stem:es. Several of the Societies instituted for toe adr..uceinent of education atno:ig the lower 'orders in these countries, or the diffusion of moral and religious knowkdge all over the world, struck with the importance of making sit early proemial' * for these benevolent purposes sMong a body of peo ple to be seated in a remote and uncivilized quarter I of the globe, hare readily consented to matte a contribution froth their funds in furtherance of theie olijects; and individuals, whrise exertions in the cause of suffering, or degraded humanity, have pitted them the esteem and admiration of their country, have 'entered With sincerity into the views of the founder, and manifested a deep interest fur their success. The director of the enterprise has introduced en much of the prospective into his plans. that shoal(' any fatality happen to himself (witch. from the facts we have mentioned. we think would be a se rious misfortune to his followers), lie it to be ion tnediately succeeded by Richard Benjamin Sheaves, Esq. a oared officer in the lion. Coinorany's ser vice. of considerable experience and talents, who has been many voyages to India, soil who made a survey of Algae Bey in the year ISI7. The expe. dit ion will certainly sail in November. The majority of the persons going oft with Mr. Parker are naval artisans, who had actually made every premonition for proceeding to the Visited Streit., of America, and who only renounced their design on learning the proposal of Government for colonising the south of Africa. The great import mice of the immediate object thus gained. will not fail to strike our readers ; but the subject, Ward out in another poiut of view, is well calculated to excite feelings, we do not hesitate to say. of a touch more gratify log and amiable nature. flow pleating the cansiderution, that the sources of labour, of in dustry, of independence, of wealth, are thus throws, open to re 1111 l hers of human beings, deprived of their former occupations at home by uncootritl !able circumstances, without object, almost with out hope, and fast sinking into poverty, idle ness, :mil despair. Cold must be that bosom which is not touched with sentiments of sympathy and zeal for the success of a project which it not only adapted to restore multitudes of fellow.crea tures to the pursuits, the business, and all the con sequent enjoyments and happiness of existence, but iiHirrda au elmost interminable itro•prt•t of ex tending the lileotings of cieiliznintl rend knowledge to iitituril.e regions, now sunk is, barbarism, and to generations yet unborn. PPREIGN INTELLIGENCE. GERMAN PAPERS. NUREMBERG, serTicieSsi 17. We learn from the French frootier, that a plats has been laid before the General Committee for the Defence of France, relative to the stew fortresses which are to be erected in that kingdom. Several proposals are spoken ails having beet. made, some of which met with general opprobation, but to which the very formidable objection was mail', that for some years the necessary fonds could nut lie assigned for the execution of these plans. After numerous debates, it is said to hare been at length agreed that a general and definitive plan must be deferred fin nu unlimited time, mod that they must confine themaelses to a provisitmal plan for the text following year.. A plau, it is said, has been drawn up in this view and submitted to discussion in the Committee ; at present it slippers that the following points are agreed upon:..-Ois the Spanish frontier, Bayonne is to be concerted into • fortress of the first ordcr, to be greatly eitended, and provided with a fortified camp. Ofi the south-east frontier,. Gremilde is to be a military depot, and in the sequel to have more extrusive fortifications. A long the Swiss fi mitier no new fortress is to be erect ed ; fort, on the contrary, is to be made a fortress of tipr first order ; hitherto there was only a citadel tin re; the town itself kid very rent fortifies tions, amid could not minitain a siege. lint as llu gen is demolish. 