The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

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astronomers, on the one hand, and by M. Bouvard arid able
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of his colleagues on the other. We subjoin thee
the former, which are those carried to the highest results of
degree of
perfection : i
' Period at which the comet was nearest the sun, or passage
at the perihelium (which takes place when the comet has
at the
reached the summit of the parabola); 27th February,
4-10ths of the astronomical day, which is reckoned
from
noon. Distance of the comet from the sun, at its re
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proximity or perihelium distance, with reference to the mean
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radius of the terrestrial orbit, taken as unit, or which is tae
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same thing, to the mean distance of the earth to the u
0,00548, or about the 5-1000dths, rather more than the racrn :
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of the sun ; which, therefore, cannot have been touched ih
the comet's passage. Longitude perihelium : 273 h. -13 m. 58 -Y.
sec.
Inclination of the orbit of the comet, or measure of the angle
which the plane of its orbit forms with that of the ecliptic, or
of the terrestrial orbit : 33deg. 31min. 30sec. Longitudef.
the ascending node : 2deg. 13min. By the ascending node is
meant the point of intersection of the ecliptic, and of the
orbit of the comet when it goes from the south to the north
of the ecliptic. Movement: retrograde, or in a direction
contrary to the movement of the planets, that is to say, from
east to west.
The astronomical pupils of the observatory have drawn up
a detailed table of the very remarkable circumstances of the
movement of the comet in the vicinity of the perihelium. It
is seen by this table, firstly, that from the 2ith to the 28th
of February, the comet, supposed to be seen from the centre
of the sun, went over the enormous distance of 292 deg, in
twenty-four hours ; secondly, that from twenty-four minutes
after nine to thirty-five minutes after eleven, it passed from
its ascending node to its descending node (the two opposite
points of tersection of ecliptic and of the cometary orbit.)
thus going 180 deg. in the interval of two Hours; thirdly, that
in twenty-four hours, its latitude heliocentric or relative to
the sun's centre varied
It alsois s very con
lisikewise, that derably. Theth differenvector
ce
was of above 90 deg. een, e
radii, or distances of the comet, also changed much in the
same interval of time. M. Arago concludes the narrative of
this pas accelere peregrination of our comet by stating _ a
fact
more curious than all the preceding ones ; it is that from a
comparison of the heliogeocentric latitudies, the comet must
have found itself twice in conjunction with the sun ; that is
to say, produced two successive inverse eclipses, the first at
the moment of the passage by the ascending node, at twenty-
four minutes past nine in the evening, the moment at which
the comet was, with regard to us, behind the sun's disc ; the
second at about fifteen minutes past twelve at night. The
comet was then between the earth and the sun. But, con-
sidering the hour, it may be conceived that
ad dat it could sure
the onl b
seen in the other hemisphere. M. Ars,at
face of our globe was rather near being swept
would by t
inevitably
have taken place if the tail had been longerptic andTh thinnser, or
fit had moved in the plane of the ecli. e learned
se
regrets much, as a scientific man, that it has been
otherwise.

of ascertaining the amount
CUSTOM House FRAUDS.—On Wednesday last an in_
quisition was held before two commissioners at the Sheriff's
,estheand sh ' 111
Court, London, for the purpose
of money owing from Edward Videl and Charles Hurel to
Her Majesty's duties on gloves imported by them from
abroad. It appears, that in this instance, which is but one
out of many, a conspiracy has for some time existed between
the defendants and a Custom-house officer named Tye to
defraud the revenue. How successful this has been will be
best gathered from the evidence of Mr. Bullock, a gentlerna
in the office of the Solicitor of the Customs, who deposed"
that of three cases of goods brought by the Harlequin • '
07n011ydopzaeidn pair o7fs.g6lodv.
arnouirld
lhaveB4o ,
paidon e
£w which
dhuetlyd,
which, have paid i
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upwardsreril itv
of x paidi
duty on 185 dozed pairs, thus causing a loss to the Crownt of
mOounn tth eo
flldtehbot f
due Januarysb, thepayablethe dea.
13s.thWeda.
December, 1841, £5,238.
for the Crown, finding
3lst of
REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS.—We regret to state
that Rebecca and her daughters are still at their old workate
the lower part of this county, notwithstandin I,
g t..e utinoisnt
exertions of the authorities to discover the parties implicated
in these outrageous proceedings. About twelve o'clock on
the night of Friday last, Rebecca and a numerous party
her daughters proceeded to Pwlltrap, near St.
Clears • of
after arriving at the gate, the following colloquy took ' land
between the old lady and her youthful progeny. RebeccaPace
leaning on her staff, hobbled up to the gate, and ,
greatly surprised that her progress along the ro. d h seemed
iterrupted. „Children, a s see
b
(said she, feeling the gate ' e
; staff,) there is soroething put u here, I can't oon with her
, Daughters—" What is it, mother? nothing
should stop
your way•
Rebecca.—" I do not know, children • I
, am old, and
not see well." can-
Daughters.—" Shall we come on, mother,,,, and remove it
1 Out of your way .
Rebecca.—" Stop, let me see, (feeling the
staff;) it seems like a great gate put across thegate roa with
stop
her
your old mother." d to
Daughters.—" We will break it,
hinder you on your journey:, mother, nothing shall
—" No, let us see
Rebecca. , perha i
the lock.) No, children, it is bolted Ps
t will op andg
not go on. What is to be done?" and locked, I Gang
It must be taken d
you and your children must pass." owns mother, because
Rebecca.—',Off with it then
business here. ' r my dear children, it has no
With that the whole of the children
than ten minutes there was h set to, and in less
posts remaining- Rebecca and hernot
a vestige of the gate nor
and immediately disappeared, ha children then passed by,
yin
destruction. The London police g completed the work of
the time, hut we are not aware that
were at the Blue Boar at
mation of what was going that they had the least inti-
be of no avail.— Cartnarthe forward, until their services could
n Journal.
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—The neighbourhood of Bober-
on buoy was greatly excited on M
of a boy having been found day evening by the report
cut from ear to ear, in a almost lifeless, with his throat
the new barracks. O _ lonesome piece of ground adjoining
Oninquiry it w• as ascertained that the
foul deed was perpetrated by a young soldier of the 36th re-
giment, named Thomas Rafferty,
a native of Galway, who
privately induced the little fellow to sell a pair of boots and a
regimental trousers for him,
and at dusk had thrown fro
his window the boots, and subsequently the trousers ; but it
appears the boots were taken off by some person who heard
them fall, and the young accomplice, not being un to time,
found only the trousers. The soldier, exasperated by the
loss, knocked the boy down, and with a
knife, which he
drew from his pocket, cut his helpless victim's throat across
in a shocking manner. The poor creature was bleeding to
death, and was removed to his father's house, where he was
promptly attended by the surgeon of b ,
t e 36th and Surgeon
Wilkinson, who entertain hopes of recovery. Immediately
on hearing of the outrage. Colonel Maxell, on the same
evening, issued a regimental order expressive of the horror
he felt at a soldier of the 36th being charged with such atro-
city, and calling upon every soldier in the regiment to endea-
vour to discover the lawless wretch who had disgraced Ills
uniform, by so inhuman a deed. The commanding officer
also directed every man to be confined to barracks till the
assassin was found out. This prompt and well-advised order
was read in every soldier's room that
warning,eve and had the
desired effect, for the suspected party n discovered,
' and lodged in the military prison ; and the Colonel issued a
second regimental order yesterday morning, conveying the
great pleasure he had in rescinding the previous order confi-
ning the men to barracks, and that it was a consolation to
him to know that the prisoner was none of his old and va-
lued soldiers, but a young recruit, undisciplined and unprin-
who, during his brief military career, had been re-
peated,peatedly a delinquent. The accused was yesterday escort dhandcuffed, by a serjeant's guard, to the police-office e '
banded over to the civil authorities by the adjutant of and
corps, and remanded for fnrther examination. li the
booted out of barracks by the soldiers of his ow e was
so indignant were they at this disgraceful d n regiment,
con uct.—L.
ei,k Chronicle. znie-

York Times says :—" The idea of a mermaid
standing oe:rper a kettleBf boiling water,
cooking her own tail,
is rather incopsTlloll3.

Receipts,
Export to G. B

1,941,661
919,519
28,834

691;649
398,403

Stock,

France,

Other ports

estimating

126,121

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years

ailing ports tor

Remarks.

savannah,

Charlestoil

2:895 4 a 9
3,726 ha a 7:

NEW ORLEANS, MARCH IS.
From Messrs. F. De Lizardi and Co.'s Circa

Our last circular was dated 4th instant.
cotton market has undergone a complete and

without any apparent cause, fi
from that state of depression, and

ices ha.

but are fir

gen ce ;

s per Grea

w overdue,

ceipts of cotton

neither are means of negociation n
only with- -

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The Rev. George Francis Master, 8.A., of University Col-
lege, has been presented, by Miss Maiter, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Baunton, Gloucestershire, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. T. Rolph.

