The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

SNOW STORM.

....,ESUL TS OF ASTRONOMY.
According to a conjecture first made by the great
Herschell, and afterwards further developed and ren-
dered intelligible by Madler, the entire system of fixed
stars forms, if we may use the expression, a single
lens shaped canopy. That is, we, with our sun, are
situated nearly in the middle of a space, having the
form of two watch-glasses, placed with the concave
surfaces towards each other. The surfaces of this
canopy are studded tolerably equally with fixed stars.
But as we are a thousand times nearer those situated
above and below than those at the edges of this hollow
lens, so the distances between the stars immediately
above us seem greater, whilst the legion of those dis-
tributed at the edge are seen in densely crowded masses
We may consider the Milky Way as the edge and
furthermost limit of this set of fixed stars, where the
infinitely distant crowds of stars are collected in such
masses, that their light flows together into a whitish
cloud, and no longer permits us to isolate one star from
another.
Beyond this our lens, Herschel and the most recent
astronomers imagine that the spots of clouds which
appear like oval flakes in the sky, are other entirely dis-
tinct and independent systems, which float at such an
immeasurable distance from us, that the light has to
wander millions of years in reaching to us.
It is, however, as we before remarked, sufficient for
our purpose to take into consideration only the stars of
the twelfth magnitude, from which the light can travel
to us in four thousand years. From what we have al-
ready said, viz., that the ray of light meeting our eye is
not sent forth from the star at the same moment, but
arrives here according to the corresponding and requisite
number fof seconds, minutes, or years, it follows that
we do not see the star as it is, but as it was at the time
when the ray of light was emitted.
Thus we see the star in Centaur as it was three years
ago, Vega as it was twelve years and one month ago,
and so on to the star of the twelfth magnitude, which
we look upon as it shone four thousand years ago.
Hence follows the conclusion which has frequently been
made by astronomers, and which in its result has become
popular, viz., that a star of the 12th magnitude may
have been extinguished, or set four thousand years ago,
whilst we, nevertheless, continue to see its light shining.
This conclusion, when applied to each of the former
positions, gives the following results.
We do not see the moon as it is, but as it was a second
and a quarter before; i. e., the moon may already have
been dispersed into atoms for more than a second, and
we should still see it entire and perfect.
We do not see the sun as it now is, but as it was eight
minutes before; Jupiter as it was fifty-two minutes;
Uranus as it was more than two hours before; the star
in Centaur as it was three years ago; Vega as it was nine
and a quarter years; and a star of the 12th magnitude as
it was four thousand years ago.
These propositions are well known, and have already
been published in popular works upon astronomy.
It is really marvellous that nobody has thought of
reversing them, and of drawing the very remarkable and
astonishing conclusions which pour upon us in a full
stream from the converse; and it is our intention here to
examine the converse and the inferences which may
thence be drawn.
The following is the relative view of the matter : as
we have before remarked, we see the disc of the moon
not in the form in which it now is, but as it was five
quarters of a second before the time of observation.
In exactly the same way an imaginary observer in the
moon would not see the earth as it was at the moment of
tt in
ne startn h
time,
g backwardso
observation, but as it was five quarters of
a, second before.
An observer from the sun sees the earth as it was eight
minutes before. From Uranus the time between the
reality and the perception by the e) e being two hours
and a half apart ; if, for example, the summit of the
Alps on a certain morning was illumined by the first ray
of the sun at six o'clock, an observer in this planet, who
was provided either with the requisite power of vision,
or a sufficiently good telescope, would see this indication
of the rising of the sun at half-past eight of our time.
An observer in Centaur can of course never see the
northern hemisphere of the earth, because this constella-
tion never rises above our horizon. But supposing it
possible, and that an observer were standing in this star
with such powerful vision as to be able to distinguish
all particulars upon our little earth shining, but feebly
luminous in its borrowed light, he would see, in the
year 1843, the public illuminations which, in the year
1840, made the cities of our native country shine with
the brightness of day during the darkness of night. An
observer in Vega would see what happened with us
twelve years ago, and so on, until an inhabitant of a
star of the twelfth magnitude, if we imagine him with
unlimited power of vision contemplating the earth, sees
it as it was four thousand years ago, when Memphis
number
o r
acebh aoe
rrfal
yroe
miles
fc scatteredrrefsyears,po omdn
od
u ui ansbbg ,t ol
retu e
o s
s ek
aoh was founded, and the Patriarch Abraham wandered upon
its surface.
