The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-18 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT AND DROUGHT.

In 763, the summer was so hot that the springs dried up.
In 860, the he4t was so intense that, near Worms, the reapers
dropped dead in the fields.
In 993, and again in 994, it was so hot that the corn and fruit
were burnt up.
The year 1000 was so hot and dry that, in Germany, the pools
of water disappeared, and the fish being left to stink in the mud,
bred a pestilence.
•In 1022, the heat was so excessive, that both men and cattle
were struck lead. .

In 1130, the earth yawned with drought. Springs and river!
disappeared, and even the Rhine was dried up in Alsace.
In 1159, not a drop of rain fell 'in. Italy after .the. month 9f
May:. • •
• The year 1171 was extremely hot in Germany.
' In 1232, the heat was so great, especially in Germany, that it
is said that eggs were 'roasted in the sands.
'4n 1260,•• many of the Hungarian soldiers died of excessive
heat at the famous battle fought near Bela.

The consecutive years 1276 and 1277 were so hot and dry as
to occasion a great scarcity of fodder.
The years 1293 and 1294 were extremely hot, and so were
likewise 1393 and 1304, both the Rhine and the Danube having
dried up.
In 1333, the cornfields and vineyards were burnt up.
The years 1393 and 1394 were excessively hot and dry.
In 1447, the summer was extremely hot.
In the successive years 1473 and 144, the whole earth,seemed
on fire. In Hungary one could wade across the Danube.
The fotir consecutive years, 1538, 1539, 1540, and 1541, were
excessively hot, and the rivers dried up.
In 1556, the drought was so great that the springs. failed. In
England; wheat rose from Bs. to 535. a quarter.
The'years 1615 and 1616 were very Airy over Europe.
In 1646, it was excessively hot.
In 1652, the warmth was very great, the summer being ,the
driest ever known in Scotland ; yet a total eclipse of the su 3 bad
happened that year, on Monitay, the 21th of March, which
hence received the appellation of Mirk Monday.
The summer of 1679 was remarkably het. It is related that
one of the minions of tyranny, who, iu that calamitous period,
harassed the poor Presbyterians in Scotland with captious
questions, having asked a shepherd in Fife whether the killing fi
of the notorious Sharp, Archbishop of Saiot Andrew's (which.
had' happened in May,) ivas murder; he replied that he could
not tell; but there had been fine whether ever since. ,
The first year of the eighteenth century was Very warm, end.
the two fi.llowing years were of the same description.
It is a singular cencidence that in 1718, the distance precisely.
bf one hundred vears frora the date of this paper, the weather
was extremely h.of and dry oil over Europe. The air felt so op-
pressive, that all the theatres were shut in Paris. Scarcely any
rain fell for the space of nine months, and the springs and rivers
were dried up. filermeineter at p4,10.05e914 Fahrenheit's'
scale. The•graSs'and corrt were quite payph.ed. In some plages
the fruit trees blossomerllwo or three tunes.

Both the Years 1723 and 1724 were dry and hot.
The year 1745 was remarkably warm and dry, but the follow-
ing year was still hotter; insoniuch that the grass withered, and
the leaves dropped from the trees. Neittierrain our cew fell for
several months; and, on the continent, prayers were offered up
in the (+arches, to implore the bounty of refreshiog show,ers.
In 1748, the summer was again very warm.
In 1754, it was likewise extremely warm.
The years 1760 and 1761 were both of them remarkably hot,
and so was the year 1763.
In 1774. it was excessively hot and dry.
Both the years 1778 and 1779 were warm and very dry.
The year 1788 was also very hot and di y ; and of tpc nixie
character was 11411, famous fur its excellent vintage, and dis,tip-
gutsbeci by the appearance of a brilliant coMe..t.