ALMAN AUK, Fort THE YEAR , •~ RADICALS enjoying their betting prrifits after the late Election. PUBLISHED BY TORONTO. .... _$ -\E) -iii····, a:r···-iE "~ffiX3l>"ffi"""9:r:<!E$;'<EIl ><EIl)<EIl ,<EIl".EIl :x",.ffi><!!i'-'<!l3 ><ffi , ... asx)!f ,f~ 9 \: .• ~ ~~~,: .~ ~~M~RYJOTES. , @ X 1. Venus (5) will be the Morning Star until May 18th, th~n Evenmg 1\ ~ Star until March 5~h, 1838. cr.:: ~ ill 2. The Moon Will run 11Ighest thiS year. aoout t~e 5th degree of (:;:D) f§ ';{ Cancer, and lowest about the 5th degree of(Yjl Caprleorn: iJi (:Ii 3. Latitude of Herschel. (~) ahou! 46 ml~ute. sout~ thiS year. X ~/' 4. Longitude of the !\loon's (Sl) Ascending Node m the middle of thiS ~, i· year 28 degrees. .. ~I f h' 2"" 2-' 39 5" ;;, ill 5. Mean obliquit.v of lh~ EcliptIC, m the mid., eo t 18 year, ,r I •• "') XTrue obliquity, 230 27' 48.4". ~ Ell Y· X " ftl CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. l\IOVEABLE }·EASTS. ~ ~ Dominical Letter, .................. A Easte~ Sunday ........... Mar.ch 26 ~ ;< Golden Number, ................... 14 RogatIOn, ................. Apnl 30'. aJ Epact. ..... ...... ......... ............. 23 Ascension ................ May 4 ~~ i Solar Cycle, ........................ 26\ W~litsqnday .............. May 14:3j X Roman Indiction, .................. ]0 TTlmly ..............: ...... !\Iay 21 X 9l Julian Period, ......................6550 Advent ............... , ..... December 3 ~ ~ --- ~ V EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES. X M ~ H. M. ~ iil Vernal Equinox, March 20 2 23 P. M. ~ 'j Summer Solstic!). June 21 11 30 A. M. "- Iii Autumnal Equinox, Seotember 23 1 30 A. M. iii ~ Winter Solstice, De'cember 21 6 54 P. M. ~ X X ~ ECI.IPSES. , 1il There will be five Eclipses this year; three of the Sun, and two of the i \Ij l\Ioon. X ill I. There will be an Eclipse of the Sun on the 5th of April, at 2h. 24m. IE >: in the Morning. invisible. X ~ II. There will he an Eclipse of the Moon on the 20th of April, at 31J. 42m.1i!j ~ in the Afternoon. invisible. ~ X III. There will be an eclipse O'f the Sun on the 4th of May. at 2h. 5m. :./ \Ii in the Afternoon. Visible only in remote northern regions. , fu IV. There will be an eclipse of the Moon on thll 13th of October. in the X Ever.ing total and chiefly visible. , ~ & a ~ X Moon rises. 8 1.3 d;giLs eclip~ed at...... 5 18 X ~ Begin~ing of tot~l darltness,............ 5 37 '- lE Echptlcal opposillon...................... 6 20 ill X Middle, ....................................... 6 33l \E End of total darkness,..... .............. 7 7" ffi ~ End o.r the Eclipse........... ............. 8 7' , X Durahon of ' total darkness,............. 1 30 '( ~ Duration of visibility,....... ...... ........ 2 49 i.E !il Depth of immersion in the earth's Shadow, 18 digits from the southern side. X­ X V, There will be an Eclipse of the Sun on the 29lh of October, at 6h. ~ lil30m. in the morning, consequently invisible. @ ~X CO:\":rUNCTIONS OF--- MAltS AND JUPITER. I' ~ TheBe -two Plan~ts will come to a conjunction in longitude on the 25th of '. as Fobruary, and agam on the 2~th of Match. Mars will be north of Jupiter I'll ~ on the former occasion 3° 18', and 20 11' on the latter. From the 23d of X X February to .the 3d of April their longitudes will differ but little, and there- 111 l!l fore they Will south every evening within a few minutes of the same time X X with each other. ~ r.t>,:tll'X.!I!"-(iJ3}<.-a:/'X.~)o(.!Il"><!l2X!I!'X.~>QJlxBil$"'.-><il·x:~>dl><3l>(B!><:$XlE,.'><..i1iXSl:~~ 2 JANUARY. ~-\'XUARY. Begins on Sunday, 31 Days. 1837. N,ew ~Ioon, • , . 6d 6h 52m E 1F~ilMoon, .• -.21d 2h 49m E First Quarter,. 13d Oh 16m E I Third Quarter, 2!Jd Ih 34m E n D l1I ~ ©-e M W v ARIOUS PHENOMENA. rises sets. rises. south l' A First ~unday atter Christmas.' 