Ni?tt> Comets. — Northern Expedition. 309 



minutes closer together. By the side of Jupiter, Mars did 

 not appear to be larger than a star of the first magnitude. 

 I am, sir, your obedient servant, 

 Gosport Observatory, Oct. 20tb, 1825. WiLLIAM BuRNEY. 



The following are the particulars of two Comets at present 

 visible in Europe. 



Thejirst Comet. 

 Observatory, Passy, August 21, 1825. 

 Right Ascension i^ 15' 2"-96, at 23" 36' 18"\ Sidereal time 

 Declination . . 21° 40 50 -07 28 43 43 J at Passy. 



August 22, 1825, 

 Right Ascension 4'' 14' 49" 1 ,^ , „ ^. , 



Declination . . . 21° 26 0- t N j"'^* ^^ ^^ Sidereal time. 

 This comet has no visible tail, is very faint, and has the ap- 

 pearance of a nebula. The place on the 21st is tolerably 

 exact ; that given on the 22nd is only approximate ; it will, 

 however, be amply sufficient to enable observers to find it. It 

 is visible in a night-glass. 



TJic second Comet, or the Comet of short pei'iod. 

 August 21, 1825. 

 Right Ascension 7" 53' 29"-31 ") ^,hor^/^o•J i • 

 Declination ... 28° 40 24 -45 Nj ''^'^ ^ ^^ + Sidereal time. 



August 22, 1825. 

 Right Ascension 8'' l' 29"-16 1 , , ►, „^/ ^ o- 1 

 Declination . . . 28° 9 56 -78 N/^'^^^ t Sidereal tmie. 



This comet also has no appearance of tail ; its observed 

 place differs so little from that given in Encke's Ephemeris, 

 that, by placing the instrument according to the data there 

 given, the comet will be easily found. It is not visible in the 

 night-glass, yet it is much more distinct than the preceding 

 comet. The observations here published were made with a 



seven-feet equatorial instrument, by James South, F.R.S. 



Passy, near Paris, Aug. 23, 1825.— Edin. Phil. Journ. 



NORTHERN EXPEDITION. CAPTAIN PARRy's RETURN. 



We are sorry to announce the failure of Captain Parry^s 

 third attempt to effect the North-west passage, which was sud- 

 denly frustrated by an unexpected accident, while every thing 

 bore a favourable appearance. It will be seen from the sub- 

 joined extract of a letter addressed by a principal officer in the 

 expedition to an eminent scientific gentleman in this city, that 

 the tv\ o shijys reached Prince Regent's Inlet in Sq:>tember last 

 year. Port Bowen, in which they spent a dreary winter of 



nearly 



