The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-29 00:00:00

TO 7'IlE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The Reformeis leive had a glorious day in Ilfra-
combe. The electors of the lifracornlye polling district
dined this day at the Putlie Rooms Tables were laid fcr
nearly ISO ; but the waiting-rooms and the reading-room
were obliged to be used, the members being so many mere
than e.:lculated upon. 243 dined ; and it is thought that
upwards of 100 were unable to find accommodation. Joseph
Davie Bassett, Esq., of Watermouth, was in the Chair,
supported by Lord Ebrington and the Hon. Newton Fel-
lOM'S. N. I/ye, Esq., of Ilfrae-,mbe, in the Vice Chair,
supported by J. P. B. Chichester, 1;:q., M.P., and other
influential electors of the Northern Division. The town
pre rated a most lively appearance. Scarcely a house but
was decor:ted with laurel or Hags—the guns fired—the
bells rung a ronry peal—and joy seemed to beam on every
countenance, except on two or three Tories, which the
town still boasts. The leading ones left the town pre-
viously to tl:e arrival of the cavalcade.
You will have full particulars by the North Devon
Jots, nal.

I arts, Sir, yours, &c.A
ILFRACOMBE REFORMER.
IlfraLombo, Sept. 27, L 537.

N AUTICAL ALMANAC.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE UNITED SERVICE
GAZETTE.

Gentlemen,—As the Nautical Almanac for 1839, which
has at length made its appearance, contains some unex-
plained matters regarding myself, I trust you will do me
the favour of inserting a few remarks in your valuable paper.
For four years I occupied the situation of head assistant
to the Nautical Almanac office, and I need not explain
to the st:perintendent's astronomical friends, nor to the
computers, Low far the scientific portions of the Almanac
have dependeci on my contributions and general manage-
ment. It is perlis;as not generally known, however, that in
the month of February- last I terminated my connexion with
Lieut Stratford, the superintendent, in consequence of some
ill treatment I received from him during the preceding four
or five months, the particulars of which I reserve for ano-
ther occasion. At present I only wish to make known
what I have done towards the investigation of methods for
conducting the calculations, and to relieve the superinten-
dent from responsibilities that in reality attach to myself.
For this purpose I beg to present the following list of papers
that I have from time to time drawn out in detail for the
superintendent at his request :-
1. Methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon,
and of the occultations of stars by the moon, printed in Ap-
pendix to 1836.
2. Arrangement of quantities given, and formula for cal-
culating the geocentric appearance of Saturn's Ring, printed
at page viii. of the Preface to 1836.
3. Method of determining the moon's greatest libration,
and the time of its occurrence.
4. Method of calculating the occultations and transits of
Jupiter's satellites, printed in Appendix to 1835.
5. Method of calculating and mapping the configurations
and diagrams a Jupiter's satellites, printed in ditto.
6. Method of ca:nulating an ephemeris of a comet, printed
in ditto.

7. Formulre, &c., relating to Halley's comet, printed at
page 539 of the explanation to 1835, or page 538 of the
second edition.

8. Detailed account of the successive steps adopted in
the calculations of the elements of occultations, and of the
occultations for Greenwich.
9. Formulae used in the construction of the meridianal
ephemeris, printed in the preface to 1839.
10. Detailed account of the mode of examination of pages
XIX, XX, and XXI, of the month.
11. Detailed account of the various calculations relating
to the orbit of Halley's comet, for Appendix to 1839.
12. Reduced formulae for perturbations, much simplified
for calculation, printed at pages 194-5 of Appendix to 1839.
13. Reduced formulae for the precession of polar stars,
printed at pages XIII. and XIV of the Preface to the Se-
cond Edition of 18:34.

14. Detailed account of the successive steps taken in
my method of selecting a list of stars for the elements of
occultations, &c. &c. &c.

With respect to the discussion on the orbit of Halley's
comet I may observe, that my reduced formulae (No. 12),
which the superintendent has imperfectly given at pages
194-5, are transformations of those determined by M. Airy,
in the Appendix to 1837 ; and that I was at con-
siderable pains to effect these transformations, as Mr.
Airy's expressions were unfit for use. To avoid
misunderstanding, it will be necessary also to observe,
in justice to myself, that the article headed " Cor-
rection of the Assumed Elements" is the only one
with the composition of which I have had nothing to do, and
that it is entirely erroneous, notwithstanding the "cor-
dial co-operation" of Mr. Airy. The a.-21,
&c. should have been :71_2, ;sl--";', &c. through-
out ; and the paragraph At the foot of page 197 is exactly
the reverse of the truth. The calculations were all per-
formed under my immediate direction, and the coefficients of
the P, Q, R, &c., were not determined in the erroneous
way described by the superintendent, which would have
turned the whole of the calculations upside-down. The
right ascension and declination in the original orbit were in
all cases subtracted from those in the six varied orbits.

