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eee ASTRONOMICAL DIXCcVERIES IN AMERICA. Astronomical Obse, vatery of Harvard Covege. (From the Obri\\a0 Examiner.) In all ages of the worid, cud ina)! couatries with firmament has been which we are couvers: at with awe = ** Day umto day uttereth , and night unto uight showeth knowledge; w no speech bor isuguage where their voice heard.” The haudiwork of Omnipeteace is d by the navage and che sage,—the shep- of Asia aud the s.vans of Bence. Vast accessions to our stock of astronomical knowledge which have distinguished the last half | . 3 GH @entury, and the derp ani aoiding interest which | there acquiremeuts bave wepied ou this side of the Atlantic, have uecesrarnly given to institutions, strictly astronomical, « josition and a value, to which a just view of their woportance, m most of the great concerns of life, bas at all umes entitled them. In tracing the progress of American dis- coveries, we cun scurcriy persuade ourselves that ee engl years have elapsed aoe President john Quincy Adame, tn his first annual to Congress, urged upon that most unscientific Body the establishment of 4 nutioual observatory. At that period, as was ciated by the President, while om the comparativeiy soil territorial of Europe there were sue (uudred and thirty observa- tones, there was p< cae ia our whole country; Amportant a8 Was the sci nce to the growing com- merce of the couctry,** year after year the earth Telled on im perpetual ¢ork cess to the unsearchiny eyes of ppe half ot the wove.” Still more difficult it is to Believe, tha: the propssition, traught as at was with the ebar.cte ardor of that illustrious patron of science, me! country. Length of diy+, sowever, enabled the Veteran tO'sweep the ovens with his own eye, in bis own ie, by me us vieing with those of all Europe. The establishment o/ iu astronomical observa- copnecied with tiorvars University, was an early proposition of sie | De. Bowditch, and a comautire, consiwing o/ welf and Pr Farrar, wis appointes, «0 the year 1816, to procure instruments ia View oi (ue Vumediate erection of @ suiladle building present director of the observatory, beug odout to visit Englund, was requested by the corp or tion of the college to exa- mine some observa no that country, and to obteia plens end es boats adapied to tre wants of the insiiuuion. This was done, and the resuit was Teported to the coviege covernment; but it veing impossible to secure ‘ie services of the firet work= men in Europe, the woo.e matter was permitted to reet. In 1523, and ageis in 1525, President Adams, then Secretery of Sa, »rged upon the eorpora tion the erection of 4 »silding, even though instru- ments could not be iwi ely procured, and, to this end, he pr d at both these periods Bubscnbe oue th 4 dotlars himself, pro- wided the requisi d be raised ; but the @ttempt proving ineficctus!, no further action was bad Wil the autumn of 1559, To astronomers, William C. Bond, &s4 , 0! Dorchester, had been long favorably koown as « wbiitul and diligent observer. With a few osirvments, in a retired but beautiful posrioa, “the world forgetting,” he epent much of the uigit in ooserving and col- lectpg celestial poevomeue; and though cloeely occupid during the dy in an arduous calling ta the cuyof Boston, uo -.1 pse or occultation escaped hig attention. Th autyorvies at Washingtoa had secured his gervices i 4 serirs of astronomical end megtetic ose v *, corresponding with those which were to be made by the Exploring Expedinon, Taese, «ich only a trifliag remuner- ation, sided by a much lumented som, he was prosecuung with vrparciieied zeal, when the Cor- poration of the Vol! . le etggestion of Presi- dent Quincy, propos a un, With the consent of the Unitea States goverumrnt, to transfer all his ineuuments sud appreius to Cambridge. yielded to this plaa without prospect of pecuniary reward, end though» mers tr tions mace here au «' Uorenes'er has been pub lished, the volumes of Trensactions of the American Academy «! Avis Sciences bear tes- timory to en unexsmpled unt of labor. His hopes, however, rected vpou the proapeot, which he has since happily rea ized, of having at some | day, the manegemen: of such struments as hie gifts a8 an odeersver ond shail in the adjustment of ins'ruments jue'ly euliled him to enjoy, and which weuid fencer bur useful to science. A convement howse was procured near the Colleges, and smatier buildings wors erected om the sure | rounding grounds for ihe transit and megnetic observavions. The © rumeats conveyed from Doreheeter, the property ot he observer, consisted of ap excellent tovrfoot trensit, stil in good condition, an alitude end ezimath instrument. one ortwo achrometics, « (tauss deciination mag- Betometer, a Mewar it le, 2 sidereal clock, besides chronometer, usual meteorological instruments, [lo sGaiionto these, the American Academy hed pureha:ed a se Apperutur und pieced | Bond = Thus equr pe consisted of the « Correction of ussirny tions with morn culms the endre lunaveus, 0 -eur Moon, wouthly «im dey vbservations of L'oya’s f Licyd’s magnetic ¢ disposal of W. CO. uree Of Observations ters for time, aad the errors, moea culmina- % Stars carried through the ©: t of decline tion iustrusne ed horizontal and vertical ferce me gnetometer oo }sard through the whole twenty-four hours 1 jatier were made by Gauss megoetomet with Lieyi’s. M constastly kept up meade hourly la ihe Mesers Boud were « omeumes in connection al observations wert t of the time were ic observations the nally assisted by Pro- feseors Pierce aua Loverieg ; but entire family of the dirretor were ctoaally preseed iato the gervice, though ‘he ¢ 1d was derived from the eldest ron i exceticet you'h devoted the brief period of hie exiwience to tve promotion of his fa- ther’s wishes, @ emovagof his labors, and the acewacy ef his results wil be an enduring monu- Meat to bis fiiewiy. av Well a8 to his skill aad ap- pliceurn Death ceyrive dt the father of the ser- vices of the cou in Novemer, 1542 Hog place has been edmiradiy tied by bis brother, George P Bond, of whom we ae soon to speak A part of the astronomical observations made at this estatlichmeut hove been published monthly in the proceedings ot ‘he Aue ncaa Acedemy. Oopies of a greater number, however, are in the hands of the Exploring Expidition, and Tr, Deq , of the Coast Survey, to era bition of the longitude of Verious ttations oo the Poetic and Athintic coasts, me of the marueti wervations are coataiard he Me moira cf th sy, and some have publish by Col ne; but much the larger portion te tsine a Neither the Cor raion of the College, nor the friends of wstromomice! science generaily, were eatictied with the tele-copes which had been placed Qt the disposal of Mir bod ladeed, the Voliege hed hitherto furniwned Tument better than thore removed from D orchesier, and even the cox tingest expenses of the exte¥lichment were pid from the persona! se-eu- ces of the Direct Thies no leas a snersimess to the College to the ob t beng’h it wi clude ed to erect a tion of ep euustonal and forthwith toordert wes leigiy promved grea’ comet of Isis Bot eemuit of a cer of the largest el: roment. This design he appearance of the imits of this article will ps that were taken lo to eflect this dewimble ouject. Iie mt for Our purpore, however, to ey, what indeed is kaown to the friends of ‘he cheervatory, that the expense Of the present institution