The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-17 00:00:00

WAIFS FROM WARWICK.

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The meagre appearance presented by Ur. Sharpe's
Garebooge cards did not prepare those turfites who made
the trip to Warwick for an exuberance of sport. Indeed
the five races brought out only twenty-two runners
and the proceedings would have been utterly insignificant
except for the first appearance this season of Saunterer
who entered the lists against Commotion and Odd
Trick. The black an, however, on whom 7to 4 was
betted did not show much of that marvellous form
which be displayed in the autumn of last year
and if his running to-day be correct he could not have
won the Cambridgeshire with 7st 41b on his back,
albeit be got third, carrying Bst 121 b. For the Trial
Stakes he was ingloriously defeated by Odd Trick and
Commotion at even weights ! The other events decided
were marked by neither interest nor importance.
People seem to regard Weathercock as a good thing
for the Steeplechase, and expect that with him the
French division will repeat their Jean du Quesne
triumph of last year. According to his Liverpool run-
ning the wind of fortune may give him a good turn, but
should Wonatoroook tiPanl it 9•21./7, to aspire to success,
perhaps either Escape or Black Bess may pull through.
Border Chief and Englemere appear to me to be as
worthy of notice as any animal handicapped for the
hurdle race, and I shall not be surprised to see Old Dog
Tray the winner of the steeple chase handicap.
Tke fiat race will depend so much upon the running
to-morrow (Wednesday), that I shall not attempt to
guess its result.

Leamington, Tuesday night.

THE ECLIPSE.

• Mr. J. P. Nichol, of the Glasgow University.
gives the following account of the late eclipse :

The eclipse in this quarter bas been a sad disap-
pointment it has neither frightened ner in•
structed any body. The sky has not fallen down, as
Mr. Hind forewarned us, nor have we learned anything
about beads, strings., polarisation or red protubtras.ces.
I am personally rather irritated at thie, for I had made
arrangements, in conjunction with my friends, Profefsor
William Thomson and Dr. John Taylor, to examine
everything and discover something ; but the inevitable
Perm interfered.- IJntil the close of last week our
weather was brilliant; wind from the north and east,
land a clear, keen, bard-biting frost. The. wind changed
on Friday, and has vibrated since between west and
south-west. Of course the sky also changed, and clouds
appeared. This morning, however, was one of consider-
able promise ; but even so early as 10 o'clock the issue
had become manifest enough. The beginning of the
eclipse and its progress for some time were seen, although
uncertainly, owing to the frequent interference of clouds.
As the period of greatest darkness approached the.
clouds thickened and accumulated, so that at the very
time when physical research ought to have been pro-
ceeding, we had only the most momentary and tantalising
glimpses of the phenomenon. The attempt to discern any
red floating masses or protuberances, even by aid of our
Breadalbane telescope (a fine equatorial reflector of 21
inches diameter), was of coarse out of the question. Trie
following numerical determinations may interest some
of your readers ; most of them refer to the contact of
the shadow with a striking group of spots on the sun's
disc :

H. H. s.
Time of first contact ll 42 33'6
Moon and centre of first spot
• ~ largest spot

The largest spot was of triangular shape. The fol-
lowing indicates the time of contact of the lunar disc
with its three "'harp curves :

H. H. S.
First curve
Second curve
Third curve l2 25 14.36
Contact with last spot of group
The foregoing numbers indicate Greenwich time. The
eclipse taking place so soon on nom, gave as the oppor-
tunity of noting the time of transits of the cusps :
H. M. S.
Transit of I. cusp
Transit of 11. cusp
Transit of 11, limb of sun 23 41 27'37
Those numbers are in sidereal tia e.

I had arranged to note all the importaht meteorolo-
gical movements every quarter of an hour during the
eclipse. I transmit the indications of the barometer and
dry and wet bulb thermometers. The indications of the
black bulb thermometer I must not send, for reasons
that are very obvious.

Dry Bulb, Wet Bulb,
Hour. Barometer, Thermometer. Therm.
h. in. deg. see. deg. See.
11.15
11.30
11.45
Noon.
0.15
0.30
0.45
1. 0
1.15
1.30
1.45
2. 0
2.15

The heights of the barometer given above are the
observed heights reduced to zero of temperature. The
thermometer fell about the time of greatest obecuration,
but by no means so much as seems to have been generally
expected, the cause being the precipitation of moisture,
and the screen interposed by the clouds, as a barrier to
direct communication between the surface of the earth
and external bodies. The diffusive influence of the
clouds also prevented that degree of darkness being felt
which would have been felt had the day been bright. In
the latter case we should have seen the brighter of the
fixed stare that were above the horiz -41. I siecerely
hope that this eclipse has yielded more and better fruit
in other regions. But let not our young astronomers of
the West of Scotland be discouraged, for although this
eclipse has failed them, the "great comet" is coming.
The latitude of the Observatory of Gia.gow is 55 deg.
52 min. 42.6 sec. ; its longitude is 17 min. 11.8 sec.
west ; and the height of the cistern of the barometer
above the level of mean water at Greenock is 200 feet.

DUBLIN, MARCH 15.

The sky was covered from an early hour this morning
with dense grey clouds, which fully accounted fur the
absence of curiosity or anxiety which is usually mani-
fested on the approach of a phenomenon so unusual as a
solar eclipse. The clouds which covered the whole sky,
were rapidly drifting from the west during the whole day,
so that no satisfactory observations could possibly be
made to verify the singular appearances which have been
described by astronomers. Occasional glimpses were ob-
tained through holes in the cloudy envelope which invested
the eartb. The full disc of the sun was seen for an instant
just as the eclipse commenced. Again it was seen for a
few moments, at 1112. 45m. ; at 12b. 20m. it re-appeared ;
and at occasional intervals could be discerned

through the clouds with the naked eye. The ap-
pearance presented was that of the silvery crescent well
defined in form the line joining the cusps being appa-
' rently the diameter of'the disc. Nothing further can be
said as to tbetappearance of -the son. A 6 the moment
of greatest oltscuratioti there was a partial gloom thrown
on surrounding objects which cleared of as the moon
moved off.

