Miscellaneous papers concerning astronomical matters, including letters from Sir J.F.W. Herschel, J. Challis, R.C. Carrington, F.A.T. Winnecke, W. De La Rue and A. de Morgan. The subjects covered include a diagram of the distribution of solar spots; a newspaper cutting from the 'Panama Star and Herald' on Jones' observations of the zodiacal light; a diagram of a bright spot on the unilluminated Moon; charts on the occultations of the Pleiades, 1857-1859; letters on ancient eclipses; a printed paper from A.T. Richie on the dynamical theory of the formation of the Earth; a letter on and sketch of the path of Venus; annual reports from the Cambridge Free Library; a letter from Sir J.F.W. Herschel on Laplace's barometric measurements; letters on the site of an observatory in the Southern Hemisphere; a printed appeal for a memorial to Horrocks; printed circulars on the inauguration of the statue of Newton at Grantham; a letter from H. Schubert on the rotation of the celestial bodies; an astronomical hypothesis in Italian by Vencenzo Bonatti; a notice and reviews of recently published books from bulletins of U.J.J. Le Verrier; a circular on zetetic astronomy; a letter from Professor Horn titled 'the message to the World at large'; and correspondence on other subjects relating to astronomy.