The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-02 00:00:00

THE SUN,

late member for the ward, was opposed by Mr. Simone, I
also a Conservative; who coalesced with Mr. Clifford, the
late Whig-Radical councillor for the wird. The result
was that Mr. Shackel end Mr. Clifford were elected, the
first-named gentleman by a large majority.
WORCESTER.—Yesterday being the day appointed
under the Municipal Reform Act for the election of
town councillors in the place of those retiring in rota
Lion, the occasion called forth an unusual activity and
bustle among the several political parties in this city.
Hitherto the municipal elections here have gone off
with little display of opposition or party spirit ; but on
this occasion there have been contests in three out of
the five wards. St. Nicholas Ward—ln this ward,
Messrs. Jones and Harding (Liberals) were the retiring
councillors, and in their stead have been elected, Messrs.
F. Hall and James Corbett, of the same party; Mr. West,
a Conservative, was put in nomination but rejected.
St. John's Ward—Mr. Ward (Liberal) was re-elected,
A feigned opposition on the score of economy was got up,
but no other candidate was polled for than Mr. Ward.
St. Peter's Ward—ln this ward Messrs. Hood and Lucy
(Liberals), and Chamberlain (Conservative), retired.
They were again put in nomination for re-election, to-
gether with Mr. E. L. Williams (Liberal). The three
Liberals, Messrs. Lucy, Williams, and Hood, were re-
lected, the Liberal party thus gaining one vote in the
ward. Claines Ward—Three Liberals, Messrs. Hughes,
Southan, and Walter, retired, and Mr. Hughes was re-
elected ; Messrs. Goodwin and Kinder (Liberals) being
chosen in the room of Messrs. Walter and Southan. All
Saints' Ward—The great contest of the day was in this
ward, and prov. d one of the closest struggles for local
representaion that has ever taken place hero. The Con.
strvatives supported Messrs. Stallard, Read, and H
Webb ; and the Liberals nominated Messrs. Southan,
Jones, and Mountford. It was not until after five o'clock
that the numbers were declared by the assessors as fol-
lows :—Mr. Stallard (Conservative), 117, elected ; Mr.
11. Webb (Conservative), 117, ditto ; Mr. Mountford
(Liberal), 115, ditto ; Mr. Read (Conservative), 110 ;
Mr. Suuthan (Liberal), 109 ; Mr. Jones (Liberal), 106.
A large msjerity of-the coma are Liberals.
DovEn.—Yesterday came off the election of six coun-
cillors for this borough, in the room of a like number
who go out by rotation. The out-going members were
5 Tories and 1 Liberal. The affair, for the first time
for many years, passed off without opposition, and the
result is the return of 4 Liberals and 2 Tories. Pre-
♦iously the Liberals had a large majority, and the num-
bers in the council now are 18 Liberals and 6 Tories.
Hume—Little interest is now taken in the election of
fit and proper persons to fill the responsible situation of
town-councillors. The different ward meetings are but
thinly attended, and even the few that do attend cannot,
although Liberals, agree amongst themselves. Out of
the seven wards in Hull two have been contested by men
professing the same political creeds, one by the Tories,
and five uncontested; but of those five, one respected
councillor has been surreptitiously superseded by an-
other person, through the instrumentality of the clique
having the confidence hitherto of the Liberal section of
the ward. Such conduct, though gratifying for the mo-
ment to the perpetrators of the joke, must bring its own
punishment. The result of the election is to place one
Tory in one ward, and displace one in another; thus, as
regards politics, leaving the council same as last year.

REMARKS ON THE WEATHER DURING THE QUARTER
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1848. BY JAMES GLAISHER
ESQ., OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.
With the exception of a few days in July, and the
period between the 9th and 23d of September, the wea-
ther during the quarter ending September 30, 1848, was
wet, with very little sunshine. The month of August
was extremely wet, and in many places the falls of rain,
both in July and September, were unusually great. So
much rain falling i❑ a period immediately following the
previous bad weather, renders the season and the year
very remarkable. On July 1, the mean temperature of
the air was 8 deg. 4 min. below the average value of the
same day in the seven preceding years, and on the 6th
it was 12 deg. 2 min. in excess above the average ; on
the former day the mean temperature was 46 deg. 7 min.,
and on the latter day it was 74 deg. 0 min. On the 9th
it was three degrees below the averrge; and on the 14th
it was 9 deg. 4 min, above the average; and on the 15th
it was again below the average. These changes were
great and abrupt. From July 11 to September 19 the
imperature of the air was almost always below
the average value, and particularly so between the 11th
and 15th of September; on the 12th, the departure from
the average was 12 deg. 6 min. From the 20th of
September to the end of the quarter the temperature of
the air ranged somewhat above the average value. The
hottest day in the year was July 6, and this day was the
hottest all over the country. On an average of seven
years, the hottest day is July 5.
/n pursuance of the arrangement hitherto followed, I
will speak of each subject of investigatio❑ separately.