The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-09 00:00:00

TILE COMET.

We hare received the following letter, which we
print literatinz et verbatim :
" Sheereness Sept. 7 1858.
"Sir—on Monday morning the 6th of Sept. I
Seen a Commet Star at 2.10 m Am I have Could
two more men to witness my Strange Site, in the
Heavens this Commet Maid its aperance to me
above the Horezen at 10 minuts Past 2. The Skey
was then very Clear I watched it Course until 4
Am when the Strong Dawn of Day took away ists
Refliction at 2.30 it is on an Even line with the 2
Pointers to the North Star & about 'the Same Dis-
tance Below the Pointers as the North Star is from
the Pointers I fixt 2 Sticks in the Ground & fixt a
rool By them I took my alivation By those at the
Same time I had my Spy Glass to watch menutely
it Course in on Half Hour it Crossed my fixt ale-
vation to the South about 3 Points this Commet is
not as large as. the Commet of 18011 I have wit-
nessed the Commet of Eighteen Hundred and 11 &
all the Coronets Since the above Date. this one is
about the Middle Size Class Comma of a Clear
Morning you Can See it in the NN.E House at 2.
Am at 2.30 to 3. It is on an Even line withe the
2. Pointers to the North Star it is Visibly Seen By
the Eye if the Heavens is Clear—
:: HGeonrtelseemn len BCeopmieetas7
tooploeirit
mteers
Knowo . 0 Nis Sltaarmo
the firs man that that Seen this Strange Star out
of 16 Milion of People in England.
"C MOREN Shereness

" Kent England
I have two men to witness my Strange Sight.
" As I Em my living By being out at Night this
35 years Past I have witnessed often wonderful)
Strange Sights in the Heavens—that nearer Come
Before the Publiek."

STATE or THE MIDDLESEX SESSIONS COURT.—
On Tuesday the state of the atmosphere in the second court
was so bad, 'from the crowding of a at number of persons
in a small and ill-adapted room, and from a current of foul
air proceeding from the cells below, that Mr. Payne, the
presiding judge, sent for the surgeon to the prison to make
a report upon the subject. Yesterday morning the learned
judge told the jury that he had received the following re-
port from the surgeon, which he hoped would have the
effect of inducing the authorities of the country not to delay
any longer that which had been so long in contemplation,
the providing of a properly constructed and ventilated
court :—" lliddlesex House of Correction, Coldbath-fields,
Sept. 7, 1858.—Dr. Smiles begs to report, for the informa-
tion of the deputy-judge, that he has inspected the passage
and rooms under the court, and that he finds the offensive
smell proceeds from a water-closet at the bottom of the
stairs leading up to the dock, from which the stench finds
its way into the court every time the- door is opened. Ats
the same time Dr. Smiles cannot express too strongly his
opinion that the rooms and cells are entirely unfit-for the
reception of prisoners and the officers in attendance upon
them during the trials. The large room in which the
are containing a water-closet is a mere vault
lighted by kept,
gasNrithout any windows or openings to admit
fresh air, and becomes most offensive. The cells- also do
not receitNo'e be kesufticiiient air,. as the windows in the passage are
obliged e SMILES, M,D."

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