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* " SCBAP 3 FOB BAD 1 CALS . _ -XIX . X . T . CLa > 'CT . ^ HE SIOTJNTAHJ KYMPH , LtBEBTY . ^ y 2 d {« njtaia JTympVa a . blooming gir ! 2 £ r chirms like crescent beims » re shining ; ger nTen locks , and teeth of pearl , Set many a gay lothario pining ; Her bosom's an ambrosial bed , And Flora queen of flowers reigns o ' er it : -There could lies * my drooping head , Her feslcyan heart -would Boon restore it . ^ bere buddiDg roses tempt the aignt ; Bat = ij fell rival * hathplaced o ' e * them Tvsf sentinels as black as night , Who shoot at all that stand before them . -Then to the charge ! tho' I may fall ,
Faint by my "wounds in freedom * * trenches gain if condensed might drown us all ; Bat scattered mists can only drench ns . '
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JOB FREEDOM ! FOR GOD !! JLND FOB BIGHT I \ I XX . Yea , the dangeon hath chains for the patriot mind , Too' cold irons and gloom-with him dwell ; jj ' u heart » -with the free , tho'his -will be confined Even for life , itt oppressions * damp cell : ¦ tfben c&ptive to dnrkTiras his soul can impart To hii vision a radiance of light ; £ bright lamp af vengeance J to cheer up the heart Pisa the dull dreams of slavery ' s night ; gjjtmldsucbbd ~ mj -portion of slave-making lairs , Were 1 doomed "to tha prison this night , 2 dj voice to je bondsmea is " on in the cause " On , foi Freedom ! fai God ! l and for Bight i 1 ?
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? CfSCBIPIIOX FOB A SCIENTIFIC LECTURE BOOM . The bright celestial Goddess Trrflship'd here , - li Science , to our hearts and souls so dear . She needs so priestcraft to uphold her n » m » Jfor Mood-stained alters to support her fame ; 2 » or tithes , nor taxes , from the pooi she draws , 2 « or fiction needs she to rapport her cause ; Annan ' s best friend , she freely lends a hand To bolld his house or cultivate his land . Then lei to rally round her radiant shield ;
Her conquering feathered weapons let us -wield ; Herihiildis troth , hex "weapons are on ? pens , Let ' s rouse "with these the tyrants from their den * That creel tyrant , Ignorance oft doth hind , The reasoning members of the darkened mind ; And stubborn prejudice like evening shade , Obscures the rays that science bri ght hath spread . Then let ns hope "When -with her Iriendshqi blest , To rise and soar above the vulgar mist , Ol custom , -prejudice , and such like things , Bjir to ths Lurd . but fear not priests er kings . 1 . Raskik .
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GLOTJCESTEB . Isvfpedext Oxbeb . of Ijitju ) Bboisebs , Leicesieb Usttt . —On Tnesday isk ^ a Lodge in connection with the ordeaopened s Gloucester , being the second in that town . On Fednesdar , ( the nest day ) another was opened at Oiriienham , on which occasion twenty-three persons vere initialed .
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iBtarEss Churches have been bells in Manches-) s innsg ihe laai seven years . Ths Bishop cy Loyvos has received £ 50 f' 9 from s anonymous donor , 10 he expended in building a earth in . London . Miss Phuxtps has given fee munificent donation i iMO . GOD . to the Welch Society of Ancient Britons , which Supports upwards of two hundred fph&ns . Thsee JIe-n while "dredging" for shrimps on M ? cow Banks , near Bolion-le-Sands , were over-Tbelmed by the tide , on Thursday evening , and nre drowned -within a short distance from the sore .
¦ Dr . ! Jabidj , the chief surgeon ef the Kaval HospaJ ai Malta , was shot dead by a seniry of the 88 sh hgiimni , as he was stepping oai of the door of tar-Admiral Sir John Louis , where he had been a a profesaonal viaii . 2 io cause is assigned , for the The Tows Cotoctl of Giafgott , by a majority of Khieen to thirteen , have passed a vote of censure t Sir James Campbell , the Lord Provost , for pri"Bielj Eesodating with Ministers to have the city peed under a system of police regulated by Go-¦ Rffiment , and obnoxious to tha inhabitants gene-SuJ . Os Wedsssdat last , a sieam-engine boiler fast it the furnaces of Messrs . Morris and Son , Jpton , whereby one man lost his life . The boiler in torn from its bed and carried to a distance of foteen yards , and was rent into shreds .
It was stated , in the insolvent Debtors' Cour t « TcuTiday , by 3 ir . Barttelot , lately ahair-dresscr iR » g 2 ni-5 irset , that his insolvency W 35 attributed Siise recenr change of fashion in ladies' hair . The stfets ( he said } were the most profitable , and ihe fAn hands introduced by her Majesty -aere i ) te ruin i hiir-dressers . It ha- teen estimated by Dr . Thomas D ' . ck that a ^ f ifce creation of the world fourteen thousand * 3 i > ns oJ bfcicgs have fallen in the battles which Ssa has -waged against his fellow-creature—man . . Thefors-Sngars only of these bsin ^ a were to be l £ 3 n a siraigbt line they would oat-reach more SmSOiHKH ) miles , beyond the moon .
LosD D £ FiETSK has become an exterminator . Itt-rdiag ^ to the Rosrcmmvn Journal he turned a s cf people near liOughlin houseless npon the world « week . Tbe cabins of the wretches have been teed to the ground- These cases of hardship fe aurbnted to his Lordships agests . He himself 5 iefcnt > ed as a humane man . The < ra of two-penee 13 levied on each pedes-2 aa who may walk along hi 3 Grace of Bnctogh ' s yplendid pier , as Granton . A Gentleman ^ s importuned near the shore for alms , -hasdly ^ 'ied . *• 2 s * o , no , I have just given my lasi penny > iie l ) ake of Bucclengh , "Ah I ( repliedthe men-^^ t ) , is he upon the tramp too I "
^** = ayc 3 D . —The d'Seolty of collecting the poor *? cor .- inues . There was a meeting of the autbo-^ s 02 Saturda y , when it was agreed that the * j ^ 3 rj should not be called out to assist m the ^ eetibn . A large number of Gaultier men armed ^^ tcks paraded through the streets of the city on -isssddj , but without breaking the peaca . ^ he B-jDr of the Poob Law collector of Duleek , 2 th e toanty of Meath , was found on Saturday in * 6 tch ia the neighbourhood of that village . He ^ btec stoned to death , and a considerable sum of fcsswj was found upon his person—so that plunder ¦* s * endcatJy not the objeci of his murderers . He ?*> £ person of excellent character . —Dublin Eveu-*» Mmi .
