a Metecrshgical Report—New Planet. [Aug. 1, 
From the petiod of our laft Report to the 29th ult. the barometer gradually rofe; the 
heat of the atmofphere was, alfo, during the fame period, increafing. ~On the 30th, at noon, 
the mercury in the barometer had fallen three-tenths of an inchy when the metropolis and 
the neighbouring villages experienced one of the moft violent ftorms ‘of rain, accompanied 
with thunder and lightning, that ever were known. ‘The rain fell in fheets ; many. of the 
‘ftreets in London refembled; for feveral minutes, navigable canals 3 and in thofe which lead 
down to the Thanres, the torrents of water were fuch, as it is faid, no man living ever reo 
membered before. In our rain-gauge, which is elevated ry feet from the ground, more 
than two inches in depth of rain fell in Jefs than an hour. 
_. This ftorm was fucceeded by 17 days, in which it rained more or lefs every day, with the 
exception of the rth inft. During the greater part of the ysth, which, in the Calendar, 
is called St. Swithin, the rain was very heavy, and, according to an old prediGion, with the 
origin of which we are unacquainted, many people were looking forward to 40 fucceffive days 
of fhowery weather. Fortunately, however, for the ftate of agriculture, the Saint 
has deceived his adherents, and out of the firft nine days,,.we have had fix without any 
Fain at all. . : 
In the courfe of this month we have had 42 days without any rain; and the wind hasbeen 
eafierly eight days. 
-A NEW PLANET. 
An important circumftanee in Aftronomy has juft occurred, no lefs than the 
Difcovery of anoTHER NEW PLawet!!! ‘This celeftial phenomeno» moves be- 
tween the orbits of MarsandJupiter,and isan intermediate Planet between them: 
It was difcovered by M. Pazzi, an Italian Aftronomer, on the 1ft of January, 
1801. He concealed the difcovery, to preferve all the honour and obfer- 
vations.to himfelf, till after fix weeks clofe watching, he fell ill. It will not 
be in a fituation, with regard to the Sun, to be obferved again, till’a month 
or two hence. Jt is buta {mall Planet, ranking only as a star of the eighth 
magnitude, and therefore not viible to the naked eye. Its motion is nearly 
parallel to the ecliptic, at prefent about 43° to the north of it, and nearly 
entering the fign Leo. ‘The diftance from the Sun is about 23 times that of 
the earth, and the periodical time nearly four years and two months.—Other 
particulars fhall be given in our next. | | 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
We beg leave to clofe the controverfy concerning Greek and Latin Profody, which, we 
believe, has already been thought too protraéted by the generality of our readers. j 1 
The topic of the Scarcity has been fo much difcuffed in publications of every kind, that 
we have thought it adyifable to fupprefs many of the letters which have been fent to us/on. 
this fubject. : : We oe} MOT 
We have received a letter from Mr. Whitehead, in reply to the charge brought againt 
him in our Magazine, by Dr. Falconer, in relation to the Portland-powder. We fhould cere 
tainly, in conformity to our, ufual praftice, have inferted his defence had not the whole 
turned upon a fuppofed improvement upon the medicine made by Mr. Whitehead, which, by 
placing it at once in the clais of empirical noftrums, renders it no longer an obje& of "proper 
nedical difcuflion. ot fe Sees 
m we beg leave tofuggeftto fome of our many Queriffs, that, with a little pains, they might 
have their inquiries anfwered in a thorter way than by the circuitous mode of our publication; 
alfo, they will pleafe to confider, that, when they invite our Correfpondents to the difcuffion 
of a particular topic, they take it for granted, that we fhould choofe to fill our pages with the 
matter in queftion, which is often far from being the cafe. Prins : 
Neither the German Epigram, nor the Welfh Verfion of Gray, will fit our poetical dee 
artment. 4/° 
: The Account of Lynn is not of a kind that will fuit our Mifcellany. © : od 
The Difiertation on the different Parts of Speech will be returned on being applied for. 
The Difcuffion on Dr. Stewart’s Philofophy would probably intereft few of our Readers. 
The Writer of Battologia commences a controverfy with which we do not with to oceupy 
our pages. The paper to which he replies may be confidered as anamuting fpecimen of come 
jettural criticifm, which will probably have no ferious efietts. J De fara 
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