PETERSFIELD.
Agent—Miss Duplock.
NORTHERN LIGHTS.—A splendid Aurora Borealis was witnessed here on Wednesday evening last between seven and eight o’clock. It was situated in the north-western part of the heavens and lasted about three quarters of an hour, during the greater part of which time it was very luminous. The most conspicuous feature of this interesting phenomenon was a bright cone of light to the west of the general mass, and quite detached from it, this was only a few degrees in breadth, with its base resting on the horizon at about W. b. N., and its apex near the star Algol in Caput Medusæ; it retained its full brilliance for about 10 minutes, and during this time greatly resembled the tail of Donati’s Comet. The larger mass of the Aurora was very irregular in its shape and constantly changing; at one time it assumed the form of an arch, from which bright coruscations issued above and below.