BiKBiHors MrnDEB is TiPPEBABf . —The Nenagh * sajrfcai » gives the following particulars of the *** n uiurdcr near that town i— ** Eren on the eve " ftar as ^ zis , and at theconclnaon of that for the jfea riding , an atrocious and brutal murder has !~ = perpetrated in our riding . The cabin ia which ^ ic-k deed was done is verging the road side . «• iuth was it 3 app-iarance that at first sight we j ^ ryt ^ ed it 50 be a iovei foT pig 3- Into thi 3 den the ^«^ ed , Patrick Tiernej , entered , for the purpose " ^ s&kiEg his pipe ( as it is represented ) . The woman * ice house , her two small children , and a girl 5 ^ d Grady , about eleven years oF age , were 5 ^ ; bai . the owner of the house was out to visit
* -a ^ nbonr . After some time a young man named * ? ? lll , living about twenty perches distant—enters 7 « iown— smoktss with tbe devoted Tierney—and ~ ~*« ires . Almost immediately after a nnmber of P caat into the cabin , ordered Tierney on his j «* s , and broke in hi 3 skull-with sticks , Etones , and ^ - The unfortunate being ' s forehead was ^ i&d . and his brains burst cut . The woman **^» s ihat she ian and hid herself and her children } &sr the bed—thai she did not hear tbe murderers ^ Jfie murdered say -anything beyond , * Tierney , go p Jmrr knee 3 ' and * T am nfF * What was the crime
j * » hich Tierney was sacrificed I On the 25 ih nit ., * - * as fired at tas he swore ) -mthin one hundred P « 3 of the spot at which he subsequently met his 2 * Two balb perfbrated his hat ; and for that f ^® Pt oh his life two men ^ named Michael Lariin , J *» Thomas Gleeson , were committed to stand their j j ^ at the present assizss . On tola day the Bigbl ^ - Baron Lefrpy will -vMt Nenagh , for the porpe of opeiung the commission j and it must appear Z ^ Jing to his lordship that , on the very eve of the r * " jury being Eworn , a barbarous murder should ^^^ Pstrated within a few miles of our county i-n ? ' ^ ' ^ ttat ' > 0 ' for the purpose of Invalidating Prp ^ eciino nfor wajlayrag and attempringto shoot . ^ iBq ? st was held , and a verdiet of wilful murder
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Who wixl claim them!—The morning after VaJentme s Day two letters were delivered from the . Fosi-ofiice , Warrington , to the letter carrier . One was addressed to - The agliest woman , " aud the other to "The prettiest girl , "in Penketb . The postman must have found himself in " a fix . " He wisely returned them , affirming that there was none of the former , and that as to the latter , there were so many he did not know to which of them the valentine ought properly to be delivered . The 1 " Abmokicajs" of Brest states , that aconvicfc ,
named Lambert , has invented a machine by which in case of accident , the carriage of a railway train may be instantly detached from the tender and stopped , whatever-be the speed at which they are travelling . This convict had previously invented a speaking trumpet , constructed on an entirely new system , capable of conveying sound even in the midst of the noise of a sea fight . Inconsequence of Lambert ' s good conduct since his confinement at the galleys , tne king has been pleased to commute his sentence of perpetual imprisonment to five years of the same pnnishment .
Thb Lease of a Tows-land , theproperty of Count de Salis , in the county Limerick , had expired . Count de Salis refnsed to receive any man as a tenant unless he bound himself , in the strongest terms , to remove none of the existing tenants who were solvent . Lord Guillamore , one of the largest landowners in the county , bceame tenant to the entire tract , much to his own inconvenience , and has announced to th 8 ocenpying tenants that they will have the holdings at his own rent . Honour to the heart of Standish O'Grady . He wants no title to ennoble him . He ennobles the title . His own words , assigning the reason for his conduct , speak more for him than a volume . " I regard the small farmers of Rahin , " said his Lordship , " not as tenants , but aa friends and neighbours , the comrades of my youth . "
It is asserted that tbe apparently Utopian project of aerial steam ! -vessels is not impracticable . The Atlas says , "by glancing at the petitions presented in Parliament last week , it will be seen that Mr Laboucherre begged leave to bring in a bill to enable the Aerial Company to purchase the patent ris ; ht from Benson and Co . This so far proves the trnth of our former avowal ; and to further attest the fact which "we then made known , we believe we shall be enabled , at the end of the present month , to furnish not only an account of the apparatus , hut illustrations also of the machine in its progress through the air ; its interior , and its general form and structure . " As Paddy sayB , " nothing beats the invention of man , barrin' the bees . "
The roLLOWiKG enrious instance of the ferocity of the rat ocenrred in Kirkaldy the other day : —Some pigeons had alighted in a back court , when one of them having Btepped on a st&ne perforated with five or six holes 5 8 ths of an inch in diameter ( covering a Email drain or sewer ) , some rats beneath got hold of one of its toes , and pulled its lep through one of the holes close up to its body . The owner , observing from one of his windows the bird fluttering on the ground , ran down to ascertain the cause , when he found itsJeg held hard by the vermin bereath , On pulling it up , the whole fleshy parts of the thigh were found entirely eaten away , leaving nothing bat the bare sinews and bone .
At Waztos , near Chesterfield , ihe other day , as a farmer was in the act of devouring an apple pudding , made "by the servant-maid , he suddenly discovered that he had something in his mouth more difficnlt of mastication than boiled apple ; it turned out to be the head of a mouse , which had been boQed with , the pudding . The eirl , for her mischievous propensities , was chastised with tbe end of a " rope . On the following day , the mas t er went to his dinner , as usual , and asked what she had cooked 1 She told him " to look in the pot . " He did so , and saw nothing but the rope ' s end ! " I had it for dinner yesterday , " said the girl , " and it b now only fair you should have it to-day . "
As we Anticipated , an attempt was made to exclude the gallant Commodore Napier from the Senior United Service-Club . Tbe ballot took place on Tnesday last , when there appeared no less than thirteen black balls against his admission . It is known that one black ball in ten excludes the candidate ; and it therefore follows that the gallant officer must have nine times the thirteen balls , aud over , in order to neutralize the efforts of the hostile clique—lhat is to say , he must have had 118 white bails . For the credit of the club , we are glad to state that he was hailed on the occasion by an approving salute of 195 white balls . —Observer *
New Method of Makisg Ttpb . —A patent is about to be taken out for producing printing types on a new principle , whhont the necessity of casting The amalgnm of the metal will be difierent to that now used , being harder , consequently more lasting , and better adapted for machine-priDtiBg . The cost , it i 3 expected , will be rather lower than at present ; bat ihe principal economy will be in its durability . With the aid of the electrotypins ? process , some ingenious practical men in LondoD arc realising money by supplying small founts , and what are technically termed lines , sorts , and fac-similes , at very reduced prices . —Magazine of Science .
