The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-08 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

RESULTS of a METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL for
January, 1825, kept at the Observatory of the Royal Aca-
demy, Gosport, Hants.
BAROMETER.—Highest 30.82 In. Jan. 9—Wind N.
Lowest 29.36 Do. 18—Do. W.
Range of the Mercury 1.46
Mean barometrical pressure for the month - - 30.220
for the lunar period ending the 19th instant - 30.107
for 13 days, with the moon in north declination - 30.214
for 17 days, with the moon in south declination - 30.00'
Spaces described by the rising and falling of the mer-
cury
Greatest variation in 24 hours
Number of changes -
THERMOMETER.—Highest 57° Jan. Ist, Wind S.W.
Lowest 32 in four different nights.
Range . - - 25
Mean temperature of the external air -
for 29 days, with the sun in Capricornus
Greatest variation in 24 hours
Mean temperature of spring water, at 8 o'clock, A.M.
DE Luc's WHALEBONE HYGROMETER.
Greatest humidity of the air - 92" in the morning of the 31st
Greatest dryness of ditto - 58 in the afternoon of 28th
Range of the index - 34
Mean at 2 o'clock P.m. - 69.2
—at 8 ditto, A.M. - - 76.4
—at 8 ditto, P.M. - 74'3
—of three observations,
each day at 8,2, & 3 o'clock 73.3
Evaporation for the month - - 0.760 inch
Rain in the Pluviameter, near the ground, 1.480 inches
Ditto ditto, 23 feet high . . 1.'220 ditto
Prevailing Winds N.
A Summary of the Weather.—A clear sky, 4 ; fine, with
various modifications of clouds, 12; an overcast sky, without
rain, 10a ; rain, 4—total 31 days.
Clouds.—Cirrus, 11 ; Cizzocumulus, 6 ; Cirrostratus, 31 ;
Stratus, 1 ; Cumulus, 12 ; Clunulostratus, 21 ; Nimbus, 17.
A Scale of 7:::c Prevailing Winds.
N. N.E. E. s.E. s.s.w. w. N.W. DAYS.
4 3a a a 2 6. 6 31
This month has been generally dry,4 fine, and mild, for the
season. We have had some proof of the fineness of this month,
by the very high medium, and the unprecedented maximum
pressure of the atmosphere, the barometer not having been so
high for the last ten years by 1-25th of an inch, as it was in
the evening of the 9th instant ; and the mean pressure of this
month has been exceeded but once in that period, which was in
Feb. 1821.
The mean temperature of the external air is two-fifths de-
grees higher than that of last January, and 2i degrees higher
than the mean of that month for the last eight years. As a
proof of the mildness of the winter to the present time, spring
flowers have bloomed prematurely in many gardens, and we
have only a few flakes of snow here, which fell at 8 A.M. of the
19th ; nor have the thermometers in the open air sunk be-
neath the freezing point of Fahrenheit's; and so generally
equal has been the temperature of the days and nights, that
the mariutum has occurred in six different nights, instead of
the days.
The mean temperature of spring water at eight o'clock A.M.
has decreased two degrees this month, but it is three-quarters
a higher than it was at this time last year.
e atmospheric and meteoric phenomena that hare come
within our
observation this month are a double parhelion, two
]unar halos, two meteors, and seven gales of wind, or days on
which degree
he
,y have prevailed ; namely, one from N.E., one from
S., and five from S.W.
The parhelion appeared on the west side of the sun at nine
o'olock in the morning of the 24th, and measured 22" 10' from
his centre ; and so vivid were the prismatic colours which
composed it, that another parhelion was formed by their re-
flection in the cirrostratus cloud immediately above it.

- 7.160
- _0.570

- - 42.32
- 43.96
- 23.00
50.69

Extract from a Letter, dated Pillau, Bth Ja-
nuary :—The violent storms and torrents of rain, which ter-
minated the late year, still continue. On the 2d and 3d inst.
we experienced the most tempestous weather, with a very high
flowing of the waters, so much so, indeed, that the waves beat
over the works in the harbour, and occasioned considerable da-
mage. On the sth inst. the water stood 113 feet in the Pegel.
which completely inundated the lower part of the town, as well
as the fortress. Since the year 1737 there is no record of the
waters having stood so high.
Recent letters from Switzerland say, that in
the course of the present year there will be steam-boats, not
only on the Lakes of Geneva and the Bodensee, but likewise
upon the Lakes Of Neufchatel, Biel, Zurich, and Waller-
stath., which will prove a great aivantage to travellers.

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Butts, 50 to 561bs each per lb 19,1 to 20J.,
Ditto, 51; to tiGlbs each 22d to 13°A
Dressiii.,!, Hides lsd to 1.9",*
Coach Hides l9d to el'
" 22117:251d1d 17d to
tt: oto: 19. ; Ld' it
: I
Crol, Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting -
Ditto .... 45 to 501bs
Calf Skins..Z6 to 401bs
Ditto 5u to 701bs

Ditto 7O to solbs
Small Seals (Greenland)
Large ditto
Tanned Horse Hides
Spanish Horse Hides

PRICES OF TALLOW, SO:
Town Tallow 51s Od —s Od
Yellow Russia 41s od —s od
White ditto.. 40s 0,1 —s 00.
Soap ditto.... 39s od —s od
Nielting Stuff 32s 0(t —s Od
Ditto 1t0n411.. Ith Od —s Od

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112:41'27; d:14d11 tlttoooo lilt

AP, &c. per 1121b.—Feb. 77.41
Yellow Soap ' slf
I Mottled.
Curd OO
Graves 1654
Good Dregs 65,,

PH ICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLOW CHANDLER'S 1-11‘1:Ai..
Price of Candles, per dozen, Gs 6'd a 7s- Moulds, 99

6(1 Per dozen allowed for ready money.

PRICE OF RAW FA'!', per Stone of Slh.—Feb• 44A},
Price of Tallow (ns stated by the Tallow Mehers),

COAL MARKET, FEB. 7.
Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. AA
9q Newcastle - - 41. -30 s Od to 385 "0-‘1
37 Sunderland - - 19,1 -29 s Od to 40$
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Of
MARSH, STRACY, AND Co.—At a Meetiri to
the Creditors of this firm, on Friday last, it was determinetyis,
commence legal proceedings against the Trustees of a Mrs.
ney, for the recovery of .the amount (3 or 400014 which he
had received upon a policy of assurance illegally assigned to tai
by the late Henry Fauntleroy. And the creditors also corlse,l3, of
that the assignees should have power to compromise a
44,0001. due to the estate, from a Mr. Thomas, a bricknaws
for 24,0001. payable in eighteen months.

A late Philadelphia paper says—" When °oer
mail stage from the eastward had arrived within two miles 13-•
Frankford, the horses took fright at an elephant which s(iis
passing along the road, and upset the carriage. six Persl3d,
who were within escaped without serious injury ; but the ae-ta
riage was so materially damaged that another was oblige'
be used."
the
M. LAURENT MEJAN, banker, Paris, ,he
Swedish Consul General, has lately been honoured bY jet
King of Sweden with the insignia of Knighthood of the Or
of Gustavus Vasa. le'
The Director-in-Chief of the Post-Odes
partment in Russia, has published this year a very useful Creoe
dar for travellers, as it lays down, with great accuracy, al'
high-roads of the Russian empire, the towns, &c., and c".bi
tains, besides, (in the Russian and French languages) Aa
stract of the posting-regulations.