242 On the Severe Cold of' last Winter, 



It is a highly curious fact, that the wind throughout was dia- 

 metrically opposite to what it was at Edinburgh, and that the 

 very thick fog was not accompanied, as it usually is here, with 

 an east wind. The weather was in general clear, and very 

 delightful, except on the 15th, and the ice sometimes seven 

 inches thick. The wind had been almost constantly due east 

 since the beginning of the year before the 9th, on which day 

 also the frost began, being new moon, and broke up on the 

 16th, with her first quarter, being one instance out of many 

 of the moon's influence. 



At Earl Spencer's, Althorp, Northamptonshire. 



In the north of Scotland-f- this cold was much more severe, 

 as appears from the following observations. 



• I presume the maximum. 



•f We have taken the liberty of adding this paragraph to complete the paper of 

 our Correspondent — Ed. 



