(222 Panama’s Hurricane.—Natural System of Winds, Se. 
at 4 p. m. 29.45 ;—at 8 p. m. 29.50 ;—at midnight 29.30: reefed, &c. 
and brought the ship to. During the night, heavy and increasing gale 
from E At4 00; ;—at 6 a. m. ;—at 
8 a. m. 28.80 ;—at 10 a. m. 28.70 ;—at noon 28.60.—Tremendous gale 
and dangerous sea. Lat. 20° 14’ S., Lon. 76° 47’ E. 
“ Jan. 26. Blowing a tremendous hurricane. Lost the fore-topsail and 
foresail and scud under the fore-topmast 0 ae which split, and the ship 
broached to, lying on her beam-ends in the trough of the sea. Night 
came on gloomy and dark, the hurricane increasing. At 10 p. m. the 
with apa weather. Barometer at 1 p. m.28.55;—at 2 p. m. 28.50;— 
at 4 p. m. 28.45, (lowest) ;—at 8 p. m. 28.50 ;—at 9 p. m. 28.60 ;—at 
10 p. m. 50 mat lH p.m. 23.80;—at midnight 28.90 ;—at 1 a.m. 
29.00 ;—at 2 a. m. 29.10;—at 3 a. m. 29.20; —at 4 a.m. 20.30:—at 6 
a.m. 29. 40 ;—at 8 a. m. 29.50;—at 10 a. m. 29.55 ;—at noon 29.60: 
Lat. 21° 46 S., lon. 75° 59’ E.”—Journal of Wm. Frederick Griswold, 
Esq., Master of Ship Panama, from Canton, bound to New York. 
As no change of wind is specified at the commencement of this 
storm, it would appear to have begun in the direction of the south- 
east trade, the latter being a fair wind for the ship, which appears 
to have been under the southern semi-circle of the storm; and 
the progress of the storm towards the southwest, nearly i in ne 
course of the ship, doubtless protracted its divaidoin: The 
tion and veering of the wind in this storm, is in perfect part 
ance with the facts and inductions adduced by Col. Reid, relating 
to the Culloden’s storm of March, 1809; the direction of rotation 
being towards the right, as in other storms in south latitude. This 
hurricane of the Panama, is one of the storms on which my own 
inductions for southern latitudes had been founded. 
Natural System of Winds and Storms. 
It will be found difficult to reconcile with the received theory 
of winds, the facts which have claimed our attention while pursu- 
ing this inquiry. 'T'o me it appears, that the courses of the great 
storms may be considered to indicate with entire certainty, the great 
law of ciréulation in our atmosphere ; and that the long cherished 
theory which is founded upon calorific rarefaction, must. give 
place to a more natural system of winds and storms; founded, 
mainly, upon the more simple conditions of the great law of -grav- 
itation. 
Storms of Europe. 
The courses and developments of the storms which pass over 
the island of Great Britain, are believed to be more complex than 
on the shores of the United States. It is not improbable, that the 
