The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1858.

No. 20,688.

SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEyONPORT.
Admiralty, Somerset-place, 9th October, 1858.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 26th
instant, at 10 o'clock in the Forenoon, the Admiral Superin-
tendent will put up to sale _in her Majesty's Dockyard at
Devonport, several lots of OLD STORES, consisting of Old
Rope Shakings, Spun Yarn, Unlayed Yarn, Hammocks, and
Canvass in small pieces, Oakum, Hemp Rakings and Tyers,
Coal Sacks, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said yard.
Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super=
intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of sale may be had here and at
the Yard.

PATENT DERRICK COMPANY (Limited)
Offices-27, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital, £lOO,OOO,
In Two Thousand Shares of £5O each.
DIRECTORS.
W. E. Durant Cumming, Esq., Lloyd's.
'Thomas Moxon, Esq., 29, Throgmorton-street.
Joseph R. Croskey, Esq., 84, King William-street, City.
Captain M. J. Currie, RN., Vernon-terrace, Brighton.
William Barter, Esq.,l2, Langbourne-chambers,Fenchurch.
street.
Lewis Hope, Esq., 4, Bishopsgate-churchyard.
Captain James Rawstorne,R.N., Abingdon-villas, Kensing.
ton.
Albert D. Bishop, Esq., 9, South-crescent, Bedford-square.
Solicitor--Charles Walton, Esq.; 30, Bucklersbmy.

Bankers—London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London.
This Company's Derricks are eminently adapted, by their
great power, to accomplishing expeditiously and economically
every description of hoist, whether on land or water, required
in Government Arsenals and Navy Yards ; or by Dock Com-
panies, Shipbuilders, Engineers, Contractors, and others ; also,
to raising sunken and recovering stranded vessels and their
cargoes.
A large proportion of the vessels wrecked on our coasts
may be recovered by the aid of the Patent Floating Derricks,
at a guaranteed rate of salvage, ranging between 25 and 75 per
cent. The Company have entered into an agreement with the
Marine Insurance Companies, and Underwriters of London
and Liverpool, which secures to the former 75 per cent. of the
net salvage proceeds (after deducting working expenses) from
all vessels and cargoes, sunk prior to the date of the agree-
ment, which may be raised and recovered by means of their
Patent Floating Derricks.
In the United States two of these Derricks, belonging to
the New York Derrick Company, have raised and saved
upwards of 400 -sunken and stranded vessels, and have
likewise hoisted and placed on board the engines and
boilers of more than 300 steamers. This Company com-
menced by paying its shareholders half-yearly dividends of
10 per cent. ; but, since July, 1857, has regularly paid quarterly
dividends of the likeamount.

The Directors and their friends have taken and paid up in
full, shares to the extent of £lO,OOO of the Company's stock,
to enable them to construct, and submit to the Public, one
river and one sea-going Derrick, both now launched, prior to
soliciting co-operation towards fully carrying out the
highly Important and promising enterprise for which the
Patent Derrick Company has been established.
The Directors are now prepared to issue to the Public
further Shares of £5O each in the Capital Stock of the Com-
pany to the extent of £20,000. These shares are required to
be paid as follows

£lO per 'Share on Application, and the remainder by
, Calls of £lO each, at intervals of one Month between
each Call.
Forms of Application for Shares, and Prospectuses, may
be obtained by applying to the Secretary, G. J. SHARP, Esq.,
at the Offices. of the Patent Derrick 'Company, 27, Cornhill,
London, E.C.

ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE' AND
GUARANTEE COMPANY.
(Established 1838.)
Principal Office, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, London, S.W.
City Branch, 63, Moorgate-street, E.C. ,
DIRECTORS. .
William Esq.,Beattle,-M.D. 'George Goldsmith Kirby,
Capt. the Hon. S. T. arnegie, Esq.
R.N. C.B. James Nichols, Esq.
Lieut.-Col., James Croudace, Rear-Aft-1. the Right Hon.
H.E.I.C.S. . Lord George Paulet, C.B.
Swytifen Jervis;,Esq. Capt. Thos. Portlr,,R.N.
William King, Esq. • - 'George Raylnolad,"Esq. -
Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments granted, and every
other mode of provision for Families arranged.
Half the Annual premiums for the first five years may re-
main on credit for any period until death, on Payment of In-
terest at five per cent. per annum. -
Parties allowed to go to, or reside in, most parts of the
world, without extra Premium. •

Naial and Military Lives, not in active Service, assured at
the ordinary rate.
Policies forfeited by non-payment of Premium, revivable at
any time within Six Months, on satisfactory proof of health,
and the payment of a triffing fine. -
No charge for Policy Stamps..
Reversionary Interests in every description of real or per-
sonal property purchased.
Security to Employers, Guarantee for Fidelity.in situations
of trust. .

Forms of ProPosal, with every information, may be ob-
tained at the Office of the Company, or by letter, addressed
EE
to ENRY.WILLIAIVI
Actuary and Secretary.

INTERNATIONAL LIFE- - ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858:—
Established 1837.—Pavment of Premium within Days of
Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this
Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith-
standing the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days
of grace, and before-payment of- the annual premium, provided
payment thereat' be made, or notice of the death• be given to
the office before the expiration of such days of grace.
For the Court of Directors,
E. S. SYMES, Chairman.

THE INTERNATIONAL. LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
142, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act of Parliamentfor LIFE ASSURANCE,
SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES,. ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.-
W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. I Henry J: Hodgson, Esq.
Samuel King-Church. Esq. Johd Moss, Esq.
John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq.
F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
AUDITORS. •
Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford
Young.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F:R.A.S., F.S.S., &c.
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhouse, Esq.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
• SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-
row.

The next Quinquennia.
In May, 18(30.

Division of Profits will be declared

Examples of

onus up to May, 1855 :

Policy
taken
out in

Sum
Assured.

1 838
1841
1845
1848
1851

3,000
4,000
2,000
2,000
2,800

Bonus in
addition
to Sum
Assured.

s. d.
867.17 7
749 4 0
232 18 0
154 2 8
120 17 0

Bonus in
Cash.

Permanent
Reduction
of Annual
Premiums.

X s. d. X s. d.
428 1 4 56 3 8
325 16 0 32 0 4
156 15 0 16 6 0
103 16 8 10 15 2
72 14 6 6 7 7

The following are amongst the advantages offered by the
nternational Life Assurance Society:—

The Society was established in 1818.
Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured
every five years.
Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds.
Its investments, at the date of the last annual report
amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds.
Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds.
The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand.
About one thousand new policies are added every year.
Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims
upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the
Chairman, 142, Strand

EDMOND S. STAIES, Chairman.
142, Strand, London, W.C.

NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE,

Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm,
Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria,
Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn,
Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea,
Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps,
Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy oil at sea),
Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption,
also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by
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REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty
times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover,
the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the
only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor
interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish
for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion,
and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled.
We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of
gratitude from invalids :—Cure-No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the
Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" I have derived con-
siderable benefit from Du Barry's. Revalenta Arabica Food,
and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise
the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No.
49,332. " Fifty years' indescribable agonyfrom dyspepsia, ner-
vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms,
sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by
Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near
Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of
Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Harts, a cure ofextreme ner-
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cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near
Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors
ofnervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Tire, of con-
stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210.
Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212.. Cap-
tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Mawr Edie, of
enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength.
Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and
daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea
and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption.
Cure No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis.
Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley,
of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de-
rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Hoize,
aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indig,estion),'debility, irritability,
and nervousness, which had tormented, her for 70 years. Cure
No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years'
diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle-
stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indiges-
tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con
sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of
recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness,
constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf-
fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or
relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a
very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London."
No. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility,
with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had
consulted the advice of many, have •been effectually
excessive nervousness,
cured by 11u u Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall
'l, ,tvhe'itidappy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W.
Rectory
with,N pains n
years' orfolk. NB3 "Three
in . neck and,left
"1, and general debility, whichrendered life.
my e. very
miserable, has b
restorin Food.een radically removed by Du Barry's health
bereen. Cure N __A ex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib-
No. 3,906. "
and general debility Thirteen years' cough, indiges-
tion,excellent Revalenta have been removed by Du Barry's
street Perth." Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-
important Caution 11P'
imitations : nit the fearful danger of spurious
The Vice-Chancellor Sir William
injunction on the 10th March, 1854 Page Wood granted an
Neville, for imitating ~Du Barry,s
Tievagainst Alfred Hooper
tlerita Arabica Food."
Suitably packed for all climates,
an
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re-
fined quality 11b., 6s. ; 21b., lls. ; s
22s Voii Super ,
101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage
free, on The
ceipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Coon
Regent-
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,
Purveyors to her
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-s red ; also
at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 94,
Chaapside ; and 60, BiflOpligitteltred , 63, no, and
Pctorditreet.

