The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-07 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

EXTRACT from a METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL for MAY,
1826, kept at the OBSERVATORY of the ROYAL ACADEMY,
GOSPORT, HANTS
" The first part of this month was wet, and the latter part
generally dry. Several sudden transitions have occurred in
the temperature of the air, as is commonly the case in May,
and there were slight frosts in the nights ofthe 18th, 14th, 27th,
and 28th. Some of the days and nights have been thirteen
degrees colder than others; and the decrease in temperature
between the 24th and 28th was thirty degrees ! The showers
of rain and heavy dews after the hot sunshine, have been
found beneficial for the grass lands, the young wheats, and
to vegetation in general. From the thundery state of the pre-
vailing compound modifications of clouds, produced by op-
posing currents of air, several blighty days have been expe-
rienced, which, with the before-mentioned frosty nights, did
great injury to the wall fruits, and destroyed 'a great part of
the" pears, plums, &c., that seemed to have been firmly set.
In the nights of the 4th, sth, 15th, and 23d, there was much
sheet lightning, which sometimes terminated in storms of rain
and loud claps of thunder from the poising Nimbi ; and the
greater part of the day of the 28th, we had vivid lightning and
thunder, accompanied with heavy passing showers of rain and
hail. As often as thunder clouds have appeared in the day-
time, the upper and under currents of air have either crossed
each other at right angles, or met from nearly opposite points
of the compass, and from the position of the vanes and the mo-
tion of the clouds, their electric state appeared to have been oc-
casioned by their different united temperatures.
" The mean temperature of the external air this month, is
two and a half degrees higher than that of last May, and up.
wards of one degree higher than the mean of that month for a
long series of years. The mean temperature of spring water has
increased one degree this month.
" The atmospheric and metoric phenomena that have come
within our observation this period, are four solar halos, six me-
teors, two rainbow's, lightning six different nights, thunder on
two; and four gales of wind, on days on which they have pre.
veiled. namely, three from N.E. and one from S.E.
" The double rainbow that appeared between six and seven
o'clock in the evening of the 28th instant, was remarkable for
its continuance, and its many bows of colours. The yellow,
orange, and feint violet of both the interior and exterior bow,
were very bright for nearly a quarter of an hour. Under the
yellow of the interior bow there were three light crimson bows,
with two light green bows between them ; so that eight distinct
bows of colours composed the interior rainbow. -a circumstance
that seldom happens in the appearance of this beautiful me.
teoric Iris.
" Evaporation for the month, 4,900 inches ; rain in the plu.
viameter, near the ground, 2,995 inches ' • rain in ditto, 23 feet
high, 2,730 inches; prevailing winds, N.E.
" Seth 'of the prevailing. Winds.—N. 3 • N.E. 7 ; E. 4 ;
S.E. 4i : 8 3 ; S.W. 4; W. 3 ; N.W. 21-31 days.
" Clot-dr.—Cirrus, 21 ; Cirrocumulus, 21 ; Cirrostratus, 29 ;
Stratus, 1 ; Cumulus, 25 ; Cumulostratus, 27 ; .Nimbus, 18.
Suenenone of the Weather..A clear sky 4 ; fine, with vari-
ous modification, of clouds, .17 ; an overt:let sky without rain,
4 ; rain 54 ;-31 days."
" GOSPORT OBSERVATORY, MAY 31, 1825.
" ECLIPSE OF THE Moose.— The southern side of the
Earth's shadow came in contact with the Earth's northern limb,
at Ilh. 48m. 345. p.m. mean time here. The greatest shade
upon the Moon's upper limb, or middle of the eclipse, was at
12h. lm. 19s. and at the end. of the eclipse at 121 i. 15m. 50s.
There was no interesting appearance in this eclipse, -as it was
merely an apparent contact of the 'Earth's shadow with the
Moon's upper limb as they passed each other, the greatest elm-
slow of the Earth upon the Moon's *disc being only the 58th part
of her diameter: viewed through an achromatic telescope, it
appeared very little mare than a Penumbra .upon. the Moon's
northern limb, as the latter wars well defined at the middle of
theeclipse. For a quarter of an hour before the beginning of
the eclipse; the lunar light on the ti:E. side of the Moon gra-
duelly diminished in br:ghtness. This arose liens two circurne
stances, namely, the approach of the Penumbra towards the
Moon, and the motion of the Earth's shadow and the Moon's
towards each other; as si "contrary apPearance to this pheno-
menon took.place at the separation , of: the shadow front the
Mooh."

A. Letter. from , Frankfort says, an epidemy has
shewn itself among the horses there, as ha; been,the case in.the
North of Europe aniot.linalaiide dangerous,
with
()It ' the'eiceptioa• that the
sy'nptoi
Saturday', fast
t .
fast Mrs. Ventura, alias Lady
Cockburn, appeared before If. M. Dyer,. Esq., the sitting
Magistrate,. at Marlborough-street, to establish her claim
to the pansy. of Saint George's, Hanover-square. Lady
Cockburn's dress exhibited a most wretched appearance, and
proved, beyond a doubt, that want and penury have of late
4e:a her constint compani(ms.• , On that lady-instituting a'cri-
, initial action against f Signor Ventura, he
_produced a Sir
James•Cookburzt, -IVITO claimed thi first Airs Ventura, as his
wife, and from whom he gated, he Inver was divorced. The
result was, the acquittal of Ventura, and which left the fe-
male, who was 'married 'to each of these gentlemen, destitute.
After that transaction', each said she had no claim*on them ;
being destitute, and without the means of gaining a livelihood,
she was compelled to apply to the parish for relief, and which
was given temporirily; in conseqUenee of which, Mr: Grist,
the assistant overseer, endeavoured to discover Sir '7-Cockburn,
and went to Admiral Sir G. Cock6urn, but who proved not to
be 'the Periort: After eonsiderable difficulty, he, however,
found the Sir J. Cockburn to,' be It clerk, in' the. Slaves' Colo-
nial Office, in consequence of which, %Ir. Grist, on Saturday,
relieved Lady Cockburn, at the 'office, with 2Kid previous 'to
Somoluning Sir.j.,COck.burn, to show cause why he reftWed to
Maintain his unfortunate lady.