The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-06 00:00:00

ECLIPSE OF THE. SUN.

• The following account of this approaching
event (which is to take place to-morrow) is given
by Dr. BURNET of Gosport :
An . .
Eclipse of this great Luminary was formerly
a terrific object to the inhabitants of the earth, but now it is
viewed-with Admiration by common observers, and emplciyed
in the promotion of science by those who are farther ad-
vanced in knowledge. The solar eclipse, which will happen
on the 7th instant, will be the greatest of all those that 'have
happened-in this part of Europe since the year 1764, and in-
deed of all those that will again happen here before tbe year
1847. Like the two eclipses above alluded to, it will in cer-
tain places be annul«r, or show the appearance of a ring
round the body of the moon. In latitude 81 deg. 39 min;
29 sec. north, and longitude 149 deg. 32 min. 55 see. Westy• at
59 min. 3 sec.,p. m. (our time) the sun and moon will rise
together, the sun with a beautiful ring of light round the
:noon. After sun-rise, the centre of the moon's shadow will
pass between the Shetland Islan,ls and down the North Sea;
it will then proceed nearly in a straight line across Germany
and the Tyrol Country, and enter the gulf of Venice. Tra-,
versing that Fulf, it will cross the heel of Italy, and, after
sbirVingthe coast of Morea and Candia, will pass directly
over Alexandria in Egypt, and finally leave the earth 'in
Arabia, near the Persian Gulf. In latitude 27 deg. 10 min,
30 sec. north, and longitude 46 deg.• 2 min. 4 sec. east, at 3h...
12m. 355. p. m. (our time) the sun will set with the same
beautiful ring of light round the body of the moon.
At Gosport tbe beginning of the eclipse, or the appulse
of the moon on the sun's northern limb, will take place on
h. m. s.
.ThUrsday next (Sept. 7th) at O2O 53.}
Visible conjunction or time of new moon 147 13 P. m•
Greatest obscuration of the sun's disc 1 49 43 apparentvuuet
End of the eclipse 3 13 es

Mean or clock time will be 2 min. 9 sec. sooner than each
of the above periods of the eclipse, in consequenceof the sun's
being before the clocks.
The portion of the sun's disc. eclipsed at the greatest ob-
scuration will be 10i deg.. nearly out of 12 deg. on the sun's
northern limb,

The total duration of the general eclipse to the inhabitants
of the earth will be ahout'S h. 17 m.; but at no ou' place•in
particular will the duration be much more than half that

time.

In order to be prepared with easy rneans to observe this in-
teresting phenomenon to advantage, it is necessory,that dark
glasses should be used to defend the eye from the powerful
light of the sun. For this purpose, two pieces of common
crown or window glass, from 6 to 8 inches long by ti inch
wide, should he wiped clean and dry, warmed a little by.the
fire to prevent their cracking, then smoked over the flame ,of
a candle, and thns tinged with hNseveral dyes, increasing gra-
&rally in blackness from one end to the other the smoked
glasses should then be applied carefully one against the Other,.
only separated by a rectangular border, cut of brass or card
paper, and tied together with waxen thread, when the contri-
ranee will be fit for use.

Should the atmosphere be serene, and free from all the mo-
difications of cloud in the vicinity of the sun from a quarter
before till a 'quarter past 2 p. in. there will be a great proba-
bility of seeing some of the planets with the naked eye.—
Mercury will he situate about 17 deg. and Venus 40 deg. to
the west of the sun, and Mars 36 deg. to the east of him.
* The difference of time in west longitude between Gosport
and Salisbury in the aboVe periods of the eclipse, will be. 16
seconds later at the latter place.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DURHAM RACES, Atm 30.

A Sit.rEß Cue, value 50gs. by subscription of sgs. each, p. p.
with tugs. added by the town; (the surplus in specie to the
winner) for horses, &c. that never won 100 gs. at any one
time, in plate or stakes, before the day of naming ; three-
year olds, 7st. ; tour-year olds, Sst. 31b ; five-year olds and
upwards, Bst. i.olb. -Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Two-
mile heats. (II subscribers.)
Lord Vane Stewart's gr. f. Fair Helen, 3 yrs old 4 1 2 1
Mr. Lambton's br. c; Vaverley, 3 yrs old 3 3 1 2
Mr. M.A. Taylor's hr. c. Borodino, 3 yrs old
Sir Henry Hardinge's b.c. Gonsalvi, 3 yrs old
At starting, 6 to 4 on the field; after the first beat the
same: after the second heat, 6 to 4 on Fair Helen; after the
third heat, even betting on Fair Helen. A beautiful race.
The sport so far has been most excellent. The race for the
Cup excited very great interest; it was looked upon as a kind
of political struggle, and many bets were made " 6 to 4 the
STories against the Whigs." At the close of the race, Fair
Helen was loudly cheered, and she was accompanied off the
ground and to her stable by a concourse of people, who rent
the air with their acclamations.—The races have been tole-
rably well attended, and more carriages were upon the ground
than we recollect to have seen there upon any former occa-
sion. The beautiful scenery which surrounds the course was
much enlivened by the appearance of numeruus groups of
well dressed ladies.