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This Day, Three Volumes, Bvo, 365.
AHISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF
GREECE, from the'Slanuspripts of the late Professor
K. 0. MILLER. The first half of the Translation by the
Right Hon. Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS, Bart., M.P. The
remainder of the Translation, and the Completion of the'
Work according to the Author's plan, by JOHN WILLIAM
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of London, late Fellow of Trinity,College, Cambridge..
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This work, originally undertaken at the request of the
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latter half of the work, should complete it according to the
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_VEIST'S 'RACING RECORD for 1858.
Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of
November. The Record, containing a complete calendar of
Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi-
nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings.
W. Wright, Fuiwood's Rents, Holborn

ATO MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE
for Indigestion (dyspepsia),-habitual Constipation, Flatu-
lency; Acidity, Palpitation of the heart, Torpidity of the Liver,
Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility,
Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency,
Spleen, &c.
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general reader.
• . .

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Chemistry, Dr. Andrew llee, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr.
Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many
thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re-
stored by it after all other means of cure had failed.
London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and
through all Booksellers in Town and Country.

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continue for One Mouth, and will be given as .. -
M. JULLIEN'S FAREWELL and " CONCERTS
D'ADIEU,"

Before his departure for his -"UNIVERSAIi MUSICAL-
TOUR " through every city and capital of Europe, America,
Australia, the Colonies, and civilised towns of. Asia and
Africa, accompanied by the elite of his orchestra and other
artistes " savants, hommes de lettres," being the nucleus of a
society- already formed under the title of:".SOCIETB -DE
L'HARMONIE UNIVERSELLE," instituted nqt only to
pOpularise the divine and civilising art of Music, but to pro-
mote, through HarmCiny's Powerful eloquence, a noble and
philanthropic cause.
-The full Prospectus will shortly be published. •
All communications to be addiessed to Mons. Jullien 214
Iregent-street;W.

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OPEN FOR TWO NIGHTS MORE, TUESDAY,
Oct. 11th, positively the Last Night but :One.—Vocal and
Instrumental Concerts in the Handel Orchestra—Wonderful
Performances on the Ballet Stage—H. Croueate's talented
Company of Equestrians, and several new celebrities, in the
Cirque Imperials—Extra Fireworks—Thousands of Extra
Variegated Lamps—Dancing before and after the Fireworks
—Two Bands—Open at 7, commences at half-past—Admis-
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NESDAY, Oct. 13.

ikLHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square.
(The best Ventilated Building in Europe.)
Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing.
WALLETT'S GREAT EQUESTRIAN COMPANY
Are still in their zenith of attraction. Senora DELAVANTI
in her incredible and terrific Ascent on the Atlantic Tele-
graph Wire, is daily and nightly hailed with cheers ;
Pastor, the Star Rider of America ; Julia Tournaire, Cook,
the wonderful Delavanti Family, Herr Footit, &e., appear
at each Exhibition. The celebrated Clown, Mr. Harry
Croueste is engaged, and will appear at each representation.
TWO PERFORMANCES EACH DAY,,
Commencing at Half-past Two and Half-past Seven
o'clock, Pam
Admission—Private boxes, £1 10s. to £2los. each ;
5s ; reserved seats, 3s. ' • boxes, 2s. ; pit, Ss. ; gallery, 6d.
Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for
booking places. Children under 9, half-price.

T•
HORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.-
It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious
article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already
its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder,
and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been
brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts
concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since,
a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a
,‘ perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get
the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some
of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The
horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had
gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri-
cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &e., the animals which
carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed-with Thor-
ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we
are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely
from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can
proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those
who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle
will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a
pamphlet which is sent post-free.

The nature of the recent operations in the
Turkish loan was further developed on Saturday. Although
the public on Friday paid an instalment of 15 per cent. on
the first £3,000,000, and n deposit of 20 per cent. on an ad-
ditional issue of £1,300,000, there were few sellers even at
firstspeculatorsiqtetien for
findd
thein iffi
newcnitY
lr sviprices,ed
theiraccounts.
issue this morning was to premium, and it ultimately
npc
and t e adverse
The
quotation
advanced until, after regular hours, it stood at lz to I.
The old scrip opened at par, and left off at premium.
NAVIGATION: OF THE DANUBE.--The following
extract of a letter gives some interesting details on the sub-
ject of the navigation of the mouth of the Danube and on
the works to be Paocuted there, in order to improve the St.
George's Channel :—" The duration of the works may be
estimated at from three to five years, and the expense ap-
proximately at nine millions of francs, but if other expenses
of ulterior improvement, su.chnsthe removal of the Toultcha
Rock, &c., be taken into consideration, it would be more
correct to set the sum down at 12,000,000 fr. The annual
expense of repairs, exclusive of those of administration, may
be estimated at 300,000 fr. Commercial men, who would
largely benefit hy the improvements made in the navigation of
the river, could easily bear the dues necessary to pay the in-
terest, and provide for a sinking fund for the expense.
In calculating on a traffic of 372,000 tons, and by imposing
a tax of 3f. a ton, a sum of 1,116,000 f. would be raised,
which might be divided as follows : —600,000 f. for interest,
458,000 f. for repairs and other expenses, and 58,000 f. for
sinking fund. From the information. which had been laid
before the commission it appears that the charges of all
kinds now imposed on commerce amount to at least 22f. a
ton, which sum may be reduced to 6f. from the facilities
afforded by the works. The addition therefore of a tax of
3f.will etill leave to commerce a bent of 13f, a ton."

THE NAVY.

The steam transport Meteor, laden with ammu-
nition and general war stores, sailed yesterday
from Woolwich for Colombo.

The Industry, 2, iron screw steam storeship,
Master George J. Hodges, commander, arrived at
Portsmouth on Sunday evening, from Plymouth
and Ireland.

The Lucifer, 4, paddlewheel steamvesspl, Master
Johnston, acting, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
morning from Plymouth.
Her Majesty's steam-transport the Himalaya.
Commander Seacombe, having had her bottom
thoroughly overhauled at Plymouth Dockyard, was
yesterday declared ready for servic%. She will
embark a regiment of cavalry for Bombay—proba-
bly the 15th Hussars.
The Prussian frigate Gefion, 48, Capt. Donner,
sailed from Spithcad yesterday afternoon for Ply-
mouth.

The Argus, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, Com-
mander F. W. Ingram, came into Portsmouth
harbour yesterday afternoon, and was taken into
dock.

