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number of fair days. We have, neverthejess, had some fine weather, though never cofi- 
tinuing during the space of 48 hours, tarely indeed half that time. Thé average tempe- 
rafure of the weather is about equal to 60°, and the height of the barometer ig not quite 
_ €qual to its average height last month, being rather less than 99-4. The wind b:s blown 
chiefly from the westerly points, and the mercury has frequently risen for a few hours with 
anortherly wind; and, on a sudden change o: the breeze, the rain has come in considerable 
quantities. Rain has been the characteristic feature wi the atmosphere, during the last three 
months, with an interval of about a week srom the £8th of July. x 
N.B, At Rhide, in the Isle of Wight, the quantity of rain fallen, and the mean height of 
the thermometer, taken every merning at eight o'clock, for the montis of May, Fuiie, July, 
and August, are as follow: * Per) 
M, H. Ther. Rain fallen. | 
May os 6-tenths -" , - 
2 in. 
June $404 ~ “Je wtenths §. \ 
July 63° nearly 3-S-tenths |"? enh ’ 
Auge . 65° nearly 5*8-tenths : mt ONT 
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It would seem by referring to the preceding Reports in the Monthly Magazine, that 
nearly double the quantity of rain has fallen in the neighbourhood of Lohdon, compared with 
wwhattell at Rhide. ‘Fhe temperature is also higher, as we might expect, there than here. 
ASFRONOMICAL ANTICIPATIONS FOR OC! OBER, 1809. ee 
On the morning of the 9th, at 42 minutes past seven, the moon will be in conjunction. 
with the sun, at which time the latter Juminary will be eclipsed to the inhabitants of our 
globe, that are situated several] degrees to the south of the equater ; but it will be no eclipse 
to us on account of the moon’s great south latitude. On the forenoon of the 23d, at 25 
minutes past nine, the moon will be at the full, and likewise eclipsed 5 but the eliptic® oppo- 
sition happening several hours after the'moon sets, no part ofthe eclipse will be seen by as 
Europeans. The quantity of the eclipse, at the greatest obscuration, will” be 10 digets and 
one-sixtieth part more. The planet Mercury will be at his greatest elongation on the 9th, 
at which time bis angular distance from the sun will be 25 degrees. ir will be with very 
great difficulty, that this planet will be seen by us who are situated so very far to the north of 
*the“equinoxial line. The beauttul planet Venus will stil! garnish our clear mornings with 
her gre-t splendour, for about four hours befere sun-rise. On the 21st, this planet will-pass: by 
the 8 in the Virgin, a star of the third magnitude, when the nearest approach of the centres 
- will be 44 minutes, the star being nearest to the horizon. On ti 98th, she will yass ciose 
by another-star ia the Virgin, of the same magnitude, named », the difference of latitude 
. being only 12 minutes. — Mars will be up for two and three hou’s after sun-set inthe western 
* part of the heavens.—Jupiter will be in opposition to the Sunon the 13th, at half-patt 
three in the afternoon, andconsequently will be up, throughout the month, nearly the whole 
night. His long stay above our horizon, in the night-time, will give us an opportunity/of 
observing (if the weather permit) several immersions and emersions of his satellites, The _ 
‘immersions of the first satellite happen on the morning of the 3d, at 37m, 45s. past one; on 
the evening of the 4th, at6 m. 23s. past eight; on the morning of the 10th, “at 52 m. 19%. 
past three; and on the evening of the 11th, at 1m. @%s. pastten. The visible emersions of 
this satellite happen on the evening of the 13th, at38 m. 99s. pastsix 5 on the morning of 
the 19th, at 4m. 31s. past two ; onthe evening of the 20th, at 33 m. 128 past eight; on 
‘the morning of the 26th, at 59 m. 27 s. past three; and en the evening of the 27th, at 
28 m. 12s. past ten. The visible immersion of the second satellite will be ca the morning 
of the 5th, at 34.m_-49 s. past four. The visivle emersions of this satellite will be on the 
evening of the 15th, at 51 m. 7s. past ten; on the morning of the 23d, at 27m. 59 s. 
past one, and on the morning of the 30th, at 4m. 50s, past four. The third satellite” 
will be seen, if clouds interpose not, to immergé. into jupiter’s ‘Shadow, on | the 
evening of the 14th, at 9m. 54 s. past eight; and to emerge out of it, 2h.17m.6s. 
afterwards. A visible immersion of this satellite will again take place on the night of the 
21st, at 122 m. past midnight; its subsequent emersion will also be visible, 2h. 16 m. 
48s. afterwards. Another emersion may be seen on the morning of the 29:h, at 29 m/54 s. 
past six.—-Saturn and the Georgium Sidus will be too near the Sun, this month, to attract 
much attention. - g ; 4 
: TO CORRESPONDENTS. “oS 2 ee 
Mr. Hersurne, of Greenwich, who has expressed so much laudable indignation — 
against the atrocious conduct of a Poulterer, iu plucking his Fowls alive, should 
«ry the effect of an Indictment against the wreteh he describes. “ ——” aes Se 
\ Several Correspondents ure informed, thut we cannot pledge ourselves to msert any 
‘apers till we have seen them, + ISS -OOGU CRE ne 2 ames 
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