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SCBAP 3 FOR KAB 1 CALS . _ -XiX . X . T . CLa > GT . ^ HE 21 GXTSTAXS KTMPH , LtBEBTY . jjy fountain 2 fympli * B » bloomiag gjr ? , 2 er chirms lite crescent beims » re shining ; 2 « » T 8 n locks , * nd teeth of pearl , Setnnny a gay Lothario pining ; 2 er bosom's an ambrosial bed , And Flora queen of flowers reigns o ' er it : ^ Hie « eonld lies * my drooping head , Her halcyon beast -would soon restore it . ^ niere budding roses tempt the sight ; Bnt hij fell rival * iathplaced o ' er them Tvaf sentinels as black as night , Who shoot at all that stand before them . ^ Tben to the charge J tfco' I may fall ,
Paint by iny "wounds in freedom ' s trenches Sain if condensed might drown us all ; Bat scattered mists can only drench us . '
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JOB FREEDOM ! FOR GOD !! A 2 JD FOB BIGHT ! !! XX . yes , the dungeon h&tb chains for the patriot mind . Too' cold irons and gloom "with him dwell ; jj ' u hesit » -with the free , tho'his will be confined Even for life , ^ oppressions * damp cell : 'Ween captive to dnfknww his soul can impart To hii vision a radiance of light ; j . bright lamp ef vengeance ! to cheer np the heart from the dull dreams of slavery ' s Eight ; gbtmldsBcbbe xny portion of slave-makin . g lavs , Woe 3 doomed "to ths prison this night , 2 dj voice to je bondsmen is " on in the cause " On , for Freedom ! for God ! 1 and for Right ! l »
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IMPROilPTTJ . XXI . Two Qisien once In Confersnce date Odb -were his hat the other at -without it Io prove the hypocrite , sham friend , complete —; What two could go a better way about it ? One loTed his spotless Hie , and -would not doff The emblem of his creed ; he feigned no barter ; The other less politely scampered off—; La . his broad brim should cradle ap the Charter ] * Tyranny . + Chnrch and State .
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CTSCBIPIIOX FOB A SCIENTIFIC LECTUBE BOOM . The brijhl celestial Goddess -WDrahip'd hers , ~ li Science , to oar hearts and souls so dear . She needs so priestcraft to uphold her same , I » ot blood-stained alters to support h « r fame ; 2 » or tithes , nor taxes , from the poor she draws , JTor fiction needs she to support her cause ; At man ' s best friend , she freely lends a hand To build bis house or cultivate his land . Then lei to rally round her radiant shfcld ;
Mei eoBQuering fe&ther'd weapons let us -wield ! Berchltldis truth , her "weapons are our pens , Let's rouse with the&e the tyrants from their < 3 pth » That creel tyrant , Ignorance oft doth bind , The reasoning members of the darkened mind ; And stubborn prejudice Eke evening shade , Obscures the rays that science bri ght hath spread . Then let us hope when with her friendship blest , To rise and soar above the vulgar mist , O ! custom , prejudice , and such like things , Bjw to th » L * rd _ but fear not yrleats er tings . 1 . RJLSEIX .
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GLOTJCESTES . Isdkpedzst Osdeb op Ijieed Beoxhebs , Leicesieb Usirr . —On Tuesday vsek , a Lodge in connecuon with the ordeaopened s Gloucester , being the second in that town . On Wednesday , ( the nest day ) another was opened at Cheltenham , on which occasion twenty-three persons tH-e initiated .
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XHifiXEss Cbxtbcbss have been bulls in Manches-) s during the last seven years . Ths Bishop cs Loy&os has reeeived £ 50 T' 8 from e anonymous donoi , w he expended in building a earth in London . Miss Phhxips has given the munificent donation if iMO . GOD . to the Welch Society of Ancient Britons , winch supports upwards of iwo hundred rpians . Thsee ilE . f while " dredging" for shrimps on si ? eow Bants , near Bolion-le-Sands , were over-Eelmed by the tide , on Thursday evening , and tsre drowned Trithin a short distance from the Bore .
Dr . MxaxDf , the chief surgeon ef the Kavai Hossa | a : ilalta , was shos dead by a seniry of the 88 sh ^ gimeai , as be was stepping oat of the door of tar-Admiral Sir 3 ohn Louis , where he had been a * professional TJaii . 2 Jo cause is assigned / for the The Tovrs Cootctl of Glafgow , by a majority of tthieen to thirteen , have passed a vote of censure Sir James Campbell , the Lord Provost , for primely negotiating with Ministers to hare the city jaeed under a system of police regnlated by Oo-Bnment , and obnoxious to ths inhabitants geneaHj . _ 0 s Wedsssdat last , a sieam-en ^ ine boiler srst at the fnrnaee 3 of Messrs . Horns and Son , ipion , whereby one man lost his life . The boiler * u torn from its bed and carried to a distance of krteen yards , and wss rent into shreds .
It was stated , in the Insolvent Debtors' Court * TcuKcay , by 31 r . Barttelot , lately ahair-dresscr iR ^ gani-iirsetjthat his insolvency W 33 attributed « lie recenr change of fashion in ladies' hair . The ^ lel j { he said ) were the most profitable , and the van haiids introduced by her Majesty -were tite ruin i hiir-dressers . It ha- been estimated by Dr . Thomas Dick that See ihe creation of the world fourteen thousand tHions ol btiEgs have fallen in the battles which sa has -wa ^ ed agaiasi his fellow-creatore—man . f the Jors-Sn ^ ars only of these bsin ^ a were to be fi J » a straight line ibey wonld ont-reacli more 6 a 5 ao , 0 i » 0 miles , beyond the mocn .
