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Balasore. 

 State of the weather on the 14:th May, 1852. 



\Wi May.— Bar. 29.58. Wind S. E. with slight rain; cloudy to the 

 E. S. E. and E. N. E. : Noon Ther. 92°. 



14sth— Bar. 29.58 ; at 6 a. m. light breeze, wind N. E. and very cloudy, 

 Ther. 88° ; at 10 a. m. Bar. 29.48. Weather cloudy and threatening with 

 a very light shower from the IN". N. E. ; Noon Bar. 29.45, breeze increas- 

 ing from North to N. N. W. with smart showers of rain, Ther. 86° ; at 

 2 p. m. Bar. 29.36 with heavy rain from the Northward, and a dense cloud 

 hanging to the E. N. E. shewing a gale there. At 5 p. m. Bar. 29.29 ; 

 Ther. 84°, heavy rain with strong gusts of wind, the dark bank still 

 remaining to the E. N. E. whilst the wind here is shifting more westerly, 

 wind N. N. W. ; at 6 p. m. Bar. 29.29 ; Ther. 84°, wind N. W r . ; at 7 

 p. m. and puffy and the Bar. and Ther. remained at that height till Mid- 

 night when the Bar. rose to 29.33, and the wind decreased ; it having got 

 round to W. N. W. and W. S. W. 



15a.— Bar. 29.58; Ther. 83; at 6 a. m. wind S. W. fine breeze and 

 pleasant weather, but still cloudy. 



Report (as published in the newspapers) of the foundering of the ship 

 Dublin, Gapt. Robinson, from Calcutta hound to London. 



This ship was left by her Pilot on the morning of Thursday the 

 13th May, 1852, and with the wind at E. N. E. she unfortunately 

 committed the old error of standing close hauled to the S. Eastward 

 instead of bearing up, which would have brought her quickly on the 

 Western and S. Western quadrants of the storm. After stand- 

 ing on, she finally hove to so as to wait for the centre to come up 

 to her. The following is abridged from the newspaper account. 



" The commander of the Dublin and part of her crew have reached 

 at Contai or Hidgellee, near Balasore. The following statement 

 has been sent to Calcutta by Captain Robinson : — 



Contai, 19th May, 1852. — I was compelled to abandon the Dublin on 

 Saturday morning, she having then nine feet water in her and fast set- 

 tling down. 



The pilot left me on Thursday morning, the wind drawing from the 

 eastward and beginning to puff up ; at Noon double reefed the topsails. 

 I carried on a press of canvas to get to the Southwards At 4 p. m. close reef- 

 ed the topsails. Wind E. N. E. At 6 p. m. stowed the foresail, at 10 » m. 

 blowing with fearful violence stowed fore-topsail and hove her too unfer 



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