The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, went out of Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday for trial of her engines.
, The Avon, 4; steam-vessel, Master Palmer acting,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday with supernume-
raries from Plymouth, and sailed for the eastward.
PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—Capt. Superin-
tendent Ramsay, R.N., ,C. 8., is absent on leave.
The Master Shipwright, Mr. 0. Lang, has been
promoted to Chatham yard, The late gales raged
violently, here, but from the sheltered position of
the arsenal net the slightest casualty occurred.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the
General Commanding-in-Chief, is expected here on
an official visit during the ensuing week- for the-
purpose of inspecting the troops and ascertaining
the capabilities of the garrison.
NAVY CONTRACTS FOR BEEF• AND PORK.--Much
disappointment has been felt in Ireland at the
result of the tenders for the navy contracts for beef
and pork. It appears that the tenders were so
low that most of the Irish, ones were cut out, and
foreign ones accepted through English agents.
Some Irish houses have obtained pork contracts,
but all the. beef contracts have been allotted to
foreign houses. The following figures in relation
to the resultS have been published :—Of beef
14,000 tierces and barrels have been allotted to four
London houses, to be made up in New York and
Philadelphia, and , 3,660 in Hamburg, at prices
ranging from £6 4s. to £6 165., and averaging.
about .E 6 10s. Of pork, 19,000 tierces and barrels
have been taken for. Irish contractors, and about-
-2,000 more to be made up in Hamburg, at prices
rabnogutingx7fro3ms. £T6helpas.vetrg. £7 oa 125., and. averaging
a
price of beef is about
' £l' 17si. 6d. under last year, and of pork about £2
Os." The pork- -contracts were principally secured
by Cork, Belfast, and Limerick. C. Wood and
'Sons, of Dublin, 'have obtained some, and. Mr.
Aylward, of Tullamore, has also obtained ar
contract, •
THE TRIAL OF THE SENAGON SHOT' ON BOARD
THE STORK.—Some—three-weeks since we noticed
the shape and principle of this gun, and fully de-
scribed the 'length; weight, and 'form 'of the gim
and shot, as exhibited. 'at the Ordnance Works at
Portsmouth. As stated yesterday, this gun was
submitted to trial on- board the Excellent, and
commenced with a charge of alb of powder, in-
creasing to •171 b. It was intimated that it would
be prudent for every caution to be observed; and
so the gunner (Mr. Nash) dropped over the
side of the Stork into a dingy with a long lanyard,
and upon the order being given to fire, the pru-
dence of such precaution was -fully apparent, for-
the gun burst into three pieces, the heaviest portion
of which took a flight of some hundreds of yards
into the air, and fell with terrific force almost im-,
mediately alongside the Stork, which presents a
wreck, inasmuch as her mainmast and foremast
were carried away,
,her funnel struck by a portion
of the exploded gun, which cut it nearly in two,
and the topsides considerably damaged.

men were exposed to the heavy rain which fell at
the time, and were so completely drenchedthat they
were ordered into garrison early next morning in
a miserable condition. This disaster has deter-
mined the authorities to select another spot for
musketry practice, and Dale has bgen spoken of.
As the troops will at the same time occupy the for-
tifications, the expense for rent and the erection of
suitable accommodation elsewhere will be saved.
By the death of Major-General Lord Charles
Wellesley, announced yesterday. the following pro-
motions will take :place, dated Oct. 10 :—Colonel
B. F. Dalton Wilson, to be major-general ; Lieut.-
Colonel Rawdon Vassall, to be colonel ; Major
Thomas Lillie, Ceylon Rifles, to be lieutenant-
colonel.

PRICE 4D• STAMPED, 5 r

in the vicinity of the sun, and are directed f rom
that body, yet the comet of 1823 offered the re= irk-
' able example of two tails, one turned from and. the
other nearly towards the sun, forming with a ach
other an angle of 60 deg. Peculiar modifications 3 of
polarity, and its unequal distribution and eond uc-
tion, may in this rare case have caused a doii ble
continuous current of nebulous matter. Aristotle, in
his Natural Philosophy, brings' the 'phonomen as of
comets through the medium of these effusions Into
a singular connexion with the existence of the
milky way. He supposes thatthe countless niolti-
tude of stars which form the galaxy give out a lu-
thinous or incandescent matter. The nebulous
which traverses the vault of the heavens is there-
fore regarded by the Stagirite as an immerse cornet
incessantly reproducing itself.
The passages over the fixed stars of the
nucleus of a comet, or of its innermost vapour-
ous envelopes,' might throW light on the physical
character• of these wonderful bodies, but we are
deficient in observations of the kind in which we
can be assured that the passage was perfectly cen-
tral. 'The ancients had been struck by the circum-
stance that it is possible to see through comets as
through.flame. The oldest testimony to stars hav-
ing been seen through them is that of Democritus
(Aristot. Meteor. i. 6, 11); and it led Aristotle to
make the not unimportant remark, that he had
himself observed one of the stars of Gemini occulted
by Jupiter. Sene6a only speaks decidedly of the
transparency of the tail.' He says (Nat. Qumst.
18). that stars are seen through comets as through
a cloud; not indeed through the body of the comet,
but through rays of the tail; non in ea parte qua
sidus ipstun est epissi et solidi ignis, sed qua rarus
Splendor occurrit et in crines dispergitur. Per in-
tervalla ignium, non per ipsos, vides" (vii. 26). The
addition is superfluous, for we certainly can see
through flame if it has not too great a thickness, as
shown by Galileo in the Saggiatore. For in the
immediate vicinity of the nucleus, as I have already
noticed; dense coatings alternate with others of
great tenuity. On the other hand, there is no doubt
that the light of a star of the tenth magnitude
passed through very dense nebulous matter on the
29th of September, 1835, at a distance of 7.78 secs.
from the centre of the nucleus of Halley's comet,
according to Bessel's most careful measurement.
without experiencing any deflection in its recti-
linear course at any moment of its passage..
At Dorpat the star was in conjunction only
2.2 secs. from the brighest point in the
comet. The star remained constantly visible,
and its light was not perceptibly weakened,
whereas the nucleus. of the cornet seemed to fade
even to extinction before the light of this small
star of the ninth or' tenth magnitude: Such an
absence of refracting power, if: :aetually extending
to the centre of the nucleus,-makes it difficult to
regard the substance of.
,comets as of a gaseous
nature—or, is 'trier' absence of refracting power a
consequence of the . almost -infinite rarity- of a fluid
of that description ?—or does the comet consist of
" detached particles," &Ming a cosmical cloud,
which no more affects the ray' Cf. light 'passing
through it than do the. cloudsY of our. atmosphere,
which in like manner have no influence on the
zenith distances of, the heavenly bodies? In the
passage of a comet over a star, there has often been
noticed, a greater or less diminution of the light of
the star, but this, has been justly ascribed to the
brightness of the' ground on whibh, during the coin-
cidenee,-the star is seen.

We indebted to Arago's polarisation experiments
for the 'most important and decisive observations on
the nature of the light of comets. 'lris polariscope
instructs us .concerning the physical. constitution
of theisun, as well as that of the comets ; its informs
us Whether a luminous ray, which reaches us from
a distance 'of Many millions-of miles, is'a direct or
a reflected or:refracted ray.; and, if direct, Whether
the source of light is a, solid, a liquid, or a gaseous
body. The light-Of Capella; and.that of the great
comet of 1819, were examined at ; the Paris Obser-
vatory with the: same. apparatus. The comet showed
polarised, and therefore reflected light ; whilst, as
was•to-be expected, the fixed star was 'proved to
be a self-luminous sun. • The existence of polarised
cometary light announced itself not only by the
inequality of the ithageS, but was shown with still
greater certainty, at the re-appearance"ofilalley's
comet in 1835, .by the more striking contrast of
complementary colours, in accordance with the
laws of chromatic polarisation discovered by Arago
in 1811. These fine experiments leave it however
still undecided, whether, besides this reflected solar
light, comets may not have a proper light of their
own. Even in planets, in--Venus for example, an
evolution of independent light appears very-pro-
bable.

