The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-25 00:00:00

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day, I
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn 29/0 43 40 W.S.W. 2 6 c. 2
Aberdeen 129/0 39 36 W.N.W. 3 1 b. 1
Leith . 29'96 42 40 N. 2 9 m. 2
Berwick I 29•94 43 40 W.N.W. 1 2 b.
Ardrossan j 29'91 43 41 S.S.W. 3 31 1?)..
Portrush 29.84 39 38 S.
Shields
Galway 29'90 44 42 S.W. 6 4 o. 4
Searborough 29.9s 43 i 41 W. 2 1 b. 2
Liverpool 130.03 42 41 S.E. 1 2 b. 1
Valentia 29•94 45 44 S.S.E. 3 8 o. 3
Queenstown 29 97 45 43 N.W. 2 4 c. 1
Yarmouth 30.00 44 43 1 N.E. 1 6m. 1
London 29 97 45 43 N.E. 2 9 m.
Dover
Portsmouth
155 N.E.
6 9 o.r
1.
Portland :129•96 45 42 N.E. 3 9 0. 3
Plymouth 29'96 44 i 40 N.E. 3 1 f. 2
Penzance .. —1
, 30'04 46 44 N.E. 1 4 b. 2
Jersey 29'92 47 I 45 E. I 3 5 b. 2
EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer. corrected and reduced

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 :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., 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).

WIND AND WEATHER ItEfuni, "../.
Bradford, S.W. ; foggy Gravesend, N.E.; cloudy
Birmingham, N.W. ; fine Harrogate, S.W.; dull
Brighton, N.N.W. ; fine Inverness, S.W.; fine
Cardiff, N.W.; fine Lowestoft, N.E. ; damp
Chatham, N.N.E.; raining Milford Haven, E. ; fine
Dublin, W. ; fine Newcastle on Tyne, W.N.W.;
Glasgow, W.; fine fine

THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Sir John Watson
Gordon, President of the Royal Scottish Academy, has been
called by Royal command to Windsor, to have sittings for
a portrait of the Prince of Wales. Mr. John Steel!, her
Majesty's sculptor for Scotland, has also received a commis-
sion to execute a bust of the Prince of Wales, which his
Royal Highness promised to present to the High School of
Edinburgh in commemoration of his having presented the
prizes at the examination in July, 1859.

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The committee ap-
pointed by the Government to inquire into the causes and
remedy of the decay in the stone used in the Palace of
Westminster met on Saturday, the 23d inst., at Richmond-
terrace. There were present :—Sir R. Murchison, Messrs.
Tite, M.P., G. G. Scott, Sydney Smirke, G. Godwin, C. H.
Smith, G. P. Burnell; Professors Frankland, Hofmann, F.
A. Abel, and Ansted ; and Mr. D. Wyatt. The committee
appointed Mr. Tite chairman ; and Mr. Bonham-Carter,
M.P., is the secretary of the committee.
THE CONDEMNED CULPRIT HACKED.—This un-
fortunate man still remains in the same calm and resigned
state he has maintained throughout the period of his incar-
ceration. He is constantly attended by two warders both
night and day, and still firmly asserts that he had not the
slightest intention of taking the life of the unfortunate Ser-
geant Jones. Numerous petitions have been forwarded to
the Secretary of State from Exeter and towns in the vicinity
praying for a reprieve, but no answer has as yet been re-
ceived ; in fact there seems little hope of mercy for him in
this world. From inquiries we made of the excellent go-
vernor of the Devon County Prison (Mr. Rose) en Friday:
we are enabled to state that the execution is fixed for Satur-
day, March 30, at noon.—Western Horning News.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The active and re-
spected lessee of the Princess's, Mr. Augustus Harris,
Closed what we truly hope has been a remunerative season,
by his benefit on Saturday night. Mr Fechter's extraor-
dinary performance of " Hamlet" was repeated amidst the
I general enthusiasm of a crowded audience.