LosGEvrrr . — "That which establishes on good grounds a hope for prolonged existence , will ever be welcome to the human mind ; for notwithstanding the trials , vexations , and difficulties incident to this life , the love of life increases with our years ; it is one of the innate principles of out nature , and cannot be explained away by any of the subtleties of the sophist , nor overcome by any assumed dignity derived from a false philosophy . We therefore ray to those who are suffering from ill health from whatever cause ; to those who are approaching what is now called old age ; to those who are sinking from premature decay , make trial of Parr's remedy , which has never yet failed , —which is as certain to cure as the sun is to rise , —which from the innocence of its composition can never injure ; to each and all we again say try , and yon will soon look upon Old Parr not merely as a curiosity on account of his great age , but as a benefactor to the human race , in leaving this invaluable remedy to the world . "
Disaster at Sea . —On Monday last , the Providence , one of the Kewlyn fishing boats , landed at Penzanoe , -Captain . Lancaster and ihres of his crew , who sailed from London for Gibraltar and Barcelona in the Hope , of Hull , a short time ago . It appears that the Hope encountered a heavy gale of wind off C&pe Finisteire , and was thrown on her beam ends , when the mate and one man was washed overboard : the latter fortunately reached the vessel again and was saved , whilst the former , whose name was John Yincent , met , a watery grave . Ultimately they were
under the necessity of cutting away her masts , which had tbe-desired effect of righting her , and a jurymast having been rigged , after beating abont for some days , Jhey fell in with a French vessel fifty miles west from the Land ' s-end , bound to Newfoundland . Finding their vesssl was making water rapidly , the crew abandoned the Hope , and got on board the Frenchman by fastening a line -which was thrown to them round their waists and jumping overboard . The fishing boat fell in with the Frenchman shortly after the men were taken on board . — West Briton .
The late Awful Eabth quake in the West Indlls . —It is a remarkable circumstance that , abont forty-eight honrs preceding the appalling earthquake which visited Guadaloupe and other West India islands adjoining , a terrific hurricane snddenly broke ont in the Brinsh Channel , which lasted several hoars , and -which extended over a considerable space , both of sea and land . There was also a very sudden and heavy fall of snow , which happened about the same time , in England , Scotland , Ireland , France , Holland , &c . Rapid changes of the meteorological instruments were also observed , simultaneously , ia varions parts of the country , accompanied with extraordinary variations of tbe temperature . These . p henomena were generally noticed at the time . From the commencement of the year various extraordinary meteorological appearances have prevailed , among which not the leas ; was an crnption of Mount Etna , which occurred in January .
Total Loss op the Ship Cob »* dbia . —By the Acacia steamer , which arrived from New York on Tuesday last , accounts were brought ever respecting the total wreck of the splendid first-class packetship the Cornnbia , Commander Mi . W . Bell , belonging to Liverpool , during a heavy gale of wind , while on her outward pas ? ajje to ihe United States . The passage after leaving Liverpool appears to have been exceedingly severe , the Bbip encountering a series of terriffic gale 3 , and being more th » n once , in crossing tbr Atlantic , nearly cruihed to pieces by immense icebergs . Ail those difficulties having been overcome , the crew were in high hope of gaining their destination , Maranham , in safety . But , alas ! dreadful doom awaited the sbip . At about two
o'clock on the morning of the 11 th of February she became a wreck , abont seventeen miles west of Atacal « na-Xiighthonse . Directly the ship struck , the crew exerted every nerve to get her °% but the sea and wind , which were tremendous at the time , prevented them , and she soon commenced to break np . The cemmander , Mr . Bell , remained on board as long a 3 he possibly could . He had previously had the ship's boats hoisted overboard , and , finding there were no hopes of preventing ths destruction of the vessel , he left her to tbe mercy of tho tempest , in making for the shore , the boat which he was in capsized , and the whole of those in her would have inevitably perished but for the promptness displayed by the ship ' s crew in the other boats . By the time
they were picked up they were almost exhausted . Upon the British Consul being apprized of the disaster , he forthwith directed Her Majesty ' s steamfrigate Arden to proceed to the wreck , in order , if possible , to save-a portion of the materials j but on its arrival , such was the position in which Uieship lay , that it was dangerous to go near her . Since then , it ib said , the vessel had gone to pieces and disappeared . Her cargo was a most valuable one , consisting of merchandise and goods » f every desoription , and is stated to have been worth from £ 12 , 000 to £ 15 , 000 . Mr . Bell , the commander , arrived at Liverpool by the Acadia on Taesday . The total Ios 3 is not far short of ^ £ 20 , 000 . The ship and cargo are reported to be fully insured .
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A Negro xo Pebso . x !—Judge Morrow , of Missouri , has lately decided " that a negro slava could not commit forgery , as , by the constitution an « i laws of the country , negroes are not rrcognised as persons , any more than any other animals . "—Anti-Slavery Reporter . Slavery in America . —We copy ^ he following announcement , as disgusting as it ia atrocious , from tbe Vicksburg Sentinel and Expositor for the 31 st of January : — " For sale , a lot of about thirty negroes , consl-ting of thirty women , boys , and girls , all raised together ? and not bought up for speculation . They may oe seen at the ferry landing , on the Louisiana side , opposite Vicksburg . For farther information apply at the Glidewell House . "
ExTiKcnoN of Peers . —During the past year three peerages have become extinct , thirteen have descended to their respective heirs ( of whom two have tot yet attained their majorities ) , while one English bishop and one Irish representative peer have died . Tivo peers who previously had seats ia the House of Lords , have succeeded to higher titles , and the four Irish bishops are changed in the customary annual rotation . How to Find Out the Owner of a Dog . —At Qielnisford , last week , a tax-gatherer stated that there were 5 , 000 dogs assessed in hia district . It was very difficult , he said , to find out the owners of several dogs ; " nobody knew anything of them . " But he had succeeded in several instances , by giving a dog a cut with his whip , in passing . The dog howled . " How dare you whip my dog V cried the owner . And thus the secret came out . A clever dog , this same tax-gatherer .
Treatment of Criminal Lunatics . —At a meeting of the Governors of Bethlehem Hospital on Friday , Sir Peter Laurie , the President , being ia the chair , it was moved by Lord Shafcesbury , and agreed to unanimously , that when visitors went through the wards , &o ., the attendants be ordered not to mention the name of any patient even if required to do so by the visitor . All the criminal lunatics are dressed alike , and bo distiction is made in the treatment As Mr . Cook , an extensive cattle-dealer , living at Newnnam , near Tenbury , wag on his way home through Bewdley Forest from Birmingham market , his horse was shot dead , under him , and falling to the ground with the animal , he was instantly surrounded by a gang of four or five rnffians , who , after most cruelly and grossly maltreating , him , plundered him of cash to tbe amount of seven hundred pounds , and then made off with theirrioh booty , eluding at present all trace of discovery .
FxTRAOBDiMART Economt . —We find the following announcement in a London paper : — " We understand that an order has been forwarded to the Police Commissioners by the Home Secretary , directing that the fires in Police Courts and the prisoners ' waiting room shall be discontinued from this day forward . " There is not much either of humanity or economy here . As the financial affairs of the nation are by some people considered at zaro , we presume the Home Secretary is desirous of reducing the atmosphere of ihe police courts to the saine point . We shonld like , however , to see him strike at higher quarry . Why confine his attentions to the miserable wretches who dance attendance at Bow--Streei ? The cooling process should be tried npon a host of plethoric vultures who infest the public offices in almost all departments , who for their own sake 3 , if not for that of the public revenue , might properly undergo the operation of blood-letting .
