998 Mn Giddy' s MeteorologicalJournal for CornwalL [April, 



Remarks, 



January, — The weather, in general, fine, with sharp frost ; air 

 very keen. Some heavy showers of rain and snow. A heavy 

 gale of wind on the 26th and 27th. 



February. — The weather very fine in general. Some showers 

 of snow and hail. A little frost towards the latter end. 



March. — Weather very fine. Some frost in the early part of 

 the month. A few showers of hail, snow, and rain. 



JL/>n7.— The weather very fine and pleasant throughout, with 

 the exception of three or four days in the early part of the month, 

 which were showery. 



May. — The weather during the greater part of this month was 

 wet and unpleasant. Some hail showers towards the end. 



June. — Ihe weather, in general, very fine ; 25th, 26th, and 

 27th, uncommonly hot and sultry. 



July. — Weather, in general, very fine. Some very heavy 

 showers of rain on the 12th and 17th. Thunder and hghtning 

 on the 11th. 



August. — This month, in general, showery ; but, on the whole, 

 good harvest weather: crops abundant. Thunder and light- 

 ning on the 30th. 



September. — The v/eather in the early part of this month very 

 fine. During the solar eclipse on the 7th, the thermometer in 

 the shade varied between 2° and 3°. On the 18th, the weather 

 became rainy, cold, and boisterous, and continued so to the end 

 of the month. 



October. — This month exceedingly fine till the 14th, when the 

 weather suddenly changed, and became very stormy, with heavy 

 rain, which continued to the end. 



'- November. — The weather during the greater part of this month 

 was gloomy and damp. Some heavy hail showers on the 15th. 



December. — This month was, in general, gloomy and damp as 

 the preceding. On the 1 4th, hail ; on the 26th and the 29th, 

 snow. On the 13th, 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st (a 

 most unusual length of time for this place) frost. The air 

 exceedingly keen. E. C. G. 



Article XII. 



The New Comet, By WiUiam Burney, LL.D. 

 (To the Editor of the Annals of Philosophy.) 



SIR, Observatory, Gotport, Feb. 24, I82L 



A COMET made its appearance here last evening at 35 minutes 

 past six o'clock, two or three degrees to the north of Algenib, 



