Cumberland and Westmoreland» 
[Dec. 1, 
oOO 
showers^ hut, this being the last day that I 
could conveniently stop in Kesvdck, I re¬ 
solved to atterr.pt the fiscent of Skiddaw. 
In, (he room w>»ere I breakfasted the ther- 
morreter stood at 58®, another in the open 
arr out of doors stood at 55°. The barome¬ 
ter at Keswick stood at 29'088 inches. At 
IVIr. Calvert’s the barometer was at 2P'l 
inches, and the thermometer at 55'^, the 
same as at Keswick. These observations 
were made upon tlie terrace before Mr. Cal¬ 
vert’s door. At the top of Skiddaw the ba¬ 
rometer stood at 26'3 inches, and the ther¬ 
mometer at 40*^. We had three thermome¬ 
ters, all of which were as near 40° as could 
be Derceived. On our return, on Jenkin 
Jdili, the barometer -stood at 26 9 inches, 
and the thermometer at 44° 5. At a spring 
nearly a hundred yards below Jenkin Fdill 
the barometer stood at 27'2, and the ther¬ 
mometer in the air, on the ground, and in 
the water, viz. the spring as follows, In the 
air 43° .3, on the ground 42°, and in the 
water 41°; all the thermometers agreed here 
as well as upon the top of Skiddaw. On the 
opposite side of the hill to the spring just 
mentioned, at another spring, the barometer 
stood at 27 2, and the theimometer in the 
water at 43°, in the air at 42°, on tl)e ground 
the same as in the air. At another place, 
the name of which I have torgetten, where 
the barometer stood at 27 8 inches, the 
thermometer was at 45°. Ac the spring 
above the High, the baron'teler stood at 27 89, 
and the thermometer in the air at 46 25, 
in the water 44°, and on the ground 44°; 
bat the distance.above 44° was so small as 
not easily to be expressed. At a spring near 
Long Scale Gate the barometer stood at 
28 22. Tiie thermometer in llie air at 
47" 5, in the water 48°, on the ground 48° 
At a sprirrs on the opposite side of the hill 
to Long ?ca!e Gate, the barometer stood at 
28-3, and the thermometer in the air, in 
the water, and on the grou.nd, stood at d8°. 
V/hen we got back to Mr. Calvert’s, the ba¬ 
rometer and thermometer stood as in the 
n'.orning, viz. 29‘i inches the barometer, and 
the thermometer at 55°. On examining 
a-lr. Calvert's barometer, in a back room 
where th.ere had been noiiie, or any tiling to 
'innucnce the alteration of the hei-ghc of the 
mfr>.urv, save ' be weight of the atmosphere, 
t .e barometer hod rather risen than other¬ 
wise. The height tif Skiddaw from Kes¬ 
wick is 930 yards; Jenkin Hill 695 ; the 
soring before mentioned, where the barome¬ 
ter 3 ood at 27 2, and the thermometer in 
the atr at 43°, on the ground 42°, in the 
water 4t°, 600 yaros; and tne top of Lafe- 
r:gg 296 yarcs. We lett .Mr. Caiveif's about 
ten o’ch-'cst in the tuienoon, and returned 
about half-past lonr i-‘ the ufteinoon. 4'iiere 
was not much rain till after thr-.e o’clock. 
The wind was exceedingly strong uron the 
top of SiiidJaw, and the sensation the cold 
produced,'e^uallfed, if not C-Xv-ebded, any I 
ever experienced. The party consisted of 
Mr. C'alverC, Mr. Ocley, and myself; and, 
though the thermometer was not below 40'’, 
all of us felt extreme cold sensations. There 
was no rain during the time we were upon 
Skiddaw, According to Donald, S.kiddaw is 
95.8 yards above tiie level of Bassenthwaite 
Lake. Ke.swic.k is considerably higher than 
this lake; hence it is probable that both 
calculations were accurately made. Paris 
Mountain in Wales is 3720 feet high, and 
the mercury varied from the bottom to the 
top of this hill 3’75. By-comparing these 
experiments together, we shall find, that 
for every inch that the mercury sinks in 
the barometer tube, there will be nearly 
1000 feet of elevation. It will fall a little 
short of 1000 feet for an inch of mercurial 
depression. We find that ther« was no sen¬ 
sible variation in the temperature, from the 
time we left, to the time we returned t® 
Mr. Calvert’s. We likewise find that the 
thermometer was 1.5° lower, upon the top of 
Skiddaw, than a? Mr. Calvert’s. If we di¬ 
vide 930 yards by 15, we shall have the 
number of yards for every degree which the 
thermometer sinks, in ascending a hill 930 
yards; 1.362 yards for every degree which 
the thermcmeLer sinks, when there has been 
no sensible alteration in temperature, be¬ 
tween leaving, and returning to the bottom 
of the hill. D. Nield. 
Murr/t'J.J At Carlisle, Mr. James Cul¬ 
bertson, to Miss Agnes Wright.—Mr. Wil¬ 
liam Ross, to Mrs. Mary Sell, of B-rampron. 
■—Mr. Robert Hunter, to Miss Jane Glen- 
denning. 
The Rev. William Lawder, dissenting mi¬ 
nister in Bevvcastle, to Miss Mary Little, 
sister of the late Mr. Little, attorney-at law. 
Air. George Wrightson, banker, of Mary- 
port, to Miss Mary Edgar, of Allonby, 
At .Egremont, George Rowe, esq, of Li¬ 
verpool, to Dorothy, youngest daughter of 
Samuel Pot'er, esq. of Springfield. 
AtWhitehaven, Mr. John Humphrey, ta 
Miss Ann Mitchell.-—Captain James Wood, 
to Miss Mary Ramsey. — Mr. Robert Turn* 
bull, to Miss Mary Gibson. 
Mr. John Teasdalc, ot Kendal, to Miss 
Allonby, daughter of the Rev. Mr. A. of 
Cartmelfell. 
nir. John Atkinson, of Flint Head, to 
M iss katimer. 
Captain Gilpin., to Miss Brown, both of 
Whitehaven. 
Ac Beetham, by the Lord Bishop of Lan- 
daii'. Lieutenant-colonel Smyth, second son 
of the late Right Hon. John S. of Heath, in 
the county of York, to Sarah, eldest daugh¬ 
ter of Daniel Wihon, esq. of Dallam Tower, 
in Westmoreland. 
Mr. James Muir, of Kendal, to Miss 
Bland, of Sedbergh. 
Abraiiam Levy, esq. to Miss Jane Atkiu- 
son, of i emple f'ower.'jy. 
Mr. Thomas Blackadder, of Skelton Cas- 
lic* 