In the immeasurably great number of
fixed stars
,h
ec uunl idt vhe baret s eft
o h floating in
tether at a distance of between fifteen and twenty bil-
sees the past epochs of our earth as
if existing now, or
s nni s
uea imiodYb swge ri vvi cee
ha
ur
need wait no longer time to see its condition at the re,
quired moment.
A

PPRELIENSION OF A SUSPECTED MURDERER.— On
Tuesdayuu a
charge l last tu
fa
a person
murdern
Cal-
laghan, was apprehended in Wigan by an iris
wasatu providedplace inthe i
tchouanbtvenocfhllla
a mcoemdmitted a considerable time ago
ahhp.aosliJcoeh-ontficer,
_ Charles
Foley,
granted warrant,ayt
of the Irish Judges,
evi-
dence against the prisoner, who was the perpetratoofraofmtahne crimeank with
o. lt
under
rartsh
et that
ntdh e
ocip iocneer
to punish in consequence o
officer had been in this townn thewf
ahc oifeuahpnmrty he assizesia charged,
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theve l
vmell I
family
yeddi
difference. The
been The
iwunputorsuhiitmu,f in-
structedltehheomrihsuenewraasbou
monthsder ago, when he met an Irishman,p to whom
both he and the accused were known, and who, on his
again
u
being questioned, stated
officersttlted that Foley had prepared to depart
for
in
America.this
town T
departed
a fortnightw i without
ago,
os,uacac success s
a.g
held out a strong inducement to
the man to disclose the accused's abode, but he would not,
d the .
irnhTseahlev
mtofficerhaen man,w a
who then stated that Foley was in Americaa
ac-
cording to his own statement, shortly afterwards went over to
Wigan, to acquaint Foley of their still being in quest of him,
a matter which Foley made light of, and, in fact, even hesi-
tated to give his informant any refreshment. The man,
mortified at this reception by Foley, returned to this town
and informed the officer of the residence of the person he
was in quest of. On receiving the information the officer
Promptly went to Wigan with his informant, and having got
his warrant countersigned by Mr. Joseph Acton, was assisted
by some of the officers of the borough police, and on Tuesday
night, at half-past 11 o'clock, proceeded to the house where
Foley, under the name of John Callagham, by which he has
always been known there, resided, which was at a small re-
tail shop, at that time closed. The informant was directed
to knock, and ask for some articles, which he did, and was
admitted, on which he inquired for Callaghan, and on being
informed that he was in bed, the officer entered, and on pro-
curing a light proceeded up stairs and apprehended the pri-
soner. He did not say anything further than that they were
mistaken ; but he was identified by the informant, before Mr.
Thomas Cook, borough magistrate, on Wednesday, after
which he was conveyed to Ireland in custody of the officer.-
-Blackburn Standard.

BELLMULLET, JAN. 27.—The St. George, from Plymouth,
drove on the beach in a gale on the 24th inst., and remains.
CORK, JAN. 27.—The George, of Cork, dwyg 911 owre,
near Dalippere, in A gale lad ;light.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday an inquest was
held at the Punch Bowl, Woodborough, before Mr. C.
Swann, on the body of William Jalland, aged 24, of that
place, joiner. John Burton, framework-knitter, said the
deceased was his son-in-law. On Friday afternoon he came
to witness's house with some hose; he had a gun with him;
he often had a gun, and witness used to complain, but he took
no notice. In about half an hour after he had gone away
witness heard the report of a gun, and in about two minutes
a neighbour (Mr. Taylor) called to him, and said, "Jalland
has shot himself." Witness immediately went out, and saw
Wm Smith (another son-in-law) running towards deceased,
about forty or fifty yards from his house. He perceived the
deceased lying upon the road, rolling about as if in great pain;
a gun was lying near him; he was bleeding from his left side,
and he said, " The whole charge of shot is in me." While being
carried to witness's house blood ran down his trousers. Mr.
