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      SCRAPS FOB SADIGAiS ..-XlX . X . ! T . Clakct . THE MOUNTAIN JfXiTPH , LIBERTY . Hy Mountain Kympnlga blooming girJ , Her « aa-nnsJI £ e crescent beams are shining ; Her barren -locks , . and teeth of pearl , Sat many a gay lotfaario pining ; Her bosom * an ambrosial bed , And Piora tjneen of flowers reigns o'er It : There could I rest my drooping head , Her feslcyon heart would Boon restore it There bedding rosss tempt toe sight ; But my feil irni * isQi placed o ' er them Tsrc- } " sentinels as black as night , TFlio-shoot stall that stand before them . Hientoiiia charge 3 tho' 1 may fall , 3 ? aint by my wounds in freedom's trenches : Bain if condensed might drown ub all j Bat scattered mists can only drench us !

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      FOB PBEEDOMI FOB GOD ; I A 2 TD FOB BIGHT » i . XX . Yes , the dungeon hath chains for the patriot mind , Tho' cold irons snd gloom with Mmdwell ; Hi * heart ' s trith the free , tho * his will be confined Even for life , in oppressions * damp cell : "When captive to -darkness hissonl can impart To his vision a radiance of light ; A bright lamp of Tengeance » to cheer np the heart 3 ? . rcm thfi dull dreams of . slavery ' s night j Should such be my portion of sla ^ Mniiing laws , Were I doomed to the prison this night , Sly voice to ye bondsmen is *• on in the cause " On , for Fzeedom 1 fer God 11 and for Bight 1 >'

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      impromptu . XXL Two Qaaiers ones ia ConSergnce elate One -were his hai the other £ 3 t without it To prove the hypocrite , sham friend , complete ; What two coald go a better -way ibon . it ? One loved his spotless tile , and vss , uld not deff The emblem ofiis creed ; he feigned no barter ; The other less politely scampered eff ; LtsS his bread brim should cradle np the Charter ! * Tyranny . + Church and State .

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      I 55 GRIPXI 0 X FOB A SCIXXIIFIC lECTUBE BDOAL The bright celestial Goddess -worBbip'd here , Is Science , to our hearts and sonls bo dear . She needB no priestcraft to uphold her Eanie , ! Nor hiood-stsiEed aitirs to snpj- > ort liar fame ; 2 * or titaes , nor taxes , fnan the poor sfea dra-s-s , If or notion needs aha to snpport hacause ; As man's best friend , she freely lends a hand To bsild Ms cense or cultivate his laisd . Then let ns ralij round hsr radiant shifcld ;

      Her cenqnEring feather'd -areapons let us urield . ' H « r shield is trnth , her "weapons are our pens , IaTs rense -with these the grants from th&i 4 ens That tasel tyrant , Ignorance oft doth bind , The reasoning members of the aarken'd mind ; Aisd stubborn prejudice like evening shade , Obscures the rays that science bright haih spread . Then let us hope -when with her friendship bleat , To riseand soar above the vnlsrar mist . Of custom , prejudice , aud scch like ihiT ^ B , Bow to the lr = rd . but f ^ ar not priesis kings . T . Rase . i ? j .

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      Tsisjsks Chueches have been bnilt in Manchester dariDg the last seven years . Teb Bisbop rp Losbos has respired £ 5000 from an aDCDjmDBs donor , to be expended in building a church in . London . Mis Phuxips has given the munificent donation of £ IQ , OQO . ^ xo the Welch Society of Ancient Britons , rchleh sapports upwards of two hundred Orphans . TE 2 EB Msr Triile ** dredging" for shrimps on Br iscow Banks , near Bolton-le-Sands , were overwhelmed by the tide , on Thursday evening , and "Were crowned Tvithin a short distance from the shore .

      Dr . Msicrrs , the chief but ^^ cox &f &e 3 aval Hospital at : Malj 3 , -was shoi dead _ by 3 sentry of tfcf 88-b Hegiment , as he was stepping cm of the door of Sear-Admiral Sir John Louis , -where he had been on a professional visit . . No eanse is assigned for the act . Tss To" ! tx CotL-ncu . of Glasgo-w , by a msjoritj of Kghleen to -tiirteeE , have pa---5 ed a Tote of cen = ure on isrr James Campbell , the Lord ProTost , for pri-Tately ne ^ ociatiag frith 3 Ii 3 t » ter 3 to have the city placed under a system of poJiee jegnlated by Go"TEmmeiitj and obnozious to the inhabitants g- ? nelaiiy .

      * eOs WeDSESBaT last , a steam-engine boiler borst at the furnacea of Mesr 3 . Morii ? and Son , Tipton , Triia-aby one man lost bis life . The boiler was icra frr-m its bed and carried to a distance of fourteen yards , and was rent into £ hred 3 . It -k- as siatzd , in the Insolvent Debtors' Cotrrt on Tfarsday , by iir . Barltelot , lately a hair-dress ? r in Hcgent-street , that his insolvency sras attributed to the recent chzage of fashion ia ladies * hair . The linglets ( be said ) were the most profitable , and the plain bands introduced by her Maje&ly icere the ruin Of &ZX 7-dTeS £€ TS .

      _ It has been esdnaated by Dr . Thomas Dick that since the creation of the world fonrteen thc-nsand inOlions ol beings have fallen in the battles vrhich man has TYaged sgainst his fellow-cxeatare—man If lbs fore-Scgers only of these beings ware to be laid tt 3 a . Etraight line they would out-reach more ihan 6 && . OD 0 miles , beyond the moon . Loss DE Fzsyss ha 3 T > ecome an exterminator . Areordlng Jo lie Roseommon Jrm-mal he tarced a lot of people near Loughlin houseless upon the world last "week . Tbe cabins of the wretches have been raised to the ground . These cases © ' hardship are a ^ mbnted to hia Lordships ageats . He himself is described as a humane man .

      The sua of two-pence is levied on each pedestrian who may wzlk alon ^ his Grac ? of Bnecleugh ' a tplendid plsr , at Oranton . A G'aJleman heirs impornmed near the shore for alms , fcasnly replied , " Xo . no , I have jnst given my last p ^ nny to the Duke of Bacc ' engh , * ' Ah I ( replied iha mendicant ) , is he upon tbe tramp too !" Watebtqeb . —The d : Ssulty of collecting tbe poor rale eomjaaes . There was a me ^ tiag of the aurholiries on Saturday , when il iras agreed that ihe miiitaTy should Dot ba called out to assist in the collect-on . A large rumbex c-f Gauitier men armed with stlcfe paraded rhronth the sa-eeis of the city on Tuesday , bni w . tboat t > reskin £ tbe peace .

