safety. A little to the west of the Copper- more to their old quarters at Fort Confimine River another large stream, named dence, on the Great Bear Lake. after Dr. Richardson, was found to dis- The incidents of the winter of 1838-9 charge its waters into the same inlet. exhibit the usual vicissitudes of the backThe prosperity of this campaign may be woodsman's life. There was much feasting said to have ended here. The winter had on venison and much fear of famine. been unusually severe, the summer late. Hordes of begging Indians poured in, and The sea was compact ice; thick fogs dark- numerous expert hunters brought supplies ened the heavens. On the 19th of August, of meat to the fort, and ate more than they the boats had only reached within a league brought. Particulars such as these, howof Franklin's farthest encampment in 1821. ever, cannot detain us. The manners of The lateness of the season, and the appear- the native tribes will be found sharply ance of new ice, forbade the attempt to na- sketched, though with no flattering lines, in vigate any further. Mr. Simpson, there- our author's pages. Yet the following bold fore, with a few chosen companions, volun-attempt to discriminate the native races of teered to explore some distance on foot, so North America, may, from its brevity, be that their exertions hitherto might not be admitted here:wholly fruitless. He had not proceeded far beyond Franklin's limit, when he descried, over the sea, land about twenty-five miles distant. On the third day, an appearance of land extending round the horizon, disheartened the explorers: but here we shall have recourse to our author's descrip tion: shores of America, have doubtless originally "The Esquimaux inhabiting all the Arctic spread from Greenland, which was peopled from northern Europe; but their neighbors, the Loucheux of Mackenzie River, have a clear tradition that their ancestors migrated from the westward, and crossed an arm of the sea. The language of the latter is entirely different from that of the other known tribes who possess the "As we drew near in the evening to an ele- vast region to the northward of a line drawn from vated cape, land appeared all around, and our Churchill, on Hudson's Bay, across the Rocky worst fears seemed confirmed. With bitter dis-Mountains, to New Caledonia. These, compreappointment I ascended the height, from whence hending the Chipewyans, the Copper Indians, a vast and splendid prospect burst suddenly upon ribs and Hare Indians of Mackenzie River and the Beaver Indians of Peace River, the Dogme. The sea, as if transformed by enchantment, rolled its free waves at my feet, and beyond the Great Bear Lake, the Thecanies, Nahanies, and reach of vision to the eastward. Islands of vari-Dahadinnehs of the Mountains, and the Carriers ous shape and size overspread its surface; and of New Caledonia, all speak dialects of the same the northern land terminated to the eye in a bold original tongue. Next to them succeed the Crees, and lofty cape, bearing east-north-east, thirty or speaking another distinct language, and occupyforty miles distant, while the continental coasting another great section of the continent, extrended away south-east. I stood, in fact, on a tending from Lesser Slave Lake through the remarkable headland, at the eastern outlet of an woody country on the north side of the Saskatice-obstructed strait. On the extensive land to chewan River, by Lake Winipeg to York Facthe northward I bestowed the name of our most tory, and from thence round the shores of Hudgracious sovereign Queen Victoria. Our son and James bays. South of the fiftieth present discoveries were in themselves not unim- parallel, the circles of affinity contract, but are portant; but their value was much enhanced by still easily traced. The Carriers of New Calethe disclosure of an open sea to the eastward, and donia, like the people of Hindostan, used, till the suggestion of a new route-along the south-lately, to burn their dead; a ceremony in which ern coast of Victoria Land-by which that open the widow of the deceased, though not sacrificed sea might be attained, while the shores of the as in the latter country, was compelled to concontinent were yet environed by an impenetrable tinue beating with her hands upon the breast of barrier of ice, as they were this season. Our the corpse while it slowly consumed on the funeportable canoe, which we had not had occasion ral pile, in which cruel duty she was often severeto use, was buried in the sand at the foot of a ly scorched." huge round rock on the beach, and with lighter burdens we commenced retracing our steps." ** The Loucheux differ, it appears, from every other tribe of red Indians, by their bold, open, and perfectly frank demeanor. They are as free as savages can be from treacherous cunning and dissimulation, and have never yet shed the blood of white men. The Esquimaux seen by our author are not the stunted race hitherto described. Among those met with on the Circumpolar shores, there were many robust men, six feet high. He considers the Esquimaux as much supe When we add that the southern shores rior to the Indian in intelligence, provident | precise limits of this great continent were