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London, England, 1811-12-19 00:00:00

_THE PRINCE AEI

sWiselirday being ,the day appointed by his Royal
nigiotess the Pathcs Reeser to receive the Address
of e LORD MAYOR and Corporation of the City of
London, for the prevention of the Distillation from
Grain, they arrived at York-House, St. James's, in
grand procession, in- the followiag order, about a
quarter before three o'clock : •
The Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Houeolhold in Ms Lora-
-1 ship's private carriage. The City Marshals on Isorseback. The
State Carriage, with the Lord Mayor, his Chaplain, the Mace,
the Sword of State; followed by Aldermen Lewes and Combe,
the Recorder, Aldermen Scholey, Domville, Wood, and Good-
behste ; Sheriffs Birch and Heyate, the Remembrancer, Com-
mon Serjeant, Town Clefk, three Counsel ; Messrs. 'Watson,
Reynolds, and Arabia, the Comptroller, Solicitor, and about
fifty of the Members of the Common Council.

They were received in all due form of state, the
livery-servants, pages, &c. being in their full dresses,
the same as on a grand Court day. The Nowt was
attended by his full attendants, consisting of Mr.
Chancellor ADAM, in his robes and with his seals;
Colonel M'MAHoN, General TURNER, General Rao-
NIL, Colonel BLOOMFIELD, and Colonel CONGAZYZ I
the Ministers of State, in the large room on the ground
floor, which looks in the garden. His ROYAL HIGH.
NOS was dressed in full uniform, and seated in a large
chair to receive the Corporation, where they were in-
troduced into his presence from an anti-room, after
they had alighted Irom their carriages, when the RE-
coaoaa, as usual, read the following Address :

" To his Royal Highness the PILINCt of irALEt, Regent of the
unitsd Kiwi= of Great Briton and Ireland. The dutiful
and loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Conj-
. -mons of the City of London, in Common Council acsembled.
" May it please your Royal Highness,

" We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Comment of the City
of Loudon, in Common Council assembled, humbly approach
your Royal Highness, on behalf of ourselves and the community
at large, with an earnest request that your Royal Flightiest will
be graciously pleased to adopt such measures as, with the advice
of the Most Honourable the Privy Council, shall seem meet, for
causing a Suspension of the use of Grain in the Distilleries of the
United Kinedom, such suspension appearing to us to be one of
the most e......ctual means of preventing those serious evils which.
a further rise in the price of Grain is at this Otte so obviously cal-'
culated to produce; and we further humbly beg leave to express
our confident hope, that well aware, as your Royal Highness
must be, of the causes of the present scanty supply of Grain from
oreign parts, and of the great distress that may arise therefrom,
your Royal Highness, to whose justice and humanity we shall
' not, we truly, - appeal in vain—will be graciously pleased to em-
ploy all the means in your power, by ad 'piing measures corr.'s-
poncho' with your Royal character and disposition, to re-open to
us, if it be practicable, those channels of intercourse with foreign
and especially neutral nations, which have heretofore been found
so generally advantageous to his Majesty's subjects, and so good
a security against those dreadful calamities which ;re but too uto
the consequence of a scarcity of the necessaries of life."

To which Address his Royal Highness was pleased
to return the following most gracious Answer :

" 1 mutt alva)s see Wllh groat concern the presinre arising from
a deficiency in. the harvest.

" I have directed such steps to be taken u may tend to give the
earlitst effect to any measures which may be adopted by Parlia-
ment fur the purpose of relieving the inconveniences or evils likely
to result from such deficiency—and whenever eircuntstaneas shall
take it practicable. nothing shall be wanting on my part to son•
t ribute towards the restoration of commercial intareouroebetween
this country and other nations, to the footing on which it hos
been usually conducted, even in the midst of war."

The Members of the Corporation were most gra-
ciously received, and had the honour to kiss his Royal
Highness's hand. The PRINCE appeared to experience
but little inconvenience from his lameness.

After the Corporation had withdrawn, the PRINCE
gave audience to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl CAM-
DEN, Mr. PERCLVAL, and Mr. RYDER. He then pro-
ceeded to hold a Privy Council, which was attended
by the PRESIDENT, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the FIRS r
LOUD of the TREASURY, and CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CFMAIEER, the FIRST LORD Of the ADMIRALTY, the
MASTER-GENERAL of the ORDNANCE, the three SECRE-
TARIES Of STATE, and the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of
CONTROUL. Viscount CHETWYND attended as Clerk
of the Council. •

The RECORDER cf LONDON did not make his Report,
as was expected.

