The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-28 00:00:00

THE LATE GALES AND THEIR CATT 0

The ;proximate causes of the late severe gale:
having been explained in my last, we re ay
come to the original causes. These are stiP. in soma
measure concealed ; so that we still " see t hroug"
glass darkly ;" but yet we perceive that in 311 eLlele-
there is deposition before we can look for
in the atmosphere. The question arises, `` thaa
causes this deposition ?" The answer muss'
change in temperature, for in all cases we maY tr:in
this change. Then, since the Earth is 310)'e,
the same place as regards tge San at any gicvatt
rind of the year, it follows that there is 5c,53
cause than the Sun for the changes of tern Per3'-di..
These I attribute directly to changes in the C 013,0
lion of the electricity of the atmosphere; fiat go
take from the " Nautical Almanack" all ..the 4'1;110
during the last three years of conjunctions °f hick
Sun and Mercury, we get 19 instances, of
we find 16 cases in which there were storms of
The three exceptions were 22d May and 22A1 /ad.";
1861, and 311 August, 1863, all summer Periek-;
Thus we may see that an electrical chanrevta;th
place whenever the Sun, Mercury, and the
come into a straight line; and since the pit' 'l%l- of
act powerfully on the Earth by their light, lice
h 3 it
conclude that this action is electrical, and so t 9
changes the temperature and produces storms, so
the above cases. The fact being admitted 1 hilt 00
have storms whenever the Sun and Merct
cot
found in conjuction, we may account for the recur):
storms by the circumstance of the planet NI, 'r,3o
being at the time in Aphelion, when his motion by
extremely slow. 'This effect the Noun increast
changing her declination on the 4th, when the..u_,e,
rican was raging. The next period of the can) t,sl,,,,'th
the 74°0
tion of the Sun and Mercury will be. en
January, 1864, at and after which I expect s°
very severe gales of winch—Yours, &c•
R. J. MORRISON, Commander

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MR. Fox TALBOT is said to have
°.-ruhe—subject iS
producing an exquisite engraving on steel
a scene in Java, and it is asserted
that
deteriovation.
can be printed from such plates with.°og, a fire broke Out'
FIRES.—On Saturday 511000 impressioao
business at Lower Bel-
belonging to 311‘'
aTb.oTnthhwaalift-eps,:sat 2taoil'ocrlo,cca,rorynainithe°ol):
discover was made by a police'
wbo, on passing the bui.diogf
ground floor. Heat on
cgorna
sytea-bpllea coef,
tPheimplicdo;viTsiten,
noticed smoke coming from. l
d sent off for the assistance of the Roy 5
raised an alarm, 511
and •
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na attended, e nsclue
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eundersucceeded
the
in
bchargeiiig,i :
feV
the
Society's fire-escapes engines, In the course of a i
safety 10 persons. He next mad° r.
rshisßrooker and Cotterell. The for
all
minutes
attempt to save Mrs. Tarrant from the second 110°
He took her in his arms, but owing to alarm. and Ilto
two of thema
cehsicnae:
vousness she
tCi
ascendedo
down
1 id u c
uo
shook herself from his grasp, and both ;ect
and the conductor fell to the ground. They wt tre plc r°,
up and a medical man was sent for. On arrivin, ;he Paecl
nounced the injuries to be serious, and he recooanjet'...aio
their itemediv.te removal to the hospital, where they rewo
in a very dangerous condition. The engines of the
117,rtbe
and land steamers, three manual power engines, 21, °ltileir
Torrent, from Hodges's distillery, were early in , 00
attendance, and plenty of water was obtained, hul'.,..Lig
flames could not be extinguished until tho buildirr `).it
nearly destroyed. The total loss is very considerab :11,
ri-ea` .
it is understood that the principal sufferer wo in-
;lea
Before the above fire was extinguished another War 00,1.
on the premises belenzing to Mr. John Bute, a be_rito,
shoe manufacturer, carrying on business at No. 3, -1?,,,, 0
nia-place, Fulham. Mr. Staples, the chief officer olftioa
district of brigade, quickly attended, as well as ,ut the
steamer. A good supply of water was obtained, , °opt
fire was not extinguished until Mr. Bute's prem s° of
sisting of two stories, were burnt down, and the 117 /qr.
Mr. Flick, oil and coluurman, No. 4, and those
, 00
Williams, a dairyman, damaged by fire and water.
ca Ole
fire was caused by a spark flying from a lighte
too do
among the bedding. The loss will fall principally
Globe Fire-office,