The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-18 00:00:00

I shall here refer to the commencement of the pes-
tilence which broke out in the world in the year 1817,
at valich period the magnetic attractions of Saturn
and Jupiter were united or in conjunction, a power
of incalculable magnetical preponderance, from their
magnitude so far exceeding that of the earth, and
may analogically be compared with the attractions
of the luminaries when in conjunction and oppo-
sition, or at new and full moon, and the theory of tha
tides, which to a certain extent establishes the prin-
ciple of attraction to consist of conjunctive positions,
and during all electrical disturbances it will invaria-
bly be seen that such-happen under the squares and
conjunctions of the lesser orbs, with one or other of
the principal planetary bodies, from these inseparable
results the electrical attractions must be estimated.
I shall here refer to several epochs and instances
where cause and effect support the above deductions.
In the year 1625, there was plague and pestilence in
England, and the planets Herschel and Jupiter were
in opposition, which is the same in operative effect as
the full of the moon upon the waters. In 1636, the
plague in England again, and a conjunction of Her-
schel and Jupiter; 1665, the plague, and also a con-
junction of the same planets ; 1683, extensive
plague, Saturn in conjunction with Jupiter; 1804,
pestilence in Spain and Gibraltar, Jupiter in conjunc-
tion with Herschel ; in 1817, when the fatal cholera-
rnorbus broke out in the world, a conjunction of Her-
schel and Jupiter; in the year 1831, when the above
disease first occurred in England, Jupiter and Her-
schel were in conjunction ; in 1821, the pestilence in
Spain, and a conjunction of Saturn and Ju-
piter ; in 1822, the pestilence spread from
Cashan to Erivan, 675 miles, and from Mosul
to Aleppo, in all 1,145 miles, when the
disease, according to Orton, ceased for a long time
(four years) to make any further progress, and here
we have the most important feature of the analogism.
From 1824 to 1828, neither conjunction nor opposi-
tion of the superior planets occurred, neither was there
cholera ; hut in the year 1828, we have an opposition
of Saturn and Herschel, and the cholera broke out in
the parts of Tartary, to the southward of Ovenburgh,
and East of the Caspian, moving with its proximate
cause, and ceasing with its departure, which, in my
opinion, forms an unanswerable argument in favour
of the deduction. In 1831, it broke out, for the first
time, in this country. Jupiter and Herschel were in
conjunction ; in the interim from 1831 to 1849,
cholera followed the magnetic attractions, and again
we have Saturn and Herschel approximating their
conjunction, and with their conjunction the pestilence.
Such forms the basis of my conclusions; upon this
testimony the pestilence was predicted three years prior
to its visitation. I trust it will not be concluded that
these opinions were ushered forth with anything ap-
proaching to a presumptuous spirit, they are no other
than inquiry and meditation must establish in the
minds of those seeking after truth, evidence that the
Supreme Being has disclosed in the laws of motion,
and through the mediums of his wonderous works,
laws uniformly producing disease, and recorded thou-
sands of years anterior to the present day.
In the second edition of her Majesty's horoscope,
written in the summer of 1846, and published in
February, 1847, the maximum effect of this conjunc-
tion is given for 1850, but in letters connected with
the spas of Cheltenham, when referring to meteoro-
logical phenomena, December, 1846, it was stated
that a malignant disease, occasioning much mortality,
would prevail in England in 1849 and 1850, and the
press of Cheltenham are aware of these facts.
The principle of discovery as to time, or where the
effect of a conjunction or opposition may fall, is de-
fined by Claudius Ploloury, one of the founders of
the Eastern sciences, and is ascertainable by the elip-
tical conjunctions, and oppositions of the luminaries,
respective of certain distances from the meridian of
different latitudes, where the conjunctions and oppo-
sitions must be observed.