was met by the anited contributions of the Cotlege and of the American ‘Acad+my, and als, frienda of science, Citizens of Bostoo and ite vicinity, desirous of the serv.ces of the preseat direetor 2 is senuritully situated om an emi- + the level of the surroundiaz bree quarters o mile. in a from the college buildings wing witherto of the centre urmoudted by the dome which covers the great coor, wih one wing only, has presenied av awkward appearaace; bat the other Wing is Dow in progress, ond, when completed, the whole will preset no aypropriate and wm aapect. On entering the lower apartment of eervatory proper, the stranger is surprised that his Progtens te arrestea by a prodigious circular mass of masonry. This ix the per for the support of the rand equatorial, the great step-etone of the work he reader will perceive the necessity of this solid base, when he calix to mind U fact that the shgh'est tremor, when megnified by the power of the instrument, becomes of Vitiate enurely the dee ¢ ions of the obeerver. To obviate (me difficulty, an excavation wae firet made (wenty-eix feet below the natural summit of the hill, and «: ‘he bottom of this wes pleced @ coating of cemen', intermixed with coarse gravel, ten feet in thickness, which, when har- dened, formed an enure mast, of great firmaeas. On thie bed the pier, com d of five hundred tone of large granite blocks, well fitted to each other, and ieid in cemy ny, rivee thirty-three feet to the up the floor of the dome. On the crpstone of thie rests, on ihree bearers, a solid even tone weight, ve great equatorial, eaing over most of /oeervatory. e @ anything like , which, in counec- beervatory then in by Mr. W.© Bond, to the Academy ia ente of the e no hope, however, of dy justice to this noble in-tromen ith all the apparatus of he use, is described ecientiti ail in & memoir ‘communics:ed November, 1548 The great Kefractor was made by Merz and Mahler, the suscestors of (ne celebrated en. hofer, at Munich. 1: ie the largest refracting tele. seope ip the world ; when finished, it was thought by the makers to be the best, and, if we can jidge of its merits by its performance, we must concur in their opinion. [te only po asible rival is that at Polkova, which it somewhat exceeds tn effe aperture, that at Cambridge having fourteen raty the ridicule of the | He, ion of the observa | as of stars by the | ninety-five hundred’hsinches, ite focal length being | 4 i ches, and ated twen' pate gs oa = and itis mow equar piece: me bey Ea eighteen eye-pieces consist of four annu- far micromesere, with powers, determined by the Director, ranging from 103 to 373, five plain eye- pieces, with re from 222 to 1,118, and nine spider-line mierometere, with powers from Lil to 2,004. The field view of the latter is a single munute of arc, somewnat less than @ thirtieth of the moon’s apparexit di ter. i earth, which, with o ry 1ustrument y the object out of the field, counteracted by clock-work, which commuai sidereal motion to the telescope. The detining ex- cellence of this telescope is without example ; with a power of two thousand, the disks of the satel- lites of Jupiter and that of Neptune have been well shown. ‘ith a power of eight hundred, stare have heen separated, whose measured distance was only three tenths of asecead. With this telescope the edge of Saturn’s ring never disappears. At reflecte great credit upoa the manufacturer, trifling as it may seem, that the packing of this it strument, with all its compli and delicate ma- chioery, Was performed in such a manner us to se- cu.e its safety through the various modes of con- veyance necessary in ite journey from Munich. Teesmenalte destal, already alluded to, and to which the plate of the equatorial mounting of the telescope is attached, was prepared previously to the arrival of the telescope, and the mounting of the instrument, witn all its equatorial and clock- work movements, attests the Kill of the director. Indeed, his mechanical gifts, end judgmentin the adjustment of instruments of every description, | have at all times given him an ackuowledged ad- | vantage over most observers in this country and in Europe. His anxiety, during the long period of its | manufacture, had impressed upon his mind’s eye a8 | perfect an image of every joint and screw and pinion, as subsequestly impressed on his reti- pa in the observatory. The weight of the tele- scope, With its iron diaphragms and brase strength- ening-rods, is upwards of three tons, and yet the friction is so successfully relieved by the judicious arrangement of wheels and counterpoises that the finger of a child may change ita direction. The improvements which the director hae made in the observing-chair, must be gratifying to every one who has witnessed the awkward and painful twist- ing to which obeervers are usually subjected, eape- cially in observations oa zenith objects. It 18 in- | geniously balanced by weigh's euspeaded by chains | constructed in the manner of the fusse chain of a | watch. It moves horizontally on ras of round | inch-iron let into the floor of the dome, and the | observer 1s enabled with perfect ease, at all times, | without leaving bis seat, or disturbing the chro- nometer which may lie beside him, «0 move the chair round on the railway, adjust hi: ito in altitude, and change, xt pleasure, the jon of the telescope. , é | Of the instruments of less magnitude, besides | those brought from Dorchester, the most important arean excelleet five foot achromatic, mounted in detached building, a comet-seeker, by Merz, 80 1 in the hands of the younger Bond, anda ransit-circle on the plan of that successfully used by Groombridge at Blackheath. 3 We come now to the results of the labor in the | discovenes which have been made during the short period in which the instruments have been | in working order. — [n discussiag these, which we | shall do brietly, it must be borne in mind, that the entire force employed in the Observatory, ttll within the last six months, have consisted of | the cirector, William C. Bond, assisted by his son, George P. Bond. The latter, a graduate of the university, bad already di-tinguished himself as a methematician, and thouzh youog, has com- municated several learned memoirs to the Ameri- | can academy and other insututions. Their first labors were erga directed to the minute determination of the latitude and longitude of the Observatory. In doing this, the wide differ- ence between the skill and labor requisite in the minuse determination of these elements, end that employed by the navigator or the | geographer, must be understood and appre- | ciated AN approximate result is all that is | ever obtained ut sea, except it be by accident. | Observations of this kind are deemed of no im- portance to the observatory. The position of the obeervatory is the starting powt in all future ume, | and to obtain it with eufiicient accuracy isa work | of Tegnitude. For their iatitude, besides various | other methods, they obtained three hundred prime vertice! observations, and for their longitude, the transit of six huodred moon culmimating stars, two hundred occultations of stars by the moon, and all | the visible echpses that have occurred in clear weather. Besides these, the Director has been engeged, the last two years, for the service, and at the expense, of the Coast Survey, in accumulating | results from ehronometers of his own and those | belonging