The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

RECRUITS.—During the past week about 150 re-
cruits and seamen have arrived in this town from
London by railway, under charge of their officers.
Some of the former joined the depot here ; but the
majority were conveyed to Portsmouth. They were
in excellent spirits, and cheered heartily at the
several stations, and were cheered in return.—
Brighton Gazette.

Recruiting from the militia goes on most satisfac-
torily, and, when all the effective regiments are em-
bodied, there is little doubt that their contributions
to the regular force will be very considerable. The
three regiments of Foot Guards are being rapidly
filled up, principally by volunteers from the militia.

Mr. DAVID Sii.oltioNs has resigned his seat as
deputychairman of the East Kant Railway Com-
pany, in consequence of want of accord between
him and the board, and the contractors (Sir C. Fox
and Co.).
THE coal product of the world in the year 1853 is
estimated at 75,000,000 tons, of which 40,000,000
were produced by Great Britain, and 9,000,000 by
the United States.

EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
LETTERS from Marseilles, and other towns in the
south of France, describe the occurrence of a slight
shock of earthquake which was felt on the morning
of the 29th ult. In some districts of Italy the com-
motion of the earth was much more severe, and the
whole area of country over which the phenomenon
extended appears to have been very extensive. At
Turin two distinct and heavy shocks were felt at
about three a.m. on the day mentioned. They were
undulatory, in the direction N.E.—S.W., and pre-
ceded and accompanied by a rumbling noise and
violent wind. The shocks succeeded close upon
each other, and lasted several seconds each. It ap-
pears that they were felt much more severely in the
environs of Turin than in the city itself, since in the
former they caused such terror among the inha-
bitants that they ran out of their dwellings; which
Was not generally the case in Turin.
A letter from Nice, of Dec. 30, says :—" The morn•.
ing before last, about three o'clock, the inhabitants
of this place were awakened from their sleep by a
singular sensation of horizontal movement. At first,
the greatest number thought it must be a dream,
but they soon perceived that it was a terrible reality.
Each house rocked gently on its foundations, as you
may have seen young poplar trees swaying to and
fro from a strong breeze. In an instant the whole
town was on the alert. Every one rushed out, avoid-
ing the streets, and seeking the gardens and fields,
where many erected marquees to shelter themselves
from the night air. The weather was delightful ;
the sky studded with countless stars, and everything
above presenting a marked contrast with the con-
fusion and disquietude of the population. Soon
after, a second shock, and then a third, increased
the general terror to the utmost point. Chimneys
had been thrown to the ground—a long line of wall
had ,allen with a loud crash—no one knew but that
the town was about to be swallowed up, and the sea
to close over the ancient Nicrea of the Romans. The
whole scene was horrible, but yet so strange that it
had something of the charm of dreams, or of the
supernatural. What added to the uneasiness was,
that some Sicilians, who pretended to be learned in
earthquake proceedings, announced that another
shock was to be expected within twenty-four hours.
In consequence, no one went to bed, and nearly all
Nice spent the next night in bivouac. All the
public vehicles of the town were hired, and carried
off to the country, to serve as shelter for as many
persons as could be stowed into them, and many a
tent was erected in the plain for the same purpose.
However, everything passed over in quiet, and the
expected polka of the houses did not take place."