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ward. Ship leaking very much. Pumps closely attended to. Ba- 

 rometer 29.60 2 p. M. "Wind increasing, in jib and mainsail and 

 2nd reef of the topsails. Barometer 29.50. At 4 p. m. wind S. OS. 

 wore ship to the S. "Westward. Wind and sea increasing. Ship 

 leaking much more. Pumps closely attended to. Observed the 

 water coloured. Barometer 23.50; and at 6. p.m. 29.20. The 

 gale and sea increasing. In all, but the close-reefed topsails 

 and foretopmast staysail. Heavy seas breaking on board and 

 could not stand properly to the pumps. Midnight, strong gales, 

 and terrific squalls with a heavy sea running, ship labouring and 

 straining very much, carried on the close-reefed topsails to get the 

 Prepris channel open. Barometer 29.10. At 4 a. u. it blew with 

 fury — the foretopmast staysail blew away ; split the foretopsail and 

 main spencer ; ship lying over very much, with a dead body of 

 water on deck. Found we could not keep the pumps clear ; water 

 gaining on us very fast. Barometer 29.00. At 6.30 a. m. it blew 

 a hurricane, ship laying down on her beam ends. All hands per- 

 fectly stupified and could not hear me speak to perform my orders, 

 and it was impossible for them to stand at the pumps. The dead 

 water was lying on deck over the hatches. The Master went below 

 to see the Barometer, when he heard the water running in at the 

 stern and all the cabins afloat. The carpenter was called for, and 

 knocked all the panellings away. He then stopped a very great 

 leak on the starboard quarter; my attention was next drawn on 

 deck, the ship was laving over so that I had great trouble in getting 

 up the cabin stairs and when I did get on deck, 1 found the wind 

 had veered to the Westward. Barometer 28.90. Lost the foresail 

 in trying to wear ship. Got a studding sail into the forerigging, 

 but found it of no use. It then came on to blow more awfully than 

 before, the ship laying on her beam-ends, and we saw plainly the 

 ship settling down fast. The main and mizen mast were cut away 

 and the ship righted at once and then hauled to the S. S. E. 

 Sounded the pumps and found five feet water in the hold. Set all 

 hands to the pumps." — Rangoon Chronicle, April 29th. 

 Extracts from the Rangoon Newspapers. 

 Bangoon. 

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