Losd de FaETSK ha 3 become an exterminator . Lt * rdi :: g to the Hoscommon Journal he turned a R tf people near Longhlin houseless upon the world * l week . Tbe cabins of the wretches have been ^ Bed io the . ground- Tiese cases o' hardship fe a'irbatei to his Lordships agesis . He himseli Sisseribed as a humane man . The * ra of two-pence 13 levied on each pedes-2 aa who may walk alons : hi 3 Grace of Buctagb ' s splendid pier , as Granton . A Gentleman « 2 S naponuned near the shore for alms , -hasnly ^ 'ied . - 2 so , no , I have jost given my last penny lie L > cke of Bucclengh , *• Ah 2 ( replied the men-^^ tj , is he upon the rramp 100 I "
^ - » Tsarc 3 D . —The d'fneolty of collecting the poor *? cor .- inijes . There was a meeting of the antbo-^ ts 02 &turda y , when it was agreed that the fej '^ ary should not be called out to assist in the * ^ eci : t » n . A large number of Ganltier men armed J ^ a stcks paraded through the streets of the city on - 'Sssday , but without breaking the peaca . The h-jsY of the Poob Law collector of Duleek , 2 the toanty of JVleath , was found on Saturday in J fiicb ia the neighbourhood of that Tillage . He ^ Wee stoned to death , and a considerable sum of ^ fej was found upon his person—so that plunder *»* evidcatJj not the ofcjeci of his mnrderers . He ? k £ Pt-r » r . n of excellem character . —Dublin Eveu-^ Mmi .
BiiEiH ors MraDEB is TiPPEBASt . —The Nenagh ! teirdun , jpyes tbe following particulars of the **» ei murder near that town 1— ** Even on the eve : * 63 ras < : zis , and at the conclusion of that for the ^ a riding , an atrocious and bratal murder has i * a perpetrated in our riding . The catin ia which ] ^ dark deed was done is verging ihe road side . i **• > ach was it 3 appearance that at first sight we ! ^> t ^ ea it to be a hovel for pig 3- Into thi 3 den the ^•« iisd , Patrick Tiemey , entered , for the purpose : = aokiKj ; his pipe ( as n is represented ) . The woman * ice house , her two small children , and a girl 2 ^ 3 Grady , about eleven years of age , were 7 ^ ° , ; bai the owner of the house iras out to visit [ , ~ xabonT . After some tixae a youjjg man named * © lL . liYin p al ^ anttwAntv To rches distant—e nte rs
^ cown— smokes with tbe devoted Tierney—and ~ 2 : rri ires . Almost immediately after a number of * = a taat into tne cabin , ordered Tierney on his * ps , and broke in his skull -with sticks , stones , and 9 « ues . Tie anformnate being ' s forehead was 5 f ~« i . and his brains burst out . The woman f *?* ^ as ^ J . e ran and hid herstlf and aex children ^¦^ 3 the bed— that she did not hear tbe murderexs * tee murdered say anything beyond , Tierney , go « Jmrr knee 3 , sad . * I am off . ' What was the crime ^ w ^ ci . Tierney was sacrificed 2 Oa the 25 ih nit ., ~ -J * s fired ai tas le swore ) within one hundred P te of tie spot at wlueh he subsequently met his *«¦ Two ball 3 perforated Ms hat j and for that ^*® Pt oa his life two men , named Michael Laxkin , ~|» in omas Gleeson , were committed to stand their iff * 1 » the present « sra «« . On thia dav lie Biffht
^ Baron Lefroj wni -rMt Hensgh , for the pnir * 2 . of opening the commission ; and it most appear raying to nis lordship that , on the very eve of the r * " jury being Eworn , a barbarous murder should ^ P ^ Pstrated within a few miles of our county 1-& ? ' ^ ttat ' > 0 ' for the purpose of invalidating i roteCi 1 Q 0 n-for ^ vajlaying and attempting to shoot . SSd !" WaS heM > and S Terdiet of * vrilM marder
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Who wni claim them*—The morning after YaJentme ' s Day two letters were delivered from the -Post-office , Warrington , to the letter carrier . One was addressed to The ugliest woman , " and the other to The prettiest girl , " in Penketh . 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 , ihete TT » e so man ? he did npt know to which of them the valentine ongut properly io be delivered . The 1 " Abmobicais" of BreBt statesthat aconvict ,
, 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 , whateverbe 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 . In consequence 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 Towslakd , the property of Count deSalis , in the county Limerick , had expired . Const de Sails refnsed to receive any man as a tenant unless he bound himself , in tlie strongest terms , to remove none of the existing tenants who were solvent Lord Guill&more , one of the largest landowners in the county , bceame tenant to the entire tract , much to his own inconvenience , and has announced to the ocenpying tenants that they will have the holdings at his own rent . Honour to the heart of Siandish O'Grady . He wantB no title to ennoble him . He ennoble 3 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 steams-vessels is not impracticable . The Atlas says , "by glancing at the petitions presented in Parliament last week , U will be Been that Mr Laboucherre begged leave to bring in a bill to enable the Aerial Company to purchase the patent ri ^ from Benson and Co . This so far proves the trnih of pur former avowal ; and to further attest the fact which -we then made known , we believe v ? e shall be enabled , at the end of the present month , to furnish not only an account of the apparatus , bnt illustrations also _ of the machine in its progress through the air ; its interior , and its general form and structure , " As Paddy says , " nothing beats the invention of man , barrin' the bees . "
The roixowiKG 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 ihs of an inch in diameter ( covering a small drain or sewer ) , some rats beneath got hold of one of its toes , and pulled its lep through one of the holes close np 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 its Jeg held hard by the vermin bereath , On pulling it up , the whole fleshy parts of the thigh were found entirely eaten away , leaving nothing bnt the bare sinews and boae .
