THERE has been a magnificent red aurora here this evening. I saw it first before twilight had quite disappeared, and at first thought it was the crimson of sunset unusually late. It was at its finest between six and seven; at that time there were columns of light shooting up from the horizon almost to the zenith, and occupying almost half the horizon from the E. of N. round by E. The crimson colour was variegated with bluish white in a way that I have not seen before. The barometer was at about 29.45 inches, with a strong breeze from the south.