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London, England, 1808-07-21 00:00:00

GREENOCK, JULY 18.

Arrived here yestesday, the Ann. Grant, COVED.
DALE, from Jamaica. The fleet for Great Britain,
&c. was to sail from Jamaica on the 25th of June,
and to come through the Gulph.

It appears from the 9th edition of that valuable
and accurate Guide to the Metropolis, well known by
the title of the Picture of London (a work a hich every
stranger in London always carries in his pocket) that,-
of the Morning Newspapers there are sold together
about 16,000 ' • of the daily evening Papers about
14,000 ; and of those published every other day about
10,000. There are also about 26,000 sold of the va-
rious Sunday Papers, and about 20,000 of the other
Weekly Papers. In all the enormous number of,
258,000 copies per week, yielding to their proprietors"
from the sale 60901. and from advertiiements 2000/.
more; of which the revenue to Government is full
4000/. and the net proceeds to the proprietors about
1000/. per week ; the remaining WOOL affords subsis-
tence to about 50 writers and reporters, *SOO printers,
100 venders, and 100 clerks and assistants, besides
paper-makers, stationers, type-founders, &c. full 200
more. If to this be added the weekly circulation of
250,000,copies of provincial papers, yielding.lo,oool.
per week, and supporting the industry of 1500 per-
sons ; what a wonderful idea is thus afforded, says the
Editor of the Picture of London,- of the agency and
influence of the press in this Empire, and how easily
is it accounted for that we ate the most free and the
most intelligent people, on the face of the earth !
An Inquisition was taken yesterday at• the Arti-1
choke, Mill-lane,-Middlesex, on the body of NATHA*
JAMES WENIXWER, a young Gentleman, 19 years of
age, who was drowned in the New Canal, on Sunday.
The deceased had been on a visit to the house of a
Mrs. Witas, and after dinner he?nd two other young
Gentlemen of the party went to bathe in the canal ;
W. got out of his depth into the current, and al-
though he never could swim, he contrived to balance
hirnAilf above water for the space of 20 yards, when
he sunk. A labouring man, who was on the spot,
jumped into the water to save him, and lost his life
in the attempt. It appeared that this last unfortu-
nate _person could not swim. Verdict—Acciiental
Deaths.
CORN-MARKET, MARE- L AWE; JULY 21.—This day's
market is tolerably well supplied wi.h Wheat, and
sales are heavy, at rather lower prices—Barley, and
White Peas are scarce, prices nominal—Little I.lalt
Beans of the two kinds rather dearer. Although the
supplies of Oats are rather considerable, this trade is
again quoted somewhat dearer—Flour continues
nearly at late prices.
ORNERAL.CUMSENCT ASUNDER:

rWlear, 555. 661. 78e.
Fine ditto, 80$. fps.
Rye, 45e. 50s.
Barleys 445. 40$.
Malt, 4165. 785...

Beans (old) 62i. 675.
Tick duo (old) 60s. 6is.
Oitts, 40s. 425. 40.
Polandditto, 46.. 475.
Potatoo ditto, 465.

While Pea a.(beigers), ISO.. 1110 s. Rape Sadie* to 31L
Orel ditto, 5=4.401• -
File Fla az 60a, gra. 616--Secoads Ø.
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couNrßr NEWS; -

• ABERDEEN, JULY 16.
Wednesday last we •experienced a degree of heat
seldoM known in thiscountry, the thermen-ieter having-
risen to 63° in the shade. For some time past the wea-
ther has been, with the exception of a day or two last
week, uncommonly warm and droughty ; but we are
happy to learn, that unless on some light dry soils the
crop in general looks well, and promises an early and
abundant harvest. About a fortnight ago, the Moss
of Hillside and Causeyp in was at cidentally set on
fire by some childen of a tenant lii the neighbourhood,
who had been allowed to kindle a tire hard by. Dif
ferent attempts have been made to extingui h the fire
or stop-its progress, but hitherto wi.hout effect. Seve-
ral acra of the Surface are already destroyed, and
there slsems at Assent no other chance of getting Ate
better of fire, but by a deep ditch, wlych inter-
sects the-moss at some distance from the o:weir:here
it is now burdnr. Another Most, in the same neigh-
bourhood, was last week kindled, by the carelessness
of a man carryirg a burning peat for the puriese of
ligheng a tobacco pipe, a very improper practice, too
common in the country. By the timely assist .nce,
however, of several people who observed the fire, it was
soot extinglished without doing any material injury.

