MONTHLY NOTICES. I 2. Frankfort-on-the-Maine-government secu- 5. Quarter Sessions commence in this week. rities of all countries, manufactured goods, &c. 6. Northampton-horses. 5, 6. Thirsk-leather.

8. Fire insurance due at Lady Day must be paid 3. Dividends on several species of Stock be-on or before this day, or the policy becomes void. come due.-See Transfer Days.

12. Ruyton-horses, cattle, sheep, &c. 5. The returns for making the assessment of 13, 14. Shrewsbury-cattle, horses, sheep, &c. direct taxes are delivered very soon after this day. 14. East Ilsley, & every other Wed. till JúlyThe person making the return rates himself for sheep. the persons and articles subject to taxes kept and 16, 17, 18. Howden-horses, last day cattle used by him between the 5th April, 1851, and also. the 5th April, 1852. If he wishes to give up 20. Devizes-horses, cattle, sheep. keeping any servant or other matter assessed, he 20. Newcastle-under-Lyme-horses and cattle. should do so on the 4th April, or he will be liable 24. Lincoln--sheep and pedlery (four days). to another year's tax.

27, 28. Boroughbridge--cattle and sheep. 5. Gloucester-cheese.

29. Alton-sheep and lambs. SUNDAY LESSONS.

Proper Lessons, Morning. Proper Lessons, Evening. April 4 6th Sun. in Lent. Palm Sun. Exod. 9

Matt. 26 Exod. 10 Heb. 5 to v. 11 9 Good Friday

Gen. 22 to v. 20 John 18 Isaiah 53 1 Peter 2 11 Easter Sunday

Exod. 12

Rom. 6 Exod. 14 Acts 2 v. 22 18 1st Sunday after Easter Num. 16

Acts 15 Num. 22 1 Peter 2 25 2nd St. Mark

22

25

1 John 1

9

23, 24

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101

12 M

Day Day

ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. of the ofthe

Sundays and Week. Year Remarkable Days.

Mercury, in the constellations Pisces and Aries, is an evening star till near the end of the month. On the 7th, at 3h. 33m. A.M., in conjunction with Sa

turn, at 4° 52' S.; on the 19th, at 7h. 56m. P.M., 1 TH 92

stationary; on the 30th, at 3b. 36m. A.M., in inferior

conjunction with the sun. Venus, in the constel2 F 93 Camb. Lent Term ends.

lations Aries and Taurus, on the 6th, at ih. Om. P.M.,

in Perihelion, on the 15th passes the meridian ai 3s 94 Oxford Lent Term ends. 2h. 53m. P.M. Mars, in the constellation Cancer,

on the 15th passes the meridian at 6h. 49m. P.M.; 4S 95 Palm Sunday.

on the 28th, at 11h. 52m. A.M., in quadrature with

the sun. Júpiter, in the constellation Libra, on the 5 M 96

15th passes the meridian at ih. 43m. A.M. Saturn, 6 Tu 97 Old Lady Day.

in the constellation Aries, on the 15th passes the

meridian at oh. 42. P.M.; on the 27th, at 3h. 10m. 7 W 98

P.M., in conjunction with the sun. Uranus, in the

constellation Aries, on the 24th,at 11h. 22m. A.M., 8 TH 99

in conjunction with the sun.

The Moon, on the 1st, at 9h. 30m. A.M., in con100 Good Friday.

junction with a Leonis (Regulus) at 3° 14' S.; on the

4th, at 11h.Om. A.M., in Perigee; at 8h. 35m. P.M., 105

in conjunction with a Virginis (Špica) at 7° 31' S.

on the 6th, at Sh. 32m. A.M., with a2 Libræ (Zuben 11 S 102 Easter Sunday.

el Chamali), at 4° 12' S.; at 11h. 43m. P.M., with 103 Easter Monday.

