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Show i1 LBy W. U. Telegraph. J ' NEW CO.UET, I Albany, 22. Professor Houghton, of , the Dudley observatory, has announced the discovery of a new comet. It was first seen by Lewis Swift, of Marathon, -N ew York, on the evening of the 15th instant; and was reported to Professor Houghton, who, owing to the cloudy weather, wr.s unable to observe it until : last night. Its approximate position was 3 hours 30 minutes right ascension, : and 4G degrees 0 minutes north declension. de-clension. The right ascension is in- j creasing 3 minutes 20 seconds, and the declination is diminishing 30 minutes daily. |