(Brom @ Correspondent), That there is much weather at Nagasaki isa fact not to be denied by the oldest resident, but the weather there has certainly surpassed itself within the past mouth, Bwo typhoons within a fortnight are an allowance of wind that few would care to meet with again, yet such has been the case at the generally tranquil port of Nagasaki, Thursday, the 20th of August, set in with nothing particular, except a Arizzling rain—and when does it not rain in Nagasaki? Towards the afternoon the barometer commenced to fall, and the American men-of-war sent down their topgallant masts, yet no one supposed anything unusual was going to happen, As night came on, however, it commenced to rain in torrents, the barometer went dow rapidly, and the wind blew in fitful gu from E. to E. by N. The harbour w: unusually crowded, a number of steamers having arrived from both native and Chinese ports; the greater portion of the U.S. fleet was in harbour, including the flagship Hartford; one British gun was likewise in port, and four driven north in the last typhoon, and nur bers of native sailing raft. About mi night the wind had increased to a regular typhoon, accompanied by torrents of driving rain, the wind so strong that, in spite of the comparatively small extent of the harbour, the surface of the water was lifted off in' shots, which deluged every vessel. One by ove the vessels com menced to drag their anchors, and many serious accidents were caused, for wot withstanding that most of the steamers got up steam, even with this help, and two anchors down, not half a dozen succeeded in holding their own. One of the first to seems to have been the Madras, recently purchased by the Japanese from the P. & O. Fouled by some native craft, and lying opposite a galley down which the wind descended in powerfal blasts, she did not fetch up till ier sternpost took the ground close to the Akenora factory. he Japanese iron-clad, formerly known as the Stonewall, drifted in the same direction, her bottom getting fon! of a reef of rocks, and though the morning found her still afloat, it was necessary to beach her, he Fingon drifted right across the harbour, and finally found herself at high waler ashore, her forefoot in unpleasant proximity to reef of rocks, The sailing vessels all drifted more or less; one, the Hambwy, only fetching up close to a reef of rocks ott the Akenora side; two others, the Lulu and the Bertha, had to ent away their masts to save themselves from falling into similar predicament. Most of the men-of-war also drifted to some extent, the British gunboat finding herself at a consi derable distance from her previous pos tion. Many of the steamers in port were loading coal, and were surrounded with cargo-boats. "These'and their cargoes were
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