OCCULTATIONS OF PLANETS AND FIXED STARS BY THE MOON, VISIBLE AT GREENWICH. † A near approach. Star below the horizon. A TABLE OF THE DURATION OF MOONLIGHT AFTER SUNSET AND BEFORE SUNRISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. The figures under the name of each month denote the number of hours nearly between sunset and sunrise. The number of points denote the hours of darkness; and their position.....***** indicates the one..... before, the other ***** after midnight. January 7. ECLIPSES IN 1852. MOON. A total eclipse, visible at Greenwich. Begins at 4h. 20-9m. A.M. mean time at Greenwich; middle at 6h. 10m.; ends at 7h. 59.1m. Magnitude of the eclipse (Moon's diameter = 1) 1667 on the northern limb. January 21. SUN partially eclipsed, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally at 5h. 32-6m. A. M. mean time at Greenwich, in longitude 24° 10' W., and latitude 56° 55′ S.; ends on the earth generally at 8h. 51 9m. in longitude 161° 38' E.; and latitude 45° 35' S. Greatest eclipse at 7h. 12.2m., in longitude 124° 24′ W., and latitude 68° 59' S. Magnitude (Sun's diameter = 1) 0.455. June 17. SUN partially eclipsed, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally at 2h. 56.2m. P. M. mean time at Greenwich, in longitude 1060 15' W., and latitude 47° 9' S.; ends on the earth generally, at 7h. 21m. in longitude 33° 3′ W., and longitude 35° 8′ S. Greatest eclipse at 4h. 59.3m. in longitude 57° 18′ W., and latitude 65° 44' S. Magnitude (Sun's diameter = 1) 0.783. July 1. MOON totally eclipsed, invisible at Greenwich. Begins at 1h. 37.2m. P.M. mean time at Greenwich; ends at 5h. 144m. Magnitude of the eclipse (Moon's diameter = 1) 1530 on the northern limb. December 11. SUN totally eclipsed, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally at 1h. 26.2m. A.M. mean time at Greenwich, in longitude 87° 25' E., and latitude 39° 47' N.; ends on the earth generally, at 5h. 54.6m. in longitude 170° 8' E., and latitude 21° 36' N. Central eclipse at 3h. 24-3m. in longitude 127° 18' E., and latitude 37° 28′ N. December 26. MOON. A partial eclipse invisible at Greenwich. Begins at 11h. 33.3m. A.M. mean time at Greenwich; middle at 1h. 2.6m. P.M.; ends at 2h. 31.9m. Magnitude (Moon's diameter 1) 0.677 on the southern limb. TERMS AND RETURNS. HILARY TERM begins 11th January-Ends 31st January. EASTER TERM begins 15th April-Ends 8th May.] TRINITY TERM begins 22nd May-Ends 12th June. MICHAELMAS TERM begins 2nd Nov.-Ends 25th Nov. Mich.....Oct. 10.... Nov. 12 m..Dec. 16 TERMS IN ENGLAND 25 March Lady Day | 29 Sept.. Mich. Day 24 June.. Midsum. 25 Dec... Christmas IN SCOTLAND. Candlemas... Feb. 2 Whitsunday May 15 Lammas.. Aug. 1 Martinmas.. Nov. 11 This term in Scotch leases does not depend upon the moveable Feast of Whitsuntide, but is permanent. TRANSFER DAYS. ' The Transfer Days are now Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Dividends are due at the following dates after an interval of three days, or if a Sunday intervenes of four days. Bank Stock AT THE BANK. Apr. 5, Oct. 10 shut, by paying at the Bank, India House, and South Sea House, 2s. 6d. extra for each after 1 o'clock on Saturdays. Jan. 5, July 5 Transfer; but no Transfer can be made New 5 per Cent. Annuit. Jan. 5. Apr. 5. Oct. 10 July 5 Annuities for Terms of Years, ending 10th Oct. 1859, pursuant to 10th Geo. IV. Long Ann. ending 1860.. Apr. 5, July 5 Transfer at the Bank must be made by half-past 2 o'clock; at India House by 3; at South Sea House by half-past 2. Expense of Transfer in Bk. Stock, 251. & under, 5s. ; above that sum, 12s. India Stock, 17. 10s.; non-transfer days, 2s. 6d. extra. Powers of Attorney for the Sale or Transfer of Stock must be deposited at the Bank, &c. for examination, one day before they can be acted upon; if for receiving Dividends, it is sufficient to present them at the time the first Dividend becomes payable. The expense of a Power of Attorney is 17. 1s. 6d. for each Stock separately, but for Bank, India, and South Sea Stock, 17. 