Osborne, of Epperstone, surgeon, was sent for, but Jalland
died at About, seven o'clock in the evening. He told witness
that he had shot himself. William Taylor, of Woodborough,
farmer, siaid on Friday afternoon about 'half- past four o'clock,
while in his house, he beard the deceased calling, and he
went to the door, when he heard him crying out that he was
shot; he was then running up the road towards his father's
house. Witness went to Burton, and told him that Jalland said
he had shot himstlf, and then went back and saw him with
the gun in his left hand; he suddenly fell on his face, and
lay till his father and sons went to him; he thought he had
run about 150 yards from the spot where he was shot to
where he fell—William Smith corroborated the above evi-
dence. Upon hearing that Jalland was shot, he had run to
the road, and seeing deceased lying on the ground, had gone
to him, and said, " Whatever have you been doing?" and be
replied, "I'm shot! I'm shot, lad; I shall be dead in a few
minutes." He saw a smoke coming out of deceased's clothes,
and asked him whence it came? but he made no answer.
He turned his coat aside, and said, "Bill, you are in flames ;"
and he said, "Am I? put it out." He turned his trousers'
waistband aside, and saw his shirt was bloody. A gun, which
appeared to have been recently discharged, was lying near
him.—John Henry Osborne, of Epperstone, surgeon, said,
about five o'clock on Friday afternooon, he saw the deceased
at Burton's house; he found a considerable hemorrhage
oozing from a wound in his left side; it had the appearance
of a gun-shot wound, and was five or six inches deep; the
shot had entered in a lump, and then spread into his body;
he could distinctly feel the shot and wadding in different
parts of the abdomen ; they had penetrated as far as the -right
side. Deceased told him, that in getting over a hedge,
coming towards home, he had the muzzle of the gun in his
left hand, and was dragging it after him, it being on full cock
at the time, when a twig caught the trigger, and caused the
gun to be discharged into his side.—Verdict accordingly.—
Notts Journal.
A VETERAN MARINER.—On Monday, the 25th
inst., the mortal remains of Captain Levi Preston, aged 96,
were interred in the churchyard of Grantham, in which town
he had resided during the last forty years, being the oldest
inhabitant of that place. He was born at Whitby, in York-
) shire, and in early life had the reputation of a skilful, enter -
prising, and intrepid sailor. When commanding an armed
transport, the Admiral Barrington, in 1782, she was the first
ship that arrived to the relief of the starving garrison of Gib
' raltar at that memorable siege. On several subsequent oc•
casions he performed essential service by conveying secret
dispatches in cases where nauticall skill, promptitude, and
confidence were essential to succes,, receiving high rewards
and public thanks from the authorities. He finished his
career as a master mariner by making an unprecedented"
, voyage from the Downs to St. Petersburgh and back to
Southampton in 1793, when his ship, the Acorn, was taken
into the transport service, and he retired to enjoy the just
reward of his persevering exertions.
ACCIDENT AT SEA.—We.have the painful duty to
record a most melancholy catastrophe, which occurred on
board the new ship Lady Valiant (of London),' on the 28th
of November last, whilst taking her departure from the
Land's-end of England for the Mauritius, as advised by Cap-
tain Hay, of the said ship, to Messrs. Bb th and Green (of
London), the owners, per their ship John Hallett, just ar•
rived in the West India Docks :—" On the 28th of November
the Lizard bearing N.E., about 40 miles distant, at 6h. 15m.
A.M., while in the act of setting a foretopmast studding-sail,
the chief mate got entangled with the sail, and was taken
overboard. The people called me immediately, and I put
the helm down, and brought everything aback, lowered the
• boat and five men in her, hut, after pulling about for two
hours, they came back without seeing anything of him."
