The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-10 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

Extract from a Meteorological Journal for November, 1822,
kept at the Observatory of the Academy, Gosport.
" This month has been pretty equally diviled into three de-
nominations of weather, viz. fine, overcast, and rainy. It has
rained more or less on 23 days, and the quantity fallen is 74
inches in depth. We must again remark, to supersede a simi-
lar assertion in our last Report, that, with the exception of last
December, more rain fell here this month, than in any other
for the last seven years. The difference in, depth of the two
periods is one-tenth of an inch ; yet we had seven dry days in
the early part of this month, which is one day less than De-
cember.

" This shows how extremely heavy the rain must have fallen
on several days—the consequence is, that the low lands in this
neighbourhood are already inundated ; nor does there appear
to be anyindication of dry weather till the latter end of next
month. It is more the province of the Physician than of the
Meteorologist to advert to the effects of this extremely wet
season on the human frame; but we may be permitted to ob-
serve, that the prevailing humidity and the quick transitions
in the, temperature of the atmosphere, have been very unfa-
vourable to asthmatic and rheumatic complaints, particularly
the latter.

" The mean temperature of the air is high for the season,
but less than in last November by 1" ; and yet the mean tem-
perature of well water is upwards of three quarters of a degree
higher, which is to be attributed chiefly to the circumstance of
our not having had any penetrating frosts during the last winter
to cool the temperature of the earth.
" The fluctuations of the barometer are again nearly equal
to a daily change in the weight of the atmospheric column ;
and the wind has blown, 14 days from the S. W. point or the
compass, and in heavy gales on 6 different days.
" The atmospheric and meteoricpiteenamena that hive come
within our observation this month, are 2 lunar halos, 1 lunar
and 9 solar rainbows,
_lB meteors, lightning and thunder on two
different days ; and 10 gales of wind, or days on which they
have prevailed, namely, 1 from N. W. ; 1 from N.; 2 from
S. ; and G from S.W. The maximum temperature of the air
has occurred twice in the night.
" Summary of the TVeather.—A clear sky, 1 ; fine, with'
various modifications of clouds, 10; an overcast sky without
rain, 9 ; rain, 10.—Total, 30 days.
" Clouds.—Cirrus, 24; Cirrocumulus, 15 ; Cirrostratus, 23 ;
Stratus, ' 1 ; Cumulus, 13 ; Cumulostratus, 18 • Nimbus, 24.
" A Scale of the prevailing Winds.—N. i;N.E. 1 ; E. # ;
S.S. 1; S. 4 ; S.W. 14 : W. 7 ; N.W. 2 :—Days, 30,"

The Bath Managers ha\7e manifested their good
taste in reviving The Fugitive, a play which
affords more scope for the display of various ta-
lents than most modern comedies. It was writ-
ten by the late JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Esq. M.P.
a gentleman of learning and great talents, who
was highly esteemed by Mr. Fox and his party,
and whose amiable manners procured him, in
the Anti Jacobin Examiner, the title of " Well-
natured RICHARDSON." The Prologue was
written by RICHARD TICKEL, Esq. and the
Epilogue by General BURGOYNE. There are
comic talents in both of our London Theatres to
bring forward this play with due effect, and the
London Managers would shew their judgment in
following the example of those of Bath by reviv-
ing so excellent a Comedy. The political and
private friends of the departed author would
doubtless muster strongly in support of the piece,
not only on account of its intrinsic merit, but as
a due tribute of respect to his memory.
On Saturday night last, as BATEMAN, one of
the Duke of BUCKINGHAM'S keepers, and two
assistants, were, on the look-out for poachers, they
detected three men near Paper Mill Spinney, a
preserve near Stowe, in the act of poaching, hav-
ing set a gate net. They attacked BATEMAN and
his assistants most desperately, and entirely
disabled the two assistants. They also wounded
BATEMAN, who nevertheless followed them
as far as Buffer's Holt, in the hope of there
getting some assistance to apprehend them ;
but not being able to procure any, he then gave
up the pursuit. The poachers have not yet been
discovered. BATEMAN was so much injured, as
to be obliged to keep his bed till Thursday ; his
assistants were not so seriously hurt.