OCCULTATIONS OF PLANETS AND FIXED STARS BY THE MOON,
VISIBLE AT GREENWICH.

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 ..... cates, the one..... before, the other ***** after midnight.

indi

June 27, SUN, an annular eclipse, invisi-
ble at Greenwich. Begins on the earth
generally at 4h. 27.3m. P.M., mean
time at Greenwich; ends at 10 h. 5.9m.
Central eclipse begins generally at
5h. 30 6m. P.M., in longitude 168° 8'
W. of Greenwich, and latitude 8° 55′ S.;
ends at 9h. 26m., in longitude 109° 41′
W., and latitude 5o 30' N.
December 6, MOON partially eclipsed,
visible at Greenwich. Beginning 9h.
37m. P.M., mean time at Greenwich;
middle Dec. 7. at 0h. 11.1m. A.M.;

Dec. 3

ends 21. 45 2m. Magnitude of the eclipse (Moon's diameter = 1), 0·202, on the southern limb.

December 21, SUN totally eclipsed, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally at 2h. 28 6m. A. M., mean time at Greenwich; ends at 7h. 36.2m. The central begins at 3h. 32-4m., in longitude 47°12′ E. of Greenwich, and latitude 23° 29′ N.; ends at 6h. 32-4m., in longitude 154° 19' E., and latitude 34° 18' N.

TERMS AND RETURNS.

HILARY TERM begins 11th January-Ends 31st January.
EASTER TERM begins 15th April-Ends 11th May.
TRINITY TERM begins 25th May-Ends 15th June.
MICHAELMAS TERM begins 2nd Nov.-Ends 25th Nov.

The first General Return Day for every term is the fourth day before the first day of the term, both days being reckoned in the computation. In Hilary Term, therefore, the first General Return Day will be January 8; Easter Term, April 12; Trinity Term, May 19; and Michaelmas Term, Oct. 30. There were also three other General Return Days in the term upon which certain writs were returnable; but now, by the statute 1 Wm. IV., cap. 3, sec. 2, "all writs now usually returnable before any of his Majesty's Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, respectively, on General Return Days, that shall be made returnable after the 1st of January, 1831, may be made returnable on the third day exclusive before the commencement of each term, or on any day (not being Sunday) between that day and the third day exclusive before the last day of the term; and the day for appearance shall, as heretofore, be the third day after such return, exclusive of the day of return; or, in case such third day shall fall on a Sunday, then on the fourth day after such return, exclusive of such day of return.' When the terms themselves commence on a Sunday, the term is dated from such day, although the sittings do not commence till the following day. In the calendar the duration of the term is marked by a strong line.

Mich....Oct. 10... Nov. 12, m.... Dec. 16
The Commencement will be July 4.

TERMS IN ENGLAND
Usually taken in Leases.

25 March Lady Day 29 Sept. .Mich. Day
24 June.. Midsum. 25 Dec... Christmas
IN SCOTLAND.

Candlemas.. Feb. 2 | Lammas...Aug. 1
Whitsund.. May 15 Martinmas. Nov. 11

This term, in Scotch leases, does not depend upon the moveable Feast of Whitsuntide, but is permanent.

3 per Cent. 1726-Tues. & Thurs. 3 per Cent. Reduc.-Tues. Wed. Thur. and Frid..

July 5

July 5

Mar.31,

Sept. 30

Apr.5,
Oct. 10
Jan. 5,

New 34 per Cent. Annuit.-Tues.
Wed. Thurs. and Frid.
New 5 per Cent. Annuit.-Tues. (July 5
Wed. and Frid.
34 per Cent. Red.-Tues. Wed.
Thurs. and Frid..

....

3 per Cent. 1818.-Tues. Thurs.
and Frid.
Con. Long. Ann.-Mon.Wed. and
Sat.

Apr. 5, (Oct. 10

Apr. 5,
Oct. 10

Tickets for preparing Transfer of Stock must be given in at each Office before 1 o'clock.-At the East India House before 2.

Private Transfers may be made at other times than as above, the Books not being shut, by paying at the Bank, India House, and South Sea House 2s. 6d. extra for each Transfer.

Transfer at the Bank must be made by half-past 2 o'clock; at India House by 3; at South Sea House by 2.

Expense of Transfer in

Bk. Stock, 251. & under, 9s.; above that sum, 12s.
Ind. do. 101.
11. 10s.;
S. Sea do. if under 100l. 9s. 6d. ;

Il. 10s. 12s.

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 receiving 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.

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.
Queen's Birth-day, May 24,

Good Friday, April 14.

Prince of Wales's Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

Birth-day, Nov. 9. 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, are kept in

addition.

INDIA HOUSE.

Good Friday, April 14. | Christmas Day, December 25.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

Good Friday, April 14. Christmas Day, December 25.

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.
BRITISH MUSEUM.

The Public are admitted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of
Ten and Four, from the 7th September to the 1st May; and between the hours of
Ten and Seven from the 7th May to the 1st September.

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

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 William 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.