A return has been laid before the House of Commons , Ehowing the amount of gold , silver , &c , contained m letters which have been consigned to tbe dead-letter ofiice , in London , Edinburgh , and Dublin , during the five years ending 1841 , and which had been opened because the parties to whom they were addressed could not be found . The amount in gold , bank notes , and silver , found in such letters , for the five years , was £ 28 , 898 for London , £ 696 for Edinburgh , and for Dublin 42 830—total , £ 32 , 424 . The total amount in bank post-bills , bills of exchange , promissory orders , Ac , exclusive of money , was £ 2 , 053 , 341 . The amount restored to the owners was £ 167 , 179 , and that paid into the revenue £ i 34 ; but it 16 necessary to state that the bills had all been restored or destroyed by the authority of tbe owners , and the sums recovered to the owners for the two last years cannot be stated , as the " dead" letters had not remained three years in the office .
Supposed Mpbder at Reading —Much excitement ha « been occasioned in Reading during the last few days by the mysterious circumstances attending the death of an aged man named Samuel Steers , who was found drowned in the Kennett , with his legs tied , aud one of his pocket 3 turned out , on Tuesday night . Deceased was a carpenter , and had lived in Reading nearly the whole of his life , hia sober and industrious habits , as well as his general good character , having rendered him much respected . At about seven o ' clock on Tuesday evening he left home , previously telling his wife he wa 3 going to Mr . Ing ' s , a collector of pew rents , to pay for the last quarter ' s sittings at Trinity C iroh , which amounted to 10 s 6 d , and of which he then had a bill in his hands ; he
added , that he should also call on one of the officers of a benefit club , of which he was the auditor , on his way , but he should be back in time for supper . A few minutes after seven he called at the Globe Inn , Horn-street , where the club meetings were held , and after waiting about ten minutes , went out again , appearing in good spirits , as usual . He was afterwards seen by a third party near Katesgrove-laue , at the bottom of the street , going in tho direction of Mi . Ing ' B house . A few minutes after nine o ' clock , however , the same evening , he was met in Mill-lane , by a man employed at the mill , who states that he was then going towards How-stre 6 t . From this time he was neyer seen until taken out of the water ( at half-past nine ) , near Victoria wharf , about halfa-mile distant from the mill-stream , where he was discovered by some bargemen in the employ of Messrs . Drewe , floating in the water . On being taken ont and examined by Mr . Honlton ,
superintendent of police , he had nothing in hi 3 pockets , one of which had been turned inside out , and his legs were tied together with a piece of tar ^ twine . There were no external marks of violence , except a slight bruise under the left eye , a small cut under the chin , and two slight grazes inside the upper and lower lips , occasioned ( . in the opinion of the surgeon ) by their being pressed against the teeth . Early on Wednesday morning a labouring man discovered the hat and apron of deceased concealed in a dunghill near tho Jack of Newbury pnblic-house , on the side of tbe mill-stream . The apron and string were cat asunder , and some blood stains were on the former . On the ground , near the dunghill , some other spots of blood were found , and also several screws aud keys which had beeu in the old man ' s pockets , and some halfpence . — Globe . _
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were up , awake , and doing , fceard nothing to make them aware of the visitations ; others onlyjren . iambered to have noticed something extraordinary , whvu told afterwards of tho eccurrenee . Many heard a sv . '&nge noise , but felt not the vibration ; while others both felt the shock and heard the noise , though ] in various degrees of intensity . The Mancheder Guardian oi Saturday Baya— i " We have not beard of so massy persons experiencing the shock in the centre of the town aa in tbe suburbs ; which , however , may be ajconnttd for by the fact that comparatively few persons who would notice tbe phenomenon reside in the centre of the ! town . We nave received 8 dme accounts , however , which coincide ia every respect witb what was felt and Beard in other 1 localities , and which leave no doubt tbst Manchester I
as welt as the suburbs was subject to tSis visitation . WtrGad that various police constables in the C division , thosgh they felt no shock , heard the violent rattling and shaking of the windows and doors of" houses in Ardwick , New Islington , Robert-street , Fairf&ld-street , Upper Brook-street , fee , and in several instances listened , suspecting thieves were inside ; but they seem 1 to have experienced nothing which led them to suppose it an earthquake . In some instances the inmates- rose in fright , dressed themselves , and walked in the'street till mornings Ia PJynronfch-grove some of the residents asked tbe policemen if they bad heard a load noise like j the report of a distant cannon ; bat the policemen ? had j not A gentleman in Lower Mosley-street was awakened by the shock ; , and two gentlemen in Quay-street ; In different houses , also experienced it' I
At StraDgeways , Brought on , Kersall , Prestwtch , aad the outskirts north of Manchester , tbe shock seems tohave been very distinctly perceptible ; and it is stated that there was scarcely a house in Broaghton-lana ia ' which the shock was not felt At Suspension-bridge s ' lady , terrified from an apprehension that thieves were in the house , opened the window and called the police , j A policeman , who was near , assured her that she need ' feel no alarm as to tbieves , as it was only an earth- ' quake ! At the Woodlands , Higher Broughton , one gentleman , awakened by the shock , sprang out of bed , j which he describes as swinging gently to and fro , from ' side to aide , aa if Blung on ropeB , the direction of this ' lateral motion being abont east and west I After tbis '
swaying or swinging of the bed , which continued a ' few seconds , had subsided , it was succeeded by a very rapid , though slight , tremulous motion , j which soon j ceased . This gentleman found the time to be about five ' minutes before one o'clock . He could not at first com- ' prebend the cause , and threw up the window to see what was the matter . He noticed that Itbere was a ! slight breeza from the south-east , and that the moon was partly obscured by a passing cloud ;] but it was quite light , and all without seemed still . One of the servants was up sewing ; she felt bar chair rock under her , and heard the stairs and furniture creaking ; and , becoming alarmed , she opened tbe window , but saw or beard nothing moreAt Kersall-moor the shock was !
