The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-17 00:00:00

months in the service. The finding
Limerick Chronicle, is not known.—
CORIL—The Potato, even in Ireland, does not appear
to have escaped as well as was at first supposed. We
13°Pe, however, the injury will turn out to bie
.
less extensive than some are inclined to apprehend.
We have heard it surmised that the injudicious
application of guano may have been the cause
of the damage ; but the mischief, even as far i
48 already ascertained is too general to be accounte(
for in that way. Besides, it prevails in places where
guano has never been applied. Some atmospheric un-
healthiness, or some rot engendered in the ground by
the long-continued wet, will inure probably be found to
have originated the disease.
EhLarPriA;SeTbsty..—The weather continues most favourable for
It:
We have dry warm days, the wind
be weebstta. hi li.de.api‘nv.
the ge
areiis
universal,glai to paenrdceirveeapers
the • •
into the We
accompanies the reaping ; for
that
.. gram is fully in a condition to be removed almost
71v• hen cut. A week or two of such weather as we now
have wills ecure a splendid harvest. The grain, how-
ever, will be variable in colour and quality.
ofbREADFUL MURDER.—
kw Yi Co Wednesdayevening last the son
a respeetable far mer named Kenny, residing at Clonder-
fatjaunty Clare, was waylaid on returning to his
shot of hia house, and barbarously murdered within a pistol-
me.ho The father was alarmed by the report of
II glin and ran out, when the first person he saw was a
4,/oo_tturnusgoopedr,t
rroyfittihge name of Sexton, in the same neigh-
off with a gun under his arm, and a
Tyvt yards further on, the unhappy parent was almos
ultaaria.eted hand his son a corpse before his eyes, the
instil:all ing perforated his forehead ;
assassin
° en the
and the
br k ' not content with his deadly aim, had also
0 poor
th a blunt
Young man's skull wi .
titi,scwastitmn:,obably the butt of a gu.n. Anm-
Clereti,r, 4,Xnn next day by Thomas Whitestone, Esq.,
against soilru a 'verdict of wilful murder was returned
one am, have
hereon or persons unknown, as more than
velting:'and"
.n implicated. To account for. this. re-
Carrick, of Ennis,
eient to
nits It appears vindictive outrage, it is suffi-
-41 el"`" that Benny.father of the murdered lad,
from
PierereeeenrlY taken a small farm, about seven acres,
Esq.—Limerick Chronicle.

IIPLVIA:1-1161f31-441) AATERCIARIEP, HPEERNT°H.
-FIIRE.

•
(From the Athenmum.)
This n 1 - become as noted for
ace promises ere long to .
:itte wonders in the heavens above as it has long been for
ne he
, auty
th obets superficial scenery and its mysteriousf.
"tinders in earth ben ath. What are we to think o
e following vision,b e d b a party (of which the
Writer was one),
abouto eightobserved
o'clock on the evening of
tl'hhet:res(ilsity, the 21st ult., two miles west of this village ?
Ilumediately to the north of the village of Comrie
a bold hill, called Dunmore, with a pillar of 70
Or 80 feet in the hei ht built on its summit in memory
Of ,the late Lord Melville. The perfect image of this
luado*Led-known hill and obelisk, as exact at least as the
-1w usually represents the substance, was observed
,tbietly projected on the northern sky, at least two
miles beyond the original, which, owing to an interven-
dig eminence, was itself not in view at all from the
station. The image was that which the hill and
,I;uunninent present as viewed from the village, that
18,
,from the south. Instead of being a shadow on
It CIOU it seemed to be the shape of the thing
represented moulded out of the cloud itself, and
thus stuck up against the northern sky. The
ck. Res of the figure representing those of the
Pillar, though, of course, less substantial-looking than
their granitic originals, seemed as erect and well defined
Sil the masonry itself, and so also were the harder fea-
tures of the hill formed parts of the
profile, whil eose
Portions in the original covered with wood had inth the
tt)figure a serrated fringe, exactly as these portions them-
,lves would show if looked at between the eye and sky.
ne figure continued visible after it was first noticed
gurin(how long before it is of course impossible to say), for
about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, and was,
g that time, seen and minutely examined by three
Individuals, so that there could be no illusion in the case.
