The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-20 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

The thermometer, at the Royal Exchange
yesterday, at ten o'clock in the morning was at 76 ; at one
o'clock it was advanced to 85 ; and subsequently it rose
as high as 86} ; but at five o'clock it was at 84g. A gentleman
standing on the Royal Exchange was struck by the sun, and
ran about for a considerable time in a state of delirium, until he
was assisted by his friends.

Though there is no doubt that the thermometer at the Royal
Exchange is an excellent one, it may be doubted how far its
situation is the best for ascertaining the relative heat of different
days. On Sunday, for instance, it is stated to have been three
degrees higher than at the same hour on Saturday ; but on
Sundays the great gates of the Exchange (close to one of which
the glass is) are kept shut, thereby both increasing the reflection
of heat upon the glass, and shutting out the current which af-
fects it on other days.
The following statement shews the /arrest degrees at which
the thermometer has stooc: during the night for the last week
in the open air, in the neighbourhood of Soho-square :
July 12. - - - - 61
13. . - - 60
14. - - - - ei
15. - - - -66 i
16. - - - - 65
17. - - . 65
18. - - - - 69
Frilly the thermometer at Hull stood at 112 in the sun, and
91 in the shade. Two of the horses, bringing the British Queen
coach from Scarborough, at a very moderate pace, died. One
of them dropped down dead in the harness, between Beverley
and the Beer-houses. The other languished, after its arrival,
about three hours, in the stable. At the Botanic Garden, at
12 o'clock, the thermometer was at 74 ; at nine, this morning,
it was at 73 in the shade, and in the sun at 99.—( Hall
Rockingham.)
The heat in Paris has been excessive for the last three
or four days, and disease is very prevalent. The morta-
lity among children has been very great. They are at-
tacked with dreadful vomitings, and without a change in
the disorder takes place, instances have occurred of their
being carried off in twenty-four hours. This malady, it is
presumed, is owing to the excessive use of fruit, particu-
larly cherries, which are almost the only food of the
younger and working classes at this season in France. The
glass on Friday was at 27 deg. Reaumur, making about 95
Fahrenheit.

At Brussels, on Friday last, the thermometer of Reaumur
was between 27 and 28 deg. (95 to 97, Fahrenheit.)
Owing '.) the heat of the weather, a valuable horse, the pro-
perty of John T. Tyrell, Esq. dropped down in a gig, near the
village of Stock, and expired soon after. Several other horses
of great value have died from the same cause.

The workmen have began to erect fencing-
round Buckingham House, at a considerable dis-
tance from the iron railing, preparatory to the
commencement of the alterations at that Palace.
The carriage road in front of such iron railing
will be included within the fencing. The Buc-
kingham-gate entrance is as yet passable for
horses and carriages, but the course of the road
will he altered.

The dress of the higher ranks of Arab women
is borrowed from the ancients. A zone placed
immediately below the bosom serves to confine a
loose robe, open in front, so as to display a pair
of rich pantaloons. The feet are covered with
embroidered slippers, but the ankle and instep
are naked ; and round the lower part of the leg
above the ankle they wear cinctures of massive
gold.

BATH, JULY 1 B.—T he following affecting cir-
cumstances recently occurred at Middlezoy, in this county.—
A woman residing at Taunton, named Rich, had been to
Bridgewater-market, and was returning to her home in a cart;
when she was descried by her little son, a child of only three
years of age. The fond creature, in the excess of his joy at
again seeing his mother, ran and laid hold of the wheel of the
cart in which she was riding ; when, distressing to relate, lie
was carried under it, and sustained a fracture in the skull, of
which he died on the following day. Mr. Caines, of Lang-
port, held an inquest on the body, when a verdict of "Acci-
dental Death" was returned.
HORRID SUICIDE,--A most dreadful instance
of self-destruction was discovered to have taken place yesterday
morning at No. 6, Sheppard's-court, Brook street, Grosvenor-
square. The deceased, it appears, was a saddler, named llem-
bertson, who occupied apartments in the above house, where he
had lately exhibited symptoms of mental derangement. On Mon-
day night last he returned home from his employment, and after
conducting himself in a strange manner, he proceeded to bed,
when he committed the rash act. Remaining up stairs longer
than he was in the habit of doing, his room was entered, when
he was discovered in bed, presenting the most horrific spectacle.
The bed was steeped with blood, the lower part of his person
was frightfully mutilated, and his throat cut from ear to ear.—
An alarm was instantly made, and a surgeon procured, but the
wounds, which had been inflicted some hours, were sufficient
to cause death immediately. Information was forwarded yes-
terday morning of the circumstances to T. limas, Esq., the
Coroner, who appointed an inquest to take place on the body.
This morning as the Duke of WELLINGTON'S
valet, ST. J on x, was returning home, about three
o'clock; from Vauxhall Gardens, in a boat with
some friends, when he expressed a wish to bathe,
and jumped into the river for that purpose, and
that moment sunk to rise no tnore. His body has
not yet been found.

THE KING, &c.
WzarDsou, 19.—This day, at three o'clock, a Privy
Council was held at Windsor Castle.—At a quarter past two,
the Ktwa left the Royal Lodge, in an open carriage, drawn by
four horses, and preceded by two outriders and a park-keeper.
His Majesty was dressed in a blue coat, with a brilliant star of
the Order of the Garter, and wore a straw hat of fashionable
dimensions. The Royal cortege proceeded through the Long
Walk, and under the newly-erected George the Fourth's gate.
way, into the quadrangle of the Upper Ward, and his Majesty
alighted at the grand entrance. The King was graciously
pleased to dispense with the customary formality of a military
escort.—The Council was held in the King's Audience Cham-
ber, and was attended by the Earl of Westmoreland, the
Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Harrowby, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and the Honourable W. Fremantle.
After the Council, his Majesty inspected the progress in
the renovation of the works at the Castle, Mid returned
to the Royal Lodge by the Little Park.—List evening,
at half after eight o'clock, her Royal Highness the Princess
Augusta arrived at Frogmore Lodge, in her travelling carriage,
accompanied by her Lady in Waiting.—The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, with Prince George and his Royal Sister, and
the Duchess f Gloucester, will arrive to-morrow on a visit to
the Princess.—The bells of St. George's Chapel and the parish
church rang this day in honour of the Anniversary of his Ma-
jesty's Coronation ; and at one o'clock a Royal Salute was fired
in the Bachelor's Acre.

Last evening the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of
Gloucester went to Kew.

Yesterday morning the Duke of Cambridge rode on horse-
back, attended by the Duke of Dorset, Master of the Horse.—
The Duchess of Cambridge went to Gloucester House yester-
day to visit the Duchess of GlouCester, accompanied by Prince
George and the Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Alfredft.
In a short time after they proceeded to the King's Palace at
Kensington, on a visit to the Duchess of Kent.

THE DUKE or YORK'S LEVEE.—Yesterday af-
ternoon, about five o'clock, the Duke of YORK, as Com-
mander-in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse
Guards; and although there were about seventy Personages
present, it only occupied the Royal Duke about an hour.
Among those present were, the Earl of Chatham, upon his re-
turn from Gibraltar; Lord George Hill, Lieutenant-General
Sir R. Ferguson, Lieutenant-General Sir R. Bolton, Sir J.
Shelley, Lieutenant-General Sir John Byng, Lieutenant-Gen.
Sir W. Pringle, Sir R. Ker Porter, Sir Charles Forbes, Lord
Bingham, Sir John Harvey, General Sir H. Warde, on his re-
turn from the West Indies ; General Hart, &c.

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