      Tsz bovt of ruz Pcob Law collector of Dulcet , in tbe coatty oi Mca-th , was found on Satuxcay Ic a diich ia tile seijjhboiLrnood of tfcas Tillage . He had h ? en stoned to death , aad a cortaderable stem oi money was Joand upon his person—so that plunder was evidently noi the objeci of his murderers . He was a p ^ rsr-n of excellent character . —Dublin Evenin $ Mail . BiSBiE&rs Mttedj 3 xs Tippebabt . —The Nenagh Guardian gives the following particulars of the recent tnHrder sear that town : — " E-ren on the eve of our assays , and at the conclusion of ihat for tbe south ridiaa , as atrocious and brutal mnrder has ^ een peryetrated in our riding . The cabin in wKich

      the dark tised w ^ s done is verging the xoad si < ls . ^ sad -uchwasits apj « arasce that at nrst sight wo If ! "> P < : ' 56 d it to be a hovel for pi « 3 . Into this den the ;^ - *^ ei , Patrick Tierney , entered , for tbe purpose _ l -making his pipe ( as it i = represented ) . The woman il the hcase , ier two small children , and a girl named Grady , about eleven ysars of age , were wiibin ; but the owner of tlra house was out to visii a neighbour . After some time a young man named Me ? 5 gilL , liYing abont twenty perches distant—enters —ai down—^ smokes with the devoted Tiemey—and then retires . Almost immediately after a jmmber of men came into the cabin , ordered Tierney on his knees , and broke in his skzill wish sticks , stones , and

      spsde ? . The BiiiOiltmale beiDg ' s forenead was smashed , and his drains burst ont . Tee woman swears that she ran and nid herself and her children nnder the i > ed—that she did not hear the murderers or the murdered say anything beyond , * Tierney , go tra your inees / and * I am off . * "What was the crime for whichTEerney was . sacrificed ! On the 25 lh ult ., iewas fired as ( ag ^ g swore ) wiihm one hnndred yards of th ' e spot » t wiicn be Bnbsegnently metlus iat « . Two balb perforated his h » t ; and for tiat attempt oh his life two men . named Michael Larkin ,

      and Thomas Gleeson , were committed to stand their trial a : the present assizas . On this day the Bight Hon . Baron Lefioy will Tisit Nenagh , for the purpose of opening tha commission ; and it must appear horrifying to Jp 3 lordship that , on the very eve of the pand jury being sworn , a bsrbarons murder should *« perpetrated within a , few miles of onr county town ; a ^ 4 that , too , for the purpose of invalidating a prosecution for waylaykig and attempting to shoot An inquest was held , and a verdlcs of wilful murder relumed .

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      Who .-ra , i claih them?—The morning after Valentine ' s Day two letters were delivered from the Post-office , Warrington , to ihe letter carrier . One was addressed to ** The Hgliest woman . " and the other to " The prettiest girl , " in Penketh . The postman mnstlave 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 u ^ id not know to wMoh of them the valentine ougut properly to De delivered . The Abmobicak ? " of Brest states , that acoDvict ,

      named Laiabert , has invented a maaiune by which in case of accident , the carriage of a railway train may be instantly detached f > om the tender and stopped , whatever be the speed at which they are travel ling . This convict had previously invented a speaking trumpet , constructed on an entirely new system , capabla of conveying sound even iu the midst of the noise of a sea fi ^ ht . In consequence of Lambert ' s good condnet since Ms confint ment at the galleys , tne i ? ng has been pleased to commute his sentence of perpetual imprisonment to five years of the same punishment .

      Thb Lease of a Towsland , the properly of Count de Salis , in the county Limerick , had expired . Conat de Salis refused 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 , bceime tenant to the entire tract , much to his own inconvenience , and has announced to the occupying tenants that they will have the holdingB 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 moro for him than a Tolnme . ** I regard the small farmers of Rahin , " said his Lordship , not as tenants , but as friends and neighbours , the comrades of my youth . ' '

      It is asserted that the 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 . Laboncherre-begged leave- to bring in a bill to enable ibe ^ crisl Company to purchase the patent ritcht from Hensop ^ ij Co . Tfiis so far proves the tnnh of our former avowal ; and to further attest the fact which we th ^ MBide knovrn , we believe we shall be enabled , at the eadof the pre-tat month , to furnish not only an aeebant of the apparatus , but illustrations also of the maehina ki-its progress through the air ; its interior , au 1 its j *«« ral form and structure , " As Paddy says , " nothing beats the invention of man , barrin' the bees . "

      The following CDriou 3 instance of the ferochy of the " rat ocenrred in Kjkaldy the other daj : —Somu piseons had alighted in a bark court , when one of thtm having -t- pped on a stoae perforated wiih five or six holes 3 8-hs of an iaeh in diameter ( covering a small drain or sewer ) , some rats beneath goj hol » i of one of its toes , and pnlied its legs through one of the holes close up to its body . The owner , observing from one of bis ¦ windotrs the bird flattering oa the ground , ran down to ascertain the cause , wntn he found its leg held hard by the vermin ber ^ aih , On pulling it up , the whole fl -shy parts of the thigh were found entirely eaten away , leaving noihlug but the bare sinews and boae .

      At Waltos , near Chesterfield , tbe 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 some'hing in his mouth more diScult of mastieation than boiled apple : it turned out to be the head of a mouse , which had been boiled with the pudding . The girl , for her mischievous propensities , vn 3 chastised with the end of a rope . On the following day , the master weut to his dinner , as usual , and asked what she had cooked I She told him " to look in the po * .. " He did so , and saw nothing but the rope ' s end I " I had it for dinner yesterday , " said the girl , " and ir ifnow only fair 5 ou should have it to-day . "

      As WE AiT : iciPATED , an attempt was made to exclude the galiaiit Commodore Napier from the Senior Uniied Service-Club . The ballot took place on Tuesday last , when there appeared no less than thirteen black balls agaiEtt his admission . It is known that one black ball in ten excludes the candidate ; and it therefore follows that the gallant oScer must have sine- times the thirteen balls , and over , in order to neutralize the efforts of the hostile clique—that is to say , he must h ^ ve had 118 white balls . For the credit of the cub , we are glad to state that he wa « hailed on the oeeai-ion by an approving salute of 195 white balls . — Observer ,

      ? Sew Method of Making Tttb . —A patent i 3 about to be taken out for producing printing tjpes on a new principle , ¦ without the necessity of casting The amalgnm of the metal will be different to that now used , being harder , consequently more lasting , and better adapted for Eachine-prmtiBg . Ttie cost , it is expected , will be rather low

