The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-21 00:00:00

ST.ATE UP THE SUN.

We examined t!i luminary immediately alter

perusing the account given by the German Astro-
nomer, who pretended to have discovered several
Bleep caverns in it 3 disk. At that time not a spot

remained, and what the Augsburgh Observer took for
boles must have beets the bodies which we described

about the end of November, and the position of
'which pretty e s act ly corresponded with that of the
pretended caverns. In their transit over the-Situ,
these bodies are only rendered visible by the inter-
ruption of its beams which their opacity occasions.
They form in fact partial eclipses of that biotin-
- ivy, which must be more sensible to the inhabi-
tants of Venus, and still more so to those of Mer-
eury, than to us, as these planets are nearer the
. intervening bodies, and consequently receive a
larger: portion of their shadow. Of their size.
some idea may be formed, when it is stated, that
the Moon, which, on account of its vicinity to
our. sphere, occasionally conceals from •us the
whole of the Sun, would not appear bigger, or so
lig, in its passage over that luminary, as Om least
of the spots now tkistinguishable on its surtace,were
It removed to the same distance. That they are
extraneous bodies and not cavities in the sub-
stance .of the Sun, appears evident from their hav-
ing a planetary Motion of their own,- independent
tit that ut the luminarxiround which they revolve.
We should indeed nut be surprised to find, should
tlrey be watched with due attention, that they have
regular periods like the other planets. We are
most tempted to believe,, that those which have
lately re-entered the disk of the Sun, and which tire
tratv visible, are the same which we observed nearly

three months since, awl have just accomplished
• their revolution. On Monday last, only one body,
et vtry considerable magnitude, had entered as
usual on the left cat the disk, and proceeded nitwit
half way towards the centre. Yesterd we found
that it had passed time centre, and was fast ap-

proaching the right. It had been followed at
1111 Oft distaree by one of .less dimensions, a 'little
tuare elevated, which pdnraued the- aim course,
whilst at the inferior part of the disk,
the left, and also on
a new body had just made its appearance.
There ate now therefore three bodies passing at
once over the Sun, and tiMr configurstion much
reiembles that of some others which we have here-
tau: a obseived.

An darrning accident occurred in the Dublin
Theatre on Tuesday week, duriltg the representa-
tion of the Woodman's Hut : in the scene of the
ihoott on fire, while Mrs. IiAMSIN, Miss NORTON,
and Mrs. MONTGOMERY were attempting to pass
over the bridge, it gave way; owing' to its not
being properly secured, and
.the three were pre-
cipitated into the fire beneath ; Mrs. MONTGO-
MRUY forttnittely ticaped ‘vitisnut injury, and
Nliss NORTON witlt_ being slightly scorched, brit
Airs, Eowilkl WAS.so seriously bruised hy,the fall
that she leas been confined to leer bed ever since.

SHIP

DEAL, Dec. 20.—Arrived the Alert sloop of
%var from a cruise. Came down from the River.
yesterday, and sailed, the Tortoise store-ship for
St. Helena; Sarah Christiana for Sr. Helena;
and Hope for Oporto:—Wind N. E.
PotursmouTn, DEC. 20.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Sydney from Newfoundland ; Venus, Dttcw,
from Amsterdam ; Charles Forbes, MILLE, and
Agnes, Bovt.e, froni Quebec ; Chapman, DRAKE ;
MOffillt, LEO ; and Admiral Gambier, BRASyI,
from the Downs. Sailed the Shipley for New
South Wales, and Numa for Gienada. The
Charles Forbes sailed from Quebec the 16th No-.
vember, and the Monarch, DOUGLAb Was to sail
the following day. The Mary, TAYLOR, and the
Lord Somers, were ready for sea. The Agnes
lost an anchor and cable in the rier St. Law-
rence.—Wind N.

FALMOUTH, Dcc. 18.—Arrived the Heron gun-
brig from a cruise. Sailed the following packets
with mails :—Lally Arabella and Duke of Marlbo-
rough for Lisbon ; Princess Elizabeth, for Gibraltar
and Malta ; Marchioness of Queensberry, for Ame-
rica ; Lady Wellington, for Jamaica ; and Queen
Charlotte for the Brazils. Alio sailed the Bar-
lOU, SAMPSON, for. Venice, and Lucy, CULLIIN,
for Trieste.