. felt by several residents , one of whom yras thrown into a perspiration by tbe strange and unaccountable ' sensation , while another , awaking , and finding himself shaking yerj much , concluded that it wasjan attack of ague , and took physio to ward off what he supposed was tbe approach of the disorder ! At Prestwich , a gentleman was awakened by tbe shock , { and experienced sensations similar to those described , which at ' the time he ascribed to an earthquake ; but ; , as no other ; member of the family bad seen , beard , or felt anything . \ he attributed it to imagination , till he reached Man- : Chester , and found the earthquake the topic of con- ; versation . ! '
At Ardwick , Longalght , Plymoutb-lfro ; ve , and the districts south of Manchester , the shock was felt , according to the accounts , with somewhat less violence . A gentleman in Smedleylane felt the floor vibrate , and next morning be observed that the dust was in a heap in the centre of the room , as if drifted together . It does Dot appear that the shock materially ' damaged any of the buillings in Manchester or the vicinity . \ The Manchester Guardian , in the account it gives of the earthquake , makes tbs following remarks on tbe state of the atmosphere as well as of the barometor about the time the event occurred : — i
"Almost all the persons who noticed the time concar in stating that it commenced from five to three minutes before one o'clock yesterday ( Friday ) morning , and in one or two instances ' , we have heard of a sensation being experienced for an hour previously of an oppressive heat and closeness in the i atmosphere , ) TbeTe was bnt little wind , and that from the southeast So far as we can learn , tbe barometer exhibited no remarkable fluctuation . Mr . Roncnetti | who resides in Salford , found his self-registering instrument , at eight o ' clock the preceding evening , to indicate 29 90 ; and , after reading till about two o ' clock in the morning , ( and he never felt or beard anything of the shock ; he set the instrument before retiring to rest , and it was then 29 70 . We also learned that T > r . Dalton ' a baro- I
meter showed no unusual variation : and all the instru- ' ments of which we have heard appear tot have grata- ; ally fallen during the night One circumstance we may notice , which may or may not be connected with the ; earthquake . Ab < ut an hour previous , we observed ; that the moon , which was full at six o ' clock on Thurg- . day morning , although shining tmelouded , presented a dull and filmy appearance , aa though a thin veil of cloud was drawn over hot whole disc . In connexion with this fact , we may also mention , that perhaps an hour before the earthquake which caused so much alarm In the town in September 1777 , occurring about » ' " «» o-oioak on a Sunday morning , anil causing the ' people to ruah effriRhted out of the churches and otbev ' places of worship , the sun , though shining : in a clear unclouded sky , was observed to be so dim as to be looked at steadily with the naked eye without dazzling the vision , and immediately after the earthquake tbe sun shone out again with great brilliancy . :
The rumour mentioned in one of the papers of Saturday last , that several booses b 3 d been thrown down ia Preston , is destitute of foundation . It appears evident , by the accounts from that quarter , that the shock was somewhat more violent there than here , add it was felt about the same time—namely , a few minutes before five o ' clock . Its approach was intimated by an unnatural buzzing noise , gradually increasing louder and loader until the moment when the subterranean convulsion passed a given point , and then the sound and the effects produced on the instant became very alarming ; windows and doors rattling , nay , the very houses apparently staggering to tbeir foundations . Tbe watchmen of the town and the public officers on night duty describe the sensations which it excited as awfully appalling , the ground appearing to them to be sinking ] under them , and themselves feeling as though they were descending to a great depth . The bells rang in severa houses , and great alarm was experienced in many families .
Tbe phenomenon appears to bave been felt generally with greater severity in tbe north than here . At Kirkham , Blackpool , Poulton , Fleetwood , jWhitebaven , Kendai , Ambleside , and Keawick , the shook was very sharp , and seems to have caused considerable consternation . I The shock was experienced at Turton , near Bolton , and its neighbourhood , with considerable force . We have not heard of it having been perceived to the southward of Ashton-under-Line ; but a correspondent at Asnton states , " Whilst awake in bed I ' felt four distinct oscillations , or rockings of tha bed , | from east to west" { From the following paragraph , which appeared in tbe Blackburn Standard , it will be seen that tbe shock on Friday week was felt at Slaidbarn , a village situated about eight miles to the nothward of Clitbero : —
" About eight o ' clock , on the morning of Friday last , a person who was working in Slaidburn church was suddenly alarmed by perceiving the ground under him to be shaken , and -at the same time hearing the cracking of the roof ; while the whole fabric of tbe church , with the pews , seemed to be trembling together The chandelier in the centre of tbe church was so much agitated , that the chain was heard to rattle from which it was suspended . Tbis was preceded by a noise outside the church like the rattling of carriages ; and tbe workman at first supposing that it arose from this cause , actually ran to tbe door to see if any were passing . The effect lasted for about half a ] minute , and was probably a slight shock of an earthquake . The workman , on hearing the roof crack , and seeing tha trembling of the church , was apprehensive , as tbe church ia a very ancient Btructure , that it was giving way , and that the whole fabric was falling to tihe ground . "
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MB . FERRAND AND THB HALIFAX BOARD OF GUARDIANS . ( From the Halifax Guardian . J On Monday , Mr . Ferrfcnd moved in the House of Commons for returns of the proceedings at the Halifax Board of Guardians en tha 1 st instant , when it will be remembered that a resolution iu condemnation of tbe Honourable Member ' s remarks was moved and adopted in presence of Mr . Clements , tbe Assistant Commissioner implicated . The motion shared the fate , how * ever , of its predecessor ; and for the same reason , viz . »
that it involves a question of breach of privilege . In 7 o ! s did Mr . Ferrand assure the House that if hia motion were carried "ho would tafee no steps to Bring Mr . Clements to tbe bar of the House . " The House aud the Government would run . no such husird ; and the question fell to the ground . We are no sticklers for tbe " privileges" of the House of Commons , which are , too often , rather a scandal to it than otherwise . But as Mr . Ferrand distinctly disclaimed any assertion of privilege we regret hia ill-success , since the papers could bave done barm to no one , and might have elicited the truth on this most mystifying subject
Mr . Hume and Mr . York raade some pertinent allusions to the instructive coincidence , that the introduction of a " wheel" and the exclusion of the press , WeT » simultaneous resolutions of tbe Board . •' Under such , circumstances , " said tbe former member , " inquiry became incumbent" And tbe latter acknowledged that tbe exclusion of reporters of tbe public press , combined with the evident symptoms that the Boatdmeeting of the . 1 st of Match was a packed sne , and that the resolution had been previously concocted , induced him to vote for Mr . Ferrand ' s motion , though on the former occasion he bad voted the other way . Mr . Wallace , Mr . S . Crawford , and Mr . T . Buncombe also supported tbe motion as one of necessity ; but the Hon . J . S . Wortley suggested another form of motion , to which theHQme Secretary promised bis acquiescence . Tbe return to such a motion would , however , have been nil ; and it has not therefore been made .
One feature in tbe debate we cannot omit to notice ; it is so instructive as evidence how party debates are carried on in the House . We last week noticed a similar feature In tbe former debate ; to which we will first refer in proof that we were not then too candid and generous to the accused Assistant Commissioner . Ia that debate Mr . Clemeiits wa 3 the party implicated Ia lit . Ferrand's censure . Mr . Ross , therefore , thought it necessary to defend his friend ; and did so in a style perfectly satisfactory to the House and to himself , but by no means complimentary t » Mr . Clements . We last week candidly declared that we disbelieved Mr . Boss ' s representations . Mr . Ross , on Monday , " apologised to the House for having been perfectly wrong in what he had said about Mr . Clements the other Bight "
On Monday night the main object of attack was tbe Board of Guardians and their intended " in-door test " Tbis " rotatory wheel , " said Mr . Ferrand , in effect would not only be panisbment to the sinews , but hazardous to tbe lives of the in-door paupers . Something , therefore , must be said in reply . Mr . Gaily Knight gallantly nnderteok to say tbat something . He bad had a conversation with Sir . Clements , " he said , "the day before ; and Mr . Clements told bim . tbat there was neither a tread-mill nor a tread-wheel in the union ; but there vxu a hand-mill , which bad not then been introduced for tbe first time , but had been there for severel years . The labour at it teas by no means severe , and it was found to be the best mode of employing able-bodied paupers , more especially as it was difficult to find labour tor them which would not interfere with out-door employment "
Well said , Mr . Sally Knight Well done , Mr . Clements . If Mr , Ferrand lifts his bead in Parliament again after tbis straight-forward and complete contradiction , * he will indeed be invulnerable . There is no > new treadwheel—no modern rotatory wheel—only " a handmill" which had been there " for several years . " And as for the hardness of the labour , no such thing could be complained of— " it was by no means severe' * —nay , " it was found to be the best mode of employing able-bodied paupers . " All this may do very well in London , Mr . Clements . All tbis may tell upon tbe House of Commons , Mr . Gaily Knight . But we can tell you both very candidly —it won't do in Yorkshire . It won't do in the Halifax Union . Tbe fact is , Mr . Gaily Knight—indeed it ia— - tbat all tbis statement from Mr . Clements is a
humwe use that word in preference to any other trisyllable , and because we are -willing to believe that Mr . Clements is on this , as well as on other subjects , most ignorant . Tbe fact is , that there is no handmill in the workhouse- — that consequently there is no labour at it—that there-! fore there can be bo superlative excellence in thlsnon-! existent mode of employment ; and the whole of tha i statements of Mr . Clements in this respect are there-; fore altogether , utterly , and entirely false . Some years ' , since a hand-mill for grinding com was introduced , but "it was found to be the worst mode of employing ' able-bodied paupers , " and was therefore removed out of the workhouse , and now nuts in deserved neglect at i the Police-office , except when the keeper of the Vagrantoffice meets with some tramps whom he thinks proper ' to put to it .