      Losgsvjtt . — " That wh . eh establishes on good grounds a hope for prolong- d existence , will ever be welcome to the human mmd ; for notwithstanding the trials , v ^ xarions , and difficulties incident Jo this life , tbe love of life increases wiih our years ; il is one of the innate principles of onr nature , ar . d cannot be explasued awsj by say of the subtleties of the st ; pQist , nor ovt-rooiue by any assumed dignity derived from a false phiiosephy- We therefore ray to those who are suffering frcm ill health from whatever ^ anse ; to those who are approaching what is now called old age ; to those who are sinking from prematnre decay , make trial of Parr's remedy , which has never yet failed , —which is as certain to cure as the son is to rise , —which from the inuocence of its composition can never injure ; to each and all we again say try , and yon will soon look upon Old Pannot merely a 9 a curiosity on account of his great ag <\ 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 Newlyn fishing boats , landed at Penzance , Captain Lancaster and three of his crew , who sailed from London for Gibraltar and Barcelona in the Hope , of Huil , a short time ago . It appears that tbe Hope encountered a heavy gale of wind off Cape Fmisteire , 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 the desired effect of rigluiDg her , and a jurymast haTin £ been rigged , after beating about tor some days , ibey fell in with a prench vessel fifty miles west from the Land ' s-end , bound to Newfoundland . Finding their vessel was making water rapidly , the crew abandoned the Hope , and got on board the FreBchman by fastening a line which wa « thrown to them round their waists and jumping overboard . Tne fishing boat fell in with tbe Frenchman shortly after the men were taken on board . — West Briton .

      The late Awfel Eaktbqcae . e is the West Indies , — It 13 a remarkable circumstance that , about fonv-eight hours preceding the appalling earthquake which visited Gaadalonpe and other West India islands acjoining , a terrific hurricane suddenly broke -ont in the British Channel , which lasted several hoars , and which ex :- ? nded over a considerable space , both of ^ ea and laud . There was also a very ? ucder . and heavy fall of srow , which happened about the same limp , in England , Scotland , Ireland , France , Holland , &e . Rapid changes of the metoorolusical in .-iiuments were also observed , sicultaneonsl-v , in various parts of the country , accompanied with extraordinary variations of the temperature . These pheaocKna were generally noticed at the time . From the commencement of the year various extraordinary meteorological appearances have prevailed , amopg which not the leass was an eruption of Mount Etna , which occurred in January .

      Total Loss of the Ship Cormjbia . —By the Aca < iia steamer , which arrived from New York on Tuesday last , accounts were brought ever respecting the total wreck of the splendid first-class packetship the Cornub : a , Commander Mr . W . Bell , belonging to Liverpool , during a heavy gale of wind , while on her outward paspa ^ e to the United States . The passage after leaving Liverpool appears to have b ? en exceedingly Eevere , the Ehip encountering a series of terriffii gales , and beicg more than oaca , in crossing th - Atlantic , nearly crushed to pieces by immense icebergs . Ail those difficulties haviag been overcome , the erew were in high hope of gaining their destmation , Maranham , in .-afefcy . Bat , alas ! dreadful doom awaited the ship . At about two

      o ' clock on the mormng of the 11 th of February she beeams a wreck , about fceventeen miies west of Atacakma Lighthouse . Directly the shio struck , the crew exerted every nerTB to get her off , but the sea and wind , which were tremendous a ; the time , prevented them , and she soon commenced to break up . The ctmmacdpr , Mr . Bell , remained on board as Jong as is possibly eonJd . He had pre ^ Honsly had the ship's boat 3 hoisted overboard , and , finding there weie no hopes of preventing th ? destruction of the vessel ' , be left her to the mercy of the tempest . Jn making for the shore , the boat which he was in capsksd , 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 tney were ai"no 8 t exhausted . Upon the British Consul being apprized of the disaster , he forthwith directed Her Majesty ' s Bteamfrigate Arden to proceed to the wreck , in order , if possible , to Bare » portion of the materials j bnt on its arrival , such , was the position in which the ship lay , that it was dangerous to go near her . Since then , it is said , the vessel had gone to pieces and disappeared . Her cargo was a most valuable one , consisting of merchandise and goods of every description , and is siated to have been worth from £ 12 , 000 to £ 15 , 000 , Mr . Bell , the commander , arrived at Liverpool by the Acadia on Tae-sdav . The total loss is not far short of £ 20 , 000 . The ship and cargo are reported to be fafly insured .

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      A Negbo no Person 3—Judge Morrow , of Missonri , has lately decided " that a negro slavo could not commit forgery , as , by the consiitutiou and laws of the country , negroes are not recognised as persons , any more than any other animals . "—Anti-Slavery Reporter . Slavekt in America . —We copy the following announcement , as disgusting as it is atrocious , from tbe Vicksburg Sentinel and Escpnsitor for the 31 st of January : — " For sale , a let of about thirty negroep , consi-ting of thirty women , boys , and girls , all raised together , and not bought vp for speculation . They may be seen at tha ferry landiDg , oa the Louisiana side , opposite Vicksburg . For further information apply av the Giidewell House . "

      Extinction of Peeks . —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 EuglUh bishop and one Irish representative peer have died . Two peers who previou-ly had s-eats in the House of Lords , have succeeded to higher titles , and the four Iri ^ h bishops are changed in the customary annual rotation . How to TFivn Otnr the Ottreb of a Dog . —Ai Chelmsford , last week , a t&x- # a ? herer stated that there were 5 000 dogs assessed in his district . It was vtry difficult , he said , to find out the owners of several 3 og 3 ; " nobody knew anything of them . " But he bad succeeded in several icstances , by giving a dog a cut with his whip , in passing . The dog howled . " How dare you whip my dog ? ' cried the owner . And thus the secret camo out . A clever dog , this Fame tax-gatherer .

      Tbeatment opCBiMrNAi , Lunatics . —At a meeting of the Governors of Hz ihiebein Hospital on Friday , Sir Peter Laar ;« , tha President , being in the chair , it was moved by Lord Sbaf . esbury , and agreed to unanimously , that when visiiers went through the wards , & . U ., the attendants be ordered not to mention the name of any patient even if required to do so by toe visiter . All the criminal lunatics are dressed alike , and bo distiction id made in the treatment As Mr . Cook , an extensive cattle-dealer , livi ^ g at Newnham , near Tenbury , waB 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 ruffians , who , after most cruelly and grossly maltreating , him , plundered him of cash to tbe amount of seven huu 4-red pounds , and then made off with their rich booty , eluding at present all trace of discovery .

      Fxtbaordinabt Ecososit . —We find the foil iwing announcement in a London paper : — " Wo understand that an order has been forwarded to the Polic * Commissioners by the Home Secretary , directing that the fires in Police Courts and the prisoners ' fraiting 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 zero , we presume tbe Homo Secretary is desirous of reducing the atmosphere of tha police courts to the same point . We should like , however , to see him strike at higher quarry . Why confine his attentions to the miserable wretches who danee attendance at Bow-street ? The cooling process should be tried upon a host of plethoric vultures who infost the public offices in aimo :-t all departments , who for their own sakes , 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 , showing the amount of gold , silver , &c , con tained in letters which have be--n consigned to the dead-letter offiw . in London , Edinburgh , and Djblm , 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 npies , and silver , fouud in such letters , for the five years , was £ 28 . b' 93 fur London , £ 696 for Edinburgh , and for Dubhn £ 2 830—total , £ 32 , 424 . The total amount in bank post-bills , bills of exchaDga , promissorv orders , & . c , exclusive of money , was £ 2 . 053 . 341 . The amount restored to the owners was £ 167 . 179 , and that paid into the revenue £ 134 ; but it is necessary to state that the b'l ! s had all bten restort-d or Jestroyed by the authority of the owuers , and the sums recovered to the owners for the two last years cannot be stated , as the " dead" letters had not remained three years iu the office .

