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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4289, 29 September 1882, Page 2

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(FBOM OXJU OWN COBBBSPQNDENT../ .-. ■..;. ;/;sciEN?mc.v> •■..-.: ■; . Eußßian aßtronqmers expect sltortLy to be the .JMppy^pMlessOTyT^f^B^ Ulgegi telescope in the worlds >'sDhg^.^B^rir«^ory at Polkoro was found^: in 1839 by 'the Czar. Nichplas, and for^lpnjjtime^t was furnished with the m6ifpp.^(B?|at^inß.trumentr in cxi8 tenoe.;. The^ar'desired that this institution should always be supplied with the most perfect means of taking obserrations/and.^al^t^Uoulii^ever be allowed jtp^b.e^ferior-:te,a^ny:''otlieF-astroi - nomical atatiqn-jn Hthe* swbrld. Of late years the progress of scieDce f has enabled England, Trance,, arid the"Unifed States 4b outstrip Kuß'sik ;i arid the; refractors of the Weßtern;Ppwer&,.are superior to the great glass at PolkbVb, which was, at the time, belie Ted to be unriTalled. The University of Virginia; h~aif~a telescope within object Rlaiß^26i'iitielfi^sinfedia'' meterv; and a focal len!gth!of>33 feet#|The ' Washington ObserTatbry bas^l iimilar telescope; aodwitk the pe^alßt or gift of

icope in. Jhe newhborhood of-San Jose. 7 jA{Daprdip£ly inißß7B the Russian Governmisrit decided tv* realise the wish of. the Czar Nicholas, and to furnish the Obser▼atoryat Polkiovo with a new instrument, ■ • whion should be 1 more powerful than any * other m existdnee? 1 -The astronomer, Otto authorised to'aVaw7 upon the '-Tmttuiy* f6r^'whatever sum might be required, and the work was entrusted to the celebrated Amerietfn' firm of Alvio

