1823.] 
evening one of the most beantiful speci- 
mens of the coloured discoid halo was ex- 
hibited that ever !remember. It appear- 
ed above the moon at half after 9 p.m. and 
consisted of six concentric circles, viz, 
pale white, orange, purple, violet, green, 
and vermilion ; he latter, which was the 
outermost, snbtending an angle of ten 
degrees. At times there was a. seventh 
circle, of a paler kind, added, subtending 
sevente een degrees. There was a fog at 
the time, which appeared to be stratus; 
bat, thongh the fog remained, the pheuo- 
menon changed (indieating a change in 
the structure of the refracting medium,) 
at 11 ».m. there being no traces of it ex- 
cepta pale corona. 
Commercial Report. 
463 
‘The above terms for halos are described 
in my * Researches about Atmospheric 
Phenomena,” third edition, London, 1825, 
page 98, where I have described various 
refracted i images of a similar kiod. 
Blue Colour of the Sun.—Iin the above 
work, page 419, I have accidentally regis- 
tered the remarkable blue colour of the. 
sun, as having happened on the 19th of 
August. This phenomenon was, in tact, 
seen and noted down by Mr..B. M. For- 
ster, of Walthamstow, on the i8th of 
August, 1821, being the anniversary of 
the great meteor of 1783. I have no 
doubt that you will allow me to correct 
this error in your widely circulated Ma- 
gazine.—T. F. 
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
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PRICES or MERCHANDIZE, Oct, 24. Nov. 25. 
Cocoa, W.I.common --#4 0 0 to 510 0, 5 0 0 to 5 8 0 perewt. 
Coffee, Jamaica, ordinary 3 8 O — 312 0! 5° 8 0 '— 316 0 do. 
— Fs nel! 6 0 — 6 0 0 | 518° 011-600 polite 
—, Mocha --++«0e. 5 0 O — 512 '°'O 5 -00°0> ——~ h-12 70 ag 
Cotton, W.I.common-- 0 0 9 — 0 010%} 0 0 9 — O O11 -perlb. 
, Demerara:--++s 0 O11 — 0 1 ik] O O11 — O 1 1 dow 
Currants ------.- ressee 5 G6 O — 5 8 OV 5°60 | — & (18-410 perawt 
Figs, Turkey -+-+-+--+- 118 0 — 2 2 0 115 0 — 2 0O O perchest 
Flax, Riga’s-++..+++++. 62 0 0 — 63 0 0 |62 0 0 — 63 0 O per ton. 
Hemp, Riga, Rhine ---. 41 0 0 — 42 0 0142 0 0 — 4210 0 do, 
Hops, new, Pockets---- 16 0 0 — 18 0 0 }16° 0 0 — 418 O O perewt, 
—_+_—_, Sussex, sia 1212 0 —1313 0; 9 0 0 —12 0 0° do. 
Iron, British, Bars’ ---- 810 0 — 9 0 O 810 0 — 9 @O O per ton, 
—+__—_, Pigs'ss--- 6 0 0—700/600—7 0 de. | 
cn Nee sseeseeee-- 9 O O — 910 O 9 0 0 — 910 0 95 galls. 
alipOliv++++++-+ee 55 0 0 — 0 0 0152 0 0 — O 0 O per ton. 
OG .secceseseseesss 92 0 6 — YO OO 2.0 6 — 0 QO O'perevt. 
Raisins, bloomor jar,rnew 4 6 0— 48 0} 40 0— 4 5 0° da 
Rice, Dalian rie se 34 016-0 — 018 0} 016 0 — 018 0° do. 
,Carolina -.++.-+2 117 0 — 21 0 117 0 — 2 1 0 da. 
Silk, China, raw--+++ee- 016 1 — 018 1] 013 9 — 1 O 8 per Jb, 
——, Bengal, skein «-++s 011 5 — 01210] 011 5 — 01210 do. 
Spices, Cimmamion -----. 0 7 6 — O 8 O 0 6 7 — 0 6 8 do. 
Cloves -eeeeees O'3 9 — O 4 O01] 0 3-9 — 0 4 O° do. 
, Nutmegs -+++-- 0 3 0 — 0 0 0 0 3 1— 00 0° do. 
’ Pepper, black-- 0 0 6 — O O 6f] 0 0 53 — 0 6 6. do. 
a, whites. O-PS! — OF 4 13h| 10:04 5§ — 0 0 0. do, 
Spirits, Brandy, Cogniae 0 210 — 0 3 4] 0 210 — © 3 2 per gal. 
—-, Geneva Hollands 0 2 1 — 0 22/0 21 — © 2125 d&@ 
CHa Bh , Rum, Jamaica-- 0 2 4 — 0 2 6] 0 48 ¥ —'O 2 4s do. 
Sugar, brown ---+...-.- 0 0 0) — 247 0 | 248 0. — % 0 [0 per cwt, 
——, Jamaica, fine +--+» 3 9 0 — 313 0 310 O}— 1313 [Olida 
— East India, brown 100 — 14 0] 10 0 — 4 4 (0 @o.band. 
,lump,fine--++.«65 4 3 0 — 46 0] 44 0 — 4 8 0° ‘do, 
Tal W, town-meltéd-.-.+ 2°20 —' 0 0 0] 22 0 — 0 0 0°! do 
ea hint “6)'2-18'90) — 070 0 | £46 9'— £17 10°! do. 
Ohigars Wve eave Ong 5 — 0 2 53) 02. 52 — 'O 2 4¥perlb, 
——s, FAyson, best:+;*-- 0. > 9 — 0 6 0|0 59 — 0 6.0. do. 
Wine, Ma deiva,old -+-» 20 0 0 —70 0 0/20 0 0 —70 0 O perpipe 
——, Port, old’ cesereee 42 0 0 —48 0 0/42 0 0 — 48 0.0 do. 
—— Sherry, seeeseeeee 90 0 0 —5U 0.0190 0 0 — 50 0 O per butt 
Course of Exchange, Nor, 25.—Amsterdam, 12 6.—Hamburgh, 37 8.—Paris, 2490, 
Leghorn, 46}.+-Lisbon, 524,—Dublin, 94 per cent. 
Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Stock Companies, at the Office of Wolfe and 
Edmonds',Birmingham, $15/.—Coventry, 
11001.—Derby, 140/.—-llesmere, 63/.— 
Grand Surrey, 491.—Grand Union, 19/4—Gyrand Junction, 26al.—-Grand Western, 
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