The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-16 00:00:00

THE HURRICANE IN SCOTLANIit
The following interesting details regarding the hurr;Pl2;
have been supplied by Professor Nichol of our observato7 ;'
—" I have now had experience of a good many storms hires!
but sS;stinly none of them at all equalled in fury the gale ..,
this morning. 'he devastation caused by it in the dis_pu''
over which it has . passed must have been quite uisPr°*
dented. The facts, as observed at this Observatory, are
following :—About 1 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the baro'
meter began to fall. It was then 29156 (corrected per tetiati;
perature), and it fell very gradually, by a small guano%
each hour, so that at midnight it stood at 28.980. ,
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wind was not high as yet. Towards, the evening it bir':
fresh, but nothing more. The subsequent occurrences (1,
too important to be passed over with only a general
and I therefore give them in a table :
4th March. Height of . Force of Direction of
Hour. Barometer. Wind. Wind.
1 A.m. 28.944 s'.- S.
2 —.855 10-- S.
3 _.779 12.-- S.
4•— —lO5 23. t;•5
--628 28. S.
6 —.566 29. S.
7 —.546 30. S.
8-- —.526 37. S. slightly R 9
--480 45. S. by W-
-10 —.549 S. by W. notice
11 —.680 S. W.
:-••793 ~as 11
The temperature at eight in the morning was 47 degr— ss
seconds of Fahrenheit, at nine it was 45 degrees 5 serlll
and at ten, 46 degrees 114 seconds. The force of the 'o'l°. ii
the foregoing table is expressed in pressure of pounds' noes,
on a square foot. The record of force ceases at nine o'c 0
as the tempest then broke the part of the aneuleorc
which indicates it.- I was too much engaged lii „is;
having regard to the safety of the house to take PArt'`tjut!
note of minute changes ; but I have reason to believe
_,,,,
the storm at that time was near its maximum. One Peat
liarity very much struck me. In general these liu,srflctso i
come in mere gusts of great waves. This one dot *" f tilt
but I never have known a storm in which the power 0 sin,
gust was so persistent ; the pencil of the anemometer re,retos
ing at its full height for a very considerable space ca moll
The dynamic effects of the wind here have been quite 7,5, rl.
to what the indications of the anemometer would psel),4's-bel
for. A front window of the observatory was early, °3oos
in ; and, but fur the aid afforded by a visitor in to! 'dip
and Mr. Johnston, farmer, at Horslet-hill, in barrat?,,,,
the shutters, I make no doubt that the roof of the bailor...,
would have been carried off. The. stand of the flersclin
telescope was blown down under peculiar circumstances. A,
was secured by strong ropes to heavy stones buried litsy;t
ground. The rope, attaching it to one of the stones, bre,Acci
but the other stone, a block two feet square, and about
and
in thickness, was torn from the earth, and tossed ten Y,D,
from its place l' The magnetic house is levelled to it,,
ground ; but, what is most strange, its floor.-consistieLo
very heavy beams, has been driven some aix yards 'oil
where it was. Fortunately, no instrument, excePti sal
trifling damage to the anemometer, has suffered. httis
quite at a loss to account for this storm. It gave verflibol.
if any, premonition of its approach I think it nsust,stst
been a storm of translation, or a moving whirlwind ofi }
radius, but of immense power. If that was its charactertoo
op
same. thing will be found to be-the case as occurred
last great gale, at all similar to this, when Professoc.Tif,
informed me, that at the Royal Observatory at Greevior
the atmosphere underwent no commotion whatever. riots
posing soy conjecture accurate, I would expect very °lce'
intelligence from both coasts of Ireland ; from tbe 0
coast of England,. as far south as Liverpool, and fro o
north. But it were quite wrong to speak dogmatics
so obscure a subject."—Glcisgow Argus.

STATE OF TRADE.
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FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARaIr .."'" • irrelt
wools have not been in much request during the P:soisd'
and only a limited amount of business has been U
Prices remain steady.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, MARCIf is ;,
demand for combing and clothing wools remains fiats toe'
limited to the immediate wants of the Wand°. f
Prices are quoted the same as for the last few weeks. ,its
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 13.—The 07600,
the market for both long and short wool is much 411000 J
In consequence of the lightness of stocks, short woe-010
recede much, if any, in price; but in order to area
long wool, lower rices must be submitted to. 1 l
LEEDS.—Last Satorday there were more goods soli;
Cloth Halls than on any market day
during
sro
past two months, but on Tuesday the of
one
;of the dullest since the commencement .
