The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

METEOROLOGY.'

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418iththe • • lion 'twee crooner 40 thletme litridoe forts.
tow, width were=ed by ' a firer drops of rain on Time-
y *ad te by a little cheap *f Inoprretnrels
se bated la the table bdrillre the weather. hag erthdowed
with es remarkably lee tied warm. Our ticeelints rftwo Art
farina parts of the canary are wally reorient& ; sad la eta-
&thee of the state of the northewt district; we must tottarthe.
that at FAlnbeigh during the lest week, the mercury tw the
Thermometer was, at ten o'clock hi the forenoon. oa am ave-
rage of four &lye. at 111. degrees. The only atieftepitirinal.
disturbance of iinportonce we have heaFd of during this sea-
son of prevailing tranquillity In the &intents; was in the
county el Kent. On Wednesday last. a water spout was one
served felon Maidstone in a eolith-west direction, aad belle
about ten miles Olstrot, over Perobety sold iti.aeibour-
hood, which. in conseqpienee, was deluged with rain, bet
happily without mitering very material damage.
in eouttecti mice of the numerous accounts we bah had
occasion to consult respecting the late Eclipse, we have had •
so opportunity of aequiring a more extensive and arcueate
knowledge:or the state of the atmosphere throughout the king-,
dom on the day It happened. than ever before °centred to
us. Never probably was the attention ore° matte observets
directed at the lame moment to the seine ceiestial.and atoms-
paltriest phenomena. nor, throogh the means 01 our well
conducted provincial Joornale, so many judicious notices
relating them commuoicated to the Public. By the col-
lation of these notices from dieereot parts (gibe country, we
are enabled tv as,ertain that the atmosphere on that day
over the u hole of the southern part of England. with the et-
ceptiou of the Potinsula of Cornwall, was clear and faVour-
able for observation. At Truro shout the elite of the
greatest obscuration, the view of the son whietthed not ell
then been interrupted, was intercepted by a ma's of eioods.
which scarcely permitted a glimpse of his dine to I* smion
&rine the remainder of the eclipse. North of the Humber,
wiolch is a line of denten-100n often in the Meteorology of
ns sit-booty marked as in its Geography, the atmos-
phere that day wee much obscured by clouds. At York,
Li vorpool. and Carlisle. the eclipse could only be observed
at transient gleams; and the like disappointineut was expe-
rienced at Edinburg h.Glasgosse and Perth. The clouds appear-
ed is most of those places to have ocevpied the lower regions
of the atmoepitere, and to have been a kind of huge ; as the
Eclipse was distimoly seen 18 miles south of eilinbargis,
on the Lainitiermauir Hills. about Stlo fest above the level of
that city. At Perth. no change of temperature was pereop-
tible, by the most delicate thermometer. lit the south of
Ireland. at Waterford. where clouds also rrevrnted a view
of the Eclipse. the only differenct obeerved on the thermo-
meter was a fall from lii deg. Y sec. to 81 deg. 2 sec, At Trow-
bridge. In Wiltshire. the mercury. which stood at 1 o'cis.ek
at 07 deg. 50 see, fell at 2 o'clock to 64. At Gloucester, on
the Toner of the Cathedral. an elevation of 178 fret, the
thermometer, at the continent...orient of the Eclipse. reached
to 75. and rd IS min. past one. alsout the time of the greatest
obecuration, at gunk to lid. .At tioepore the thermometer
souk 10 deo. : the "loom was similar to what we observed in
London. immedintele after sunmet. with this difference. that
the clouds were tint tinged with the prismatic colones ; and
the Liarcuteter, during the Eclipse. rose unediendredth,
and wink thretolinudredthe of an inch. At Woodford. is
Essex. the thermometer. at the commencement of the Eclipse,
stood at tin deg. ; at the greatest oescuration it 'sunk to 01;
and at the end rose to NI. Through the favonr of a erientifte
obstruct there. who was furnished with ample apparatus,
we ere enabled to state, that the beginning of the Eclipse
we: at tr. h.:>? min. 20 sec., and the end ?hours. 14 min.
10 see. We touch regret we cannot conclude one arrow*
with the remit of any observations OS& with Professor
Leslie's photometer. Through themenus et Professor Moll.
of one of the German Cnitrriities, who was present in Lon-
don durine, the time of the Miro.. and had the adrautago
of seeing the indications of that detente and delightful in-
strument. as n fleeted by the various dainty+ of the light, wu
are mil) enabled to state. dual it answers-1i ail the purposes
expected. in a 110111 satisfactory and surprising manner.
We ire happy. however. to add to our announcements,
that the completed informatioa respecting these and many
other poietn most interesting to ecience, may be expected
from Captain I'oleht.of tine Royal Eerie/era. the able sea-
res,or of Colonel Nitsilee and General Roy. in the Trigoao-
metrical limit rya of the iiiegdues. who propeeded to Cromer,
to settle the longitude of the most casters point of the taloa&
frost olserval whir doting the Eclipse, end who bad the
advantage. we hat e reason to believe. of the moat suitable
itietruntent... and the must propitious weather for the impor-
tant objects uthis mission.
Strand. S. pt.