fully habits, and mechanical skill. He had the and finally established." good fortune to procure, this winter, an Esquimaux interpreter from the missionary settlement of Ungava, in Labrador. Passing over the reiterated toils of descending to the coast, it will be sufficient for us to state, that in July, 1839, the expedition found the sea, at the mouth of the Coppermine River, tolerably free from ice. The voyage eastward, therefore, was successful, though it furnished no incidents calling for especial notice. A river, larger than the Coppermine, and named the Ellice, was discovered in longitude 104° 15' west. In his Journal of the 15th of August, our author observes: "All the objects for which the expedition was so generously instituted were now accomplished, but Mr. Dease and myself were not quite satisfied. We had determined the northern limits of America to the westward of the Great Fish River; it still remained a question whether Boothia Felix might not be united to the continent, on the other side of the estuary. The men, who had never dreamed of going any further, were therefore summoned, and the importance of proceeding some distance to the eastward explained to them; when, to their honor, all assented with out a murmur." After an interval of five days, the narrative of discovery is continued in these words:: of the great island named Victoria-land were traced through an extent of 156 geochief results of the expedition, which, if we graphical miles, we shall have stated all the consider that it comprises the navigation of a tempestuous ocean, beset with ice, for a distance exceeding 1400 geographical, or 1600 statute miles, in open boats, together with all the fatigues of long land journeys and the perils of the climate, was certainly a wonderful achievement. Nor must we omit to state, that science was not neglected; good astronomical observations were made, and a list of the plants collected by Mr. Dease is appended to our author's volume. Let us add, too, that the men appear to have done their duty well and cheerfully, which reflects as much credit on their leaders as on themselves. The merits of Mr. Simpson were at once recognized by his employers and the Government. The Hudson's Bay Company accepted his offer to conduct another expedition to the Straits of the Fury and Hecla ; the Royal Geographical Society awarded him its medal; and the Government intimated its intention of bestowing on him a pension of £100 a-year. But, alas! all this cheering news arrived too late to satisfy "It was now quite evident to us, even in our and calm his impatient spirit. The letter most sanguine mood, that the time was come for of the Company was written on the 3rd of commencing our return to the distant Copper- June: on the 6th of that month Mr. Simpmine River, and that any further foolhardy per- son left the Red River Colony to proceed severance could only lead to the loss of the whole by the way of the Missouri to Europe. He party, and also of the great object which we had hurried on before the rest of his party, with So successfully achieved. The men were there- four men. Two of these were shot by him fore directed to construct another monument in commemoration of our visit; while Mr. Dease and I walked to an eminence three miles off, to see the farther trending of the coast. Our view of the low main-shore was limited to about five miles, when it seemed to turn off more to the right. Far without, lay several lofty islands; and in the north-east, more distant still, appeared some high blue land: this, which we designated Cape Sir John Ross, is in all probability one of the south-eastern promontories of Boothia. We could therefore hardly doubt being now arrived at that large gulph, uniformly described by the Esquimaux as containing many islands, and, with numerous indentations, running down to the southward, till it approaches within forty miles of Repulse and Wager bays. The exploration of such a gulph, to the Strait of the Fury and Hecla, would necessarily demand the whole time and energies of another expedition, having some point of retreat much nearer to the scene of operations than Great Bear Lake; and we felt assured that the Honorable Company, who had already done so much in the cause of discovery, would not abandon their munificent work till the on the evening of the 13th or 14th of June; But MARLBOROUGH PAPERS.-It is stated that eighDuke of Marlborough during the war of the succesteen boxes full of the correspondence of the famous sion with Prince Eugene and all the foreign princes, statesmen, and generals, concerned in that great struggle, have been found in a house in Woodstock. These very important documents have been confided to Sir George Murray; and are said to form a collection not dissimilar to the publication of Colonel Gurwood.-Lit. Gaz. MISCELLANY. HUMANITY OF THE PEOPLE OF VIENNA.