At Waiton , near Chesterfield , the 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 month more difficult of mastication than boiled apple : it turned out to be the head of a mouse , which had been boiled with , the pudding . The girl , for her misehievons propensities , was chastised with the end of a rope . On the following day , the master "Went to his dinner , as usual , and asked what she had cooked t She told him " to look in the pot . " He did so , and saw nothing bnt the rope ' s end ! " I had it for dinner yesterday , " said the girl , and it if 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 Serriee-Glttb . The ballot took place on Tuesday 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 June times the thirteen balls , and over , in order to neutralize the efforts of the hostile clique—ihat is to say , he must have had 118 white balls . 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 Mxkisg Ttpe . —A patent is about to be taken oat for producing printing types on a new principle , wkhont 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 machine-printing . Tne cost , it is expected , will be rather lower than at present ; bat the principal economy will be in its durability . With the aid of the electrotypinsj 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 .
Longevity . — "That wh > cc establishes on good grounds a hope for prolonged existence , will ever be welcome to the human mind ; for notwithstanding the trials , vexaaiona , and difficulties incident to this life , the love of life increases with oar years ; it ia one of the innate principles of our nature , and cannot be explained away by any of the subtleties of the sophist , nor overcome by any assumed dignity derived from a false phiiosppny . We therefore P 3 y 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 neTer yet failed , —which is 33 certain to core 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 . "
DiSAStKB at Sea . —On Monday last , the Providence , one of the Kewlyn fishing boats , landed at Penzanoe , -Captain Lancaster and three of his crew , who sailed from London for Gibraltar and Barcelona in the Hope , of Hnll , a short time ago . It appears that the Hope encountered a heavy gale of wind off Cspe 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 the-desired effect of righnog her , and a jurymast having been rigged , after beating about for some days , they fell in with a French 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 Frenchman by fastening a line which was throw 11 to them round their waist 3 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 fcfDLfcS . —It is a remarkable circumstance that , about forty-eight honrs preceding the appalling earthquake which visited Gaadalonpe and other West India islands adjoining , a terrific hurricane suddenly broke ont in tbe British Channel , which lasted several hoars , and widch 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 , io varions parts of the country , accompanied with extraordinary variations of the temperature . These phecomaBa were generally noticed at the time . From the commencement of the year various extraordinary meteorolegical appearances have prevailed , among which not the least was an eruption of Mount Etna , which occurred in January .
Total Loss op the Ship Cobndbia . —By the Acacia steamer , which arrived from New York on Tuesday last , accounts were brought over respecting the total wreck of the splendid first-class packetship the Cornubia , Commander Mr . W . Bell , belonging to Liverpool , during a heavy gale of wind , while on her outward passage to ihe United States . The passage after leaving Liverpool appears to have been exceedingly severe , tne Bbip encountering a series of tsrriffic gale 3 , and being more thin once , in crossing th" Atlantic , nearly cruihed to pieces by immense icebergs . Ail those difficulties having been overcome , the crew were in high hope of gaining their destination , Maxanbam , in safety . But , alas dreadful doom awaited the ship . At about two
o'clock on the morning of the 11 th of February she became a wreck , abont seventeen miles west of Atacaltfma -Lighthouse . Directly the ship struck , the crew exerted every nerve to get her o 2 , 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 ihe ship's boats hoisted overboard , and , finding there were no hopes of preventing ths destruction of the vessel , he left her to the mercy of the tempest , in making for the shore , tbe boat which he was in capsized , and the whole of those in her wonld have inevitably perished but for the promptness displayed by the ship ' s crew in the other boats . By the time
ihey 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 , snch was the position in which the ship lay , that it was dangerous to go near hex . 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 description , and is slated to have been worth from £ 12 , 000 to £ 15 , 000 . Mr . BsU , the commander , armed at Liverpool by the Acadia on Tnesd&y . The total Ios 3 is not far short of ^ £ 20 , 000 . The ship and cargo are reported to be / ally insured .