; ,fril
year. Notwithstanding the dull state of trams
the great caution of the manufacturers in litnitirt
ib
production, the stocks in the Halls continue lovi
season ; in prices there is no alteration. Business b'nos
a little be:ter in the warehouses this week; mom 00
buyers have been in the town than for some time PI—
business in the home trade is rather improving. P
HECKHONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, MARCH L...ra rer
have been two very indifferent markets this week sou 00'1
small attendance of buYers; notwithstanding, wo°l torsos
fur blankets keeps firm, which makes very little al—
in prices.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—We cannot State is
improvement in the demand fur combing wools. Otie,isikil,
ners only buy fur their immediate wants. It was on, 0P
expected that the slackness of demand would bring fe:
prices, but this has proved a mistake. ' Prices CO
markably firm, and in fact stocks cannot be replaced /'.0,41:
timeic'eflita:
prices. Most of the spinners are running a.hort
order only. There are as yet no appearances a irnpr?octcf,
in the yarn market, which is an extremely unsatlnciairs..4l
state for both buyer and seller. There were loore
for pieces to-day, and on the whole much ino;e too°.
done. Prices were, however, the same as for the l•L't
three weeks. .0 lEVio
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—There was no period to
in which some departments of our cloth InoilitePts+
as depressed, at least, prices not so low, as during sre o,oai
sent week, Reference is made to shirtings, whica st
lower than ever known, and if the mills continue
work, and both demand and money continue as t;ar
they at present are, goods must further recede; 0,01;
up the excess above the demand is deemed lairvisfoi
Other kinds of goods are also lower, and the oies"
indeed closes most heavily. Yarns are nearly as 5,.,c,
as goods, a-d the buyer has again a decided advanteb„4?l,
LEICESTER.—Great complaints still exist both a",e10),
the London and country hosiers, and a general defi,eries,,i
remains in the market. The uncertain state of lotiaee,
affairs no doubt has great effect in producing th,i3,14 10,11
things, together with the continued scarcity of casoci giv
cantilo purposes. Worsted yarns are very flat, 0011111
spinners are working short time. Wools remains ste.
but little doing.—Leicester Journal..

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THE DOUBLE COMET. „if"
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The Paris correspondent of the Augsburg Gaze yro &I'
the following account of a recent sitting of lbe 0 r:
Academy of Sciences:—"Fresh communication "ft
made respecting the double comet. According got) .
advices the cele,tial stranger was seen on thew Ail;
January in a single, and on the 28th in a (lc!! 001 A
il.
and it must therefore be supposed that it bro°° :ir
.ass 0°
in the interval I It is now represented that I tbeil
on the 12th of January, in Washington, and 49t1;rd
in Konigsberg, as a double comet, and that ace Car A
the division must have taken place still earlier. 05
12th of February, both the nuclei, according` ag :0 raft
calculation, were about 2.000 degrees apa32,,ratitail
other, and the observations made seem to in"Tii. s',,,e
the distance was increasing more and more. 045 rite
peculiarity is now added to this dor% dos •
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Both nuclei stand so that a line call be e;
through them almost perpendicular to 0 le
and therefore a northern and souther° ops '/I
exists. At first the southern nucleus ~,bieb'ty
brighter than the other, to discern t"poof 0(
far greater magnifying power was required ; hembiatfel,
reverse is the case, and the northern neuckta 'heriliil
brighter than the southern. What we are to 0001
this matter, nobody knows. I pity the astic )
10
Comets were always awkward customers ft ii, stO
them a great deal of trouble. This very si',so.-,e
however, was one of the most well-bred of the
two id(
It went round the sun decently and orderly je ti,Jol'
and a quarter, and only disturbed itself so far., pa'/
vent too close a reckoning ; and now
i vvben lvrescl
ready wandered for a length of time n th° ri„„,