GLOUCESTER, JULY 18. '
INTENSE HEAT OF THE WEATHER.—The degree of
heat, during Past week, was greater than was probably
ever before experienced in this climate. Those who
have resided many years in the East Indies, declare,
that they never felt the heat more oppressive than on
Tue.,,day last. A Gentleman who is very minute in his
observations, hascommunicated the following account
of the state of the Thermometer, during some of the
hottest days : "On Tuesday, the temperature of the at:
mcsphere rose to a height almost incredible. At eight
in the morning the mercury was at 75°; anJ about the
middle of the day it stood at the extraordinary height
of 91°
.; at nine in the evening, it was at 77°. These
observations were made by mans of a naked ther-
mometer suspended under -a large pear tree, which
perfectly intercepted the rays of the sun—the tree is
situated in the centre of a garden 69 feet in breadth,
inclosed by walls about eight feet high. The Bun
shone with almost uninterrupted brightness through
the whole of:the illy. The wind was at S. E. mo-
derately brisk. In this country we rarely have seen
the mercury above the 80th degree ; it has several
times been at 86° in the course of the last six years,
hut never exceeded that height till the present period.
—I have sometimes seen accounts published in the
newspapers of the mercury 'rising to.a vet y great
height; but upon comparing these accounts with my
own Diary, I have beep induced to suspict the cher-
mometer ha%been placed in a situation u: favourable
for affording a fair test of the real temperature of the
atmosphere; indeed, unless the situation be judiciously
chosen, no dependance can be placed upon the eleva-
tion of the mercury, as a prod of the general tem-
perature of the air. On Wednesday, the wind blew a
fresh breeze from the S. W. • the sky almost perfectly
clear from clouds most of the day. The thermeme.
ter, at eight o'clock in the mornine, was not higher
than 71° ; at mid-day, not above 83°; and abo t teri
in the evening fell to 7(1°; whien, though unusually
high, waz considerably lower than the preceding day.
On Thursday, the thermometer, at eight o'clock in
the morning, was at •at mid-day $S° ; and at nine
in the evening, 69°. The sun through the day was
occasionally intercepted by clonds, which caused a
considerable fluctuation in tha mercury when attain-
ing its greatest height ; the evening becarne ve.-y
cloudy, attended with frequent flashes of lightning,
and in the night some rain fell. The wind lets wes-
terly. On Friday, St. Swithin's Day, the thermo-
meter, at eight o'clock, was up to 76° ; the greatest
height it had attained at that early hour; and at mid-
day it reached 82°. The barometer his for the last
nine days stood at 30 inches and 8-20ths, or with( ut
any variation worthy of notice.

THUNDER STORM.—On Friday evening,after some
days of the most oppressive heat, we were visited
with a tremendous .sLorm of thunder, lightning, and
hail. The lightning commenced before dusk, and con-
tinued gradually to increase till 11 o'clock, from
hour till 12 it raged with awful violence, accompani-
ed by incessant thunder and torrents of hail, which

threatened instant destruction. The element exhibited
one immense volcano of are, the thunder roared with-
out momentary interruption for the last hour, solid
pieces of ice were poured down, which measured an
inch in diameter, and the greatest alarm and ..isinay
prevailed every where. At three quarters past 11, the
tempest seemed at its height; and about this time a ,
fire-ball burst in the College Green, carrying away
one of the pinnacles upon the west end of the Cathe-
dral, and emitting a•sulphureous vapour which was
sensibly felt by the inhabitants of several of the adjoin-
ing houses. Another fire-ball fell in the play ground
of the Blue-coat School, which scorched a bench and
occasioned a considerableaperture in the ground by the
concussion. Two cows were killed in a field at Sneed-

ham-green, in the parish of Upton, St. Leona-d's, near
this city, and ten couple of ducks were killed in the
fold-yard of a gentleman near Cheltenh m. Two
birds, which hung in cages at the rear of Ruff's Li.
brary, were also killed. A summer-house on an

elevated spot of ground belonging to Edward Shep-
pard, Esq. 'of "(Hey, just finished upon an ekgmt
plan, was struck by the lightning, and entirely
burnt. down ;
.and the windows of many houses ex-
posed to the violence of the storm, were shivered by
the hail-stones. Numberless buildings, in various
quarters, exhibit proofs of the violence •of the shock
they Sustained : the grain was in tome places laid as
level with the ground aril* it had been rolled ; and
' doubtless we shall yet hear of much damage occa-
sioned by a tempest more-dreadful, perhaps, than any
in the annals of this country.
The effetsresul ring from the above storm, were most
severely felt in many parishes near-Monmouth ; and
there is great reason to dread its consequences in more
remote parts of thecOuntry. The hail-stones were lite-
. rally pieces of ice, many Of them measuring sever tl
inches in circumference ;. and their force in falling was
so great as to threaten the lives of those who w.re
. exposed to their violence. Roofs of houses, barns, and
sky-lights, were destroyed, as though they h.td bs:en
broken with a harnin?r. Boughs of creel were cut
asunder;. and the fruit, such as apples and pears, 13Y
scattered around in such quantities, shat they mi Ott
- have been raked together in beeps. In short, this is
but a mere outline of the ravages occasioned by-the
tempest. 4 . . r. • ....