      Ecpfosed Mcrder at Rkading —Much excitement hat been occasioned in Reading during the last fevy day-, by the mysterious circumstances attending the death of au aged man named Samuel Steers , who was found drowned in the Kennett , with hi 3 legs tied , and one of his packets turned out , on Tuesday night . Pectased was a carpenter , and had lived ia Reading nearly tha whole of his life , his sober and industrious hatrits , as well as his general good character , having rendered him much respec' -ed . At about seven o ' clock on Tuesday evening he left hom- , previously telling his wife hd was going to Mr . Ing ' s , a colleeior of pewremB , to pay for the last quarter's sittings at Trinity Church , which amounted to 10 s 6 d , and of which he then had a bill in his hands ; ho

      added , that he ehoald al .-H ) call on one of the officers of a benefit dab . Of which he was the audiior , on his Wiy , but he should be back iu time for pupper . A ffvv minaies after seven he cailed at the Globe Inn , Horn-street , where the club meetings wero held , and after wei ^ ng ab oxit ten minat » s , went out again , appearing in good spirics , as usual . He was after * waris ' seen by a third parry near Knesgrove-lane , at the bottom of the street , gsing in the direction of Mr . Ing ' e house . A few minutes alter 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 goicg lowarris Hew-sfef ^ fc ; From this time he was never seen until takeh' out of the water Cat half-past nine ) , neaT Victoria "wharf , about halfa-mile distant from the mill-stream , where he was discovered by soino bargemen in the employ of Messrs . Drewe , floating in the water . On bting

      taken out and examined by Mr . Houlton , superintendent of police , he had nothing in his 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 tho chin , and two slight grazes inside the upper and lower lips , occasioned lin the opinion of tho surgeon ) by their being pressed against the teeth . Early on Wednesday morning a labouring man discovered tbe hat and apron of deceased concealed in a dunghnl near the Jack of Newbury public-house , on k \ xq side of the mill-stream , Tho upron and string were cat asunder , and some blood stains were ou the former . On the ground , near the dunghill , eome other spots of blood wtre found , and also several screwa and kej 3 which bad been in the old man's pockets , and some halfpence . — ' Globs . _

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      were up , awake , and doing , feeatdj nothing to make them a fare of tbe visitations ; others o . tly remembered to have notri ?« d something extraordinary when told afterwards of tho occurrence . Many heard a strange noise , but felt not the vibration ; while others both felt the shock and heard the nc'sa , though in various degrees of intensity . The Mandifiter Guardian of Saturday saya— \ " We have not heard of ao many peraens experiencing the shock in the centre of tbe town as in fae suburbs ; which , however , may be accounted for by the faot that comparatively few persons Vbo would notice tbe phenomenon reside in the centre of the town . We nave received some accounts , however , which coincide in every respect with what was fait and heard in other localities , and which leave no doubt that Manchester

      as well as the suburbs was subject * to this visitation . We find that various police constables in tho C division , though tbey felt no shock , beard the violent rattling and shaking of the windows and doors of houses in Ardwick , New Islington , Robert-street , Fairfield-street , Upper Brook-street , &e , and ia ; several instances listened , suspecting thieves were inside ; put they seem to have experienced nothing which led them to suppose it an earthquake . Ia some in 3 tance » the inmates rose in ffiftht , dressed themselves , and walked in tbe Street till morning . In Plym oath-grove some of the residents asked the policemen if they had beard a loud noise like the report of a distant cannon ; but the policemen had not A gentleman in Lower Moaley-street was awakened by the shock ; und two gentlemen in Quay-street , in different bouses , also experienced it . ';

      At Strange-ways . Brougbton , Kersall , Prestwich . and the outskirts north of Manchester , the shock seems to have been very distinctly perceptible ; and it is stated that there was scarcely a bouse in Broughton-lane in ¦ which the shocfe was not felt . At Suspension-bridge a lady , terrified from an apprehension jlhat thieves were in the house , opened the window and called the police . A policeman , who wns near , assured iher that she need feel no alarm as to thieves , as it was only an earthquake ! At the Woodlands , Hi « her Broughton , one gentleman , awakened by the shock , sprang out of bed , which he describes ns swinging gently to and fro , from side to side , as if slung on ropes , the direction of this lateral motion being about east andiwest . After this swaying or swinging of the bed , which continued a

      few seconds , had suN ! ded , it was succeeded by a very rapid , though slight , tremulous motion , which soon ceased . This gentleman found the time to be about five minutes before one o'cl'ick . He coulid not at first comprehend tbe cause , and threw up ihe window to see what was tbe matter . He noticed : that tbere was a slight breeze froxi the south-east , and that the moon ¦ was partly obscured by a paesine cloud ; but it was quite light , and all without seemed ( still . One of the servants was up sewing ; she felt hor chair rock under her , and heard the stairs and furniture creaking ; and , becoming alarmed , she opened the ¦ window , but saw or heard nothine more . At Ktirsall-mobr the shock was

      felji by several residents , one of whom vras thrown into a perspiration by the strange and unaeenunfcahla sensation , while another awaking , and finding birnSOlf shaking very much , concluded that it was an attack of ague , and took physic to ward off what he supposed was the approach of the disorder ! : At Psestwich , a gentleman was awakened by tbe shook , and experienced sunaatious similar to those described , which at tbe time he ascribed to an earthquake ; but , as no other member of th « family bid sean , heard , or felt anything , be attributed it t > imagination , till he reached Manchester , and found the earthquake the topic of conversation . .

