January 11. SUN totally eclipsed, but invisible in Great Britain. Will be visible in New Guinea, a western part of North America, and on the Pacific Ocean. June 22. MOON totally eclipsed, but invisible in Great Britain. Will be visible in Australia, China, and on the Eastern and Pacific Oceans. July 7. SUN annularly eclipsed, but invisible in Great Britain. It will be visible in South America, and on the South Atlantic Ocean. At the Cape of Good Hope, visible as a partial eclipse; begins at 2h 53m P.M.; ends at 4h 41m P.M., mean times at the Cape. December 2. SUN partially eclipsed, but invisible in Great Britain. December 16. MOON totally eclipsed, * VENUS will be an morning star until July 13, the time of her superior conjunction with the Sun; and an evening star after that date. MARS will be in conjunction with Venus on September 7. JUPITER will be in opposition to the Sun on October 7; he will be in conjunction with Venus on April 16. SATURN will be in opposition to the Sun on October 18. The splendid rings are visible. The planet will be in conjunction with Venus on May 1. This table shows the versed sines of the bright portions of the telescopic discs in parts of the apparent diameters of the planets. * Nors.-In Great Britain, at all places, Greenwich or Railway time is used in common, so that the eclipses of the Moon will not require any correction for longitude. IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. By the Act 1 Will. IV. c. 70, it is enacted that "in the year 1831, and afterwards, the Justices of the Peace in every county, riding, or division, for which Quarter Sessions of the Peace by law ought to be held, shall hold their general Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the first whole week after the 11th October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June." The following list has been computed according to this rule. The Act 4 and 5 Will. IV. cap. 47, allows a discretionary power to the Justices of Peace as to the time of holding the Spring Quarter Sessions, and empowers them to alter the day for holding the Sessions, so as not to be earlier than the 7th of March, nor later than the 22nd of April. The dates given below are, therefore, only provisionally fixed, and may be altered. BEDFORD-Tu. Jan. 6, April 6, June 29, BERKS-M. Reading, Jan. 5, April 5, June DORSETSHIRE-Dorchester, Tu. same as Parts of Lindsey-Lincoln, F. Jan. 9, Parts of Kesteven-Bourn, Tu. Jan. 6, Farts of Holland-Boston, Mon. as Berks. Spalding, Th. as Kent. MIDDLESEX-General or adjourned Sessions are held at least twice a month at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, usually on the alternate Tuesdays; and adjourned Sessions are also held at Westminster (Broad Sanctuary). The LONDON Sessions are held four times a year at the Guildhall. The Tower Liberty Sessions are held eight times a year at the Sessions House, Wellclose-square. MONMOUTHSHIRE-Usk, T. as Bedford. NORFOLK Shire House, Norwich, W. Jan. 7, April 7, June 30, Oct. 20, adjourned to Swaffham following Wed. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE- Northampton, W. as Norfolk. Peterborough, following day. SHROPSHIRE-Shrewsbury, M. as Berks. SURREY-Newington, Tu. as Bedford. Thursday as Kent. Appleby, Jan. and July, Kendal, April and Oct. WILTSHIRE-Devizes, Tu. Jan. 6, New June 28. Rotherham, Th. July 1. The Quarter Sessions through NORTH and DIVIDENDS are due at the Bank at the following dates, and are payable after an interval of one day, or, if a Sunday intervene, of two days. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Cons. Apr. 5, Oct. 5 3 per Cent. Reduc. chief accountant of the Bank of England, Tickets for preparing Transfer of Stock must be given in at each Office before 1 o'clock.-Private Transfers may be made at other times than as above, by paying 2s. 6d. extra for each Transfer; but no Transfer can be made after 1 o'clock on Saturdays. May 1 and Nov. 1 are closed days for the purposes of transfer. For Transfer of Bank Stock the books are shut for at least ten days before the dividends become due; in all other Stocks the Transfers can be made at any time (except on the holidays); but a month before the dividends become due they are made ex dividend. EXPENSE OF TRANSFER. Bank Stock, not exceeding £25 98.; above that sum, 12s. Private transfer days, 2s. 6d. extra. Transfers in Consols and other Government Stocks are exempt from duty. HOLIDAYS KEPT AT THE PUBLIC OFFICES IN 1880. At the EXCHEQUER all holidays are abolished except Christmas Day and Good Friday. EXCISE, STAMPS, AND TAXES OFFICES. Good Friday, March 26. Day appointed to be kept as the Queen's Birthday. Coronation Day, June 28. Prince of Wales's Birthday, Nov. 9. Christmas Day, Dec. 25. All the above days are also ordered to be kept as holidays by the officers and servants of the Custom House and the Dock Companies of the United Kingdom, except the Prince of Wales's Birthday and the Coronation Day. At the Stamps and Taxes Office, the Restoration of Charles II., May 29; Whit Monday and Tuesday (May 17 and 18) are kept in addition. BANK HOLIDAYS. Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, First Monday in August, Christmas Day. Note.-Bills of Exchange falling due on Good Friday and Christmas Day are payable on the previous day; those due on the other holidays being payable on the following day. LAW SITTINGS, 1880. HILARY SITTINGS begin 11th January-End 24th March. Rev. 21 to r. 9 Sundays and S Circumcision. Bank Hol. in Scotland. 4 2 Sunday aft.Christmas. 6 Epiphany. 5678 8 Pr. Alb. V. of W. b. 1864. 7 W 8 TH 9 F 10 S 9 10 ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. Mercury, is in the constellation Sagittarius; and on the 15th, rises at 7h 0m A.M. Venus, in the constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius is visible in the mornings; on the 15th, rises at 4h 50m A.M. Mars, in the constellation Aries, is a conspicuous object; on the 15th, sets at 3h 12m A.M. Jupiter, in the constellation Aquarius, is visible in the evenings after sunset; on the 15th sets at 8h 39m P.M. Saturn, in the constellation Pisces, is visible in the evenings; on the 15th, sets at 11h 15m P.M. Uranus is in the constellation Leo; on the 15th, passes the meridian at 3h 6m A.M. Neptune is in the constellation Aries; on the 15th, passes the meridian at 6h 51m P.M. with Venus, at 6° 6' N.; on the 10th, at 1h A.M., in The Moon, on the 8th, at 8h P.M., in conjunction Perigee; at 11h A.M., in conjunction with Mercury, at 1° 47' N.; on the 15th, at 6h P.M., in conjunction with Jupiter, at 6° 5' S.; on the 18th, at 1h A.M., with Saturn, at 8° 21' S.; on the 21st, at 3h A.M., with Mars, at 2° 31′ S.; and at 8h P.M., in Apogee. The Constellation Canis Major will be on the meridian about midnight in the beginning, and Gemini and Canis Minor about the middle of the month. Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites. First Satellite.-On the 1st Em. at 7h 46m 52s P.M.; and on the 17th Em., at 6h 6in 14s P.M. Second Satellite.-On the 6th Em., at 7h 37m 23s P.M. Third Satellite.-On the 18th Em., at 5h 39m 42s P.M.; and on the 25th Im. at 6h 32m 43s P.M. |