387 ...... Astronomical Occurrences for March. her movements will elevate her to the temple of fame. 28. The Shepherd of Israel, a Practical Exposition and Improvement of the Twentythird Psalm, by J. Thornton, (W. Baynes, London,) is a little volume replete with sound doctrine, and genuine Christianity. It enters not into the regions either of criticism or controversy, but uniformly inculcates that religion of the heart which can make its possessor wise unto salvation. It is a work which may be read with much advantage by persons of different creeds, provided they are in earnest for the salvation of their souls. 29. A brief Account of the Zoharite Jews, by J. Mayers, (Nisbet, London,) commences with the history of Sabbathæi Tzevi, a pretended Messiah, who rose up among the Jews in the seventeenth century. This impostor, on visiting Constantinople, was thrown into prison, and had his life given him on condition of his turning Mahometan. The history of his followers, in their various aberrations and vicissitudes, furnishes the remaining part. This pamphlet contains much useful and amusing information respecting this fanatical and deluded sect. ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES FOR APRIL, 1828. THE Sun enters the sign Taurus on the 20th at 14 minutes past three in the morning; he is now rapidly increasing in northern declination, his distance from the equator on the 1st being 4 degrees 39 minutes, and on the 30th, 14 degrees 51 minutes; his semidiameter is gradually diminishing, being on the 1st, 16 minutes, 1 second, and 1-tenth; and on the 25th, 15 minutes, 54 seconds, and 8-tenths; the length of the day on the 1st is 12 hours 54 minutes, and on the 25th 14 hours 26 minutes. The Moon enters her last quarter on the 7th at 6 minutes past twelve at noon; she is new on the 14th at 18 minutes past nine in the morning; on the 22nd at 18 minutes past five in the morning she enters her first quarter; and on the 29th, at 44 minutes past ten in the evening, she is exactly opposite the Sun, and shines with a full face on the Earth. On the 2nd she rises at 14 minutes past nine in the evening, very near Jupiter; she is observed above Mars on the morning of the 6th ; on the morning of the 12th she is in conjunction with Mercury; during the evening of the 17th she is noticed below Venus; she is seen below Saturn on the evening of the 20th; and on the evening of the 29th she is again ob 388 served very near the noble planet Jupiter. She is at her nearest distance from the Earth on the 9th, and at her farthest distance on the 21st. During the evenings of this month the beautiful planet Venus shines with peculiar brilliancy in the western hemisphere; she sets on the 1st at 25 minutes past 10, and on the 25th at 34 minutes past 11. She is at first observed a little to the east of d and Arietis, directing her course under the Pleiades. These stars she passes on the 6th, and directs her course betweeen K and x Tauri, the tenth and twenty-second of the constellation of the Bull; she passes between these stars on the 12th, but nearest the former star; on the 16th she passes above Tauri, and arrives between the horns of the Bull ẞ and & Tauri on the 26th; she passes very near 125 Tauri on the 28th, and finishes her course just above 132 Tauri. On the 7th she is observed just above a very small star in the constellation Taurus marked a, and in a line with Aldebaran and Bellatrix; after this day she is observed to form a scalene triangle with these stars, which gradually increases in size until the 27th, when she forms an isosceles triangle with them, Aldebaran being the summit. Until the 18th she is noticed to form a scalene triangle with ẞ and Tauri; on this day she forms an isosceles triangle with them, the second of the Bull being the summit. On the 21st the sixth of the Bull is the apex of an isosceles triangle, Venus and ẞ Tauri forming the base; on this day she is above a small star marked 103 Tauri. She is also observed to form a scalene triangle with Capella and Aldebaran, being noticed to the west of these stars until the 16th, when she is exactly between them, and also to the north of a star of the 6th magnitude marked 95 Tauri; after this day she again forms a scalene triangle with Capella and Aldebaran, being now observed to the east of them. On the 26th she is the apex of an isosceles triangle, the shoulders of Orion forming the base. During the whole of this month, it will be very interesting to observe her passage by the telescopic stars that are near her path. She is in perihelio on the 9th, and on the 19th she has 8 digits illuminated on her western limb, her apparent diameter being 17 seconds. The planet Saturn is still observed between d'and & Geminorum to the west of b, the telescopic star pointed out in the last number; this star he reaches on the 15th, and is noticed above a, on the 27th. On the 11th he is the apex of an isosceles triangle dand & Geminorum forming the base; these stars are also the base of an isosceles