-Mr. Kohl, in his "Hundred Days in Austria," relates that he witnessed a scene in one of the streets of Vienna which was alike honorable for the human and the feathered animals who figured in it. A couple of young sparrows, making their first essay in flying with their parents over the roofs of the capital, had fallen exhausted into the street, where they were picked up and carried off by a boy, in whose hand they fluttered and chirped most pitifully. The parent birds followed, uttering most sorrowful cries, fluttering against the walls, perching on signs of the shops, and venturing even into the turmoil of the street. I begged the lad to let the young ones go, and as the cries of the old birds had already excited his compassion, he did so; but the creatures flying awkwardly against the walls, fell a second time into the street, and were again picked up. "Give them to me for my children; give them to me," cried some women; but the remonstrances of the feathered parents were so pitiful, that in the end the whole assembled crowd (all of the lowest class) raised a general shout of "No, no; let them go; give them their liberty." There were some Jews among the populace, who cried out louder than any. Several times the birds were flung up into the air, and as often fell down again, amid the general lamentation of all present. At last a ladder was procured, all lent a hand to raise it against a small house, and hold it fast while some one mounted it and placed the little animals in safety on the roof. The parents flew to them immediately, and the whole family took wing, amid the general acclamations of the multitude; even a couple of "glacéfränzel” (petits maîtres) stood still at a little distance and eyed the scene smilingly through their glasses.-Chambers's Edinburgh Jour. THE FETE OF NANTERRE.-An interesting ceremony takes place annually in some of the French towns and villages. Every year a young woman, who has rendered herself remarkable for general good conduct, is selected to be crowned with white roses, and to receive certain other rewards at the hands of the civic functionaries. The following account of such a ceremony is abridged from a French illustrated newspaper, called "L'Illustration, Journal Universal." The scene is Nanterre, which lies between Paris and St. Germain : "Nanterre," commences the sprightly French reporter, "honors virtue-Nanterre crowns the fortunate candidate (called the Rosière) for the year of little grace and many sins, 1843. Till now, we believed that Rosières only existed in comie operas and in Monsieur Bouilly's tales; but Nanterre has had the honor of undeceiving us. There parents, was best deserving of the reward. unhappily followed a schism between the temporal and spiritual powers of Nanterre, and the priest refused to favor the ceremony with his presence. Leaving him, therefore, we pass at once to the triumphal procession, which conducted Mademoiselle Giraud, the fortunate Rosière, to the Town Hall. The drums of the national guard struck up when it began to move, and the church bells would have rung merrily out, only the disaffection of the curate condemned them to silence. A double line of national guards occupied the space between Mademoiselle Giraud's house and the Town Hall, from the windows of which flags were suspended. It was a magnificent spectacle, tending to incite all mankind to virtue-had all mankind been able to witness it. Indeed, we propose that a congress from the world in general should meet at this time of year in the commune of Nanterre for that purpose. The march was commenced by the garde departmentale, (police,) followed by the band of the national guard, playing pleasing and lively airs. Next appeared the Rosière, between the mayor and bis deputy. Behind walked the municipal council, dressed in white, with their most showy badges, followed by a guard of honor, composed of Messieurs, marching in front, and armed with long pikes, such as ornament the national colors. The Messieurs are the principal agriculturists of the commune, who form a defensive, and often an of fensive body, to make up the insufficient superintendence of the rural police, in guarding the country and in protecting the harvests against theft. Upon the steps of this yeomanry it is usual for the Rosière of the preceding year to follow, wearing on her head the crown which will soon pass from ber forehead to that of the new heroine. But this time the ex-Rosière had become a defaulter; since her coronation, she exchanged the state of single blessedness for the troubles of matrimony. The office of carrying the chaste emblem, therefore, was transferred to one of the village maidens, who bore it on a velvet cushion in her place. Next appeared the members of several religious orders; amongst others that of the Virgin,' distinguished by the scarf of blue ribbon worn by its sisterhood. Lastly, a number of women, the relations and friends of the Rosière in their holiday dresses, walking in two lines, presently in four, and finally pressing forward in a compact crowd to form the rear of the procession. Arrived at the town-house, the principal actors in the ceremony ranged themselves in the great hall, where marriages ordinarily take place. The mayor sat between his colleagues and the municipal councillors; the Rosière stood in front of him; the Sisters of the Virgin were placed on the right and left; behind were the friends, relations, officers of "The Rosière of this year is a young woman the national guards, and other great people of the who appears to be a model of every