The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-14 00:00:00

ISSUE DR

Notes issued £33,298,790

£33,298,790
BANKING Di
l'roprietors'Capi-__

tail - £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.

Accounts 6.312,206
Other Deposits 18,312,239
Seven Days and
other Bills 503,078

£43,025,723

The chief meteorological features of the week,
as recorded at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
were as follows :—Mean height of the barometer,
29-450 in. The barometrical readings increased
from 29.24 in. at the beginning of the week to
29.73 in. on Tuesday, the 4th inst., decreased to
29-59 in. on Wednesday, increased to 29-69 in. on
Thursday, decreased to 28-91 in. on Saturday, and
was 29.18 in. at the end of the week. The mean
temperature of the air was 45.2 deg., or 8.9 deg.
above the mean temperature of corresponding
weeks in 50 years (181363), as determined
by Mr. Glaisher from the thermotnetrieal observa-
tions taken at the Royal Observatory. The
highest day temperature was 50.9 deg. on
Saturday last. The lowest night temperature
was 37.2 deg., on Wednesday and Thursday.
The entire range of temperature in the week was,
therefore, 13.7 deg. The mean temperature was
above the average on every day in the week. The
mean of the highest temperature of the water of the
Thames was 40.6 deg. ; that of the lowest was 38.5
deg. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete
saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to
the amount of 0.79 in. The general direction of the
wind was S.W., S.S.W, and W.S.W.
BUDGET OF MISCELLANEOUS.—The new American
postage stamps will be the size of the old stamps, and will
comprise the heads of the following distinguished men :
One cent, Franklin, by Burton; two cents, Jackson, by
Powers; three cents Washington, by }louden; six cents,
Lincoln, by Volk; ten cents, Jefferson, by Powers; twelve
cents, lay, by Hart; fifteen cents, Webster, by Clerenged;
twenty-four cents, Scott, by Coffee; thirty cents, Hamil-
ton, family bust; forty cents, 0 H. Perry, by Wolcutt.
Frank Leslie adds, 'Let us hope the Government will
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new hotel in New York, the " Southern Hotel," now
building, will be the largest hotel in America. It will
cost $2,114,000, one-fourth being for the furniture;
will accommodate 2,000 guests, has 700 rooms, 1,500
windows, 2,000 doors, four dining rooms, six par-
lours, and be in all respects the " Hotel of
the Period." The New York Herald refers any
one not satisfied with this palatial edifice to St. Peter's at
R me, or the "late Coliseum of the Hub."—Governor
Campbell, of Wyoming, has signed the Woman Suffrage
Bill, passed by the Democratic Legislature of that Terri-
tory. This makes the bill a law, and now, for the first time
in America, the right of women to vote has been legally
recognised by a political community.—There are 32,000
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will go out on a Saturday.—A game of chess, lasting ten
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