The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-03-21 00:00:00

F NONMOUS SERPENT.

plaices .
vegetate; and that the lower limit of perpetual
frost is constantly descending. The seine effeet
hes beets experienced in North Ameiica. In the'
year 1816, the mays, or Indian corn, did not ripen
along the whole coast from l'ennsylv.osie to Mas-
sachtiarts—a circumstance which hail not happens&
before ist.the.rnemory of the oldest inhabitant ;—at
this time the iv) was Rusting down the shores of the
Atlantic as far isOithe fortieth parallel.
If suds be ill* facts, mid thi cannot well be
questioned, with regard to these countriie„ it is'
equally clear that our own climate, though in a '
degree, must' have been effected by this vast Item-
mutation of ice on the east coast of Greenland.
The distance between the centre of Iceland and'
Edinburgh is not more than twice, and that front.
Iceland to London not above three time's, the dim.'
twice between Iceland mid the east coast of Greta-
land. That our climate has been more particularly
affected, in the course of the lett three years, by
the descent of the ice into the Atlantic, and more
especially in the summers of the years 1816 and
1817. is a matter of record ; florin comparing, by
the meteorological register of the llciyal Society,
the four summer months, May. June, July, and
August, of 1805, 1806. and 1807, with the four
corresponding months of the last three years, 'it
will be seen that a very considerable dim firm of
temperature has taken place in the latter periods. •
There we find it difference of 11 deg. 11 deg. and
13 deg. between the highest temperature of August,
July, and June, in the year 1806, as compared with
1816 ; 16 deg. and 17 deg. between July and May
or 18417, as compared with the highest degree of
heat in the corresponding months of 1816 ; and no
less than 20 deg. in the month of May 1907 mod
181/ ; and the means trittper.itnre at use rime
m miles is invariably lass by revertsl degree. in 1816
*id 1817. thin in either 1806 or Intl, excepting
iu the month of June, 1817, *lien ten or twelve hot
days occurred with the wind at earl ; the only ones
we had daring the summer. In the summers of
both years the mercury invariably fell with westerly
winds. It can scarcely he doubted, therefore, that
the remarkable eliithiless of the mtniwipbere in the
summer months of those two years was owing to the
appealance of ice in the Adeline ; and if this be
admitted. as little can it be doubted that the de-
struction of. so molly tliousitiol agnure leagues ..if
ice holds out a rat I and lint. on nisplesseing
prospect, of our mice again eujoyisit the genial
warmth of the westein breeze, and those soft and
gentle zephyrs, which, in our lime; have existed
only in the imaginal' of the poet.
• Sir Joseph Dank% M Yon Troil, Sir John Stanley, Sir
George blackeuzir, tic. Ilioulter, Dorlor klellssid, &e.
• •
/To be continued.)

Yeate+day—Godn FKlDAlT.—Hulidat all ll* 0141 k
I/IBces.
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Some lime age Ale. Edwin, au English resident of the East
Indies, maw a serpeet in the Isle of l'itylisto that ineasui•ed in •
length 33 feet (poor Indira. It was all curried with se-.des,
-.ridged in the nsiddlei its head was green, with la ge black
sputa ist the middle, 'yells,* sts•ealo around his jaws, and a
yellow circle, like a golden collar, romtil tie lock, and
behind that ems another hlark spot; its heath was littlish'
and broad; its eyes monstrously large aniferry.bright wed
terrible; its aisles were of • dusky olive colour; its hack wee
very beautiful, a broad streak of black, coorleol,.end waved
at the sides, running along it—slung the edger of this rare •
narrow streak of fleshy colour, on the outside of which was
a broad streak of a bright yellow, waved and ended, and
spotted at small distances with roundish and long blotches
of a blond rwhowr. When ii moved 1111 the sue it appeared
exquisitely licautifil. It had perched itself out a hip• palm
tree ; as a kind of fox passed by, it darted olowu upon him,
mood in a few minutes sucked him into his belly. Next morn.
ing a monstrous tiger, about the height of • heifires,
passing by, it darted down, seized him by the hark with is/. 1
teeth, and twined itself three uefuur times round his burly;
it tbeu loosed its teeth fouls his back aim' gripped his 611,19
tearing and grindiog, and choked him at otter, whilst the
farions tiger resisted to the utmost; findinglsion k id so be
conquered, and Ma beets cot easily broken, it, by the wind.
ing its tail around his nick, dewed bins Its the tree, and
_
Ordeal tt, twined letielf about bolls him
' crushed ' . it Wilds ribs soil the
werchnolen au.l
with this inexpressible ter}
are, it mates) ever his holly,
a lump of red Be* nail at.
coestionsaisee, picked tip the
—`ll wow tweed herewith,
Edwin and his

