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works . At Lipesk , in 1842 , this luminous ring was m a state of violent agitation . " The corona is the most consp icuous and easily observed the " red flames " are not only a remarkable phenomenon , but they give rise to endless
conjeeturss * - ^™ n " Their appearance , " writes Mr . Hind , <' is always instantaneous , and the same form is preserved as long as they are visible . At some places three or more were seen , in others only two ; generally they were percewed on the northern limb of the moon at distances of 30 degrees or upwards from each other . M . Arago says they were of a roay-tint , but with a violet-hue m some points ( possibly from the effect of contrast ) , and attained an altitude of more than one minute of arc from the moon ' s limb . Other astronomers compare them to the
the snowy summits of the Alps illumined by rising or setting sun , and the resemblance was further strengthened by the immobility of the protuberances and the absence of all appearance of scintillation . Professor Santini , of Padua , calls them « pyramids of fire , ' and an observer at Milan compares them to burning coals . ' Many authorities , while agreeing in the general reddish colour of these prominences , mention the purplish or violet hues of certain points , and also record the appearance of a border of rosy light round a considerable extent of the moon ' s limb . "
And he adds : — "A very fair idea of the nature of these phsenomena may be obtained from the diagrams exhibiting at the Polytechnic Institution , which , with the accompanying description , as evincing the care taken to present faithful views of scientific subjects to the public , reflect much credit on the parties concerned . " The heavens , as the totality approaches , assume a dull sombre aspect , the azure blue of the sky becomes livid or purplish , and occasionally broad bands of red or orange light appear near the horizon . This change in the colour of the heavens is perceptible when the eclipsed portion of the sun amounts to eight digits , and was noticed as early as the year A . D . 840 .
The figures of persons near the observer gradually assume a pale , cadaverous aspect , or on some occasions become olive green . At Cremona , in 1842 , the whole landscape appeared as though it were illuminated by a ' Bengal light , ' and in other places objects put on first a greenish tinge , which subsequently changed to saffron , violet , or purple , as the obscurity grew deeper . The unnatural appearance of human figures is a fact particularly mentioned by those who witnessed the last eclipse in Europe , as tending to excite the most painful impressions ; one writer compares the effect to that produced by burning spirits of wine . M . Arago states that at Perpignan , in the south of France , nearly 20 , 000 persons turned out to observe the total eclipse of July , 1842 , notwithstanding the
early hour of the morning at which the phocnomenon occurred . At Milan , Turin , Padua , and other places within the moon ' s shadow , the enthusiasm was equally great . The streets of Honolulu , in the Sandwich Islands , were covered with pieces of smoked glass after the eclipse of August , 1850—a fact contrasting strikingly with the alarm produced in Paris by the mere announcement of a total eclipse in 1 G ; 34 , when , as M . Arago states , numbers sought protection in caves . The sudden silence that prevailed amongst the vast multitudes collected in the populous cities of Southern France and Ital y in 1842 , as the last lay of the sun vanished , and the universal shout of welcome with which his reappearunce was greeted , have been well described by the French philosopher . "
The effects of a total eclipse upon animals are very curious : — " In 1842 , horses came to a sudden stand-still , and neither whip nor goud would induce them to move . Oxen in the field arrayed themselves in a circle back to back , or with their horns outwards , as if to resist an attack . D 0 J 5 3 fled for refuge to their masters , howling piteously during the continuance of the darkness . A hen surrounded by her chickens hastily collected them under her wings . Birds fell upon the ground apparently dead from fright , or perished by dashing themselves against walls and chimneys . At Venice swallows were readily taken in the street , fear having deprived them of the power of escape . Owls and bats made their
appearance , but quickly retreated when the eclipse was over . Bees , which had left their hives in great numbers at sunrise , returned until the darkness ceased , and a swarm of ants was seen to stop suddenly on their march . Delicate plants , as the convolvulus , mimosa , Sec , closed their leaves . In short , from pant experience , there can be no doubl that , the naturalist will find much to interest him in the approaching eclipse an well as the astronomer , and it ia very pOMiihle . that even in this country , where the eclipse will be very large , though not total , some of the ubove plnenomrnu may be witnessed . The thermometer in tin ; Hliade in not usually much affected , though to the tieuscH there is a chill , damp feeling in the air . At I ' erpignan during the lust eclipse , there was a heavy dew , which It'll iu hinall drops fiom the trees . "
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The Emperor of Austria has appointed Count Rechberg Internuncio at the Court of Constantinople . The King of Prussia has conferred the order of the Black Eagle on the Minister-President Prince Schwarzenberg . The Governor of Transylvania , Prince Schwarzenberg , has published threatening circulars , by which want of tact he has alienated the populations . A Berlin journal states that the differences between the Prince de Metternich and the Government of Nassau , respecting the property of Johannisberg , have at last been settled ; the Government has consented to abandon its claim on the prince for unpaid taxes , and the prince in return has undertaken to make no opposition to the payment of taxes for the future , and also to acknowledge the sovereignty of the duke .