virtue-Made-village. At the bottom of the hall, amid a tableau moiselle Giraud. She is only twenty-six, and supports, by her own labor, part of her family. Her conduct up to this day has been exempt from reproach; never was there brought against her the smallest tittle of slander. But, would you believe it? a formidable opposition was raised against the coronation of Mademoiselle Giraud. Monsieur, the curate of Nanterre, demanded the honors of the roseate crown for another candidate, whose great merit consisted, in his eyes, of having assiduously frequented the church and the confessional. The mayor and the municipal council stated, however, that, though they admired the piety of the priest's candidate, they thought that she who labored hard, like Mademoiselle Giraud, to support her infirm formed of tri-colored flags, appeared in large letters this appropriate inscription, To VIRTUE.' After an impressive delay, and a silence which may almost be called religious, the mayor began to speak, and pronounced a pathetic discourse on the advantages of virtue; then, by way of peroration, he placed round the neck of the Rosière a collar of gold; handed her a pair of ear-rings, a magnificent brooch, divers other trinkets-the forms and uses of which we have forgotten-and a sum of three hundred francs (about £12): finally, he removed the crown of white roses from the cushion on which it was deposited, and placed it on the head of the damsel, saying (we write from stenographic notes,) Mademoiselle Giraud, receive, as the reward of virtue, the civic crown which your fellow-citizens his biding place became a task of infinite difficulty. have awarded you! At these words the musicconcealed in a vestibule of the building-struck up a spirited melody; tears suffused the eyes of the spectators, and the procession recommenced its march in the same order as it arrived. After the Rosière had been conducted back to her home, a splendid banquet-in which she and her family took part, and which the authorities of the village also honored with their presence-terminated the doings of the day."-Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. However, after much inquiry, and many windings through a devious path, which lay over fields and through farm-yards, the distant sound of a violoncello fell upon the ear of our wandering musical votary, making him no longer doubtful of the "whereabout" of the "famous bass player," as some of the hardy mountaineers had denominated him, on inquiry being made of them touching his dwelling-house. Following the direction whence the pleasing sound issued, he was led to a meanlooking hut. He entered, and found the object of NEWSPAPER STATISTICS.-There are at present his search half dressed, engaged in the performance 138 newspapers circulated in London; the yearly of one of Lindley's concertos: the room contained circulation of which amounts to 36,271,020 papers, two pair of looms; in one of these the "guid-wife" and the advertisement duty to 48,1791. 10s. There was industriously "plying the shuttle ;" and on the are 214 English country papers in circulation, the hearth was her lord, surrounded by two or three total yearly sale of which amounts to 16,857,000 younkers, deeply engaged, as we have intimated, papers; showing that, though the number of jour- in a domestic concert of no ordinary or commonnals considerably exceeds the number in London, place character, for his execution of a difficult and the yearly circulation does not amount to half of beautiful composition is described as admirable and the circulation in the metropolis. The yearly worthy of all praise! Thus, beneath this humble amount of advertisement duty on the country pa- roof of poverty, and far from the haunts of cultivapers is 49,7661. 18s. The yearly amount of circu- tion and refinement, was presented a picture of simlation in Scotland is 1,478,940, and the advertise-ple and virtuous happiness rarely to be found in ment duty is 12,595 12s. In Wales there are ten England. How truly might it be said, in this inpapers in circulation, the highest of which averages stance, that music has been given us by our bountionly 1500 yer week. The circulation of the rest is ful Creator to assist in smoothing the path of human uncertain, sometimes rising to 10,000 per month, life!-Bradford Observer. and sometimes falling to 100. The total yearly circulation is 88,000, and the advertisement duty is 3051. 18s. 6d. There are 25 papers circulated in Dublin, the yearly sale of which amounts to 3,366,406 papers, and the advertisement duty is 4,5997. 8s. There are 58 Irish country papers, the yearly circulation of which is 2,435,068, and 12,000 supplements. The advertisement duty amounts to 3,6861. 168.-Lit. Gaz. SEA OF ARAL.- Of the sea of Aral it is difficult to procure any particulars from a people so barbarous as the Kuzzauks, who alone are familiar with it. The water is too salt to be drunk by man or beast, excepting at the mouths of the rivers Oxus and Jaxartes. The water is shallow, but navigable by small craft. Its north-western shores are sometimes bounded by cliffs of chalk, marle, and shelllimestone, elevated about 200 feet above the level of the water. At the mouth of the Oxus are many islands, and near the centre of the sea is one of considerable extent. . . . . The boats upon the sea of Aral are merely small fishing-craft, belonging to the Aral Oozbegs and Kara Kulpauks, dwelling on its coasts: they are few in number. The name of this sea is Dungiz-i-Kahaurism, or the sea of Kahaurism. The name Aral is never applied to it by Asiatics, and belongs to a tribe of Oozbegs dwelling near that sea.