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A Negro wo PessoxI—Judge Morrow , of Missouri , has lately decided " that a negro Blara 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 . "—Ami-Slavery Reporter . Slavery im America . —We copy ihe following announcement , as disgusting as it is atrocious , from tbe Vichsburg Sentinel and Expositor for the 31 st of January : — " For sale , a lot of about thirty negroes , const-ting of thirty women , boys , and girls , all raised together ^ and not bought up for tpecirfation . They may oe seen at the ferry landing , on the Louisiana side , opposite Yicksbnrg . For farther information apply at the Glidewell House . "
Extinction of Peers . —During the past year three peerages have become extinct , thirteen have descended to their respective heira ( of whom two have tot yet attained their majorities ) , -while one English bishop and one Irish representative peer have died . Two peers who previously had seats 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 Find Out the Owner of a Dog . —At Chelnisford , last week , a tax-gatherer stated that there were 5 , 000 dogs assessed in hia district . It was very difficult , he said , to find ont the owners of several dogs ; " nobody knew anything of them . " But he had succeeded in several instances , by giving a dog a out 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 deter 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 waa moved by Lord ShafteBDury , 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 visiter . All the criminal lunatics are dressed alike , and bo distiction is made in the treatment As Mr . Cook , an extensive cattle-dealer , living at Newnham , near Tenbury , was 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 mffians , who , after most cruelly and grossly maltreating , him , plundered him of cash to the amount of seven hundred pounds , and then made off with their rich booty , eluding at present all trace of discovery .
Extraordinary Economy .. —We find the following announcement in a London paper : — "Weunderstand that an order has been forwarded to the Police Commissioners by the Home Secretary , direoting 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 zbto , we presume the Home Secretary is desirous of reducing the atmosphere of the police courts to the sOTne point . We should like , however , to see him strike at higher quarry . Why confine his attentions to the miserable wretches who dance attendance at Bow-jstreet ? The cooling process should be tried npon a host of plethoric vultures who infest tbe public offices in almost 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 , Ehowing the amount of gold , silver , &c , contained in letters which have been consigned to the dead-letter office , in London , Edinburgh , and Dublin , dnring 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 £ 134 ; but it 16 necessary to state that the bills had all been restored or destroyed by the authority of the 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 Murder at Reading —Much excitement hat been occasioned in Reading ; during the last few days by the mysterious circumstances attending the death of an aged man named Samuel Steer 3 , who was found drowned in the Ivennett , with his legs tied , and one of his pocket 3 turned out , on Tuesday night . Daceased was a carpenter , and had lived in Reading nearly the whole of his life , his 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 was 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-lane , at the bottom of the street , geing in the direction of Mr . Ing ' s 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 goiDg towards How-stre 6 t . From this time he was never seen until taken ont of the water ( at half-past nine ) , near Victoria wharf , about halfa-mile distant from the miU-stream , where he was discovered by some bargemen in ihe employ of Messrs . Drewe , floating in the water . On being
taken out and examined by Mr . Honlton , 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 the chin , and two slight grazes inside the upper and lower lips , occasioned Un 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 the Jack of Newbury public-house , on the side of the 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 and keys which had been in the old man ' s pockets , and some halfpence . — Globe .
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were up , awake , and doing , heard nothing to make them aware of tbe visitations ; others onlyjrea'finibered to have noticed something extraordinary ; wbvn told afterwards of tho eccorrenee . Many heard a aVange noise , bnt feit not the vibration ; while others both felt the shock and beard the ncise , thongbi in various degrees of intensity . The Manchester Guardian o ' Saturday says— i " We have not heard of so maay persona experiencing the shock in the centre of the town aa in the fiubnrbs ; 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 have rewired adme accounts , however , wiiica coincide hi every reopect with what was felt and Beard in other localities , and which leave no doubt tteA Manchester j
as-well as the suburbs was subject to tSte visitation . We-flhd that various police constables in the C division , thoagh they felt no shock , heard the violent rattling and shafting of the windows and doors of" houses in Ardwick , New Islington , Robert-street , Fairffeld-street , Upper BTook-street , < fca , and in several instances listened * , suspecting thieves were inside ; but they seem 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 morning . In Plymouth-grove some of the residents asked tbe policemen if they bad beard a load noise like the report of a distant cannon ; bat the policemei ? had 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 1
At StraDgeways , Broaghton , Kersall , Prestwich , aad j the outskirts north of Manchester , the shock seems tohave been very distinctly perceptible ; and it is stated that there was scarcely a house in Broughton-I&ne ia ' which tbe shock was not felt . At Suspension-bridge a ' 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 thieves , as it was only an earth- ' quake t 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 side , aa if slung on ropes , the direction of this ' lateral motion being abont east and west . I After this
swaying or swinging of tbe bed , which continued a fow seconds , h&d subsided , it was succeeded by a very rapid , though slight , tremulous motion , which soon j ceased . This gentleman found the time to be about five ' minutes before one o'clock . . He could not at first com- ' prehend the cause , and threw up tbe window to see what was the matter . He noticed that ; there was a ! slight breeza from the south-east , and that the moon was partly obscured by a passing cloud ; f but it was quite light , and all without seemed still . One of the servants was up sewing ; she felt her chair rock under her , and beard the stairs and furniture creaking ; and , becoming alarmed , she opened the window , but saw or heard nothing moie . At Kersall-moor the shock was !