Looking at these mistakes and mk- -tatemenla we cannot help regretting , for the Bake of the Halifax Board itself , that Mr . Ferrand ' a motion tras rejected . 1 Aatothe tread-wheel , or rotatory awheel , it must be borne in mind ' that it was only In contemplation—not actually introduced . And aft « r these two debates in 1 Parliament we are inclined to think , it never will be introduced . If it be not , the poor of Halifax wilF 1 bave to thank Mr . B . Ftrran < j for their deUvew . oe ' f < om it .
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IMPROMPTU . XXI . Tiro Qiaiera occe In Conference date Ona were his tz % the other sat 'without it To prove the hypocrite , sham friend , complete —; What t » o could go a bett « way about it ? One loved bis zpoUesa tils , and -would not doff The emblem of his creed ; he feigned no barter ; Tee other less politely scampered off—; Lai his broad brim should cradle ap the Charter * Tyranny . + Church and State .
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¦ THE WELSH COLLIERIES . Abebdake , March 17 . —In my last communication I stated that I should proceed to Aberdare . On my arrival I found that the Scot ' s Greys , having made a demonstration in tfee neighbourhood , returned to Cardiff , under the advice of thu magistrates . In Monmouthshire the -whole of tbe colliers still continue on strike to tbe number of about 5 , 000 , and continne meeting in various parts of tbe bills . In Galmorganshire tbe works on strike were Mr . Powell ' s ' of Galley Gaer ; Mr . Beaumont ' s , Gelly Gaer j Mr . HenseU ' fl , of Pont-y-Preed ; the Duffryn works , and two others . The strike in Monmouthshire having now continued for ten weeks , a number of the Monmouthshire colliers , to tbe number of about 700 , came from Monmouthshire , and having crossed tbe Taat Tale Railway , they compelled the men of the T > aSryn Aberdare works and tbe GelJy Gaer works to strike , and from this the strike extended itaelf to the other collieries . In this stare of things
considerable alarm , of course , spread thronghont tbe county , and meetings of the magistrates , &c , were held for the preservation of the peace , and tbe proprietors of the Gelley Gear aud Daffryn Aberdare ¦ worira procured men from Djwlais , -who were ¦ willing to work , * nd placed them at the collieries . This , however , not suiting the refractory colliers , they , on Wednesday proceeded to the works , beaded by a number of women ( under the supposition that the women might break the law with impunity ) , and proceeded to drive the -workmen from the pits and levels . The agent having remonstrated with them , his life was threatened unless he immediately discharged the men , and showers or stones were thrown . Shortly after , one of the police having taken a man into custody bo was immediately attacked ; he , however , sneceeded in retaining hia prisoner . Under these circumstances the Scots Greys were sent for , and the 73 d Foot , stationed at Dowlais , were ordered to boM themselves in readiness . No fnrther actual outbreak took place .
Some of the men having subsequently gone into work , a deputation of the Monmouthshire colliers came over , and a meeting -was held yesterday at Lanvabon , were about 4 » 0 colliers attended . After a long discussion , the Monmouthshire men reproached the ethera with a breach of faith , and the meeting ended angrily . A ; Iarg 9 meeting was also held at Cross Penmaer , Monmouthshire , on Tuesday , when they were met by Mr . Owen , attorney , of Monmouth , who promised to lay a representation of their grievances before the magistrates , and after addressing them for some time * advising them to be peaceful and orderly Mr . Owen adjeurned to the ins to await the deputations from tbe several collieries , forty-two in number , who were to
draw up a list of grievances . On the same day , some " volunteers" bad been procured ; by Mr . Powell from the neighbourhood of Dowlais , but on their arriving at the Duffryn Aberdare Works they were met by the men and their wives , and attacked in a violent and riotous manner -with stones , fee , aud driven off the ground . Warrants having been obtained against some of the ringleaders , Captain Napier , chief of the county constabulary , proceeded the same night to apprehend three of the men and two of tbe women , who are now in custody and will be bronght before a special meeting of the magistrates at Cardiff on Saturday , whence I shall for-¦ waid you a report of their examination . 1 understand Mr . Owen has accepted a general retainer from the coliera aud will attend on their behalt—Ti ? nes <
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EARTHQUAKE IN IAN CASH I RE AND CHESHIRE . It bas been already mentioned , thai the shock of an earthquake bad been felt on Friday * *« k lass , about twenty minutes past eight o ' clock in th * morning , in the neighbourhood of Blackburn , Rochx 'ale and the district to the north-eastward of Manchesl er » and- tbat it apparently had for its centre the chain of hills wbieh separate Yorkshire from Lancashire . It app * ' » rs not to have caused the slightest damage ; but it va < remarkable as having been the third which h . * s been experienced in the same range of country within tbe last few years . The first took place on the 20 th of August , 1835 , and the second on tha 11 th of June , 1839 .
