The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

his Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. IF.I C. I. S.
9 a.m.
------- -
Nairn 29'87 51 46 W.S.W. 4 6 C. 3
Aberdeen
Leith..
Berwick 29•90 54 49 W.N.W. 5 I 21 b. 1
Ardrossan 29 97 51 60 N. i 2 41 c. 2
Shields
Galway ...
Sorborough 296 50 N.N.W. 3 41 c. 3
Liverpoola
Valenta 3OlB 55 49 W.N.W. 2 9' o. 3
Rueenstown 30•14 58 56 N.N.W. 2 3. b. 1
tiarmouth 1
29.99 65 53 N.I
C.
56 c 3
London 110'01 56 49 N.W. 4 3;b.
Dover ... .
Portsmou•th
Plymouth • ; 80•10 58 52 N.N. W. 3 1 o. 2
Penzance .
, :10." 59 " N.E. 3 2 0. 2
Jersey ........130 09 69 55 N. 5 2i b. 2

EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true.—
not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :-11, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
, fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow • t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

MAILS FOR NORWAY.—The steam packet corn-
raunication between Denmark and Norway having been
re-established, the mails from the United Kingdom for
Norway will be conveyed direct by sea from Denmark to
Norway instead of via Sweden, until further notice. The
Tate of postage to be taken on letters addressed to Norway
will be ls. 4d. the half ounce, and so on, according to the
scale in operation for charging inland letters. This rate
comprises both the British and Foreign postage on the
fitters to the place of their destination, and it may be either
paid in advance or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at
the option of the sender; except, however, in the case of
registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the
registration fee, must be paid in advance.—By command of
the Postmaster-General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
Clieneral Post-office, 24th May, 1861.

OXFORD, MAY 23.—DEATH OF THE PRINCIPAL
OF ST. ALBAN HALL.—It is with much regret we have to
announce the death of Edward Cardwell, D.D., F.R.S.,
Principal of St. Alban Hall, in this university, and uncle of
the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.A., of Balliol College,
and M.P. for the city of Oxford, which took place after a
short but severe illness early this morning. Dr. Cardwell
Was highly esteemed throughcut the university and city,
and the poor of Oxford will have to deplore the loss of one
of their greatest benefactors.
A Fox CAUGHT IN LOMBARD-STREET.—About a
Week ago Mr. Phillips, proprietor of the Langbourne Coffee-
house, in Ball-court, Lombard-street, was aroused in the
mihimdle of the night by a police-constable, who informed
media te therely were thieves in his kitchen. Mr. Phillips im-
made a minute examination of his premises, without, how-
ever, discovering intruder an, . or traces of anything be-
yond some disturbance of his
cooking
the time he attributed to a
cat Occasional
which at
noises were
heard
dnring subsequent nights,
b
110 further but "poor pussy" was
p Ana
notice. was taken
of the circumstance until 'Wednesday mornmg., when one
of Mr. Phillips's servants, having occasion to
o
go into
an unfrequented coal vault, started a fine dog-fox, which
being discovered gave chase, and, after creating alarm and
Consternation among the kitchenmaids, rs.n to earth under
some of Allsopp's ale barrels in the beer cellar. It Was some
time before anybody could be found with the requisite
courage to unearth " Reynard," but at length one more
sturdy than his fellows got fast hold of the brush, and,
dragging the "varmint" out from his beery quarters, car-
tied him off in triumph to Leadenhall-market, whence, on
inquiry, the brute is said to have escaped about three weeks
Since. Where the creature has found cover during this long
period in the heart of the city of London no one can tell, but
'r. Phillips proposes to celebrate its capture in Lombard-
street by Preserving the skin, a glass case over his door-