guage, (Oliphant, Edinburgh,) is a very | neat little article. It has a splendid exterior, and its contents are every way deserving of the embellishments which attract the eye. 8. Anti-slavery Monthly Reporter, (No. 56,) contains, like most of its predecessors, much to excite disgust, at the sordid traffic in human flesh, still carried on in our colonies. Miserable must be the state of morals, where humanity and justice can be openly discarded for silver aud gold. CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. AT 2 minutes past 8 in the evening, of the 1st, the Moon enters her first quarter; (the lunation having commenced at 36 minutes past 4 in the morning of the 23d of February;) when her latitude is nearly 5 degrees south, and she may be observed between Aldebaran and Tauri. On the following evening she is noticed between the latter star and Betelguex, the brightest in the constellation Orion. She is now observed to direct her course to the third and fourth, and included nebula, of the Crab, and passes under them during the night of the 5th, when her approach to Saturn is very conspicuous, as she will evidently pass him before her next appearance, when she is noticed to the east of him. On the 9th, at 31 minutes past 1 in the afternoon, she is full in the 18th degree of Virgo, when she crosses the ecliptic, in her ascending node. She consequently passes through the Earth's shadow, and suffers an eclipse, which is invisible here, in consequence of her not being above the horizon, but it will be total to the greater portion of Asia, and its Islands. (The commencement of the lunation was attended with an eclipse of the Sun, which was also invisible here.) On the 12th, she arrives at the apogean point of her orbit, and after passing Spica and, she directs her course through the constellations Libra and Scorpio, to Mars and Jupiter, which are noticed considerably to the east of her. At 36 minutes past 5 in the afternoon of the 17th, she enters her last quarter; and passes the above-mentioned planets on the morning of the 19th. After this day she gradually recedes from them, and approaches the Sun, until 44 minutes past 2 in the afternoon of the 24th, when the lunation is completed. During this month, the observer will have again an opportunity of noticing 300 Mars, as he progresses through the constellation Sagittarus. By referring to the Numbers from April to Sept. 1828, the reader will find a minute description of his last passage through this part of the Zo diac; when his long stay afforded an ample opportunity of becoming acquainted with most of the stars in this portion of the heavens. His continuance at the present season will be very short, but it is rendered interesting by his conjunction with the planet Jupiter, which is situated about 9 degrees to the east of him. The distance between these planets daily dimi nishes; and after passing 12 Sagittarii, Mars directs his course between A and 21 Sagittarii, passing them on the 3rd. On the morning of the 8th, he is observed very near 26 of this asterism. On the morning of the 9th, he forms the summit of an isosceles triangle with and w, Sagittarii, and is noticed nearly between the former star and 30 Sagittarii. His configurations with the stars forming the head of the Archer, at this time are very interesting, and the observer will find in the abovementioned numbers, a particular description of their situations. On the morning of the 18th, he is observed very near Jupiter, and between π and , stationary, Near the latter star, it will be remembered, he was stationary in 1828; he now passes a considerable distance from it. On the morning of the 19th, he is noticed at nearly his nearest distance from Jupiter, being observed to the west of that planet. From his motion for some days past, the observer will conclude, that on the follow. ing morning he will be seen to the east of Jupiter, which is the case as the conjunction takes place in the course of the forenoon of the 19th, when the difference of latitude of the two bodies is 41 minutes. After this day, the distance between the planets rapidly increases, and Mars is noticed quickly to remove from the head of the Archer. On the 23d, he passes under a star of the sixth magnitude, marked 50 Sagittarii. On the morning of the conjunction of Mars and Jupiter, the latter planet is observed between r and d Sagittarii, a star of the sixth magnitude. On the 23d, he is seen between and d and 7, and p 2, also of the sixth magnitude, and of this asterism. On the morning of the 26th, he is observed between and p 2. Mars is now noticed to the east of him, and that planet's recess from him is peculiarly interesting; his course is now very slowly directed to a star of the sixth magnitude, marked 50 Sagittarii. 301 Signs of the Times.-Gleanings. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Lord Byron-Mr. Murray-and Mr. Colburn. Ar a trade-sale at the Albion, on Friday, February 19, 1830, amongst other things Submitted to the hammer, were copy-rights of Sixty-five of Lord Byron's minor poems, the itles of which are given below. Mr. Hanson, one of Lord Byron's executors, and he two great publishers, Murray and ColDurn, were present. Upon the first lot Deing put up, Mr. Murray was the first Didder at 500 guineas: the biddings went On to the enormous sum of 3,700 guineas, when it was knocked down to Mr. Muray. At this moment Mr. Colburn claimed he purchase, and much altercation ensued, So that the room was thrown into a state of Complete confusion; Mr. Murray contendng on the one hand that it was his; and Mr. Colburn on the other, that it was his. It was a very considerable time before Mr. Colburn could get a hearing, when, submitting his case to the company, he stated, that he had given the auctioneer unlimited authority to go on bidding till he desired him to stop-which the auctioneer did not deny: Mr. Colburn, at the same time, very handsomely gave the purchase up to Mr. Murray, which information was received by the company with acclamation. Lot I. "On Leaving Newstead Abbey-Epitaph on a Friend-A Fragment-The Tear-An Occasional Prologue-On the Death of Mr. Fox-Stanzas to a Lady with the Poems of Camoens-To M.-To WomanTo M. S. G.-Song-To -To Mary on receiving her Picture-Damætas-To Marion-Oscar of Alva-To the Duke of D.-Adrian's Address to his Soul when dying-Translation-Translation from Catullus-Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil and Tibullus-Translation from CatullusImitated from Catullus-Translation from Anacreon. To his Lyre-Translation from Anacreon. Ode III.-Fragments of School Exercises-Episode of Nisus and Euryalus-Translation from the Medea of Euripides-Thoughts suggested by a College Examination-To the Earl of Granta, a Medley-Lachin y Gair-To Romance-Elegy on Newstead Abbey-The Death of Calmar and Orla-To E.N.L. Esq. -To -Stanzas-Lines written be neath an Elm in HarrowChurch-yard-English Bards and Scotch Reviewers-Notes to English Bards and Scotch ReviewersWaltz: an Apostrophic Hymn-Farewell to England-To my Daughter, on the Morning of her Birth-To Jessy-Song to Inez-Lines to T. Moore, Esq.-Ode 302 Curse of Minerva-Lord Byron to his Lady-Lines found in the Traveller's Book at Chamouni-Childish Recollections-To a Lady-"On this Day I complete my Thirty-sixth Year"-Lord Byron's Reply to Lines written by Mr. Fitzgerald-Windsor Poetics-Werner-Heaven and EarthVision of Judgment-The Island-Age of Bronze-Deformed Transformed - Morgante Maggiore-Parliamentary SpeechesEight Poems printed in Mr. Hobhouse's Miscellanies." Lot II. "Don Juan, Cantos 6 to 16," bought in by the executors of Lord Byron for 310 guineas. GLEANINGS. The Annuals.-The annual cost to the public of these beautiful volumes amounts to £90,000, which is distributed as follows:--Paid to authors aud editors, £6,000; Painters, 3,000; engravers, £10.000; copper-plate printers, £1,000; paper makers, £5,500; binders, 19,000; silk manufacturers, £4,000; Teathersellers, £2,000; for advertising, &c, £2,000; incidental matters, £1,000; publishers' profits, £10,000; retail booksellers £30,000. One binder alone, Mr. Westley, of Friar street, Doctors' Commons, has 250 persons almost exclusively engaged on those works. This will give some idea of the employment they afford to working printers, silk manufacturers, We have copper-plate printers, paper makers, &c. no hesitation in asserting that they give bread to above 2,000 persons during a considerable portion of the year.-Spirit and Manners of the Age. Grand Metropolitan Cemetery.-We have seen the plans of the pyramid, which is to be the principal feature of this novel undertaking. It is intended to be a progressive work, proportionate to the annual demand for burial. When finished, it will be capable of receiving five millions of individuals, being somewhat larger in dimensions than the celebrated Pyramid of Egypt-simple in form, sublime in effect, and curious in its arrangement. Its area will be surrounded by a terrace walk, enclosed by a wall thirteen feet high, and the ground within this enclosure, to the base of the Pyramid, is to be tastefully laid out for private tombs and monuments, in the style of the famous Cemetery of Pere le Chaise, near Paris. It will represent an object of extraordinary grandeur to the metropolis. A large drawing of the design is exhibiting at the Royal Repository at Charing Cross, explanatory of the theory, which appears capable of any extension that may be required.-London University Magazine. Longevity.-We copy the following list of persons, who lived to an extreme old age, from the European Magazine," for 1786. Thomas Parre Henry Jenkins Robert Montgomery Countess of Desmond Col. Thomas Winslow. Christopher J.Drake berg 152 169. Shropshire Yorkshire 126 . Yorkshire 140.. Staffordshire 120 Staffordshire 140.. Ireland 143 . Ireland 112 Lancashire 140.. Scotland 141.. Trionia 146 Ireland 150.. Yorkshire 146 136 . Norway Cumberland 104.. Cumberland France 121. 