felt by several residents , one of whom was thrown into a perspiration by the strange and unaccountable ' sensation , while another , awaking , and finding Himself shaking very much , concluded that it waslan attack of ague , and took physio to ward off what be supposed was tbe approach of the disorder ! At Prestwich , a gentleman was awakened by the shock , j and experienced sensations similar to those described , which at ' the time be ascribed to an earthquake ; but , as no other ; member of the family bad seen , heard , or felt anything . ; he attributed it to imagination , till he reached Man- Chester , and found the earthquake the topic * of conversation . ! '
At Ardwick , Longsight , Plymouth-groVe , and the districts south of Manchester , tbe shock was felt , according to the accounts , with somewhat less violence . A gentleman in Smedley-laue felt the floor vibrate , and next morning be observed that the dust was in a heap in the centra of the room , as if drifted together . It does not appear that the shock materially : damaged any of the buillings in Manchester or the vicinity . j The Manchester Guardian , in the account it gives of tbe earthquake , makes ths following remarks on tbe state of the atmosphere as well as of the barometor about the time the event occurred : — \
" Almost all the persona who noticed the time concur 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 j atmosphere , ' There was bnt little wind , and that from the southeast . So far as we can learn , tbe barometer exhibited no remarkable fluctuation . Mr . Ronchettij 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 heard anything of the shock ) be
set the instrument before retiring t <> rest , and it was then 29 70 . We also learned that J > r . Dalton'a baro- I ineter showed no unusual variation ; and all the instru- ' ments of which we have heard appear to have grata- ; ally fallen during the night One circumsianca 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 Thurs- . day morning , although shining unclouded , presented a dull and filmy appearance , aa though a thin veil of cloud was drawn over nor whole disc . In connexion with thia 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 oio < r « . > o-oioak on a Sunday morning , and causing the people to rush efTriRhted out of the churches and othet places of worship , the sun , though shining ; in a clear unclouded aky , was observed to be so dim as to be looked at steadily with the naked eye without dszzling the vision , and immediately after the earthquake the sun shone out again with great brilliancy . : The rumour mentioned in one of the papers of Saturday lost , that several bouses had been thrown down in Preston , is destitute of foundation . It appears evident ,
by the accounts from that quarter , that the shock was somewhat more violent there than here , and 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 louder 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 their foundations . Tne watchmen of the town and the public officers on night duty describe tbe
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 severs houses , and great alarm was experienced in many families . The phenomenon appears to have been felt generally with greater severity in tbe north than here . At Kirkham , Blackpool , Poulton , Fleet wood , IWbitehaven , Kendai , Ambleside , and Keswick , the shock 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 Asnton-under-Line ; but a correspondent ; at Aahton states , " Whilst awake in bed I ifelt four distinct oscillations , or rockings of the bed , { from east to west" -i
From the following paragraph , which appeared in the Blackburn Standard , it will be seen that , the shock on Friday week was felt at Slaidbaru , a village situated about eight miles to tbe nothward of Clithero : — " 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 crack- ' ing 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 bo much agitated , that the chain was heard to rattle from which
it was suspended . This was preceded by a noise oat- side the church like the rattling 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 , was probably a slight shock of an earthquake . The workman , on hearing the roof crack , and seeing the : trembling of the church , was apprehensive , as the church is a very ancient structure , that it was giv- 1 ing way , and that the whole fabric was | falling to trho i ground . " .
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THE EARTHQUAKE IN WESTMORELAND . On Friday morning last , the 17 th instant , at twenty minutes past one o ' clock , the inhabitants of K 9 ndal , in Westmoreland , were thrown into the greatest dismay by an alarming earthquake , the effects of which were distinctly felt tbrongbout the town and neighbourhood . On the previous evening : tbe air was sultry and the olouds lowering , and the night was so unusually dark tuat to speak in comparative terms it might be liieaed to a total eclipse of the moon , although a full moon rosfa at four minutes past seven o ' clock on the same evening . After the shock the darkness still continued , and tnere was a yellowish blazs in the elements , accompanied by a strong : rash of wind . The violence of the shock was so grea $ as to cause the inhabitants to snp »
pose they were rolling out of bed , and all agree in the testimony that the doors and windows of their habitations rattled as shake : * by a whirlwind , and the farnitare of the rooms , especially those of a light brittle description , were so agitated by the collision of one piese against another as iso be truly alarming . Numbers ef persons simultaneously arose from' their beds , wh » bad become suddenly awaiened by the rumbling of the esytftqua&s , and the tremulous motion of their houses , and many ii ? in . profuse perspiration from ths great ' nes * of tbeir alarm . About two aailea from the town of Kendai , and at a village called Sedgwick , are extensive powder mills , and several soothsd themselves with She calansitoua consolation " that it was only the powder mill * that had blown u ? . '" an occurrence which
is by no means unfrequent According to the inquiries made on the subject , the following wU 5 be found tbe leading facts connected with the awful visitation , leaving out all which seem to be exaggerated by fear or a taste for the wonderful . A highly respectable medical practitioner avers tfaut' h « - felt a slight shock about half-past ten o ' clock oa tbe previous'evening , and when he retired to hia bed-the thought of it prevented him from sinking into repose before the second shock occurred , so that he was fully aUve-tothe cause of the alarm he then felt He describes bis situation thus—that his bed moved longitudinally three or four inches several times , and gave it the swinging motion of a hammock , and that was momentarily succeeded by a tremulous motion of the house ; attended bf
a load rambling sound . A Bciemifls meteorologist agrees with this , and says he felt the precise motion , and describes the rambling as of a loaded waggon , but too short in its duration to be mistakes' for it , and immediately concluded that it was the shock of art earthquake . At the Song ' s Arms Hotel several of the inmates became so alarmed as to make a sadden egress into the street , and when the cause of their fright could not be ascertained were seized with the utmost feat and dismay . At the Nelson Tavern the proprietor and family had not retired to rest , and when about locking op the shock easssed the 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 their deep consternation . At
several of the other ions tbe bells were suddenly rung to the discomfiture of the family who had retired to rest . A policeman says , tbat be waa standing near to a large carpet manufactory at the northeast end of the- town , when he heard a rum * bling noise at first resembling very distant thunder , which immediately assumed a louder tone , when the ground began to shake bsneath him , and the rumbling then died away , like the cadence of a large dram . The glass of the windows of the manufactory was agitated , and the noise 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 rose en masse . Bat here , again , tbe consolatory thought
passed their mind ' s " that it was only the Sedgwicfc Powder Mills that had blown np . " Tbe macbintry of a targe woollen ma-ufactory at ( be southern extremity of the town was set in motion by the 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 were to ba seen in the streets , conversing about their previous alarm , which became more intense from the circumstance of tbe news having arrived of the truly awful visitation which bad befallen the West Indies . There is no historical fact te show that the town of Kendai was ever visited with so strong and so alarming an occurrence of the- kind . The weather since that time has been calm and serene .
