The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

THE LATE EARTHQUAKE AT MANILLA.

The following is from the Straits Times Orer(and
Mail of the 21st of June :—" On the 3rd inst., at half-pest
seven in the evening, • circumambieut flame was seen to
arise from the earth and gird the city of Manilla (the
' Beauteous Flower of the East,' as she is Allay and poe-
tically designated by her possessors), sod at the same time
• most terrific quaking of the earth took pleas. It lasted
scarcely • minute, but in th►t short space nearly the
whole of fair Manilla has been reduced to • heap
of ruins. The abomination of desolation has taken pm-
session of her palsces, her temples, and her dwelling.
pieces, and death and destruction have ridden triumphantly
over the land. We believe that upwards of a thousand
have been killed, and many thousands wounded, but it is
impossible to say or to estimate. Scarcely an edifice has
escaped without dead or wounded. The good priest., their
chorister and ucristans, and the f►ithful who were bear
log the vespers of Corpus Christi, have been nearly all
buried ►nd suffocated under the ruins of the cathedral and
other churches. The only church that has escaped wholly
is San Augustin, the same that withstood the tee-
meadows shock of The palace, and nearly
all the public and private as well as commercial
edifices, have either been thrown down or shaken
from their foundations. Thank God! not • single
foreigner his been killed, but two, we hear,
have been seriously hurt, though not dangereasly. The
Rodrigues property, left to the British nation, and when
the British Consulate was, ha been entirely destroyed. sod
is nothing but • mesa of ruins. We must felicitate Spain
on the conduct of her subjecte here of all Classes during
this great and sudden trial : they acted admirably. Du
governor-general and the archbishop set a brilliant
example, which has been cppied nearly by all, of
calmness, fortitude, resignation, and energetic sympathy.
The city is deserted nearly, for the edifices threaten to fall
suddenly, and there may be (though Heaven forefend it) •
repetition. Before the earthquake took place sulphurous
odours were perceived, rumbling like the firing of ordnance,
and then like the approach of an immense locomotive and
kale. The flame that surrounded the city was seen from
the bay to ascend towards the sky ; and another, • tripled
snake one, came from the laud over the water to the ship.
pieg, and threw them up at least two or three feet ; while
on shore the earth hes everywhere sunk at lout two feet.
God help us ! we are all sick and nervous, and require all
our faith and eonfidence to sustain us."

THE MOOER Alen FoiIDMA. —A correspondent of
the &Vona* writes :—" Having within the lut neves
days traversed various moon and forests in Aberdeenshire
and Forfarshiro and conversed with numbon of keepers
and shepherds, we are ambled to state that better sport
may be coofideatly expected on the 12th than has been
experienced for a coesiderable number of years. On the
various moors surrounding the forests of Bine and the deer
forest of Glentenuer, the coveys are both numerous and
strong. The splendid shooting rouges in Diciest, Wed
Water, Lethoot, Olen of Ogil, and Gluquieh, ore shun-
dantly stocked with grouse and hares. The coveys gene-
rally number from eight to ten birds, but in several cam
we sow from eleven to thirteen together. Burs all
shrug ; and in the low grounds there appears to be an
average stock of partridges in a healthy state. The deer
forests of Invermark and Glentaener, belonging respectively
to the Earl of Dalhousie and the Marquis of Abovue, are
unusually well stocked with deer, which are in Arit-este
condition. We bear of similar accounts from the moon
and forests in the neighbourhood of Balmoral. Numbers of
sportamen, including the Earl of Dalhousie, already occupy
their respective shooting lodges."