Mr. Airy recommended, in last Saturday's Athenceum,
that the barometer and thermometer should be observed.
It may be satisfactory to him to know that the barome-
ter stood at 38.040, without any variation, during the
eclipse ; the temperature of the air was 52 deg. F., and
fell about one degree during the period of greatest ob-
ecuration ; the wet bulb thermometer stood at 49 deg.,
and fell with the other to 48 deg.
ABERDEEN, MONDAY, 2.30.

The eclipse has gone off well. We have had fine
weather, dry and clear. A few fleecy clouds have rather
helped thel observers, by saving their eyesight, whatever
may have been the effect on the men of science. A de-
tailed account by next post.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WHITEHALL, ItAmu 13.

The Queen has been pleased io direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and place
of Advocate-General or Judge Martial of her Majesty's
Forces to John Robert Mowbray, Esq.
_ _ _ _

DOWNING-STREET, AIARCH 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard James
Corner, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast,
-bud Assessor to the Native Chiefs within the protected
territories near, or adjacent to, the said forts and settle-
ments.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint B. B.
Watermeyer, Esq., to be one of the three Putsne Judges
of the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good
Hope; Henry J. Woodcock, Esq., to be Attorney-General
for the Island of Antigua ' • William Aurelius Harland,
Esq., M.D., to be Colonial Surgeon for the Island of Hong
Kong ; and Joseph B. H. Collings, Esq., M.D., to be
Auditor-General for the Island of Malta.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Menai( IG.
Gth Dragoon Guards—George Selwyn Marryat, Gent., to
be Cornet without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant
Hudson, killed in action.
let Dragoons—William Jamesvi
be Cornet, by purchase, geger.povromDwoatedn., Gent., to
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sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant F. R. C. Grant, from 9th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase. To
be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant Arthur
Murray, from 12th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant Thomas
Wm. Valiance, from 95th Foot; Lieutenant Adolphus
Murthy, from Military Train ; Lieutenant George
Money Bright, from 2d Foot; Lieutenant H. N. Sails,
from 12th Foot; Cornet and Adjutant E. F. Weaver;
Ensign Joseph Henry Cowan, from GOth Foot • Second
Captain John Addy, from half-pay of the late Land
Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster ; Veterinary
Surgeon William C. Lord, from the 14th Light Dra-
goons, to be Veterinary Surgeon.
7th Light Dragoons—Riding-Master John Mould to be
Cornet, without purchase; Cornet J. Mould to be Ad-
jutant, vice Haynes, who resigns,the Adjutancy only;
Regimental Sergeant-Major Thomas Bell to be Riding-
Master, vice Mould.
9th Light Dragoons—AetingVeterinary-Surgeon Frederick
Bailey to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Shaw, appointed
to the 18th Light Dragoons.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Arthur Cecil Tempest to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harnett, promoted ; John
Douglas Johnstone, Gent.' to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Tempest ; Francis de Burgh, Gent., to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Garnett, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—Adolphua John Spencer Chichester,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Shaw,
promoted.
14th Light Dragoons—Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Henry
Dawson to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Lord, appointed
to the sth Light Dragoons..
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant James Stewart to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Grant,. who retires.
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from the 12th
18th Light Dragoons. —To be Captains without purchase.
—Lieutenant Frederick William G-oldfrap,
Light Dragoons • th t
be Lieutenants, wi ou
the 9th Light Dragoons. To
from 29th Foot ; Lieut.
purchase.—Lieut. John D.a_nec Brigade;
Lieut. William
, Lieutenant Alfred Stowell Jones., from
William Palliser, from Ripe
42d Foot; Lieut. Harman
Pemberton Heaketh, from
William Henry Weldon, from Gth
14th Foot ; Lieut.
Sergeant-Majoriltiohard Saunders, from 15tk
Hardy, from 2d FooLientenant William Coxon, from
Dragoons.
Light Dragoons,
Henry O'Shea, Gent., to be Cornet,
Adjutant;
Sirgeato be Cornet, without purchase, and
William
without P
Dragoons, to be Teterinary-Ser-
urehase ; Veterinary-Surgeon Austin Cooper
geOn•
Brevet-Major Lewis Wm. Penn to be
Royal Artillery—
only; from 9th Light
W.ll. T 1 S tt t b
tieman Cadet i lam re awny co o e
Adjutant, vice Drayson, who resigns the Adjutancy
only ; Gen
Lieutenant.
Royal Engineers—The date of the promotion of the fol-
lowing
officers to be 2nd December, 1857, and not Ist
December, 1857, as previously stated :—Lieutenantt
Colonel John Cameron, Captain Henry Watley Tyler,
eepromoted
Captain John Cromie Blackwood De Butts, 2nd Capt.
Arthur Leahy.
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Neville,
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3rd in
Ensigns, without purchase— Henry Kina-
hen, Gent., vice Mellor, whose
appointment has been
James cancelled ; Charles Hamilton, Gent. ; James
Ed ward' Forster, Gent.
4th Foot To be Ensigns, without purchase—WalterStew-
art Brown, Gent., vice Eames, deceased ; Henry Litton,
Gent., vice Boyce, promoted.
sth Foot—Captain C. St. John S. Herbert, from half-pay
97th Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Brien, appointed to the
20th Foot; Lieut. Frederick James Mylius to-be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Home, deceased; Ment.
Horatio Walpole to be Captain, by purchase, vice Her'