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brought torrents of rain. The barometer on Sunday morning, was ho- 

 vering about " ram." In the afternoon it suddenly sunk to " much rain " 

 and " stormy," and at a quarter before four, on the morning of the 8th, it 

 stood at "set fair." 



At Whi.ehaven, N. W. of England. In the afternoon and evening of 

 Sunday the 6th, the wind blew softly from S. W. ; but during the night 

 it shifted to N. N. W., and before 2 o'clock, it began to blow a perfect 

 hurricane, and continued till morning. 



At Dublin the tempest, such as the oldest inhabitants cannot remember, 

 commenced at 10 o'clock, P. M., of the 6th, from S. S. E., and varied 

 in the course of the night frequently from that to S. S. W. Its fury 

 abated about six in the morning. 



At London, throughout the early part of Monday the 7th, there was a 

 strong breeze from S. W. wiih squalls. About 3, P. M., there was hail 

 and rain, and as night advanced the wind increased to a gale, with heavy 

 squalls. 



The storm of Sunday evening was productive of much mischief in 

 the vicinity of the metropolis. 



At Chester, little south of Liverpool, the hurricane was terrific on 

 Monday night from 12 till 2, arid a fearful continuance of the gale even 

 after that hour. 



Narrative second edition page 95. At Loughrea, near the mid- 

 dle of west coast of Ireland, at (J, A. M., of 7th, the wind changed from 

 N. W. to W. 



[Leeds. Mr. Denny's Journal.] 



Jan. 7th, A. M., at 9 wind W. S. W. Barom. min. 28.375 



10 W.N. W. 28.490 



Hi W.N.W. 2S.5UO 



12 W. 28.525 



P. M., 2| W. 38.555 



3| W. 28.575 



4i W. 28.610 



7 W. N. W. 28.710 



10 W. 29.010 



[Belfast News Letter of llth Jan. 1839.] 



At Londonderry there had been much snow for two days, but no ap- 

 pearance of storm. About 12, on the night of the 6th, the storm broke 

 out,'the wind being then souih east ward ly, from which point it gradually 

 veered to S. W. It did not subside till 6 next morning. 



At Loughrea, houses fell about 11, P.M., from the violence of the 

 hurricane, and at about 6, A. M., the wind changed from N. W. to W. 



[Dublin Evening Herald of Jan. 10.] 



The town of Birr, near centre, little south, on the night of 6th, and 

 morning of 7th, was visited by the most awful tempest that has perlnips 

 ever occurred in Ireland. The wind blew during the hurricane S. W. 

 by W., and the barometer, so early as seven o'clock in the evening, in- 

 dicated the approaching convulsion. While I was at dinner my attention 

 was drawn to this instrument and I found it had fallen to 28.65, from 



