The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-30 00:00:00

PRICE SEVENPENCF,.

THE NEW COMET.

RIDGE VICARAGE, near BARNET. HERTS.
• Friday Morning, Sept. 23,182.
TO TliE EDITOR OF THE' BOSTON GAZETTE.
DEAR SIR-It is with the utmost deference
to the Public, and with the • gteatest respect to;
you, that, in compliance •with your request hi a
late conversation at Boston, I transmit the fol—
lowing communication on the subject of As 4
tronomy

This communication, hthtever, is more "espe:-.
cially intende'd for the service of 'your jtivenilei
iteaders whose temporal and eternal interests it
was ever my " delightful task" to consult; dur
ing the' whole four years in which I - was Editor
of the Boston Gatettd, by embracing every se-a.i
sonable opportunity to instil the salutary prin-
ciples of
Early Piet}--of Loyalty to their King
—of Affection to their Parents--of Goodwill
to all--by imparting irnproVern-ent mingled witlP
pleasure.; and by " leading them through, Na,,
ture up to Nature's GOd."

Being,- now, at Ridge, for the- recoVerY.' of
health,'on a 'visit to a kind, and most valuable
Friend, I. arose this morning when the clock
struck
,three, for the purpose of enjoying, from
this much elevated spot, an uninterrupted view
of those interesting Planets which .so imposingly
surround' the radiant throne of ReguluS, the
4 Little King Of Stars,' and gild his Domain with
eoinminglitig beams. As the whole hemisphere
was uncloudeti, and the air sharp, every star,
'shrine with indescribable splendour. In the East,
near that grand constellation the Lion, I observ-:
ed a transcendantly beautiful figure ; for Rego-
his,' and Mars, as they shone together, most
pleasingly formed; with the Star of the Morn-
ing,a Sideral Triangle' of liv‘iig gold. On turn-
ing to observe Sirius, Orion, and the Hyades, f
hid the happineSs of discovering a Comet. For
there then met my delightful view a silvery stream
of light, which, like the Pleiades, glittering
above it, seemed to shed sweet influence o'er
the, Chambers of the South. Permit me •to
express my regret that I cannot acquaint you
with the Elements of this Comet, since 1 had' no
'lnstruments to ascertain them at hand. The dis-
covery was quite • unexpected ; for ',I can most
Conscientiously affiffn that I had not, any where,
either heard or read a single syllable, about , any
Cothet whatever in existence at present. But as
this celestial stranger may with facility be de-
scribed by the unassisted eye, when the sky is
perfectly clear, 'and the moon distant, this cir-
cumference is of no material importance ; the more
especially as correct Elements will very soon be
communicated from some British Observatory;
and it is at Observatories only, where Professors
ate supplied 'with every instrument adapt-
ed' to the purpose, that the Elements of any
Comet can be 'laid down with such accuracy
as may be fully relied on by the Public at
large. When I first observed the Comet, itap--
Oeared to be in the vicinity of some scattered.
stars in • the Constellation Taurus, below the
Stars and the Hyaews, a remarkably beau-
tiful group of stars,•which, together with the
glaring Aldebaran, form a' an early hour in the
morning a brilliant figure, resembling the letter
'V.; but before the publication of your paper
on Tuesday, it will, of course, have advanced
many degrees. The proximity of Venus, Mars,
and Regulus, greatly enhanced, by the splendour
of Jupiter, will, for several mornings after Mi-
chaelmas-day, exhibit a spectacle that cannot fail.
to gratify such of your Juvenile Readers as shall
be aroused from the couch of slumber by a praise-
worthy desire to read the Heavens ; which, as a
pious poet observas, are set before them—" the
Book of God." . _

„ • • • sit!'
Y our's, with esteem, Apte*p_ri.t,,,,i,i
W. 8., of Butterwick, near

ST. JEROME.—This day is the anniversary of
SAINT JEROME, in Latin styled Hieronymus,; he
was the most learned of all the Latin Fathers,
the son of Eusebius, and born at Stridon, a. city`
of the ancient Pannonnia, aboUt the year'34o:
He studied at Rome tinder Donatus, the learned
, grammarian, and having been baptized, he went
to Gaul, whnre he transcribed the cc..,-orated
work of " Saint Hitary de SynodiY." At Aquill_
cia he contracted a friendship with Ileliodorur,
with whom he travelled through Thrace,Po-ntus,.
Bitilynia, and Cappadocia ; being persecuted by
party of IV,ljletius, for being a Sabellian, he.
went to Jerusalem, where he applied hirnAilf to
the study of the Hebrew language. ' .Aftett'pass-?:
in some time at Constantinople, he proc,eedid
to Rome, where, he became Secretary to: Tope
Damasus, from whence he• retired tb the Monas:
teiy at Bethlehem; where he employed himself
in writing against those he called heretics, espe-
cially Vigilantius and Jovinian: lie died on tyii
day of the month, in 420. His works have been
published in eleven folio volumes, among which
the most celebrated are, the Latin Verlipn o the
Scriptures, designated " The' Vulgate':',-,•;Nie::,
mical Treatises against Montanus, Ifelvidius.;
Jovinian, and others i. and 'a DiiEonrse On the
Lives and Writings of Ecclesiastical Authors who
119nrished before his time.

.
A tlhent .JOUrnar Say's—€ 4. W:C.CAq
announce viith certainty that the Philosophical
a:t. Lourain will have a consitletalge-q4ur=
bar of popits'ttiis that the, pFo'iriArof
the 'Collage will correpotistt with the laudable...in.•
tentiOns of the poveYinnentwhich•diFectS
scant attention' to the pari4t),-, atro'rding to all
classes of citizens the benefit of education. About
115 to 120 pupils have".alread inserted
names in the hooks of the College."