It is further remarkable that when I quitted the office in
Febt nary last the present volume was one-half printed, be-
sides' the entire cometary tables ; that the other half was
printed off in April, and that the superintendent has thus
delayed the publication of the volume for no less than five
months, merely to arrange the explanatory part of the
comet out of the materials with which I had supplied him
more than twelve months before. In this time the superin-
tendent may possibly have forgot where the formulte, p.p.
194,:, had come from ; but certainly the cometary paper,
which cast he of no real use for 60 or 70 years to come, affords
but a aery ic,ufficient apology for withholding from the
seaman a %olume essential to the safety of his navigation.
I am, Sir, Your most obedient, servant,
W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE,
Actuary to the National Loan Fund Life
Assurance: Society.
6), C,urro.llll, Sept. 13, 1537.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS.

-_ _~~ty.--_

BrwEsrLs, SEPT. 27.—The Moulton- is not published
to-div.
Above 50.000 persons were present to view the fire-
works last night, which were very splendid, and favoured
by the finest ..seather possible.
General Saregin is now at Brusse's. He has just pub-
lished several pamphlets, which demonstrate that the cele-
brated prosecution for polygamy which was brought against
him was but a political pretext, of which advantage was
taken to ruin him.

The magistrates of Catanea, in Sicily, where the cholera
is raging with frightful intensity, have just placed under
quarantine for twenty-one days some English physicians
whom the Got ernment of Malta sent to their assistance,
These magistrates would probably prohibit the water which
should be brought to extinguish a fire.
We mentioned yesterday that some French and Tuscan
engineers were visiting the principal manufactories in our
province ; we may add that two Westphalian engineers have
been engaged for this fortnight in examining the coal-mines
in the environs of Leige.
M. de Gourieff, Major of Engineers, in the service of
Russia, has just left our city ( Liege), where he came with
the invention of making himself acquainted with the mode
of working the coal-mines. These visits from men of such
eminence do honour to the manufacturers and to the Di-
rector of Mines in the province of Liege.
VIENNA, SEPT. 18.—The Marquis of Monasterio has
left this city and ,gone to Berlin. He has, therefore, not
been sent, as some journals asserted, to Don Carlos to be
his representative at the Imperial Court. We have re-
ceived accounts from Odessa, which state that the first
evolutions of the cavalry assembled at Wosnesensk have
been executed successfully.
The Emperor Nicholas was expected very shortly at
Wessa ; he will make hut a short stay there, and proceed
immediately on his journey to the Caucasus. The Empress
and the Grand Duke Alexander intend to mike a longer
stay at Odessa, and then go to Moscow, where it is known
that the Russia❑ Court will pass the greater part of the
winter.

FRANKFORT, SEPT. 20.—General de Lacy Evans has ar-
rived here from Brussels. It is said that communications
and proposals have been made from the German Diet to
the Government of this city relative to our r °Utical rela-
tions, which are supposed to be connected with the occupa-
tion of the city by troops of the Confederation. But it does
not appear that any thing positive on this subject has
transpired.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Au G. 30.—The Austrian ate tie-
boat Maria Anna, which arrived here on the 26th, left
to-day For Sebastopol, where it is to receive on board the
Archduke John, after the reviews of Wosnesensk, and con-
vey him to this city. The French brig Argus, stationed
here lately, sailed, it is said, for the Mediterranean. There
have lately been two cases of plague on board the Russian
corvette that has lain at anchor off Bujukdere, and this has
obliged the crew to go on shore off the coast of Asia, where
they are now under tents. The plague has abated here
since the last post ; and, as we learn from Smyrna, has
wholly ceased there.
ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 16.—The great and brilliant
reviews and evolutions at Wosnesensk were tolast 10 days.
They began on the 4th, and ended on the 14th. They are
the first of the kind which have been on so great a scale
in nur country, and at which the European Sovereigns have
been pleased to take immediate part, through their Repre-
sentatives, who have been sent there. Immediately after
the close of the reviews, their Imperial Majesties would
proceed on their journey to the South, to visit the Crimea,
and even Tiflis, the capital of the Trans-Caucasian provinces.
It is now positively affirmed, that on their return from this
journey, their Majesties will reside in Moscow till the be-
ginning of the new year. The young Grand Dukes and
Duchesses, who are still here, will go to join their parents
at the end of October. The Emperor will thus fulfil an
old promise which he made to the inhabitants of Moscow
some years ago, at their repeated and urgent solicitations.
This short absence of the Emperor will not occasion
a removal of the Ministerial Department, or of
the Diplomatic Body. His Majesty has given orders
to expedite the building of the Isaac Church, which has
not been going on for twenty years. To attain this end his
Majesty has been pleased to order the annual sum of one
million of rubles (Bank assignats), hitherto allotted to the
expense of building, to be raised to three millions.

GOTTINGEN, SEPT. 21.—We learn that his Majesty, in
reply to the petition in favour of the state prisoners, said
that the law for the present takes its course.
BERLIN, SEPT. 24.—New cases from Sept. 22 to 23,
42 ; deaths, 22. New cases from Sept. 23 to 24, .50 ;
deaths, 31.