-Capt. Abbott's Khiva, etc. MUSICAL DEVOTION.-Yorkshire, and the adjoining counties of Lancaster and Derby, are celebrated for a love of music: its spirit pervades every rank of the people in a manner unknown and unfelt in the rest of our island. And amongst those districts famed for musical taste and skill, Halifax stands pre-eminently forward. There, as perhaps nowhere else in England, may be found, at stated periods, the justice of the peace and the artisan side by side in the orchestra, practising together their divine art, and forgetting, for a time, the artificial distinctions set up in the world of men. In an es- ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.-In the French Chamber say entitled "A Village Oratorio," by George Ho- of Deputies, a short time since, M. Guizot, in angarth, justice has been done to the musicians of this swer to some observations throwing doubts upon part of Yorkshire. "Of these singers and players," the practicability of the proposed works for piercing he says, speaking of choristers and instrumental the Isthmus of Panama, read the following letter performers," very few are professional. Most of from the Baron de Humboldt to one of the heads of them are industrious tradespeople, cultivating music the parties interested in the proposed operation :—from love of the art, and making its practice their "I learn, with regret, that you are not further addearest recreation." As an instance of devotion to vanced in your important enterprise than you were the art, we may relate, that the Halifax Orchestral when I had last the pleasure of seeing you in Paris. Society consists of between thirty and forty mem- For the last twenty-five years, the project of a combers, most of whom reside five or six miles from the munication between the two seas, either by the town; and, for years past, it has seldom happened, Isthmus of Panama, by Lake Nicaragua, or by the even on the darkest and wildest night of winter, Isthmus of Capica, has been proposed, and topothat any one of its rustic members has been absent graphically debated; and yet no beginning has been from his post on the nights of rehearsal, which takes inade. I should have thought that the British Emplace fortnightly. An officer of the society, a re-bassy would have found a means of inspiring conspectable tradesman residing in that town, had oc-fidence in the proposal to send a scientific man (an casion, some time ago, to visit a brother musician and a member of the society, who lives some miles from the town. His condition is humble, being a hand-loom weaver; his dwelling is of a character according with his condition, and is situate at Coldedge, an outlandish part of the parish of Halifax, bordering upon the moor of Saltonstall. To find engineer) for the purpose of examining the valley which separates the two seas, through which the canal might be dug to the western side of the Port of Chagres. Be assured that those persons who use the authority of my name in support of the opinion that the two seas have different levels, do so only to excuse themselves from engaging in the enter prise." The Minister also read an extract from a | Schmoum, or Ammon the generator, may be safely document addressed to the Academy of Sciences, applied to the other high mound, now called Koumby M. Warden, a distinguished American citizen, el-Dikke.-Lit. Gazette. long consul for that country in Paris:-"The cutting necessary to unite the two seas, by means of the three rivers, Vino-Tinto, Bernardino, and Farren, is but twelve and a half miles in length. The fall will be regulated by four double locks of 45 mètres long. The canal will be altogether 49 miles in extent, 43 mètres 50 centimètres wide at the surface, 17 mètres 50 centimètres at the bottom, and having a depth of 6 mètres 50 centimètres. It will be navigable for vessels of from 1,000 to 1,400 tous burthen. The rivers, in those portions of them where they have from 2 to 4 mètres of water, will serve for the canal, by deepening to 6 mètres; and the water will be maintained at that height by two guard-locks. All the materials necessary for the construction of the canal are found on the soil which it has to traverse; and the total cost has been estimated at 2,778,615 dollars, including the price of four steam-boats, and two iron bridges, 46 mètres long, and opening for the passage of ships." -Athenæum. ANIMAL SKELETONS.-It is stated that, during the week, several enormous skeletons of the mastadon, elephant, ox, elk, hyena, wolf, etc., have been dug up, about eighteen feet from the surface, near Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, all in a good state of preservation. Lit. Gaz. CAPTAIN HARRIS'S ABYSSINIAN EMBASSY.