to the Cunard line of steamers, for rela- | tive longitude ; and, in order to obtain the beat de- | termination of lecel ume at Liverpoul, an arrange- ment was last vear made with the Director of tne new obtervatory of that city, who has ebligingly taken charge of all the chrouometers. The name | ber of resuits hitherto mate is one hundred and seventy-five by fifty chronometers in thirteen voy- | agee. It may well be conceded thet the data ob- aned variety of means, should entitle the observatory to be couside! standard of lopg:tude on thi: side of the Atlaatic. Perhaps there 1s ne the whole face of the earth, Whose position 15 surately determined. | An imme nce labor bh involved in the ex- | amination of nebu'm, a8 uppears by the popere on | this subject om the transactions ef the American Acedemy. The well known nebula of Andro- meda, end that of Orion, were fields of special labor Both of these acbule have interested ae troncmers from early times; that in Aadromeda long before the invention of the telescope. In 3ep- tember, IS47, very soon efter the adjustment of the great retractor was completed, an eXamimation of this iuteresting obj-ct Was commenced, whea it was found to have «a immense kumber of 5 ars scattered over its surface, und seeming to have no conrection with Fifteen huudied were fousd to be within its limits; but the t remarkable features, now for the first time presented to the bhumen eye, were two neurrow, dark baeuds, ia which no deviation from perfect stra ghin: 88 could be detected, and scarcely any deviation from paral- leliem. These bands stretsbed quite across the field of vision, and through the eatire nebula im the direction of the longer axis. la view of the distance of this nebula assigned to it by Sir W. Herschel, the younger Bond has eetimated the length of these banae to be twenty times the die tance of Sirtwe from the solar system. These phenomena have been since observed by Lord ese, and made the subject of an address to the Brivish Aseociation. With regard to the gseat nebule of Orion, the public are already awere that the observers at Cambridge discovered very eariy afer mouatng the great telescope, that, im comnon with most | nebulm, thisalso was composed of the bleaded hight of an infivite number of stare clustering in obedience to some law, or in al juxtapose t The director has more recently sudjected this beautiful nebula to ous scrutiay,aad com- municated his resul @ learved memoir to the a catalogue of the stars embraced ing LO connection with its arbulomty By meens of this catalogue, and the maps and telescope views which both oDservers have drawa, they have detected three new stars near the trape- zium, end ascertained the curious fect, that one star m its neighborhood, of the sixteeath magai- tude, i# variable in its ight; at its minimum en- trely diseppearing. Probably this i# the only variable telercome s'ar known, aad extends this curicus property to a very distant region. Other neba'e and clusters have engaged the atieatioa of the observers at Cam ridge, and among their dia- grams they have completed a map of every sta steedily visiole by the great refractor im the cluster in Hercules, with a view of aserrtaining, at a die tant doy,t relative motions and configuration At oiflerent periods throwgh the years IM7 and 1848, laborious observations were made vpon the satellite of Neptune near the time of greatest eloa- gation, for the determination of its main distance from the primary, in view of asceriaining the mass of Neptune, as weil as the orbit of the satelite And although the resul's of Professor Pirree, as derived from there observations, when compared with thoee of Professor Strave, have been the su ject of eriticiem, their close agreement, when we consider the delicacy of these measures upon these exceedingly minute and immenerly distant onjecta, may be placed, as ithas beea by Professor Pierce, emong the wonders of medern astronomical obeer- vations On the 16th day of September, 1843, the younger Bond discovered # point of high’, resembling a star of the seventeenth magnitude, m the’ plane of Sa- turn’s ring, between two of the well known sat lites of that planet He entered this upon hu 4 g@rom cf stars and satellites at the time im that re- gio On the 18th it w en by both the obser- vers, and by beth recorded with expressions of doubt us to its true char On the 19h theit micrometrical determinetione indicated that it par- took of the retrograde motion of Saturo,and no doubt remained that this object was a stateilte of Saturn hitherto unknown to the world = It is very remarkabie that this discovery should also have been mace by Mr Laseell, of Liverpool, only two days later, and we deem it quite ay remarkable, and a matter of surprive, that the Foglish astrono mere claim the honor ofthis diecovery Ifthe quee- tion be asked, Who eaw it fret) he onswerfremall rt must be, George P Bond; and if it be | asked, who it next? the answer must be, | Williem © Bond; but the clew on which the British astronomers reat their claim is, (hat Lasse! | made a map of its position relative to the other | satellites on the 18th. But the onde made “care | fol measurements” on the same day. Who ever | thought of withholding from Sir William Herachel the credit of the discovery of Ura because he at first suppored it to be a comet, and because it Was reserved for another observer to detect ita | (rue charscter, many months afterwards! The | | editer of the London Athenwum, who never for- | gets the claims of E: }, maintains that there Sune caren je r observers as to the firet suspicion thet the object was a eatellite; and jausibly recommends that the Eaglsh say it was ere Be by Bond and Laseell ; the Americans, Luseell and Bond. We do not assent to this. Bond saw the object, and mapped it on the 16:h; nd og observers detected its true character on ih. A multitude of observations have been made upon the changes in the belts of the planet res ‘heee were taken during the years 1843 and 1849, when the planet was favorably seen in high northern declination. Changes in these, and in the relative brightness of the satellites have beea mapped out by the observers, with explanatory notes, exhibiting every praca aay, bap ne rey la the prosecution of this inquiry, the elder Boud on one occasion, saw an eclipse of the fira! satellite ia the shadow of the third, both satellites oeiag off the planet, and both shadows on, a circumstance neeereartly of rare occurrence, and probably never before seen. f. Drawings of the solar spots, which were obtain- ed on every clear day through the apparent anaual revolution of the sum, have beea made at the Od- servatory, and, when collected with the notes and explenations which accompany them, will far new data for the determination of the period of his rotation, and will contribute eleo to an explanation of those mysterious appearances. en Very valuable observations for the determination of the evp’s parallax were made on the planet Mars. in November and December, 1349, and Janu- ary, 1850, during the opposition of the planet. lis pesition relative to the best situated fixed stars within the range of the micrometer of the great refractor wascarefully measured every moraing and evening allowing for the motion of the planet in the inter- val between the morning and evening measurement they obtain the sum of its parallaxes, cast weet, a quantity two or three times larger