,
h7VERAORDINARY SPORT.--Mr. SPENSTONE, Of
rey, killed from his own double-barrelled gun,
on the Ist of September, 3 head of 'game, namely, eleven
brace of birds and ten hates:" 'He shard from Blackwater at
day-break, and shot uutil five o'clock to two brace of dogs.
•

BOXW.—A new black, lately imported.frorn
America, whom fame has prOclaiMed another Molineaux, has
offered' to fight any one. He has been working about Gos-
port for sonic time •
.and on Wetlnesday (this day) he will be
tried for a purse 0i25 guineas with Frank Strong, ttre Fanr.-
ham man, the best in that part of the country, Thb battle
will be in Hants, half-way frown Farnham. to the coast.

MAGISTERIAL .APPOLNTIVIENT—Mr.
SIIA Lb, of Latnbeth-streetvis appointed to succeeii
of Bow-street, lately deceaird Mr. WYATT, of Sbadi.telt,,
succeeds Mr. Myr/sit/mi.; and Mr. HosKINS, a Barris6r
Lincirle.s rnt4 is-,appointed to sUccsiettiattiC
WYATT at Sbadwell Office.

THE QUEEN.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(M-HS, DAY.)

This morning there was an unusually full at-
tendance of Peers, almost all the Bishops, with
the Archbistreits of TUAI'N, CANTERBUliiralla
YORK. Prayers were read by the Lard Bishop
of BRISTOL. The three Itoyal Dukes were early
in the House. Excuses were offered for the ab-
sence of the Earl of RiaNii_tx and the Duke of
151-.AUFORT.

SUPPLIES TO HEIL MAJESTY.
Lord KENYON rose, before the Connsel were
called, and observed, that seeing a Noble Earl
opposite in his places, he visited to make the
motion of which he crave- notice yesterday.
Their Lordships would not do their duty
to themselves nor to the public if they
did' not give: the fullest information with
resper+ to the,rosources which bad been fur-
nisht d to the queen both before and since her

arrival here, as connected with the important
investigation now going on. Ile did not, on this
occasion, wish to tiouble their Lordships at any..
length, as he had es.sterday stated his reasons for
.the. Motion he should now submit to the House:
The Noble Baron here 'concluded with moving
fo.r, copies of all communications between his
Majesty's' Mini,t'rs and the_ Queen's Advisers,
re,necting such supplies as hld been•grantedh to
`herMajesty by Government, since her arrival in
England, a 9,1 also' an account of the sums paid
on account of h r Majesty.
Lord KENG wished nc t only for an account of
the monies which had be:ils granted to her Ma-
jesty,•but also of the expences.on the other side.
It was understood, that a very large sum must 1w
expended, and it was proper that their Lordships
should have the whole-accotint before them. lie
also thought it IseceSsary to know' upon whose
authority sums of Money had beets advanced to
the Queen,. and from what funds these sums were
taken. In short, he conceived that their Lord-
ships ought to knoiv a great deal snore than the
Noble Baron's motion would acquaint them with.
The Earl of •LIVERroor. said, that the Noble
Baron's motion rested on specific grounds, and
therefore he did not intend to oppose it. With
regard to the suggestion thrown out by the, last
Noble Lord, he could only say, that there would
be no difficulty, at a future time, to lay before
their Lordships all the information that his Ma-
jesty's Ministers could possibly give. But in the
present stage of- the business, such an account
must not only be incomplete, and therefore un-
satisfactory, but there were circumstances which
rendered it improper to accede to the Noble
Lord's wish.

The Marquess of BUCKINGHAM here suggested,
that • the word " legal " had better be inserted
before the word Advisers," in the Noble Ba-
ron's motion.
The Earl of L LUDERDALE thought, with re-
spect to the .extended motion of the Noble Lord
(King); that it would not be proper to accede to
it at the present moment. It would be better, he
conceived, for the House still to rest on the •re-
sponsibility of his Majesty's Government, with
regard to the monies so advanced'by them, while
reserving the investigation of -their conduct to.a.
More convenient time.
The Earl of DARNLEY was of opinion that if

'any account were produced, it ought to be a ge-
neral one. He bad, however, no objection to the
Noble Baron's motion. _

The LORD • CHANCELLOR. now submitted to
the House, whether instead of the words " legal
Advisers," the Noble Baron should not insert her
Majesty's Counsel and Agents.
This Amendment was assented to by Lord
KENYON. The question was then put, when the
Loa], CHANCELLOn declared, that the Contents
had it ; but notwithstanding this declaration, a
division was called for.
Strangers were now ordered to withdraw, but
they were with great difficulty cleared out ; soon
after which the House divided as follows :

Contents ..
Non-Contents
Majority.. for the Motion' 60.
We understand that while strangers were 'ek-
chided, some discussion took. place in conse-
quence of a motion by the Earl of DARNLEY for
an account of the txpences of the Milan Com-
mission, -which was resisted by the - Earl of LI-
VERPOOL on,VariouSArounds, and finally lost.
Before ..the re-admission of strangers to the
House, the Counsel, who remained within the
passage, were called to proceed, through the
lobby, in the usual form ; but the door of the
inner lobby being just opened at the time, the
rush to-- obtain air entrance was so formidable,
that it was impossible for the Counsel to come
through, till Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, with the as-
sistance of the Police, threatening to have-',eilery
one taken up, at length. succeeded in clearing a
passage for-them.
On our return to the House, the Loan CuAN-
cELLon was. stating the nature of the questions
which he had framed for the consideration of the
Learned Judges, in consequence of what passed
yesterday. These. questions were so framed, as
to ascertain whether a witness might be re-exa-
mined with respect.to the whole of a conversation
that had taken place. between him and another
person, respecting a fact of which he had been
cross-examined. The Learned Judges retired to
• consider their opinion.