1824.] Political Affairs in Matj. 4,^9' 



otientalis, iV. tazclta, Doronicum parda- night tlie wintl got nortli-wcst, and it 



liaiiches, and Anemone horleinis, plciitit'iil. cleared off by degrees. The cuckoo Cu- 



The ciown-iniperiaU have not Howeied c«<«s- cvojucus was first iieard, in a wood by 



this year, and the flowers of the primroses Cowden, this inornnig. Leucojam vernum 



and the polyaiilliuscs are niinieroiisly de- and Saav/raija crassj/oiia, now tiill in blow., 



stroyed by some hitlierto undiscov.ereil Hedvvis inuilora, Scylla mduns, NarcLisus- 



animal, wliicli bites them clean olJ', just majut; Naicissus hiculor, and others, in 



l>elow ihe calyx. flower. 'I'lie .'•prinj: is backward, the 



11. — Electiicily stiongly indicated afier larger trees aot showing any sii;ns of leat- 



the shower ot'snow. ing, iLiiiiigli some garden sliools are ont. 



12. — Shower of snow and sleet fell .it The cherry - tiees, plums,, and pears. 



6*30 P.M. from a reddish nimbus, after a 

 fair, but cold, day. 



13. — Hail showers and cold air. Floia 

 quite at a staiid-stdl. 



14. — This is called ciickoo-day in Sns- 



already in blossom. 



'2-1. — Viola tricolor axid V. odorala, abnn- 

 (lant. 



25 — Ranunculus Lulbosiis flowers in llic 

 orchard ; StelUiria halubtea nnder the 



sex, but llie bird has not appeared this Iiedgcs ; Narcissus hicolor, JSurcis.ius major^ 



year. and Tulipa Gesncriuna, in the ganlen. 



l.T. — S(/.T(/;-an-a crassi/o/ifl in blow in the May 3. — Narcissus hiflorus in flower 



garden; also Clariniond tulips. A single plentifully; also Doronicum plantagineum 



specimen of Oichis tn<(scula in flower. and Scijlla nutans. 



iO. — Redstart, liiijicillu mwalis, seen. 4. — The. Geiitiana acuuli?, and Narcissus 



Straggling swallow. poeticus, in flower abundantly in the gar- 



l?.-^Vt'i\\o\\ wieo, Ficedulasaitcum, first den. The S|)ring may be coa-idered veiy 



seen. 



18. — Yunx torquill(i,iUe wryneck, seen. 

 Small meteors, 



19. — Hirundo rustica, the swallow, ar- 

 rives. It is to be rem.'iiked that the 

 breeze spnuig up to-day from the san)e 



late here. The pears, cherries, and plums, 

 in full blossom, and beginning to show 

 green leaves. The apples are not yet iu 

 blossom. 



HvGEiA. — To calendars of nature, 

 some medical observations ought always 



quarter to which the falling stars pointed to be added, as these tend to illustrate the 

 last night, viz. soilth-ea^t. particular local epidemics and endemics 



20. — Bright and cloudless mornii)?, of each province. In this neighbourhood, 



witli a breeze from the south. In the 

 eveninsr, clouds of various forms appeared ; 

 the cirrocumuli floating on from rouiIi- 

 west, while the gale blew south-south east 

 below. TI.e clouds exhibited various co- 

 lours as the sun descended, and at 1' i^" 

 became red. Showers and wind followed. 



21. — Wallflowers become common. The 

 stormcock, Turdusiiscivoius, sings. 



22. — Lamium gurganicum, L. purpurevm, 



the prevailing diseases this spring, have 

 been seveie colds witii tuoih-ache, acute 

 rheumatism, and licad-ache. 



Tliereare two n'maikable circumstances 

 in this district, which are very interesting; 

 viz. ue have almost no cases of stone 

 among the patients of this neighbouihood ; 

 while cancer, which is a rare disease in 

 Essex, and on the north side of London, is 

 here a very common disease. In this 



in flower. It lained Ihe grt-attsi part of small village of Hartfield only, the writer 



last night and this morning; tonight an can reckon twelve or thirteen distinct 



unusual number of spidtis, ciaulnig on cases of cancer within four years, while 



thfi walls of the house, prognosticate more at Waltbamstow, a population of eight 



rain. timc's the uumber has net furnished the 



23. — The indication of last riight was same number of cancerous cases during a 



verified, in twelve hours of hard rain and period three times as long. 

 wind from south-west, to-day : towards 



POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN MAY. 



RUSSIA. 



BY a pnblislicd Report, it appears 

 that the lliissian navy has been 

 increased lo sev<'iity sliips of ilie line, 

 and eigbleoii frigates; wliilu its tll'cctivo 

 ami}' i,s at least a million. 



GliKAT BRITAIN. 



In the House of Commons, May 0th, 

 Mr. HuMii called attention lo the state of 

 Ihe Irish Chureli Establishment. The loot 

 of the evil iiiidiT uliich Iu land gioaned 

 was, he believed, lo be fi/und in leligious 



intolerance, in the Irish Church E'-.ta- 

 blishmeiit, in the amount of its revenues, 

 and the manner in which they were col- 

 lected. The state of Ireland was dread- 

 ful. No man in the south could go to bed 

 with greater security than if he lived in a 

 besieged place, — his house was not his 

 castle, unless he first made it one by for- 

 tification. The Protestant F.stablishment.^ 

 protected as it was by all the advantages 

 of wealth and power, seemed to consist of 

 1'289 benefices, as appeared by the last 

 returns. I3y the returns in " the Clerical 

 Guide," 



