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9,6th April. — Daylight, increasing gale with confused sea. 11 a. m. wind 

 suddenly shifted to the Westward with tremendous fury, carrying away the 

 three topmasts and mainmast head, ship on her beam ends. Noon the same 

 weather. Lat. 16° 10' N. ; Long. 85° 47' East; Bar. 29.40. p. m. hove to 

 with a sail in the mizen rigging. At 3 p. m. Bar. 29.50. Lower deck cargo 

 shifted, and ship almost swamped. Wind not marked from Noon this day. 



97th April. — a. m. moderate and fine, bore up for Calcutta. Noon in 

 Lat. 17° 11' N. ; Long. 86° 47' East. 



False Point Palmiras. 



The following report is from Mr. Barckley, Superintendent False 

 Point Light House. 



26th April. — False Point was visited with a severe Cyclone. At noon it 

 commenced to blow from the Eastward in heavy squalls, with heavy rain at 

 times, and at 5 p. m. the wind veered to the S. E. and at 7 p. m. to the South- 

 ward, and at 9 p. m. to the S. W. and then the weather moderated ; and fell 

 almost a calm — 



97th April. — To 2 30 a. m. with a very clear sky overhead and a very thick 

 mist surrouuding the horizon; at 3 a. m. it commenced to blow from the N. W. 

 a complete hurricane until 5 a. m. 



At about 9 a. m. the greater part of both Dodwell's and Plowden's Islands 

 were inundated, and I should say that the water rose about 5 feet more than 

 the usual rise ; and it did not subside for about 9 hours after the Cyclone 

 had blown over; and the wind steady at S. S. E. 



I have been some twenty miles round to the different villages, there are no 

 lives lost, but there is not a house left with a roof on, and a great many blown 

 down altogether. These villages lie all to the N. W. of the Light House. 



Five of the Company's Salt works are completely destroyed. 



We have received a great deal of damage at the Light House. The Portico, 

 bathing-room, and most of the men's houses blown down, aud the garden laid 

 a complete wreck, not a tree left standing. 



In reply to my farther queries, Mr. Barckley adds the following 

 cotes and tables of the Barometer and winds at different hours. 



" In answer to your note dated the 3rd instant, I beg to state that on the even- 

 ing of the 25th there was a very thick haze all round the horizon, with a red 

 appearance, and a cross scud overhead, from the N. W. and S. W. with the 

 wind from the S. E. with a clear sky. On the 26th it was cloudy, and thick 

 all over throughout the day ; between 12 and 3 o'clock on the night of the 26th, 

 there was heavy forked lightning from the N. W., and a clear sky overhead 

 with a bright moon, and stars thining," 