Jupiter, at 20 44' S.; on the 7th, at 3h. 11m. P.M.,

with Bi Scorpii, at 26 20' S.; on the 8th, at oh. 48m. 13 Tu 104

A.M., with a Scorpii (Antares) at 7° 34' S.; on the

17th, at 10h. Om. P.M., in Apogee. On the 20th, at 14 W 105

Oh. 4m. A.M., in conjunction with Saturn, at 20'31'

N.; at oh. 36m. P.M. with Mercury, at 7° 19' N.; 15 TA 106 Easter Term begins. on the 22nd, at 4h. 44m. P.M., with a Tauri (Alde

baran), at 26 50' S.; on the 23rd, at 10h. 40m. A.M., 16 F 107

with Venus, at 40 47' N.; at 3h. 48m. P.M., with

B Tauri, at '70 8' N.; on the 26th, at 4h. 41m. A.M., 17 s 108

with B Geminorum (Pollux) at 50 41' N.; on thé 18 S 109 1 S. aft. Easter. Low Sun. the 28th, at sh. 55m.P.M., with a Leonis (Regulus),

27th, at 9h. 5m. A.M., with Mars, at 0° 17' S.; on

at 30 27' S. 19 M 110

The Constellations Virgo and Centaurus, and east 20 Tu 111

part of Ursa Major, will be on the meridian about Oxford and Camb. Easter

midnight, near the middle of the month. 21 W 112 Terms begin.

Eclipses of Jupiler's Satellites.

First Satellite 71h, fm. at 1h. 2m. 479. A.M.; 22 TH 113

15th, Im. at 9h. 24m. 20°35. P.M.; 21st, Im, at 4h.

46m. 42 Is. A.M.; 22nd, Im, at 11h. 18m. 12-78. P.M.; 23 F 114 St. George.

30th,'Im. at ih. izm. 1078. A.M. Second Satellite. 24 s 115

9th, Im. at 11h. 19m. 20°88. P.M.; 17th, Im. at ih.

53m. 1978. A.M.; 24th, Im. at 4h. 27m, 33.25. A.M. 2 Sunday after Easter. Third Satellite. 7th, Im. at oh. 3m. 49.25. A.M.; Em. 25 S 116

St.Mark. Duch. of Glo. b. at 2h. 2m. 23:58. ; 14th, Im. at 4h. 2m. 11678. A.M. 1776. Prs. Alice b. 1843.

Hebrew Calendar. Mohammedan Calendar. 26 M 117

1852.
5612,

1852, Hegira, 1268. Apr. 1 12 Nisan

Apr, 1 10 Jomadhi II. 27 Tu 118

4 15
Passover.

4 13

Fortu

5 16 28 W 119

2nd day.

5 14

nate
10 21
7th day.

6 15

Days. 29 TH 120

20 1 Jyar.

21 1 Regeb.

Fast. 30 F 121

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MONTHLY NOTICES. 1. British Museum closes.

7. Stroud-cattle, sheep, and pigs. 1: Holiday at Bank and South Sea Transfer 8. British Museum opens, from 10 till 7; Offices.

Reading Room, 9 till 7. 1. Reading-horses and cattle.

11 and 12. Askrig-cattle. 2. Leipzic-books, Russian and Polish pro- 12. Oswestry-cattle, sheep, and pigs. duce, manufactured goods, &c.

12. Totnes-horses, sheep, and cattle. 2. Leominster--cattle and horses.

12 and 13. Ripon-horses and sheep. 3. Royal Academy Exhibition opens.

12, 13, 14. Leicester-horses, cows, and sheep. 4. Northampton--horses.

14. Ramsbury--horses, cows, and sheep. 4 and 5. Boston-sheep.

15. Whitsunday, Scotch Quarter-day. 4. Howden-horses.

19. Quakers'General Meeting begins in London. 6. Southampton-cattle and cheese,

20. Swindon--cattle, pigs, and sheep. 6. Abingdon--cattle.

29. Holiday at Stamps and Taxes Office, 6. Lewes-cattle.

30. Wells-horses and cattle. SUNDAY LESSONS.

Proper Lessons, Morning Proper Lessons, Evening. May 23rd Sun, aft. Easter Deut.

Acts 28

Deut. 5 Rom. 1
9 4th

6
Matt. 7

7

8
16 5th

8
14

9

15 20 Holy Thurs. Asc. Day

10

Luke 24 V. 44 2 Kings 2 Ephes. 4 to v. 17 23 Sunday after Asceu.

12
Matt. 21

Deut. 13 1 Cor. 6
30 Whit Sunday

16 to v. 18 Acts 10 v. 34 Isaiah 11 Acts 19 to v. 21

ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA.
Day
Sundays and

Mercury, in the constellation Aries, rises throughof the ofthe Remarkable Days.

out the month from oh. 7m. to oh. 45m, before the Week. Year

sun. On the 1st, at 9h. 48m. P.M., in conjunction with Saturn, at 20 26' S.; on the 12th, at gh. 53m.