41, and, according to the Treaties, no new fortresses can be built on that point, or on the frontiers of Basle, it is intended to make Bel fort so itroug as to stop any enemy who should at tempt to enter France on that side. On the northern fn utir r of Alsace, Lauterburg is to he fortified, trod the lines of Wei,setibitrg re-established; but this will not be done till after the complete ratifica tion of the frontiers with the Bavarian possessions on the Rhine. In the mountains oil the Saar no thing is to be done, except converting !Mock into u fortress, where at present there is only a moult toin fort. Od the northern frontier no tires fortress is to be erected, as all the principal ones have re mimed 'in the possession of France. Only the small fortresses of the third line, which have hi therto been neglected, are to be strengthened by addition il works. This is all that is to be done, at least for the present. IBERIAN. SEPTtIIIII I 3I ig. For some days past a report has been its cereals. titan here that the rich Jewish bunker. Rothschild, intend► to settle with his family in Berlin. If this be true, this gentleman chews much more confi dence in the Prussian Government than M. !fe tlock, banker in tl►is city, who, on account of a quite insignificant circumstance that happened near bas beautiful country seat, Scl berg, a village about n league from Berlin, thinks himself so inse cure there fruits personal insult, that he wishes fur this reason to sell it. • FRANKFORT, SEFTFNIBER 13. Our fair is again overstocked with English goods. The woollen cloths and kerreymeres cannot, how. ever, stand the competition in cheapness with tho.e of the Netherlands and France. Cotton manufac tures from Saxony anal Switzerland are come in great numbers. As a proof of the rzcessivequantity of goods manufactured, it may be mentintied shut a single Swiss house has brought to the fair 376 cwt. vistas and cottons of its own manufacture. Some THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1819. The question respweting the opinion of the pub. lie upon the conduct of the Magistrates at Man cheater will soon be set at rest, for requisitions continue to he presented to the local authorities in different pints of the country, requesting them to convene meeting• for the purpose of collecting the seii.,e of the people on this distressing subject. But of all these requisisioira, however numerously or respectably sigtved, there is none to which the Inten tion of the minims at large will be turned with such &e t ) and lively interest ■s that which is now in course of receivisig signatures its the enlightened and populous county of York. This requisition, we are assured, has already received more than 30 signa tures, including those of the Duke of NORFOLK, Et l Fe rzwit.LlAM, Lord Mitants, Earl Cow rErt, the Duo. LAWRENCE DUN DAS, Sir GEORGE CAT" WALTER FAWKES, Esq. and many other Gentlemen of the first rank and couseqsence, owl that the tenor of the requisition evinces a de. termination not merely to request, but to demand inquiry. The Lceds Mercury states, that the untidier of signatures daily increases—that it is expected that the requisition will be presented to the lligh Sheriff in the course of the present week— mid that the meeting will be held about the middle of October. It is impossible, indeed, to think that the High Sheriff could hesitate to obey this requisition, particularly us he must be aware that in the event of a refusal on his part to hold the meeting. the requisitionists would instantly proceed to convene the freeholders and inhabitants of the county with out his concurrecce. This consideration ought, ' we conceive, to have considerable weight with all Sheriffs and Mayors in the kingdom. enforced us it is with the assurance that the presence of the legal and constitutional authorities presiding at public meetings tends very considerably to mitigate any asperity of let ling which might possibly be enter tained, and to inspire the great body of the people with confidence in their Magistrates. The treople of England, notwithstanding the violent language of some demagogues, are in general strongly im pressed with respect for the aristocracy of the country; and we feel deeply convinced, that if they once beheld their natural leaders coming forward in public meetings to assert the general rights of all, they would quickly desert the miserable pre. tenders to distinction who have too long abused the public ear, and insulted !lie good sense and under standing of the community by their absurd and pernicious doctrines. It appears that in Manchester and other parts of Lancashire white hors have become very fashionable t. among those who cull themselves Radical Re formers. and are, indeed. affected as distinguishing marks of their political sentiments. This circum