The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-07 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL.

The supply of meat on sale is very moderate, and the
trade rules firm, as follows :
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Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s Bd3
lamb, 6s Od to 7s 4d; veal, 4s 01 to 5s Od; and pork,
3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Juno 7.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Juno 6—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Orestes, from the Cape of Good Hope.
OFF TORBAY, June s.—Wind S.W.— Arrived.—Curalea,
from Amsterdam.

COWES, June 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Saxonia,
screw steamer, from New York.
NEWPORT, Juno s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Albion,
from Santander.

autpuT,',,June 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailod—Lamertine, for
Negapatam.
BRISTOL, June 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Stonewall
Jackson, from Havannah ; Jossie, from Barbadoes ; Eliza-
beth, from Trinidad.

HARTLEPOOL, June s.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Franciso,
for Bilboa.

FALMOUTH, June 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Caroline,
from Rio Janeiro ; Rhea, from Havannah ; Amazon, from
St. Jago de Cuba.

CLYDE, Juno 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Childera,
from Sagua la Grande,
OFF FALMOUTH, June 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bril-
liant, from Wellington, N.Z.

BY MAG/TETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Arrived, June G—Hanna Park, from Dantsic ; Gyda,
from Dram ; Damaris and Reward, from Guernsey ; La-
moins, from Rio Graude ; Traveller, from Windau ; Queen
of the Age, from Calcutta ; Jerusalem, from Licata.
Arrived June 7—Moldavian, from Swantwick.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.

Passed—Mathilda, from London, for Dominico ; Lizzie,
from Bermuda, for London; Union, from Hull, for Con-
stantinople.

CRICKET.—ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. UNITED
ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN.—Fine weather yesterday
attracted above 4,000 spectators at Lord's ground to wit-
ness the resumption of this match. His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales about 6 o'clock drove on to the ground,
attended by Captain Keppel. His Royal Highness was
enthusiastically cheered, and remained to witness the play
till within a few minutes of 7 o'clock. The United Eleven,
with four wickets down for 22 runs on the previous even-
ing, continued their innings, and, through the flue batting
of Iddison, Atkinson, and Grundy, pulled up the game
wonderfully. Tho latter headed the score with 57 and
and carried his bat out. The fifth wicket fell for 51, sixth
for 82, seventh for 87, eighth for 162, ninth for 162, and
tenth for 176. The fielding was very good. With 31 in
a majority All England entered on their second innings
when " time" was called.

EFFECT OF FORESTS ON CLIMATE.—From the
paper addressed to the Academy of Sciences by M.
Becquerel, ,which we have already referred to, it
alt ears that evaporation from the leaves of forest
trees is an incessant cause of moisture, because the
slightest rel
igeration of the atmosphere will preci-
pitate;
vapours under the form of rain, which will
penetrate into the 80;2 either directly or else through
the medium of the root::: The trunks, branches,
and leaves of trees absorb a 2 d emit warmth much
more slowly than the atmosphere ; hence the mo-
mentary variations of temperature Lxperienced by
the latter exercise no influence on the temperature
of forests ; but the latter, warmed by the sun, will
by radiation communicate some warmth to the air,
and thus prevent too great a fall of temperature
during the night. Nevertheless, M. Boussingault
and other travellers, who have examined the question
in the equinoctial regions of America, are of opinion
that the abundance of forests and consequent
humidity of the soil tend to cool the climate, and
that a scanty vegetation, generally accompanied by
a dry soil, tends to increase the warmth. On the
other hand M. de Humboldt, by comparing the
thermometrical observations, made in North
America from 1771 to 1834 at 35 military sta-
tions extending along 40 degrees of longitude,
found that the temperature had undergone no
change, although a vast extent of forest land had
been cleared. This discrepancy in the re-
sults M. Becquerel endeavours to explain by
supposing that previous observers neglected to
take into account the power of radiation of the
soil according to its quality. Ile states that
there is a difference of from six to seven deg.
Cent., between the radiation of a dry soil and that
of a damp one ; the radiation of humus being some-
times as much as 12 deg., and that of the air 25. It
is because of this radiation that grapes ripen best on ,
stony ground, which cools more slowly than a sandy,
chalky, or clayey soil. Hence the clearing of a sili-
ceous or silico-calcareous soil will raise the average
temperature of the air more than the clearing of any
other soil. The west of Europe owes the mildness
of its temperature to the hot currents which come
from the desert of Sahara, situated under the same
meridians ; and if by any chance this desert should
happen to be transformed into forest land, the cli-
mate of the western region of Europe would get
colder. For the same reason North America is cold,
because its tropical regions are covered with im-
mense forests.
Tho course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is about 249 per cent., and the premium on
gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on
the importation of gold ir;an the 'Jutted State&