1816.} 



species, raiglit be better tinderstood than 

 it is at present. I'liey were uncom- 

 monly numet-ous and variable in tlicir ap- 

 pearance last month. Two observers 

 in this town, Mhose delineations have 

 been made known to me, one of them 

 a /ema/e observer, viewed them witli te- 

 lescopes made by Mr. Ciichniore ; and 

 thus some observations have been snp- 

 plied which I had not an opportunity of 

 making. 



From the lOtb of September to this 

 day, both inclusive, I liave registered 

 fleven observations — seve^i of which are 

 my own 



The result is, tliat Spots have 

 appeared within tliat time on each he- 

 misphere of the O ; those which are visi- 

 ble lliis day very much resemble three 

 pair of Spots which were observed by 

 me on the 27th of January, 1816. 



Two of these are a little south of the 

 Snti's centre, rather large, and planet- 

 like. The Spots observed during the 

 twenty-eight days included within the 

 limits already stated, have many of them 

 been widely far remote from the Sun's 

 equator — some to the south-east, others 

 to the north-west of it : such Spots have 

 been seen forty or fifty days ; remote 

 from the solar equator:* Some have 

 suddenly emerged ou the Sun's disc. 



There have been great changes in 

 their appearance as to number, extent, 

 and position. Two of those now visi- 

 ble, the two inner north-westerly, are of 

 much dimmer appearance, and fainter 

 more indistinct outline than the rest. 



It seems very doubtful whether those 

 are all fixed points on the Sun's opaque 

 Dody. They have been frequently too 

 small and numerous to be well explain- 

 ed, by supposing that they are all per- 



manent bodies of any kind, whether re 

 volving or fixed. 



It is hardly possible to form a tolera- 

 ble estimate what proportion they bear 

 to the O's surface. At one time they 

 formed almost a Fascia, aUowing inter- 

 ruptions, across the Sun, of about 5 mi- 

 nutes in breadth; at another a very 



• I have since observed on the tstii, 

 uben they weie pasticd the centre ; and 

 the hide of the Sim, on wiiich were the four 

 other Spotf , was withdrawn fioni view. On 

 the I'itli and l.itli were two Spots, very 

 like in form, si/.e, and position, to tiiOMe of 

 the 'Jill ; these were a good way advanced 

 on the eastern side of tiie Sun's disc. If 

 iliey were the same as those of the 9tb, 

 they must, in tliat case, have a jnoper mo- 

 tion, which would carry ihem round the 

 8iiu more timn/our <«;«« quicker thai) iiis 

 /otiktion on his uxi«. 



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oblique cluster, which seems to baT» 

 extended 7 minutes in length, and near 

 6 where widest, but narrowed, off very 

 much. Kow, 6 minutes is nearly one- 

 liftii of the Sun's ujean diameter, as seen 

 by us, or near 160,000 miles. But, as 

 the intervals were very numerous be- 

 tween the Spots ill each cluster, and 

 considerable lietwecn the clusters, we 

 may perhaps come to something like an 

 estimate if we suppose the Spots, if re- 

 duced to one, would have occupied one- 

 third part of this, or one-eighteenth ofth« 

 Sun's diameter, or about 50,000 miles. 



Once only, during these observations, 

 the light and heat of the Sun appeared; 

 more intense roimd the Spots than else- 

 where. This was on the 151h of Sept. 

 Now, as /teat and lig/U arc as the squares 

 of the heated and illuminated surfaces 

 the interception of oue-eighteentli re- 

 duces them, cateris paribus, in the 

 proportion of one-seventeenth to one- 

 eighteenth, or 289 to 324, which ig 

 more than one-ninth ; and, if there were 

 no encreaso of heat, supposing the meat! 

 temj»crature should have been 56, thi« 

 would be sufficient to sink it to 50 near- 

 ly, or to five degrees below temperate,- 

 instead of one degree above: a diffe- 

 rence assuredly not to be disregarded. 



But, as, during/Zne weeks that no spots 

 were observed, there was very little dif- 

 ference, if any, in the cloudiness and 

 chilliness of the weather, )io certain con- 

 oliision can be drawn, whether, where 

 so many other caii.ses operate, theso 

 Spots may ha^ve hud any eifect suflicient 

 to be perceptible to ns. We have, at 

 least, no reason to think, that during 

 this year the Solar heat has been in- 

 creased by them, unless very rarely and 

 transiently. 



Jpsuich ; Oct. 25. 



CapeLjJUofft. 



To the Editor of the Monthly fllag/tzine, 

 SIR, 



IT is a fact well known, that ther* 

 are people in the Alley, whose iute-. 

 rest and constant endeavour it is to de- 

 press the funds, and who are both able 

 and willing to paj those well, who will 

 assist in ofl'ectiug their object. It is to 

 this only I can attribute the frequent at- 

 tempts that have lately been made to in- 

 timidate the stockholder; for, although' 

 I am very tniwilliug to attribute batl 

 motives to any one, yet when the most^ 

 palpable falsehood i^ onipluyed in stip-- 

 port of the moiit (lagiaat itiju.sti(e, it is. 

 im])Oii.siblo to sappuso a good motive. 

 The rights of the litockholder liavo iic- 

 \cj \)KU tUsputed— uo] Uiat was iia- 

 a G 3 poasiWej 



