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METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL kept at Clapton, in Hackney, from the 21st of September to the 6th of October, 1810.

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Sept. 21. Some Cirro-cumuli appeared about 5 p. m. : the evening became misty.

Oct.

22. A great disturbance of the Electric state of the atmosphere was con-
spicuous this day. A fog covered the ground at sun-rise; about
noon it was become clear, when I observed Cirri spread about at
a great altitude: these were succeeded by Cirro-strali, Cirro-cu-
muli, and Cumuli of various appearances; some large and lowering,
others loose dark-coloured fleeces, floating in a lower region.
Towards evening the wind rose, and barometer fell; but the night
turned out calm and clear, and summer lightning prevailed.
23. Several modification of cloud in the sky during day. Clear night,

and summer lightning.

25. Overcast at sun-rise; very clear day afterwards; falling stars observed at night. Stars shine very bright.

26. Clear day, and rather windy in the middle; calm clear night. Small meteors observed.

27. Cirro-stratus prevails during the day, disposed in beds of small aggregates, extending in arcs across the zenith. Clear night; small meteors, called falling stars, frequent.

28. Small meteors observed at night.

29. Foggy at sun-rise. After it cleared off, I observed the modification of Cirro-stratus dispersed about in the atmosphere; in some places in thin films, in others in rows of small spots. Cirro-cumulus also appeared. Loose flocks of dark reddish Cumulus floating beneath in a lower region. At sun-set a very highly coloured Cirro-stratus, on an almost golden sky, gave the Western horizon a very beautiful appearance. Rain came on during the night.

30. Pleasant day after the rain; Cirrus and Cirro-stratus prevail. The Western sky appeared deep red after sun-set.

1. At night the stars' light suddenly diminished, and a lucid Burr (not a Halo) was observed round Jupiter.

2. Electric state of the atmosphere very much disturbed; various mo. difications of cloud prevail. A breeze rose from E. at 10 a. m. Clouds highly coloured at sun-set.

3. Clear day; only Cumuli passed over with the wind.

5. Cirri and Cirro-strati observed.
6. Cirro-cumuli; heat increasing.

Glapton, Oct. 22, 1810..

THOMAS FORSTER.

Mr.

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Oak (See Plate I.) not more remark

Mr. URBAN, Shrewsbury, Aug.13.

LILLO's celebrated Tragedy of able for its size, than its traditional

George Barnwell having by some been imputed to fiction, and by others to an event said to have happened at Camberwell; and the whole still remaining in apparent obscurity; the following observations, which arose from visiting a place near Ludlow in Shropshire, may be deemed worthy of notice by the curious. The place alluded to is called Hucks Barn, a short mile from Ludlow, on the Leominster road, which is said to have been the residence of the Uncle of George Barnwell; and a plot of land near it still bears the appella tion of Barnwell's-green, so named from his waiting there to rob his uncle, as he returned from Leominster fair; near to this green is a wood, or thicket, in which he perpetrated the horrid deed. The following extract from the old ballad will farther corroborate the fact of its being at or near Ludlow :

"Nay, I an uncle have;

At Ludlow he doth dwell:
He is a grazier, which in wealth
-Doth all the rest excell *,"

The Uncle might reside in Ludlow, and keep the house and land in his possession at Hucks Barn for the convenience of keeping cattle, and as an occasional residence, which is the case with the present possessor. The house is likewise a pretty clear index to the ballad, it being, according to its general appearance, of the time of King James I. From the above observations it seems evident, that the Play was founded on a sad catastrophe that really happened at this place. Thinking a view of the house, in which the unfortunate Uncle of the infatuated Barnwell occasionally resided, would be worth preserving in Mr. Urban's Museum, I have enclosed one taken at the time I visited the place, July 2, 1805. (see Plate I.)

D. PARKES.

Mr. URRAN, Shrewsbury, Aug. 14,

As you have recorded, and given

delineations of many trees, remarkable for size, or some history attached to them, I am induced to send you a drawing of The Shelton

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* See Percy's Reliques of Antjent Poetry," vol. III. p.

history.

Mr. Gough, in his edition of Camden's Britannia, introduces the following notice of it:

"About a mile and a half from Shrewsbury, where the Pool road diverges from that which leads to Oswestry, there stands an antient decayed Oak. There is a tras dition that Owen Glendwr ascended this tree to reconnoitre; and finding that the King was in great force, and that the Eari of Northumberland had not joined his son Hotspur, he fell back to Oswestry, and, immediately after the battle of Shrewsbury, retreated precipitately to Wales,”

This tree is now in a complete state of decay, and hollow, even the larger ramifications. It is visited by many people, from the above tradition. A gentleman whom I accompanied was so charmed with the old tree, that he gave it the name of Owen Glendwr's Observatory, and wrote the annexed inscription for a brass plate to be fixed to the tree : "On July xxii,

A. D. MCCCCHI.

OWEN GLYNDWR,

ascended this Tree to reconnoître, jon his march to Shrewsbury, to join the daring Hotspur against King Henry IV.; but, finding his friends were defeated, returned from this spot into Wales."

The following are the dimensions of the Shelton Ůak :

Girt at bottom, close to the
ground

Ditto, 5 feet from the ground
Ditto, 8 feet ditto

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44 3

25 1

27 4

260. GENT. MAG. October, 1810.

The height of the tree to A.

41 6

Within the holiow of the tree, at
the bottom, there is sufficient room
for at least half a dozen to take a snug
dinner; and he, whose signature fol-
lows, would have no objection to
make one of the party, and drink
to the memory of Owen Glyndwr.
Yours, &c.
D. PARKES.

Mr. URBAN, Harwich, Aug. 17.
S you have done me the honour,

of recording the various epitaphs, &c. transmitted from this place, I enclose several Inscriptions transcribed from Monuments lately

erected

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