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tered places in hedge- bottoms, fo glued to each other, or to the place in which they are found 
as entirely to prevect the cold air from having admiffion into the fhells. In the courfe of - 
a month or fix weeks, if the weather be faveuasbic. they will begin to crawl abroad. 
February the 17th. The Hedge -fparrow, and Greater Titmoufe fing. Rooks begin to pairy 
and make preparation for building their'nefts. — 
Red Archangel, (lamium purpureum), ivy-leaved Veronica, (veronica bederefolia} ant grees 
bellebore (helletorus veridis) ate in flower. 
Three or four Salmon have been caught in the courfe of the prefenc month, and thefe of cons 
fiderable fize. 
In the night of the 17th of February the wind ee from S. W. 3; the prevailing quarter 
for fome w eeks paft, to N. E.- In confequence-of this, we have a hard froft, which it is hoped 
will continue for a while, and puta temporary check to the vegetation. On the 18th we had 
a heavy gale of wind which lafted nearly the whole day. Hampfhirey Feb. 19th. 
P.S. In the latt BapOlts p- 104. 1. 13. for al te read furbelow, and for phaldua read 
phalena. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Objervations on the State of the We ather, Jrom the 24th of January, to the 24th 
GF February 1807, bugle, Tuo Miles N.W. of Sé. Paul’ Ss. 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Highet 30.63. Jan. 28. Wind N.W. Highe@ 60°. Feb. 14. Wind S.W. 
Loweit 28.40. Feb. 14. Wind S.W. Lowes 269.. == 19, Wind N. 
. On the morning of  § 
pa: “& the 17th, thethermo- > 
On the 14th, the : = 
Gresveat 59 hun- None 28 40, & crate ae a food at fe 59 
variation ing crédths of \on the next it was ee Sa : ar pee . if ee SS ae 
24 hours Vas inch. § 28:99. anata ay of the Sail tt eae ae 
ee only 26. @ 
The quantity of rain fallen during the laft two months is equal to 3:1 inches. Befides the 
rain there has been a heavy fall of fnow; near the metgepolis it was but trifling, but ata 
diftance it was drifted’-very many feet ; and feveral of the coaches on the northern’and eaft- 
ern road were attually dug out of it. ee 
“We have alfo to notice a very remarkable high wind on the night ctween the 17th ahd 
dgth. It did almoft incalculable mifchief to our fhipping between Dover and Marsalis and 
was produ@tive of much ferious mifchief in the inland parts. 3 
The average height of the thermometer for the whole month is nearly 379 5) of he has a8 
rometer, it is 29-696. It hasbeen higher and lower this month than we have ‘witnefied for {4 
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fome time. a i 
To CORRESPONDENTS. 
Some Correfpondents whe have fent, and others who have promifed, ‘communications relative ; 
to Mr. Whitbread’s Poor Bill, are informed that we fhall give-prelerence im our next to fuch ~~ 
papers as beft illuftrate the fubject by reference to facts. One of our correfpondénts, wifhes ~~ 
us to invite information relative to the encreafing monopoly of "Zarms, and to thofe branches of © 
manufa€ture which give employment to children only. ‘hefe he calls fources of Poor- % 
Maxine, the continuance of which wili render all other regulations nugatory. 
Petions who with for information relative to the poor, will do well to confult the Monthly 
Magazine of March, 1796 ; May, 1797 ; November and December, 1798 5 January, February, 
“and May, 1799 ; April, June, September, and November, 1800 ; Teicaaiy and Mare 18015 3 ae 
February, 1862; December, 1804; and November, 1805. — 
Correét Mirnois of Mrs. Charlotte Smith will be given in our next. . 
R. S. is informed that the Port-Felio has been deferred, owing to the preifure ar romp 3 
rafty matter. I 
Dr. Hamilton's valuable Pape: on Hydrophobia fhall appear in our. next. Preference was a 
given to the communication of Mr. Bartlett, becaufe it tended to difispate the delutions and - 4 
falihoods, which the public have for fome time been the dupes, -- ae 
Befides the illnitration of the new Syftem of Finance, which is to be found in our Report . 
of Public aart Ss, Our readers may sg a. valuable communication in our DEK ee 
