The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-03 00:00:00

T.HE Co MET..

TO THE EDITOR O.:F THE BUN.
mSIR)---The following ephemei-is, indicating the approxi-
ate
positions of the comet in the heavens, and derived
n 1 elements which I calcul:ated last night from our
7_oobservations, may probably a:;ceptable to such
J ur readers as are desiro vs of tracinLc its course
°ng the stirs. They are ad spted to 8 o'clock, Green-
klell time, which is about the must favourable hour for
observation.

Right Ascension. :Forth Declination.
h. m.
bro h. m.
I"aY, April 3 ... 219 17 12 Sets at 9 8 p.m.
Tue d
-,w As ay, 4 ... 2 32 ... 16 18
T,e„'ne,s(laY, 5
Friday,
6 ... 2 55 ... 14 25
-"Y* t 7 ... 3 5 ... 13 25
4
R„a ur"aY, 8 ... 314 ... 12 28
On
Sunda 9 ... 323 ... 11 31 Sets at 914 p.m
" Monday evening, at Bo' clock, the comet will be 7
&s. distant from a Arietis, to wards the south point of
the horizon, at about the same altitude as the star. On
"aturday, at the same hour, it, will appear in the verti-
tical of the Pleiades, 13 degs. b slow them ; and on the
12th its position will be 10de.fri 4. below the bright star
Aldebaran, in the Hyades, in nnarly the same vertical.
The cornet was at its least dig tance from the sun on
the 24th of March ; it is now NI iowly receding from the
earth, but this. circumstance is l'ess likely to affect its
brilliancy during the ensuing week than the increasing
Inonnlight. It will cross the plane of the earth's path
at noon on Tuesday next, a lit Flo outside the orbit of
Mercury, at an inclination of nearly SO dens. to that
Plane. I may add that the n ucleus this evening was
rather more than 5,000 miles in diameter, and the extent
of the tail 6,000,000 miles. 45.. t my best views I was
certain of the existence of a 1 urninous jet, thrown out
from the star-like point some, 30,000 miles along the
preceding border of the tail—a.ll appearance which has
been remarked in several prey ions comets.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. R
Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's -park. HIND.
Saturday Night.

THE RIVAL MO2VT BLANC'S.
Mr, Henry Davies, solicitor, 14, B„kingham-street,
Strand, applied to Mr.i Hardwick, at the Marlborough-
street Police-court, on behalf of Mr. J. R. Smith, pro-
prietor, of the panorama of 11 font Blanc and the,
our
Albof Europe, Leicester-square, fo r a summons against Mr.
Albert Smith, for sending a threatening letter to his
ert calculated to lead to a inreach of the peace. The
following is a copy of the letter alluded to :
" Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
STR—I understand that you are in the habit of making
Impertinent remarks about me in your lectures. If this is
not dropped I shall be under the necessity of giving you a
sound thrashing the next time I see you ; so,
if after y?
receive this, any more remarks axe made about me, I shall
take the law into my own hands, and teach you that in
Irtrigland a gentleman is not insulted with impunity. I
e ahvayd refrained from malting the slightest allusions
YOU in. my addresses to the London gentry, and shall
expect you to do the same in rfgard to myself After this
notice you will take the consequence. I am, sir, yours,
St ,
lir 11 • "ALBERT SMITH."
the above said Mr. Smith, his client, on the receipt of
after hthe ove letter, felt divosed to settle the "difficulty"
fashionP of his country, with revolvers and
in,oo 17! , but, acting with rj its (Mr. Davies's) advice, he
io:sgtohfattntrih';:bnelr to apply to his worship for the protec-
w, Mr. Hardwick iinmeiliattly granted

TO THE ED/TOR OF' THE SUN.
111)--Allow me state, that the affair in the police re-
llerts of this morning, in which my name is used in con-
ey with a thr,atening letter and a summons, is
avidently a first of April hoax-
thel have uritten i o otter, nor do I know anything of
, PerNol. of the wine name thenin alluded to,—Yours,
oueki;
entiy,
12
ALBERT SMITH.
b
' ?!reptstreet, Beclford-squre, April 3,1354.
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