triangle, A Geminorum being the summit; on this evening the planet and these stars form a cross. The noble planet Jupiter is during this month a most conspicuous object, being in that part of his orbit which is nearest the Earth, or in opposition to the Sun, on the 29th; he rises on the 1st at nine minutes past nine in the evening, and on the 25th at twenty-six minutes past seven. He is at first observed a little to the east of and above a Libra; this star he passes on the 4th, and directs his course above a star of the 6th magnitude marked 5 Libre; he passes this star on the 17th, and finishes his course about a degree and a half to the west of it. During this month there are six visible eclipses of his first satellite, two of his second, and one of his third, which take place in the following order: on the 5th at forty-five minutes fifty-eight seconds past three in the morning; on the 6th at fourteen minutes twenty-eight seconds past ten in the evening; on the 13th at eight minutes twenty-three seconds past twelve at night; on the 21st at two minutes twenty-five seconds past two in the morning; on the 28th at fifty-six minutes thirty-one seconds past three in the morning; and on the 29th at twenty-five minutes one second past ten in the evening, his first satellite enters his shadow: his second satellite is immersed in his shadow on the 7th at forty-one minutes thirty seconds past twelve at night; and on the 15th at fifteen minutes twenty-six seconds past three in the morning; his third satellite emerges from his shadow on the 30th at twenty-five minutes thirty-eight seconds past two in the morning. Mars rises on the 1st at nineteen minutes past one in the morning, and on the 25th at thirty-six, minutes past twelve at night. He is at first observed on the western margin of the Milky Way, directing his course under μ Sagittarii; he passes this star on the 5th, his course is then directed between μ and λ Sagittarii, and he is noticed in a line with them on the 9th; on the 13th he is seen above the eleventh of the Archer; after this day he is observed to direct his course to the small stars in the head of this constellation, but he does not reach them before the end of the month. On the 5th he is the apex of an isosceles triangle, y and d Sagittarii forming the base. On the 2nd he forms an isosceles triangle with A and u Sagittarii, λ being the summit; he also forms an isosceles triangle with them on the 18th, μ Sagittarii being the apex. The Georgian planet is observed at first in a line with a and ẞ Capricorni; during the month he is observed gradually to recede from this line. Mercury is a morning star at his greatest elongation on the 14th; from his unfavourable position he will be seen but by very few observers. He is in aphelio on the 12th. SECURITY OF THE REV. JOHN WESLEY'S REMAINS. WHEN this justly celebrated man died in 1791, his mortal remains were enclosed in a shell which was placed in a lead coffin, and this was deposited in one of oak, and committed to a vault close behind the New Chapel, City Road, London. Thirty-seven years having elapsed since his interinent, it was found, on a recent inspection, that the oak had mouidered into complete decay, leaving the lead coffin quite exposed. To preserve this from injury, and to secure the remains of the body lodged within, it was suggested by the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Chapel, that another coffin, made of heart of oak, should be procured, in which the lead coffin should be placed, and that this should be enclosed in a sarcophagus of Portland stone, to be provided at their expense. With a readiness that was at once honourable to their feelings, and expressive of high respect to the memory of the deceased, a resolution was instantly passed to this effect. A sarcophagus was accordingly ordered for the purpose, of Mr. Cusworth, stone-mason, of Stoke Newington, and on March 27th, it received the sacred deposit committed to its trust! The sarcophagus is seven feet long, and two feet five inches wide at the breast; its depth is nearly two feet. The sides are two inches and a thick; but the botton and the lid are three inches each. To render this secure, the lid and sides have been perforated, as in common wood coffins, and in the sides metallic nuts have been lodged, secured by molten lead. Into these, when the lid was laid on, long copper screws have been inserted, the heads of which are also protected by molten lead. The sarcophagus, now resting upon two blocks of Portland stone, about six inches from the floor of the vault, weighs about half a ton, and, with its enclosure, the whole can be scarcely less than one ton in weight. The lead coffin within bears an inscription that simply records the name and age of the deceased, and the time when he died. On the oak coffin, now crumbled into dust, formerly stood a plate, which is now attached to the new oak coffin, bearing the following inscription : JOHANNES WESLEY, Α.Μ. 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