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

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 Coffee-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.
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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 vie 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

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