Keiv Comet, — Early Severity of the IV'mter. A\^d 

 has un/?xpectedly found several of them to correspond with one 

 and the same planetary orbit. Thus have we lost some of our 

 comets, but found a new star. Tlie particulars shall be laid be- 

 fore our readers in a future Number. 



KEW COMET. 



A new comet was discovered on the 2Sth Nov. by M. Blanpain, 

 at Marseilles, in the south wing of the constellation Virgo. Its 

 angular diameter appeared to be about six or seven minutes — the 

 germ of a very small and confused nucleus has been observed, 

 but no tail whatever. The following observations have been 

 made : On the 29th of November, at 10 minutes past six in the 

 morning, true time, 138 deg. 7 min. right ascension, 3 deg. 

 North declination. — On the 30th, 45 minutes past five in the 

 morning, right ascension, 1S4 deg. 1 min. North declination 

 1 deg. — On the 2d December, at six minutes past five in the 

 morning, right ascension 185 deg. 1 min. North declination 2 

 deg. 3 min. 



EARLY SEVERITY OF THE WINTER. 



A letter from Keswick in Cumberland, dated on the 2Sth ult. 

 says, " The weather for twelve years past has never been so severe 

 in November, as of late. 0'.\ the morning of Tuesday the 23d, 

 the thermometer here was down to 25° F., and continued at 27° 

 through most of the day ; whereas, last winter, the same ther- 

 mometer was never noted below 31". Snow first fell on the tops 

 of the hills visible from hence, as early as the 4th of October ! : 

 on the 21st a more extensive fall of snow took place, and con- 

 tinued at intervals until noon of the next day, accompanied by 

 a smart frost ! A thaw followed, but on the 25th snow again 

 fell, and harder frost succeeded, which on the night of the 28th 

 was so severe as to freeze the milk in several farmers' houses, in 

 the higher valleys of this district ; on the afternoon of the 29th, 

 the frost and snow left the valleys, but the latter continued to 

 clothe the hill tops until the 4th ult. ; warmer and rainy weather 

 succeeded until the IGth, when the frost had again returned and 

 lasted till the I9th, with snow on the hill tops, which has lain to 

 the present time, and seems now likely to continue through the 

 winter : some rain, in the valleys, and a high wind succeeded on 

 the I9th and 20th; on the 21st the frost commenced, which 

 still continues, and on tlie 2(ith the snow fell, deep, in the valleys 

 as well as on the hills, which still continues." 



ACCIDENTS AT COAL riT.S. 



On the 9th of December as four sinkers were opening out a 



staple in the Old Enginc-j»it, to the Hutton-scan), at East Kain- 



G g 3 ton. 