TIMM mourTER

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o'clock.

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Ni' WEEK,
WITH THE TIMES YT HIGH WATZR AT LO1(D014-11HIDGC.

.01
29,80
30.08

MIRY FOR DIE PRESE,

Sept.
17, S —Sisternth Senday after Trinity.—Lambert.
Melt water—bairns. 7 m. after 9; even. 40 w. after 0.
19. Al. Jupiter very conspicuous, having bean epposed to
the sun on the I lth.
lft Ii nter—murn. 14 tn. after 10; even. la. after 11.
19, T. Day break Col ni, alter 3.
High water--morn. 37 m. after 11 ; even 12 o'clock.
90, W. Ember Week.
High water —morn. II m. after 12; even. 41 m. after 19.
21, Th.• St Matthew.
High water—morn. 9 lola. alba 1; even. 30M. after 1.
F. Full Moon at 7.
S. Twilight ends at 9 o'clock. Son enters Libra at
41 min. after 3 in the morning, at wWch time tile
Aututunly Quarter commences.
High water—morn. 2 in. after 9 ; even. 93 in. after 2.
High water—morn. 40 rn. after 2; even. 4 m. after 3.
• On Tlwrs.lay and Friday evenings may be observed
the pastagr of the dig: of the moon, very elute to the pla-
nets Jupiter and Saturn. which aru very visible to the east,
in the constellations of AqUATIIII and Pisces.
• On. Saturdsv morning will bee very considerable eclipse
of the moon. leaving little more than one-twelfth of that
orb visible on the southern limb Tie eclipse will coia-
aware. with respect to London, et 13 minutes pact b o'clock
in the morning : but as the moon sett about 44 minutes
afterwards. namely. al 67 minutes past S. the principal part
of the eclipse will nut be vitihle, wept to those who Ile
eousideratile to the westward. The middle, with respect to
London. is at 41 min. past 6 ; and the end 10 min. past S
, o'clock, solar time.

Coax-Elicit smog, Ar.rs. IS —We hare had a tolerable
large arrital of new When', frzim Essex: hat the quality
being rather indifferent. saies were very heavy this mora-
ine. at a rednetiun of ffs. per quarter frOm th. prices of Ind
11thaeay. while tine samples of old Wheat 6014 on full asgood
terms as this day week. We 'lei some new Harley at mar-
ket. and the Tidily being good. sold freely at the prier of
this day stonnight. Our supply of Oats contlones to be Im-
mense. vet fine fresh corn 'toffy supports mit last quotation.
lu Beans and Pro aid other articles. there is so alteration.

Setritrisas MARKET —1 market ass well sopplied this
morning. with all descriptions of cattle, and twin maintains
Let week *A prices. Matto°, Veil, Lamb, mei Pork aim price
below.
[To sink the Oral ; Per stone of faba.]
Reef . 4s. W. to Ss. Od. • caTTLII AT VAIIIIMT.
Mutton.. 4a. 0,1. to Ss. 01. !twists
t.. 4s. Od. to Ss. M. :nisei
U
Pork . 4s. Os. to Si. 6d. Illia*p mad 14644 . • I2,IISU
Od. to Os. Ott: lilige
nits. AXIII grit w ritit too* D.
Hay .. . $l. Ws. 61. 44. Iltrtw.. U. Ids. to It. lib
!Clover .. Us. to 01. Os. I