The funeral of his Highness Duke Charles of Mecklen-
burg Strelitz took place yesterday afternoon, with all the
military honours usually paid to a Field Marshal.—Prussian
State Gazelle, Sept. 25.

sEct;IAN I. UNDS—Bituserts, Sam 127.
Actual Debt, '4", per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, ~ per Cant. 1013,4
Loan of Bliirty Million.
Loan of C itv, A 111.4 ',Er Cent 29%
Society of Commerce, 4,,.. per Cent l4O
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 141%
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 27.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vieuxl, SePT. 20
Five per Cents. Metalliques ......... ... 105!4
Four per Cents.
Three par Cents.
Bank shares

—Allgetneine Zeitung, Sept 25.
rIA NIBURG BORSEN HALLE, SEPT. 26.
BiPs. Money.
Austrian Mets.'iques, 5 per cent.
Ditto eitto 4 per cent
1/o'_ ditto 3 per cent.
Lotto 'Bank !shares 13-4 13;5
Anglo-Russian Loan ...... IfAiii /06%
Paper Im.cription, ti per cent
Russian 5 per cents Metal
Russian Isiscriptots, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds. 5 per cent 4l
Ditto, 3 per cent. 244 24 54
Dutch 2y, rer Cents.
Ditto S per Cents hi
.ii
Polish fionds, 3 per cents.
New Tickets 152 151!6
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 704 10
Norwegian Lean of 1R34, 4 per cents .......
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes .ean, 5 per Cent ... 11%
Greek 4 per cents. I1:33, guaranteed by Flt ce
EXCHANGES ON LON ON.
Haunt. an, SErr. 26.-13 114 ; two months. 13 9N
BERLIN, SEPT c:3.—Three In.faht. 6. 2L%•
BREMEN, SEPT. 22.—Two months. Gni.
STRCKIIOLM, Sem 19.—Two months, 12 Id.
VIENNA, Sept. 11'.—Two months, 10%.
LEIPSIC, Seri'. 22.—Two months, 6 1d 4.
—Hamburg Papers, Sept. 26.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS —BERLIN, SEPT. 24.
hills. Money
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent ... 102% 10,-1/
Prussian English Loan, 1630, 4 per cent. 10154 100,,,,
Exchange on Laudon, three months
—Prussian State Gazette, Sept. 45.

DINNER TO MR. MACLEOD, M.P.

On Friday last, the electors of Fortrose and its neigh-
bourhood gave a public entertainment in Mackintosh's Inn,
to their representative, Roderick Macleod, Esq , younger
of Cad boll. J. Carpenter Steavenson, Esq. Provost of the
Burgh, in the Chair.
The Chairman proposed the health of Mr. Macleod,wbich
was drank with true Highland enthusiasm.
Mr. MACLEOD then rose amidst great cheering, and de-
livered an admirable address, to which we regret that our
limits will not permit us to do justice. The Hon. Gentle-
man, after bringing forward succinctly, in a strong light, the
measures to which Ministers should direct their energies in
the new Parliament, referred to the present position of the
Cabinet. "On this point (observed Mr. Macleod) I will
speak to you, according to the information I possess, with
the. utmost sincerity. I believe that Government will meet
Parliament with ample support to enable them to carry on
the administration of public affairs ; or, to use the phrase of
the day, that they will hare a working majority. I also
hope it will prove an increasing majority.—(Cheers.) I
cannot believe but that gentlemen who may have been elected
with what are called Conservative predilections, will, on a
nearer inspection of the measures of the Queen's Ministers,
discover that they have been entirely mistaken in ascribing
to them tendencies dangerous to the Constitution. When
the strength of Government is perceived, then time will only
add to that strength. I shall be egregiously mistaken if
the present Parli anent do not contain a considerable quan-
tity of transferable matter—(Laughter and cheers)—and
that the boasts of the Tories will prove in vain, and their
predictions as fallacious as those which the last seven years
have invariably witnessed. 1 cannot but believe that gen-
tlemen of candour, education, and moderate principles, when
they come to consider the nefarious means which have been
used by the Tory faction to carry elections, will begin to
cLouht the soundness of the cause ;Odell required their as-
si,Lance."

The lion. Gentleman then ably exposed the baseness
and hollowness of the Tories, as evidenced by their getting
up an ignorant clamour against the New Poor Law, us well
as by the whole course of their wretched shuffling and slavish
policy.
Various toasts were given in the course of the evening,
with suitable speeches. The meeting broke up about one
o'clock.

BIRTIT.--At Cheltenham, on the 27th of Sep-
tember, the lady of Norwich Duff, Esq., Captain in the
Royal Navy, of a son.

Most of the crops are now housed in this neigh-
bourhood ; and on the north side of the town all the fields
are cleared, and the grain stacked. The oats seem a full
average crop, but the wheat and barley, being Thin on the
ground, do not stack so well. Oa Friday last, there was
,;.ntatubGrof sales of turnips ; and one lot, from the north
part of znii Pty. brought upwards of 30/. per acre.—Edin-
burgh Advertise".

religiOn as
L:hrist is peace and
goodwill—the religion of Christendom is War
ed
—Landon.