The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-08 00:00:00

TDB EXPRESS, THUFSDAY FVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1863.

jag that a catastrophe had cccnrred at Leominster similar
to that which happened in Kiogton a short time ago.
Monday night was fine and frosty, and from the rising
of the moon, which shone out bright and clear till six
o'clock on Tuesday morning, not a aloud was sesa, neither
was there a breath of air moving the whole morning. Up
to the present time we have heard of no injury to either
life or property.
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Mstvaaw.—There was a great upheaving on the
line of route between the Malvern range of hills and May.

hill, in

• direction which the shock

seemed to the residents in that part of the kingdom to take,
and upon this line the commotion was much greater than off
Yin the smite district. In bis residence, newly at the foot of
May bill, a gentleman was lying awake in bed at 23 minutes
put 3 o'clock, when a sudden shock, as of subterranean
thunder, startled him. The rumbling was accompanied by
a shaking of the whole house, so great aa to nearly throw
him on to the floor, while an impression was received which
made him for a time imagine that his residence and all in it
were being carried across an adjoining field. In the
room adjoining hie own his son bad been aroused from a
sound sleep by Sadism that the clothes on his bed had bun
shaken off. In the same district doors flew open, chairs and
tables rattled, bedsteads with their occupants were shaken
to and fro. The inmates of the workhouse in the town of
Newent, about a mile and a half from May-bill, were so
alarmed that they all got up and domed themselves. One
gentleman was so affrighted whilst in his residence near to
the town that yesterday he wee unable through sickness to
leave home. In an adjacent house a bedroom door, though
latched, flew open ; and the pheasants in a preserve close by
seemed to be all greatly startled.

NorriNoesi—on Monday night, or rather about
one o'clock on Tuesday morning, as unmistakeable shock of
earthquake was felt in Nottingham. In some instances so
violent wee the shook that glasses os sideboards were knocked
down and smashed; gas pendents vkdently oscillated, and
the glass *badge were broken. Many paeans ware awakened
from sleep, sad females experienced great alarm.

PLYmourz.—Few inhabitants of Plymouth ap-
pear to bare felt the shook, pertly in oonsequenee of the

hour at which it

three o'clock in the morn-

log—and partly because in lug* SOMA, or where blasting
operations are coostaatly going forward, noises and concus-
sions ere not infrequent. A gentleman residing in the
Tavistock-road states that about the time named his bed-
room wan thakeis and his bed slightly heaved in an extraordi-
nary manner. This is confirmed by the experiences of
others. One gentleman, whose attainments and experience
reader his olmervations of especial value, writes that a smart
shock of earthquake was experienced In the vicinity of Morn,
bridge. At Grimatons, the residence of Mortimer Collier,
BK., the whols home waa shakes throughout, the windows
rattled, and the inmates aroused in their beds, A similar
shook was felt at Woodtown, the raided's,. of William
Collier, BR., about three miles distant.

STROUD.—The shook of au earthquake was felt
on Tuesday morning is this town and surrounding district
for upwards of Ave miles. Is every place at the same time
beds and bowies were shaken so as to awaken people, and
make than believe some one was breaking into their houses.
In one house near Brinaoombe a joist, where some heavy
barns hung, war cracked, and in soother house a toilet
bottle was broken by the glass coming in contact with it.
The hour, all agree, was from a quarter to half-past
3 o'clock.

SOUTILAMPTON.—At Southampton the earthquake
was distinctly felt, as was also the case at Shirley and
Bittern, not far distant. Beds shook and windows rattled.
Letters received at Southampton state that the shock was
severe at Rooney.

