13 SEPTEMBER 1828, Page 8

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

IT is the decided opinion of some eminent star-gazers, that if Mr. CANNING had lived, the comet would not dare to threaten the destruction of the world in the year 1832. Whatever doubt may exist on this head, there can be no question that the wet summer in Great Britain, and the earthquake in South America, were the consequences of our incalculable political loss ; and also that the first brood of partridges would not have been carried off by disease, if our deplored Statesman had survived to conduct the affairs of the country.