stance is noticed in the Ministerial Papers as a sou►ce of alarm, hat to In it stems rather au mem- mice or safety. It proses that the Rsdical Re formers feel lib desire to conceal themselves or their proceedings—that they rather court publicity, and therefore the country is ut once apprised or the utmost extent of its danger. Projects, hostile to the general frame of society are seldom dangerous unless sliest hating united at matu►ity in iecfet, they unealwriedly burst upon the country at a mo ment of confidence and security. The Reformers, 'if - e.itmiei, ore at Icest ingenuous and'uturogoised, and it c e rtainly must be the fault of the Govern. ment if, they should succeed in endangering the safety oftlie more peaceable part of the com munity, even fur a moment. We have received Paris Papers of Friday last, but their contents are not very important. The young Princess, daughter of the Duchess of Bea Y, enjoys good health, but we must be escused if we do not translate the bulletins in which the attendant Physicians announce the actual state of her health, and that of her Royal Mother. It is sufficient for the public, in our minds, to be inform ed generally of the progress of each, without being apprised of more minute particulars. We are aware that in France such precision is not considered inconsistent with propriety, but in this coun try (possibly from our not being sufficiently philo sophical) our notions of delicacy irrohibit ouch pu bl icily. The Queen of SPAIN arrived at Lyons on the evening of the 16th, with a suite of seven carriages. The Marquis Di CEVALLos, the Spanish Ambassiss dor to the Court of France, had arrived in that city on the preceding evening. Iler Majesty, on the 17th, received the authorities, and on the following day resumed her journey. This Princess is well acquainted with the German, French, Italian, and Spanish languages. Tete Bulks addressed by the POPE to the several Prelates of France nominated by the KING, have been formally registered by the Council, and were on Wednesday and Thursday transmitted to the Bishops. Accounts from Madrid state, that the conta. gloms fever in the Isle of Leon has, within a few days, increased surprisingly. From the ht to the 40th of August, there died 105 persons, 392 reco vered,aud 723 were newly attacked. From the 20th, the day en which all communications with the island were subjected to regulations, to the 31st, 345 per. sons dies'. 663 recovered, and the nriml,er of the sick had SMOUillcil to 1,313. It is also stated that although the health of Cadiz and Port Saint Mary is in general good, the germs of the disease lurk in the hospitals of both places, and symptoms of it have broken out among the inhaht. tants. The strictest precantions continue to be enforced to prevent the extension of the disease beyond the places now infected. A subscription has been opened at Cadiz for the relief of the poor in the Island of Leon, where it is affirmed that want and misery carry off more people than even the yellow fever itself. According to authentic intelligence, no fewer than 192 persons died in the island during the first four days of August. On the 4th alone, the victims to the disease amounted to 57. The elevation of the Duke DE SAN FERNANDO to the office of Prime Minister of Spain is so far important, as it is lu,•wn Ova his sentiments, with regard to the cession of the Floridas, are favourable to the ratification of the Treaty. tie is said to have considerable influence over the mind of his Sovereign. The French Five per Cents. nre 71 I. 40 c. Bank Stock 1,460 f. Dutch and flamburgli Mails have arrived, with Papers to the •'sth instant. They announce the death of the gallant veteran Marshal BLUCHER, celebrated fur his exploits in the late war.