The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-20

( ,.t nnea III space may be gathered from the fol-
Lac COMET OF l859.-This new comet discovered
~ M iempel at Venice about the beginning of
April last, has been observed at Rome by Father
I SecGhl' and at Paris by NJ. Y. Won Viarceau 1t
mas peen rapidly approaching the sun and but a
lew days ago was only about s 900 600 of leagues
from H. Since the 18th ult. however it has begun
TO recede at the rate OFF, 600 900 of leagues in TWEEN
tts,our hours, or twenty -four leagues per second
that OF cannon-ba This velocity is. indeed
gradually declining; nevertheless enough oft re,
mans to carry the comet distance OF sc 900 900
OF leagues from the sun As to the distances of the
occurred on the Gath of April, was to within DC :
| ooO,OOO OF leagues. At present its distance is
ABOUT 42,O0O 600, and by the Both of the present
month it will be $4,000, 900 of leagues distant from
our globe.
:, At sale of Mr. Dawson Turner's manuscripts in
England some of interesting lots brought the fol-
lowing prices:
Sir Joseph Banks Original Letters from StafFa
and Iceland, fl0 5s.-Sir Joseph Banks various
Ireatlses (unpubshed), GlO l0s.-Sir .Josenh
Banks Journals of different Voyages and Tours
vols, t2l.-Chares the Sixth and Seventh: Ac-
counts of the Wardrobe and Household of the Kino
OF France and of the Treasury and Plate of the
French Crown, f2l.-Chares the Seventh King of
France: Archives de la Chambre des Complies, ElO.
Charles the Seventh King of France: Accounts
passed IN the Chambre des Complies, fl7-CharIes
the First: Selections of Letters from the Rupert
and Fairfax Correspondence, consisting of about
ZZ0 Original Letters, and upwards of so other Doc
uments, t370.-Addresses, Petitions and Letters to
Charles the Second, Ell 6s.-William Cowper's
translation of the last Nine Books of Homers iliad
Ell lOs.-William Cowpers Translation on the
whole OF the Eleventh and ofParts of the Tenth and
twelfth Books OF Homer's Had, fI2.-Daniel De
Foes the Compleat Gentleman, in the authors an
tograph, t69.-Glastonbury Abbey, Chaitularium
Aboatle de Glastonia, fl4l 15s.-Napoleon Letter
entirely Autograph, to his Brother, Joseph Bona
thn Sin ofIlrn
Lord Nelson "Found on the person of the Courier i
t26-Catalogue of Reuben's Works of Art in his
possession at the time of hiss decease, fl4-A Col
lection OF Original Letters of Sovereigns and other
lllustrlous Personages illustrative of Scottish His
tory, f2S0.-Original Letters from Scottish Arch
bishops and Bishops, addressed during the reliGi
Gus discussions of that Country, to the Duke of
Lauderdale, GA l0s.-Medici Family. IS Lettars
from different individuals of this lustrious Line
80. lOs.-Torquato Tasso's Letters and Poems
t5l.-George Vertue's Manuscript Collections reIa
tive to the Fine Arts, s45-Voltaires Letters, for
the most part Original, relative to the CALAIS FAM
y, 92G lOs.-Robert walpoles Pocket account
BOOK, l690-l7OO, &20.-John Wilkes Original
Letters, and Briefs to Counsel and other Documents
connected with the Prosecution of the Author of
the North Briton, and essay on Woman f29-
Among the collection of autographs were:-Arios
70, TWO pages containing six eight-ine stanzas of
Orlando Furioso, in the hand of the author f6 los
6cd b. folio of autographs so ettered,
fl7,-R. Baxter, the Nonconformist divine. to the
Earl OF Lauderdae, FLO l0s.-A Letter of Cromwell
addressed ai ''ro my Noble Friends Sir E. Bacon, Sir
Will Syringe, Sir T. Bernardistern and Maurice
BarroWe present these" EAT S., and two others of
CromwelPs addressed to Sir viii Syringe and Mr..
Barrow, sold for f3l los each and also another of
CromwelIs with the receivers name obliterated,
sold for f26 5s.-Eighty-fve letters, chiefly from
llustrous Frenchmen, f70.-John Milton and his
wife Elizabeth Milton, their receipts for payments
on account of Paradise Lost, f43 ls-Signatures
OF Royal, Noble and Illustrious personages, vols,
tlo 5s-Autographs of Sovereigns and Men of Emf
nence, vol, f29.-A Collection of Theatrical Au-
tographs, VOL, l74O-l829 9S5-Voltaire, la
Mort de Mademoiselle lie Couveur Fameuse Ac-
taice, flO.-Album of Godescalcus Eltius, consist
ing OF autograph inscriptions by learned divines
who attended the Synod of bort, f6 lOs.-The AL
bum of Johannes Dbbezius, f5 TO- The total
amount realized at the sale was 96,558.