The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

Ashley, who in the exertions which he had made on
behalf of industrial schools, was actuated by the
principle that he recognised in the poor children for
whom they were designed, " bone of our hone,.
and flesh of our flesh." As to the question about
the introduction of the hospital system
in connexion with these schools, he was
sure they would all respond to the rema:rk
that had been made by Mr. Guthrie. 14 fact, what-
his Lordship had stated against the hospital
system could not have been uttered in a place
where its truth could have been more easily
proved than in Edinburgh. They had numbers of
them here—far too many ; and although established
on a principle far more favourable than the proposed
ones could ever expect to be placed, yet they we:l-e
the very last places where, generally speaking, we
would like to see our children brought up. Sheriff
Speirs concluded by expressing the delight with
which all of them had listened to his Lordship's
stirring and eloquent address, which could not fail to
be of great benefit to the cause of industrial schools
in this city.
Lord ASHLEY shortly acunowledged the compli-
ment, after which the meeting broke up.---Scotsman.

PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

SITTING OF OCTOBER 11.

M. Valz read a paper attributing the same origin
to two new comets discovered last year, one by M.
Vico, the other by M. Brorsen. These comets, says
M. Valz, present so great a similarity of orbit that
it is reasonable to suppose they were originally one
which divided into two, as happened with the last
re-appearance of the comet of 6i years. In the first
observations made by Valz of the comet of Brorsen,
he was strack at finding it pursue nearly the same
route as that of M. Vico' preceding it by 11 degrees,
which is equal to seven days of interval, and conti-
nuing in such a way that on the 26th of February
and the sth of March the declinations were the same,
and the right ascensions differed by only two degrees.
On the 15th and 20th of March the declinations were
identical, and the right ascensions presented only a
slight difference.
M. Arago gave an account of the observations made
on the eclipse of the 9th inst. by MM. Mauvais and
Goujon, who had gone, at his request, from Paris to
Orleans, and by M. Lausier, who had also gone to
Clermont, in the Oise. At this latter place the atmos-
phere was even in a more unfavourable state for obser-
vations than in Paris, but at Orleans MM. Mauvais
and Goujon were able to perceive the eclipse at' about
49 min. after six. The sun was at that time eclipsed to
the extent of about the fourth of its diameter. They
began to perceive the occultations of the spots, but the
great undulations of the atmosphere, which gave to
the edges of the sun and moon a dentilated appear-
ance, did not permit them to determine exactly the
periods of the immersion. At half-past seven, the air
being more calm, they prepared for the observation of
the formation of the ring, which M. Mauvais de-
scribes as follows :—" The extremities of the horns of
the sun were at this time exceedingly sharp, but with-
out apparent deformations, the undulations of the air,
however, gave them a serpentine aspect. When the
horns had embraced the three-fourths of the circum-
ference of the moon they began to advance more
rapidly one before the other, and their movement of
progression was very sensible to the eye. From this
moment I remarked several times that this movement
of progression was not uniform, but by starts--it was
not continuous, for sometimes a luminous detached
trace of light was seen in front of the horn. The ob-
scure interval which remained between two was
at first about ten seconds. It filled gradually
with light, and the detached parts blended into
each other insensibly. These detached points ap-
peared at first weak, and less resplendent than the
rest of the sun; but by degrees they acquired
more brilliancy, without change of colour. When
the extremities of the two horns of the sun were only
about 25 deg. from each other there was suddenly
formed a suite of luminous points, to the number of
ten or twelve, separated from each other. They
bore a great analogy to the tops of the mountains of
the moon, which are perceived in the first quarter,
in the obscure part and near the lighted position.
The rupture of the ring was observed at 7h. 36m. 22x.-7.
But the difficulty of choosing the instant at which the
ring might be considered to be perfectly formed ren-
dered very uncertain the determination of these two
phases of the eclipse. I did not perceive the long
black stripes said to have been seen in other eclipses,
nor the chaplets of round beads, nor the dentilated
asperities." M. Mauvais examined attentively the
obscure surface of the moon with a Savart polariscope.
Ile saw no trace of polarisation. He attempted
several times to perceive outside the sun the obscure
portion of the moon which he had seen in the preced-
ing eclipse at Perpignan, but saw nothing similar.
Ile termination of the eclipse took place at
Bh. 57m. 48s.

M. C. Sedilot gave an account of a case of farcy
communicated to a man. The person affected had
been in the habit of riding and grooming a hope that
had the farcy. Fie was suddenly attacked VI ith all
the symptoms of the disease, and after much suffering
lied. On the past mortenz examination there remained
no doubt as to his having had the same disease as the
horse, but it is not known exactly how the pus by
which he was inoculated was communicated.

