The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-06 00:00:00

GENERAL REMARKS.

This month is distinguished by the Still being in such a posi.:
tion on the 23d, that in the course of 24 hours every part of the
earth is visited by his rays ; and every where except within the
polar circles, the day and night are equal. The 24 hours in
which this occurs, begin at 47 min. past 6, in the evening of the
22d, and end at 47 m. past 6, of the 23d. At 47 m. past 6 in the
morning of the 23d, the Sun is visible to the inhabitants of one
half of the globe, from the north pole to the south pole ; the
inhabitants of the earth under the north pole are soon to be
wrapped up in darkness of nearly six months duration ; the
inhabitants under the south pole, if there are any, are rejoicing
at the commencement of their six months summer. In both
situations their day is lengthened by the power of the air to
refract the ray's of the sun, by which he is made to appear above
the horizon when he is really below it. Hence in these regions,
the sun is seen skirting the horizon for several days succeeding
and preceding the 23d ; at the north pole he presents at every
point of the compass the appearance of the setting, and at the
south pole that of the rising sun.
A six months night may seem to us a most dreadful cala-
mity, and our imagination may paint, as in many other cases,
scenes of wretchedness which have no real existence in nature.
This night is not enveloped in a dark and horrid gloom ; for
some time the sky glows with the lively colours of our sum-
mers' evenings, and for three months is enlightened by the
long continuance of the moon at certain intervals above the ho-
rizon ; and the clearness of the sky gives additional brilliancy
to the stars.

The year originally began in this month, and at the time
which we have described, when the day is equal to the night.
The Jews still retain the original calendar, and the beginning
of the year is with them a festival. They have erred a little in-
deed from the exact time, but we shall not be surprised at this
want of exactness, when we consider that it is only 70 years
since the inhabitants of this island were so full of prejudice,
that they would scarcely part with their calendar, though the
error in it amounted to eleven days.

DaTER, SEPT. 4.—On Sunday last, the Lord Bishop of
this Diocese held a General Ordination in the Cathedral
Church of St. Peter, Exeter, when William Harris Arundell,
B.A. of Gonvill and Caius College, Cambridge ; Alexander
Huntley Robertson Brillic B.A. of Lincoln College, Ox-
ford ; Alexander Dyce, B.A. of Exeter College, Oxford ;
Wm. Veal Hennah, B.A. of the same College; John Law, B.A.
of the same College; Charles Blelhuish, B.A. of St. John's
College, Cambridge • Hender Molesworth, B.A. of Exeter
College; Thomas Voyles Murray, B.A. of Pembroke C. -
lege, Cambridge;t„ John Pike, B.A. of Exeter College; nervy
Tippetts Tucker, B.A. of St. John's College, Oxford;
Za-
chary James Edwards, B.A. of Wadham College, Oxford;
George Gall, S.C. L. of Worcester College, Cambridge ;
and Thomas Ainger, B. A. of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, were admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons.—
And John Bradford, B. A. of Pembroke College, Oxford;
Joel Broadhurst, B. A. of Wadham College, Oxford ;
Jonathan Phillips Carpenter, B.A. of Christ Church, Oxford ;
William Grylls, M.A. of Trinity Corege Cambridge; John
Glanville, B.A. of Baliol College, Oxford; William liockin,
B.A. of Exeter College; Charles Anthony Hunt, B.A. of
Merton College, Oxford; Francis Harriman Button, B.A. of
IVadham College; Joshua Reynolds Johnson, B.A. of Baliol
College; Thomas Kitson, Fellow of Exeter College; Thomas
John Marker, A. M. of Exeter College; and Edward
Duncan Rhodes, A.M. of Sidney College, Cambridge, were
admitted to the Holy Order of Priests. The Lord Bishop of
this Diocese has licensed the Rev. John Glanville, A. B. to
the Perpetual Cure of St. Germain's, in Cornwall, on the
nomination of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, void by the
death of the Rev. Thomas Penwarne.—His Lordship has also
instituted Mr. Glanville to the Rectory of Jacobstow, in Corn-
wall, on the presentation of the Earl of St. Germain's, void by
the death of Mr. Penwarne.

ENGLISH ACTORS IN PARIS.—A friend of lite-
rature may now b.ve the pleasure of making interesting com-
parisons between our stage and that of our neighbours, with-
out exposing himself to the danger of losing a leg or an
arm. The Vandals have disappeared ; the representations
in the Rue Chautereive are now attended by true Frenchmen,
and never will it enter into the imaginations of Frenchmen,
that is, of men belonging to the most civilized, the most ge-
nerous nation in the world, to stone actors and actresses
to death because they say heart, instead of mar ; and lore, in
place of amour. We have, however, some fault to find with these
British artists ; with the exception of the School for Scandal,which
is played with great applause in England, they have not given us
any classical performance. Let not any person be offended ! we
allude to those works which will be found in the hands and im-
pressed on the memory of all those to whom the English langUage
is familiar. The actors of Mr. Penley's company are very su-
perior to what they were at first supposed; to be convinced of
this, it is sufficient to listen to them with attention, and to con-
sider all the disadvantages of the circumscribed space in which
they represent pieces which would require continual changes of
the scene.-.-( Gazette de France.)

BON MOT.—Dr. LE?iIO AR, titular Archbishop
of Dublin, a man of very lively parts, htippened, in a mixed
company, to be introduced to a Mr. Swan, a gentleman of a
cynical turn, whose practice it was to attempt to raise a
laugh at the expence of some one in company. '['hey sat
near each other at table, where the Doctor engagedrneral atten-
tion by his sprightly manner. Mr. Swan, to silence him,
said " Doctor I forget your name."—" Leniger
returned the Doctor. " I ask your pardon," replied Swan,
" I have the misfortune scarce ever to recollect names ;
you'll not be offended therefore, if in the course of conversation

call you Dr. Vinegar ?" ".0h i not at all, Sir," returned
the Doctor, " I have the very same defect ; and it is very pro-
bable, though 'I now name you Sawn, I may by and by call ycu
game."

A Gentleman, having a spencer on during his
morning ride, met a country boy, and requested him to open a
gate for him; the desire was immediately complied with, but
the boy not keeping it long enough open, it struck the haunches
of the horse; the rider cled the bumpkin a fool—the reply
was short and pithy—" Ben't such a fool as you, didn't get up
with my waascut aver my cowt."
liEmr.—Coles, in his history of plants, notices the virtues of
hemp thus laconically :--By this cordage ships are guided,
bells are rung, beds are corded, and rogues are kept in awe."
Mr. BALDWIN, the Marquis of IhRTFORD'S
gardener, had this year, forty New Providence pines in one
of his stoves; of these thirty-six have been cut, which weighed
no less than 288 lbs. 4 oz. !—One of the number, weighed 11
lbs. 8 oz. ; another 11 lbs. 4 oz.; some of them upwards
of 101bs. and most of the remainder between 8 and 9 lbs. each,