1306.) 
read thus, ‘* Turn thy face from my fins, 
and put down all my mifdeeds,”’ I fancied 
my ears had deceived me; but upon exa- 
mining the book, after fervice, which is a. 
folio, printed in 1793, by Jack‘fon and 
Dawfon, of Oxford, for the Univerfity 
there, I found the verfe literally as above 
ftated. Such a paloable perverfion of the 
meaning of aword would have been jultly 
cenfured in any profaze publication ; but 
in a religious one, and in ‘* The Book of 
Common-Prayer,”’ too, it is really unpar- 
donable ; as the meaneft capacity, in the 
common concerns of life, is well aware 
what an effential difference it would mzke 
between a creditor's putting out, or cancel- 
ling, his debtor’s account,—and putting 
down, or augmenting, any thing thereto. 
Give me leave, Sir, to point out an in- 
accuracy in another folio edition of the 
Book of Common-Prayer, (une of which 
is ufed by our parifh-clerk,) printed alfo 
at Oxford, in 1768, by Wr-ght and Gill. 
The former part of the laft verfe of the 
55th plalm, in correét editions, russ thus : 
‘¢ The blood-thirfiy and deceitful men,” 
&c.; but in the above-mentioned it ftands, 
*¢ The bloody-thirfiy and deceitful men,”’ 
&c.,—ablolute nenifenfe ! 
A typographical error alfo occurs in a 
quarto edition of the fame book, printed 
at London by Thomas Batkeld, the king’s- 
printer, in 1753, (one of which lies upon 
our communios-table). In the facramen- 
tal-fervice, where the pricft fays to the 
communicants, ** Draw near with faith, 
and take this holy facrament to your com- 
fort,” &c., inthis bookit ftands, ** Draw 
near with faith, and take Ais hely facra- 
ment, sec: luam,  Sin,.youts, scc.; 
GEORGE BaxTer, 
Bingham, 
Feb. 26, 1806. 
<< 
For the Montaly Magazine. 
HiSTORY of ASTRONOMY for 1805, 
by JEROME DE LALANDE. 
CR two years no comets had been 
difcovered, notwithftanding the fre- 
quent fearch made for them. This year, 
however, has made amends, and furnifhed 
two. i 
On the morning of the 20th of O&to- 
ber, M. Bcuvard difcovered one on the 
paws of the Great Bear; it was fmall,: 
without tail, nearly round, and fo faint 
that it could fcarcely be feen with a 
night teleicope that magnifies five or fix 
times. At4* 1g! in the morning it had 
346° 31! of right afcenfion, which T call 
¢quatude, and 33° 30’ of northern de- 
Hiftary of Affronomy, by Lalande. 
503 
clination, The fame night it was difco- 
vered by M. Pons at Marfeilles. We 
oblerve in the journals that M. Huth, of 
Frankfort on the Oder, likewife faw it. 
Meffrs. Bouvard and Arago obferved it 
with the large equatorial made this year 
by M. Bellet for the obfervatory: they 
tollowed as long as they could for the 
unfavourable weather. M. Thulis ob. 
ferved it at Marfeilles till the 6th of No- 
vember. Meffis. Biot and Arag> found 
its elements as foliow; Node 118 15° 675 
inclination 11° 53’; perihelion 4° 28° 4.5/5 
diftance 0,3762; paflage 18th November, 
15 8’ 6"; mean time, direét movement. 
It is this comet that I cai] the g5th ae 
cording to the catalogue of my aftrono 
my, which I have continued in feveral 
volumes of the Connaiffance du Temps. 
The 96th comet was dilcovered by 
M. Pons on the 9th of November in 
Andromeda ; he was not quite fure of it 
till the roth. The fame day M. Thulis 
found it at 16° 38’ of equatude, and at 
40° 43’ of northern declination, and he 
continued his obfervation of Vit till the 
8th of December. His excellency M. de 
Champagny, minifter of the interior, pre- 
fented M. Pons with a gratuity of 300 
livres in confideration of the four comets 
which ne has difcovered. 
On the 14th of November, M. Bou- 
vard likewv/e perceived it and determined 
its pofition. It was very fmall, and very 
dificult to be perceived notwithitanding 
its nucleus, As foon as M. Burckhardt 
had received three obiervations, he fent 
me, the fame day, the elements of the 
orbit. Thofe who are acquainted with 
the difficulty of this problem will be fur 
prized at the promptitude of this able 
aitronomer; but this was only the firt 
eflay. M ifrs. Legendre, Bouvard, and 
Biot, afterwards calculated it, and fcuad 
the node 8s 10! 32”, the inclination 15° 34’, 
the perihelion 35 19/ 26", diftance 0.8916, 
the paflage on the 31{t of December, at 
8" direct movement. The 22d of No. 
vember it was likewife difcovered by 
M. Huth at Frankfort on the Oder. As 
it approached the earth, it became more 
beautiful, and was feen by the naked eye 
on the sth of December in Pifces. M.de 
Flaugergues obferved it on the 7th at 
Viviers ; but it proceeded rapidly towards 
the fouth, and the unfavourable weather 
prevented it from being again feen. It 
was obferved however on the oth at 
Greenwich, and by Dr. Herfchel ag 
Slough. A circumftance uf much greater 
importance in the hitory of aftronomy is 
the publication of the fourth volume of 
the 
