Star.
London, England, 1812-11-05 00:00:00

SECOND ED ON,

FTAIt-01710E, TWO O'CLOCX.
We have this instant received Paris Papers to the.
both ult. being a day later than those received on Sa-
tueclay last. Our sets consist of minor journals only
no maim,: being among them. They contain no ad di-
tidnal Bulletin from the French army in the North, and
egy are even silent on the subject of the late distur-
bances, From this reserve, however, we can forth no
estimate as to the present state of Paris. The Parisians,
in the mean time, as will be seen by our extracts, are
aroused with much entertaining matter—the balloon
expedition of the Governor of Moscow, and a new
cold, furnish the present topics of coversation in
the Coteries of Paris. We are glad to learn by the
1, Vienna article, that the Turks are in motion ; Austria
is evidently their object of attack :

" PARIS, OCTOBER 29.
a private letters from Moscow, of the 10th, com-
municate the agreeable intelligence that the Emperor
enjoys the best possible state of health.
" A considerable degree of curiosity has been ex-
'Cited by the Gou-de-10-Science attached to the Grand
Army, to be made acquainted with the principles
boa which the grand axial machine was made, with
Which the wretch Roaroesonn4 undertook to annihi-
lem the French army—it was no less than a Balloon,
whith was to carry up into the air fifty men, with
lockets, hand grenadoes, and •cannister shot, which
diet were to pour down upon the troops; but all ex-
periments totally failed—for the invention of this
wicked, but ridiculous device, the Russians were, as
usual, indebted to their allies, the English—and per-
lats the English General WILSON,, who was lately in
scow, was the Engineer. The following are the
vatticubtm of this business,' as communicated to the
EMPint3"
sib) 'the first week of June last, there arrived at
*tow a ,person who called himself SCHMIDT, and
ilk he was a native of Wurtzburg. This man,

Who, there were strong reasons for suspecting to be
an Englishman under a feigned name, was accom-
panied by an Aidelie.Camp, of Prince OLDEtf..."
jillipla% who had also assumed a fictitious name.
Stish established themselves in a house at Worozow,
:four Wersts from Moscow, on the Kalouga road. A
*.w days after their arrival, upwards of 500 work.
twit Were sent to them from Moscow. Guards were
stationed at all the gates leading to the place, and
10 person except those actually employed, was al.

lowed to enter the premises.
“ The Directors of the Establishment then made
* demand of an enormous quantity of iron filings,
incl gave an order on a merchant in Moscow, of the
name of PREITNE, for 45,000 roubles worth of oil of
IrittiOli PREITRE speedily shade his first delivery, and
irlttifnediately received 20,000 roubles in ready-money.
His second delivery, which consisted of 1500 pounds,
' was found at his warehouses about 40 wersts from
:, Moscow; it was at the disposal of the Governor

ROTOPCHIN : the latter, on the 4th September, pub-
lished a notice to caution the people against being
alarmed at an explosion which was to take place
$ nett days* was, he said, the trial of a machine
which was to "exterminate the French army, and he
made hilitself sure of success.
" The Machine was not ready until the Bth : an
experiment was made with it on the same day, but it
would not leave the ground, A report was then
. spread that some alterations were necessary, but a few
days afterwards ROSTOPCHIN and bis associates re-
aounced this mighty project in order to manufacture
, the .fire-works, with which they set fire to the city,
. , when our army entered.
!, ; "It appears that the above named SCHMIDT bad
1. s itftived from Vienna, furnished with passports, to en-
t. able him to enter Russia, and uth letters of credit,
„ all furnished to him by the Russian Minister at the
•i!- Impetial Court of Austria. He did not leave Moscow
, • c.:, end' two or three days after the entrance of the vie-
-4 tom' trs French artily into the Capital."
it
THE NEW COMET.
' exTILACT PROM A PAPER READ TO THE TRENCH nf-
,ari6TITUTEI AUG. 31, 1812, DT ht. NICOLZT.
14 A new Comet was discovered on the 20th of
.
July, by M. Potts, at Marseilles, and on the Ist of
. Atigust following by M. Bottvsm at Paris. M. I
' Aatrrart• and myself calculated that the Conical
. I would come nearest in contact with the Sun on the;
: Isth of September, 92'. 27". mean time, reckoned
t from the midnight of Paris.
44 The distance from the Earth to the Sun being
• taken as unity, that of the Comet in its perehelion
will be 0,77,8354
" The longitude of its wending Nedels 25$'. IV. se.
. " That of tbeperehelion on the orbit 9so. Sii. 50".
46 itsinclintlon on the Ecliptic 74°. W. WV.
0 The motion of the Comet is direct : in addition
'to Its slow motion, it affords a remarkable unifor-
mity hi longitude and latitude—and these two cir-

calculations more diffi-

cult of execution.
" It approaches the Eatth very slowly. There
%re some days when we know its place in the heavens
-4 when the absence of the Moon adtnits of our

ang it, on which it may be with the naked
eye : its tail is nearly two degrees long. It may
appear striking, to those who shall be able to chuse a
convenient time and place for observing it ; but
whatever may be the favourable circumstances under
which it presents itself to our vision in France, it is