      At Ardwick , Lon ^ sieht , Plymouth-grove , and the distri cts south of Manchester , the i shock was felt , according to the accounts , with somewhat less violence . A gentleman in Smedley-Iane felt ] the floor vibrate , and next morning he observed that the dust was in a heap in tbe centre of the room , as if diifted t 'gether . It iio ? s nut appear that the shock materially damaged anyofthu bull lings in Manchester or the vicinity . Tbe Manchester Guardian , in the account it gives of the earthquake , makes the following remarks on the stat ) of the atmosphere as well as of the barometor about the time the event occurred : —

      " Almost all the persons who noticed the time concur in stating that it commenced frbm 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 opi-ressive heat and closeness in i the atmosphere , There was but little wind , and that from the southeast . So far as we can learn the harometer exhibited no remarkable fluctuation . Mr . Konchetti , who resides in SaKord , found his self-re ^ istering instrument , at eight o ' elock tbe preceding evening . Ho indicate 20 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 instrnmeirt before retiring to rest , and it was then 29 70 . We also learned that T ) t . Dalton ' s bwometer showed no unusual variation ; and all the instruments of which we have heard appear to have

      gradually fallen dunm ; the night One circumstance we may notice , which may or may not be connected with the earthquake . Ab ' Ut an hour previous , we observed tbat the moon , which was fait at , six jo ' clock on Thursday morninc , although shining unclouded , presented a dull and filmy oppearanee , an though a thin veil of clond was drawn over her whole disc . In connexion with this fact , we may also mention , that perhaps an hour btrf » ro the earthquake which fcaused so much alarm in the town in September J 777 J , occurring about eleven o'clock on a Sund . iy morning , and causing the people to rush affriRhted out of the churches and othei places of worship , the sun , though shining in a clear unclouded nky , was observed to be so dim as to be looked at staaUily with tho naked eye without ikzzHns ; tbe vision , and inimediate . ' y after the earthquake the sun shone out again with great brilliancy .

      The rumonr mentioned in one of the papers of Saturday last , that several houses had been thrown down in Preston , is destitute of foundation- It appears evident , by the accounts from that quarts * , that the shock was somewhat more vident there than hero , and it was felt about the same time—namely , a few minutes before five o'clock . Its approach was iBtunatediby an unnatural buzzing noise , gradually increasing louder and louder until the moment when the subterranean convulsion passed a given point , and then the sound and the efforts produced on the instant became very alarming ; windows and doors rattling , nay , the wry houses apparently staggering to their foundations . The ! watchmen of tbe town and the public tfficers on night ; duty describe the sensations which it excited as awfully appalling , the ground appearing to them to he sinking under them , and themselves feeling ao though tbey were descending to a great depth . Tee bells raDg in severa houses , and great alarm was experienced in many families .

      The phenomenon appears to have bean felt generally with greater severity in tbe north than here At Kirkham , Blackpool , Poulton , Fiet-twood , Whitehaven , K' -ndal , Ambleside , and K"swicfc , the shock was very sharp , and aeeni 3 to have caused considerable consternation . : The shock was experianc ^ d at Turton , near Bolton , and its neighbourhood , with considerable force . We have not htard of it having been perceived to the southward of Ashtonunder-Line ; but a correspondent at Ashton states , " Whilst awake in bed I felt four distinct oscillations , or rockings of the bed , from east to west . " : From the following paragraph , which appeared in the B ' ackburn Standard , it wili ho seen that the shock on Friday week was felt at Slaidbarn , a vilhgo situated about eight miles to the nothward of Clithero : —

      «• About eight o ' clock , on the morning of Friday last , a person who was working in S . aidburn church was suddenly alarmed by perceiving the ground under him to be shiken . and at the same time hearing the cracking of the roof ; ' while the whole fabric of tho church , with the pi : ws , seemed to be trembling together T . ie chandelier in the centre of the cbursh was so much agitated , that the chain was hvard to tattle from which ic was suspended . This wai preceded by n noise one-Bide the church iika the rartlin ? of carriages ; and the workman at first supposing that it ' arose from this cause , actually ran to the door to see if any were passing . The effect lasted for about half ; a . minute , and wa 8 probably a slight shock <_ f an earthquake . The workman , on hearing the roof crack , and seeing the trembling of the church , was apprehensive , as the church ia a very ancient structure , that it was giving way . and that the whole fabric was falling to the ground . "

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      MR , FERBAND AND THE HALIFAX BOARD OF GUARDIANS . ( From the Halifax Guardian ) On Monday , Air . Ferrand moved in the House of Commons for returns of the proceedings at the Halifax Board of Guardians on tha l % t instant , when it will be remembered that a resoiution in condemnation of tie Honourable Member ' s remarks was moved and adopted in presence of Mr . Clements , tho Assis t ant Commissioner implicated . Tbe motion shared the fate , however , of its predecessor ; and for the same reason , viz ., tuat it involves a question of breach of privilege . In vain did Mr .. Feirand asanre the House that if his motion wera carried "he would take no steps to bring Mr . ClemeTita to the bar of the House . " The House

      and the ( Jjve nment would run no saeh h-zird : and the question fell to the ground . We are no sticklers for the " privileges" of the House of Commons , wbicb are , too often , rather a scandal to it than otherwise But as Mr . Ferrand distinctly disclaimed any assertion of privilege we regret his ill-success , since the papers could have done barm to no one and might have elicited the truth on tnis most mystifying subject Mr . Hume and Mr . York made some pertinent aliaslons to the instructive coincidence , that the introduction of a " wheel" and the exclusion of the press , were simultaneous resolutions of tho Board . " Under such circumstances , " said the former membpr , "inoulry

      became incumbent . " And the latter acknowledged that the exclusion of reporters of the publio press , combined with the evident symptoms that the Boardmeetiag of the 1 st of March was a packed « ne , and tbat the resolution bad been previously concocted * induced him to vote for Mr . Ferrand'a motion , though on the former occasion he had voted tbe other vay Mr . Wallace , Mr . S . Crawford , and Mr . T . Buncombe also supported the motion as one of necessity ; bat tbe Hon . J . S . Wortley suggested another form of motion , to which the Home Secretary promis&d his acquiescence . The return to such a motion would , however , have been nil : and it has not therefora been made .

      One feature in the debate we cannot omit to notice ; it is so insttuctive an evidence how party debates are carried on in the House . We last week noticed a similar feature in the former debate ; to which we will first refer in proof that we were not then too candid and generous to the accused Assistant Commissioner . In that debate Mr . Cleruet . ts was the party implicated ia lir . Ferrand ' s censure . Mr . Ross , therefore , thought it necessary to defend bis friend ; and did so in a style perfectly satisfactory to the House and to himse ' . f , but by no means complimentary te Mr . Clements . We Ias 6 week candidly declared tbat we disbelieved Mr . Jtoss s representations . Mr . Ross , on Monday , " apologised to the House for having been perfectly wrong in what he bad said about Mr . Clements tbe other Hfgbt . "

