[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] D., has pnbUshed several catalogues of the new and rare shells contained in his cabinet. »• Among other family relics we noticed the gold snuff box pre-sented by the corporation of New York, with the freedom of the city, to his Excellency John Jay, on the 4tli of October, 1784. Also a French bible,i> containing the following memoranda. Auguste Jay est ne a la Rochelle dans le Royaume de France le ff Mars, 1665. Laus Deo. N. York, July ye 10th, 1733, this day at 4 o'clock in ye morning dyed Eva van Cortlandt, was buried ye next day ye 12 en ye voute at Mr. Stuyvesant's about six and seven o'clock." The situation of tiie Jay property is very fine, embracing some of the most graceful undulations of a hilly district, highly diver-sified with rocks, woods and river scenery. Contiguous to the southern portion of the estate, and bordering the Sound, is Ma-ree's neck, and the neighboring islands of Pine and Hen-hawk, the latter consisting of seventy-seven acres, A curious pheno-menon, called Mirage, is frequently seen from these shores, when the land on the opposite coast of Long Island appears to rise above the waters of the Sound, while the intermediate portions