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ECLIPSES IN 1843.

There will be three Eclipses this year, two of the Sun, and one of the Moon.

I. The first will be an Annular eclipse of the Sun, June, 27th day, 2h. 36m. in the evening, invisible in New England-a small eclipse may be seen at New Orleans, and at Austin in Texas, and in some parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and very little at Natchez, Mobile, &c.

II. The second will be an Eclipse of the Moon, on the 6th day of December, in the evening, visible, as follows. h. m.

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Digits eclipsed 24 on the D's S. limb.

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III. The third will be an eclipse of the Sun, on the 21st day of December, Oh. 25m. morning, invisible in America, but visible and tota. at Malacca, and nearly all over Asia.

THE NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE PLANETS.

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THE NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ASPECTS. ¿Conjunction, or in the same

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Sextile, 60 degrees.

Quartile, 90 degrees.

A Trine, 120 degrees.

Opposition, 180 degrees.
8 Dragon's Head, or Ascending
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Dragon's Tail, or Descending
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YEARLY AND QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS IN NEW ENGLAND. Yearly meeting, beginning with select do., 7th day after 2d 6th day, 6th month, 9th hour morn., at Newport, R. I.-Public meeting for worship 1st day following at Newport and Portsmouth, 10th hour morn. and 4th after. Meeting for business at Newport 2d day following, 9th hour morn.

This yearly meeting comprises the Quarterly Meetings of Rhode Island, Salem, Sandwich, Falmouth, Smithfield, Vassalborough, Dover, and Fairfield, held as follows, viz., Rhode Island-On the 1st 5th day, 8th month, Portsmouth; 1st 5th day, 11th month, Somerset; 1st 5th day, 2d month, Providence; 1st 5th day, 5th mouth, East Greenwich. Salem-On the 4th 5th day, 5th month, Saybrook; 3d 5th day, 8th month, Lynn; 3d 5th day, 10th month, Ware; 3d 5th day, 1st month, Salem. Sandwich-On the 1st 5th days, 4th and 12th months, New Bedford; 1st 5th day, 7th month, Nantucket; 1st 5th day, 10th month, Sandwich. Falmouth-On the 5th day before the 1st 6th day in the mouth; at Windham, in the 2d and 9th months; at Falmouth in the 6th, and at Durham in the 11th. Smith field-On the 2d 5th day, 8th month, Bolton; 2d 5th day, 11th month, Northbridge; 2d 5th day, 2d month, Smithfield; 2d 5th day, 5th month, Northbridge. Vassalborough-On the 2d 6th day, 20 9th, and 11th months; and the 4th day before the last 6th day, 5th month, Vassalborough. Dover, N. H.-On the 4th 5th day in the month; at Dover, in the 4th; at North Berwick, in the 8th; at Sandwich, in the 10th; and at Rochester, upper meeting, (Meaderborough,) in the 1st. Fairfield-at Hallowell, on the 4th day be fore the 2d 6th day in the 11th month, at Fairfield, on 4th day before the 24 6th days in the 2d and 9th months, and at Hallowell on the last 6th day in the 5th mouth.

HOME QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR.

Are your accounts all balanced up to Jan. 1, 1843? "Short settlements make long friends." Are you insured against fire? Did you look to the cellar, the roofs of your house and barn, and the wood-pile, and to putting away your ploughs and other utensils before winter set in? Your children, of course, go to meeting and to school regularly! Do you take a well-conducted newspaper? Have you made your will? settled all misunderstandings with neighbors and do you avoid endorsing? The Scriptures, you know, say, "Leave off contention before it be meddled with," and also,He that hateth suretyship is sure!"

Harvard College.-1st, from the end of the first term, six weeks; 2d, from the end of the second term, to Friday after Commencement; the academical year being divided into two terms of 20 weeks each.

Amherst College.-Commencement on the 4th Thursday of July. Vacation four weeks from commencement, six weeks from the Wednesday preceding the annual Thanksgiving, two weeks from the 3d Wednesday of April.

Yale College-Commencement six weeks. First Wednesday in January, two weeks. Last Wednesday in April, four weeks.

Burlington College.-Commencement, four weeks. First Wednesday in January, eight weeks.

Dartmouth College.-Commencement last Thursday of July. Vacation, four weeks from Commencement, four weeks from about the 25th of November, 14 weeks for such as are in schools, seven weeks for others; and from the 2d Wednesday of May, two weeks.

Providence College. December 10th, three weeks. March 31st, three weeks. July 21st, till Commencement.

Williamstown College.-Commencement, four weeks. Wednesday after third Wednesday in December, six weeks. First Wednesday in May, three weeks.