      On Monday night the main object of attack was tha Board of Guardians and their intended " in-door test " This " rotatory wheel , " said Mr . Ferraad , in effect would not only be panishment to the sirewa , but hrzirdoua to the lives of the in-door paupers . Something , therefore , must ba said in reply . Mr . dally Knight gallantly undertook to say that something . ' He bad had a conversation with Mr . Cleraents , " he said , " the day before ; and Mr . Clements told him that tbere was neither a tread-mill nor a tread-wheel in the union ; but , there was a hand mill , which had not then been introduced for the first time , but had been there for severel years . The labour at it was 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 f : ; r thorn which would not interfere with out-door employment . " Well said , Mr . Gaily Knight Well done , Mr . Clements . If Mr . Ferrand lifts his head in Parliament

      again after this straight-forward and complete contradiction , he will indeed be invulnerable . There is nonew treadwheel—no modern rotatory wheel—only " a hand milt" wnich had been there " for several years . * And as for- tbe 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 employ ing able-bodied paupers . ' * All this may do very well in London , Mr . dements All thia may tell upon the House of Commons , Mr . Gaily Kuight . But we can tell you both very candidly —it won't do in Yorkshire . It won't do in the Halifax Union . The fact is , Mr . Gaily Knight—indeed it isthat all tbia statement from Mr . Clements is a Aumwe use that word in preference to any other trisyllable ,

      and because weare willing to believe that Mr . Clements is on this , as ^ veil as on other subjects , most ignorant . The fact is , that there iBnobandmill in the workhonsethat consequently there is no labour at it—that therefore there can be no superlative excellence in this nonexistent mode of employment ; and the whole of the statements of Mr . Clements in this respect are therefore altogether , utterly , and entirely false . Some yeara since ahand-mm for grinding com was introduced , but " it was found to be the worst mode of employing able-bodied paupers , " and was therefore removed ont of tbe ¦ workhouse , and ntw rusts in deserved neglect at the Police-office , except when thekeeper of the Vagrant office meets with some tramps whom he thinks proper to put to it

      Looking at these mistakes and mir » natementa we cannot help regretting , for the sake of tbe Halifax Board itself , that Mr . Ferrand ' s motion was rejected . As to the tread-wheel , or rotatory wheel , it must be borne in miad that it was only in contemplation—not actually introduced . And after these two debates in Parliament we are inclined to think , it uefer wiU be introduced . If it be not , the poor of Halifax will have to thank Mr . B . Ferrand for tbeii deliverance f . om it .

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      THE WELSH COLLIERIES . , Abek . da . RE , MaBCU 17 . —In ray last communica- ) tion I stated that I should proceed to A-berdare . On my ' arrival I found that the Scot ' s Greys , having made a demonstration in tke neighbourhood , relumed to Car-1 diff , under the advice of tba magistrates . In Mod- j mouthshire the whole of the colliers still continue on ' strike to the number of about 5 , 000 , and continue meet- j ing in various parts of tbe hills . In Gaimorganshire the I works on strike were Mr . Powell ' s of Golley Gaer ; Mr , ! BaaunionVs , Gelly Gist ; Mr . Henseirs , of Pont-y- j P ..-ved ; the Daffryn works , and two others . The j strike in Monmouthshire havinc now continued for ten ' j ' ; ! i

      weeks , a number of the Monmouthshire colliers , t > th <» unmber of abont 700 , cama from Monmouthshire , and having crossed the Taaf Vale Railway , they compelled the men of the Duffryn At > erdare woiks and the G * Uy Gier works to Btrike , and from this the strike extended iuelf to tbe ether collieries . In this stage of things considerable aiarm , of course , spread throughout the county , and meetings of the magistrates , < fcc ., were held for the preservation of tha peace , and the proprietors of the Gslley G-ar and Diffryn Aberdare works procured men from Djwlais , who were williDg to work , and placed them at the collieries . This , how- >

      ever , not sniting tbe refractory colliers , they , on Wed- ' nesday proceeded to the works , headed by a number of v ? omen < under the supposition that the woman 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 be immediately dieeaarged the men , and showera \ of stonvs were thrown . Shortly after , one of the ; polico having taken a man into custody be was imrne- ' diately attacked ; ha , however , succeeded in retaining his prisoner . Uadcr these circumstincds the Scots Greys were sent for , and the . 73 d Foot , stationed at Dowlais , -were ordered to hold themselves in readiness .,

      No further 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 abjut 400 colliers attended . After a long discussion , the Monmouthshire men reproached the ethers with a breach of faith , and the meeting ended angrily . A larsrs meeting was alBO held at Cross Penmaer , Monmontbsbire , on Tuesday , when tbey 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 adjiurned to the inn to await the deputations fiomthe to

      several collieries , forty-two ia " number , who were draw np a li * t of grievances . On tbe same day , some " volunteer * " had been procured by Mr . Powell frem the neighbourhood of Dowlaiu , but on their arriving at th « Da&yn Aberdare Works they were m et by tbe men and their wives , and attacked in a violent and riotous manner with stones , fcc , and driven off the ground . Warrants having been obtained against some of the ringleaders , Captain Napier , chief of the county constabulary , proceeded tbe sam 9 night to apprehend three of the men and two of the women , who are now in custody and-will be brought , before a special meeting of the magistrates at Cardiff on Saturday , whence I shall forward you a report of their txaminat ^ on . 1 understand Mr . Owen has accepted a general retainer from the co ! - lers and will attend onthsir bebaif . —Times .

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      EARTHQUAKE IN IA JVOASH IRE AND CHESHIRE . It has been already mentioned , that tue shock of an earthquake had been ; fait on Friday week last , about twenty minntes past eight o ' clock iu tho morning , in the neighbourhood of Blackburn , Rocbdata and the district to the north-eastward of Manchester , and that it apparesitly had for its centre the chain of hills which separate Yorkshire from Lancashire , It appears not to have caused the slightest damage ; but it was remarkable as having been the third which has been experienced in the same range of country within the last few years . The first took place on the 20 th of August , 1835 , and the Becond on the llth of June , 1839

      We have now to mention , that another and a more violent shoofc , or rather shocks , for in most instances two wtre felt , occurred a few minutes before one o ' clock on the morning of Friday last , and that in Liverpool , Manchester , Lancaster , St Heletis , Preston , aud , in shert , in almost the whole of Lancashire and Cheshire , from which accounts have yet reached , either onoor 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 betwean each . Several who had retired to rest , slept so soundly as not to have perceived the convulsion of the eatth j bnt others felt it so strongly as to create in them considerable alarm and apprehension . It was preceded by a rise in tke temperature and a dimness of the moon ; and the efftcts in all cases appear to havo been similar in many respects—namely , an agitation of the floors , windows , and furaiture of houses , and a lifting up of tbe beds . Subjoined are the particulars of the Visitation in several parts of Lancashire , derived from various

      sources I—• ' We have , ' says the Liverpool Standard , " beard the descriptions given by individuals who reside in different pa * ts , but the must connected and intelligent we have been able to obtain have been furnished to as by the town-clerk , Mr . Radcliffj . who resides in West Darby , and by Mr . Whitty , the head constable , whose hou < e adjoins the central police station between Goorge ' s and Canning doci ' . s . The town-clerk stated to us that he had been writing in his room till half-past twelve o ' clock , when be retired , rle had been at rest a few minutes , when he was startled by the bed Shaking , and the furniture being agitated with considerable violence . This lasted for » pariod of six seconds , or

      somewhat longer ; and it was followed by an apparent rumbling from beneath , and an indistinct noise in the d ; eusiug-rooru adjoining . Sumo alarm was of course excited by these unusual circumstances ; and Mr . R RnuJiiV ' a his son , having experienced rxactly the same f-eni'aiiofi ^ the conc ' uaion was at onco arrived at that ic wits the" shock of on earthquake . Tbenoiso which followed the- shock , » or none was observed to precede U , appeared to tbe tovn-p ' yerk and his son to proceed'from uortb to south ; biu / there was neither time nor opportunity ? for ' mMkiDg Vne direction with Rccuracy , nnd i : is prob < tblc thcraouaV be a'mistake in tuia rupees , as it does . not corresponu With the accounts from other >> arts . Nb damage has been doni at West Di-rby . - ' / . / ' < -

