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cessive strata through England, belonging to the institution. The length of 

 the line is 111 miles, and ten tunnels will be required in its completion : — 

 one at Watford will be a mile long, another near Rugby, extending through 

 the oolite ridge nearly one mile and a half. 



Mr. Davis, in the course of his second lecture, adverted to the unpleasant 

 impression likely to be produced upon passengers in their rapid transit through 

 long tunnels, and, having made some extended enquiries into it, he deemed it 

 a subject of importance, and submitted it to the notice of scientific men, 

 whether means should not be adopted to discover the extent of this objection, 

 and the probable means of removing it. The communication with the 

 superior atmosphere by means of ventilating shafts had not been found suf- 

 ficient to prevent the recurrence of such sensations. 



The Eclipse. — The following is a Table of the times of th e commencement 

 and end of the Eclipse of the Sun, at some of the principal places from 

 whence it was visible : — 



Commencement. 



Lisbon Ih. 3m. P. M. 



Madrid 1 40 



London 1 54 



Paris 2 6 



Berlin 3 3 



Rome 3 12 



Vienna 3 25 



St. Petersburgh 4 19 



Algiers 2 23 4 59 



The point where it first became visible was near Quito, in South America, 

 and that where it was last seen was in the middle of the Island of Rhodes. 



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Music. — The last month has been fertile in novelty, or, what is 

 better than novelty, the re-appearance of old favourites. 



On the 2nd of May, Madame Malibran again ranged herself under 

 the banners of the lessee of old Drury, and made her entree in the 

 character of Amina. To say she was warmly greeted by the public 

 but faintly expresses the enthusiastic nature of the reception she met 

 with. And if a magnificent voice of unequalled compass and rare 

 cultivation, combined with a perfect knowledge of music and an 

 intimate acquaintance with the business of the scene, are qualities 

 which render a singer deserving of applause, none too great can be 

 lavished on her. Her presence too inspires the other members of the 

 operatic company; the brilliance of her genius lights up her satellites, 

 and the tame Templeton and sleepy Seguin are aroused to ardour and 

 awakened to life by the spirit instilled into them by the mistress of 

 song. The music of the opera is not in itself of the highest quality, 

 but a pleasing vein of melody runs through it, and it is capable of 

 expressing the sentiment of the drama, when executed with due 

 feeling and energy. Malibran was called for at the end of the first 

 act, to receive the compliments of the audience on her complete 

 success, in the arduous scene which concluded it. Much as we 

 deprecate the system of summoning the actors before the curtain, it 

 was impossible to avoid cordially joining in (he praise which had 