The variable intensity of the light of comets is
not always to be explained by their place in the
orbit, and their distance from the sun. In parti-
cular individuals, it certainly indicates_ internal
processes of condensation, and increased or dimi-
nished capability of reflecting light. In the comet
of 1618, as in that which has a period of revolu-
tion of three years, Hevelius saw the nucleus lessen
at the perihelion, and enlarge at the aphelion of
the comet; this remarkable phoenomenon, which
had long remained unheeded, has since been ob-
served by the distinguished astronomer, Valz, at
'Nismes. The regularity of the alteratio* of the
volume according to the distance from the sun, ap-
peared exceedingly striking ; the physical explana-
tion of the phmnomenon cannot well be sought in
the greater condensation of the cosmical ether in
the vicinty of the sun, for it is difficult to imagine
the nebulous envelope of the nucleus of the comet
to be, like a vesicle, impervious to the ether.
The very dissimilar eccentricities of the eliptical
paths of differents comets, has led in modern times
(1819) to a brilliant accession to our knowledge of
the solar system. Eneke has discovered the exis-
tence of a comet having so short a period of revolu-
tion, that it always remains within our planetary
system, and even reaches its aphelion, or greatest
distance from the sun, between the orbits of Jupiter
and of the small planets. The eccentricity of its
orbit is 0.845 ; that of Juno, which has the greatest
eccentricity among the planets, being 0.255. This
comet has been more than once seen, though with
difficulty, by the naked eye, in Europe, in 1819 ;
and, according to Rumker, in New lolland, in
1822. Its period of revolution is about 3.3 years ;
but from the most careful comparison of the epochs
of its return to its perihelion, the remarkable fact
has been discovered that this period has regularly
decreased in every successive revolution from 1786
tolB3B ; the diminution amounting in an interval
of 52 years to 1.8 day.
To this first discovered comet of short period,
there was soon added a second planetary comet,
having its aphelion beyond the orbit of Jupiter, but
within that of Saturn. Biela's comet, discovered in
1826, has a period of revolUtion of 6.75 years, and
its light is still fainter than that of Encke's. The
motion of both these comets is direct, or the same
as that of the planets, whereas Halley's is opposite
or retrograde. Biela's comet presents the first cer-
tain instance of the orbit of a comet intersecting
that of the earth ; its path may therefore suggest
the possibility of a catastrophe, if we may apply
that term to the extraordinary phenomenon of a
collision, which has not occurred within historical
times, and of which we cannot with certainty pre-
dict the consequences. Granting that small
masses possessed of enormous velocity may exert a
notable force, Laplace, after showing that the
mass of the comet of 1770 is probably less than
1-5000 that of the earth, has assigned with a cer-
tain degree of probability, for the average mass of
comets, a quuntity far below even 1-100,000 of the
earth's mass, or only about 1-1200 of that of the
moon. The passage of Biela's comet across the
earth's orbit must not of course be confounded with
its proximity to, or encounter with, our globe itself.
When this passage took place on 29th Oct., 1832,
the earth was a full month in time from the point
of intersection of the two paths. The orbits of
Encke's and Biela's comets also intersect each other,
and it has been justly remarked, that in the course
of the many perturbations which such small bodies
is
suffer from the greater planetary masses, there
a possibility of their meeting ; and that should this
take place about the middle of the month of
October, the inhabitants of the earth might behold
the extraordinary spectacle of an encounter between
two cosmical bodies, and possibly of their
mutual penetration and amalgamation, or of
their destruction by exhausting emanations.
Such events, the consequences either of de-
flexion produced by disturbing masses, or of ori-
ginally intersecting orbits, may- have taken ken place
frequently in the course of millions of years, and
in the vast extent of immeasurable space; they
would, however, be isolated occurrences, having as
little general influence on other cosmical forms, as
the breaking forth or extinction of a single vol-
cano has in our less extensive sphere.
A third planetary comet of short period was dis-
covered on the 22d Nov., 1843, at the Paris Obser-
vatory, by M. Faye. Its elliptic path approaches
much more nearly to a-circle than that of any of the
comets previously known to us, and is includeel'be-
tween the orbits of Mars and Saturn ; passing,
accordinq to Goldschmidt, beyond the orbit of Jupi-
ter. This comet is therefore one of the very few
whose perihelia, are beyond the orbit of Mars; its