1:?ne of these seemed to think that there was one projee-
!ton in the model on the top of the bill, near the base of
tae monument, that was not in the original. However,
on examining the latter next morning, he was obliged
to admit that the image was more faithful than
his me
puled
pmrooreyo,tifooor, trethsetoesdhatphee
opfroatotype of the /Its-
clump of trees,
at the very spot.
" Spectre of the BrockeWn,'°' hadveofutfhteeninhveeartredd of
asthese
of various objects, both terrestrial and marine, being
11.,en in the air. But the present seems to belong a
stifferent class of phenomena from either of these, an Tito
Irdedlt class never before (that the writer is aware of) re-
- " The spectre" has been explained both by li.
re-
ef and M. Gmelin to be the magnified solar shadow
:__ !.he objects represented cast upon the distant cloud,
prese_uu the other appearance is caused by some reflective
ernPerty in the atmosphere ; whereas the phenomena at
nt under review seemed to be formed or cut out of
Il2le materials of the cloud itself, as the latter was not
visible beyond the limits of the image, and these mate-
rials, out of which the image seemed to have been
erected, remained visible lone after the likeness had
numerable fortuitous configuraetions into
ceased. Could all this have b-nn morally one of the in
are
perpetually changing themselves ? The exactness of
which clouds _
the likeness would have
made this explanation unsatis-
htvirY even though the phenomenon were observed in a
"`erent part of the world ; but happening where the
original 5
Iva present almost forces the mind to the c0n-
:2114.0n that, however it may be accounted for, the pre-
""t Was a fact of no mere accidental coincidence, but
that the two objects, the hill and cloudy image, were
aomehow connected together as cause and effect.
a On this occasion the sun had been down for some time,
:/(1 the moon had only lately risen, and was pee
.ping
rough omen oles in a thick screen of clouds that skirted
rtina,r,the eastern hizon, and of course far from the line. of the
44 ore and image so that neither of these luminaries
any direct hand'in the sketch. The planet Mars,
Talon wever, though invisible from the station during the
, owing to an intervening hill, soon afterwards rose
t° view more resplendent than ever the writer remem-
tiers to have seen him before—thus raising suspicions
uat he had been concerned in the plot ; and, upon re-
fieetim, tve found that he must have been about the line
at the time. But how could he cause such an image?
-JP,,,eaa there be any such Daguerreotype virtue in / his
aa to produce such results? We have heard of
i'll_setreni rays from the various planets having an effect
a r weather, &c., but we do not recollect of its ever
thbving been even surmised that they were capable of
zth;s4 Producing pictures. The writer is one who
.has
imillY3 been inclined to disbelieve these alleged electrical
as::Lees ; but assuming fora moment that Mars' rays
disent, property of dissolving any cloud they are
Poweretlagainst (and we are certain electricity has great
and sn'huuth in manufacturing and dissolving cloud.s),
were ~,PP?sing further that his rays on
hat occasion
the i"aYmg full upon the cloud in all except
trvP"rtion screened from their direct action by the in-
the Ving hill and monument, we can thus imagine how
nioadgure could have been formed, or rather left,. of the.
att The Writer is by no means satisfied with this
Question solution, but off-rs it merely as a guess in a
I.