I submit, this evidence and uniformity of principle
must be a satisfactory proof of all that may be urged
in favour of the magnetic attractions of those plane-
tary bodies, and of the consequence arising when their
joint operations bear upon certain portions of this
globe. To the Almighty framer of these laws all the
consequences must be attributed, which it is our duty
diligently to analyse, and to prepare ourselves against
the threatened season of evil, and thus show forth
the wondrous works of Him who is perfect in
knowledge. G. T. F. SMITH.
Cheltenham.

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FIRE IN CATIVATER.—On Thursday night, about
11 o'clock, the ketch Ranger, Pitman master, having
put in here on Wednesday, from Whitstable, bound to
St. Malo, was discovered to be on hie. It appeared that,
the master and mate were on shore, and the two boys
belonging to the vessel had left her, in the boat, to wait
for the master, leaving one man on board, who, it is
supposed, got asleep forward, and the candle fell and
ignited the vessel. The flames were soon visible from
the shore, the ketch being moored off the mouth of
the harbour. On assistance reaching her, the man, it
was found, had escaped to another vessel, nearly in a
state of nudity, having nothing on but his shirt. The
officer and men of the coast-guard, Mr. Gibbons, several
of the police, and persons from the shore, were alongside,
but the police could not board the vessel, the fire being
so intense. She was finally scuttled and sunk, a portion
of her spars having been brought on shore. She is
only partly insured. Mr. Marshall, the agent for the
West of England Fire Insurance Company, with his
usual alacrity, had the engine conveyed to the pier, with
a view of having it taken off; that, however, was found
to be impracticable, but several of the fire brigade went
afloat to render assistance.—Devonshire Chronicle.
COTTON FROM PORT NATAL.—Mr. H. Fleming,
the secretary to the Manchester Commercial Associa-
tion, has, since our last, received a consignment of 3?
bales of cotton from Port Natal. Samples were exhi-
bited upon the Exchange yesterday, and excited much
attention. Two of the bales were grown from Sea
Island cotton, and were of a very superior quality; they
sold at 13d. per lb. Four of the bales appeared to have
been grown from New Orleans seed, and, though not
of quite so good a staple as New Orleans cotton usually
is, it is of beautiful colour, and is altogether of a very
serviceable character ; it is not yet sold, but is estimated
to be worth fild. per lb. The bulk of the cotton was
that which is indigenous to the country. The staple of
this cotton is fully as long as that of New Orleans cotton,
and is of good quality ; the drawback from the value
of this cotton is its yellow colour. This, however, is notof
much importance in the Nottingham trade, and the
wholo of this description of:cotton sold at Gd. per lb., we
believe, for that market. Some part of it was considered
to be worth 6id. to ald.—Manchester Guardian.
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NOVEL AND INTERESTING MATcu.--A to
gentleman with the gout has, for a trifling
wagers,uold
backed
himself to walk from Notting-hill to the Bank against
one of the omuibusses on that road. Although
the old
gentleman is by no moans a fast walker, yet such are the
dawdling propensities of the driver and conductor of the
vehicle, that bets are 20 to one in favour of the elder
padewrian.—Punch.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AT MANCIIESTER.--A man
of the name of Barasley, residing in Ruwe-street, Gay-
thorn, attempted to murder his w ire on Sunday last, by
cutting her throat with a large case knife. He inflicted
four wounds, but her cries alarmed a neighbour, who
rushed in and stanched the blood, which was flowing
fast, by the application of a wet towel, until a surgeon
arrived, who had her removed to the infirmary. The
poor woman is goin.; on favourably. The prisoner was
taken before the magistrate yesterday, and remanded
until Monday next, when it is hoped his utafortunato wife
will have so far recovered as to be able to give her evi•
dence. The cause of the murderous attempt is believed
to have been a quarrel between the parties. The prisoner
was partly intoxicated at the time, lie is a boiler maker
by trade, and has been out of work nearly six months.
He is forty-two years of age, and his wife is upwards of
thirty. They have one child, about four years of age.
A RARE BEVERAGE.—" Water, Sir ? Yes, Sir.—
The real thing or the substitute, Sir?—Real water very
dear, Sir; a shilling a glass, Sir."—Punch.