A FIGHT WITH KNIVES IN A

SPANISH CITY.

Suddenly the muleteer's eyeballs glared like a wild
cat's, and he gnashed his teeth together—you might
have heard them rasp—as with a fierce cry, he sprung
from his seat, upsetting the little table, bottle, glasses,
and all, and with one bound he was alongside the
charcoal burner, and, laying his hand on his shoulder,
twirled him round with a quick violent movement,
and they were face to face. Pepe shook his fist in
;be charcoal-burner's face; but, choked with passion,
he could not speak ; the gleam of his eyes showed
what he meant. Manolo, for it was that worthy, had
evidently been drinking, and was without his hat, and
he started back at first at the startling and sudden
appearance of the muleteer. But, quickly recovering
himself, he drew forth his long knife and rushed at
Pepe ; but his arm was seized by the soldiers, and he
was held back, struggling violently, and cursing hor-
ribly. " Let us have it all fair. A ring ! a ring !"
cried they. " Not in here, not in here !" called out
the alarmed host; " not in here, gentlemen, if you
please ; go out in the street." "In the street,
in the street I the moon is up, and there is
light enough," cried the soldiers, as they
dragged the struggling charcoal burner into the
open air. They had heard nothing of the cause
of this deadly quarr(l; but some backed the muleteer,
others the charcoal-burner. The waning moon shed
a faint, dubious I,ght down the open street upon the
strange scene; but the atmosphere, so pure and
formsserene,
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etphee,
drawing his knife, followed the charcoal burner into
the street. They were apparently well matched; each
about the same size and stature, and each armed with
a long sharp-pointed knife. But Pepe, though mad
with rage, and struck dumb with intense horror at
the sight of his dear master's murderer, had not been
drinking; and, moreover, he had his hat, and much
to avenge. The lower orders of Spaniards practice
from their infancy the use of the deadly navaja ; it
is their inseparable companion, and they can use it
with a dexterity almost incredible. I have often seen
in the towns and villages of Andalusia little boys
playing at knives with pieces of wood, and showing
great skill and readiness in handling their mimic wea-
pons. The Englishman has his fist, the Irishman his
shillelah, the negro his head, and the Spaniard his
knife, which he uses as promptly and readily as the
others; but the effect, as may be supposed, is widely
different. " Now, then, my gamecocks, atit! adollar on
the first stroke !" shouted one of the arriero's backers.
" A dollar on black face !" cried another, patting the
charcoal burner on his back. Pepe and Manolo
' glared fiercely at one another, as each now stood pre-
pared to spring, crouching as a panther does before
his leap, their knives firmly grasped in their right
hands, with the thumb on the blade, and held about
level with the knee. The soldiers formed a ring
round them, and stood in silence ; for now it was not
fair to speak. " Toma!" shouted the charcoal-
burner, as, with a rapid movement he jumped at the
arriero with a deadly intention, but uncertain feet.
As Manolo was in the air, Pepe, with his left hand,
dashed his broad-leafed hat into his face, and baffled
his aim. The impetus of the spring, aided by the
aguardiente he had drank, carried the charcoal-
burner staggering forwards ; and, as he passed, the
muleteer, jumping quickly on one side, drove his long
knife up to the haft in the side of him who had slain
his best friend, and with a shout of triumph he cried,
" Take that for Lope !" It was all over in a minute.
The wounded charcoal-burner fell forwards on his
face, with the red blood spurting from the gash in his
side.—The Wayside Cross.

MADDISON AND CLASPER.--Newell has arrived in
the Tpie, with the boat in which he rowed Coombes,
for the purpose of training Maddison. A good deal ot
excitement exists here, Maddi3on being the Invouri:e, at.
short odds. Ho is a strong, promising young fellow,
and must improve greatly under the tuition of Newell.
EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALlA.—Yesterday
her Majesty's Commissioners for Emigration, appointed
a vessel to leave Deptford, for Port Adelaide, South
Australia, with 130 married emigrants, on the 22d ot
November next.

Mr. Campbell, postmaster, Stranraer, has been com-
mitted to prison, charged with having abstracted from a
letter in the Post-office twenty pounds in Bank of Eng-
land notes in August last. The money was a remittance
from Liverpool to Mr. Milrick, farmer, Clenry,Apacrhi
Michigan
aont
Inch.—Dumfries Herald.
RAPID INCREASE OF POPULATION IN TeallrEs
since,r ti n
INVII
iEnsoTi.—aTnhdewpiospeunlnastiino,n
inofl7oB7ll,iosn
sltndsiixantya,y
t
was 4,0'00 souls—and the population of the tame states
in 1847 is 4,175,000 souls ! One half of this increase
has taken place within the last sixteen years,