134 Mr. J. Glaisher's Remarks on the Weather 



the 26th thunder was heard at l h 30 m p.m., and at 3 p.m. 

 there was a heavy storm with thunder and lightning : it con- 

 tinued stormy during the evening and night." 



At Hartwell House, Mr. Horton says, "that on June 26 a 

 mansion near Thame, called Thame House, about ten miles 

 from here, was set on fire by the lightning." 



At Truro, Dr. C. Barham says, " the thunder-storm on 

 June 26 was rather severe, but more so a few miles to the 

 northward. Eleven sheep were killed by the lightning in one 

 field, and four in a neighbouring one about ten miles to the 

 north-east. The rain was not very heavy, and there was no 

 hail : there was a fall of 16° of temperature between l h and 5 h 

 p.m., and the weather has continued unsettled with showers 

 and squally from that time to the present, July 3." 



At Exeter, Dr. Shapter remarks, " that for three days pre- 

 viously to June 26 the atmosphere had gradually become hot 

 and sultry, and at 4 p.m. on this day it became extremely op- 

 pressive. Distant thunder was then heard, and heavy rain- 

 clouds came up with a light wind from the south. At 6 p.m. 

 the storm reached Exeter; the lightning was constant and 

 vivid, and heavy rain fell for two hours, when the storm mo- 

 derated and passed on, and the wind shifted rather suddenly 

 till 6 p.m. It reached Bridgewater at about 9 p.m. The elec- 

 trie telegraph on the South Devon Railway was rendered 

 useless for several hours ; the trains were consequently de- 

 layed, and considerable inconvenience was occasioned. The 

 general character of the other parts of the month was fine and 

 warm. Rain to the depth of 1*21 inch fell during the storm." 



At Uckfield, C. L. Prince, Esq. says, "that on the 26th, at 

 night, the electric fluid struck a house in this place and shat- 

 tered a portion of the roof, burnt some clothes, &c, and in- 

 jured no one, although there were thirty persons under the 

 roof at the time." 



At Southampton rain to the depth of 1*96 inch fell during 

 the passage of the storm. 



Thunder was heard, but lightning was not seen, on April 11 

 at Rose Hill, Oxford, and Saffron Walden ; on the 12th at 

 Saffron Walden and Norwich ; on the 17th at Hartwell 

 House; on the 20th and 21st at Nottingham. On May 7 at 

 Guernsey; on the 13th at Cardington, Stone and Aylesbury ; 

 on the 17th at Nottingham; on the 18th at Wakefield and 

 Nottingham; on the 19th at Cardington and Nottingham; on 

 the 21st at Exeter and Hawarden ; on the 22nd at Aylesbury 

 and Holkham ; on the 23rd at Aylesbury, Norwich, Holkham, 

 Oxford, Wakefield and Stonyhurst ; on the 24th at Carding- 

 ton and Hawarden ; on the 25th and 26th at Hawarden ; on 

 the 27th at Guernsey, Wakefield and Stonyhurst; and on 



