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and Southampton, accompanied at the last-mentioned place by a 

 violent gale which lasted for half an hour. On the 15th at 

 Guernsey, Helstou, Uckfield, Thame, and Rose Hill near Oxford. 

 On this day the lightning set fire to a barn situated about four 

 miles to the south-west of the last-mentioned place, which was 

 bm-nt notwithstanding the extreme fury of the storm, hail and 

 melted snow falling all the time in torrents ; water to the depth 

 of more than 0'5 inch fell ; and the obsener at Oxford says, that 

 the lightning of this storm struck a rick-yard at Radley in this 

 neighbourhood, and did considerable damage. On the 16th at 

 Jersey, Falmouth, Helstou, Truro and Uckfield; on the 17th at 

 Helston and Uckfield; and on the 18th at Uckfield. 



Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, on October 3 

 at Thame ; on the 5th at Linslade and Trowbridge ; on the 9th 

 at Thame and Stonyhurst ; and on the 10th at North Shields. 

 On November 4 at North Shields, and on the 26th at Guern- 

 sey and Manchester. 



Lightning was seen, but thimder was not heard, on October 5 

 at Stone, Greenwich, Cambridge, Norwich, Nottingham, Ha- 

 warden, jManchester and Whitehaven ; on the 9th at Uckfield, 

 Thame, Trowbridge, Hartwell House, Holkham and Manchester ; 

 on the 10th and 31st at Hartwell House. 



On November 2 at Strokestown in Ireland, and at Dunino in 

 Scotland; on the 5th at Hawarden; on the 9th at Hartwell 

 House ; on the 24th at Guernsey, Uckfield and Trowbridge ; and 

 on the 25th at Guernsey. On December 5 at Guernsey ; on the 

 13th at Helston ; and on the 14th at Uckfield. 



Aurora boreales were seen on October 1 at Stone, Hartwell 

 House, Hartwell Rectoiy, ]\Iidhm-st, Greenwich, Cambridge, 

 Grantham, Cardington, Nottingham, Holkham, Liverpool, Man- 

 chester, Wakefield, ^^liitehaven, Stonyhurst, North Shields, Dm-- 

 ham and Dunino ; on the 2nd and 3rd at Dunino ; on the 5th 

 at Rose Hill near Oxford ; on the 8tli and 9th at Holkham ; on 

 the 10th at Rose Hill near Oxford; on the 15th at Manchester; 

 and on the 29th at Stonyhurst and North Shields. On Novem- 

 ber 2 at jMidhurst ; on the 3rd and 5th at Rose Hill near 

 Oxford; on the 9th and 10th at Jersey; on the 12th at Holk- 

 ham ; on the 18th at Dunino ; on the 21st at Cambridge; and on 

 the 28th at Dunino. On Deccndjcr 23 and 26 at Holkham ; on 

 the 27th at Hartwell Rectory, Midhurst, Holkham, Whitehaven 

 and Dunino, 



Hail fell on October 1, 2 and 4, at Hartwell; on the 5th at 

 Jersey, Hartwell, Whitehaven and North Shields; on the 9th at 

 Thame, Nottingham and Manchester; on the 10th at Jersey 

 and North Shield.s; on the 11th at Jersey, Holkham, Durham 

 and North Shields; on the 19th at Uckfield; on the 20th at 



