and the South of Scotland. 375 



at Holkham, Hawarden, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, 

 Nottingham and Stonyhurst; on the 17th at Greenwich, Uck- 

 field, Aylesbury, Hartwell House, Stone, Linslade, Carding- 

 ton, Leicester, Greenwich, Nottingham, and S.W. of Dunino; 

 on the 18th at Helston, Exeter, Greenwich, St. John's Wood, 

 Oxford, Aylesbury, Hartwell House and Rectory, Stone, 

 Linslade, Cardington, Leicester, Durham and Nottingham ; 

 on the 23rd at Jersey and Hawarden ; on the 28th at Guern- 

 sey and Helston. On August 3 at Rose Hill, Oxford ; on 

 the 5th at Holkham ; on the 6th at Stone and Dunino; on 

 the 7th at Hartwell House ; on the 8th at Oxford, Hartwell 

 House, Stone, Linslade, Cardington, Hawarden, Liverpool, 

 York and North Shields; on the 9th at York and Hartwell 

 Rectory; on the 12th at Greenwich, Norwich and Oxford; 

 on the 13th and 15th at St. John's Wood; on the 19th at 

 Liverpool ; on the 20th at Holkham and Nottingham ; on the 

 21st at Nottingham; on the 24th at Greenwich and Hartwell 

 House ; on the 27th at Guernsey ; on the 29th at Guernsey 

 and Helston ; and on the 30th at Guernsey. On September 20 

 at Exeter ; on the 23rd at Holkham and Norwich ; on the 

 24th at Holkham ; on the 26th at Stonyhurst ; and on the 

 30th at Jersey and Trowbridge. 



At Uckfield, during the third week of July, the weather 

 was very wet, and many places in this county were visited by 

 severe thunder-storms. 



At Hartwell Rectory, on the 15th of July, at l h 30 m p.m., 

 there was a storm with thunder and lightning, and rain fell to 

 the depth of 5 1 inch. July 17, at 6 h 30 m p.m., there was 

 another thunder-storm, but very little rain; sheet lightning 

 occurred at intervals during the evening to the south and 

 west. July 18, at 3 h 30 m p.m., there was a thunder-storm 

 with heavy rain ; and sheet lightning was seen all the evening, 

 followed by continued rain, which measured in the gauge, on 

 the following morning, 1*610 inch. 



At York, on August 8, a thunder-storm occurred between 

 six and eight in the evening. The Diocesan School and the 

 Roman Catholic Chapel were struck by lightning and injured. 

 Sheep were killed, and two individuals were knocked down, 

 but no human life was lost. This was the severest storm that 

 has occurred in York for the last twenty years. Thunder and 

 lightning occurred again on the 9th. 



At Stonyhurst, the lightning during the thunder-storm of 

 July 16 was the most brilliant Mr. Weld remembers ever to 

 have witnessed. It frequently resembled the explosions of 

 fireworks ; and on several occasions three or four branches 

 darted from the same centre, while sometimes the sky seemed 