than the ry lax, which they propose to obtain from ‘his method has been aforetime practised for it. the determination of the parallax of a comet while circumpolar; but never, We believe, for chat of the sun. It is plain, that by taking advantage of the earth’s rotation to carry them from one extremity to the other of a chord of about five thoueand miles, obtain the parallax of Mars as effectually as by the removal of the telescope to an equally dis- tant point of the earth. For this class ut observa- tions, nothing can be mere opportune than the elec- tic clock, aided by the spring governor, a late vention of the director, of which we have yet to speak. By means of this they can reckon on two or three thousand measurements fora night and morning's work of two hours each. Such a set of <eterminations, thus multiplied, will afford them as accurate a determination of the sun’s parallax as can be obtained by a transit of Venus, and may be repeated as often as desired. Eleven comets have been discovered by the As- sistant Obeerver, George P. Bond, before receiving any intelligence of their having been seen else- where. Nine of these were chiefly telescopic—a greater number, it is believed, than has ever been discovered by aay unassisted individual, except the celebrated Meseler. With some of these, as with the satellite of Saturn, the European observations were neatly timultaneous; indeed, the comet of June 3, 1845, and that of April 11, 1819, were both discovered here and in Europe on the same day and at the same hour of local time, the priority being only ageivaleat to the difference of lengitud: The first of these, which has been claimed by Professor Colle; of Parma, and distinguished by his name, is another instance of European injustice. Both observers saw it on the morning of June third, civil reckoning. Colla obtained no obser- vation of its place, merely stating it was in Per- seus, andno European observations were made eartier than on the seventh; but the Bonds had good places on the second, fourth, and sixth, astro- nomical time, and it was subsequently proved that a Southera gentleman of this country saw it on the last day of the previous month And yet this comet ia called Colla’s comet througheut Europe, dnd the professor has cleimed, and it is supposed obtained, the medel of the king of Denmark, although be- — question this was an American discovery. itricter justice, however, is done in reference to the discovery of the comet of the 29th of August of laet year. The priority ef George P. Bond is knowledged in Europe, and ums comet is distin- guished by bis name. Besides the elements of the comets discovered by himself, this young man has calculated those of twenty other comets, as well asthe orbit of Nep- tune end that of the new sate! of Saturn. Those only who have | prec howae thie operation can be sensible either of its labor or intricacy, and to those who are entirely familiar with the methods, the great liability to errors which are fatal to the re- sults, renders it at least a very perplexing problem. We come now to the discovery of the new ring of Saturn, one of the greatest discoveries of the Present age, and the highest proof of the excedlence of the great refractor. During the last autumo, Seturn bag exe tituated, the observers wereperple: with an appearance connected with this planet which was entirely new. This wasa dark line bordering the inner edge of the ring pro- jected with the shadow of the ring upon the body of the planet. At first they supposed this pheno- menon hed some connection with the shadow; but it could be traced on some occasions throughout the entire circumference of the ring, and on the inner anser of the old ring presented an edging of faint light. Suspecting its true character, the question remained unsettled till the beautifal night of November 15th. It was quite calm, the sky being just hezed over with thin cirrus Saturn was on the meridian, and was probably never before 80 well seen. All doubt of the existence of a ri intenor to any hitherto known was at once removed. =ee yecgne Bond has prepared a faithfal draw- ge its appeerance on that occasion, it being exceedingly rare that an opportunity so favor- able occurs it has been intima‘ed that the Cam- have seen) with the new rir g. article in the Astronomuche Nachrichten, No. has been cited as anticipating the Cambridge dis covery; but it contains nota word about a new ring inside of the old one. It simply intim:tes, what has been several times done, that there are glimyees of divirions in the old riogs. He puts the inner dinmeter of the old ring at 26''.76 at Satura’s mesn distance, agreeing B a rege | with the Cam- bridge measurement, and also with that of Pro- fevsor Struve. Now, the diameter of the inside of the new ring is onl, 3s 3. To suppose an error ot this megnitade is absurd. The breadth of the new rng is sornewhat lees than that of the outer of the two old rings. Its light is very much fainter, an interesting peculiarity; and hence it is that in crovsing the bright planet it is distinctly visible as an exceedingly narrow dark line. It may be usked why these discoveries were not before mede. To entisfy this inquiry, it is suffi- cient to eny, that at no time, since the mounting of the great iuatoraly hed the earth been 80 favor- ably eituated, m reference to the plane of Satura’s ring, as when these discoveries were made. have epoken of the application of the “spring governor, invention of the director, and fe which he has received the gold medal of the Mas- tachusetts Mechsnic Aseocistion. |t was made in the obeervatory, der the eye of the director, and owes much of mechanical excellence to the skill of his son, Richard Bond. ‘The importance of this instrumet in faithfully recording obdserva- tions communicated by electro magnetism, cannot be spoken of in exaggerated terms Moegnetic wires, connec’ed with the telegraph lines, and corresponding with the principal cities of the United States, had been brought into the transit building at the request of the Superin- ‘endent of the coast survey ; but the confusion in the secord marks made it nearly hopeless to expect anything from the method of observing by electro.magnetiom, beyond a few experiments, as the difficulty of reading off the observations woe more than the labor of obtaining them. This ony the Spring Governor has entirely overcome. It is a system of clock-work, regula- ting the rotary motion of a cylinder ia such a man- ner that ita revolutions sh be performed ina | given time. The cylinder is of wood, with paper drawn smoothly over it. An hour's observations are recorded on a single sheet, end when removed from the cylinder, the m nutes and seconds appear eutered in regular horizontal and vertical columas, ond may be read off by the eye without the slightest danger of confurion or inaceuracy. After the necersary preparation in the director's office or eleewhere, the olserver repairs to the dome, unat- tended if he please, adjusts the telescope to the position of a stor night or day; in a moment, the ehject by the motion of the earth enters the firld of view, and epproaches the vertical wires in the focus of the telescope, At the instant the star peeses the wire (his finger being previously placed upon the brenk-cireuit key, attached to the ob serving chair,) he suddenly presser dowaward, end thie simple moremeut being repeated at the treneit of each wire, he