1805.] Metcorajogical Report.-Solar Spots, Se, $11 
The young Wheats every where look well and promifing. Winter Tares and Clover have 
improved lately very much 5 and in warm fituations a bite may be foon expected, Thie 
‘Turnips have not fuffered by the late frofts, and, with the afiiftance of the Swedith (which 
are now generally fown), will ‘enable the-farmer to EE his flocks well, till the new 
Graffes are ready to be turned in. . 
The Ewes are beginning to lamb; the Falls are in general good, and there ha ppen bk few 
cafualties. 
The prices of Grain tn the country sianthels have been lately nearly Ree > except that 
Seed Corn of all kinds has been fomewhat higher. Clover, Rye; Grafs, and Trefoil Seeds, 
are much advanced, being now in great requeft. The average price for England and Wales 
is—- W heat, oss, rid. 5 Rye, 578. gd. 3 Barley, 48s. ; ie 2478. 2d, ; Beans, 47s. 7d, - ; 
Peafe, 49s. 2d. vy Otmeal, Ais. Sd. 
Fodder isin ge aera plenty, and moderate in price, wich gaeseaned Lean Cattle to obtain 
good pricesat the late fairs, where Stock Sheep have been fomewhat cheaper; and Store 
Hogs are very low. In Smithfield Market Beef fetches from 4s. to gs. od. per ftone of 81b. 
Mutton, qs. 8d. to 5s. 8d; Veal, 5s @d. to 7s, 4d. 5 Pork, 4s. 8d. to Ss. 4d, 
Milch Cows are’ a and. good frefh Horfes ae the draught and faddle kind ftill obtain 
great prices, and are panel in demand. 
In Whitechapel Market, Hay fetches npn 31. 16s. to aah 95: 5 Wane ba 4s. to 5h se) 
Straw, 11. 16s. to al, 8s. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. | / 
Cifervations on the State of the Weather, from the 24tb yf February, 18055 to the 24th of 
Mareb, 1805, sidan two Miles N. W ~ Of St. Paults2 ee 
Bieiycions Thermometere 
Higheft 30-245 March 20. Wind E. Higheft’ 62°. March 14. Wind W. 
Loweft 29.40. March t. "Wind N. Loweft 22°, March II. vou SE. 
Between ee mor- fa Early in the morning of 
Greateft 2 yar nings of the 1ftand Greateft the trth, the thermome« 
variation ‘in Sofia in h ad, the mercury | Variation in \ 26°< ter was as low.as 22°, 
‘24 hours, Sob aninen..) rofe from 29.4 | 24 hours. 4 _ pat the fame hour on the 
to 29: 9° SOU NT ER, CBR next rie it ttood at 48%, 
The quantity of rain fallen ice the laft Report, is oy fmall, hie equal to bit little 
more than three quarters of an inch indepth. 
This month has been remarkable for much fair and very dry weather. During the middle 
and latter part of it, the wind has been in the eaft, and frequentiy the weather has been 
fevere ; neverthelefs, upon the whole, the average denies of heat has been at. 4.3. 568, oF 
about eight degrees higher than that of the preceding month, ‘The mean height. of the ba 
rometer tor the month i is equal to 29,92. 
In this country a dry March has ever been efteemed Panagatie to the progrefs of vegeta-- 
tion, and as a forerunner to a plentiful feafon 5 we may therefore anticipate, from the prefent, 
Sond Sree; 3 and in moft parts the wheat looks welljsand the trees make a good thew for 
fruit, 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE folar {pots at prefent very far exceed in number and magnitude all that I have ever 
obferved at one time. " 
Obferving the fun on the meridian ‘witha {mall equatoreal telefcope, I was ftruck with one 
of them very little advanced on the Sun’sdife. As the power is only 38, I knew the fpot 
mutt be very large to be difcernible by it; andfol found, For, changing my achromatic for 
a reflector with a power of 100, I faw no lefs thanfeven {pots. Three clufter-{pots triangu~ 
larly difpofed, large, and weft of the centre 3 two other round fpots eaft of the centre ; and 
this vat fpot behind them in the fituation which I have defcribed. It is about four times the 
~ length (extending from north to fouth) of its width; and its width muft be at leaft (Ithink) 
40”. lt will probably, as it becomes obfervable more diftin@ly near the centre, be found to 
be a clufter-fpot. Its edges are dufky, and very ill defined. -There was a {mall {pot ftill eaft 
ef it, very little beyond the eaftern limb of the San, inte 
Thefe 