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MB . FERRAND AND THB HALIFAX B 0 ARI > OF GUARDIANS . ( From the Halifax Guardian . J On Monday , Mr . Ferrimd 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 , the Assistant Commissioner implicated . The motion shared the fate , however , of its predecessor ; and for the same reason , viz .,
that it involves a question of breach of privilege . In vni = did Mr . Ferranii assure the House tbat if bis motion were carried "ho would tafee no steps to brrng Mr . Clements to tbe bar of the House . " TheHeuse aud the Government would run no such hasud ; and the question fell to the ground . We are no sticklers for the " privileges" of the House of Commons , which ate , 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 harm to no one . and might have elicited the truth on this most mystifying subject
Mr . Hume and Mr . York made some pertinent allusions to the instructive coincidence , that the introduction of a " wheel" and the exclusion of the press , were simultaneous resolutions of the Board . " Under such circumstances , " said the former member , " inquiry became incumbent" And the latter acknowledged tbat the exclusion of reporters of the public press , combined with the evident symptoms that the Boardmeeting of the . 1 st of March was a packed ene , and that the resolution had bean previously concocted , induced him to vote for Mr . Ferrand ' s motion , though on the former occasion he had voted the other way . Mr . Wallace , Mr . S . Crawford , aud Mr . T . Buncombe also supported the motion as one of necessity ; but the Hon . J . S . Wortley suggested another form of motion , to which the Hqme Secretary promised his acquiescence Tbe return to such a motion would , however , have been nil ; and it has not therefore been made .
One feature in the debate we cannot omit to notice ; it is so instructive au 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 tbat debate Mr . Clements was the party implicated in Mr . 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 to 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 tbe main object of attack waa the Board of Guardians and their intended " in-dour test " This " rotatory wheel , " said Mr . Ferrand , in effect would not only be panishment to the sinews , but hazardous to the lives of the in-door paupers . Something , therefore , must ba said in reply . Mr . Gaily Knight gallantly undertook to say that something . He had had a conversation with Sir . Clements , " he said , "the day before ; aud Mr . Clements told him that there was neither a tread-mill nor a tread-wheel in the union ; butiftere teas a hand-mill , which had not then been introduced for the first time , bat had been there for severel years . The labour at ii was byn& 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 for them 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 contra-Jictioa , ' he will indeed be invulnerable . There is no new treadwheel—no modern rotatory wheel—only " a handniill" which had b » en there " for sevesal yeara . " 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 employing able-bodied paupers . " All this may do very well in London , Mr . Clements . AU this 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 isthat all this statement from Mr . Clements is a
Mmwe use that word in preference to any other trisyllable , aud because we are willing to believe that Mr . Clements is on this , as well as on other subjects , most ignorant . The fact is , that there is no batdmill in the workhousethat consequently there is no labour at it—that there-I fore there can be bo superlative excellence in thlsnon-! exieteut mode of employment ; and the whole of the i statements of Mr . Clements in this respect are there-; tore altogether , utterly , and entirely falsa Some years l Bince a hand-mill for grinding corn was introduced , but "it was found to be the worst mode of employing 1 able-bodied paupers , " and was therefore removed out of tbe workhouse , and now rusts 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- -tatemenis we cannot help regretting , for the sake of the Halifax Board itself , that Mr . Ferrand ' s motion * as rejected . 1 Aatothe tread-wheel , or rotatory < wheel , it must be borne in mind ' that it was only in contemplation—not ' actually introduced . And after these two debates ia ; Parliament we ate inclined to think , it never will he introduced . If it be not , the poor of Halifax wilF 1 have to thank Mr . B . Ft-nand fQ ? their ueUvew . ce ' f . om it .