returns to the office, and the minute, second, and pal 4 second of each event are there recorded aa by magic. Itis not importent that the recording eylinder shonid be near, #0 long as the connection ia perfect. Theo reticelly, it a be carried around the world, and practically to places quite remote In making this hasty sketch of the condition of thie proeperous institution, we have parsed over a moltitude of observations and labore, of leas impor- tance to science, than those we have enumerated, he not less necessary in the daily routine of duty; ut We trust enough has been seid to satiofy the generous contributors to this obeervatory, that the heat ends have been accompluehed by their means, . we doubt not, they will concur with us in the opinion, that, if we except the discovery of the pla- net Neptune—which, as a mere discovery of the telescope, claims but little credit—if we except thie, original diecoveries made at this obeerva- Noone who is not familiar with the duties of an observatory, can be sensible of the labor, the in- tense anxiety, the continual disa, tmeate, watchings, end privations, te which practical astronomer is subjected; and we know of no living men who bas doue so much Srodgery for eci . with co slight 4 reward, as William C. Bond. But a better day is dawning uj the father a aon. Edward Bromfield Phillips, a you fortune, a graduate of the University, and friend of the younger Bond, died a few years since, leaving a bequest to the observatory of $100,000, as a perpetual capital fund, the iaterest to be applied annually for the payment of the salary of the observers, or for instruments, or a libra- ry for the observatory at the discretion of the corporation of the college, who are made the trus- teesofthe fund. It was an act of great discretion in this young man, to place the funda in the con- trol of pereons who would be likely to be faithful in the execution of his wishes. With this provi- sion, aud with that countenance and sympathy of the officers of the coliege which they have always enjoyed, the observers at Cambridge can scarce fail to enlarge the bounds of science, and render themeelves useful to the world. assmate Thrilling Narrative. DESTRUCTION OF THREE COAL-LAVEN VESSELS BY PIRE WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREWS. We have been furnished by a friend with the fol- lowing: highly interesting letter, giving the particu: lars of the destruction by fire at sea, of three coal- laden ships, a briet account of which we published some dayseince. The writer is Mrs. Bates, the wife of the captain of the Nonantum, the first ves- sel mentioned in the letter. It is seldom the lot of woman to pass through such a continued series of dangers of a character so taying as those re- corded m Mrs. Bates’s letter. The letter is dated Bay of Sechura, Coast of Peru, January 17, 1851, and after a few lines of a private nature, says:— Iwill now commence my narrative. After we lef: Baltimore, we proceeded on our voyage pleas- antly, and | aseure you | never enjoyed myself more. Nothing occurred to mar our enjoyment until we were about in the latitude of the River Platte, when William discovered smoke issuing from the after hatch, and then the startling truth flashed upon our minds that the ship wason fire. She was loaded very deep with coa!, which was taken out of the miner, brought directly down to the ship in the cars, turned (sometimes soaking wet, from the rain that fell on the way,) directly into the ship’s hold, and there it had remained heating through all the hot weather, until the gas that originated from it had generated fire, This result was feared by some before we sailed. Imagine our situation—eight hundred miles from land, on board a burning ship, with very incle- ment weather, so rough that boats like ours could not possibly live for any length of time. There ‘was no o her way but to smother the fire as much sh peenibles and bear up for the nearest land—the Falkland islands. The crew immediately com- menced getting up provisions and water sufficient to last untal we could anive at the Islands, and during the short time they were emplo ed between decks, so powerful was the gas that some of the men fell down senseless from its effects. They then caulked every seam and the hatches as tight as poseible, and yet gas and smoke would escape through seams, which were apparently water tight. The gas finally filled the cabin, so that they were obliged to vacate it. We were in mo- mentary expectation of an expl as such things hed been known to occur in similar situa- | tions. We had our boats ready to launch in case | the fire broke out, although we did not suppose for @ moment they could live. It was extremely cold weather, and | was wrapped up in all the warm clothes I could get on, and was obliged to stay on deck for fear of the effect of the gas. Before I Jeft the cabin it nearly suffocated me. 1 was 80 fatigued for want of sleep that i lay down on the floor and fell asleep, and when | awoke i could not stand, and could scarcely breathe, until after | had a fit of vomiting, which relieved me. We were eight days in thie situation before we discovered land. There were two men stationed aloft to keep a look out, and William was on the house. It was very thick, and soon William sung out * Land he!” | shall never forget that joptal sound. Presently the bigh rocks, called the Vol- unteer Rocks, which make off two miles, began to heave in sight, and I can assure you those barren rocks presented to us @ most welcome eres: ‘We ran into a litue cove, under the lee of the land, end anchored that night, for it was blowing a close reefed topsail breeze, right down the harbor. The next day we beat up to the settlement called Port Stanley, an Englizh colony, consisting of 400 peo- le. We had rvey upon the abp~-cpense the tches, and found her all on fire. ‘e com- menced throwing water into the hold with an en- gine; but the fire still increasing, there was no alternative Jeft but te rua the ship on shore and scuttle her. This was done, and after the fire was +xtinguished we went to work and stripped the wrec! Everything between decks was saved, in a dameged state, and was sold ut auction. She was dreadfully burnt inside. Her beams and stanch- eons were burnt off, and her lower deck had fallen in. She wasso burnt at the bottom that she bilged immediately, although she was run on shore where it was very soft bottom. After the business was all settled, we should have come directly home; but the island being very litde frequented by vessels, we might have remained there a year perhaps, before on opportu- nity would have enabled us to reiurn. There was, in port, a Scotch ship from Dundee, bound for Val- paraiso, called the Humayoon, Captain McHenry, master, and he said he would take us to Valpa- raiso, from whence we should be more likely to have an opportunity of returning home. We left the Falklands about the 25th of November, im his ship, which was loaded with coal; but which had been in so long.that we thought there wae no dan- ger from it. We had been at sea twelve days, | end were just round Cape Horn, when we dis- covered the ship to be on fire, and it increased so wecsely that in three or four hours she was in jemes. We were at this time seventy miles from land, mediately made preparations to take to the | boat eos to take our chance of gaining the | land, although it en inhospitable coast, inha- bited