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made all sail, running along the land in soundings of nineteen to twenty- 

 two fathoms. At 10 at night, the wind wore to the SE. and continued 

 a steady breeze at South to SE. all next day. The 5th when at noon 

 St. George's Island, bore NNEJEast. Latitude observation 15° 11' 

 North ; distance off shore about ten miles ; the weather moderating, but 

 very hazy : the barometer and thermometer showed no symptoms of any 

 change during the strength of the breezes : the latter part of the 5th 

 decreasing winds with cloudy weather, with a cross turbulent sea. 



Barque Marchioness of Douglas. 



Had fine weather from the 2nd instant ; latitude 14° 14' North, longi- 

 tude 73° 34' East, to the 4th instant in latitude 15° 43' North, longitude 

 73° 27' East. The winds moderate and light from NE. to NNW. and 

 latterly SE. 



Ship Earl of Clare. 



Fine, land and sea breezes, from the 2nd instant; latitude 14° 38', to 

 the 4th instant, 16° 17' North, while passing the Coast. 



Bombay. 

 The recent Magnetic Disturbance. 



The Hurkaru, in copying the letter we received sometime ago from 

 Professor Orlebar, describing this phenomenon, makes the following 

 observations, which we commend to the notice of the learned Professor 

 himself, and all others interested in Meteorology. 



' " We extract from the Bombay Courier a letter from Professor 

 Orlebar, in charge of the Observatory at Bombay, descriptive of a re- 

 markable magnetic disturbance, — ■ a magnetic storm,' which was indi- 

 cated by the apparatus under his care, on the morning of the 3rd 

 instant. The Professor remarks that " it will probably appear that this 

 week has been accompanied with remarkable phenomena on every 

 quarter of the earth." May not this unusual disturbance of the mag- 

 netic fluid have been in some way connected with the rotatory hurricane 

 which was experienced by the Hindoostan off Ceylon, on the 1st and 

 2nd instant, and which, travelling to the NW. might have been suf- 

 ficiently near Bombay on the 3rd to produce the phenomena observed by 

 Professor Orlebar ?" ' — Bombay Courier ; December 30th. 



