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Meteorological Table. 



the disposition among men, to be estranged from her. If men 

 are ever intended to be just to each other, the consummation of 

 that great purpose will be produced in this way. Our gratitude 

 then, is pre-eminently due to men who devote their highest 

 powers to this lofty end. 



This sentiment appears to be growing up in Great Britain. 

 The propriety of representing, in a reformed parliament, the 

 intelligence, as well as the property and ignorance of the country, 

 is a subject which has received some discussion there ; and it is 

 said that the ministers have even admitted the necessity of it. 

 We do not see why the presidents of a few learned societies, 

 might not, ex officio, have seats in parliament, with the privi- 

 lege of speaking, if not of voting. We feel quite sure that the 

 president of the Geological Society of London, would be more 

 useful there, representing the saurians of the lias, than Mr. 

 Hunt, representing the mammalia of Preston in Lancashire. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Made at Wilmington, Delaware, hy Henry Gibbons, M. D. 

 Summary for February, 1832. 



Therm. Barom. 

 Average at sun-rise, 30°. 14 in. 29.90 

 Average at mid-day, 38°.45 29.86 

 Average at 11 o'clock, 



P. M. 32°.93 29.86 



Moiithly average, 34°.295 29.885 

 Maximum, 19th, 62°. 24th, 30.38 

 Mimimum, 24th, 12°. 20th, 29.45 



Range, 50°. .93 



Warmest day, 19th, 55°. 

 Coldest day, 24th, 15° I 



Proportion of clear weather, day^ 9 



Proportion of cloudy, 20 



Whole days clear, 5 



Days on which snow and hail fell, 5 



Days on which rain fell, 8 



Depth of snow, in, 4 



Depth of rain, 5.10 



Quantity of water, 5.60 



Northerly winds prevailed, days 12 



Easterly, 8 



Southerly, (S. to W.) 9 



No Auroras. — Clouds electrified, once. — Rains, frequent, 

 though light ; and several small snows. — Winds moderate, and 

 rather changeable. — Two easterly storms, both attended with 

 hail, sleet, and rain ; also a partial one, with some snow, the 

 wind changing in a short time to south. The weather of this 

 month was very disagreeable, being a succession of transitions 

 from warm to cold, with frequent rain and snow. The temper- 

 ature was at no time cold enough to impede the navigation by 

 forming ice. On three days only was the mercury so low as 20°, 

 viz. on the 21st, 22d, and 24th. 



