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At Bombay the Standard Barometer corrected to Temp. 32°, tvas at 



20th 29.572 



21st .. .. Sunday. 



22nd •- .. —.456 



23rd .. .. —.395 



24th .. .. —.434 



25th —.495 



From the Madras Athceneum. 



Vizagapatam. — On the evening of the 21st ultimo, the rain com- 

 menced pouring down in torrents, and continued so for the space of nearly 

 one week, accompanied by a strong wind, which set in from the North 

 East, veered round to the East and blew a furious hurricane from that 

 quarter ; during its continuance, a solitary Dhoney which was riding 

 at anchor in the roads, having been the previous evening deserted by 

 the greater portion of her crew, parted from her anchor, and was 

 driven to the shore with only three men on board ; and she went to 

 pieces a very short time after. A native brig also ran ashore, (inten- 

 tionally as is generally supposed,) and she now lies a total wreck about 

 a mile or two to the Northward of this place. Recent accounts from 

 the Northward mention the fact of wrecks of vessels being strewn along 

 the coast, and that about a dozen native craft have wrecked or foun- 

 dered between this and Ganjam. 



Abridged Extract from the Log of the Brig Union, Captain Springer, 

 from Coringa bound to Pondicherry, reduced to civil time. For- 

 warded by Captain Biden. 



The Union left Coringa on the 19th May 1843, on which day at 

 noon Coringa Light House bore West about 7 miles distant, r. m. 

 light winds, and at midnight fresh breezes Eastward. 



20/A May.— Noon, wind E., latitude 15° 1' N., longitude 82° 37' E. 

 p. m. freshening from N. E. Evening and morning with heavy rain ; made 

 preparations for bad weather. Midnight strong gales, apparently N. E. 

 Vessel very leaky, and heaving cargo overboard. 



