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THE LATE PROFESSOR DANIELL. 

 Our readers will have heard, with sincere regret, of the sudden 

 decease of Professor Daniell of King's College, which took place on 

 the 13th of March, whilst he was attending a meeting of the Council 

 of the Royal Society. Our sjjace does not at present permit us to 

 insert any biographical sketch of this distinguished philosopher and 

 truly excellent man ; but it is with pleasure that we have it in our 

 power to state, that a subscription has already been entered into to 

 do honour to his memory. On the Committee we see many of the 

 personal and scientific friends of the late Professor. It is intended 

 to execute a bust and establish a chemical prize in connection 

 with King's College, the scene of his labours ; and subscriptions for 

 this purpose, we understand, are received at Lubbock's, at Coutts's, 

 and at the Secretary's office in King's College. No one more truly 

 deserved such a mark of respect than he whom it is thus intended to 

 commemorate. 



METEOROLOGICAL, OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1845. 



Chiswick. — March 1. Dry haze. 2. Fine : cloudy. 3. Rain. 4. Sharp frost: 

 cloudy : clear and frosty. 5. Snowing : cloudy and cold : severe frost. 6. Severe 

 frost : cloudy and cold : frosty. 7. Cloudy and cold : frosty. 8. Cloudy and 

 cold : clear and frosty. 9. Cold and dry. 10. Overcast. 1 1. Fine, with clouds : 

 clear and frosty. 1 2. Overcast : cloudy : sharp frost. 1 3. Frosty : cold and 

 dry : severe frost at night. 14. Clear, with severe frost: cloudless, cold and dry. 

 15. Frosty : clear : cloudy : frosty. 16. Frosty : snowing. 17. Clear and frosty : 

 bright sun : clear and frosty. 18. Clear and frosty : fine : overcast. 19. Over- 

 cast: fine. 20. Clear, cold and dry. 21. Clear : tine : overcast. 22. Overcast: 

 slight rain. 23. Rain. 24. Cloudy : clear and fine. 25, 26. Cloudy and fine. 

 27. Overcast : boisterous. 28. Rain : boisterous. 29. Clear. SO. Clear : over- 

 cast: showery. 31. Cloudless and fine. — Mean temperature of the month 6° be- 

 low the average; the coldest March since 1807. 



Boston. — March 1. Fine. 2. Cloudy: snow early a.m. 3. Snow: large fall 

 of snow. 4. Cloudy. 5. Snow. 6, 7. Fine. 8. Cloudy. 9. Fine. 10. Cloudy. 

 11, 12. Fine: snow p.m. 13. Windy. 14,15. Fine. 16. Windy: large fall of 

 snow. 17. Cloudy. 18. Cloudy : snow a.m. 19. Fine: snow p.m. 20, 21. Fine. 

 22. Rain : rain early a.m. : rain a.m. 23. Cloudy : rain p.m. 24, Fine : rain 

 early a.m. 25. Cloudy: rain p.m. 26, 27. Fine. 28. Stormy: stormy all 

 day. 29. Windy. 30. Fine. 31. Windy. — Not near so cold a March since 

 March 1837. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkttey. — March 1. Cloudy: rain. 2. Cloudy: rain : clear. 

 3. Frost : showers. 4. Bright : frost : aurora. 5. Br'ght : frost : clear. 6 — 8. 

 Cloudy. 9. Showers. 10. Showers: snow-showers. 11 — 14. Snow-showers. 

 15. Snow, deep : snow: clear. 16. Snow: cloudy: thaw. 17. Thaw: clear: 

 frost: clear. 18. Thaw: bright: snow-showers. 19. Snow-drift. 20. Snow: 

 bright: snow: cloudy. 21. Thaw: cloudy: drops. 22. Cloudy: rain. 23. Rain: 

 clear. 24. Clear : aurora. 25. Cloudy : clear. 26. Bright : clear. 27. Bright : 

 rain. 28. Rain : clear, 29, Clear, 30. Cloudy: rain. 31. Bright: cloudy. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — March I. Showers of snow. 2. Clear: 

 frost. 3. Dull. 4. Snow-showers. 5, Snow- showers : frost a.m. 6. Frost a.m.; 

 slight snow. 7,8. Slight frost. 9. No frost. 10. Rain p.m. 11. Clear: frost 

 A.M. 12. Frost A.M. 13. Frost. 14,15. Frost ; snow-showers. 16, 17. Frost. 

 18. Frost : shower : snow. 19. Frost. 20. Frost: clear. 21. Frost a.m. : thaw : 

 rain P.M. 22. Heavy rain, 23. Fine spring day, 24, Fine. 25. Rain : mild : 

 growing. 26 — 28, Rain, and wind high. 29. Clear and bracing day. SO, 

 Heavy rain and high wind. 31. Fair and fine. 



