The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-16 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1858.

OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
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RICHARD LE PIS, Secretary.
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Southwark-bridge there was no difficulty in dis-
cerning the foot-passengers. On descending into
the street we were surprised to sae a general ab-
sence of curiosity respecting the great event.
Business was going on everywhere ss usual, and
the people in the shops declared that " they had
seen much darker days without any eclipse at all.

GREENWICH.
The morning set in fine with but little cloud
until the phenomenon commenced, *hen the sun
was lost to view, heavy clouds gradually covering
the sky. At noon for abut two mitintes the sun's
crescent became visible through the' cloud ; and
again was seen at half-past 12 o'cloci. After this
time the landscape bec 'me of a brownish tint, and
at one o'clock its htie was not unlike that expe-
rienced previous to a heavy storm of thunder and
rain. A minute or two after the totality it became
perceptibly lighter, and the sun's crescent was
again seen through the clouds for a few minute;
and then again was lost to view, and seen no more.
The birds were singing merrily throughout the
occurrence, and animals seemed no way disturbed.

The subjoined accounts from the country make it
evident that the eclipse took Pace upder circum-
stances which gave much the same amearanca as it
presented in the metropolis :
DONCASTER.
At Doncaster the sky was overcast with clouds
throughout the period of the eclipse, and none of
the expected phenomena were observable, except a
darkening of the earth and air, not exceeding at
any time that 'which usually accompanies k heavy
thunderstorm, and, a. peculiar' sties
atmosphere. Type. of the smallest size could be
read with nearly ordinary facility at any time dur-
ing the obscuration. The Great Northern Com-
pany had a special train this morning to Peter-
borougb, one of the central points of observation
indicated by the astronomers, and a considerable
number of persons, including many scientific men
from Leeds, Sheffield, and the north, availed
themselves of the opportunity afforded of getting
within the most favourable range of vision,

ways. A mile off, on a distant chimney or church
spire, was said to be the Royal Astronomer, Mr.
Hind ; flying detachments of astronomers were dis-
tributed in-various parts of the village. It seemed
impossible that the eclipse could possibly escape so
many earnest and vigilant observers.
But the sky, that bad become overcast at ten ;
at eleven was gloomy with lowering clouds ; at
twelve threatened rain, with a muttering, gusty
wind, which we failed not to recognise as having
attended the approaching occultation of the last
eclipse, and at about seven minutes to one fulfilled
the threat with.a slight patter, that called for the
speedy enveloping of the brighter instruments or
observation in their snug covering. One o'clock
drew near. Darkness—not the blackness of night
—not the greyness of evening—but an absence of
light, a-positive visible darkness, settled down upon.
the lindScape. At lb. Om. Bs. the darkness was at
the greatest point ; but an instant, scarce a second
afterwards, and, a. 3 if a curtain had been lifted, the
air became light, and so gradually lighter until
the full day.
All this while the sun could not be seen, and the
phenomena presented were, therefore, the mere re-
markable. All had happened just as predicted.