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which was followed after three minutes by a fall of stones, one of which 
was dug out immediately after from a hole 66 centimeters in depth. It 
weighed about a pound. A great number of pieces fell, and the greater 
part in the bed of the river. The largest obtained weighed six pounds, 
The exterior is a black crust; within the color is grayish white. oe. 
texture is semi-crystalline, and it presents small metallic points. Som 
trials indicated the presence of magnetic pyrites, nickel and cobalt, but no 
It resembles, it. is stated, the meteorite which fell the 16th of Sept., 
near oe, rdhausen, of which a complete analysis has been given by 
13, 6 aaa a in the New Red Sandstone of Storeton, near Liverpool; 
by Joun Cunnineuam, (Jour. Geol. Soc., No. 8, p. 410.)—Mr. Cunning- 
ham has detected small footprints in the "Store ton sandstone, which from 
their form he refers to the order Grallw of birds, The tracks were ten 
inches apart, and as far as in view were right and left successively. 
19. Explosive Paper,—M. Pelouze mentions a discovery by which it 
is easy to ascertain whether the paper has been well prepared. If the 
Bape dissolves in ether it is perfect; if not it has been badly prepared. 
- Gun-Cotton, (Atheneum, No. 996.)—Gun-cotton has been rejected 
Pes military purposes by the British Board of Ordnance, on account of its 
exploding at a much lower temperature than gunpowder, and also its pro- 
ducing moisture within a gun, 
rof. Schonbein has lately stated that his Gun-cotton is not identical 
with the Xyloidine of Braconnot and Pelouze. The latter is soluble in 
The Bavarian Government have made Gun-cotton, like camp 
government monopo 
awdust has lately ben aaiete which has the same properties as. 
Faso though less effec 
21. Raikoays in Italy, be hs )—The net of railway in Italy 
which the Pope seems disposed to grant, will embrace six principal lines; 
fort Civita Vecchia to the frontier of Tuscany; Bologna to Ferrara; 
Forli to Ravenna. There is talk also of in rea ‘lines ion Civita Vec- 
chia to Ancona, and from Ancona to 
22. The opening of the Bighth patos of Ita talian Savans took place 
on the 13th of September. The rince of Canino brought a message 
su 
jects of the Roman States engaged in ‘them. The meeting was less 
fully attended than the former one at Naples. 
. A monument to Columbus is now erecting at Genoa, in the pei 
of the Piazza del Acqua Verde. In the four angles of the basement 
there are to be emblematic Bynes, representing Science, Piety, Pru- 
dence, and Constancy, and on th e sides bas-reliefs, expressing incidents 
in the history of the Genoese sae: Above there will hee a group repre- 
senting Columbus in the act of discovering Americ The design is 
by Michele Canzio, and the execution of the paaciaat: group by Barto- 
lino.—A then. 
24, ¢ pmepresont depth of the Artesian well in the Duchy of Luxem- 
burg is feet, or 984 feet greater than that of iene my near Paris. 
