IJi Meteorological Report. — Public Affairs in Augtist. [Sept. 1, 



Smitlifield : Beef 3s. 4d. to 49. 4d.— Mutton .5s. 8(1. to 4s. 4H.— Veal 4s. to .is. 4d.~ 

 Lamb -is. 4d. to ."js. 8d. — Pork 3s. 4d. to 5s. — Bacon 5s. to 5s. od. — Irish do. 5s. 



Coin Exchange : Wheat 58s. to 96s. — Barley 2os. to 34s. — Oats 'ils. to v><)s. — Qiiai'« 

 tern loaf in London, 4lb. ojoz. from lOd. to i;;id.— Hay 31. Ss. to 61. 6s. per load. — 

 Clover do. (new and old) from ll. 16s. to 71. lOs.— Straw A. 10s. to 3i. 9s. 



Co;iis In the punl, ll. 15s. to 21. 7s. per chaldron. 

 Middlesex ; August 26. 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



BaramctcT. 



Hidiost30.35.Ang.2(», Wind N.W.ro rain. 



Mean leinperatuic of the 24 hours, 55^. 



Lowest 29.56. July 24, Wind S.W. with 

 rain. 

 Mean temperature of the24 liours, 57°. 



(The mercury 

 was on the 13tli 



inst. at 29.90, 



and on the next 



e same 



as at 



9.50. 



Greatest 

 variation in . 

 24 iioui-s, y 



], 



5°. 



Tliermnnieter. 

 Highest 76°. Jul\ 26- Wind W. with raic* 

 Mean barometrical pressure of the fi 



honrs, 29.73. 



Lowest 43^. July 21, Wind S.W. with ram. 



Mean barometrical pressure of the 24 



hours, 29.75. 



- This v.iriation oc- 

 . curred between the 

 noon of the 2()tli 

 August, and the same 

 hour of the following 

 ■"^ day ; on the former 

 day the thermometer 

 standini; at 80 Fah- 

 leulieit, and on the 

 ^following day at 6.5. 

 There Tiave been few days witliout some rain during the month, although the dura- 

 tion, as well as the (|iiantity of tlit falls, have sensibly lessened. 'I'he rain this month 

 has liud much resemblance to the spring siiowers of April ; the character of the mouth, 

 as to vain, niny, iliercfnre, be more properly denominated showery than wet. Tiie to- 

 tal quantity is abniit two inches, about half the quantity reported in our last. The 

 average or mean temjicralnre for ilic period is 58.13 of Fahrenheit. The average or 

 niean height of the bai onietiT is 29.94. 



The winds have been variable at periods of foin- ot five days, but chiefly from the 

 south and wcsteily points; the progicssion of the slilftings 'bus— the first four or five 

 days of the period steadily south-west ; thence to we.'-t dr.rnig three or four days ; theu 

 one day north, between which and norili east it lemani'* three days ; still progressing 

 in the same diieciinti, it pa'*.^es the e.ist, and, remainin!; at south-east a day, it settles in 

 south during a week ; still proceeding towards we-t, whicli it passe*, it arrives at north- 

 west, v\hencc, v.iiliout stay, it retrogrades for the first time dming the month ; nuctuate« 

 between south-west and .south for a week ; then aiiain back by the west to north-west, 

 where it has i emained during three days, to the clos ■ of the present report. 

 Ci.'Vini Canleii. 



POLITICAL AP FAIRS IN AUGUST. 



Containing official Papers and Auihsntic Documents. 



GUFAT BRITAIN'. 



AN awful jiatise iia.s takcu place in 

 the political world, like the cold 

 fit bci'orc a fever, or the comatose state 

 wliic'i precedes death, A paralysi.s Itas 

 seized on all productive iiidit.strj ; while 

 nioney, the arterial blood of society, 

 hits ceased to ciiciilate. Such, withont 

 a figure, is tlie present ooiulition of a 

 country wliidi, in 1790, 91, atid 92, liad 

 arrived at llie liiglitsl pilcli of public 

 health, wlien a fever was excited by 

 the wicked nioasiircs of unpiincipleil 

 ministers; which, having now abtited, 

 Itaij left tlic patient in a condition lan< 



gtiid, exliausled, and doubtful — vacif- 

 latiiig between life and death ! 



'i'lic consequence is an extent of do- 

 mestic and personal misery, particularly 

 ill the inanufactnrinjf districts, hitherto 

 unkiiow 11 ill these kingdoms; a depression 

 of spirits in re. pon.sible heads of fauii- 

 Iic.s ; an anxious care for the morrow in 

 all ; and roads and streets covered with 

 " sturdy beggars," w lio remonstrate « ith 

 your justice, rather than appeal to your 

 compassion and charitj'. 



Ministers think it better, it is said, not 

 to interfere, but to all' w the e\ il to work 

 its own cure ; and so probably it may. 



but 