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¦ THE WELSH COLLIERIES . AbeRDaIvE , UaBCH IT . —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 the neighbourhood , returned to Cardiff , under the advice of thu magistrates . In Monmouthshire the whole of the colliers still continue on strike to the number of about 5 , 000 , and continue meeting in various parts of the hills . In Galmorganshire the works on strike -v&re Hr . Powell ' s of Galley Gaer ; Mr . Beaumont ' s , G * lly Gaer ; Mr . Hensell's , 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 the number of about 700 , came from Monmouthshire , and having crossed the Taaf Tale Railway , they compelled the men of the Duffryn Aberdare works and the G ^ lly 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 throughout the county , and meetings of the magistrates , &c , were held for the preservation of the peace , and the proprietors of the Gelley Gear and Duffryn Aberdare works procured men from Djwlais , -who ware willing to wori , and 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 waa threatened unless he immediately discharged the men , and showers of stones -were thrown . Shortly after , one of the police having taken a man into custody he was immediately attacked ; he , however , succeeded in retaining his prisoner . Under these circumstances the Scots GreyB were Bent for , and the 73 d Foot , stationed at Dowlais , were ordered to hoW 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 about 490 colliers attended . After a long discussion , the Monmouthshire men reproached the ethera with a breach of faith , and the meeting ended angrily . A large 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 the several collieries , forty-two iu number , who were to
draw up a list of grievances . On the same day . some "volunteers" had been procured ; by Mr . Powell fr » m 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 , and driven off the ground . Warrants bating been obtained ' against some of the ringleaders , Captain Napier , chief of the county constabulary , proceeded the same night to apprehend three of the men ^ nd two of the women , v ? ho are now in cus-. tody and will be brought before a special meeting of the magistrates at Cardiff on Saturday , whence I shall for-¦ wa wi you a report of their examination . 1 understand Mr . Owen has accepted a general retainer- from the ooliers and will attend on toeii bthalt—Times ,
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EARTHQUAKE IN IAN CASH I RE AND CHESHIRE . It has been already mentioned , thai the shock of an earthquake bad been felt on Friday t , « ek last , about twenty minutes past eight o'clock in th •* morning , in the neighbourhood of Blackburn , Rochv 'ale and the district to the north-eastward of Mancbesi er , and tbat it apparently had for its centre the chain of hills wbieh separate Yorkshire from Lancashire . It app \ w not to have caused the slightest damage ; but it wav < remarkable as having been the third which h \ is been experienced in the same range of country within the last few years . The first took place on th . e 20 th of August , 1835 , and the Beoond on ths 11 th of June , 1839 .
We have now to mention , that 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 , aud , in shert , in almost the whole of Lancashire and Cheshire , from which accounts have yet reached , either uno 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 thty were very distinct , an interval of
from ten to fifteen seconds having elapsed between each . Several who had ' retired to rest , alept so soundly as not to have perceived the convulsion of the earth ;; bnt others felt it so strongly as to create in them considerable aiarm 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 respects—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!—We have , " says the Liverpool Standard , " heard the descriptions given by Individuals who reside In different parts , but tbe most connected and intelligent we have been able to obtain have been furnished to us by the town-clerk , Mr . Radcliffe , who resides in West Darby , and by Mr . Whitty , the bead constable , whose house adjoins the central police station between George ' s and Canning docks . The town-clerk stated to us that be bad been writing in bis room till half-past twelve o ' clock , when he 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 . Ridcllffe , his son , having experienced exactly the same sensations , the conclusion was at once arrived at that 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 his son to proceed from north to south ; but there was neither time nor opportunity for marking the direction with accuracy , and it is probable there may be a mistake in this respect , as it does not correspond with the accounts from other parts . No damage has been done at West Ddrby .
"The narrative of Mr . . Whitty is more in detail , and from his 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 house taking a cup of coffee , when , exactly at five minutes to one o ' clock by the police time , he suddenly heard and felt a violent agitation of the windows of the whole house , and of the floor in the room in which he was sitting . Being accustomed to hear loud explosions from the works in Albert dock , now being excavated , wbich is at no great distance , he wan not much surprised at the noise ; but at the same time he observed to Mrs . Whitty that he thought the excavators had purposely caused tbe explosion to take place underneath bis windows . In less tbau a minute
afterwards another shock followed , infinitely moro violent tnon the first ; the 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 the family who had retired , and , if by consent , they assembled on the stairs in a state of great alarm . Having quieted them , Mr . Whitty went into the street , and the policeman on duty at St George's Dock bridge told him that he was leaning against one of tbe 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 . The 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 tnmfeled and shook , he added , as if some men were concealed in them . After this the house was examined , and it was found tnat tbe windows on the Becond floor ( French ) had been forced open by tbe shock , and some furniture had received a trifling displacement , but no damage was done , and the alarm soon subsided . Mr . Whitty added that tbe shock appeared to him to proceed from east to west , and that nothing could be more distinctly perceptible . The first shook lasted fiooi three to five seconds , tbe second from seven to ten seconds ; and at first it appeared aa if the tower of a church , at some distance , had rallen down atone crash . Not the least remarkable circumstance was the agitation of the horses in the stables throughout tbe town , particularly in tbo south « liTinion . No damage has been done to tbe buildiDga in any part of the town .
" In Deane-street , Kensington , and the district adjoining the Bolanic-gaTdenB , two shocks were distinctly felt . ^ ' In Kirkdale , and especially at the House of Correction , the shock was very distinctly felt Mr . Amos , the governor , was up at tbe time ; and he states that ten minntes 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 the variation of the clocks . The house of Mr . Appleton , which adjoins the Courthouse , felt the trembling of the earth in a still greater degree .
