BOMBAY.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 11, 16 August 1845, Page 1

BOMBAY.

Tfic Comet — On the evening of Tuesday a large comet made its appearance 1 about half an hour after sunset in the W, S. W. It was most clearly visible about seven p. m., and about half past seven it set a little to the south of thepnuciplemass of the Zodiacal light now peculiarly brilliant. It again made ils appearance about the same hour on Wednesday. , The (ail was very distinct, and about seven degrees m leugth, and of spear shape. The nucleus also was well defined . It was not discernible" either last night or the night before, in consequence of the thick masses of clouds intervening. The great comet of March 1813 seems to have been followed by a peifect train of celestial wanderers, and the present one is, we think, the fourth which astronomers have noticed within these twenty months, each careering through space at the tail of the other. The comet was seen from on hoard (he Herefordshire on her way to Bombay, on the evenings of Sunday and Monday; it was not ohservedj as far as we have heard till Tuesday at Bom bay. — Times, Jan. 4.

A Poor Mam.— ltis possible that the accumulation of wealth may add to the son uw of the possessor. I know an individual, with whom I was very intimate when a youth, and 111 1 emember very well, at (hat tsme, whenever I wanted relief for the poor, he would &ive a £10 note, ai.d say, "Richard, never pass ray door; always come io me when you want assistance for any deserving object. 1 ' Ue was then comparitivel) poor, but now how he is worth nearly £1,000,000. One would have thought it ought to have made its possessor happy ; but no, 1 know not a more miserable man than that. Rich as he is, it was but the other day that he ordered some of the beautiful trees in his park to be felled, because he had not money io pay the Income Tax with. It was but the other da\ that he lost £100,000 in Ami': ii-"a, that made" him mad He has another £100,000, which he does not know how to invesr —that makes him miserable, and he is now under the impressiou that he will die a pool man. — Oastlc's Speeh.c

In consequence of recent instructions fY°Ti the Government, the Customs' Departine aiPort Philip has imposed an ad valoi em rluty upon all 'manufactuies, tneichandise, &c, the produeeof V<ui Dicman's Lain! and New Zealand, landed, since the Ist Match last. The Geelong Advertiser say 1 ? that more labour is wanted m that distiict, notwithstanding \\w tecent Absorption of 130 cmigtants fiomHofwit Town and 174 exiles from hngland, and that several settle: shave been in vain offering £18 a-) ear, £20 to £25 being demanded. The emigrants had been brought over by subscription. A granite quarry has been opened on the CumherUnid estate, about 13 miles from Melbourne. The "Tanite produced there is said to be unequal Ted in any quarterpf the globe, being in immense sui face masses of 8,000 to 10,000 cubic feet and is pronounced by competent jndees who ar 'employed m working U, equal to that of Aberdeen. ' The first portion of the stone made available, '■« as applied to facing, the public offices at present in the course of erection in Lonsdale- ' street, Melbourne. The Emperor of Russia lias determined to command in person the aimy of the Caucasus in the spring, or at least to be present at its operations. Silesia Gazette, Jan, 17. The Dvblen Evenhiy Post announceb the death of the Marquis ot'Sligo.