DOVER, DEc. 2.o,—Arrived the Fortuna, Or,-
'Seri, &urn Malaga for Ostend, leaky, and is Limier

quarantine.
It AmsGATF., DEC. 20.—The brig Camper down,
HILL, on shore near the North Foreldnd, is gone
to pieces ; stores saved.

We are authorized to state, that Otere was a
misrepresentation in the Bow-street Report, copied
into UP: SUN from.a Morning Paper of yesterday,
And that Mr. HUGH SEYMOUR bad no intention
to provoke a duel, but merely to vindicate the
character of his brother. •

IVINDscR. Dec. 20...-The, Duke and Duchess
of GLOUCESTER arrived this morning at the Cas-
tle, on a visit to the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, who
were voile to Frogmore, the weather being re-
markably clear tor the season of the year.

Two more Cabinet Councils have been held at
the Foreign Office : one on Thursday at two
o'clock; which sat till near six ; and another was
assembled yesterday at two o'clock, at the. same
place, which eta till past five.
It is not expected that their Royal and Serene
Highnesses the Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince
LuoroLD will return to Canieltottl House, ag all
the furniture and property left there has been re-
moved to St. Alhan's House, Stratford-place.
• This day Viscount and Viscountess CASTLE-
REAGH will leave town, on a visit to their Royal
and Serene highnesses Princess CHARLOTTE and
Prince COBURG, at their seat, Claremont, Slltrey.
LUCIEN BUONAPARTE, it is said, has received
notice to quit Rome, and' rep:sir to his villa at
Frescati.

The report of Marshal Sour being on a visit
to the Earl of SEFTON, at Croxrth, is untrue.

Major-General Sir JOHN BYNG, K. C. B. who
has now a foreign corps' which is to be, reduced,
is to get the 41h %Vest India Regiment, •vice the
late Sir..lAmtts [TH.—('Morning Paper.)
It is said, that a Noble Martinis will shortly
emerge from his widowed --stale, and blend his
high honotirs and connections, in marriage, with
a daughter of an Earl of great possessions in the
North.

The Officers, non-commissioned Officers, and
Privates of the 92d Highlanders, now in
Citiu-
burgh Castle, have generously, and with a laud-
able zeal worthy of imitation, subscribed one
day's pay towards the relief of the distressed poor
in that townandneighbourhood. . .

Duen.—Yeiterday morning, at seven o'clock,
a meeting took place in the Regent's Park, near
Chalk Farm, between Mr. D--s, of Kentish
TOwn, and Major Dtt D--, of the Regi-
ment, in consequence of an altercation. which
took place at a Coffee-Louse, respecting a young
Lady of great beauty and accomplishments, re-
siding in the neighbourhood of Kentish Town.
The first fire Mr. D.'s bullet passed near the
blade-bone of his antagonist, carrying away with
it a part of the flesh—he was conveyed to Hamp-
stead. The wound.does not, it appears, assume
a 'dangerous complexion, nor is it of* nature like-
ly to render long confinement necessary.
"%VEST INDIA DOCKS.—Au extrt!ordinarY
die-
c')very has within a few days past been made at
the West India Docks, wherein a cheque clerk of
a warehouse, the master of a tighter, and others,
have been concerned in taking away coffer, sugar,
a number of bags of pimento, and other articles
to a great amount, for a length of time past, out
of the. "Docks, by concealing themselvts therein
during the night for that purpose. Three grocers
of Rotherbitlie, Poplar, and Deptford,•are like-
wise in custody for purchasing the articles,' know-
ing them.to have been stolen.—(Morning Post.)
ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about
six' o'clock, a file broke out in the premises of
Mr. LESLIE, Coachmaker, No. 8. New Cavell.;
disb4treet, Cavendish-square. The manufactory
was nearly burned to the ground. The loss sus•
tamed by Mr. LE,stts is very great.
We understand that the President and Stewards
of the North Britons' Society have vested one
hundred -and fifty pounds In the hands of the Li-
verpool Dock Trustees, being all the funds that
young and generous Society have in their power
to lend:—(Liverpodl courier.)
Died, on the 15th of October, at Antigua, of
the.yellow fever, Lieutenant SUMMAND,
cat. his
Majes:y's ship Tigris, son of the late Captain JOHN
SHORTLAND, I.Z. N.
_

Tuesday a quantity of Spanish Dollars were
picked up at Hardin-11W, on the mad front Sit-
tinghourne to Rochester, which were Lying scat-
tered in the ntud, as il.dropped by accident. A
labouring man, who first discovered them, found
ul]icieut to fill his but.