A PRINCELY NaN.—On the morning of the 29th
ult. her Serene Highness Princess Catherine Hohenzollern
Sigmaringen, born Princess of Hohenlohe, took the veil at
Rome, in the ancient nunnery of St. Ambrose, belonging to
the Franciscan Sisters, an order distinguished for poverty'
and and strictness of discipline. The Pope's vicar, Cardinal
Patrizi, and Cardinal Reisach, performed the ceremony,
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nition and general, war stores, sailed yesterday a miserable condition. This disaster has deters other nearly towards the sun,
_forming. with. a ach
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ESDAY, the 26th GENTLEMAN. from Woolwich for Colombo.
five to six d 1 • •
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sty's Dockyard at A WOMAN'S' THOUGHTS , ABOUT WOMEN.
consisting of Old
" A book of sound counsel."-Examiner. Master George J. Hodges commander, arrived at As the troops will at the same time occupy the for- tion,- may in - this rare case have -caused a ilou:,ble
l, Hammocks, and Portsmouth on Sunday 'evening, from Plymouth tifications, the expense for rent and the erection of continuous current of nebulous matter. Aristotle, in
have been expected from ic 1 sas been of so much importance in.
akings and Tyers,
Lid yard. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. suitable accommodation elsewhere will be saved. his Natural Philosophy, brings' the phenomena of
Halle,s Is,
pply to the Super= This Day, Three Volumes, Bvo, 365. The Lucifer, 4, paddlewheel steam-sessa Master • By the death of Major-General Lord Charles comets through the medium of these effusions Into
theoretical
..appearance in 1835 was less brilliant than
mrpose.
e had here and at Johnston, acting, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday Wellesley„announced yesterday. the following pro- a singular connexion with. ;the . existence of the
, ~ . range from 70 to 76 years we should name,
, first,
GREECE, from the Manuscripts of the late Professor morning from Plymouth.
HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF
motions will take -.place, dated Oct. 10 :—Colonel milky way. He supposes that the countless n isatitt:
Th. 1 l
. of Gibers (of the 6th of March, 1815) ;
Colonel Rawdon Vassall, to -be colonel ; Major ininous or incandescent matter. K. a DULLER. The first half of the Translation by the Her Majesty's steam-transport the Himalaya. B. F. Dalton Wilson, to be 'major-general ; Lieut.- tude of stars which . and physical astronomy, and whose
remainder of the Translation, and the Completion of the
NY (Limited). Right Hon. Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS, Bart., ALP- The. Commander Seacombe, having had her bottom
Thomas Lillie, Ceylon Rifles, to be lieutenant- which ti:averses the vault of theThieleasnyeenbsulow Ls:there- might
Work according to the Author's plan, by JOHN WILLIAM thoroughly overhauled at Plymouth Dockyard,
eye.l We now know with certaintywillgalaxyoutittheHussars.Gefion,
inthrowitsauthoryesterday of nine returns
had arranged that Dr. Donaldson, who had translated the mouth. - character• of these 'wonderful bodies, but we are
yard. latter half of the work, should complete it according to the The Argus, '6, paddlewheel steam sloop, Com- . comets. If we estimate according to the rules of the- deficient•
in observations of the kind in which we
. of nancy s comet, for Lau .let's calculations ha
recently demonstrated the • e
n-villas, Kensing- Plan proposed. by Professor ller ; and the present pub' 11cacu us of probabilities, the equable distribution of idsntity of the orbit with
ushers have resumed the undertaking in the hope ot placing mander F. IV. Ingram, came into Portsmouth
the paths of these the limits of•
their peri- be assuredthat •f tl ten-
. , flit passage was pm ec y , that of the comet of 1378, mentioned in the Chinese
Bedford-square. within the reach of classical students_ a complete but con- harbour yesterday afternoon, and was taken into tral The ancients had been struck by the circum- tables of comets, for the knowledge of which we are
venient Manual of Greek Literary History. The book com-and .lsTtbodies, th • •' • • 1)1 •
, the.posst iiy of their remaining invisi e stance that it is'possible to see through comets as indebted to Edouard Biot. D •
using the interval_ be-
neklersbury.
prises Chronological Tables, Indices, some, Supplementary dock. . ,
to the inhabitants of the earth, their-possible num- th h •fl -
song. . ame. The oldest testimony to stars hay-
.othbury, London. Notes, and a Memoir and Portrait of the Author. • The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, went out of Ports- bers . . • •tween the first ;and last recorded ap.pearances •, in
adapted, by their ' London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. mouth harbour yesterday for trial of her engines. tof • d • li..
will be an amount myna s astonis in to •
g mg been seen through them is that of Democritus 1378 and 1835, its periods of revolution have flues
and economically
(Arist t -i. 6, 11); and it led Aristotle to
Dr water, required , The Avon, 4; steam-vessel, Master Palmer acting, -
of g . rusted between 74.91 years and 77.58 years, the
or by Dock Com- _VEIST'S The RECORD for 1858. arrived at Portsmouth yesterday with supernume- •in his da " there
in y, are make the not unimportant remark, that he had mean being 76.1.
, and others ; also, _l2 Part IX., price 3d., will be published on the ' lst of • ~ More comets in space than fishes the ocean." As himself observed one of the stars of Gemini occulted Contrasted • h the • lofwhich
with cosmica bodies
vessels and their November. The Record, containing a complete calendar of ratios from Plymouth,the
: yet, however, we: hardly possess as many as 150 by Jupiter,Seneca o 1 .
Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi- . PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—Capt. Su perm- n y speaks dem. y 'deal of the have been speaking are a group of comets requiring. 'h
fcomets h•transparency of the tail • He says (Nat. Qumst. sii. •
?d on .onr coasts nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. calculatedpat s o ; u. we as e. notices
tendent Ramsay; R.N., C. 8., is absent on leave. •
of 600 or 700 --•
many thousand years to perform their revolutions
'bating Derricks, . . W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn re or lessprecise of the appearance
weep 25 and 75 per •, - - • The Master Shipwright, Mr. O. Lang, has, been. more . . , 18).that stars are seen through comets as through of which then nods can only be determined with
rites
London NO MORE PILLS nor any other of such 'bodies and of their passage throuol. known
MEDICINE -promoted. to Chatham yard, The late gales raged . ' • • 6 f ,
a cloud • not indeed through the body of the comet, s e
. great difficulty and uncertainty. Argelander assigns
miters of ' constellations. Whilst the classic nations o the but throw h rays of the tail •
5 per cent. of the for Indigestion (dyspepsia),-habitual Constipation, Flatu- violently here, but from the sheltered position of -- - bs'lt
g i , non in ea panto qua a/period of 3,065 to the. fine comet of 1811, and
tg expenses) from lency; Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, d '
West, the Greeks and Romans, or indeed, some- sidus ipstun est epissi et solidi ignis, sod qua tarns the arsenal net the slightest casualty occurred.Encke a period of u (IS ;else 800 years to the
p ar ,
ate of the agree- Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Dibility, . times mention the pl e* in the heavens where 'a •
y means of their His Royal Highness Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, —S the Duke o 1.- f Cambridge,the t . ac .
~ splendor occurrit et in erines dispergitur. Per in- my
comet' was first -seen thit never afford us informs- t • lla i nium non per i svises" ( •• 26) Th
ers a g , p os, (vu. . awfully grand one of 1680. • According to such views
Spleen, &c. General Commanding-in-Chief, is expected here on - • ' 'e
these bodies recede respectively to distances from
;ks, belonging to Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, 64 pages, tionsespecting its apparent path, the literature of addition- is superfine-Us, for we certainly can see _ .
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,i an official visit during the ensuing week- for the the Chinese (who observed nature diligently, and through flame if it has not too great a thickness, as the
sun 21 and 44 times greater that of Uranus,
essels, and have without pills, purgatives, or medicines-of any kind, and with- purpose of inspecting the troops and ascertaining , or to 33,600 and 70,400 millions. (smiles. At these
the engines and out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which the capabilities of the garrison. ` recorded h• )supplies -with •
carefully everyt mg us cir- shown by Galileo in the Saggiatore. For in the enormous distances, the attractive force of the sun
Company com- -saves fifty-times its cost. in other remedies, adapted to the
„,,- i_ cumstantial notices of the comets seen by them, and immediate vicinity of the nucleus, as I have already - •
arty dividends of generat reader. NAVY C B AND Po K
CONTRACTS :FOR BEEF, R .—.namen
. .
f the constellations which each passed through. noticed; dense coatings alternate with others of 11 b • butwhilst
still su sists ; the motion of the comet of
rly paid quarterly Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of disappointment has been felt in Ireland at the ° - - - - l6BO at its perihelion is 212 miles in a second, being
Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Uee, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. beef These notices extend back to_ more than five centu- great tenuity. On the other hand, there is no doubt 13 •
of the tenders for the navy contracts for n and paid up in Campbell, Dr. Gettiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many result
' - rieSbefOre the Christian era, and of them are that the light of a star of the tenth magnitude times greater than that of the Earth, its velocity
company's stock, thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re- and pork. It appears that the tenders were so • • s fill • • - many
- . .a b 1
1 the Public, one stored by it after all other means of cure had failed. low that most of the Irish, ones were cut out, and still found Useful in astronomys The paths of the passed through very ense ne u ous matter on the .
aunched, prior to London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and . dth . • four first comets which it has been possible to in- 29th of September, 1835, at a distance-of 7.78 secs. only three times-greater than that of our most slug-
sl h European - sug out the through all Booksellers in Town and Country. foreign ones acct red , rongh English agents. g s rivers, and but half that which. I
vestigate have been computed from Chinese b o ser- fromof the nucleus of - Halley's comet,
for which the . . .- . Some Irish: houses have obtained pork contracts u , . s - the centre found in the Cassiquiare, an arm of the Orinoco.
ed. :' . , - ' vations. They are those of 240 (in the reign of Gor- t careful measurement
Le to the Public
_'IVI JULL I EN' SCONC E R T S.---1R OYA I, but all the. beef contracts have been allotted to ,
di MO - ('- ' • fan
.according to Bessel's mos . . .• Amongst the countless host of uncalculated or still
,of 539, in that of o 565 and • - • n deflection in its sect-
sack of the Coin - . •.' : : LYCEUM THEATRE. .• - : foreign houses. The following figures in relation- s, • without experiencing a y undiscovered comets, it is highly- probable that there
1 are required to •M. JULLIEN'S Twentieth and LAST ANNUAL SERIES to the resulth have been published :—Of beef Du S
837. According to ejour, the. last of these must linear course at any moment of its passage. are many, the major axes of whose orbit may far
OF CONCERTS will commence on the Ist of NOVEMBER, have been 'for 24 hours 2,000,000 geographical miles At Dorpat the star was in conjunction .only exceed that of the comet of 1680. In order to aro d
r
me remainder by continue for One Month, and will be given as .. - - 14,000 tierces and barrels have been allotted to four -
onlZ front the earth. It appeared during the reign
2.2 secs. from the
.brighest point in the
Month between M. JULLIEN'S FAREWELL and " CONCERTS London houses, to be made up in. New York 'and • •through the medium of figures some idea—l 'do not
of owls-le-Debonnaire (the, son •of Charlemagne •
. D'ADIEU," ,- ' Philadelphia, and •. 3,660 in - Hamburg, at prices - ), comet. The star remained constantly visible, say of the extent of the sphere of attraction—of the
rospectuses, may ..._.
fief ' his departure , for IandITNIVEATi MUSICAL-
ore ~. • 0.. and was thought to prognosticate disasters which and- , its light - was. not perceptibly weakened, J. SHARP Esq - -ranging. frOm -X6 4s. to £6 16s d., an averaging.distance inspace of a • fixed star or other sun from
''' TOUR " through every city capital of Europe - America that Monarch sought t avert b founding cons- n
ny, 27; Cornhill, - f " about. 6 Os. Of pork, 19,000 tierces and barrels ,- - • -
X 1 .o
..y , ss e - whereas, the nucleus, of the comet seemed to fade the aphelion of the cornet of 1680 (the one of.the
-Australia, the Colonies, and civi ised towns of- Apia and. tnal esta,blishinents - whilst the Chinese a,sthono-
Africa, accompanied by the elite of his orchestra and other have been taken for Irish. contractors, and about • . even to extinction before the light of this small bodies of our solar . system svhich, accOrding to our
s,-,-s,• • s .sys," artistes "
for hmeiadmaeas Aleerlettiterestit'lebeoineg:,ttitinaul7-nr .
fik- 2,000 more to- be made up in Hamburg, at prices- mers_ were - scientifically sengage.d in tracing its star of the ninth of tenth magnitude: Such ,an present knowledge attains the greatest remote-
siss is society are gy._T
L' RDIAIE UNIVERSELLE," instituted not only to. ranging front "'£6' 19s. to , £7 125.; and. averaging path. . Its tail' was. 60 degrees in length,, and ap-- absence of refracting power,' if: aetually extending ness) I 'would here' remind the reader that,
• popularise the divine and civilising,• art of Music, but to pro-, about £7 3s.' The' average, of beef is about peardd' sometimes simple and sometimes divided. to the centre of the nuclensrmakes it difficult to cording to the ;;most recent determinations .of
s s; Powerful eloquence, a noble and
11, London, 5:7. mote, through Harm,ly . .
£1174. 6d. 'under last year, and of Pork about '£2 '
The first cometcom utedexclusively from'Euro can ' ;
P p . res,ard the substance of.,comets as 0 a gaseous I. •
parallax, even the nearest. fixed star is-at least 250
E.C. , philanthropic cause. , • observations- is ghat -1456 or Hal e's comet so
-The full Prospectus will shortly be published. '. • - -'fk 1. The pork- -cOntracts were principally secured -, • - . - Via ' eof refracting owes a •
• l y
- P times more distant frbm • our sun than this comet
ldsniith Kirby. All communications to be taddysse4. to Mona.
,Jullien,,2l4, 15 Cork, Belfast, and Limerick. C. .Wood.'and named on. the. occasion which .was long, though consequence of .the :almost -infinite rarity of a fluid at its aphelion. The: comet's distance is only 44
" Regent-street:W. ' - . ,-' ~, , erroneouslt- supposed to . have been its , first- well of that
,deseription?---sor, does the .comet eonsis •t of •
_ - • ons, - ofobtained' . • .
Dublin, ' 'have
,some, and , "Mr. - . times that of Uranus, whilst that of # Centaurs is
Is, Esq. . • - .. . • e ascertained appearance. Of all planetary-bodies, " detached particles " a coimical cloud, - .
the Right Hon. pROFESSOR - WILJALBA - 'FIiIKELL. ''f- more - - •' .s Aylward, - e Tulla , has also obtained a .11,000 and of 61,CYgni, according to Bessels's de-
;e•probably much - ' forming
'
Paulet, C.B. •'
• LAST WEEK BUT ONE,- TO-NIGHT- NEW' contract; - 's ' • • - - ; comets—though.their mean mass is - the- rays of light .passing termination;" times thatof Uranus.
?cirt'r''ltli* .•' TRICKS.-POLYGRAPHIC HALL,-King' Willie-In-street, THE TRIAL OF THE SEXAOON SHOT ON BOARD less than the fivesthousandth part of that of the through it than do the •- &kids of our. atmosphere, Having thus
,conside d. thgreatest known dis-
re , e
ansiclsEss- - - • •
Charmg-cross.-TWO ;HOURS_ -OE ILLUSIONS.._ Every th—are -those - Which occu the - eatest, -ace
anted, and eve t 3. P • t bo
'au ' •c.at 8 • Saturday afternoons - a lava e. xes, one THE STORK.—Some---thre-weeks since we noticed ear py gr sp, • which. in like - m,anner have no infhience on the tances of comets froiii the central, body, swe may
,d.
lith,t,
stalls;
51; orchestra stalls, 14. ; area, 25:; am- the shape and principle of this gun, and fully de- their wide-spreading. tails soften _extending Over zenith distances of 'the heavenly bodies? ' In the proeeed to netiee instances- Of the greatest-POxiity
Wynfea ens ma re-'
rilllthe4re,,ls:-Plages may be secured at the Polygraptic- scribed . theslength; weight, and 'form 'of the' gun many millions of
.miles. The cone of light reflect- passage of a comet over a star, therehas often been hitherto measured.. The smallest distances mall, and at Mr: 'Mitchell'i Royal Library, 33,, Old -B. d-
-and shot,- as exhibited. 'at the Ordnance Works at ing gaseous matters Which radiates from them has noticed, a greater or less diminution of the
-light of a comet and the earth occurred in the case of Lexell
ost parts of the-
mice, assured at' 'DEL. AIDE GALLERY.
•CASINO, Lowther, submitted, to• trial on- board the- Excellent, and • in length the distance of earth froth.brightness -hi durin the coin- '
to equal
~ the-
. revivable at -La. Arcade,Strand.-Theatiove ROOMS are OPEN EVERY ' .commenced with a charge of 51b of powder, in- the sun, or that of a line including the orbits
.of the cideneerthe star is seen... :.• .
went from the mass of -Jupiter. On the 28th of
--pthrOof oilleititia. EVENING... The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will'
i creasing to •171 b. .It was intimated that it would -two-planets,'Venus and Mercury. '
,It is eV en prob- We indebted to Arago's polarisation. pxperiments
. June, 1770, this comet's distance from the earth
, .
•• _ . _
.i,irlraayi4ba3trapratticititlaroidelire, selections
Conductor,, 111rloomns'. i
I AT. raai itroA
1,
Ea. •
be prudent for every caution to be. observed, and able that the emanations from tho comets of 1811 for the most important and decisive observations on was only six times that of the moon from the earth.
a 'of real ..
.or per- Principal 'cornett-gli-piston, M. Boulcotirt.• Leader, Mr. Charles ' so
Hall. Doors open at hall-past 8, commence at 9. Admission,' the . gunner . (Mr: - Nash) ' dropped over the and 1823 mixed with our atmosphere. • the nature-of the light of comets. His polariscope The same comet passed twice, in 1767 and in 1769,
side of th Stork into a dingy with a long
