The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

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larel"-en corms nding weeks of ,
58 the average tuber was 1,526. ,
At the Roy Obserratory, Greenwie
height of the barometer in the week win- kft-150ri s
The mean daily reading we as above 6
throughout the week, the same remark having been
applicable also to the last ,four days of the previous
week. The barometer fell from 30.27 in. one Sun-
day to 30.05 in. on Thursday, being respectively •
the highest and lefitleir in the week. The mean
temperature of the air in the week was 37-6 deg.,
which is 5.1' below the average of the same week in
43 years. The mean daily temperature was below
the average on every day, and on Monday and
Tuesday this depression was more than 9 deg. The
thermometer in the shade fell to 25.5 deg. on Mon-
day, the lowest point in the week ; and it rose to
49 deg. on Saturday, the highest. The range in the
week was theiefore 23.5 deg. The mean daily
range was 15 9 deg. The difference between the
mean dew-point temperature and air temperature
was 2.9 deg. The mean dEgree of humidity of the
air was 89 ;on Tuesday-the humidity reached 100,
the point which represents complete saturation.
The mean temperature of the water of the_ Thames
was 44.8 deg. There were fogs more or less dense
on Monday and Tuesday ; and on these days the
air was mostly calm, and the' temperature of the
Thames was about 45 deg., which was higher than
the highest temperature of the air, and 19 deg.
above the lowest. The wind blew from the S.E. on
Sunday, in the middle of the week from N.lst
and on the last two days from the S.W. No rain
was measured in the week.

RAILWAY INZELLIGEVCR.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AND DERWENT

VALLEY.

• The necessary Parliamentary notices have been
issued of an intention to apply for an act to make
an independent line of railway from the Stockton
and Darlington Railway, near the Consett Iron-
works by the way of the Vale of Derwent, to the
Newcastle and Carlisle RailWay_at 4cotswood-on--
the-Tyne. The promoters of -the- rine also seek
powers to enter into working arrangements with
the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company to
run into their station at Newcastle, and also with
the Stockton and Darliugton Railway Company to
run over their line. If this railway were made, it
would open out the Stockton and Darlington sys-
tem. to Newcastle and the Tyne by a line of rails
independent of the North-Eastern Railway.

SACRISTON JUNCTION AND SOUTH
SHIELDS.

Application will be made to Parliament in the
next session for leave to bring in a bill to incor-
porate a company, and to enable the company to
make and maintain a railway from the Sacriston
and IValdridge Colliery ltailways to South
Shields, and a branch from the Crag-head Colliery
Railway to join the main line at Pelton ; and
also for powers to put down coal-drops in the
Rivcr Tyne, in Shields .harbour ; and make sea
docks at the Trow Rocks and Frenchman's Bay,
on the Durham coast, a little to the south of
the Tyne. The object of this project is to secure
extensive shipping places for the Durham coal,
either in Shields harbour, or else, by extensive sea
docks, find an outlet immediately to sea for the coal
trade without entering any of the ports.