—lt is stated, tinder the head of Batavia. the Ist May, that the Marquis of IIASTINGS has Order cd Padang, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, to be given up to the Dutch, without the conditions re quired by Sir T. STAMFORD RAFFLES, the Lieu. tenant.Covernor of Bencoolen. This concession to the Dutch may he a proof of liberality on the part of the Marquis of lIASTI N GS, but from the monopo. liziog spirt displayed in their conduct in the 13diau Seas, we very much doubt its prudence. On Sunday evening, at eleven o'clock, his Royal nighties the PRINCE REGENT arrived at Carlton Howe from Brighton. . Yesterday, ut twelve o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of Volta. arrited ut York House from Oatlainla, and afterwards paid a visit to the PRINCE REGENT al Carlton [louse. CHAT!' AN Owen Glendower frigate, under the command of Capt. the lion. U. C. SPENCER, is in a Galvin d stale of ~cpaintion for service. She is fitting fur the flag of /it-sr-Admiral OTwAy. the Continsnder-iii-Chief on the Scottish coast. Pre. sent Kling% ships here:—figs, imble, Stringer, and revenue cutters. On Thursday, the 23d instant, the 7th regiment of Dragoon GUIII , IS. commanded by Colour) DUNNE, which had been Pis'tuned at Nottingham tor the last nine wick•,, marched thence for Carlis!e, from whence they are to proceed into Scotland. They are to be replaced by the 9th Laucers, from Ipswich. On Friday night souse malicious person or persons cut the Engineer Margate ►team yacht from her moorings 4.1fi . 1e ToWet, whereby she became ex ivied to the most serious rtaniagc. The owners have ctfeßd a ri N2!4,1 fur the di►covery of the per per:rims. The Bulberry, Fitastrertis, from Lisbon for Newfoundland, is reported to be NA on the rock near thereto—crew saved. Mrs►rs. D. C•LLACIIAN and SOH% of Cork. have been declared contraries. for the entire of the quantity wanted by the Victualling Board, viz. 12.000 tierces beef, and 11,000 tierces pork. at 71. 12s. G.I. per tierce for beef and yolk all runud. lb 4.0 • N -s. - 7 ) :.`," t• tsp:. • 44.0 .• . . , e. , Swiss and * Salton houiei, however, do a gnat deal of business, and with advantage, though the tugs , hall sell their cotton nods rven cheaper than in the last fair. The French jewellers appear to be saris► tad. There is a great supply of French and Vienua shawls and Lyonese silks, and those articles maie• Wit their priCer. No Italians have come to this fair. FRANKFORT, SEPTEMBER 15. After the fir s t week of the fair is over, we hear that business turns out better than was at first ex peeled. Considerable purchases of raw wool have been made, Voni it is 11101W4 that in the second week the wool magazine will he pretty well cleansed. Several V►euua houses, and owners of large estates in Moravia and Bohemia, had sent great quanta ties of wool from the Austrian States.—( Wine/xi/erg Correspondent, September 18.) LiuNziamtua, SEPTEMBER 16. The discussion of the proposed Constitution in the Assembly of the States goes on with great activity, all the Articles therefore have been ac. ceded to ; though sonic of these changes have been proposed, and in some cases adopted, some changes have been proposed and rejected, but rt. commended to be mentioned to the King. Thus the motion, that instead of triennial assemblies, now adopted, annual assemblies of the States should be agreed upon, as the King had proposed in his plan, wa• rejected ; but it was resolved to re present to the King that the States adopted triennial meetings, on the supposition that his Majesty would call annual assemblies as long as the importance of the public business should require it. It is not to be doubted but that the whole will be debated ismd adopted in to-morrow's sitting, and read, to be laid before the piing for his approbation.—(Frank. Septembcr CO.) COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Vie tragedy of I la#n let was last night retire. tented. Miss M. Ta,co had been atinouticed fur the character of 0 pheli4—but, early in the eve tmigi bills were distributed in every lout of the 1. 1 ,, which apprised the eudie,me, "that Hi ss Tory, was suffering under a severe attack of sore tiir"ut and fever, which rendered it impossibl e for her to perform. Under these circumstances, MIA Morritows, though an invalid herself, had cons•litt. ed to undertake the character of Ophel ; and sue, trusted that the lilseritlity tivtially evinced on such occasions would not be withheld from her." M ATTHEWS, w hose appearance indicated iliiiest, of course, well received. Mr. C. 1 .0 1:51 ainiewerf as the thoughtful and metairls . ;•sical Danish I' ri , re. His performance gore as great pleasure. It w.,, in its least excellent scrums, tensible and well vas. tainetl—but parts of it demand a much higher .1... giver of praise. His sulilosinies, partirselarly ti T u he or not to 11P, " were impressively delivered —and that exquisitely beautiful paysage, in which Haarkt detcribea the proud attributes of man, his faculties' and his powers, was given with a fervour worthy of a subject so noble, and sir admirably