only by sav Just at this moment a sail hove in sight. We hoisted a signal of distress, and she bore down for us. She proved to be an Hog- lish ehip, called the Symetry, loaded with coal, bound to Acapulco. Captain Thompson, her com- mander, took us all on board; and, in a whort time, we saw the fine ship Humayoon burn to the wa- ter’s edge. We remained on board the Symetry twelve days, when a large ship hove in sight, and in an- | ewer to our signals hove to. She proved to be the American ship Fanchon, of Newburyport, Captain Lunt, bound to Sen Francisco. She loaded at Baltimore with coal, at the same time we did, and was well acquainted with Wiliam. Judge of his astonishment to learn that we were on board the Symetry. He immediately invited us to come on board his fine ship, and we at once aecepted the invitation. The ship was 1,000 tons burthen, and had in 1,200 tons of ceal. Om the 25:h of Decem- ber, when we were in the Pacific, 1,200 miles from land, we discovered the Fanchon to be on fire! Efforts were X meet = to ae her as ught as possible, and Capt. Lunt shaped his course | fot the main land. We were on board this burning ship three weeks, and imagination cannot conceive the anxiety of our minds during this time. We never saw a sail of any kind from the time the fire was discovered until we id, and then nothing but those little “ C, Captain Lunt ran t] ed_the Bey of Sechura, miles from the shore, at 4 o'clock P. M. mediately comrsenced a | :Urfon a good sandy beach. He im- the dunnage in the tent was built, and after taking everything off the ship’s deck, they opened the hatchee, and no sooner were they raised than she was one sheet of flame below. The batches were put on again and she was run on shore and scuttled; but the finames were tootar advanced to prevent her from burning. And there lay that noble ship in this lonely bay, and burned to the water's edge. (Oh! it was awfuily grand ; it Was aecene never to be forgotten. Give the freest flight to the imagination, and it cannot con- ceive anything to surpass the ity. Think of the danget we incurred in remaining so long (three weeks) on board that burning ship. She was actually all burat out inside. In one day more it wou! d heve burst out at hereides. Twelve hundred tons of coal, with all her other car; and all on fire, made no trifling heat to be living over. But then we hesitated to take to the boats until we were compelled to, on account of the sufferings we should heave to endure in an open bont at sea. The const where we are now etaying is unin- habited. The nearest settlement is fifty miles from The Bay of Sechura is on the coast of Peru, about 50 miles from Payta. The firet officer, with a boat's crew, have now gone up to Payta to grt the American Consul to render ue assistance in getting away. L have been on board four different ships since I left Baltimore, and have been burnt out of three of them. They wereall coal laden. While at the Felkiard’s, we heard of a he American ship, lorded with coal, being burnt off Cape Horn; the crew took to the boats and succeeded in arriviny at Cape Negro. We did not learn her name. ft seems impossible for any of the ships that loaded at Baltmore at the time we did to arrive at their destination. The Fanchon was the best fitted in teeprct to ventilation, and she has not ¢ ie a dangerous cargo to have so long in a ship. It may do fora short vovage. * . * * A postscript to the letter says, the writer re- wise on ‘e beach for one week, when the whole party was taken off by a brig and carried to Payta, where they were entertained at the Ameri- cen Coneul’sheuse. Frem Payta, the writer, with tory, since its eateblishment, are scarcely excelled by thoee of the whole world beside, in the same period of time. ber husband, intended taking passage for San F cieco ‘en American veseel, then loading at ¢ port] a. re Kay Wasr, June 8, 1850. My Dear Siz :—Your kind letter of the 4th ult. informed me of the action of the Convention at Ocala, and my appointment, as your alteraate, to the Naebville Convention. I duly appreciate, and am gratified for, this evidence of the confidence of my fellow ciazens of East and South Florida, 10 ay attachment to the South—an attachment to which all others, the most holy and cherished, are eubservient. The selection of yourself and General Hernan- dez is universally ved here, and is to me, per- sonally, highly gratifying, confident as 1 am, that if united counsels could guide or govern coming even's, neither the honor nor the interests of the South could ever be compromised. Bu I must frankly tell you that I do not look, hopefully, to the efficacy of the Convention. If, however, its action shall harmonize, to any considerable extent, the discordant opinions at the South ; if it shall 106 duce union of aentiment upon one or more promi- nent measures—the admission of California with her present boundaries, our rights in the territories, or the recovery of fugitive slaves ; if it shall induce the Southern’ States, as a body, to define the bounds of their political forbearance upon these questione, it will have accomplished a work of | Vital importance. ‘Upon all these questions, es upon | others equally important to us, the North ia deter- | mined and united. Her local elections, her public | printa, her legislative inetructions, do not permit a doubt of it. A prominent politician here and there | stands forth in boid relief to the universal feeling of , his people; but his feeble light, like the towers | upom our own fearful coast, serves but to disclose | the extent and character of the peril and gloom which threaten us. One by one these generous advecates will disappeer, and, in less thaa ten ears, there will not be found, north of Virginia, a ading politician bold enough to break a lance in the Southern cause. Free soilism is now a fixed fact with her people ; and their numerical majority, and thorough union of sentiment, teach them to disregard or contemn our warnings, feebly uttered through divided counsels. In union is our safety. | In union Jet us prescribe the limits of our forbear- | ance, and in union let us preserve them. If the South can be breught to act firmly and unitedly for | but six months, our Northern friends, who count | upon our dissensicne, will concede the justice for which we contend. And to this united action I look as the sheet anchor of our safety. To attain it, we have every incentive which a protecting Pro- vidence ever placed in the hearts of a free people. By the soil we tread, by the air we breathe, by a thousand ties with which they bind the heart—by the glorious past, the critical present, and by our ability to carve out a brilliant future, we are called upon to unite for the preservation of our honor and our political rights. To effect the united action of the South, I doubt not, the action of the Conven- |, tion will be directed. ts members have not as- sembled to discuss our rights, nor to ascertain to what extent they have been invaded. Upon these pointe, public epinion at the South is settled. Men egin seriously to regard the moment for action as near at hand, and to look the prebable conse- quences of resistance to the political aggressions, of which we comolain, steadily in the face. They are communicating earnestly with each other in all quarters, and betraying that solicitude for our political welfare which e 8 preparation for a political convulsion. The means which we may adopt, or which the Convention may possibly sug- gest, to preserve our constitutional rights, are se- condary in importance to the question of our united action. With union, we can make many diflereut means available ; without it, none can prove ef- fectual. The North does not believe us to bein earnest, and the waraings and appeals of our lead- ers in the national councils fall upon ears skeptical to every whisper of successful opposition. This skepticism is geomewhat justified, not only by the writings and conversations of the many Northera abolitionists and free soilers domiciled Le ay ua, but by the extraordinary spectacle occasionally ex- hibited of some leading Southern man’s advocacy of the doctrine which elicits and entitles him to the commendations of our Northern friends. 