Obfervations on the State of the JVeatheVy ^c. in 1306. "703 



\,\i to that which furnifljea to one of the par- 

 ties the means and the advantages of attack. 

 It was on this principle that the propofed eva- 

 cuation of Dilmatia and Albania by the 

 French troops naturally fuggefted itfelf. 



If, therefore, the unde!-fi;ned has received 

 orders to demand his paflports, and to depart 

 from France, it is certainly not becaule his 

 f«»ereign wifhes to renounce peace, but bc- 



coufe his Majefty firnfs himfelf oii%fi/fo do fc ; 

 the French government not haviug confentcd 

 to all the conditions which were comprifed'iil 

 the propofali originally made by them to his 

 Britannic M.ijclty ; and having moreover re- 

 jedej as the bafis for the treaty V;ith Ruffii 

 the juft and rea''onable conditions which the 

 unoeiligned was authorifed to propofe. 



(Signed) LaVDERBAII. 



For the Monthly ]\[agazine. 

 Meteorological Abstract for the lull twelve months at Carlide. 



January 



February . . 



Warch 



April 



May 



Jiinii ... . . 



July 



Auguft 



September , 

 October . .. 

 XovQinher . 

 December , 



Thermometer. 



37,70 

 38,37 

 40,70 

 45,70 

 53,40 

 56,90 

 59,50 

 59,38 

 55,40 

 51,08 

 45,70 

 43,50 



Annual i\Iean. 48,944 Annual Mean. 



Barometer. 



■^Rain. 



^9,93 

 30,'J6 

 30,43 

 30,49 

 30,48 

 30,48 

 30,16 

 30,10 

 30,t'7 

 30,31 

 30,e5 

 30,48 



S8,20 

 29,11 

 ^9,06 



i>9,39 

 29,03 

 29,18 

 5^9,42 

 29,10 

 29,54 

 28,82 

 28,78 

 28,48 



29,343 

 29,679 

 29,750 

 50,123 

 29,990 

 30,064 

 29,772 

 29,753 

 29,952 

 29,855 

 29,590 

 29,377 



29,7706 



3,26 

 2.10 

 ,77 

 ,89 

 1,47 

 1,26 

 3,21 

 5,57 

 S,.50 

 1,25 

 5,32 

 2,94 



31,54 

 Total. 





Wiud. 



s.w. 



S.& 

 S. E 



219 210 

 Tot 



E. 



y. & 



NW. 



Cenend Remurka on the Wcat/ier, and 

 other ]\lfteorological Phenomena ob- 

 I'crvcdat Carli/le during the Year 1806. 

 The New Year began with very llormy 

 weather, which prevailed during the 

 greatcft part of Junuari/. Tiie (jth, 7th, 

 lOtli, and 22d, were mofl diltiiigaifhed 

 ill this refpcct, when the wind blew vio- 

 ient liurricanes accompanied with heavy 

 falls of Jiail, rain, fnow, and fleet. Al- 

 though we bad very little fro't tliis month, 

 yet the air was cold, owing to the great 

 f]iiantity oF fnow \^hich covered the 

 mountains in this neighbourhood. Mean 

 mid-day temperature 39'6. 



February was frofty, with iiglit fliowers 

 of fnow, till the 5th; when the air be- 

 came extremely humid, and open weather 

 continued throughout the remainder of 

 the monlb. On the 2tilh, 27th and aSth, 

 the wind blew in dreadful gulls from the 

 I^.W. accompanied with iiail, rain, fnow 

 and licet. Aurora b-Mcalis on the Cth. 

 denfe and inactive. On the 7th the hea- 

 vens were illuminated witii an Aurora 

 which was fingularly brilliant, t!ie former 

 part of the evening liad been cloudy with 

 light rain : about half jjall ^ o'clock the 

 fl<y became clear, when fuddenly the 

 whole hemilpliere was ovciipread with 

 «ieafc bodies ut' ij^lit, and active llrwiuu- 



ers;" wliich, for their brightnels and the 

 grand intermi.xture of prifmatio colours 

 they exhibited, furpalfed all dcfcription ; 

 the beams in approaching the zenith 

 made a whirling motion in concentric 

 circles to the point of convergence. This 

 fublimc difplay of celcllial fplendour con- 

 tinued about 45 minutes. And on the 

 17th a broad luminous arch, which ex- 

 tended acrofs the heavens S.W. and N.E. 

 the S.W. end of which was remarkably 

 bright : this phenomenon loon dilappear* 

 ed. Mean mid-day tciu[)erature 41-3, 



March commenced with very mild 

 and pleafant weather, which continued 

 till the 9tli: this was fucceeded by tea 

 days of fcv6re frylt and ibme heavy fall* 

 of fnow (at this period fnow lay \e\y 

 deep in the furronnding country) ; it then 

 became mild again and continued during 

 the relt of the" month. Aurora on the 

 15th, a luminous arch which extended 

 acrofs the heavens N.W. and S.E. and 

 on the 16th a inailar phenomenon whicli 

 extended S.W. and N.E. Mean mid- 

 day temperature 45. 



April, May, and June, afforded very lit« 

 tic variety for remark ; the weather oa 

 the whole was uncommonly ' dry and 

 biigUt, with cold parching eaitcrly win i*: 

 iuow vvai obforvcd ou the mountains at 

 ^ U ^ the 