7 26 4 34 -C19 6 58 2 2 Second day ofihe Year. 7 254 351 2 29 746 3 3 7 25 4 35\ 3 43 8 39 4 4 Some Steam.Boat$ laid up. 7 24 4 SG 5 1 9 38 5 5 7 24 4 36 6 18 10 43 6 6lEPiPhany, old Christmas or 12th day 7 234 37 sets 11 50 7 7 7 23 4 37 5 32 ev 57 I 8 A First Sunday after Epiphany. 7 224 38 6 54 2 0 9 2 7 ~2 4 38 8 14 2 57 110 3 7 21 4 39 {) 29 3 49 i 11 4 G70lJes and Cloaks much used. 7 20 4 40 10 40 4 37 i 12 !) 7 204 40 11 49 5 22 113 6 Good ,Sleighing. 7 194 41 morn. 6 7 14 7 7 184 42 0 56 6!H 15 A 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. 7 17 4 43 2 1 737 1I 16 2 Battle of Corunna, 1809. 7 174 43 3 7 8 25 17 3 Dr. Franklin born, 1706. 7 lG 4 44 4 11 9 14 18 4 Fine Weather for the Whales. 7 154 45 5 11 10 5 19 5. 7 144 46 6 710 57 20 6 Howara~the Philanthropist died 179017 134 47 6 56 11 47 121 7 Louis XVI, beheaded, 1793. 17 124 48 rises morn. 22 A Septuligesima Sunday. Lord Baconl7 11 4 49 5 5:~ 0 36 23 2!Wm. Pitt died, 1806. [born, 1561. 7 104 50 6 56 1221 24 3 7 9 4 51 7 58 2 6 25 41 Percussion 4" Fur Caps in request. 7 8 4 52 9 1 2 48 26 5 7 7 4 53 10 3 3 30 27 6 Duke of Sussex born, 1773. 7 64 54\117 4 11 28 7 7 54 56 morn. 4 54 29 A Sexagesima Sund. Geo. III. d. 18207 44 55 0 14 5 39 30j2!King Cha1"les I. beheaded, 1649. \7 314 57 1 2416 28 ,31 S George IV. proclaimed, 1820. 7 214 58 2 38 722 ill :3 A SQUALL IN THE HONEY. MOON. Bad Memory. A village peda. gogue in despair witb a stupid boy, pointed at the let­ ter A, and asked him if he knew it. 'Yes,sir.' 'Well, what is it 7' , I knows him very well by sigh't, b~t rot me if I can call his name.' Jlfarch of Education. In the learned flitv of Toronto, the othe"r week, a lady was re­ buking her servant for some fault or ne_ glect of oUly. All al once the lecture "'as interrupted hy the pert damsel exclaim jng. ,. stop, lIlr. -_ thul is shocking tu educated ears. It you It's too bad, we have only been married two are to scold me at all, I weeks, and-she's got my breeches on. I beg you will do it gramml1tically." On an Ugly Man. With such a nose and face YOll dare not look In the still lake or in the tranquil brook; Or else you're sure to meet Narcissus' fate,­ He died from love of- self. you'll die from hate. To be let, or to be sold, for lhe term of ber life, Elizabeth Hall--by the way of a wife; She's old and she's ugly, ill'natured and tbiD : For further particulars enquire withlD. The Yal'lkee Beauty, that was 80 ugly he was afraid 10 Bleep a107ll'_ 4 FEBRUARY. II. FEBRUARY. Begins on Wednesday, 28 Days. 1837. MOON'S PHASES. New Moon, ... 5d 5h 15m M I Full Moon, .•• 20d 9h 26m M First Quarter, .12d 4h 44m M I Last Quarter, • 28d Oh 36m M D D VARIOUS PHENOMENA. ~ I ~ I (:;;) M W rises sets. rises. Isouth e- 1 4 7 1 4 59 3 53 8 22 2 5lPucificati.on of the Virgin Mary. 7 05' 0 5 51926 3 6 3 III perigee. 6 59 5 1 6 8!0 33 4 7 What a storm! 6 58 5 2 7 1 11 38 5 A 1Q~inquagesima Sund~z: 6 56 5 4 sets ,ev 38 6 211HIIary term commences. 6 55,51 5 7 2 1 34 7 3 Shrove Tuesday. Pancake thaw. 6 545 6 8 18 225 8 4 Ash Wednesday. 6 535 7 9 31 314 91 5 Canada conceded.. Soft calm. 6 525 810 41 4 0 1016 Shocking cold. 6 50 5 Hi 11 49 4 46 11 7 6 495 11 morn 5 32 12 A 1st Sunday in Lent. 6 485 12 0 56 6 20 13 2 • Boys and girls busy, 6 475 13 2 1 1 7 9 14 3 Valentine's day. and now anxious. 6 4615 141 3 41 8 0 15 4 e runs high. 6 445 16 4 2 851 16 51 Soft breezes'16 435 17 1 4 53 9 42 17 6 © in apogee. 6 4215 18 5 371032 18 710 enters 1-E. 6 4015 20 6 13] 1 19 19 A 2nd Sunday in Lent. 'Go to Church. 6 395 21 6 44 morn. 20 2 6 38 5 22 rises 0 4 21 3 Strange weathe1·. 6 36\5 24 6 53 047 22 4 Washino'lon born, 1732. 6 355 25 7 56 1 29 231 51 '" Snow shoes in repute. 6 34,5 26 9 0 2 11 24 6 Queen's birth.day kept. 6 335 27 10 5 253 1 251 7 6 315 2911 }41 3 37 261 A Third Sunday in Lent.