The Elector of Hesse has published a further ordonnance , that the Government shall have the right of taking the administration of the police out of the hands of the local municipal authorities , in whom it was vested by the law of Oct . 29 , 1848 .
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Baron Dudevant , the husband of George Sand , has just died at a boarding-house in one of the small streets of the Twelfth Arrondisement , Paris . The ex-Queen of the French , accompanied by the Duchess of Orleans and her children , arrived by the quarter-past twelve p . m . train in Birmingham , on Monday . They were received by Messrs . Robinson , Cooper , and other officers of the establishment ; and after partaking of luncheon at Mr . Bacon ' s , the Queen ' s Hotel , proceeded northwards . M . Charles Hugo has abandoned his appeal against the condemnation to six months' imprisonment passed on him by the Court of Assize , for the publication of an article in the Evenemcnt , attacking the respect due to the law . —Galignani .
As a farm labourer was gathering sticks a few days ago in the field of the battle of Novarra , he found a gold watch and seals under a heap of rubbish . He conveyed them at once to the commander of Novarra , and that functionary recognized them as having belonged to General Perron , who was killed in the battle . They were given up to the general ' s wife . The Ordre says : — " Amongst the persons who have lost by the flight of the agent de change , M . Treillet , are the bankers , Messrs . G their loss is about £ 250 , 000 f . On hearing of the flight , Messrs . G sent off their cashier by railway for England , but on reaching Havre that gentleman was supposed to be the agent dechange himself ; he was accordingly , in spite of his protestations , arrested , and brought in custody to Paris .
The Courrier de I Escatct of lournai states , that two days ago , Madame de Bocarme arrived in that town from Paris . She went with great precaution to an hotel , and took infinite pains to avoid discovery ; she then sent for an advocate , with whom she had a long conference . Intelligence of her arrival having become known , a large crowd assembled in front of the hotel . She nevertheless determined to leave , and got into a carriage . But the crowd followed her with violent hootings , and did not leave her till the carriage got out of the town .
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It is reported that Jenny Lind is going to be married at last . And to whom do you think ?—the man of business , Mr . F . Woods ! Likely ? Mr . Cresswell , a large negro trader , died at New Orleans on the 20 th J une , and by will liberated his slaves , ninety-one in number . Unfortunately for the negroes , the will is said to be contested . Francis Meagher narrowly escaped the fate of M'Manus and his friends . Ho went down to New Norfolk , as they had done , to see Smith O'Brien . While they were sitting at a " supper of wine and fruit , " the landlord announced the police , who were on the scent of the truant . Not in the least disturbed he resumed his supper ; but instantly the waiter came in and told a Mr . Xcnn that he was wanted * below . Kean went and wan arrested for Meagher . A swift horse wiih brought to the door the instant the police were out of sight , Meagher mounted soon after , ( lushed past them at full gallop , and safely reached hia home . Kean of course was liberated , and joined Meugher about two hours after .