      " The narrative of Mr . Whitty is more in detail , and from his situation at the time will pifobauly be found on ft comparison of all the asceuuts to be the most generally accurate . He was in the parlour of his house Uking a cup of coffae , when , exactly at fivo minutes to one o ' clock by the police time , he suddenly heard and felt a violent agitation of the wiadows of the whole house , and of the floor in tbe room in which he was sicting . i Being accustomed to hear loud explosions from tho works in Albert dock , dow being txcAVated , which is at no great distance , he was not much surprised at the noise ; but at the same time he observed to Mrs . Whitty that he thougi . t tho ex .-a vators had purposely caused the fcxplusUiji to take place underneath his windows . In less thun a minute

      aflr-rwards anolb . tr shock followed , infinitely more violent thon the ilrst ; the house here shook from top to bottom , and a violent rutr . Ming uoiae was heard under the house ; just as if a do 2 t * n railway trains had been running through a tunnel . Tbe shock und the noiae were so loud and violent as to awaken all the family who bad rttired , and , if by consent , they assembieJ on the staira in a state of great alarm . Having quitted theoi , Mr . Whitty went into the street , and the policeman on duty at St . George ' s Djck bridge told him that he was leaning against one of the pillars there , when suddenly he thought he heard a carriage run rapidly across the bridgo , and the ground rasribilag . and shaking alf around him . Tnis officer perceived two shocks . The policeman on duty at the noitb end of Canning Buck was * next questioned by Mr . Whitty ,. and ho stated that he first heard some casks , which were lying on the quay , move as if

      they wore alive ; they tumbled and shook , he added , as if some men were concealed in them . After this tbe house was examined , and it was found that the windows oa the second floor ( French ) had been forced open by the shock , and some furniture had received a trifl ng displacement , but no damage was done , and the alarm soon subsided . Mr . Whitty added that the shock appeared to him to proceed from east to west , and that nothing could be more distinctly perceptible . The tirst shook lasted fiom three to five et-co ^ ds , the second from seven to ten seconds ; and at ilrst it appeared as if the tower of a church , at some vlistance , had fallen down atone crash . Not the least remarkable circumstsoce was the agitation of tbo horses in the utabk-s throughout the town , particularly in the south division . No damage baa been done to the buildings in any part of the town .

      " In Denne-street , Kensington , and the district ad ^ j- < lning tbe Butauk-gardens , two shocks v ; tre distinctly felt . * ' In Kirkdalo , and especially at the House of Correction , the shock vr ^ s very distinctly felt . Mr . Amos , the governor , was up at the time ; and he states that ten minntes before one o ' clock the potter's lodge , and several parts oi the caol , shook ami trembled greatly . The difference in point of time of the shock being felt here ami at other places is probably owing to the variation of tbe clocks . The house of Mr . Appleton , which adjoins the Court house , felt the trembling of the earth in a still greater degree .

      •• Tbe shock was felt with considerable soverity on the Cheshire shore , opposite to the north part of the town , nnd extended ( biore particularly as far as wecu yet hear ) over the surface in the Wyrall Peninsula , on ita east side , contained between Wallasey Paol and N-W Brighton . This includes Seacombe , Egremont , Lisoard , the Magnates , Wallasoy , dec . In Liscurd and Egremont , it was distinctly feit by many persons , nearly or precisely at the same time ; uitmoly , ten mimites to a quarter before one o ' clock . " Mr . M&tbie , a gentleman iu the employ of Messrs . Gibbs , Bright and Co ., trnd who had before witnessed

      several earthquakesabro ; id . was awakened by the shock at a quarter to one o'clock by bis watch . He heard the internal rumbling noise that generally accompanies buuIi phenomena and sensibly felt bis bedroom shake . The crockery ware on the washhand-atand made a considerable rattlii < £ . The house , was not , however , shaken bo us to crack the walls- Thure could , he says , bo no doubt but it was au earthquake . He got up and dressed . Several persons ii tbe neighbourhood also roet ) from their beds in alarm—thu greater part not knowing what to muke of it . Tna windows and door 3 of many of the bouses shook and rattled . A young lady in one house was so alarmed that bhe ran from liar own bed into that

      of her sister-in-law . " Mr . Giball , in the Customs , says he was aslesp at thetinie , but bis wifo , wh ' . > was awake , sensibly felt U and awoke him . She went to tho window , and their first iniprtaaion was that some accidant from exploaien hid taken place at the Magazine . More than a di z -n respectable gentlemen' ia the neighbourhood folt the 1 shock in a nearly similar manner . " In Mulbmy-street tbe shock appeared to have been felt severely . It is in the highest part of the town . It whs also fe . t distinctly in Abercrouibysquare , in tbe same neighbourhood . ' At the police station in Brick-street ( south part of tbe town ) , the resident beeper , David Wilson , who was above in bed , became so alarmed that be ran down suirs , where it had also been felt by Samuel Tuck , of tbe police , who thought the building was shaken by the cart that sometimes comes to the station .

      " We have the names of many highly respectable gentlemen residing in various parts of the town , as well us in Lihcard , Egremont , &c . ; but we do sot deem it necessary to furnish the : n . From their concurrent testimony , no doubt cau exist but that a commotion of the earta took place ia this locality about the time stated . Hsppily it was not so severe as to injure buildings or endanser their lives ; yet , taken in connexion with tho rtcrnt s ight shocks felt in this count . y last week to thy nonh-eait ot Manchester , as ^ ell as with the fearfui and destructive earthqiakes in some of the West India islands , it has certainly creatbd grent interest in some , and apprehensions , never , we hops , to be rea'iz-d , in others . Earthquakes of fatal effect , in this island , are not , we believe , to be foand on 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 couDties . Though it is observed , that hidivHiu .-- . lB who -were up and in motion were * generally unconscious of the occurrence , yet to this there are some striking exceptions . In one or two instances , the guards of railway trains and stage-coaches were distinctly -sensible of an unusual motion . Tbe extraordinary sensation felt on tbe Holyhead and Chester mail caused mncb alarm to tbe guard and passengers . It appears tbat the shock -was very generally noticed

      in Wales . The Liverpool Chronicle gives the statement of a correspondent , who slept at Holywell on the morning in question , . ' who avers that bis bed was violently shaken , as if a strong man had suddenly exerted his strength upon it We have also heard from another source , that the agitation of some houses in Holywell was so great as to cause the bells to ring for several seconds . j The accounts from Manchester show the phenomenon to havu been experienced with precisely similar charac-| teriatics to those which marked it hare . The variations k us to time are the same , and the general evidence is the more strikingly jouflrmatory from the very fact of its agreement , even in discrepancies . Some persons who

