The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-08 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

Extract from a very interesting METEOROLOGICAL Jo tit NAL,
for DEC. 1821, kept at the OBSERVATORY of the ACADEMY
(Dr. BURNEY'S), GOSPORT :
" We have to record the most dreary and the most disastrous
month, that appears, to our knowledge, in the Meteorological
history of this country. The rains, winds, temperature, both
of the air and spring water, atmospherical electricity, lightning,
and thunder, [have all occurred in very considerable excess, and
for the most part unparalleled within the British Isles ; and
the pressure of the incumbent atmosphere diminished beyond
comparison.
" Rain has fallen here, more or less, every day, except on
the 6th, 11th, 12th, and 15th, the aggregate amountirfg to be-
tween seven and eight inches in depth ! that is 1-59 inch more
than we have registered in any former monthly period, and al-
most double the quantity of what we consider as a wet month
in this latitude. So copious was its descent on the days and
nights of the 24th and 28th, that it amounted to 2-72 inches.
" The impetuous winds are said to have more resembled the
Typhons of the East than the sturdy gales of England. The
squalls or gusts at intervals were certainly as powerful as the
hurricane we experienced here on the 4th and sth of March,
1818, but their extreme violence was only transitory.
" The following are the number of hard gales, or days on which
they have prevailed, this month, viz. four from S. E., ten from
S. W., and two from the West.
" In our own neighbourhood much damage has been done
to landed property by the united efforts of the high winds and
heavy falls of rain ; but the ships in Portsmouth Harbour and
ar Spithead have braved the tempests in safety. Nearly the
whole of Southsea-common and Stokes-bay-marsh were, during
some days, inundated ; and the fortifications around the neigh-
bourhood slightly injured, besides the overflowing of the car-
riage-roads, low grounds, and cellars, by the collection of rain-
water from the hills and lands lying above the general plane.—
It should, however, be observed, that none of the tides in Ports-
mouth Harbour rose so high by nine inches as in the night of
the 4th of March, 1818.

THE THIEF CAUGHT NAPPINC—The family of
Mr. CUMMING, of Cannonbury-Terrace, New-
road, being to spend their Christmas at their
Cottage, near Highgate, left their house in the
care of a t rusty man servant and his wife. Yester-
day morning, on the man's getting up, he was
surprised to find a young fellow, about twenty,
sitting in an arm chair in the kitchen, fast asleep,,
with a couple of bottles and a glass before,
him on the table ; the plate and other va-
luable articles were packed up ready to be
carried off. It appeared that he had en-
tered by a back window ; but that after effect-
ing his object of plunder, he was unable to
resist the tempting juice of the grape ; he
regaled himself with a bottle and a half of
wine, when he sunk into the arms of Morpheus,
in which state he was discovered with the bot-
tles and glass before him, as above stated : the
man servant, with the assistance of his wife,
searched him, and found a gold ring, some beads
and silver spoons in his pockets. The servant
being satisfied with the recovery of the property,
and finding that no part was carried off, gave the
thief a good thrashing, and, unfortunately for the
ends of justice, kicked the villain out of doors,
by which means he escaped legal punishment.—
The servant, on reflection, was sorry to let him
escape, and went immediately in search of him,
but to no purpose ; and yesterday he gave a de-
scription of his person at the Police Offices.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—Eris' IVemps,Dec.
31, 1821..70n Saturday last, three sailors, be-
longing
to this place, went out in a fishing-boat
to ascertain if all on board the ship Wemyss,
Captain BISSET, from Riga, that had just made
her appearance off this coast, were well. On
their return, and within 20 yards of the shore,
the boat was upset amidst the breakers, when all
went down. Two of them vverz by a wave in-
stantaneously, as it were, washed to the land,
and were thus extricated from their perilous si-
tuation, without sustaining any injury whatever.
The body of the other, whose name was Morgan,
and that of a young man named COSENS, belong-
ing to the parish of Dysart, were not found till a
considerable time afterwards, so long, indeed, as
to render every attempt to restore ania4ation-
altogether ineffectual. To describe the scene
that ensued on shore, among relatives and
friends, immediately upon the upsetting of the
boat, would require the pencil of ,a masterly
hand. Men and women were running here and
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