A QUESTION FOR CONSCIENCE.-Why should churchmen
pay to maintain the registrars for registering the births, mar-
riages, and deaths of dissenters?

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSION.—It is a fact which
cannot be too widely circulated, that the venerable " Society
for propagating the Gospel" alone employs no fewer than 382
missionaries ; besides which there are upwards of 120 clergy-
men maintained by the " Church Missionary Society ;" and
also a considerable number supported, wholly. or in part, by
the " Society for the Conversion of the Negroes," a society
established in the reign of the second Charles, principally by
the exertions of that truly eminent man the Hon. Robert
Boyle. Altogether there are seven hundred and eighty-six
clergymen employed by the Church of England as mission.
aries and chaplains in the colonies and dependencies of the
British empire, and in heathen and 111ahomedan countries in
various parts of the world; and these clergymen are now
placed under the episcopal superintendence of seventeen pre-
lates, five of whom were consecrated with great solemnity in
Westminster Abbey, on the 24th of August, in the last year.

THE POPE.—The Clergy of France, March 19,1682 unani-
mously resolved : —l. That a General Council was above the
Pope ; 2. That the Pope has no power in temporals over any
Princes ; 3. Nor any power to depose Princes; 4. Nor to ab-
solve their subjects from their oaths of fidelity ; 5. That he
is not infallible.
Cr.EatcAL FRACAS. --The only information worth trans-
mitting from this quarter (Kilcullen) is that relative to a
fracas between two Roman Catholic clergymen, which has
excited a good deal of interest as well as amusement. It ap-
pears that a priest, a mild, unoffending, and exemplary man,
who resides in county of Kildare, went to visit a friend.
not a hundred miles from Old Kilcullen. Having left his
gig and horse at the door, he entered • his friend's house.
While paying the visit, a brother ecclesiastic; remarkable for
his turbulent conduct and for being a violent repealer, came
up and inquired to whom the horse and gig belonged. At
this moment Father made his appearance, after paying
his visit, when he was seized upon by the other priest, who
dragged him about 60 yards from the door, and after calling
him the most !opprobrious names, thrust him into a pound,
and was going to shut the poor man up, when his hat, which
was knocked off in the scuffle, was picked up by some people
who witnessed the scone, and who immediately rescued him
from the grasp of his assailant, who, foaming with rage,
mounted his horse and rode away. The priest, thus so wan-
tonly attacked by the vulgar bully above alluded to, was set
at liberty by the people, who were lost in astonishment at
the cruel and unfeeling conduct of the worthy disciple of
Maynooth.—Carlow Sentinel.

Loss OF THE HIBERNIA.—One of those disasters at sea,
vhich we are surprised are not of more frequent occurrence,
took place on Saturday morning last. The brig Hibernia, on
her homeward voyage from Dundalk for this port, was run
down by an American ship, oil' Beaumaris, and from ten to
twelve miles from the shore. It happened about twenty
minutes past four in the morning. It was hazy and dark, and
the mpn at the bow of the American saw the brig, and im-
mediately ran up a light, but was too late for the brig to get
out of the way, as in a very few minutes she was run into
rather more astern than amidships, and began to fill imme-
diately. It was the work of a moment; indeed there was
barely time to put the lashings of the small boat which was
hung at the stern, and she fortunately did not swamp on
reaching the water. The captain (Whiteside) and crew, in
ill seven men, got into her, but had no time to save a single
irtiele except the clothes they had on ; the boat was up to the
;unwhale, and they had hut one oar and part of another to
ssist themselves with. The American, meanwhile, not sup-
'-R so much damage had been done, sheered off, apparently
the unfortunate crew to their fate; but in a short
me s'he hove-to and took them on hoard. It is most
robable that had this not been done they must have perished,
)r immediately after it came on to rain and blow very

ley were nearly twelve rnil?s from
[ore. The captain and crew, who were brought into Liver.
,01, say they were well behaved to on board the American.
ie Hibernia belongs to Messrs. Knowles, of this town, and
is not insured. She had on board about nine hundred loads
meal, consigned to Mr. Grad Well, part only of which, we