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      Fleetwoodon-Were , March 17 . This pl . ico was visited last night by . two shocks of an aarthquaka , tho former at eleven p tn . jbeiug so slight as to be scarcely heeded , but the latter , which took , place at fifty minutes after midnight , being so violent as to cause cumiderable alarta and to induce several persons to quU theiv hou-ses at that late hour . During tbe whole of yesterday afternoon the sky pjesented a gloomy and lowering appearance , bo as to sail forth tba observation , " How likti the approach of in earthquake ;'' tbe air was unusually ; dose and a dense baza hung over the sea to the N . W . At the

      commencetuea . t of the shock last mentioned Vhe watchman at the lower lighthouse heard a rumbling noise from the east , which soon appeared to approach the spot , and was immediately succeeded by a con&iderafele vibration from below . A sound resembling subterranean thunder accompanied the tremulous motion ot the groand , which lasted several aecouds , with which the houses of tbe Inhabitants 'were so shaken as to wake almost every inmate , and causa every wine bottle , &c , to fall from the shelves . The upper lighthouse in particular , a high isolated column , was felt to rock quite sufficiently to alarm the Hghtkeeper . ' j

      Tbe sea rose unusually high , and the Prince of Wales steamer , which was on her voyage from Belfast to Fleetwood-at the moment of the shock , encountered a enddenly boisterous sea , for which the captain could not account , as the shock was not otherwise , felt on board * The day is no w extraordinarily fine , jand the tempera * ture has risen ten degrees since yesterday , as will appear from the following extract from a register kept on the spot : — ' Temperature . deg . m . Barometer . " "March 16—Noon ... 45 0 ... 29985 9 p . m . 59 2 ... 2 ^ 895 March 17—9 a . m . 49 0 ... 28 831 Noon 56 0 ... 29 817 . "

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      The Tst-b of Man . —Cjsxletown , JLibch , I / - — This nioruin « t , at a quarter to one o ' clack we experienced a smart shock of an earthquake , lasting about five seconds . The-undulation appeared to pass from southwest to north-erist , accompanied with a loud rumbling sound , somewhat similar to a tempest of wind . We have not as yet heaTd of any damage sustained further than the falling of plaster from ceilings , though considtrabls alarm was felt from tbo visitation .

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      THE EARTHQUAKE IN WESTMORELAND . On Friday morning last , the 17 tji ( nsta-at , at twenty minutes pssfc one o clock , the inhabitants of Kendal , In Westmoreland , were thrown into the greatest dismay by an alarmin ? earthquake , the effects of which were distinctly felt throughout the town and neighbourhood . On the previous evening tha air was sultry and th © clouds lowering / a-ad the night was so unusually dork that to speak in comparative terms it might be likened to a total eclipse of the moon , although a fall moon rose at four minaies past seven o ' clock on the same evooirg-. After the shock the darkness still continued , and there was a yellowish blaz ^ in tu . e elements , accompanied bv a strong rush of wind . The violence of tha shock was so great as to cause tbe inhabitants to

      suppose they were rolling out of bed , and all agree in the testimony that the doors and windows of their habitar tions rattied as shaken by a whirlwind , and the furniture of the rooms , especially those of a light brittle description , were so agitated by the collision of one piece against another as to be truly alarming . Numbers of persons simultaneously arose from their beds , wha had becoma sadden y awakened by the rumbling of the earthquake , and the tremnloas motion of their bouses * , and mauy lay in profuse perspiration from the greatness of th ^ ir alarm . About two miles from the town of Kendal , and at a village called Sedgwick , are extensive powder mills , and several soothed themselvea

      with the calamitous consolatisn " that it was only the powder mills tbat had blown up ! " an occurrence which is by no means uufrequent According to the inqairie 3 made on the subject , the following will be found the leading facts connected with the awful visitation , leaving out all which seem to be exaggerated by fear or a taste for tbe wondeiful . A highly respectable medical practitiener avers that h « felt a slighfc shock about half-past ten o ' clock on the previous evening , and whea he retired to his bed the t ' aoagbt of it prevented him from sinking into repose before the second shock occurred , so that be was fully oli « to the causa of the alarm he then felt . He describes his

      situation thus—that his bed moved longitudinally three or four inches saveral times , and gave it the swinging motion of a hammock , and that was momentarily sue * ceeded by a tremulous motion of the bouse , attended by a loud rumbling sound . A scientific meteorologist agrees with * && , and says he felt the precise motion , and dftscribestns rumbling as of a loaded waggon , but too short in its duration to be mistaken for it , and immediately concluded that it was the sboek of an earthquake . At the King ' s Arms Hotol several of the inmates becime bo alarmed as to make a suMoo . egress inta the street , and when the cause of their fright ^ could not be ascertained were se ' z ; d with the utmost ; fear and dismay . At the Nelson Tavern the proprietor ; •* nd family had not retired to rest , and when about ?

      locking up'the shock caused the greatest terror . The ; decautrrs and wine-glasses wbicb weru on the shelves bei ; an to dance and knock o jo against anether , causing a jingling discord , to their deep consternation . Atseveral of tbs other inns the bells were suddenly rung , to the discomfiture of the fajuily who had retired to ; rest . A policeman says , that he was standing nearf to a large carput manufactory at the north-jr east end of the town , when he beard a rum- f bling noise at first resembling very distant thunder ,-which immediately assumed a louder tone , when the 4 ground began to shake b-neath him , and the rumblingt then died away , like the cadence of m large drum . The ? glass of the windows of the maimfactoTy was agitated »> and the noiss created by it might have been heard at a ! great distance . At an extensive farm , called Oxen Holme , about a mile , and a half south-east of the town , the

      shock was felt most severely , and the inmates rosaj en masse . But here , again , the consolatory thoughtpassed their minds " that it was only tbe Sedgwickj . Powder Mills that bad blown np . " The machinery of * a large woollen ma ufactory at the southern extremity of the town was set in motion b ? the shock throwing it into gear . In a short time after the eartbquake had ; subsided , many of tne streets in Kendal presented *; semi-illuminatioa , from the chambers of tha inhabitants becoming lit up . On tbe following day groups of peo--ple were to ba seen in the streets , cooversinf ; about tfaeir previous alarm , which became more intense from ' the circumstance of the news baving arrived of the truly , awful visitation which had befallen tbe West Indies . There is no historic I fact to show that the town of Kendal was ever visited with ao streng and so alarming , an occurrence of tha kind . The weather since that * time has been calm and serene .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . - 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct643/page/3/