Middlebury College-Commencement, four weeks. Last Wednesday in November, one week. Second Wednesday in February, two weeks. Third Wednesday in May, two weeks.

Bowdoin College.-Commencement, three weeks. Friday after the third Wednes day in December, eight weeks. Friday after the third Wednesday in May, two weeks.

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The Names and Characters of the Twelve Signs of the ZODIAC.

0 of Aries, head.

18 Taurus, neck.

2 II Gemini, arms.

7 m Scorpio, secrets.

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Libra, reins.

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Sagittarius, thighs.

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Aquarius, legs.

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Pisces, feet.

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The Julian Year, introduced by Julius Cæsar, 45 years B. C., made every fourth year, without exception, a leap year. This was an over correction; an error of 7 days in 900 years. As early as the year 1414, it was perceived that the equinoxes were gradually moving from the 21st of March and September, where they ought always to have fallen had the Julian year been exact. A new reform of the calendar was

thus required; and it took place under the popedom of Gregory XIII., by the omission of 10 nominal days after the 4th of October, 1582, so that the next day was called the 15th, and not the 5th. This change was immediately adopted in all Roman Catholic countries, but tardily in the countries of Protestantism.

In England, THE CHANGE OF STYLE, as it was called, took place after the 2d day of September, 1752, eleven nominal days being then struck out; so that the last day of Old Style being the 2d, the first of New Style, (the next day,) was called the 14th, instead of the 3d. The same legislatere enactment which established the Gregorian year in England, in 1752, shortened the preceding year, 1751, by a full quarter. Previous to that time, the year was held to begin with the 25th of March, and the year 1751 accordingly did so; but that year was not suffered to run out, being supplanted on the 1st of January by the year 1752, which it was enacted should commence on that day. Russia is the only country in Europe in which the old style is still adhered to, and the difference between the European and Russian dates is about two weeks.

UNCURRENT AND BROKEN BANK BILLS IN NEW ENGLAND.

Corrected by J. W. Clarke & Co., Globe Bank Building, Boston. MASSACHUSETTS. UNCURRENT.-Nahant Bank, Lynn. Bank of Norfolk, Roxbury. Commonwealth, Franklin, Lafayette, Middling Interest, and Fulton Banks, Boston. Chelsea Bank, Chelsea. Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank, Adams, South Village. Newburyport Bank, Newburyport, CLOSED, &c.-Berkshire Bank, Pittsfield. Essex Bank of Salem. Farmer's Bank of Belchertown. Hampshire Bank, Northampton. Mendon Bank, Mendon. Phoenix Bank, Nantucket. Sutton Bank, Wilkinsonville. Roxbury Bank, Winthrop Bank, Roxbury. Kilby Bank, Boston. MAINE. UNCURRENT.-Mercantile, Bangor Commercial. People's, Globe, and Lafayette Banks, Bangor. Old Town, and Stillwater Canal Banks, Orono. Washington County, Calais, and St. Croix Banks, Calais. Westbrook Bank, Westbrook. Frankfort Bank, Frankfort. Georgia Lumber Co., Portland. Agricultural Bank, Brewer. Citizens' Bank, Augusta. CLOSED, &c.-City Bank, Portland. Winthrop Bank, Winthrop. Damariscotta Bank, Nobleboro'. Bangor Bank. Bath Bank, Bath. Castine Bank, Castine. Hallowell and Augusta, and Kennebec Banks, Hal lowell. Kennebunk Bank, Kennebunk. Passamaquoddy Bank, Eastport. Waterville Bank, Waterville. Wiscasset Bank, Wiscasset. Oxford Bank, Fryburg, fraud. NEW HAMPSHIRE. UNCURRENT.-Concord Bank, Concord. CLOSED, &C.Hillsborough Bank, Hillsborough. Wolfeborough Bank, Wolfeborough. New Hampshire Bank, Portsmouth. VERMONT. UNCURRENT.-Bennington Bank, Bennington. St. Albans Bank, St. Albans. CLOSED, &c.-Essex Bank, Guildhall. Agricultural Bank, Troy, fraud. Commercial Bank of Vermont, fraud. Green Mountain Bank, fraud. Jefferson County Bank, fraud.

RHODE ISLAND. UNCURRENT.-Scituate Bank, Scituate. Farmer's and Mechanic's Bank, Pawtucket. CLOSED, &c.-Burrillville Bank, Burrillville. Farmer's Exchange Bank, Gloucester. Mount Hope Bank, Bristol. Eagle Bank, Newport, fraud. Farmers' Bank, fraud. Franklin Bank. Providence, fraud.

CONNECTICUT. CLOSED, &c.-Derby Bank, Derby. Eagle Bank, New Haven. Bridgeport Manufacturing Company, fraud. Housatonic Rail Road, uncurrent.

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