A trotting-match for .500 guineas took place on the
Hertford road on Monday, between Mr, PENNING..
TON'S celebrated mare Smirker' and a grey horse from
Blackwater, the property of Captain Wisisioce.—
Thousands were pending on the match, which was
four miles. The horse led at the rate of 17 miles an
hour, and a better race was never witnessed. The
mare won the match by about 36 yards. The ani-
mals were rode feather weight, and the distance was
performed in 13 minutes and ten seconds.
Last week, one of the game-keepers of the Duke
of BEDFORD, hearing the report of a gun in the night
in one of his Grace's woods, went with another person
to the spot, where they found three men, one having
h pheasant in his hand, who immediately threw down
• the bird, and, pulling from under his smock-frock a
short stick, struck the game-keeper so severe a blow
, on the head as to fracture his skull in the most dread.
I ful manner, and his life is despaired of. One of the
villains has since turned evidence, and they are all
taken and committed to prison.
The termination of the Fair of Mountpelier, in the
county of Limerick, last week, was a scene of blood-
shed, occasioned by a general engagement between
two factions, who have at all times violated the peace
on Fair-days ; the fighting continued five hours ;
many were wounded, and one man was killed ; se-
veral houses were much injured. Three of the ring-
leaders were apprehended,
• A tintless, on a trial last week, in the Court of
Common-Pleas, Dublin, where Lord NORSURY pre-
sides, being asked, in his cross-examination, whether
such-an-one was an honest man, made the following
answer—" He is, indeed, as honest a man as I see in
this Court, (begging Lord Norbury's pardon.)" As
soon as laughter was a little subsided, Lord Norbury
observed to the Counsel, " I see this man is not only
a dealer in rod salt, (for such he was) but also in
attic salt."
Last week, a Society, who stile thethselves Odd
Fellows, met with an odd accident at their Lodge,
in Norwich. About sixty of them had met to debate
upon weighty affairs, when their weight being too
ponderous for the second floor, it gave way, as j the
whole were precipitated to the first, while the im-
portasit question was arguing for the removed of the
Lodge to another house,

THE ARMY.

It is with pleasure we announce the arrivAl of t 1 ,e
Camperdown transport at L:sbon, on the 2dth sIL
with the following Officers on board :

Major-General Boa Terriew.
Doctor FORAM Phisician to *lona.
Brevet Major DI Bello&
Baron DAMAXIIOI7IIIX.
Captainitizeosts, Royal Engineers.
Captain 4sern, Royal Staff.
Captain HAT, Revs! atalf.
Captain MAccemate, Mt Regiment at Foot.
We understand that the plan originally projectei
by Major Itoartra, for the benefit of the Officers of
the Army, their rites, and children, is completed:
but the advantages are farther extended, by enabling
Officers, on paying a trilling donation, Ks Secure to
themselves, in case of being disabled, or to their wi-
dows or children, should they fall in the servickgs
immediate and liberal pension. Mali praise is cer-
tainly due to Major itorianrs and JOHN Pirauraar,
Esq. for their exertions in perfecting so lanes*" II
plan. We expect that in a short time the subscrip-
tions will commence. XI
. ATI T
The following funeral OrtlerlAlMP eout Mot by
Lord HARRINOTOE .1•11
44 It having been repeated, that on certain days of
the year, some solders are **ill in the habit or ap-
pearing with cockades and other bakigei, which give
unintentional offence to different Classes of their fellow
subjects—it is the Commander of the Forces Order,
that they do in future avoid any token of l'any Di. -
Unction. and confine themselves to the dress which
his Majesty has been pleased to fix fur the Corps to
which they belong."
COVE or CORE, bEC. l3.—Yesterday morning ar-
rived here, his Majesty's ship DuavrzsT, Capt. G. M.
Surrotr, with a fleet of transports, about 35 s,ll, prin-
cipally horse-shipsyfrom Portsmouth. Owing to the
contrary winds; they were obliged to put into
on Sunday the Ist inst. and sailed thence for this port
on Tuesday last.—Amongst them is the transport
Nand-, No. 126, Captain Srumtv, with the Huntir,,-
don Militia on board, bound to Dublin, for which
place she proceeds the first fair wind and moderate
weather.

The Royal Meath militia, quarered at Corlc, have
received orders to embark for England.
The following is an interesting Extract of a Letter
frem a Captain of the 28th Regiment of Foot, under
the command of General HILL

" Albuquerque, Nov. 10, 1831.
" We left Portable. soon after I last wrote, and on the 22d
entered Spain, and, after three days inciraarn marching, reached
Army, Es Puerto, which we entered on the evening of the 2.5.4.
The French had left it at noon, driven out by the Spaniards, be
as yet knew nothing of our being so !nor. On the rrtit urrwrie
close at the heels of the French, and orders were sent to Caceres.
to the Alcads of that place, to provide us rations—but we did not
go there, nor ever intended it ; and this manativre deceived the
French. Vie changed *or direction on their line of march ; and,
on the 27th, at night, after a dreadful such, almost every body
overcome by hunger and fatigue, we lay on our atm', within a
leagite of General Girard's division, who supposed us to be at
Caceres, which be had just left. I sever recollect such heavy
rain as deluged us here, and not a spark of fire was permitted to
be seen. About three o'clock of the morning of the 28th we ad•
ranted, and before day-break we formed, conaveleal by a kill
under the village that she French occupied. It was day- .ight
before the dividon collected. When all was ready, one column
moved direct on Arroyo de Molino, which supported the right
of the Freseh (who were by this time (haven out) and another
very strong division,- in which was our brigade, marched rapidly
round the enemy's left, concealed by a rising ground, so as to meet
their retreat, and cut them off by theMerida's road. Close in rear
ad the enemy was a craggy mountain, Is most pasts perpendka-
be. They opened a feeble cannonade from their right, but soon
retreated, formed line, and kept up Cos a short time a use of
musketry, and then made a push for the Merida road. Here
they encountered our column, and found at the same time that
we had captured great part of their baggage and all their guns.
They now appeared in a state of 4tagorrertrt, and e.ented not to
know what to do. Our cavalry charged them, and our cannon
mowed down their ranks. They were completely baited and be.
set on all sides. They then faced about, and received the order
to make for the mountain. Our brigade, full drive like dugs is
a chace, came up with them at the foot of the mountain. It is
impossible for me to detcribe the sczne that fohowed--a thousand
immediately threw down their arms and remained prisoners.
whilst we chac :d the rest an I cut them off by sections. They
abandoned baggage, package, arms, and every thing they possess.
ed, and the ground was covered ws:h boxes, portmanteaus, (im.
mediately broken open) hooks, maps, parsers, sheets of linen, coats,
shawls, and packages of tetoney, of which in one paper
smelts( our men got upwards of lop gold pieces. All the officers
lett us their horses at the mountain. 4mongst all the plunder I
might have appropriated to myself, I contented my .elf with a fe•
mans map of Portugal and Spain, by Mentelte. Member el the
National Institute, a handsome tnrnished sword-bett, a good silver
fork and spoon (this was fair, for t' lost mine in our retreat last
year), a silk night-cap, and a superb sash beanifully ornamented,
which, however, is of little use to me, except as a span of war.
" I had a good deal of conversation wi.h the Prince d'Arem -
berg, as well as General Brune. The latter saw me polite- a
Spaniard for some bread, which by the bye I was obliged to • :At-
by fortar.-0 Oh," said he," you spoil those Spaniards; never ray
" them for any thing; we Frenchmen know better than you hew
" to treat them ; they deserve no attention--they ate not carable
" liking any people in the world, though they may say they are
" fond of you. Give them a kick in the rump a-d send them of."
" Our brigade marched back here by Arroyo de Poem and
st. Vincent.: the rest of the division is again in rertalegre. Our
situation here Is too far advanced and unrupported fur us to stay
long, which I am 'orry for, as the old castle is a great curienty,
built close and regular on a high rock overhanging the town.
The women here are handsome, and take a pride to shewing their
feet and legs. In all other respects every part of the person is
concealed. How different from those of some other nations I
could name! Their Dertullies are horrid entertainments, where
there is nothing but smoking and dancing.
" During all the time I have been a soldier, I do not remember
our men enduring any thing like the nights previous to the action
of the 28th. Deluged with rain and overcome with fatigue, you
can have no idea of the misery they suffered. I often thought of
Southey, who says—