- through the system of the four satellites of Jupiter,
ityin situations is" ~- • and upon the order being •giyen to fire, the pru-
g
ongmg to e - ,of thesun, as ysell as that of the comets ; 1:4 informs -ithout causing its,lightest sensible derangement
•
. .
•
in; may be ob- .•- • • . • dente of such precaution was lally apparent, for- that the.desoriptiongiven.of one of these "wander- us whether a luminous ray, which reaches us from in these small bo whose.movements are so well
Letter, addressed -11 R. .KAHN'S ANATOMICAL ' MUSEUM,- the gun burst into three pieces, the heaviest• , •
ins light-clouds". as they were called by Xeno- a ditante 'of Many' millions-of Miles, is a direct or
portion
0 . _ . . . . . known. T 1 t t f 1680, when at its • the great come o Pen"
I .SMITIL ..-1--, 3, •TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay-
of which took a flight of some hundreds of yards pha,nes, and The= *of Alexandria; centemporaries a reflected. or:refracted ray.; and, if direct, Whether and Secretary. 'market). ••' - - . .•- • • . • •- ' . IV
of •• Pa . Ted - • helion on the 17th of December, was only one-
.. Open daily(fer Gentlemen onl).• -- ' • ' into the air, and fell with terrific force almost im-, ppus), .can only be app i with much the source of light is as solid, a liquid, or a gaseous sixth of- thessun's diameter -from- tile; siiirface of
.SSURANCE --
LECTURES by. Dr. -SEXT.ON.at Fou connectight o'clock, on mediately alongside the Stork, which presents a caution to another. The fainter telescopic comets he 4-. The light'Of Capella, and.that of the great that body ; an approach _eight or nine times nearer
Feb. 25, 1858:- imp_o_rtant and interesting topics in.on. with ANA- . _ are for the most part without tails, -and resemble comet. of 1819, were examined at ; the Paris Obser• I
within Days of TOHY, PnY,SIOLOGY, , and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro- r mainmast' and foremast
wreck, inasmuch as' he , .
, _ , than Lexell's comet made to the earth, and equa Herschel 'S nebulous. star. Their a ear-tnee is that •
practice of this -grammes)." ~. were carried away,
,her funnel struck by a portion • . .- . . .
, ' • • • Adinission 'ONE' SITILTANG-.*
ranee, notwith- . of circular nebulm shining- with a faint 11 ht con-
L,
This
is g. polarised, and therefore reflected light ; whilst, as the earth. Owing to the feebleness of the light of
ithin the 30 days - DR. KAHN'S NINE •LE€TURES . . _
ON ' THE ' PHILO of the exploded gun, which cut it nearly in two,
cVntrateu towards-the centre..
anium, provided SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the and the topsides con,siderably damaged: . ,-
distant comets, perihelia, which • take • place beyond
Er be given to Author, on the receipt of.twelve stamps. .. ... . type,,.but .not, on , that account, a rudimen- be a self-luminous sun. • The existence of polarised
~
r grace, . - . . • •
tart' type for it might equally be the • ... • , cometary light announced itself not only by the the orbit of Mars can very seldom be observed by
the inhabitants of the earth ; and of all the comets
ors, R° TA L. G.ARDENS, _VAUXHALL.
.•
=TSB ARMY. . ,
type. -of - a eosmical body grown old •• • and inequality of the ithrigeS, but was shown with still , which - •
:S, Chairman. DireCtor, Mr...K._ DIIFFELL. have,heen computed. hitherto, that of 1729 is
4 . exhausted. by exhalation.: We can distinguish greater certainty, at the re-appearanceof Halley's
- OPEN FOR TWO NIGHTS . MORE, TUESDAY, . .
the only one which has its- perihelion between -the
• LIFE Oct. llth, positively the Last Night. but :One.-Vocal and The King Philip, 1,253 tons, Commander C. H. in the larger comets, the " head," or " nucleus," comet in 1835,
.by the , more striking contrast of orbits of Pallas and Jupiter, it was even observed.
. Instrumental Concerts in the Handel rchestra-Wonderful Cary, which has been taken up by the Hon. Council and the " tail,"' either single or multiple; which the complementary colours, in accordance with the
Performances on the Ballet Stage-H. CroueSte's talented '„. the • • beyond the latter planet.
ASSURANCE, Company of Equestrians, and several new celebrities, in the of iChinese astronomers more 'characteristieall deno-
num for conveyance of reinforcements. to s . y laws of chromatic polarisation Aiscovered.by Arago Since a degree of scientific knowledge, sometimes
VMENTS, &c. Cirque Irnperiale-Extra Fireworks-Thousands of -Extra India, embarked the following troops at Custom- minate by the word " brush" (anti). The nucleus in 1811. These fine experiments leave ithowever
Variegated Lamps-Dancing before and after the Fireworks sound but oftener vagpe and partial, has extended
house-quay, Gravesend, usually presents no definite outline, although in .• 1
yesterday, for Calcutta— - •
---,Two Bands-Open at 7, commences ,at half-past-Admix-
into wider circles of social life, the fears of Possible
Chairman.- sion, is.',• children 6d. GRAND CLOSING FETE on WED- viz., 20 men of the 19th Regiment, Ist battalion, some rare instances it appears.like a star of the first light, comets may not have a proper light of their evils threatened by comets have perhaps rather in-
ssson, Esq. . NESDAY, Oct. 13. 22 men of the 29th Regirligg, and2B men of the 75th or second magnitude; and. in the larger comets of own. Even in planets, in-Vcnus for example, an
. ,
creased in weiolt as their direction has become
sq.
s Regt., from the battalionSSer infantry at Chatham 1402, 1532, 1577, 1744,- and 1843; has even been evolution of independent light appears very-pro-
Ssq. '
more definite, '6The certainty that within the
ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. garrison; 150 non-commissioned officers and men clearly seen in bright sunshine. As the tail of the sable,
mon, Esq.
known planetary orbits there are comets which visit
(The best Ventilated Building•in Europe.) •
- of the Royal Artillery., fromWoolwich ;60 men of comet of 1402 was seen in bright sunshine, so also The variable intensity of the light of comets is
Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. our regions at short intervals—the considerable
the Ist battalion sth Fusiliers, 23 men of the Ist -in the recent great comet of -1843 the nucleui and not always to be explained by their place in the
WALLETT'S GREAT EQUESTRIAN COMPANY perturbations which istheir paths undergo by the
Are still in their zenith of attraction. Senora DELAVANTI battalion, Otis-Regiment, 60 men of the 3.4 th Regi- tail were visible on the 28th of Feb. in North Ame- orbit, their distance from the sun. In parti- attractions -of Jupiter and Saturn, whereby appa-
in her incredible and terrific Ascent on the Atlantic Tele- ment, 25 men of the 37th Regiment, and 20 men of rica, between one and three o'clock in the after- cular individuals it certainly indicates, internal
•
rently harmless bodies might be converted into den-
Pastor, J. Radford graph Wire is 'daily and nightly hailed with cheers ;
' ':' i cook the 38th Regiment, frora Colchester ; together with noon. (J. G. Clarke, of Portland, in the State of processes of ' condensation, and increased or dimi-
. Pastor,.the Star Rider of America ; Julia Tourna re, , serous ones—the intersection of the earth's orbit by
the wonderful Delavanti Family, Herr Footit, &c., appear the following officers :—Lieut.-Col. H. R. Carden, Maine.) The distance of the very dense nucleus nished capability of reflecting light. In the comet that of Biela's comet—the recognitionSsf the existence
suit-street. • at each Exhibition. The celebrated Clown, Mr. Harry 77th Regiment ; Capt. T. D. Fordo, 46th Regiment ; from the sun's linib could be measured with great of 1618, as in that which has a period of revolu- of a cosmical. ether, which as a retarding medium
Croueste is engaged, and will appear at eachrepresentation.
s•
Lieut. W. A. -Roberts, Royal Artillery ; Ensign J, exactness. The.nucleus-and tail appeared as a very tion of three years, Hevelius saw the nucleus lessen .s.s., sic. • TWO PERFORMANCES EACH DAY, , tends to contract orbits—the differences betweenin-
'Commencing at Half-past Two and Half-pest, Seven H. Bradshaw -and -Ensign between the tail and. the nucleus a 'theperihelion, and enlarge at the aphelion of • •
F. H. D. Brome, ' sth pure white cloud, . t dividual comets, which allow of the supposition of
. , . o'clock, p.m. - ' ' Fusiliers; Ensign J. Fitzgerald, 6th Foot ; Ensign there was one darker part. The latter circumstance the 'comet; this remarkable pheenomenon, which considerable diversity in the mass of the nucleus—
Admission-Private boxes, £1 10s. to X 2 10s. each ; stalls, Tordan, 34th Regiment ;Ensign G. F. Vesey, appeais to indicate, in particular individuals, a had long remained unheeded, has since been ob-
rd-street. Lutley
motives of alarm which bytheir number are
5s ; reserved seats, 3s. • boxes, 2s ; pit, 15 ; gallery, 6d. . • •
19th -Regiment ; and Ridingmaster C. C. Brooke, denser mass, capable of reflecting light with greater served by the distinguished astronomer, Valz, at
Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 pm' No fees for variety are fully equivalent to the vague fears
rcliffe, Bedford- booking places. Children under 9, half-price. ' 9th Lancers. Staff-Surgeon W. M. Dowding, from intensity. Even in Herschel's large telescope, only 'Nismes. The regularity of the alteration of the whichprevailed in fcenturies of " fiery
former
' f the rein- two comets .showeetwell-defi diseS vi z., comet
Fermoy,
embarked in medical charge o ned , zsthe volume according to the distance from the sun, ap-