We bave now to mention , lhat another and a more violent shock , or rather shocks , for in most instances two -were felt , occurred a few minutes before one o ' clock on the morning of Friday last , and that in Liverpool , Manchester , Lancaster , St . Helens , Preston , and , in short , in almost the whole of Lancashire and Cheshire , from which accounts have yet reached , either t , no or both was generally experienced ^ ; they followed each other in such rapid succession that to many they appeared to be simultaneous . In Liverpool and the neighbourhood they were very distinct , an interval of
from ten to fifteen seconds having elapsed between each . Several who had ' retired to rest , slept so soundly as not to bave perceived the convulsion of tbe earth ; bnt others felt it so strongly as to create in tbem considerable alarm and apprehension . It was preceded by a rise in the temperature and a . dimness of the moon ; and the effects in all cases appear to have been similar in many respect *—namely , an agitation of the floors , windows , and furniture of houses , and a lifting up of the beds . Subjoined are the particulars of the visitation in several parts of Lancashire , derived from various sources 1—
« ' We have , " says the Liverpool Standard , " heard the descriptions given by individuals who reside in different parts , bnt tbe most connected and intelligent we have been able to obtain have been furnished to us by tbe town-clerk , Mr . Radcliffe , who resides in West Darby , and by Mr . Wbitty , the bead constable , whose nousa adjoins tbe central police station between George ' s and Canning docks . Tbe town-clerk stated to us that be bad been writing in his room till half-past twelve o ' clock , wben be retired . He had been at rest a few minutes , when be was startled by tbe bed shaking , and the furniture being agitated with considerable violence . This lasted for a period ef six seconds , or somewhat longer ; and it was followed by an apparent
rumbling from beneath , and an indistinct noise in the dressing-room adjoining . Some alarm was of course excited by these unusual circumstances ; and Mr . R . Rideliffe , his son , having experienced exactly the same sensations , tbe conclusion was at once arrived at tbat it was the shock of an earthquake . The noise which followed the shock ,: for none was observed to precede it , appeared to the town-clerk and bis son to proceed from north to south ; but there was neither time nor opportunity for marking tha direction with accuracy , and it is probable there may be a mistake in this respect , as it does not correspond with tbe accounts from other parts . No damage has been done at West Dsrby .
•' The narrative of Mr . ; Whitty is moro in detail , and from bis situation at the time will probably be found on a comparison of all the accounts to be the most generally accurate . He was in the parlour of his bouse taking a cup of coffee , when , exactly at five minutes to one o ' clock by the police time , he suddenly beard and felt a violent agitation of the windows of the whole bouse , and of tbe floor in tbe room in which he was sitting . Being accustomed to bear loud explosions from the works in Albert dock , now being excavated , which is at no great distance , he was not mucb surprised at tbe noise ; but at the same time he observed to Mrs . Whitty that be thought the excavators bad purposely caused the explosion to take place underneath bis windows . In less tban a minute
afterwards another shock followed , infinitely more violent tbon tbe first ; tbe house here shook from top to bottom , and a violent rumbling noise was beard under the house ; just as if a dozen railway trains bad been running through a tunnel . The shock and the noise were so loud and violent as to awaken all tbe family who bad retired , and , if by consent , they assemble 1 on tbe stairs in a state of great alarm . Having quieted tbem , Mr . Whitty went into tbe street , and tbe policeman on duty at St . George ' s Dock bridge told him tbat be was leaning against one of the pillars there , when suddenly he thought he heard a carriage run rapidly across the bridge , and . the ground rumbling and shaking all around him . This officer perceived two shocks . Tbe policeman on duty at tbe north end of Canning Dock was next questioned by Mr . Whitty , and he stated that he first heard
some casks , which were lying on the quay , move as if they were alive ; they tumbled and shook , he added , as if some men were concealed in them . After this the house was examined , and U was found that tbe windows on the Becond floor tFrencn ) had been forced open by tbe shock , and some furniture bad received a trifling displacement , but no damage was done , and the alarm soon subsided . Mr . Whitty added tbat the shock appeared to him to proceed from east to west , and that nothing could be more distinctly perceptible . The first shook lasted fioni three to five seconds , tbe second from seven to ten seconds ; and at first it appeared as if the tower of a church , at some distance , bad fallen down atone crash . Not tbe least remarkable circumstance was the agitation of tbe horses in tbe stables throughout tbe town , particularly in ttm south « Ji-rinion . No damage has been done to tbe building ? iu any part of tbe town .
" In Deane-street , Kensington , and tbe district adjoining the Botanic-gardens , two shocks were distinctly felt ^ ' In Kirkdale , and especially at tbe House of Correction , tbe shock was very distinctly felt . Mr . Amos , the governor , was up at tbe time ; and he states that ten minutes before one o ' clock the porter's lodge , and several parts of the gaol , shook and trembled greatly . The difference in point of time of tbe shock being felt here and at other places is probably owing to tbe variation of the clocks . Tbe bouse of Mr . Applet on , which adjoins tbe Courthouse , felt tbe trembling of tbe earth in a still greater degree .
" Toe shock was felt witb considerable severity on the Cheshire shore , opposite to tbe north part of the town , and extended iniore particularly as far as we can yet hear ) over the surface in tbe Wyrall Peninsula , on its east side , contained between Wallasey Pool and New Brighton . Tbis includes Seacombe , Egremont , Liscard , tbe Maguaines , Wallasey , &c In Liscard and Egremont , it was distinctly felt by many persons , nearly or precisely at the same time ; namely , ten minutes to a quarter before one o ' clock . " Mr . Matbie , a gentleman in tbe employ of Messrs . Gibbs , Bright and Co ., and wbo bad before witnessed
several earthquakes abroad , was awakened by the shock at a quarter to one o ' clock by bis watch . He heard the internal rambling noise that generally accompanies , such phenomena and sensibly felt bis bedroom shake . Tbe crockery ware on tbe washhand-stand made a considerable rattling . The bouse , was not , however , shaken so as to crack tbe walls . There could , he says , be do doubt but it was an earthquake . He got up and dressed . Several persons i <> tbe neighbourhood also rose from their beds in alarm—the greater part not knowing what to make of it . Tbe windows and doors of many of the bouses shook and rattled . A young lady in one house was so alarmed that she ran from her own bed into tbat
of her sistsr-in-law . " Mr . Gibali , in the Customs , says he was asleep at tbe time , but bis wife , wbo was awake , sensibly felt it aud awoke him . She went to the window , and their first impression was that some accident from explosion bad taken place at the Magazine . More than a dczan respectable gentlemen in ¦ tbe neighbourhood felt tbe shock in a nearly similar manner . " In Mulberry-street the shock appeared to have been felt severely . It is in tbe highest part of tbe town . It was also felt distinctly in Abercroinbysquare , in the same neighbourhood . " At tbe police-station in Brick-street ( south part of tbe town ) , tbe resident keeper , David Wilson , who was above in bed , became so alarmed tbat lie ran down suirs , where it bad also been felt by Samuel Tuck , of tbe police , who thought tbe building was shaken by tbe cart tbat sometimes comes to tbe station .
" We have the names of many highly respectable gentlemen residing in various parts of tbe town , as well as in Liscard , Egremont , ito- ; but we do not deem it necessary to furnish tbem . . From their concurrent testimony , no doubt can existi but tbat a commotion of the earth took place in this locality about tbe time stated . Happily it was not so severe as to injure buildings or endanger their lives ; yet , taken in connexion -with the recent sight shocks felt in tbis country last week to tut > north-east of Manchester , as ^ ell as with the fear « ful and destructive earthquakes in some of the West India islands , it bas certainly created great interest in some , and apprehensions , never , we bope , to . be realized , in others . Earthquakes of fatal effect , in this island , are net , we believe , to be found ca record . "' ( From the Liverpool Albion . )
We find , by the papers which reached this town on Saturday , that the shock has been felt , with precisely the same characteristics , over a large extent of the neighbouring counties . Though it is observed , tbat individuals who were up and in motion were generally unconscious of the occurrence , yet to this there are some stalking exceptions . In one or two instances , the guards of railway trains and stage-ooachea -were distinctly sensible of an unusual motion . The extraordinary sensation felt on . the Holyhead and t / hester mail caused much alarm to the guard and passengers . It appears that the shock was very generally noticed in Wales . The Liverpool , Chronicle gives the statement of a correspondent , who slept at Holy well on the morning in question , who avers that his bed was violently shaken ; as if a stroDg man had suddenly exerted his strength upon it We have also heard from another source , that the : agitation of some bouses in Holy well was so great as to cause the bells to ring for several seconds .