I.l:ivivzoerv,sin,g,
guess" at
interest and mystery.
ttilf
:1_4::ne:; :Ilya:
shadow
ig native,
considering
nthge that t hep ) phenomenonsi-
Jus_of the shadow of the mountain on the cloud must be
by the earth's rotation on its axis,
itli Well
of Mercury must have the power to form
bypothesisasto ttohodoibsssiopravteed
pthheenocmlooundo,ot9 reconcile his

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,—_7!
blaiituS, UPERIORITT OF TONE TO IRON IN BRIDGE
.L'll'ia•--Stone, is however, pre-eminently the bridge
L. !ler a material. The carpenter can supply the wanst
aotf
aa
yeufidge in a comparatively short time, and in most case
tance
ou cos. The smith and founder will, with moderate assis
_t_
vhlsht:on and bricklayerlayer, effect what cannot be done wi la
Tie, and will in cases he place of stone with
of
might be usesd,P butt grandeur of effect, power ri
thtlistance, and eternity of endurance, are to be soughttin-
tioi.rV°4ll, the mason's- art, and with the mason's na:tee.
li7yf Wo know of and, possess nothing as
ad
fitted
f °r Massive, permanent construction an
__a
i_
,brid,le building particularly, so
.free from li b
ou 0 change in bulk from Rey natural influence as
tie; U°Thing, therefore, considering its other qualities as
estiosentel.;
/twell adapted for the main constituent of abridge..
is well known that iron is injuriously affected by man)
tiaseastiotithtat produce little or no impression on stone, 11.1 z.,
,or"!..pherie changes, electricity, continual percossion,
skupeesi galvanic aetion, C. ; it is liable to oxidatilona(ras
oe ir_ ho bridge being composed of a series of smsalo_bthe
~_
°sou presents a.great surface to the corroding Pe7er 1
1.411 e Phere), which,
in a series of years seriously impairs its
1:', agill, notwithstanding the precautions taken to
0b,,!._ "nd percussion and vibration operate so preserveinjuriously
47.eterlittl,
.sei. altogether to alter its internal structure and destroy its
tleilts 4: In proof of which see the accounts of the n.umeroyscci
tra.„ t have occurred on the various lines of railway from the
the7iuitidoerf. the axles of railway carriages, concussions, &c.—
VAL„.
1`0,,,, 'll oP A
- - rxRCIIITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE TO
histo-4310.---To those who know anything of architectural
to ry, end have sufficient knowledge of -styles and a
ae_s
oral_ aud enjoy old buildings, Belgi,m, the N
tlorts74,. eald Germany, offer extraordinary a
tiol. it is greatly to be regretted, that . compare_
4,;;!the Inittletw of
.our tourists know anything about
tn., er, notwithstanding the subject now
. More attention in England than was theh
occupies
!ielf!A Years ago. They visit the cathedrals, and c ucar_csehaeas!
lotercastles, both at home and abroad—they are amuseiti. as
Offer the information that they silently convey,
.is
..t.
..
theel, to which they have not the key, and so is I t!
by a 4 The delight of travel is increased foursfold
edge of architectural history—we speak for a few.,
as ma.,
sot ha 7 to such of our non-professional readers only
rive cave this knowledge—and we advise all who would d.,e-
tre,,f.e‘ fullest advantage from their summer rambles, and
atn:
9,44,71. aluount of pleasure, to apply themselves
.to
ay
,be ~,It• Every old building is an open book which m. y
itieb,"ersleed without difficulty by those who know the
siki'ele ; it tells you when it was erected, very often the
PreleWhat 0.1 society at that period • at which end it was begun, at
tk lirogrne alterations were made. You find it to bo a stae in
ss:-4 part of the whole, and can see clearly whatfiaa
art,
osed It and what it led to. Architecture, a
prohelirld form part of general education ;
4ted Y' will before long. We once hearadmiaa:n.Medde-.eua-
the frier before who had made the grand tour, inquire
oftoogroftence between classic and Gothic architecture, and. have
t-4'
WiblitspoPd then who have stood in the Athenian Acropolis an
t-4' e0r,441,w1e, who yet did not knew the Doric order from
i% --num; and had not the most remote idea that a con-
tom e„,,:?lsts between the struetures of Greece and Rome, n
'tk 07..4'44 of the middle ages on this side of the Alps an
tom at the differences btween them, now so strikingly apps-
"'it flitia k_
triColl step beat, p, and explaized.... The Builder.