-Capt. W. C. Harris, of the Engineers, accompanied by the two Abyssinian ambassadors, who arrived last month in the Victoria, left Bombay in the Sesostris in charge of the presents sent for her most gracious majesty the Queen, through the late mission, of which he was the leader, at the court of Shoa. The various articles were for some time exposed in the council-chamber, and from their novelty and savage singularity attracted great admiration, although obviously the work of a people low in the scale of civilization. Although nothing of a political nature can transpire, the arrival in Bombay of the two Abyssinians, the first of their nation who have crossed the ocean boundary, would at least prove that the most friendly relations have been established with the monarch of Shoa, who, we understand, has been induced to conclude a treaty of commerce, whereof Captain Harris is likewise the bearer to England. The extent of the zoological and botanical collection, the myrrh, the cotton, the seeds, and the splendid paintings lately exhibited, with the various rude manufactures of the countries visited, would prove that the enterprising party were not idle; and some of their accessions to geography, which have already appeared in print, may be expected to lead to very important results. We read with feelings of admiration, mingled with the proudest gratification, the fact, that upwards of seven thousand Christian slaves were liberated from galling bondage at the intercession of our countrymen, and are now blessing the name of the white man; that hundreds of doomed pagan captives, taken in the bloody forays, witnessed by the British embassy, were set at large; and that the members of the royal house of Shoa, and princes of the blood, whom a barbarous policy has, since the days of Solomon, doomed to chains and a living grave, have been liberated through the same influence-to the permanent abolition, we trust, of a system so revolting to humanity.—Bombay Times. TOMB OF ALEXANDER.-A communication from Mr. J. L. Stoddart, now at Cairo, relates to the probability of the real locality of the tomb of Alexander within the walls of Alexandria being still preserved in the tradition of the Mahometan inhabitants of that city. Amidst the mounds of rubbish,' says the writer, and by the corner of one of the many gardens or palm-groves, which occupy a large portion of the space within the Arab wall, there stands an insulated bath called Hammam Hatieh. It is said to be the oldest in the place. Near to it is a small square building of unfashioned stone, very rude, very humble. Within is a rustic chapel. In the wall facing the entrance was a kiblah, or long niche, which marks the direction of Mekka. esting particulars respecting the Lake and Labyrinth EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION.-Referring to the interTo the left, the chapel is separated by a coarse of Maris, contained in a letter from the spot (Lit. wooden rail from a hollow of nine or ten feet square, and five feet five inches below the rest of the cham-Gaz., No. 1383, pp. 480, 81,) we see it stated farber and level of the soil. Seven steps lead to the bottom, where is a common Arab tomb of rough masonry. To this spot, however mean and humble in its present state, the general tradition of the Arabs has assigned the name of the tomb of Alexander; ther, on the authority of Dr. Lepsius, that “there of from 15 to 20 feet high; and the name of Maris are some hundreds of chambers standing, with walls has been frequently found amongst the inscriptions. Dr. Lepsius says that the supposition of Manetho, that this monarch belonged to the twelfth dynasty, is confirmed.-Ibid. and as such it is the common resort of the resident Arabs, who pay respect to him as a great sultan and the founder of their city. Many of the principal points of the topography of Alexandria are already COMET. A Comet has been visible, we learn from well ascertained; such as the ancient port, now Manilla and Singapore, since the beginning of last called the New Port;' and Eunostos, now the Old month, but during almost all which time the weather Port; and the Heptastadium. The Pharos is un-here has been so unsettled, and the sky so continualtered, and Cape Lochias is the point of the Pharil-ally overcast,that it was first beheld here on the night lon. The two obelisks near the old port belonged of the 28th. The comet itself is barely visible to the to the Sebastium or Cæsarium, as is evident from the words of Pliny, Duo obelisci sunt Alexandriæ in portu ad Cæsaris templum,' (1. 36, c. 9.) The temple of Serapis, said by Strabo to be in Rhacotis, was on the site of the fortress erected by the French, and named Caffarelli, on the lofty mound of earth which commands Port Eunostos. The spot is clearly pointed out by the words of Rufinus and Sozomen; and the Persian or Egyptian temple of Mendes naked eye, but its tail is of great extent, say about forty degrees, and quite straight. At present it sets at about half-past ten in the south-west, and when first seen, disappeared soon after nightfall; it is probable, therefore, that it will remain visible a long while. We believe this to be a comet hitherto unknown. As may be supposed, the Chinese are in great consternation about it, believing that it forebodes evil.-Canton Press, April 1. |