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MAN-HUNTING IN TI 1 K WEST . The San Francisco Herald of May 8 , in the racy style peculiar to the journalism of the backwoods , ^ ivew aa account of 11 hunt alter horseHtoalern . The party brought back thirteen scalpn ! " On Sunday night , April 20 , fifty head of horses and inulea were stolen from the coiual of Me « srn . I ' timli-y and Loekhurt , on Trinity River . The thieves—white men with Indians ia their employ -took tJ »« animals homMi a « fur n « the South Fork of Trinity " ¦»»«» , Uynce up the South Fork of that htrcim tlirc > uK l » tho Count Kun e Mountain * to the head water * of C ' ottonwood Creek uad dowa the Sacramento Valley , crossing Sacramento River above ldt ' a Ranch , over lo Antelope Cre « k , wkieu eiuptie * into the Sacramento Itiver on the extern tide , near IdcVi Ranch . On ' Monday following , eleven men
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I'KltSONAli NKVVS AND OOSSH \ Tho gaiety of the week has been unexampled — and the ht . au : vimIs have furnished a deal of gossip . Tho cjr ^ -Uirowiu ^ Kcnmliil also httH ii ^ ured art prominently as "¦ ver . ( Joiunnuuling officers of suspected regiments lmve l «; en beaie-ed with letters from privutt'iiulividualH , notably Lieutenant-Colonel Shewed of tho Eighth Hassan * , who has written l . o the Timen denying that any of the olliceiw of his regiment ; were " implicated ia that discreditable proceeding , " and forwarding a letter he had received from a Mr . " Thomas Hur ^ oyne
Wilson , " which , in imitation of the article 111 tho Examiner styled tho " Quintessence of
Blackguardism , " the colonel calls ironically the « 'Quintessence of Gentility . " What is the War-office about ? Why does not " the Duke " move in the affair ? The Queen and Prince Albert have as usual frequented the Exposition . during the week . A letter from Constantinople in the Daily News says : — " It is said" here that Lord Stanley had offered to Sir S . Canning the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs , in the event of a . change of Ministry . " _ We are given- to understand thnt Mr . Thomas Whitfield , the African collector of rarities in natural history , is shortly expected home with a large cargo of plants and animals from Sierra Leone . —Standard . The Americans in -England kept their great anniversary the 4 th of July , at Willis ' a-rooms , Mr . George Peabody , an American merchant , playing the host on the occasion . The Duke of Wellington was among the
guests . In a letter to the Witness , dated Thurso Castle , June 26 , Sir George Sinclair announces that he has been induced to relinquish his connection with the Establishment , and seek admission within the pale of the Free Church . Mr . Ebenezer Syme , lately Unitarian minister at Sunderland , was entertained on Monday week at a soiree given at the School of Industry , in Upper Sans-street . Mr . John Chapman , the publisher , presided . The object of the meeting was to show respect to Mr . Syme , who was leaving Sunderland for London .
Lord Alfred Paget ' s yacht Cygnet , has won the silver cup presented by the Queen to the Thames Yacht Club , beating Mosquito and Volante—not in actual speed , but by the allowance of time—the Cygnet being very much lighter than either of the others . The cup is a beautifully shaped shell in silver , in the form of the Nautilus , the handle being composed of a group of Nymphs and Triton , and the stem of lotus leaves , bullrush , and seaweeds , there being around the base a group representing the triumph of Neptune . It waa designed by Mr . A . Brown , for Messrs . Hunt and Roskell .
