The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1835-10-02 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

NEVER. ! ' !' and we perfectly remember it being currently reported that this' would-be deliverer of his country would never he executed, or if lie were, it must be on the top of Newgate, for that two hundred thousand men were ready to rescue him, or die, if he were hung in the ordinary place of execution. " When the morning came, the illustrious patriot was hanged, exactly as every other murderous scoundrel had been hanged oreviously, upon the new drop in the middle of the Old Bailey. His head was cut off, and held up as the head of a traitor, and the same process was performed upon all the rest of the party who had proposed to drop in sans facon at Lord Harrowby's dinner; and sn perfectly indifferent was the mob to the signs, that—it is positively true—towards the end of the protracted execution, the mob, who tame to weep, began to laugh.  " Why, what is O'Connell more or less than these, as to popularity ?"—Standard.  An erratic body was discovered early in ,the morning of yesterday, (25th inst.) .in the direction of Largs; but the morning being wet and cloudy, an accurate observation, from the passing glimpse obtained of it, was impracticable. It has been seen, however, in many other places; and the best astronomers are of! opinion, that its orbit is absolutely unique—that its body is not self-luminous, appearing biggest when in 'opposition—and that the radiance or tail (a long one, though little of it seen here) is like the body of the Comet itself, a lucid vapour, so diaphonons that.even without the aid of a glass it may be readily seen through. This Comet has been distinctly visible from the Calton Hill Observatory, the Glasgow Observatory, and the Brisbane Observatory at Largs ; and though from the latter seen at an early hour in the morning, it has appeared a la soirée in other parts of the land. The tail of this Comet will be gradually seen lengthening as it advances towards the west, and some astronomers are even afraid,. that, from the immense length 'of that tail, its vast tendency to ignition, and its coming so much- in contact with some parts of our Planet, the British Isles may be scorched, or even, in some places, set on fire. There seems to be some difference of opinion among astronomers, about the period of its return—it being so very erratic, that they have no data on which to ground any thing like accuracy of calculation as to its time of re-appearing; and its return, attended with so much risk, that they trust if it does appear.again, like many other luminous bodies' of .that description, it will be after a long interval, and when shorn of its ignious heatns. There is supposed by some to be a peculiarity in the Jaws of attraction, as regards this Comet, and it is supposed we are likely to have some interesting remarks upon this subject front the scientific pen of a Brewster, who, through the aid of a few good glasses, has had better opportunities than most philosophers of viewing the Comet in the greatest proximity. But others again believe, and I think more correctly, that the same laws of attraction by which the other parts of our -Planetary system are regulated, may be also traced to, the O'Connell Comet—namely, "that the tendency of bodies to be arttacted towards it is in the inverse ratio of their magnitude." P.S. The above Comet will be seen to great advantage in the Papal States. , 26th Sept.,  Duelling and the Laws of Honour examined, upon the Principles of Common Sense and Revealed Truth. By J. C.