path of a peaceful heavenly body, it auddenii toot/
perli aps,.from inward fermentation, to the most ; deli
schisms and most fearful divisions. It mustjib 0, CI
a real piece of good luck that the 11125 S of sone cot f,
is too small to exercise any considerable innlir, steds
its neighbours ; there still remains, howeie colpill,
nosing examLle, At the last sitting of the.net,o V'
was affirmed that old Chinese books, still e,ist'-.0100
predicted similar casualties in the starry ts' eesil 0
this antiquated consolation appears to me a,te bill,/
insufficient, even it' it proves convincingly t",ipe
ground and the legitimate correctness of the iw ,Al
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CHILD KILLED Br A. BIILLOCK.--.1" 4110 /
held at Burnham. on Tuesday last, before Will !II
jun., Esq., deputy coroner, touching the des,tbat !.A.l,
Stephens, aged eight years. It appeared , toteNtry
previous Thursday Mr. Thomas kiuddartosoll 4,1
Burnham, was driving up the street a ivlOtior
bullock, knee.banded in the usual nianner,ent . /II
had driven from the marshes, and it vl, the., r
along until it arrived at about the middle °', 00' 4
It seems to have been then frightened liar lolly
pig, and when opposite to the yard of the P goo.►4
which the deceased and another little girl, welet ale b'
ran at them. The deceased fled into the yard, but
fr
followed, and tossed her a height of two ass tbs:sol
She tell under a four-wheel chaise, and Latecl,yel
tected from further mischief. The in." o bi" A
in doing° neer
made further attempts to get at andher, 5 pllO 1,:. 4
chaise. It then took to the fields, where it vrearicoly 1101.
eventually killed. The deceased was eft get
anion
"said
that she died ou Saturday last. Her eoiri,). io
escaped with only slight bruises.—Verdicl,l,Cheli
death,"chroni c 1
e. with a deodand of Is. upon the bullocii
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BIRTHS , ate
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On the 11th inst., at Heller Cottage, Lostw. Sit!
Colman Rashleigh, Esq„ of a son. , the
ad/ of
On the 13th lust., at the School House, ROPY, •
Dr. Tait, of a daughter. _,....
On the 13th inst., Mrs. T. Teape, of a son. „„ts,
01 oor
On the 1 lth inst., at the Rectory, Essendol:l, ll' ,p ,
W ebb, of a son. lig! 00.
On .he 12th inst., at Finchley, Mr. George I'l til o
street, Hanover-square, of a daughter. Larnbeti) ir
On the 12th inst., at Mawbey House, S
of a "outh ~,DO,/
Jams Thorne, Esq., of a son. 6,
On the 13. h inst., Mrs. Parnell, of Bryanston-a/
AfARBIED. v 4, of o°,o'r
On the 12th inst., at Wintham, W. A. Balsa, ..'-',,-.'ofilr relSll,
Peckham, to Grace daughter of Thomas Turner, r,''''.'y D. •
, , adili , _, 01
On the 12:h lust , at st. James's enurch, 1 itc ~...4., 0"-
Esq., M.D., to Jane, daughter of the late C. Dottrell, -.' f(
Cornwall. tool/1181'
On the 12th inst., at Paulers Perry, Nortliallood da,,,4.,./
Cobbett, Esq., of Stratford, Essex, to Frances,o_goptonbP" J,
the late henry Elliott, Esq., of Ileathencote, ..N r .a.p.
On the let inst., in Bedford-pilaEcae, SOP ).
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Esq., surgeon, aged 48. the 0111/ S oi
On the 8!h inst. at Brighton, Miss llolnle4,
sister of the late Colonel G. Holms C B are' pt
s, • • gar% if.
On the 9th inst., at Rodney-terrace, Cheltenbaln„, ~, , 1
_,
On the 14th inst., in Charlotte-street,
of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Watts, age. 'crow."' r
Russell-square, to
Richard Snart, Esq., aged 66. ...inCS, 6,
On the 14th inst., Henry William, only 6013:gottft::: jl.---
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B. Aldred, of Holborn of
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Croydon, Surrey. 1,-;
On the 14th inst., Margaret
..hin Mary Anne, DerO'ori
11 oftl
On the 3d inst., at 31adrid, Ellen, widoweoldfc:4o;:edlitso°ll
On the 101 h lust., Charles Frank Fletcher, tits set,w'
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Charles Fletcher, Esq., of Wandsworth. .
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zi.....nd, i': 1,1,1, .it ble ',hit 1,11,e, .No. Stral:AtodAls
of the Savoy, I.LI the Coluity of 3,1111411005,
16, 1846. ,