11s. 6d. ; and when required to be made out on the same day, half-past Twelve o'clock is the latest time for receiv ing orders. The boxes for receiving Powers of Attorney for Sale close at Two o'clock. All Probates of Wills, Letters of Administration, and other proofs of decease, are required to be left at the Bank, &c., for Registration from two to three clear days, exclusive of holidays. HOLIDAYS KEPT AT THE PUBLIC OFFICES IN 1852. By an Act of Parliament passed in 1834, much of the money business of the Exchequer is removed to the Bank of England. At the EXCHEQUER all holidays are abolished except Christmas Day and Good Friday. CUSTOM-HOUSE, EXCISE, STAMPS, AND TAXES Offices. Good Friday, April 9. Day appointed to be kept as the Queen's Birth-day. Prince of Wales's Birth-day, 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 Dock Companies of the United Kingdom. At the Stamps and Taxes Office, the Restoration of Charles II., May 29; Whit Monday and Tuesday (May 31 and June 1), are kept in addition. INDIA HOUSE. Christmas Day, December 25. Good Friday, April 9. BANK OF ENGLAND. Christmas Day, December 25. Good Friday, April 9. And in the Transfer Offices, 1st May and 1st November in addition. N.B.--Whenever the 1st May or 1st November falls on a Sunday the holiday will be kept on the Monday following. SOUTH SEA HOUSE.-Same as Bank of England. The Public are admitted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of The Museum is closed between the 1st and 7th January, the 1st and 7th May, and the 1st and 7th September, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas Day. Any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority are kept in addition by all the above establishments. QUARTER-SESSIONS (1852) 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 week after the 11th of 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 22d of April. BEDFORD-W. Jan. 7, April 7, June 30, Oct. 20. BERKS-Tu. Abingdon, Jan. 6, April 6, June 29, and Oct. 19. BUCKS-Aylesbury, Tu. same as Berks. CAMBRIDGE Cambridge County, F. Jan. 9, April 9, July 2, Oct. 22. For the Town, the Monday before. CHESHIRE-Chester, M. Jan. 5, Apr. 5, June 28, Oct. 18. CORNWALL-Bodmin, Tu. same as Berks. CUMBERLAND-Tu. as Berks, Jan. and June at Carlisle, April & Oct. at Cockermouth. DERBYSHIRE-April Sessions at Chesterfield, the others at Derby, Tu. same as Berks. DEVONSHIRE-Exeter, Tu. same as Berks. ESSEX-Colchester and Harwich, M. same as Cheshire. Chelmsford, Tu. as Berks. GLOUCESTERSHIRE-Gloster, Tu. as Berks. HAMPSHIRE Winchester, Tu. as Berks. HEREFORDSHIRE-Hereford, M. as Cheshire. HertfordshirE-Hertford, M. same as Cheshire. St. Alban's, the same week. HUNTINGDONSHIRE-M. same as Cheshire. KENT-Canterbury, Tu. Jan. 6, Fr. Apr. 9, Tu. June 29, Fr. Oct. 22. Maidstone, Th. Jan. 8, Tu. Apr. 6, Th. July 1, Tu. Oct. 19. LANCASHIRE Lancaster, M. same as Cheshire. Adjournments are held at Preston, at Salford, and at Kirkdale. LEICESTERSHIRE-Leicester as Cheshire. Bourn and Boston, Tu. as Berks; Sleaford, and Spalding, Th. Jan. 8, April 8, July 1, Oct. 21. 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, M. as Cheshire. Shire House, Norwich, W. same as Bedford; City of Norwich the day before. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE- Northampton, Th. NORFOLK as Sussex, West Div. Peterborough, W. as Bedford. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Nottingham, M. as Cheshire. East Retford, M. after Newark. RUTLANDSHIRE-Oakham, Tu. as Berks. SHROPSHIRE Shrewsbury, Tu. as Berks. For the Town, the Monday preceding. SOMERSETSHIRE Wells, M. Jan. 5, Apr. 5. Bridgewater, June 28. Taunton, Oct. 18. Bath on the following Monday. STAFFORDSHIRE-Stafford, W. as Bedford. SUFFOLK-Beccles, M. as Cheshire, Woodbridge, W. as Bedford, Ipswich, F. as Cambridge; and Bury, M. following. SURREY-New Sessions House, Newington, Tu. Jan. 6. Reigate, April 6. Guildford, June 29. Kingston, Oct. 19. SUSSEX Eastern Division: Lewes, M. same as Cheshire. Western Division: Petworth, Th. Jan. 8, and April 8. Horsham, July 1. Chichester, Oct. 21. WARWICKSHIRE-Warwick, Tu. as Berks. Coventry, on preceding Monday. WESTMINSTER-City, are generally held on the Thursday preceding the Quarter-Sessions for Middlesex. Salis WESTMORELAND-Appleby, W. as Bedfd., WORCESTERSHIRE-Worcester, M. same as Don The Quarter Sessions through NORTH and SOUTH WALES are held by the same rule as the foregoing, the magistrates determining the day of the week on which the Sessions shall commence. |