Clark,, of Cambridge; Massachusetts, the makers of the large glasses at Chicago and Washington. The grinding of the new l«nt>«f4MMi«^ft^ow been proceeding ~^'fbr Ttw6l#fe wmtkin} and it is" expected that « by-Ootaifcri^witl be 1 ready to be subt( 'imtWa* ttHttf fagpeetion' fef the Russian !'J'Tfcelength of the Polko™ telescope, will be 45 feet and the diameter " of tfie' object glass 30 inches. It will be mounted, tt^oa a Jawnto the south-west ot „j |^e^niicjpw,|f}ii!dioij ofthe t ob3ervatory, and" it in estimated that this new lens will iftl bjtiftfi tbe moon within,.a distant* of 38 leagues from the earth. ' ' M ' KIBH Abmy.—The four German officers sent to reorganise the the Turkish army 03«kaw>jJWCei*^d,{ their,, j»speptire grades, ./-CpliPwL'lEohler haying'been appointed r-ti^GeAiral pf the Brigade^ and* the three v ijbtherti Colonels, ■ tbe first named 1 being ' ('decorated with the second, and the three ** ©tilers Wttft fte^ third class of the *' - OsmauKe. Although these 'Officers 'have 1 f! f nbfc yet formally'fintered'u'ijWfheir duties, ''^tn'eyJbavVmade'eood^dse 1 of their stay, I 'i:<%W£z 'farmed a clear idea'of the ' '^V&re'qf *H JW TflricJ^Mea before f l.e,m, w,fo*, Js®w4/ t lines of a j -HiffprftirfiWTOKß"'*!^ mU portly „ t M ti f*mW#ttemi&f #f r! the rcju#ljfcMt HTn«(J*frpl« <*WWMta id qsgating, .tqnadßQns,. and;c bat jjji*nS«B<s#ii«h fflrillio.com«jaßded>by the Turkish officers, nnder the supervisions of &*' Otinmtumj »and iiitMulli, mho me id brmiKht'from Germany, wijl be incorporated with those ■■-"I*od*l Jcorps; and frt-m^he nucleus of a body of Turk*ißn f''Tion ircbmidissioned I officer*. All n tbe are fofpass in turn through 1 rtiVae^bdel corps, and , necessaryicoureeof instruction. 1 j The German officers'"do" 1 J) hbt deem it advisable Y6"modify ih'^'Prencß regula ,tv'4ions now in force, their principal object flPKiaararr itnet discrpirne among officers as well as men, and im proTe < i.t|xe aptitudes. !jof the former. As thfipaodel'.oompanies, squadrons, and batteries JsMje acquired the "necessary regimehts -^and bfMtJMkws will ba farmed, thisbeinffk worktor«t i|Mi»itbree ygiurg. The Turkish army<tttfls)jfii;ftfMeßs* body of officers ■ble this with.'a ore^t|aM^i^«j|laarseofßoncoiamisßioned oWJviak^^-Ml^t.ti complete xeTolution injtte^PPayjlt'^lflßj. Fears hare been e»|w|sß#'faii)t*:the r»ngh "and ready qualitiesjiniejb* are^b# so valnable in thel TirktiH idldiernay be in a measure neugMpfttilltftr .this-reorganisation, and that (MM^mW'ftmibh to endure privationsl *;~"r. but tbe fe ajwwtiwthisis that if the'Commissar,iat Service were properly managed there" 1 would be no need fur these privations to be^H&rg'one.. "* >l ' ' \" u^TJ»> Madrid Press describes the mag- , niSktht lpresents Which £ing Alfonso is ; iSb^a|r;">jend to England for the Prince -'.Jfc Wales;'the Marquis of Northampton, n "3l|Wy7 ( Compitb^;/and "every one 6T the ,riaMabers!of'tbA l .Mißiion thatbropjjh^ th,e_ ' Garter to'Mkdml last year.' The tapes „ J^ntmiSor the Prince of Wales, .which are 'wroth orer^fipGO, are perfect imitations Of jiold Spanish'nrid' Flemish art. The ■ *|6ther members of tbe Missidn, GartersJ£ing>at'Arms, and the Heralds will receive' splendid speDcimens of ancient arms with'beautiful incrustations of gold. ForHke Marqmi> of Northampton there "is an-admirable,sword of Toledo make, with a hilt 5' of great beauty. Queen 'Cltristina sends an exquisite fan to Lady ' Covpton. The official annuaire of the Holy See . forihe preaeatr year gives the following particulars r'-r- Pope' Leo XIII. is the *263 rd successor of "St. Peter. The College of Cardinals, wben complete, consists -ipfifiHaWpibei'S, but at' present has only 65, of whom $ ar« bjstiopß,,46 priests, and ,13 deacons. Among these Cardinals only " one* was created by Gregory XVI., Cardinal Sch^rarzemburg, 46 by Fius IX., ;;in^v2i by Leo XIII. Of these princes' of the Church r 4 are over 80 years of age, 29 over 70,161 over 60,13 over 50, and 2 between4o»ind rSO. Twenty members of the Sacred College have died since Leo 3£III. has been on the Pontifical throne. J^be Catholic Hierarchy possesses 1269 titles,' ampng which number there are 65 Cardinals, 10 Patriarchs of the Two Kites, 145^ Latin Archbishops, 618 bishops, 49 Eastern Archbishops and Bishops, 15 - Prelates mtllu* diocesm, 26 Apostolic Delegates or Legatees, 102 Apostolic Apostolic, Prefects, 9 Provia&hal Yiears and Prefects. During the of Leg, XIII. three Archiepis?copatSe'es were created; two Episcopal *Sees^w»re made Arcbiepiscopal;, the JB[ier%r<bby waß; increased by 15 Episcopal Sees, 6 Apostolic Yicarates, and 3 Apostolic Prefectures. A banker at Toulouse was recently • fined one franc by a police tribunal for having refused to fill up a census left at 1 hjs, residence. The Supreme Court has r aow^quashed the decision, on the ground that that gentleman committed no infraction of the lawVin refusing to fill up the paper in questioav The following anecdote is being told < Sjfeut the composer Raff, who has-just " • died. Soon^ after Meyerbeer's - death, Itaff/who then lived in Paris, wrote a ' funeral march in his honor, and went to Passy to play it before, Hossini, then a '' resident in' that suburb. " What do you think'of it P" asked the author of Rossini, who had remained silent atter the other rose from the piano. "My dear fellow," r '" replied the"nuestro caustically, "I think j if WouldJbave been much better if you had died lanbr Meyerbeer had writteu some --jcthinjfferyour interment." During the first few days after the death of Garabaldi, 12,000 telegrams reached the family. ■ ■■ '