125 Worcestershire 136.. Scotland 110 France 128 126 130 . Shropshire . Northampton Liverpool gress 175 Tucomea, S. Amer. 138.. Paisley 108. Fintray, Scotland 133.. Montgomeryshire 100.. Northamptonshire 112.. Cheshire 105. Northamptonshire 303 Gleanings.-Literary Notices. English Trade in Horses.-By an official French table of the importation of horses into that country, it appears that our neighbours are in the habit of borrowing at the rate of from fifteen to twenty-five thousand annually from us. It is said that the supply is almost entirely of stolen horses, accounting for the prevalence of the crime of horse stealing in this country. Supposing the mean price of each horse to be 500 francs, or £20. 16s. 8d. and this supposition is moderate, the sum expended by France has been 32,988,000 francs, or £1,374,916 sterling in five years. Who are Esquires ?-The title of Esquire is coeval with the Conqueror, but in its present application it takes its date from Henry the Fifth. Some go so far back as Edward the Third, but this is a mistake, as in that reign an esquire was only, as it originally implied, an attendant on a knight. Eustace and MerCoeur were the esquires or attendants of Edward the Black Prince. The word is derived from the Norman equiere, from whence also is derived the word equery. Henry the Fifth, after the battle of Agincourt, reads from a paper, presented by a herald, the names of the principal characters who were slain "Edward the Duke of York, the Earl of Suffolk, Sir Richard Ketley, David Gam, Esquire, None else of name; and, of all other men,' But five-and twenty." The late Lord Barrington was once asked by a German prince," Pray, my lord, of what rank is an esquire in England" when his lordship replied, "Why, sir, I cannot exactly tell you, as you have no equivalent for it in Germany; but an English esquire is considerably above a German baron, and something below a German prince." Nothing can be more absurd than the commonly received notion that a certain property constitutes a man an esquire; in the country, however, every village has its 'squire, and to dub him less would be an affront not easily to be forgotten. The fact is, none are esquires de facto but the following-viz: all in his majesty's commission of the peace; all members of and appertaining to his majesty's government; all officers in the regular army down to a captain, and all officers in the navy down to a lieutenant. These are the only esquires de facto: however, the title or distinction is generally given to professional men, to persons engaged in literary pursuits, and to wealthy people in general. Doctors of the three learned professions, and barris. ters, rank above esquires. Attorneys are gentlemen by act of parliament. The Jews-In 1825 the Jewish nation amounted to about 3,165,800 individuals, not comprising 15,000 Samaritans and 500 Ishmaelites. In Europe, 1,916,173; Asia, 738,000; Africa, 504.000; America, 57000;New Holland, 50-Total 3,165,000. Benevolent Anniversary. The anniversary meeting of the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Protestant Dissenting Ministers, will be held on Wednesday, the 7th April next, when a Sermon will be preached at the Old Jewry Chapel, removed to Jewin Street, in Aldersgate Street, by the Rev. John Scott Porter, of Carter Lane.-Service to begin at 12 o'clock precisely.-The friends of the Society will afterwards dine together, at the Albion Tavern, in Aldersgate Street. Ardent Spirits.-At a late meeting of the New York City Temperance Society, one of the speakers alluded to various facts, in proof that the use of spirits is not only a useless but pernicious indulgence. He mentioned the schools in England for training prizefighters, in whom the perfection of muscular strength and activity is aimed at, and in which ardent spirits are entirely expelled, and even ale is very rarely allowed. In those prisons in which spirits are for. bidden, even constitutions broken down by intemperance are restored to healthfulness and vigour. The Roman soldier, he added, who fought the battles of his country with a weight of armour which a modern spirit-drinker could hardly stand under, drank nothing stronger than vinegar and water; and multitudes of farmers and mechanics, engaged in hard labours of all kinds, and exposed to every change of weather, have made fair trial of the plan of entire abstinence, and with one voice declare themselves gainers by it in every respect. As many as 600 Temperance Societies are already in existence in the United States. In the lower part of Middlesex county, Connecticut, 612 men have agreed, since September last, to abstain entirely from distilled liquors. In many places dram-drinking is almost wholly abolished. In one town, where there were last year nine persons who retailed ardent spirits, there is now not one; and more than 1,500 venders and distillers have discontinued all traffic in the poison.-Christian Observer. Literary Notices. 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