1831. 



Wi-'Klpsn-orfh, P. Cliurch-street, 



Winr-li, N. J. Ne«Ta?(l3-upon- 



Tviie. 

 Woovf, T. G iswell-street. 

 Wooif, J. Birmingham. 



Meteorological Report. — Political Afftiirs. 



8T 



Woaclbiini,.T.Miliilhorpe,WesI" 

 murL.til. . 



Woolioii, W. T;,ers Gateway, 

 BerinoiKL--e¥. 



Woruell, VV. Dowcrton, Wilt- 

 shire, 



YoiinK, T. Paddington-street, St. 



Mar)-le-bone. 

 Yminx, P. jun.and Anderson, R. 



Wapping. 

 Ziminer, J. Welbeck-streot, Ca- 



voiidigh-scjuare. 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



Resulting from daily ohsercations made on the northern verge of the Metropolis, from 

 Dec. 25, 1820, to Jan. to,\^'i\. 



NW. 







Prevailing Winds. 

 Number of (lavs > N. NE. E. SE. S. SW. W 



occupied by each S 3 13 2 10 2 



Raiu lias fallen in various quantities on 6 days — Snow 4 — Hail 1. 



Total depth of Rain— 2-683 inches. 



Character of the Clouds. 



Numbcrofdaysonwliieheach) Cirrus. Cirro-itratus. Cirro-cumulus. Ci-.inulus. Cumulo-itratue. Nimbus, 



duscrii'tion has occurred. ) 6 1 10 26 5 



The fir-it twelve days of this period -were, on nt once to the SW. -n-iih alternate snow and 

 "'e whole, steadily fine, the thermometer rain, the temperature still advjincing till tlie 



"niformly from 1° to 1^° below the freezing 

 I'oint, the effecis of the frost slowly enereas- 

 ing froii. its continuity, but v.'ithout material 

 decrei.se of temperature, till the night of the 

 •30lh nil. wlien the thermometer fell to 25°; 

 the wind during these days was shifting be- 

 tween the N. and NE. On the last of those 

 d.iys, viz. the .5th inst. the first snow of the 

 monlh fell in heavy showers from the NE. 

 during the greater part of the day, to wlrich 

 at nlghtsiicceeled a heav^j- cold rain, at its 

 iirst selling in, nearly frozen. From tliis 

 time thire w«s a decided and rapid advance 

 of the temperature, the wind remaining as 

 before, -.ill the thirdday after, when it shifted 



maximum 51-5° on the 13th. From tliat time 

 the temperature became nearly stationarj-, 

 tlie wind remaining W. and SW. with a to- 

 lerably clear atmosphere, until the 22d, wbeu 

 the wind changed its direction during tha 

 night to NE. producing a bright, clear sky. 

 From the &th to the 14th inclusive, rain fell 

 in vari.ible quantities, and with few inter- 

 missions. On the nights of the 14th and loth 

 the quantity v.'as unusually great, and ou Iha 

 12th, 1 3th, the fall was also very cou.iiderable. 

 Ou the 21st several splendid shooting stars 

 occurred in the W. and N.W. at a low eleva- 

 tion. C. B. 

 Islington, Jan. 25, 1821. 



POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN JANUARY. 



GRE.4T BRITAIN. 



THE co'.iutrj' is in a state of civil 

 (list-()i-(i, owing to tile attempts 

 ii':il<iiiir i)y closf; corporations and select 

 fiu-tions to address tlie crown with ex- 

 pressions of appi-obif ion of tlie conduct 

 of liiinisters and of tlie state of tlie 

 nation. As tiineteeu-twentiefhs of tlie 

 ])opiiIation are of totally opposite opi- 

 nions, and tlieir feelin<js are directed 

 by llieir suir.jrings, these have every 

 w)iei-i^ licid public meetinp;s, passed 

 counter-resolutions, and agreed to pe- 

 titions for rc^forni, redi-ess <)f grievances 

 and ciiange of ministers. l$ut the 

 Iieopl(! iieinir opposed by the authorities 

 ill cliurcli and state, wliicii owe (heir 



promotion to ministers, have had to 

 maintain an arduous struggle, and havi^ 

 on some occasions even had to contend 

 against civil and military force. 



The great council of the nation, such 

 as it is constituted, assembled on the 

 2.3d, when the following speech was 

 delivered from t'letlirone: 



About two o'clock the King entered the 

 House with the usual state. His Majesty 

 being- sealed on the Throni>, and the Com- 

 mons having conio, in obedience to his 

 Majesty's couiTnauds, to tlic Bar, the Kin^ 

 delivered the followijig Speech : — ■ 

 " My Loril.1 and Gentlemen, 



" I have tlie satisfaction of acquainting 

 you, that 1 continue to receive from Fo- 

 reign Powers tlie strongest assurances of 



