Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Jan. 30 and Feb, 24 he has computed the following set of elliptic ele- 
ments, viz: ? 
Epoch, 1858, Jan. 80°5, Washington m. t. 
Mean anomaly, - - 858° 19’ 22°23 
Long. of perihelion, - -. - 115 46 349 se eqx. 
*. : gees node, - - 269 1 380°9 | 18580 
Inclination, —- - > - 64 25 49-1 
Angle of excentricity, - = - 65 23 414 
Excentricity,  - - - - 0°823086 
Log. semi-axis major, - - 0°763343 
“mean daily motion, - - 2°404992 
Mean daily motion, - - 2540924 
Motion, - - - direct 
The resulting period of revolution being 5101 days, the comet must 
have returned four times between 1790. and 1858, without detection. 
3. Second Comet of 1858, (Lond. Athen., No, 1586).—A new comet, 
having the look of a large, pale nebula was discovered March 8, 1858, by 
r. A. Winnecke, of the Observatory at Bonn. 
IV. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1, The Annual Variations of Atmospheric Pressure in the Gulf of St. 
ence ; by Wititam Ketiy, M.D., R.N., (Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., 
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