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Market, Hay fetches from 5l. to 61. Gs. per load; Clover, from 6l. to 71. ¥s.3 and Straw} 
from 11. 12s. to 11. 16s. 
On threfhiag out the crops, they, in moft fituatians, turn out better than was fuppofed at 
the period of lioufing the grain —In Smithfield Market, Beef fetches from 4s. to &s. pep 
ftone of 8lb.; Mutton, from 4s. 8d. to Gs. 4d.; Pork, from 5s. to 6s. 
TE ee Se et ee 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of November to the 24th of 
December, 1808, inclusive, Four Miles N.N.W. of St. Paul's, 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Highest, 30.00. Dec. 13. Wind N.W. Higheft, 52°. Now, 27. Wind N.W. 
Lowest, 28.88. Dec. 22. Wind N.E. Lowest, 18°. Dec, 21. Wind S-E. 
Between the Z : 
Between the morR- 
ings of the 27th and 
28th the thermometer 
fell frem 50° to 31°. 
rs middle of the days 
Greatest ? 7-tenths }of the 3d and 4th Greateft 49° 
variation in ¢ of aninch < the mercury rose | Variation in 5 é 
#4 hours from 29.12 to | 24 hours. 
29:82. 
The quantity of rain fallen this month is a little mare than two inches in depth, befides 
this we have had unufual falls of fhaw. On fix days it has fnowed ; and on fome it came 
in large quantities. ‘Till the i7th the weather was renmrkab!. mild for the featon; 
previoufly to this the mercury had been thrice only as low as the freezing point, and once, 
us it is noted above, a degree lower. The fevere froft on:the night between the 17th and 
18th was uthered in by a dark and gloomy day, accompanied with rain, fnowy anda very 
violent ftorm of wind. On the 18th; after only a few hours froft, the ice was fufficiently 
thick for fkaiting, the mercury at eight in the morning being at 21° ; fince that te this day, 
(the 27th,) it has never once been as high as 329; and three times it has been-as low a 
21°. Forthe whole month the average temperature is 36° 8, which is lower than the mean 
temperature of December, but not quite fo low as that of the fame month in 1807. 
The mean height of the barometer for the month is 29.46, The wind has-been variable, 
but on the greater number of days it has blown from the north weft. We can reckon foure 
teen brilliant days; fome fogs, but not many, norvery thick. 
In our next we fhall give a Summary of Meteorological Obfervations for the Year, 
Astronomical Anticipations. . 
The new year is ufhered in by a full moon, at about ten in the evening. The moon is af 
ehange, or new, on the 16th, and again full on the 51ft. Ifthe weather be favourable, two 
ecliptes of Jupiter’s firtt fatellite may be feen with a good glafs; viz. ope onthe firft at 7h. 54’ 
$3’, and the other on the 17th, at Gh. 15’ 14” aftronomical time, as regulated by a goog 
clock. To attain accuracy, it muft be obferved, that on the firit the clock fhould be full # 
before the dial; and on the 17th it fhould be about 104 minutes before it. Venns and 
Jupiter are both evening ftars, and when the atwolpliere is clear, will afford fine oppor 
@unities for obfervation. : ahs 
Full moon will be on the firft, at 53 minutes paft nine, night; and on the 31ft, at eight 
minutes paft two, afternoon. ‘The comjiiittion or cliange huppens on the morning of the 
16th, at nine minutes paft one. On the 12th there will bea notable occultation of that bright 
ftar in the Scorpion named £ by Bayer. As the: Moon, at the time of this phefomenion, will 
by 38 degrees paft her Jaft quarter, and within feven degrees of her laft o&tant, when very 
lite more than a quarter of her difk is illuminated, it will be a very jnteretting obje&, ang 
may be feen, if the weather permit, by the naked eye. Theimmerfion will be at the bright 
edge of the Moon, at #24 minutes paft four in the morning, apparent time ; or at one mipute 
patt five, as thewn by a well-regulated clock. At the time of the immerfion the ftar will be 
2% minutes of a’dcgree more than the Moon’s centre. ‘he.emerfion, or re-appearance of the 
ftar, wili be at 54 minutes paft five, apparent time, or at fix minutes paft fix, clocketime; 
when the confines of the Moon's enlightened bemifjhere will be not lefs than 22 minutes of 
a degree to the eaft of the ftar. During the courte of this mouth, there will he fome vifible 
emerfions of Jupiter's fatellites out of his fhadow. «The vilible emerfidns of the firtt fatellite 
will Le on the firft, at 54m. 33s. paft feven, night ; and ow the 17th, at 15m, 14s. paft fix, 
evening. The vifible emerfion of the fecond. fatellite will be on the i8th, at 34in, 2s, paft 
feven, night; and the vifible emerfion of the third fatellite, the 22d, at 11m. 14s, pat fix, 
evening. It muft be obferved, that the above cmerfions are fet down to clock-time. Mercury 
will be too near the fun this month to be teen by the naked eye, the fuperior conjunétion 
happening on the 19th, near his aphelion. During the whole month’ Venus will yt 
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