A.M., stationary, and at Th. 52m. P.M. in Aphelion; is 122

St. Philip and St. James and on the 26th at 7h. 9m, A.M., in conjunction with

Prince Arthur b. 1850. Saturn, at 1° 27' N. Venus, in the constellations 25 1233 Sunday after Easter. Taurus, Gemini and Cancer, sets from 4h. 23m, to

3h. 22m. after the sun throughout the month; on 3M 124

the 12th, at 4h. 36m. A.M., at greatest elongation,

45° 23' É. Mars, in the constellations Cancer and 4 Tu 125

Leo, on the 15th, passes the meridian at 5h. 42m.

P.M. Jupiter, in the constellation Libra, on the 5 W 126

8th, at 7h. 46m. P.M., in opposition to the sun; on 6 TH 127

the 15th passes the meridian at i1h. 26m. P.M.

Saturn, in the constellation Aries, on the 15th 7 F 128

passes the meridian at 10h. 59m. A.M. Uranus, in Easter Term ends. Hali meridian at 10h. 41m. A.M.

the constellation Aries, on the 15th passes the 8S 129 Quarter.

The Moon, on the 2nd, at 7h. 52m. A.M., in conjunc9 S 130 4 Sunday after Easter. tion with a Virginis (Spica) at 7° 37'S.; at 9h.om.P.M.,

in Perigee. On the 4th, at 5h. 37m. A.M., in conjunc10 M 131

tion with Jupiter, at 20 50'S.; on the 5th, at 1h. 48m.

A.M., with B. Scorpii, at 2012' S.; at Ilh. 13m. A.M., 11 Tu 132

with a Scorpii (Antares), at 7° 25' S.; on the 15th, at

8h. Om. A.M., in Apogee. On the 17th, at 4h. 14m. 12 W 133

A.M., in conjunction with Mercury, at io 29' N.; at 13 TH 134 Old May Day.

ih. 35m. P.M., with Saturn, at 20 22' N.; on the

1916, at 10h. 42m. P.M., with a Tauri (Aldebaran) 14 F 135

at 26 53' S.; on the 20th, at 9h. 33m. "P.M., with

B Tauri, at 7° 31' N.; on the 23rd, at ih. 6m. A.M., 15 s 136

with Venus, at 20 16' N.; at 10h. 6m. A.M., with 5 Sun. aft. Easter.

Ro

B Geminorum (Pollux) at 5° 30' N.; on the 25th, at 16 S 137

1h. 4m. P.M. with Mars, at 20 5' S.; on the 26th, gation Sunday.

at oh. 4m. A.M., with a Leonis (Regulus) at 3° 39' 17 M 138

S.; on the 29th, at 4h. 13m. P.M. with a Virginis

(Spica) at 7° 42' S.; on the 31st, at ih. Om. A.M., in 18 Tu 139

Perigee; at 10h. 6m. A.M., conjunction with Ju

piter, at 30 8' S. The Constellations Ursa Minor, 19 W 140

Corona Borealis, Serpens, Libra, and Lupus, are 20 TH 141 Holy Thurs. Ascension Day. the month, and Scorpio near the end.

on the meridian about midnight near the middle of 142

Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites.

First Satelliie. 7th, Im. at 3h. 6m. 14.5s. A.M.; 22 s 143 Trinity Term begins.

16th, Em. at lh. 36m. 25.6s. A.M.; 17th, Em, at 8h.

5m. 1998. P.M.; 23rd, Em, at 3h. 30m. $9.8s. A.M.; 23 S 144 Sunday after Ascension. 24th, Em. at 9h. 59m. 17.58. P.M.; 31st, Em. at 11h.

53m. 38*48. P.M. Second Satellite. 4th, Em. at 8h. 24 M 145 Queen Victoria b. 1819. 19m, 30*85. P.M.; 12th, Em, at lh. 26m. 59.6s. A.M.

Third Satellite. 12th, Em. at 9h. 53m. 1698. P.M.; 25 Tu 146 Prs. Helena b. 1846.

20th, Em. at 1h. 51m. 29.28. A.M. 26 W 147

Hebrew Calendar. Mohammedan Calendar. 1852. 5612.

1852. Hegira 1268. 27 TH 148

May 1 12 Jyar. May 1 11 Regeb.
Fast.

3 13 Fortunate 149

14 25 Death of 4 14 Days. SK. Charles II. res. Oxf.

Samuel, 150

5 15 {

Day of VicEaster Term ends. 19 1 Sivan.

tory. Whit Sunday:

Exaltation 30 S 151

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