1 am most anxious to hear from you. You have my thanks for your kind invitation to accompany you, and for the unmerited terms in which 1t was con- veyed, and which pothing but important pre-en- gegements could have (ag me from accept- ing. With my earnest hope that your labors may tend to avert the perils which threaten us, aad with the conviction that, should the evil hour come upon us, the people of our State will, at whatever sacrifice, stand squarely up to the great interest of the South. Lem, dear sir, respectfully and truly, your friend vnd servant, S. R. Matrory. Barxvm anp Tur Oxe-Even Horse, at New Orizans.—About aa hour before Barnum took his leave of our goodly city, on Monday last, mysterious placard, in English and French, was posted up on the street corners and public places of the First municipslity, announciag that a ge animal of the horse kind, with a face like a child, and a large revolving eye in the centre of his fore- head, after the most epproved Cyclops fashion, was on exhibition in a room at the corner of Exchange alley ard St. Louis street. The announcement struck the eye of the empresar‘o into extreme opti- cal astonishment ; and, thereupon, he determined not to leave the city till the Cyclopian wonder was mede manifest, not only to his visual, but mental ken. In fultilment of this determi tion, the great curiosity eaterer started strides tow! treet During his peri- erini of Rocky Mountain po- nies, clad in wool, to suit the exigencies of climate, of Tom Thumb’s ponies, (miracles of small- neee,) and of all other ponies, that he had ever seen or heard of, danced through the Barnum brain. After revolving and re-revolving, resolvin; and a the conclusion was at lengt! adopted that the horse with the face of a child, and with the wild, rolling eye in the centre of his forehead, was the horse of horses, the curiosity of cunosities, and the greateet of yet discovered won- ders in the eanimat republic. There could be no humbug in the animal in question, for even the tiny show-bill of the present proprietor declared that humbug in the premises was impossible; and that not only inthe Anglo-Saxon, but the Franco t . Another proof of the genuine pretension of “Cyclops” was, that he firet saw the light of day wih his single eye on the verdant banks of the ere There could be no mistake about his being a horse, a living, moving, and wonder- fully keen-vighted horse, when the two tongued air of truth in the ebow-bill, and the Mississippian birth of the wonder were considered ; and more- over—“truch ia pend than fiction.” The en- trance fee to the exhibition room being twenty-five cents, Barnum threw down a half dollar piece, and passed on without waiting for the change. He was too eager to see the wonder to thiak of cents, for doliars and Cyclops were in his thought. Judge of the surpriee of the world’s empresario when Oycleps turned out to be the stufled hide of an exceedingly juvenile colt, the skin of whose heed wes distorted iato 2 horrible semblance of a human face, and the forehead distigured witha large and glaring eye of glass, most villianously green. The empresario waa sold, humbugged, ex- cited, maddened, and forzetting for the moment his religious tendencies, he swore a good round oath, that whoever humbugged him the next time, should be rewarded with no meesured vengeance. He had gone to see a living wonder, and found nothing bot etnffed outlines of a paltry cheat. It wastoo much to be endured by mortal patience; and so the empresarzo thought, when he rushed to the door and demanded the money he had paid. The door-keeper, who spoke nothing but French, could not understand the demaad; but the ire of Barnum, who was determined not to be cheated, brought bim to his senees. He then offered him twenty-five cents; but no, Barnum must have biafifty. The Frenchman demurred. He had no right, he thought, to give back the twenty five cents, which had been tendered in munificence. But he had to do it though—end Barnum departed, begging us to make no note of the event; but to allow the waves of Lethe to roll their oblivious current over his visit to the Cyclops.—New Or- leans Delta, March 12 Tue Late Storm at New Lowpox, Conn —A gale from the northeast commenced here on Satur- day evening, and bas continued and increased up to this time, (Tuesd y noon) On Sunday, the rain fell moet of the time in torrente, and th froze as itfell. On Monday night it ¢! snow, ond yer day morning there was a very re- spectabl de; on the ground. It is nearly all gone, however, and will soon be out of sight en- tirely. The tide in the harbor is unusually high, and some of the wharves are partially submerged, though we have heard of no material damage. A ship from Apalachicola, ead a considerable num- ber of other vessels, from the South and elsewhere, ren in for a shelter on yee and, we believe have all rode cut the gale safely, though the win: has a part of the time amounted to almost a hurri- cane. The steamboats have «ll stopped, and we are without mails from New York and Boston, There has not been so severe a gale experienced here for some years—New London (Conn) Chromute, March 19. Sisovtan Arrenrt at Manntagn.—At Huron, Erie county, Ohio, there was a curious attempt at marriage. It appe: that relations of iati friendship had existed between Dr. R—— a iss for some two years, which resulted in their presenting themselves at the Episcopal church for the purpose of marriage. The first portion of the service, embracing the vows of the bridegroom, were foo ly responded to by him. The cove- nant of the bride wae then read b: the clergyman, to which she promptly answered “No!” The minister asked her if she was in earnest in what Yes, sir,” said she, “he has perjured trifled with the affections of other and [have but done him justice!” And turning | round, she tock a gentleman's arm, and left ¢ church. The Doctor says he "t understand it, and declares his innocence —Cleveland (Oito) Demovrat, March 8. _ | tide from Broadway to Green wie! complete lUlegality of ime proves shipowners t, 5 lector at San Francisco, pretended contraventions of the laws of the Ameri- can custom house. We have proved, by positive facts, and formal texts, that the seizure made on this yumstance Was not justified, and insisted that a legitimate compensation should be granted tocurcommerce. This compensation is too long to come, but we hope that the active s:eps taken by our minister at Washington, whi ave been met with some portont resuits, will he very soon crowned wich complete euccess. We ground this hope upon tha following letter, addressed to a commer: house of Bordeaux, by Mr. Siia Bois le Comte, Minister of France to the United | States, whieh makes t point where stands this affair:— eee ener Wasurncrox, January 8, 1861. one ot your vense! orders, I had not swaited your communication to represent to this government the injustice which the commerce of your nation had met with at thi ds of iteegent in that port. As far back as the 1ith of March. 