" After tnarching all day, faint, and hungry, and core,
" I've laid down at night on the swamps of a moor;
" There forced by pain and fatigue to remain,

" All chilled by tke cold and benumbed by the rain."
Por myself, thank con, I. ass perfecly well, and I I ope
shall keep myself so. Adieu.—l hare no hopes of seeing home
yet—every thing is warlike

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IWO kbe ;ALMON clime. the, • ', --
Irktitici,a7 a Vittarterly cetera' Court was held at
eanatrup harbour the CoetliM+ /PAW ''..
' ' • tire test India- ouse. After the usual forms, the
, Chaiinean'inoVedethat, in compliance with the Re-
powrsmouTm, pimeniut te. solution of the Court of Directors, the Dividend for
Sailed the SERAPH! for Deptford ;., 'f,*
Mier/Attlee Sir the halt year, 'commencing the sth July last, and
AL, amain. ayeet teotse
H. POPHAM, and RoXiiii, 0 .--
C • ee ending the sth January next, be 5- per cent.; which,
for off Cherburgh ; IfkKAILS, SPR . 10•W" .'0;on the question being put, passed unanimously in
,-• ana CA-
torus, for the Downs. Arrived the-remits' from the affirmative. •
• '
a cruize, and the JASON from NewfoindYarid. Also The Chairman stated, that the Court of Directors
arrived the following Indiaman, Arniston, Thames, had come to a Resolution, that there was reason tobelieve that all the persons who were on board the
Royal Charlotte, Cabalva, Thomas Grenville, and Ocean at the time she was supposed to have been
Neptune : they are expected to be dispatched to-mor- lost, had perished—that as the occasion and circum-
row, and to sail in three or four days. stances relating to her loss were wholly unknown,
DEAL, DECEMBER 18. there was an impossibility of inquiring satisfactorily
Arrived and sailed for the River the Free Briton, into the loss of the ship ; but from her being stored
in a sufficient manner, and the experience and ability
HUTCHINSON, from Quebec. Arrived the John, JACK- lof the Commander and Officers, it was reasonably
sox ; and the Batchelor, —, from Newcastle, for !to be presumed that mo blame attached to them ; he
Surinam, the latter with the loss of an anchor and I then moved that the ballot, for the confirmation of
• cable. Came down from the River his Majesty's ship this Resolution, be fixed for the 17th et January next
I —as also the Question for restoring to the service
Cdtameus, and several merchantmen: The outward- `Mr. HENRY MERRIMAN, late Chief Mate of the extra
bound remain.—Wind W. ship Tottenham.
YARMOUTH, DECEMBER is. Mr. MICHAEL Root stated, that the expected re-
.
- Yesterday, P.M. the HORATIO frigate, of 33 guns, newal of the Company's Charter this Session, being
f Capt. Lord GEORGE STEWART, arrived here from He- an object of considerable importance to the Proprie-
t
• : ligoland, where she in a gale threw some of her guns tors of Stock, he therefore requested to be informed
whether any steps had been taken, or were in a train
overboard, and the wind being strong from the N.W. ' for that purpose ?
she was four days seen off and on here before she could : The CHAIRMAN observed, that the information re-
get into the Roads. Also, arrived from Leith, the quired appeared to be tu.)eriluous—Proprietors were
. CALYPSO sloop, Captain Were, where she has had a • already informed, that the Directors were anxious
p;rtial repair, having in the late gales thrown all her for the renewal of the Charter—such anxiety certainly
guns overboard, and was very much damaged.
, was not ddiminished, and no exertions on their part
I would be wanting to obtain the renewal at at early a
A man of war's launch, 33 feet long, marked P. 0.
period as possible.—The Court then adjourned.
. and No. 810 on the stern, was discovered on Saturday' A Court of Directors was yesterday held at the
ivorning last, lying on Lowestoft South Beach, with 1 East India-House, when Captain T. PRICE was sworn
a few materials in her. How she came there no one into the command of the ship Lord Duncan, ton-
g present knows, but her number corresponding with ' signed to Bombay direct, as was Capt. P. ROLLAND
, into the Alowick Castle, consigned to China direct.
that of the Mrsoreuft, 74 guns, lost last year on the
C?ast of Holland, it is presumed it belongs to that I .
slip, and that some persons have taken her and made] Yesterday a fine Indiaman, named the Bengal, was
their escape from the Continent to this country. I launched from Blackwall. She is a very fine vessel.
THURSO, DECEMBER 10. Her head bears the figure of an Indian Bramin, ex-
On the 2d instant, a snow-rigged vessel was disco-1 ceedingly well carved.
vered coming round Howburnhead from the westward, The Bonny Lass, Bane, which sailed from Leith
and was believed to be standing for Serabaster roads, on the 30th ult. for Wick, has lost all her sails, boom,
bat the afterwards shaped her course towards Mur- land boltsprit, in a gale at sea. The crew and pas.
k% bay, probably mistaking Dunnet Head for the sengers must all have perished, had they not provi-
"test point of the island of Stroma, in the Pentland dentially fallen in with the Prince of Wales cutter
Frith; the result most unfortunately was, that the ship brig, belonging to the Excise, the Commander of
ran aground during the night on Dunnet Sands, and ' which not only supplied them with what necessaries
was there dashed to pieces, and every soul on board • they wanted, but towed them into Frasersburgh, a
perished. Next morning no part of the hull of the distance of upwards of 70 miles.
