ae : 
1826. 
Aitivad M0} ii 
jety, was terminated, - This. valuable 
communication. i is divided:into four-sections. 
The; first; contains.descriptions..and. ap- 
proxunate places; of 300. new double and 
triple stars,.and briefly..describes. the me- 
thod of; differenees employed in sweeps of 
the. heaven; .The three remaining sections 
comprize observations of the second comet 
of 1825;/an aceount.of, the actual state of 
the great nebula:‘in Orion compared with 
those of former astronomers ;, and observa- 
tions/of. the nebula in the girdle of Andro- 
meda: | 
; FOREIGN. 
Bren Institute, Academy of Sciences. 
June 5.—The- Academy of Sciences de- 
cided that-none of the compositions for the 
prizes of experimental physiology, and that 
for improving the medical art, both founded 
by M. de Montyon, were entitled to re~ 
ceive them ; but adjudged various sums to 
encourage their’ authors to further exertion. 
The astronomical prize, founded by Dela- 
Jande, was assigned to Captain Sabine, for 
his work on the pendulum. The prizes 
were then proposed -for the ensuing year, 
and afterwards M. Cuvier read an _histori- 
cal euldgium upon M. Lacepéde- M. Beu- 
dant a memoir. on the importance of the 
mineral kingdom with regard to its appli- 
cations. _M. Fournier,,an, historical eulo- 
gium upon M.Breguet. M. Dupin a 
memoir-_on the sense of hearing, considered 
as an instrument for measuring, as applied 
to the arts and (to letters. 
June 12.—M. Billerey, of Grenoble, 
sent°a work, entitled ‘“ An_ historical, 
scientific, aud polemical memoir on a 
new ‘water-warmer by means of steam, 
by ‘the intervention of a condensing re- 
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ceiver placed in the middle, of ¢ a fees 
filled with this liquid :”” referr ad for a ver- 
bal report to M. Dulong. Bremmer 
forwarded a paper upon magnetista : refer- 
red to Messrs. Ampere and ‘Fresnel. he 
sections of Mechanics, Geography, ‘and 
Geometry, were required to assemble. ‘to 
nominate candidates for the places of corres- 
pondents vacant by the death of MM, 
Reichenbach, Lzyenhorn, and Kramp. 
M. Solier presented an outline of some 
experiments which he began, to determine 
the action of the sun upon the colour’ of 
flowers. M. Michelot apprized the Aca- 
demy that M. Billaudel, a government en- 
gineer at Bourdeaux, had discovered. in a 
quarry on the banks of the Garonne, a 
cavern, wherein he collected a considerable 
heap of bones of different_animals ; among 
which he distmguished the jaw-bones’ of 
the hyena, the lion, a tiger, and the 
badger, bones of the ox, &c. &c. 
June 19.—M. Despretz explained some 
experiments he had instituted upon heat, 
and inquired if the Academy thought it of 
use for him to continue them—(referred to 
Messrs. Guy Lussac and Arago). Some 
specimens of ink to prevent forgery and 
resist decay, were presented. 
June 26.—A letter was read, stating 
that M. Mascagni, professor of anatomy at 
Florence, had long since published ‘many 
discoveries which were now announced “as 
new: viz. 1. The use of the alcaline bicar- 
bonates to saturate the acids formed in the 
stomach. 2. The alealescence imparted to 
the urine by these salts when taken in li- 
quids. 3. The dissolution of the stone in 
the bladder, by means of these salts. Many 
other communications were read, but of 
inferior interest, 
POLITICAL OCCURRENCES, &e. 
THE agricultural and commercial interests 
appear throughout the last month to have 
been engaged in desperate conflict with 
‘each other. ‘The opening of the ports for 
the admission of foreign, grain has set the 
; ywners in motion: the cry now is that 
oe farmers and great landed proprietors are 
a while in commerce a slight reac~ 
on perceptible. In the northern ma- 
ing Hing districts especially, this reaction 
is daily becoming more and more apparent : 
at Sheffield commerce is springing up, Jike 
a phernix,. from its ashes: at Macclesfield, 
tn great nursery of the silk-trade, the 
for goods is brisker than has been 
fifor months ; while Manchester daily 
‘eases in the ‘number’ and sufferings of 
aupers. Such accounts are’ satisfac- 
indeed were it not for them, ‘we 
W hot, as the year is now ‘rapidly declin- 
~ ing tov ards winter (and that winter 
$ me ean early and a Severe one), What 
| half-starved manufact ‘would 
¢ consequences would most pro- 
_whatever ma 
- difference of 
bably be fatal to thousands. | While, how~ 
ever, commerce in England appears (to use’a 
Stock Exchange phrase) to be looking up ; 
Treland—unfortunate Ireland, still remains 
sunk in the lowest possible abyss of degra- 
dation and decay. In addition to the usual 
miseries consequent on a failure of the po- — 
tato crop, together with the extinetion— 
we may almost use that word—of trade, 
pestilence has added its horrors; so that; 
between both, this ‘ doubly ‘blessed’” 
island stands a fair chance of being utterly : 
and irrecoverably ruined. . ‘* Mayo,” says 
a Carlow paper, ‘is rising from one end to 
the other ;’’ a Westmeath journal assures 
us that there is “every symptom of an a 
proaching general rebellion ;” - while the 
majority of the provincial papers are re- 
plete with dreadful aceounts of a regularly 
organized band of Rockites. It is clear that 
things. cannot long go on in this fashion ; 
“be the. opinion and in- 
e British Government, ta~ 
wards none ‘On the Continent all is: 
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