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ceeded the profligate wits of Charles the Second's time, says:

In front of these came ADDISON. In him
Humour in holiday and sightly trim,
Sublimity, and attic taste, combined

To polish, furnish, and delight the mind.

The anecdote of his sending for his pupil, Lord Warwick, a young man of very irregular life, when upon his death-bed, is well known, yet deserves to be repeated. The young nobleman requesting, with great tenderness, to hear his last injunctions, Addison merely replied, 'See with what peace a Christian can die!'

*18. 1815.-BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

HYMN to the GOD of PEACE.

Compassionate Author of Peace!
Around the wide world let it flow,
That cruel contention may cease,
And friendship and love dwell below.
Oh! soon may the promise take place,
The dawn of Immanuel's reign,
And set up the Kingdom of Grace,
Where discord no more shall remain !

Instead of the trumpet of war,

Let Mercy's sweet message be heard,
And nations now scattered afar
Unite in the bands of Thy word;
Instead of the weapons of death,
May soldiers of Jesus, with love,
Contend for their God, and their faith,

And win the bright kingdom above!
Instead of the sword and the spear,

The plough and the pruner restore,
That herbage and fruits may appear
On fields that were covered with gore.
No more may ambition arise,

To kindle the world to a flame;
But Mercy come down from the skies,
And Peace to all nations proclaim!

T. BECK.

20.→→TRANSLATION OF EDWARD, King of the West Saxons.

Edward, being barbarously murdered by his mother-in-law, was first buried at Warham, without any solemnity; but, after three years, was carried by Duke Alferus to the minster of Shrewsbury, and there interred with great pomp.

21.-LONGEST DAY.

This day is, in London, 16 h. 34 m. 5s., allowing 9 m. 16s. for refraction.

24. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AND MIDSUMMER

DAY.

For information respecting customs on this day, see the six previous volumes of Time's Telescope. 29.- SAINT peter.

Peter's original name, Simon, was not abolished by Christ, but that of Cephas was added to it, which, in Syriac, the vulgar language of the Jews, signifies a stone or rock; hence the Greek Herpos, and our Peter. The apostle's father was Jonah, probably a fisherman of Bethsaida. His brother Andrew, being first converted, was said to be an instrument of Peter's conversion, John i, 40, 41.

*JUNE 1819.-STEAM COACHES.

The Americans have applied the power of steam to supersede that of horses in propelling stagecoaches. In the state of Kentucky, a stage-coach is now established, with a steam engine, which travels at the rate of twelve miles an hour: it can be stopped instantly, and set again in motion with its former velocity, and is so constructed that the passengers sit within two feet of the ground. The velocity depends on the size of the wheels.

*JUNE 1816. REV. JEREMIAH JOYce died. He was a self-taught man, and was indebted chiefly to his industry for his rise in life: he was as much celebrated for his zeal and integrity as his learning; and is well known as the author of many justly po

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pular and useful works. Among these may be mentioned his Elements of Arithmetic,' of which repeated editions of 10,000 have been sold; his wellknown Scientific Dialogues,' and Dialogues on Chemistry and the Microscope'; his Letters on Natural Philosophy,' and his Introduction to the Arts and Sciences. Mr. Joyce also compiled the greater part of Nicholson's Encyclopedia,' in six octavo volumes; co-operated with Messrs. Shepherd and Carpenter in their work entitled 'Systematic Education' and was for many years a contributor to the Monthly Magazine. To this able writer, also, the readers of TIME'S TELESCOPE are indebted for the interesting and luminous papers on Astronomy which have enriched our early volumes.

Astronomical Occurrences

In JUNE 1820.

THE Sun enters Cancer at 43 m. after 1 in the afternoon of the 21st of this month; and he rises and sets at the following times during the same period.

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June 1st, Sun rises 53 m. after 3. Sets 7 m. after 8

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If the following numbers be added to or subtracted from the time exhibited by a good sun-dial, as directed in the table, they will give the time which should be shown at the same moment by a well regulated clock.

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Thursday June 1st, from the time by the dial subtract 2 34

Tuesday

6th,

1 45

Sunday

11th,

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Friday

16th, to the time by the dial add 0 16

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Phases of the Moon.

Last Quarter 3d day, at 46 m. after 6 afternoon.

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Moon's Passage over the first Meridian.

The Moon will pass the meridian of the Royal Observatory at the following times; when, if the weather be favourable, she may, of course, be observed in these positions: viz.

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Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites.

There will only be one eclipse of Jupiter's first and one of his second satellite visible at the Royal Observatory this month, which will be the following.

Immersions.

1st Satellite, 29th day, at 33 m. after 1 in the morning.
2d Satellite, 15th

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Other Phenomena.

Mercury will be in his superior conjunction at 30 m. after 2 in the morning of the 15th; Venus will attain her greatest elongation on the 19th; Jupiter

will be in quadrature at 1 in the morning of the 13th; and Georgium Sidus will be in opposition at 30 m. past 5 in the moming of the 18th of the present month. Mars will also be in conjunction with gin Leo, at 24 m. after 10 in the morning of the 13th, when the star will be 46' south of the planet. The Moon will likewise be in conjunction with Jupiter at 17 m. after 8 in the morning of the 4th; with ẞ in Taurus, at 16 m. after 8 in the evening of the 10th; with Pollux, at 45 m. past 5 in the morning of the 13th; with Mars, at 27 m. past 9 in the morning of the 16th; with in Virgo, at 50 m. after 6 in the evening of the 20th; and with a in Scorpio, at 14 m. after & in the morning of the 24th. The same variable luminary will also be in her perigee on the 2d; in apogee on the 17th; and again in perigee on the 29th.

SITUATIONS of the PLANETS.

When the geocentric latitude and longitude of a planet are known, its place in the heavens may be readily found by a person not at all skilled in astronomy, by the following easy method; for where the circles by which these two elements of the planet's position intersect each other, will be the place of the planet at the given instant. But as there are no circles described in the heavens to guide the curious eye which wanders over that vast expanse of space, by referring to the surface of a celestial globe, and there observing the given latitude and longitude, the place of the planet will be immediately deter mined, and its position with respect to that of certain stars ascertained. Then by placing a small patch at this point to represent the planet, and rectifying the globe, this patch on its surface will be opposite the planet in the heavens; and this circumstance with its relative position among the contiguous stars, will enable the most unpractised person to point it out without hesitation.

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