" We understand the following is the list of the new Queen ' s Counsel—namely , ten gentlemen from the common law bar—Mr . Warren , Mr . Willmore , Mr . Phillimore , Mr . Bramwell , Mr . Pashley , Mr . Atherton , Mr . Ingham . Mr . Meller , Mr . Slade , and Mr . Hugh Hill ; with twelve from the equity bar—Mr . FoHet , Mr . Coulson , Mr . Chandless , Mr . Campbell , Mr . Glasse , Mr . Daniel , Mr . Elmsley , Mr . Anderson , Mr . Hargreave , Mr . Craig , Mr . Bailey , and Mr . Willcock . —Sun . Two clerks , named Tilt and Romford , quarrelled respecting a young lady to whom they were both attached , and a challenge was the result . A meeting was arranged to take place at nine o ' clock on Saturday evening , in a field near Highgate Cemetery . At the hour appointed one of the principals did not appear , and , after waiting some time , his second hecame so annoyed at this cowardice and at the sneers of the other parties , that he
declared himself insulted and demanded satisfaction . Of course , a man bearing so chivalrous a name as Tilt could not refuse a challenge . The paces were duly measured , and shots interchanged . Tilt ' s bullet grazed the cheek of the valorous second , while Tilt ' s " four andnine" was turned into a " ventilator" by the bullet of his antagonist popping in just below the crown , and popping out on the other side . The duellists then shook hands , vowed eternal friendship for each other , with a determination to kick Romford , when they caught him , from Highgate-hill to Herne-bay , and bo parted . — Globe . [ That is the kind of thing to " put down" duelling . ] The eminent genius of Lord Maidstone has supervened in the controversy respecting the liberation of
Abdel-Kader . Lord Maidstonc is a genuine authority on this point—he has written a poem on the " Sultan of El Gharb . " He writes to the Times , in that elevated style which we vainly and unconsciously attempt to mistake : — " Let the President ' s message reach him in the Castle of Amboise , announcing in Oriental flowers of speech , that * the clouds and thick darkness that have obscured the star of his destiny are about to be withdrawn . ' It will be the Emir ' s interest to believe that his release was , up to that moment , incompatible with destiny ; and in a life which may yet be prolonged for years , it will surely be his study to prove that the word of a Berber is no less binding than the oath of a Christian . " The fact is ,
however , that Lord Maidstone has really made a sensible proposition . He would have the French read the Berbers a lesson in civilization . He would have letters obtained from Abd-el-Kader abdicating all his rights as Sultan of El Gharb , these , to be sealed with the Arab ' s Great Seal , and copies being multiplied , one stuck up ia every public place ia Barbary . Then the dreaded warrior of the desert should be ostentatiously liberated , guiiB fired ia honour of his departure , and a frigate " decorated as for a gala" appointed to convey him to Alexandria or Mecca . Th ; . l , writes Lord Maidstone , would be . " aa intelligible lesson ia civilization to the tribes of Barbary . "
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Admiral Sir John Talbot , G . C . I * ., died on the 7 th ia-Klaat . lie was soa of Richard Tulbot , of Multitude Castle , by the eldest duughter of James O'Reilly , Esq ., afterwards Baroness Tulbot . He was consequently brother to the lute Lord Tulhot de Mulahide . lie married , in 181 /) , the fourth daughter of the ninth Lord Arundol , of Wardour , which lady died in lHl . 'l . Sir John received the order of G . O . B . in 1812 , and he latterly Mood the sixth admiral ia the list . His lieutenancy bears date so far back as 17 ' )() . In 1811 ho attained the full rank of admiral . He win actively employed during the war . Lord Aruadel and Surrey has accepted the Chillern Hundreds . The lidinburgh Advertiser announces " tho sudden death of Dr . Moir , of Musheltmrj ^ h , the well-known ' Delia * of ISlackitwod'a Alai / uenie , who expired at Dumfries , at two o ' clock 011 Sunduy morning . Dr . Moir has been long known alike in tho medical and in the
literary world , and his death will occasion a sad blank in both . Besides his wife , who for more than twenty years was the devoted sharer of his joys and sorrows , he has left a family of eight children ; the eldest of whom is now the wife of Dr . Scott , who for many years has been the able and successful partner of his father-in-law . By all who knew him , and more especially by his fellowtownsmen , Dr . Moir was much beloved ; and , at the urgent request of the inhabitants of Musselburgh his funeral will be a public one . It is to take place on Thursday , at two o ' clock , in the churchyard of Inveresk , and will doubtless be attended by many of his friends and admirers in this city . "
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Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1851, page 653, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1891/page/9/
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