vessel was to be seen entire. Some leaves of the log- I The ship St. George, HOLBURN, from Quebec, arri-
book were picked up, by which it has been ascertained , ved at Plymouth on Sunday, with timber for the dock-
that the vessel was the Fingal, of London, Thomas yard. She brought passengers Captaiu Teemeeee
Ffeugh master ; that she took in a cargo at the port ' and part of the crew of the ship America, belonging
of Mtrimichi, in New Brunswick, and was bound for Ito that port, which vessel, during a gale, parted from
London. The greatest part of the cargo, it is expec- her cables in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and drove
ted, will be saved ; and from the dimensions of the on shore, shortly after which, she became a wreck.
logs the vessel must have been of considerable bur- One of the crew, named FERRIS, was unfortunately
then. She was copper-bottomed, and in all likeli- drowned; and another, the carpenter, named NEL-
hoed had a complement of 12 or 14 men. Six of the sox, died on board, a short time previous to hergoing
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bodies have only been discovered by the last accounts. I ashore, His death, it was supposed, was occasioned
CHATHAM, DECEMBER 15. lby excessive fatigue.
The Nymphen was put out of dock yesterday; to-morrow the i Arrived at Greenock, on Thursday, the Venus,
Deltona will also be put out. The new 74-gun-ship the Alias and Kennedy, from Quebec, in 45 -days—sailed in corn-
tee Montague, will be docked immediately in their stead. 'Ulla D any with the Lucy, M'Millan, for Troon—
Attack gun-belg was about to sail from hence yesterday, when •a. - - p
the Port-Admiral gave directions for her detention till 'Tuesdaywith her in the Gulph. The Eliza, Hunter, for
next, in order to her being more completely stored and fitted.— Troon, was to sail in five days ; and the Aurora,
Ibe Audacious was paid off yesterday, and the crew were taken Boyd, of Greenock, for Belfast, in eight days.
in fenders lo the Nore; the Monarch was also to be paid off, but
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thrpsyment is deferred for the present, owing to their hot being The ship Princess Elizabeth, Stevenson, of Greer
able immediately to dispose of the ship's company. nrck, was totally burnt at Alicant, 6th ult.—Crew
PROM LLOYD'S LIST. ;saved,. .
The Herald, M'Kessock, arrived at Hargate Creek,
The Elizabeth, Mathews, front Belfast to Amelia island; and
the-Patlaa,......‘,.orNew York, are 'onshore near Loughawilly. left. -the Sir John Francis, loading at Alicant, for
The
,Aptphyrite, Morgan,- from Liverpool to Bristol, is on '4lendon-
shoWnOlitt Caroarvon, and it is feared will be totally lost. The Ann, Razor, from Greenock for New Bruns-
The Friendship, Dow ; and the Peggy, Smith, from Quebec to tick, was lost 23d October, on Cape Sable—crew
Tialifix, are on shore In the River St. Lawrence,
and part of the cargo saved.
The Battle- Trader, Tullbeh, from Londtds to Quebec, was
totally lo,t en Cape Brelne,.bn the gth of October; crew saved. A letter from Dundee, dated Dec. 13, states :
The Inclustiy, Hirvey, from viane, to Tegumouth, has been "-Ar ten o'clock forenoon, one of the pinnaces that
taken, ant scuuled; by a French privateer, which sailed from ply on the ferry betwixt Dundee and Woodhaven was
Welsh, in company with nine 'others, on e 2341 ult. to cruise , observed from the Craig Pier to sink, with two boat-
In the bay of Biscay; , 1 men on board, George lEirkildy and George Ad'm.
son. Several boats put off to their assistance ; but
Adamson only was saved. - Kiyialdy was observed
supporting himself by an oar, and a rope was thrown
to him from one of the beats ; but he almost imme-
diately disappeared.
A letter from Arbroath, dated Dec. 14, says :
Ale brig Betties and Susan, Captain WEIR, of this
,pert, sailed from Newcastle, coal loaded, on the 3d
Instant, and has not since been heard of. Several
vessels that left Newcastle the day after arrived some
days ago. In addition to the crew, an Officer and
five or six men of the Forfar militia were on board ;
,cine of the men had his wife and two children along
. with him. They applied for a passage by the other
--
vessels,but finding the Betties was to sail a tide earlier,
' embarked in her. It is reported here, that the people
in the Bell-rock Light-house, saw a squat e-rigged
•vessel founder on the 4th or sth inst.
- A letter from an Officer on board the Queerer fri-
gate, dated Leith, Dec. 13, says—" We arrived on
e 10th, having escaped a tremendous gale. The
Old QUEBEC was almost exhausted, and, I think, had
not the wind and sea subsided when they did, we
should ere long have gone down. In so bad a state
were we on the fourth day of the gale, that we were
obliged to heave six of our largest guns, with their
carriages, overboard, accompanied by 72 shot. On
the filth, we decried a vessel, apparent!): in great dl'-
tress. We came up to, and boarded bee: she proved
to be the Atalanta, from Amsterdam, bound to Lone.
tdon, and prize to the NIOIIII frigate, who, doubting
the legality of her licence, had put an Officci with
eight men on board, to convey her safe into some
English port. The sea had struck her the day before,
had carried away her misett-mast,-overy thing move-
able from,the deck, and three of their best men, who
• were sever seen afterwards. The men hid been at
the pumps for three days and nights. We took her
in to*, and succeeded in sa ing property to the amount
of 16000.—We proceed back to our station off Flush-
i ing immediately."

. . DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
Etertion, for the twee Gebroeders, ou the 26th inst. recalled
Wednesdays and Thersdays.
Echo, for the Maria, on board, yesterday; recalled at No. l 3
Great George street, Westminster.
Gaiiant, for the Restorator, on her arrival at Leith; recalled at
37, Southampton-street, Strand.

"C' 2.175.494\117,
A NEW t4-02VEP. 1

Imperial Observatory, Potts, Dec. 9, sill.
te A new Comet has just been seen in the.constel. ,
lation of Eridanus—it was seen by M. Pons at Mar-
seilles on the 16th ult. The thick weather did not
permit its being seen at Paris before the sth instant ;
on that day, at II hours 1 minute of mean time, its
right ascension was 64. 23. and the declination'l3.
34. S. The apparent motion of the Comet in right
ascension is retrograde and very slow, and the motion
in declination carries it towards the nort'iern hemis-
phire. It is not visible by the naked eye ; with very
good glasses, its nucleus, the light of which is vivid,
is seen surrounded with a light cloud, but not the
slightest trace of a tail is to be seen.
" It was announced that, on the 4th November,
at 7 p. m. thee was seen at serne, in the direction of
E. N. E. a Comet above the horizon ; and it was
dded, that the tail was tunied d:rectly en the side of
the horizon. It will not be unneces-ary to remark,
that these indications cannot in any measure relate to
ihe Comet di,covered by M. Pons, first, because on
the 4th November this Comet was still below the
horizon at eight at night, and next, because it rises
.n the S.E. and has no tail. It is probable that the
Astronomer of B..rne mistook the Nebulous of An-
dromeda for a Comet."