The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-13 00:00:00

TH W EAT H ER

EiTnAcr from a 41ItTEonoLootcAr. JOURNAL for NO-
VEMBER, 1825, kept at the OBSERVATORY of the ROYAL
A CADEmY, Gosport, Hants :

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" The weather this month has hPett mostly
wet and stormy, very variable in the temperature and pres-
sure, and the lower stratum of air generally in a state of con-
densation, accompanied with unwholesome currents of wind,
which were sometimes opposite, and at other times crossed each
other at right angles. The effects of this weather upon the
human constitution have been, in many instances, in this
neighbourhood, severe attacks of rheumatism and colds
During the Bth, 9th, and 10th inst. two inches and a half of
rain and hail fell here, with a low barometer, and piercing
winds from the North and North-east. At the time of these
heavy gales many vessels were wrecked along the. Western
coast, and a great part.of their crews drowned. In the night of
the 29th, and morning of the 29th, much lightning and thunder
occurred here, with torrents of rain. and hail. The peals of
thunder being mostly in the zenith as the 'storms passed over,
they were therefore near and very loud, the lightning often
forked ; and the hailstones of a large size lay in heaps hi
the gutters some hours after their descent. The ,contrast be-
tween the lightning and a lighted candle in the bed-chamber,
was remarkable; the former appeared bright and vivid, and
the latter of a dull red colour. The awfully grand appear--
ance of the clashing elements was observed nearly at the same
time at Winchester, in the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, &c., but
earlier at Guildford, notwithstanding the wind here Was from
the S.W, point; therefore, it is probable the storm was brought
on by reverse winds. The mean temperature of the external
air this month is comparative low, so cold a November not
having been felt here since that in 11320; and it is three one-
third degrees lower than the mean of that month for the last
nine years. There was a difference or 21?1 degrees in the mean
temperature of the air between the 2d and 12th ! In conse-
quence of the many frosty nights and rainy days, spring water
has decreased in temperature two antra half degrees this month.
The maximunz temperature of the air has occurred 7 different
nights, instead of in the days.
The atmospheric and meteoric phenomena that have come
within our oiiservation this month, are two lunar halos, fourteen
meteors; two rainbows, lightning and thunder in the night of
the 28th. and mortsing of the 29th; and ten gales of wind, or
days on which they have prevailed, namely, two from N.E.,
one from S., six from S.W., and one from the West.

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" Evaporation for the month, 1.400 inches ; rain in the plu-
vial-) eter, near the ground, 4.725; • prevailing winds, S.W.
and W.

"Clouds.—Cirrus 13; Cirrocumulus, 10; Cirrostratus, 26 ;
Stratus, 1 ; Cumulus, 12 ; Cumulostratus. 21 ; Nimbus, 24.
" A scale qf the prevailing Winds—N., 3i ; N.E., 1 ; E. 1;
S.E., ; S., 1 ; 5.W.,-6 ; W., 9; N.W., B.—Days 30.
" Summary of the Weather.—A clear sky, 4' • fine, with va-
rious modifications of clouds, 10 ; an overcast sky without rain,
; rain, 7i.—Total 30 days." '

The whole of the materials_ of the houses,
guard-room, and lodge, to the Lower Mews; Charing-cross,
were yesterday sold by auction, including the Mews Gate pub-
lic-house.

The Rev. Charles Mummery, convicted at the
last Northumberland Assizes, of stealing in a dwelling-house at
North Shields, has been sent from the hulks to New South
Wales.—(Durham Advertiser.)