handled. In the scene with Opheliti lie was sufficiently spirit. ed, without " o'ertteppitig the modesty of nature." He was here applauded must enthusiastically. The play scene was also hotly acted. and was 'mul admired. But perhaps his must highly-wrought effort was the closet interview wills his tnoti.er passion and dignity were finagled with his reproof, and the return of filial affecti tttt t when he Pmlid that he had touched the heart of his guilty pareht, was marked in a very affecting manner. A n. HOTS'S Llleries was a pleasing performance. Tile chaste humour of Mr. BLANCHARD. who tilayed Polorrini, and the broader comic powers of Mr. Ellison's Grave • d:grcr, afforded much amusement. FASIIIONARLE PAR77ES. The Earl of GniWool rave a grail , ' entertainment terday to the Amlntaradt , r from the Netherlands and a party of distinction, at hia house to St. Janies's-.quare. The Freud' Ambassador entertained ynderday the Persian Aatbanador, Mr. !gorier, and a large ploy, at bit rev.- dame iu Purtland•place. Lady C. Crofton Rave a !rend dinner yesterday to Itie Marquis and Marchioness of Illandfurd, and a lake% party, at Gtr resititace in Niontagu.sciture. THE RED NOSE. A wan did surmise That another man's eyes Were both of a different frame; For if they'd beta matcher. Ti...., phis, poor wretches! His nose would have set 'em in a flame. HORACE BEcKroaD, Esq. left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, yesterday. for Mislry Es sex ; as did Lord CHARLES FITZROY, fur his brut in Suffolk. A punster proposes that Manchester shall be in future called Manslaughter. The conversation of the fashionable circles st Edinburgh has been enlivened for sonic days past, with an occurrence of Paine novelty in that gunner —an elopement to Gretna Green ! A putstot soon took place ; but from accident, or, it tnieht be, from a prudence which is not usual to lovers, no horses could be obtained by their followers oim time route—mid nothing followed, of course, hut the most triumphant Wert SS on the one side, and disappointment on the other. The origin of the appellation Beef Eaters, as al>• plied to the Yeomen of the Guard, is us followa: At the institution of the Yeomen of the Gum d they used to wui t at table on ull great Court solemn:- ties, and were ranged near the but tlio, pro cured them the name of Buff-tiers, which in time, owing to the corruption arising Cons the ignorai.ce of the French lanbuage, degenerated tato that of Beef Eaters. LONGEVITY OF THE OAR.—Tear Maloold Cattle, in the centre of the New Forest, shire, there is now standing, though in the limo. stages of decry, the memorable oak nil which TYRREL'S arrow glanced which ►hot WILLIAM RUFUS. It was fiast paled round by on coder of CHARLES 11. The two most interesting and beentifol objects in the planetary system, Jupiter and Saturn. may now be seen every clear evening. Jupiter is very conspicuous in the South, about 25 degrees shove the horizon, bud Solar* about 10 degrees higher, and wore to the ream:ad. There are at Pitmuin, Inverness-shire, a pair of eagles., mule and female. A pointer. followed by her whelp, rune too near the perch 'where one of the eagles is chained, when lie darted up•iu the puppy, und retreated to his cover►, *hien is II . tended by stakes in the form of a small house : the pointer got in pint oh her body, suit' nostril:wird a desperate conflict in defence of her offspitag, but the eagle prevailed. The pointer was beaten cif, and the pour puppy dcsourrd. EDWARD MoRGAN, of the Coldest Grove, ow N•ertlr %Vales, has plaiosti a held of aims, with Iwllyhocks, on a speculation of applying some part or the exttrual fibre to the purposes of hemp. BOXEll9.—.Sutton, the black. is matched to tight Larkin, the lilt-guardsman. in a 24 feet roped square, on the 4th of November. A deposit of 20 guineas has been made, und the remainder of the money is to be made good at leaudall's on the 28th of October. Sattion is the &attitudes A German Astronomer, M. Hayes, has published a new hypothesis respecting Comets. He conceives that these ce lestial bodies are ovesipmed of wafer only, and that their tads are but• solar rays passing thiough their medium ; that they attract to themselves a quautdy of impart ps ties/114n its the air. which is seals dispersed wi dory ap proach the frau. hey urieiume a guest qatatity of sayoen eau, and thus rout, ibute to purify the atmosphere and pro- Mute vesetatioa.