Mr. Richard Isemonger, jun., of Littlehampton, Sussex,
was the chief officer above alluded to. He was universally
respected, an excellent navigator, assistant-astronorner,
&s' . of her Majesty's late Antarctic expedition, on board
the Pagoda.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY. There was yesterday
issued, by order of the House of Commons, an account of all
moneys recieved and disbursed by the Governors of Queen
Anne's Bounty during the year ending 31st of December,
1845. It appears that the receipts in that year amounted to
210,385/. 13s 5d., and the disbursements to 204,912/. 2s. 6d.
Of the latter, the following are several of the chief items:—
Loans on mortgage, to build, &c , glebe houses, 58,9471.; cost
of stock purchased for general 'purposes, 49,132/. ; to the
clergy, being interest and dividend of money and stock ap-
propriated to their livings, 53,0131. ; erection of residence
houses out of appropriated money, 15,243/., &c. The total
amount of first fruits and tenths received in the year was
13,758/. 135., and there was a sum of 41/. in arrear of first
fruits due, and of yearly tenths, 82/. The number of prefer-.
ments charged with tenths was 4,946; thesnumter of prefer-
ments received from, 4,915; and the number of preferments
in arrear, 31. The report is dated from the Bounty-office,
the 30th of November, 1846.
LATEST VERSION OF ALI BABA. —On Monday
the following audacious attempt was made at a small este-
miner, near the Boulevard :—ln the course of the day two
men in blouses entered with an enormous case, on which was
inscribedin large characters "Vin de Champagne," "Fragile."
Having each taken a cup of coffee, they requested the mis-
tress of the house to permit them to leave their case, as they
had a long way to go before they delivered it. She gave
her consent, and they took their departure. Midnight came,
but the men did not return. The commander of the patrol
coming in to enforce the regulations for closing the house for
the night, and being made acquainted with the history of the
case, conceived suspicions that all was not right, and insisted
upon having the case opened. The lid was taken off, and
instead of being filled with bottles of champagne, a man armed with a poignard was brought forth. Finding resist-
ance or evasion hopeless, he at once confessed that in the
middle of the night he was to come out and open the door
to his comrades, and then rob the house of the 6,000 f. or
7,000 f. it was believed to contain. Reinforcements were sent
for from the pest at the Chateau d'Eau, and measures were so
well taken that four men were at last secured, three of them
being wel'-known old convicts.— Paris paper.
DISCOVERY 05' ANCIENT REMAINS AT BRANDON.--
On Tuesday last Mr. Baldwin, tenant to Mr. Bliss, began to
level a hill in a field called the Third Close, adjoining the
meadows belonging to the Chequers Inn, and within five
minutes' walk of the church paths, and upon raising the earth
about the depth of a spade, they discovered the bones of a
human being. Since then, the work being continued, seve-
ral hundreds of skeletons have been found about a foot from
the surface, and there is no doubt that, as the removal of the
ground proceeds, many others will be brought to light. To
all appearance the bones are those of young men of athletic
frames, and most probably, from the imperfect and shattered
condition of some of the skull bones, the discovery of a mus-
ket ball, a piece of a helmet, and a spear, at one time belong-
ing to some gallant fellows who there fell, reaping the har-
vest of a dreadful glory. Around the hill where these
remains were found, there is a moat or ditch, which it is sup-
posed formerly environed Brandon Castle, at which William
the Conqueror held a council of war when he was
baffled in gaining possession of the Isle of Rh', and hence
was compelled with his troops, to retire to Ely .a second
time. This was in the year 1,070. Some curious antiqua-
ries have alreadybcen attracted to the spot, and have struck
upon the foundation of a wall, in the neighbourhood of
which they make no doubt of hitting upon some rare relics.
The bones were re-interred in pits dug for the purpose by order
of Mr. Baldwin. A fork also has been found with tines about
as long as a man's finger, but very short and thick. 1, e have
little doubt that the spot where these remains of past times
have been discovered was the scene of one of those conflicts
that fed the earth with slain durin the contest of the Par-
liament and the Roundheads, or may be.Of an earlier fray. Oil the 24th ult., The neighbourhood of Brandon, we believe, especially to-relict of Joseph Hume, Esq., aged 76.
the
wards Thetford, has furnished a" a clear stage" for many a On nt•hre Roberts of Barnwell, Northamptonshire.