* ' The shock was felt with considerable seventy on the Cheshire shore , opposite to the north part of the town , and extended iniore particularly as far as we can yet fcear ) over the surface in the Wyrall Peninsula , on its east side , contained between Wallasey Pool and New Brighton . This includes Seacombe , Egremout , LiBCard , the Maguaines , Wallasey , &c In Liscard and Egreniont , 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 the employ of Messrs . Gibbs , Bright and Co ., and wbo bad before witnessed
several earthquakes abroad , waa awakened by the shock at a quarter to one o ' clock by bis watch . He heard the internal rumbling noise that generally accompanies , such phenomena and sensibly felt his bedroom shake . The crockery ware on the wasbhand-stand made a considerable rattling . The bouse , was not , however , shaken so as to crack the walls . There could , he says , be do doubt but it was an earthquake . He got up and dressed . Several persons i < : the neighbourhood also rose from their beds in alarm—the greater part not knowing what to make of it . The windows and doors of many of the houses shook and rattled . A young lady in one house was so alarmed that she ran from her own bed into that
of her sistsr-m-law . " Mr . Giball , in the Customs , says he was asleep at the time , but bis wife , who was awake , sensibly felt it and awoke him . S } je went to the window , and their first impression was that Bonie accident from explosion had taken place at the Magazine . More than a dczen respectable gentlemen in the neighbourhood felt the shock in a nearly similar manner . " In Mulberry-street the shock appeared to have been felt severely . It is in the highest part of tbe town . It was a ! so felt distinctly in Abercrombysquare , in the same neighbourhood . ¦ ' At the police-station in Brick-street ( south part of the town ) , the resident keeper , David Wilson , who was above in bed , became so alarmed tbat he ran down stairs , where it had also been felt by Samuel Tuck , of the police , who thought the building was shaken by the cart that sometimes comes to tbe station .
" We have the names of many highly respectable gentlemen residing in various parts of the town , aa well as in Liscard , Egremont , &c . ; but we do not deem it necessary to furnish them . ¦ From their concurrent testimony , no doubt can exist' but that a commotion of the earth took place in this locality about the time stated . Happily it was not 80 severe as to injure buildings or endanger their lives ; yet , taken in connexion with the recent sight shocks felt in this country last week to , the north-east of Manchester , as well as with the fearful and destructive earthquakes in some of the West India islands , it has certainly created great interest in some , and apprehensions , never , we hope , to , be realized , in others . Earthquakes of fatal effect , in this island , ate not , we believe , to be found « sa record . '' :
{ Fr&m the Liverpoel Albion . J We find , by the papers which reached tkis town on Saturday , that the shock has been felt , with precisely the Bame characteristics , over a large extent of the neighbouring counties . Though it is observed , tbat individuals who were up and in motion were generally unconscioos 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 . The
extraordinary sensation felt on . the Holyhead and theater mail caused much alarm to the guard and passengers . It appears that the shock was very generally noticed in Wales . The Liverpool , Chronide 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 strong man had suddenly exetted hto strength upon it We have also heard from another source , that tbe : agitation of some houses in Holy well was so great as to cause the bells to ring for several seconds .
The accounts from Manchester show the phenomenon to have been experienced / with precisely similar characteristics to those which marked it hsre . The variations as to time are the same , and the general evidence is the more strikingly jonflrmatory from the very fact of its agreement even iu discrepancies , Some persons who
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The Isle of Man . —Castletown , March , 17 . — This 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 loud rumbling sound , somewhat similar to a tempest of wind . We have not as yet heard of any damage sustained further than the falling of plaster from ceilings , though considerable alarm was felt from tbe visitation .
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Flektwood-on-Were ; Marcs 17 . This place was visited last night by two shocks of an earthquake , tbe former at eleven p . m . being so siight as to be scarcely beeded , but tho latter , whufa took ; place at fifty minutes after midnight , being so violeat as to cause considerable alarm and to induce several persons to quit their houses at that . la . to hour . During the whole of yesterday afternoon the sky presented a gloomy and lowering appearaocs , so as to call forth the observation , " How like tb > approach of an earthquake ;'' the air was unusually clcsttand a dense haze hung over tbe sea to the N . W . At kiv >
commencement of the shock last mentioned the wxhman at the lower lighthouse beard a rumbling neisa from the east , which soon appeared to approach the spot , and was immediately succeeded by a considerable ; vibration from below . A sound resembling scbtenanean thunder accompanied the tremulous motion of 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 . botMe , &c ., to fall from the shelves . The upper light ' flOuse in particular , a high Isolated column , was felt * x > rock quite sufficiently to alarm the Ughtkeeper .
The sea roso unusually h ' ^ h , and the Prince of Wales steamer , wbich was pa h *; voyage from Belfast to Fleetweod at the moment of the shock , encountered a suddenly boisterous sea , \ 0 I wbich the captain could not account , as the ehocX ^ was not otherwise felt on board . The da ? is now «'^ aoidinarily fine , and the temperature has risen tea degrees since yesterday , as will appear from the follov ' mg extract from a register kept on the spot : — j Temperature . deg . m . ;¦ Barom&ter . " "M& ^ cblG—Noon ... 46 0 ... 29 985 9 p . m . 59 2 ... 3 'J 695 Marcbl 7—9 am . 49 0 ... 28 831 k Noon 5 j 0 ... 2 y 817 . "
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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-ncseproduct927/page/3/
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