.
swords," and " long haired. blazing stars," threaten-
crill be declared 97H ORL E Y'S• P 0 si-D FOR cAT T L E.— fercements. The King Philip is a very Ane.vessel, discovered in Sicily in 1807; and the-find comet of peered exceedingly striking ; the physical explana-
. in universal II I The tranquillising con-
-5 con agra ion. rang
~
-I- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious and her accommodation for troops is very superior ; 1811, the one, haying-an angle of 1 sec., and the non of the phienomenon cannot well be sought in
5 :-
siderations which, on the other hand, have been de-
article of animal diet first made its appearance; and already it • thatshe will make the passage to other of 0 see. 77, whence he inferred, their true the greater condensation of the cosmical ether in is,
is expected
Permanent its celebrity is world-wide.
.It has been a subject of wonder, _.from the calculus of probabilities, being ad-
in Reduction and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been Calcutta in a short period,
The vessel was to leave diameters to be respectively 534 and- 4N mlies. the vicinty of th for is difficult to imagine -'ed
e. sun, it
brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts .The measurement of the less well defined nuclei the nebulous envelope of the nucleus of the comet s • • •
• of Annual the Thames last night. .
h bwith
imagination, modern science as been accused, wi
concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since,
the
Premiums.wrote, tt" .- that he had horse which - The following reinforcements will embark at of comets of -1798 and 1805 gas-e•cliameters of to be, like a vesicle, impervious to the ether,
a gentleman s a in„a
some degree of justice, of only endeavouring to allay
• s perfect bag of bones.
." He tried
.all kinds of -things to get Gravesend this day for Calcutta, on board the Lady only 24 to 28 •
miles. In several comets which The very dissimilar eccentricities of the eliptical
d. £ s. d.
fears which she has herself contributed to excite.
4 56 3 8 the animal Into condition, but in vain. He then bought some ,-„c
is taYia 1 200 tons, Commander D. Welsh, viz.:— were examined with great care, and particularly paths of differents comets, has led in modern times
o 32 0 4 of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The 1 ' That the unexpectedandextraordinary should
'n
the
sib
•
horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weekalitd 1 subaltern and 13 men of the Ist Battalion 23d i ht
-namdd comet of 1811 which was so (1819) to a brilliant accession to our knowledge of
0 16 6 0 •
oftener excite f than • or hope, springs from a.. _
lon • •
8 10 15 2 gained no less than 12 atones. Again we find at the late Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; six men of the 35th (Royal gsn sights the nucleus and its nebulous envelope the solar system. Encke has discovered the exls-
-7 cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, Are., the animals which source more see y sea ein d 1 t d our common nature.
6 67 - carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed-with Thor- ' were
Sussex) Regiment, 10 men of the 42d Royal High- entirely separated from the tail by a darker tense of a comet having so short a period of revolu- The strange aspect of a large comet, its faint nebu-
ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we landers, one subaltern and 60 men of the 54th Regi- space. The intensity of light in the nucleus of a tion, that it always remains within our planetary
offered by the
lows gleam, its sudden appearance in the vault of
are forced to. the conclusion that _ its celebrity arises solely
ment, one subaltern and 19 men of the 60th Rifles,
.comet does not- increase in a uniform manner to- system, and even reaches its aphelion, or greatest from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can heaven, have almost always, and in all regions of
gst the assured proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those one subaltern and 16
men of the 73d Regiment, 38 wards the centre, but bright zones alternate with distance from the sun, between the orbits of Jupiter the earth, been viewed as the portentous heralds of
who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle men of the 88th Connaught Rangers, 18 men of the concentric nebulous envelopes, which are less lumi- and of the small planets. The eccentricity of its impending change in the established order of things.
will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, fora
aid pounds.(Earl of noun.
93d Highlanders, and 40 men of the 97th • The tail- sometimes appears single, more orbit is 0.845 ; that of Juno, which has the greatest pamphlet which is sent post-free.
The phenomenon itself being of short duration, its
annual report rarely double, and in two instances, in the comets eccentricity among the planets, being 0.255. s This
ousand pounds. ____-------•--------. Ulster's) Regiment. ,
reflection is the more naturally looked for in con-
Is. The Sandfly steam gunboat has arrived at Chat- of 1807 and 1843, the two branches were of very comet has been more than once seen, though with
tempomneous or immediately succeeding . events,
six thousand. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
1819;
MATURITY, ham from Portsmouth, and has commenced shipping, different length ; in the comet of 1744 the tail had difficulty, by the naked eye, in Europe, in and it is seldom difficult to fix on. some incident
every year.
paid in claims Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 -war stores for that port. New Holland in
six. branches, the two exterior diverging at an angle and, accordmg. to Rumker, in , which ma b• te t d the f h
ye in rpre eas calamity ores own.
nd pounds. • stamps. build- of 60
. The line-of-battle screw steamer Hood, 91, deg. The tails -have been sometimes straight 1822. Its period of revolution is about 3.3 ears ••
y ,In our own time, however, the popular mind has
in, apply to the ELF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise ing at Chatham, is so far completed that she will sometimes curved ;in the latter case either concave but from the most careful comparison of the epochs
:S, Chairman. "--' on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, Q. — taken. another and more cheerful, tho h • thou sin
if required. The *towards both sides, or, as in 1618, convex towards of its return to its perihelion, the remarkable fact
and Physical Debility, resulting be fit to be launched this yeardirection in t tocomets. A th G
respec mong eGerman
and on the cure of Nervous
be fitted is the direc • ' d that this eriod has re ularl • from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from i ntachinery with which she IS ordered. to se ton in which the comet is moving ; and has been discovered p g Y Vineyards, in. the beautiful valleys of the Rhine and
the Ph y- MEDICINE. youth to Manhood, with practical ombsoerravla, tainor
physical
rely- .
'a ' of 600 horse-power. . sometimes the tail even appears inflected like a decreased in every successive revolution from 1786 the Moselle, a favourable influence on the ripening
lency, Phlegm, filog,y ofo Marriage in
added its social,
emarks on the wonders of the The 48th Foot, from Gibraltar, and the 40th and flame in motion. The tails are always turned from tolB3B ; the diminution amounting in an interval of the grape and on the quality of the wme has
hats, Hysteria, , flogs.
Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within 91st Foot, from Corfu and the Mediterranean, have -the sun, and so directed that the prolongation of of 52 years to 1.8 day.
ion, Heartburn, : Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary exempla-
Suez on the axis would d comet Of shOrt •
period, been ascribed to these bodies, long regarded as so
Tits, Diarrhoea, . ..
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of these complaints, passed through Egypt, and embarked at 1 . ld pass through the centre of that body To this first discovered ill-omened ; nor has experience of a contrary kind,
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engravings and cases. board the steam transports Feroze, Zenobia, and' —this circumstance, according to Edouard Biot, there was soon added a second planetary comet, which has not been wanting in these days when
iancy oil at sea), with
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Oriental, and sailed for Calcutta. was remarked by the Chinese astronomers as early having its aphelion beyond the orbit of Jupiter, but
Consumption, 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, . comets have been so often seen, been able to shake
ived by Matriculated Menilier of the University of Edinburgh, Honoi- Yesterday the Admiralty took up the Caroline ,as 837, but was first . Europe b clearly stated m•y within that of Saturn, Bi , •ela's comet discovered in the belief in this meteorological fable of wandering
th-Restoring nary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, L Fr
• Coventry, .to convey military stores to Bombay, • acastoro and Peter Apian in the 16th century. 1826, has a period of revolution of 6.75 years, and heat imparting stars. i_. h saves fifty connate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. and the Star of the East, -to carry a detachment of W.. e. may conceive that these emanations form cono- its li sibs IS2 still fainter than that of Enelre's_ The
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