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584 — . Meteorological Report. 
The demand for fat stock of most descriptions has been greater during the present montis 
than in our last. In the Smithfield market, on the 25th, beef was rather lower ; ay 
veal, and pork, much the same, but lamb dearer. 
To sink the offal, at per stone of 8/6. 
Se ae $.'0 di 
Beef-wsccaeeee 410 to 5 6 Beastso< ouai.. sss Face a eee 
Muttones 200 SOO to. BAB Sheep and Lambs ........ 15,000 
WEA i ween ee ee ee Calvesl cue tee a tiwighlelata a> Pai 
Pork -- cocces §& 6. far 7a. & Pigs.ccacerecreersasecece Day 
Lamb... is ceva OOF MEG. pen ee 
’ In the Haymarket, on the 25th, the prices were rather on the advance. 
Haymarket, 
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of March to the 24ifs 
of April, 1808, inclusive, Two “Miles N.W. of St. Paul’s. 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Highest 30.30. April 13. Wind N. W. Higheft 66°. April 14. Wind N. W. 
Lowest 29.44, April 22. Wind N. Lowef 25°, April 2. Wind N. W. 
im In the middle of 
re ee On the 18th the ¥ ad ie day on the 17th, 
‘ mercury stood at Greateft ( the mercury was at. 
gus sine hs 30, but at the | V4tlation oS 11°. 51°, but at the same 
24 hours § " \\same_ hour the | 24 hours. hour on the 18th, it 
next day it had was no higher than - 
fallen to 29 55. . 40°. 
The quantity of rain this month is equal to 1.53 inches in depth. 
Few winters that we recollect have lasted so long as the present. We usually expect at 
this season a long series of cold winds from tle east by the north; but they have lasted 
Jonger than common this spring, if spring on this day (April 27) it can yet be called. Eve~ 
ry thing on the north side of the metropolis is very backward, and there is scarcely the ap- 
pearance of foliage on the hedges, or even the gardens. During the month, the thermome- 
ter has frequently been as low as 309, once at 25°, once at ¥6°, and thee times as low as 
28°. Thie average heat of the whole month has been nearly 42°. It has been ascertained, 
in a former volume of this eo under the article ‘* Learned Societies,” that vegetation 
never proceeds at a temperatute less than 40°. Hence we easily account for the small pro- 
gress of spring, when the average temperature for this month is less than 42°, and for the 
last it was lower than 40°: for the two months, the true average is 40°.5 exactly. By 
letters from Yorkshire, grievous complaints are made of the coldness of the weather, and of 
the almost perpetual falls of snow aa hail, which have done much serious damage. It will 
be recollected that on the 19th, the Tuesday in Easter week, we had a continued fall of very 
heavy snow, for several hours. 
: Astronomical Anticipations. 
There are two eclipses this month, but both are invisivle tous: the first May 10, an 
eclipse of the moon, which to some parts of the earth will be total ; the second, an eclipse of 
the sun, May 25. ‘Ve will put down the times of the commencement. and duration, and it 
may afford our younger readers an entertaining problem for the globes, to find to what part’ 
ofthe earth these eclipses are visible. On the 10th, tle commencement of the eclipseis at 5h. 
56m. in the morning: beginning of total darkness 6h. 54m. which will last little more than 
an hour and a half, and the eclipse will end 9h. 26m. On the 95th of May, the sun is 
‘eclipsed, at cur 1/h. 19m. in the morning, but invisible to Europe, on account of the moon’s 
too great south latitude. After what we have said. our readers will not need to be informed, 
that the full moon is on the 10th, at about midway, between 5h. 96m. and 9h.'26m. or 5 
‘gminutes past seven in the mornings: and new moon is at the precise time of the eclipse on the 
25th. On the ist, the clock is 3’ 4” after the sun, and it increases till the 14th and 15th, 
when it-is3’ 58”; it then declines, and on the 3ist, the clock is only 2’ 44” behind the sun. 
ERRATA. 
In this fener page 957, line 4, for have, read leave. 
in No. 169, page’198, second’col, line 1, for glares, read glances. 
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