„mum II
hot encounter, in which not only the Briton has been en- Rev. 28th ult at Mill-street, Hanover-square, Mr.
On the .,
gaged, but the Roman the Norman, the Saxon, and the Hew, aged 32.
Jam"
•
77,.CraYford, Kent, Sar7."..2''
ane. The discovery of the bullet will hardly fix the date On the 28th ult., at Epsom, Elizabeth, daughter of the late
Henry Leffler.
of such an event.—Bury and Suffolk Herald.
- CAUTION TO JEWELLERS.—On Saturday infor- On the 28th ult., at Bristol, Susanna Mary, youngest child of the
of Rev. J. H. Woodward, aged 1 year.
. Oil the 29th ult., Caroline Annette, the wife of Henry Powell' Esq.'
:nation was received by the police that Mr. Lascelles,
Berwick-street, Soho, a private jeweller, had been plundered 'or AI uswell4nll,llornsey.
t-41e.n•rai
Of a valuable gold chain by a !say who called at his residence On the 24th ult., at Grainville House, Jersey, Lieutenan . and
re- Sir Edward Gibbs, KC B Colonel of the 52d Light Infantry'
late Lieutenant-Governer in a brougham, and mentioning the name of a customer,
relief
quested to look at some gold chains, eventually departing
On the 29:11 ,
of the late Rev. Thomas Bane, without making any purchase ; and shortly afterwards a
aged
chain worth 15/. was missed. During the week a gold pillar
chain was stolen under similar circumstances from Mr.'
-.'on • Printed Greenwood, of Hauway-yard, Oxford-street; and a gold
No 112, Strand, in the Precinct
supposed Printer, at The Buis e
Loa. . and Published
eby MUR. DO YOUNG, of No.
mivial chain from ajeweller's near the Mansion-house. The 8
supposed thief is about forty years of ege, dressed kt blank of the Savoy, la the County of Middlesex, A1906,71"'"
raary_l; 1847.
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DETENTION OF THE IRISH MAIL.--FUNERAL OB"
STRUCTED BY THE DRIFT, &C.--,One of the most exten-
sive obstructions of the public road by snow drift, that
has happened for many years, occurred last week on the
road from Ballantrae, by Glenap, to Stranraer. The
whole of the road from Auchairne entry to the head of
Glenap was rendered impassable,' the snow in many
places being lodged from eight to ten feet deep. The
Portpatrick mail, on Thursday, which should have
reached Girvan at seven in the evening, did nob arrive
till next day, and the Friday's mail the same. The mail
going south was even longer detained, as in both eases
the road had to be cut through. A hearse and funeral
party were also blocked up by the snow*, not far from
Auchencrosh. The party, finding further progress
impossible. lefs the hearse in the snow till the roa
should be cleared. The hearse, therefore, remaine
blocked up in the snow, from nine in -the morning of
Thursday, till three in the afternoon of Friday.
M'Call, our excellent road surveyor, on receiving notice
of the obstruction, was promptly on the ground, and ses
thirty men to work to clear the way, which was im-
passable for above three miles, and this they effected in
the course of Friday. One of the drivers of the Irish
mail, when informed at the Cairn of the obstruction,
vowed he would drive through the snow though it short
thirty feet deep, and valorously plunged on for a Sheri
distance; but his career was speedily stopped by the
horse running into the ditch, as, in the drift and white'
ness all around, it was impossible to keep the road, and
both he and the horse were completely smothered aPt
He with difficulty extricated himself, and, being fortu-
nately near Kilantringan-toll, managed to repair thither
and obtain assistance in extricating the horse ; both
horse and driver were obliged to stay at the toll-house
all night. Next morning the mail from Girvan reached
the Auchairne end of the obstruction, and the bags
were transferred from the!one gig:to the other. The snow
did not lie very deep on the moor, as there was 11°
great fall; but the wind being high caused the snow
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