Tbe accounts from Manchester show the phenomenon to have been experienced ; with precisely similar characteristics to those which marked it bsre . The variations as to time are the same , and the general evidence is the more strikingly sonfLrruatory from the very fact of its agreement even in discrepancies . Some persons wh . 0
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Fleetwood-on-Were ; Mi-aca 17 . This place was visited last night by two shocks of an earthquake , tbe former at eleven p . m . being so aiight as to be scarcely heeded , but th < s latter , whufa took i place at fifty minutes after midnight , bsing so vio- 1 leat as to cause considerable alarm and to induce several persona to quit their houses at that late hour . During tbe whole of yesterday afternoon the sky presented a gloomy and lowering appearance , so as to call forth the observation , " How like the- approach of an earthquake ;'' the air was unusually clqsa and a dense hazs huna over tbe sea to the N . W . At th / j
commencemeat of the anoofe last meatioaed tha < H& * xb . maa at the lower lighthouse beard a rumbling nradj from the east , which soon appeared to approach the spot , and was immediately succeeded by a con&idajab ' . e vibration from below . A sound resembling scbte-mnean thunder accompanied the tremulous motioaaf the ground , which lasted several seconds , with which the ] houses of the inhabitants Were so shaken aa to wake almost every inmate , and cause every wine bofje , &c ., to fall from the shelves . The upper light ' oouse in particular , a high isolated column , was felt + j > rock quite sufficiently to alarm the lightkeeper .
The sea rose unusually h ' gh , and the Prince of Wales steamer , which was 00 hev voyage from Belfast to Fleetwood at the moment ot the shock , encountered a suddenly boisterous sea , lor which the captain could not account , as the BbocX ; was not otherwise felt on board . The day is now ex * jaoidinarily fine , and the temperatare lias riaeu tea degrees since yesterday , as will appear from the fottov ' ing extract from a register kept on the spot : — j Temperature . deg . m . i- Barometer . " " Ma ^ -chie—Noon ... 45 0 ... 29 985 y p . m . 59 2 ... 2 l > £ 95 March 17—Sam . 49 0 ... 28 831 , Noon 55 0 ... 2 D . & 17 . "
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THE EARTHQUAKE IN WESTMORELAND . On Friday morning last , the 17 th instant , at twenty minutes past one o ' clock , tbe inhabitants of Kendai , ia Westmoreland , were thrown into the greatest dismay by an alarming earthquake , the effects of which were distinctly felt throughout too town and neighbourhood . On tbe previous evening tbe air was sultry and the olouds lowering , and the night was so unusually dark ; tiist to speak in comparative terms it might be liteaed to a total eclipse of the moon , although a full moon rosb at four rainutes past seven o ' clock on the same evening . After the shock the darkness still continued , and there was a yellowish blaza in the elements , accompanied by a strong : rash of wind . The violence of the shock was so greaS as to cause the inhabitants to
suppose they were rolling out of bed , and all agree in the testimony that the Goon and windows of their habitations rattled as shakes' by & whirlwind , and the faraitare of the rooms , especially those of a light brittle descr iption , were so agitated by the collision of on © piece against another as UO'be truly alarming . Numbers ef persons simultaneously arose from' tbeir beds , whobad become suddenly awaiened by the rambling of the eOTthqualrs , and the tremulous motion of their houses , and many 1 * 7 in . profuse perspiration from the greatnes * of tbeir alarm . About two ailea front the town of Kandal , and at a village called Stedgwfck , are extensive powder mills , and several sootbsd themselves witb She-calansitoua consolation " tbat it was only the > powder mills that bad blown n ? f '' an occurrence which
is by no means unfreqaent According tothe inquiries made on the subject , the following wilE be found the leading facts connected with the awful visitation , leaving ont all which seem to be exaggerated by fear or a tast * for the wonderful . A highly respectable medical practitioner avers that h « - felt a slight shock about balf-paet tea o ' clock oa toe previons-evening , and wben be retired to bis bed tbe thought of it prevented him from sinking into repose before the second shock occurred , so tbat be was fully alive-t » the cause of tbe alarm he then felt He describes his situation thus—that his bed moved longitudinally three or four inches several times , and gave it tbe swinging motion of a hammock , and that was momentarily succeeded , by a tremulous motion of tbe house ? attended by
a loud rumbling soqsd . A scientific meteorologist agrees with this , and says be felt tbe precise motion , and describes the rambling as of a loaded waggon , but too short in its duration to be mistakes ? for it , an * immediately concluded that it was the shock of aa earthquake . At the King ' s Arms Hotel several of the inmates became so alarmed as to make a sudden egress into the street , and wben the cause of tbeir fright could not be ascertained were seized with the utmost fear and dismay . At the Nelson Tavern the proprietor and family had not retired to rest , and when about locking up the shock earned tbe greatest terror . The decanters and wine-glasses which were on tbe shelves began to dance and knock one against another , causing a jingling discord , to tbeir deep consternation . At
several of the other , inns tbe balls were suddenly rung to tbe discomfiture of tbe family who bad retired to rest . A policeman says , that he waa standing near to a large carpet manufactory at the northeast end of the- town , wben he heard a rumbling noise at first resembling very distant thunder , which immediately assumed a louder tone , when tha ground began to shake beneath bim , and tbe rumbling then died away , like the cadence of a large drum . The glass of the windows of tbe manufactory was agitated , and the noise created by it might bave been heard at a great distance . At an extensive farm , called Oxen Holme , about a mile and a half south-east of tbe town , the shock was felt most severely , and the inmates rose en masse . Bat here , again , the consolatory thought
passed tbeir minds " that it was only the Sedgwick-Powder Mills tbat bad blown np . " Tbe machinery of a large woollen manufactory at ( be southern extremity of tbe town was set in motion by tbe shock throwing it into gear . In a short time after the earthquake had subsided , many of tbe streets in Kendai presented a semi-illumination , from the chambers of the inhabitants becoming lit up . On the following day groups of people weTe to ba seen in the streets , conversing about tbeir previous alarm , which became more intense from the circumstance of the news having arrived of the truly awful visitation which bad befallen the West Indies . There is no historic tl fact te show that the town of Kendai was ever visited with so streng and so alarming an occurrence of the . kind . The weather since that
time has been calm and serene . The Isle of Man . —Castletown , March , IT . — Tbis morning , at a quarter to one o ' cleck we experienced a smart shock of an earthquake , lasting about five seconds . The undulation appeared to pass from southwest to north-east , accompanied with a load rumbling sound , somewhat similar to a tempest of wind . We bave not as yet beard of any damage sustained further tban the falling of plaster from ceilings , though considerable alarm was felt from tbo visitation .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1205/page/3/
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