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tiIAIIGE oF meta vOti. .
WRY couttr, scart.einiktalefi 14:
On Thursday the Court proceeded to try the issue in. the
cause in which General IlattiEwitailfie. of Quatro', in the '
county of Lanark, was Pnewiev.auelJantes Nemo, surgeon.
in Hamilton. was Defender. This was Dm olcanst action of
Crum. nut. ever tiled before aScoltiall Jury. The damage*
were laid at 10.0001.
The nature of the evidence in this erne prevents In front
giving any account sof it. 111 tlfillfr of the Lady, and intro-
ducing into the house four noisiest children of the Plievuer's,
were dwelt npott as matters of aggravati tttt and alleviation
at damages. The act ref adultery was positively denied, and
rested solely upon circumstantial 'wind. A ,[rest uttnilwe
of witnesses wise exansisted fur both patties. and the Jury
weir charged by Mr. JOUN CLERK, for the Dvfender, and
by Mr. Juevntrif. fur the Planner in reply.
The I.nan C 1114.1" COIIIII4IISIONER summed up the tri.
fleece, and the Jury having retired mil of Court at lialtinst
five o'clock...ye.terdity manning. returned iu 1...1f as bone,
finding the charges in the Isaac—Nsif Proven. The v. rdiet
of the Jury was hailed by a crowded Court wish the greatest
applause.
There were no less than 150 witnesses in attendance for the
defenee.—The lltfroMisit is married to the sister of the Pur-

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Boolol.—The Bill brought into the [louse of
counnous relative to the rights of Usiiverviries wad
Of some other public Bodies to one copy, 14 each
such Body, of all published works, proposes to enact,
that for every copy, which skill he demanded, a
proportion of the retail 'price shall he p.,41,--It
is hoped that a motion will be made for an account
to Le laid mu the table of the bomber and titles of
Books sblil by the several S - 01:_rt.VS, repipeciieely,.
to which the copies were seat t;raisiironsly, far the
purpose of prevervation. Such it lion would de-
monstrate the alniseof this grieious system.
Our readers will recollect the laud Ile and lin-
,
inane efforts.madir by iJr. Alderman ‘Vouti.to stye
the fiat miserable finalities' who wereo.umppeal lii
the Blood-hountlis, mid contlemsied. Ile out, est.ly!
saved their lives, but raised u
They returned to their coutetly. The moat-yawl
vent to the Archbishop or Tvieo. to he delivrrca to
them; and the following letter of
,thailks hits been
received from the nom men •
" lore thit sissy rrerivett t t Om limo. or hi.
Grace she bard ArEbloshop of Tuaso..Atif fur murk vie res-
tores you nor 1 zrairfol shaftbs. *To Milne PrOeidence;
and year Wool itoiecirosition4 we are isolebtu.l for Owe. hum:
sod by yollr generous hherelily %..0 issue co:tided us touurod
the memos's'. of our holt IN eviapoi.. *ball rucr luso
for she losopt-rity of soisiself sqJ fa!oaly, and hope You nosy
enjoy lung awl h:Ipo, hr..
" 11.,.urefiaiss )uisr d.tutcd and'ulbedieet SerVit'ule,*
Tnrtk•
"'RANDLE it 11'D(11111EI,L,
" O.! COM
JA71111,.‘ yt %JINN.
" DES"NIS
• )fish,..
" IlleV/ Worn!. F.Ol, M.P. Le: Ric.

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On 1 httntanttilik Ilth ilenoot, at• Eirtoesoteei by the Re•v.
R. A. Pyr, Galen:so, E.g. RAtilt-h011.t0.4,, I
to Misty, pottunru tinught,l of the fair 1).&oi I 114.1. r. It q
ur 16 form, r place.

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it there doubted that the ,progress of cold has kept ttaZwsstlite ItYttt;g;i;:t ct,itTrisesrierstr-7;:li;
pncts with the progressive etterosclaneat of the mud the Ore, and embed kite *Plow it hill
him •kohl, we
sgaciLicevettsmootri
Blielerimmallityrs,initiltt.revithwogliritsailutrinaso
Kofnotwite. alsk":47eie's:ifiTerbisi:" Iseir,kailk.du.ineat4,l4 with this ihr
txttNyl
ledge is appropriated to the best essay on this sub- wills slayer till it Lyme* easealnisiestp of 04
jest. lat the absence of direct proof from thermos. last, with* labour of Wet hears tainissaiste,
metrical observation of the increasing chilliness of whele.esresta Ism Its hefty. ' wales
theAgnate, it if aiserttd,- bn the. nothoriiv ttf'tfte4L't .„__6161," 401ht!htilmed *lib the title all,' Mr.
annals, that many paste of the Alps, suss/ bare, To. rars.er kine& *tit' -e."6111
and t writ , and bad a tine. taste; sta.:„int
owe afforded good plasterer ; that both hietericei sway other plates, 'tryst • flesh locates
evidence, uwl remaining traces. prove the existence
of forests in places where no tree, at present. can CHARGE OF .CON.