The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-06 00:00:00

THE i;oslEf•

A correspondent offs Monist paper, thus describe.
the appearance and Nailing of the comet which has ris-
cent!g visited oar hemisphere :
Friday, Jan. 2. 1624, at 12b. 300. sidereal time 17h. 43f
I mean time. Its Right Aeeession was 161). 46m. 10.5.. Its
Declination, 16h. 42m. 31s. f North. Nucleus extremely
well defined, and aboat live seconds in diameter, bears a
considerable illumination of the field of the telescope. It
is distinct with a magnifying power of 308 ; length of its tail
estimated at I ideg.TbeComet will heemilylonnd by a persos
conversant in such matters, n ar 51 lierculis ; or, if sought
for, with a night glass, in the neiglibourhool of a Her-
culis. it cannot escape detection. It was observed here
with a five feet equatorial, and a power of 137; with
which it remained visible, after that twilight bad obli,e-
rated the Star, with which its place bad been couipsratively I
deteruiined. The right aseension and declination above
given (being what the instrument (afforded by its rough
readings), must not be considered absolutely exact ; they
will not, however, deviate far from the troth.

The following account is extracted from the Journal
kept at the Observatory of Dr. Borneo Academy, Goa.
port :
JANUARY 3. 1824.—The Comet is still visible on bright
mornings fromfin till ball past six o'clock. It rises E. by
N. at.aboot four. and sets with the sun, a few degrees
north of west. Its present lougitede is 8. 12. 17. and its
latitude 7. 20. N. Its nucleus is small and ill defined, and.
its tail 21 degrees long, pointing upwards, or tbwards the
Northern Ce,wu ; but it occasionally contracts and et-.
pandit. according to the levity or density of the atmosphere.
It is smaller than any one of the other thin that, balk
appeared to us during the list thirteen years. Those sc. I
(painted
.with the constellations and princtpel fixed stars,
wilt find surrounded by a Lyrae, a Aquila, Antares, and
Alpbeccs, Omuta in the Northern Croon, and a line
aroma from Aetaros to the head of the Harp passes over
file Cosset nearly. We should suppose it has passed its
eMibitioo ; as it was discovered several weeks ago by the
rains, Obis Majesty's brig Grasshopper, on their ite•
tun imp Yewfunadiasd.

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SIIIPPING INTELLJOENcE. .
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DEAL, January 11.—Lizitt airs and variable •Avind "inclinhe
to the Thames Rost Indiaman, and the American
ship Nimrod, hays sailed for the River, the rest remain as be •
fore.
Poaysstotrrtt, January .s.—Wind Easterly —Arrived the
Ruphemitt, Norio, from liambre; and Princess Charlotte,
.I.lllth, from Ceylop.—Sailed the Adaniant,•Strepberd; For Bons-
hay ; Mary Anne, —,..for Bombay; Venella, Gilmore. 'for
the Cape of Good Hope; Patience, —, for the Cape ofGood
Hope; Friends, ; and;,.Willistn, foe.Maita; H. M.
ship Antelope, with convicts for Bermuda, and 17 sail of yes•
siels for Ms West Indtes. • • •
Ps.vuotra, January 4.—WitdN.N.E.—Arrived the City
of Edinbirgh. Wiseman, for Calcutta Sorry, Garbutt, for
sierra Leone ; Ruby, Hasswell, for Madeira ; Nancy, Cand-
ler, for Genoa ; Laurel, Hurry, for Venice; and Rebecca, —,
for t.elhorn.
Facwourst, January 4.—Wind the Robert,
Cart, for Montserrat ; Br:ton, Crane. for St. Domingo; Henry
Carr Wilson, fur Baltimore; New Thomas, Quineey; for tho
Mediterranean ; and the Severn, Field for Leghorn.

LIVERPOOL. January 4.—Arrived the Mary Catherine, Pace,
from C.harleston.--Sailed +he Higginson, Hall, foi Barba-
does ; and the. Canada and Leeds, for New York. • .
RAWS'.ATE, January 6.—The American brig, Mbinti, Par-
rott,'of Baltimore, from Hambro', had been on the Goodwin.
Sands, unshipped her rudder, and received other dirmage.--She
is in charge of oue of our boats, and is expected in this har-
bour next tide. •

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Cowas, January s.—Wind Easterly.—EtaJled the WWI Of
the outward boy* for their different destinations.

BOdt StrEALERS 4N THI3 N0W.41-4,

On Tuesday last, Thomas Thompson, of Dallas% and
John Weatherby, of Reafrew, were apprehended by the
police of Sunderland; on suspicion of having violated the •
sepulchres of the dead, and stolen the body.of a female
about 10 years of age. which bad been burfed'i f-w day.-
before. They bad taken up their abode in Stafford-Street,
and on searching the premises, the ;shore body was-found
packed ap ready to be sent off to Edinborgh ; Also a
tooth drawer, lancet, a quantity of human teeth, and a
spade which was concealed in the chimney. " They ;ire
respectable looking young men, and were, after a iotur
examination, committed to Durham gaol to 'take their
trials for the offence.—(Newcastle Cliroacle.) - .
A carrier at Maryport had lately in his possession two
boxes with the word " Edinburub' only on them, %shish
excite 4 much at.ention. They were new and strong. ml 4
sod; as are generally used for the conveyance of de id
bodies; no one knew whence they came.—(corlisle •
Jeanie.)
A correspondent at Whitehaveninforms us that an alarm
has been excited in that town, on a belief of pc remt-
rection men having lately paid them a visit; tied a rept&
is currently believed there, that the body of a yossog Asian
named Reid has been stolen froglike-High Meeting House
yard.—(l6id.)
Most of the burying grounds in • °Wow are now
guarded with such vskibusee, that the resurrection men are
forced to follow their unhallowed locations in those of
the country. Aes idow, who had resided fur a number of
years in the village of Cathcart, died of a dropsy, and Was
buried on Sunday, in the church yard of that place. From
some appearances that were observed in-the cisatebsyst4
yesterday awning', it was suspected that all las not Fight. •
These suspicions spread from one to modier, and- sows
became the common subject of conversation. To ascer•
tale the fact, and set conjecture st rest. a sinnewr of
persons repaired to tbe barring ground'about
sad when they bad opened the grave, they fussed to Mit
greotlaitignation that the coffin was broke* sod Hie body
gun...* This most have been an unusually troublesonfre
as well as loathsome act of spoliation; for the der/rated,
besides being naturally a stout woman, was much swollen,
by the disease which occasioned her death.-( &wow.
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Clarealele.)

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