1 I the brandies im; illegality of the sal+ made before avy tribunal de- cided upon the validity of the confiscation. ‘The Minister of Finances, acknowledging that my claims were founded in justice, apprized me, e few days since, that the vaine of the brandies seized and sold sbould be returned to the parties Interested, om their claiming the same through the agency of the Court of Louisiana. Without awaiting the arrival of the ol to the honorable Becretary, I insisted tion should not be confined to 4 mai m equivalent to the price of th jould be done at the price of the thereizure. I, moreover. insisted t Vy should compenrate the injury suffered oy our com: merce, by the illegal eals of the brandies seizad, and th jitrary detention of th ssels containing the tame. The Minister of Finances has not asyet replied to these just claims; but knowing that his intentions are eppored to them, end wishing so avoid a final declsion contrary to thew claims I have jast asked of bis honor. the Seoret»ry of State, to be kind enough to enable me, by means of an official notification of the intentions of his colleague the Miuister of Fin to enter into a fermal discussion on thisaubject tails discursion will begin as soon as I shall receive the a: I cam assure you. air, that I shall never al your own rights. or those of our fellow country: whose interests may have ton injured as yours have been. ‘The reasoning contalaed in your letter will constl- tute for me the elements of this disoursion, Th ‘ocation of Mr Coltier, collector of custome francisco, snd author of the spoliatior French commerce has been the vic’ rights. But [ shall Ire my dear Sir, yours, BAIN BOI3-LE-COMTE. Minister of France. The commercial houses of Havre, which have the same interests in that question, wil be gratefal to the minitter of France, at Washington, for the active and perseverant solicitude with which he is animated for the defence of the rights ef his fel- low-country men. Foreign Music and the Drama, At Naples, » new opera, entitied * Foico d’ Arles: the music by Nicholo di Giosa, and the drama Cammareno. The action is tragie, and the plot teken from Victor Hugo’s ‘Ruy Blas.” The ope- Ta was very successful. Tadolici was the prima domna, and the barytone waa De Buaszisi. They were both very succeasful. A pelacca sung by Tadobni, is highly spokea © and the style of the music is represented to ateimiiaie to Donizetti’s. Pacini has at least three operas rea y, for the stege :— Allan Cameron,” ‘ La Zaflica,” and L’- Assedio di Leyda.” The latter is a serious opera. a promises also, “Il Niccolo de Lapi” and “ Belfegor.’ Rossini has completed a new musical work. it was sugested by the Hymn of Bacchilide. It 1s described 48 a grand work for a bass, or rather for @ chojus, in which a principal bass acts as the Cory- pheeus of the encients. The composition is con- ducted with wonderful art throughout —The pre- jude is characterized by an indescribable delicacy aud voluptuousness which is truly Greek, and which penetrates every mind through the ear,— whilst the finale is remarkable tor the alteraations of sound, and forthe harmonious echo which re- peats Pron, be the long halls the songs of youth revelling in love and wine. The bust of Spoutivi, according to the orders of government, is to be placed in the foyer of the Grand Opera of Paris,—where, during the last fife teen years of his life, the composer of La Vestale was totally unable to getahearing. Nothing cosa £0 little a8 honours after death. Rumor announces that Mr. Gve hea become the sole lessee of the Royal Iva'ian Opera, London. His Majesty of Prussia has given orders for the performance of the ** Hippolyius” of Earipides, translated into German by Dr. Fritzzhe, and with overture, interludes, cheruses, and recit 3, composed by M. Adolph Schultz, of the Grand Opera of Berlin. Mendelssohn's one act operetta, “ Son and Stran- er,” writen by him more than twenty y: zo or a femily festival, ison the poiat of ma’ ts eppeerance, with English text, paraphrased from - original of Herr Klingemann by Mr. Heary F. orley. Maile. Rachel, has again, for about the fiftieth time, patched up her differences with the manage- ment, teken back her resignation, and once more been received as a Sacré » With the pensions and privileges thereunto appertaining. According to the new arrangements, for @ few years to come, Maile. Rachel is sull to have a leave of absence for six months ; after which she wiil be restricted to half the time Mies Glyn don in * Fazio Mr. J. Wiltiam Wallack was about to appear at the Na fag theatre at the last accounts Mr. E L. Davenport still continues @ favorite performer in London The * Prodigal Son” had been produced at Dru- ry Lene. Itis described as obe of those unmean iog epectacles which h always done more to iojure the stage than all other causes comb ned. It is the work of scene paiaters and not of literary genius, The “Broken Vow,” at the Olympic, by Bourci- > ol agg been well received. Ii is takea from the Tench. created quite a sensation in Lon- Tuk Bostox Frartive in Moxrreat—His Beva- RIT AND APVEARANCE AT Tuk THkateR Kova. — Shedroch, whose rescue and flight from the puisgat Patrick Riley, his posse comitatus, and the Boston court house, has given him a ao ty above all others of his time and race, is now in Moatreal, ond we are sorry to learn, is in a state of great dex titution. We saw a letter from him yesterday, ad- dreseed to a gen'leman of this city, who is neither 4 free soiler nor abolitionist, begging a stall sum of money to support life until he could get employ- ment. This letter was dated subsequent to the “Grand Benefit to the Fugitive Slave proe &; nme of which we append.— Boston Mail, a Nontreal. rch 20. ‘Theatre Royal BUILER'S REAL ETHIOPIAN BERKNADERS! Composed of Five Colored Men : A. HARDY. DAD TAYLOR, Banjo, D. FITZGERALD, Bones. EB. HENSON, Guitar and Flute, W. FRSEMAN, Tambourine. Announce that oy will give their FARE ELE CONORRT! At the above place. for the BENEFIT of Messrs, BHADRACH, WILLIAMS. JOUNSON, TYBOLD AND s0OrT! es) who have lately Escaped from now in this Uity, destl- t ne of subsistence, THIS (THURSDAY) EVEN When they trust that a generous p them tn th effort to Relieve r [Ilere follows n) , whose case excited short time since, will he Mt of his W. i and rel in bia previous ty of Broaka: y of Breakdo: Fivrornato. Admission— Boxes, 2s. 64; Pit, 19. 34; Gallery THA Doors open at 7--performance to commence at 8 e'clock, precisely. oe Improveme, ts in the City OF THE HERALD. ho ie foun: your report of the pro. of the Board of Aldermen of Wednesday even- DRNING OF LIMERTY STR EE Amo ere. 4 othe: ho wideni 4 Greenwich street, r de, A. out five fer f tot Mo. 85, snd five fest three ine! it referred to the of this A] P- lots on the sour Jom! tide of Liberty atree wil Pave n mont anne Greenwich treet preven! them from wii ng the treet, as thay vory kit dly propose to do on the south aide, The question ir now to be reitiod. whether thoea who ballt up the street are to be driven out. YOU: RIB: