The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-28 00:00:00

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sell it may, still prevents a full reliance on the
ondrous nature of the invention, an invention which, if it

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only partially succeeds, must revolutionize society, and, in-
stead of dwelling on the tolerably sized surface of a globe, our
world, by the ease of intercourse, will become so small that
we must migrate to the stars. What becomes of " free trade,"
when machines are spinning among the Clouds, flying with
goods from all parts of the earth ? No more ladies with false
bustles cheating the revenue officers, when lace can be spun
from the fleecy sky while the carriage skims along. No more

war, when an infernal machine can be quivering over a de-
voted army, pouring down a storm of artillery that shall make
Jupiter sulky and the Cyclops jealous. In fact, no more any.
thing as it has been. Steam companies and railway share-
holders ruined; shipbuilders bankrupts, and the whole navy
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As the attention of the public at the present moment is
particularly directed towards the comet that has so unex-
pectedly made its appearance, I think it may be interesting
to examine into a calculation I have somewhere seen, from
which it was shown that probably through the agency of the
comet called Halley's the general deluge related in the Mosaic
account .vas accomplished. What data Dr. Halley had for
stating that the comet named after him returned only once in
5751 years, I know not ; assuming, however, that the revo-
lution of that comet to be as Dr. Halley states it, then I must
confess the calculation marks the period of the deluge in a
moat surprising manner, and proves the truth of the account
we read of in the Bible. The following is the data taken
from the Bible :
Years.
1655
2349

Prom the Creation to the Deluge .....
From the Deluge to the birth of Christ

The age of the world at the birth of Christ.... 4004
The present century since the birth of Christ.. 1843

The comet that a

lution is once

in the year

year is

reared in 1680, whose revo-

iiis7sl years will return again
22551, which from the present

The age the world will be on the comet's re-

Noah entered the ark on the 17th day of the second month,
when the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and it
also rained for forty days.
The waters prevailed on the earth 150 days, and on the
17th day of the seventh month the ark rested on Mount Ara-

rat—being five months.
On the 27th day of the second month, in the following
year, the earth had got sufficiently dry to allow Noah to land
from the ark, being 12 months and 10 days from the com-
mencement of the flood.

Reckoning back seven revolutions of this comet from the
year 1680, when it was last seen, we bring it to the year
2349 before Christ, which was the time of the deluge,
viz. :

From the deluge to the birth of Christ
From the birth of Christ to the year the comet

The comet's revolution once in 5754 years—
seven revolutions is, therefore
To which must be added half a year for mean
time between the commencement and end of
the deluge

Being the exact period, reckoning back to the

deluge

The probability, therefore, seems confirmed that if the flood
was occasioned by a comet, that it was by this. Some very
celebrated writers on the subject of the deluge have ascribed
it to the influence of• a comet—amongst them Halley and

Whiston. Dr. Halley ascribes the deluge to the influence of
a comet approaching very near the earth ; and Whiston; in his
New Theory of the Earth, endeavours to show, from many
coincident facts, that a cornet descending on the plane of the
ecliptic towards its perihelion, did pass just before the earth
on the first day of the deluge. From the approximation of
such a body, and the known laws of attraction; he accounts
for all the phenomena of the flood.

NUMBER OF MEN IN THE ARMY

rauk and file which it is proposed to maintain for the service
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (exclu-
sive of the troops employed in the East Indies) for the year,
from the Ist of April, 1843, to the 31st of March, 1844, is
100,846.

The establishments of the several regiments are stated as
they at present exist. It is, however, intended to effect a
reduction on the rank and file of the above numbers, by sus-
pending recruiting in 69 regiments, at home and abroad,
until their numbers are reduced to 740 rank and file each.

The total reduction intended to be effected, as compared
with the numbers provided by the supplementary estimate of
25th July, 1842, is rank and file, 57-10, viz ;
By not augmenting three regiments from 800 to 1200
rank and file each
By bearing on the present estimate: four regiments
from India and China, at 800 instead of 1000 rank
and file

Reduction already effected
By allowing one regiment of 1000 rank and file, and
ments of 800 rank and file, to fall, by casual-
L. and file each

ties, to 740 ran

Reduction of rank and, file 5740
The force at home and abrdad of the infantry of the line, as
provided by the supplementary estimate of 2,5 th Julx
1812, was as follows, viz.:-
24 regiments in India, at 1000 rank and
file each

24,000

5 regiments in China, at 1000 rank and
file each .

5 regiments in New South Wales

1000 rank and file each

34 regiments rank and file
2 regiments at home, at 1000 rank and
file each

2 regiments in the co
rank and file each.
5 regiments at home and in the colo-
nies, at 800 rank and tile each.. 41,000

onies, at 1200

14,400

Shelled Barle
[Lillian Corn .
Rapeseed . .
Oatmeal
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Into Runcorn, Ireland and Cosstvise:—Wileac,
ley, qrs. ; Malt, 25 qrs.; Oats, 1121 qrs.; Pease, qf
metl, 111 g Ids.; Flour, gd sacks.

EXPORTS.-'

Whe.

qrs.; Pease. -
meal, 1g ids.
qrs, ; Barley

200 ors. ; Ba.!ey, qrs.
Ind it n Corn, rA
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;.; Oats, 124 cr.s.
lour. sacts.

Beans, 100 qrs.
sac (s,

gra.; 13eans
Oatmeal,

Corn, 1;0 qrs. •
Cov Wh

Oats, 87 qrs.; R
Indian Coin,
barrels

Barley, 6 qrs

qrs.; qrs. ; Pease
qrs.; O'tmea!, 31 1:N.; Floer, 47()

Average prices of G,"ai
Wheat 475. 6d. i Barley 2
Benls..l

; Oats, 4
S. ; Oat-
['teat, 832
; Indian

Wilest 47

.6s. lorl

, for the week entmg March 18. 18
's. 11t1. OW P.. 17s. Rye
Ss. 11,:. I Pev'e.. 288. 6(.1

egaze average of 5.2( we
11d. I Be"ley 275. 4d. Opt,,.
3e' :is.. 265. 10d. I Pe•.",”.
DV-; on 70-e-go Gre7.-.‘,C

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• • • Ss. 06. I rye.. 11s. 60.
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