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

Racing

Richmond Spring 1
Newmarket Craven 5
Durham 5
Catterick Bridge
Abergavenny
York Spring 13
II:ley Spring l4
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Chester 4
Bath ll
Harpenden l4 1
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Ascot 1
Hampton
Newton 9
Beverley Summer 16
Bibury Club l6
Stockbridge l7

PRICK OF GOLD. —Tbe quotation of gold at Paris is
about ;!, per mille discount, and the short exchange on
London is 25.071 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per
ounce for standard gold it appears that gold is nearly
3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3 i per
1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price
is therefore about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London
than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New
York on London f r billy at 60 days sight iy about 109
par taut., which, when cowpareci with the Mitit par
between the two countries, shows that the exchange is
about at par; and, after making allowance for charges
of transport and difference of interest, the present rate
leaves a small profit on the importation of gold f
the United Stater!.

THE Er LIPSE.

Time of first contact ............... H.
S.
.. 11 42 33'6
Moon and centre of first spot ...... 12 2(1 42'3
ft •IP largest spot ... 1?, 24 51'1
The largest spot was of triangular sha?e. The fol-
lowing indicates the time of contact of the lunar disc
with its three sharp curves :

H. 31. 8.
First curve
Second curve
Third curve
Contact with last spot of group

The foregoing numbers indicate Greenwich time. The
eclipse taking place so soon on noon, gave us the oppor-
',unity 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 27'31

These numbers are in sidereal ti i e.
I had arranged to note all the importaht meteorolo
gical movements every quarter of an hour during the
eclip-e. 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.

Barometer.

Dry Bulb. Wet Bulb
Flour. Thermometer. Thum.
11, m. deg. see. deg. sec.
11.15
11.30
11.45
Noon. 29.567 ' 46.94
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 obscuration,
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 eurfaca of the earth
and external bodies. The diffusive influence of the
clouds also prevented that degree of elarkne,,e 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 stars that were above the boriz n. I sincerely
hope that Om eclipse bas yielded more and better fruit
in otber 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 Glasgow 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 fir 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 Wive been
described by astronomers. Occasional glimpses WCTO ob-
tained through boles in the cloudy envelope which invested
the earth. The full disc of th 9 sun was seen fur an instant
just as the eclipse commenced. Again it was seen for a
few moments, at l lb. 45m. ; at 12h. 20m. it re-appeared ;
and at occasional intervals could be discerned
through the clouds with the raked eye. The ap-
pearance presented was that of the silvery crescent wed
defined in form, the line joining the cusps being appa-
rently the diameter of the disc. No'hing fqrther can be
said as tJ the appearance of the son. A t the moment
of greatest obscuration there was a partial gloom thrown
on surrounding objects which cleared di as the moon
moved off. -

Mr. Airy recommended, in last Saturday's A thenceum,
that the barometer and thermometershould be observed.
It may be sati.f.etory to him to know that the barome-
ter stood at 30.C40, without any variation, during the
eclipse ; the temperature of the air was 52 dcg. F., and
fell about one degree during the period of greatest ob-
souration ; 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 kad fine
weather, dry and char. A few fleecy clouds have rather
helped the observer., by saving their eyesight, whatever
may have been the effect on the men of ecienue. A de-
tailed account by next post.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 13.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and place
ofAdvocate-General or Judge Martial of her Majesty's
Forces to Joh❑ Robert Mowbray, Esq.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 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,
and 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 E. B.
Watorrneyer, Esq., to be ouo of the three Puisne Judges
of the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good
Hops; Henry J. Woodcock, Esq., to be Attorney-General
for the Island of Antigua ; Aurelius Harland,
Esq., M.D., to be Colonial Surg.!un fur the bland of Hung
Kong ; and Joseph B. H. Collings, Esq., M.D., to be
Auditor-General for the Island of Malta.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCEL 16.
6th Dragoon Guards—George Selwyn Marryat, Gent., to
be Cornet without purch:se, in succession to Lieutenant
Hudson, killed in action.
Ist Dragoons—William James M`Gregor Dawn, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ballo, promoted.
sth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant F. R. C. Grant, from 9th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase. To
bs 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 60 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 Thoulas Bell to be Riding-
Master, vice Mould.
9th Light Dragoons—Acting Veterinary-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—Adolphus Jobn Spencer Chichester,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Shaw,
promoted.
14th Light Dragoons—Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Henry
Dawson to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Loid, appointed
to the sth Light Dragoons..
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant James Stewart to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Grant, who retires.
18th Light Dragoons. —To be Captains without purchase.e
t 1
—Lieutenant Frederick William Goldfrap,fromones,
from
Light Dragoons • Lieutenant Alfred Stowell J
Harman William
Hardy, from 2d Fool
from 29th Foot; Lieut.
purchase.—Lieut. John Dane, B
the 9th Light Dragoons. To be Lieutenants, without
William Palliser,
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and
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Adjutant; William Henry O'Shea, Gent , to be Cornet,,
without purchase ; Veterinary-Surgeon Austin Cooper
Shaw, from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary-Sur-
geon.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major Lewis Wm. Penn to be
Adjutant, vice Drayson, who resigns the Adjutancy
only; Gentleman Cadet NVilliam Trelawny Scott to be
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 :—Lieutonant-
Colonel John Cameron, Captain Henry Watley Tyler,
Captain John Cromie Blackwood De Butts, 2nd Capt.
Arthur Leahy. _ _

Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. F. P. Muller to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Neville, promoted
in the 22nd Foot.
3rd Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase— Henry Kina-
ban, Gent., vice Mellor, whose appointment has been
cancelled ; Charlai James Hamilton, Gent. ; James
Edward Forster, Gent.
4th Foot To be Ensigns, without purchase—Walter Stew-
art Brown, Gent., vice Eamee, 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 Lieut.
Horatio Walpole to be Captain, by purchase,
Tice Her
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IMr. J. P. Nichol, of the Glasgow University
gives the following account of the late eclipse :
The eclipse in this quarter has been a sad disap-
pointment; it has neither frightened nor in•
strutted any body. The sky has nut fallen down, as
Mr. Hind forewarned us, nor have we learned anything
about beads, strings, polarisation or red protuberances.
I am personally rather irritated at this, for I had made
arrangements, in conjunction with my friends, Professor
William Thomson and Dr. John Taylor, to examine
everything and discover something ; but the inevitable
Parcaa interfered. Until the close of last week our
weather was brilliant ; wind from the north and east,
and a clear, keen, hard-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
&on& 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
Breacialbane telescope (a fine equatorial refLctor of 21
inches diameter), was of course out of the question. The
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 :