t3TotruntiDoL—Stourbridge, like many towns in
the immediate neighbourhood, god no doubt others further
away, experienced 'distinct shock of an earthquake at &bons
half-put three on Tuesday morning. Numbers of people
were aroused from sleep by the occurrence, sod thou who
happened to be awake at the time appear to have been still
more sensffsie of its effects. Several of the police on night
deity ware mach frightened by such a sadden, end at first
auosonatable event, sad of the iodate hilialitants there
were some who, from former expenses, aware of the real
state of the can, anticipated the breach of some of the walla
of their dwalliap. Such, however, did not occur, though there
were rumours about such effects of the shock in the
Black Country. la me part of the tows it was believed
by many that Aimee had sneered their hoesee, and great
alarm was excited. The shock, or rather shocks—for
there were two--appear to have bees more violent in some
pule then others. Their dentin was about four or five
mooed& The first shock wee very violent at Amblers*
sad ►he second still more so. At Mr. Joseph Webb's peas
works a slight fracture in the brickwork was sawed by one
of the shone, end the soot sou shaken down es t►e men in
rather eaphesent quantities. The pheanante at Prestwood
were eke disturbed by the tremour of the oath, sad (amok
their ronting-plue. About tea years ago a shock of an
earthepake was also felt, but the present appears to have
hem of rather a different character to the forgoer ohs, and
mere INIVOIL

SHRZWEIBIIIY.—A smart shock of earthquake
took place oa Tneeday morning about half-past three o'clock.
The shook wee felt with a greater or lesser degree of Mien.
city in every portion of this town, most of the inhabitants
being awoke by a violent oscillating and tremulous motion
which wee imparted to their beds, accompanied in many
eases with a rattling of doors and windows. The shock
lasted about half s minute, and, it i seedless to add,
succeed no small alarm to those who did not know what it
was, and much more to some of those who rightly divined
the mune of the disturbance, and conuected with it the im-
mediate oecurresoe of some direful event. Amongst the
farmer not a few sprang from their bade is alarm, and
Tubed out of the house in expectation of its being about to
fall ; others lighted oodles and made a diligent search for
supposed rabbets, and, after • fruitless exploration of empty
collars and genets, returned full of perplexity to their sleep-
lees pillows.

Tlviwrom—lt may be interesting to some of
your readers to know that the shock of an earthquake was
felt here by me at 3.25 a.m. this day. It commenced with
a cracking nein, and the house appeared to tremble. Then,
after as interval of two or three seconds, the trembling re-
oommenced, and continued for about fifteen seconds, gradu-
ally inereasiag in seventy until it ceased. The house was
violently shaken, so much so as to awaken and alarm all the
inmates. It was accompanied by • loud rumbling noise
underground. The weather was exceedingly still and calm
at the tires, the atmosphere clear, sod no rain was falling.
This how is on the borders of Dartmoor, and the shock
whisk I sow describe is the third distinct shock of ma earth-
quake which I have felt here within the last live yeses.
This shock, however, was far more intense that any previ-
ous one, and was sufficient to create considerable alarm. 317
brother, who lives two miles from here, felt the shock pre.
Mealy at the Dame time, and describes it exactly as I do.—
I am. sir, your obedient 'errant, W. P. Comm:B.—Wood-
tows, Toshiba, Oct. 6.
Winne= AND Riot.—At Windsor and Eton the
shock was alarmingly felt by many of the inhabitants at
about 25 minutes past 3 o'clock. Several were awoke from
sound sleep by the shaking of their bade, the sommotiou of
curtain rings, chain, drawer', tables, gloms, crockery, tsc..
whilst others who happened to be awake attributed the
commotion to a night assault at Aldershott, others to the
blowing up of the powder mills at Hounslow. The shock
was niece severely experienced at Eton than at Windsor ;
several of the inhabitants were is fear of their chimneys fall.
lug is, sad whilst the policeman was going his needs he
ran into the middle of the street, fearing the houses were
going to fall upon him, snob was the vibration. At
Datchet, Slough, and other places in the neighbourhood the
ishabitants were alarmed in • like degree. At the Oastle,
which it is well known stands upon a rock of cnalk,the alarm
wee not felt.
WoLonamoirroN. —The shocks in this town and
tie district —for there was more than one—wen felt at
about half-past three a.m., and so serious were they in
character, that many substantial homes were shakes, and
numbs' of people were roused from their sleep, some being
disturbed by such a sensation as would be produced by a
mean lifting up the bed from underneath them ; and son)s
by the violeet shaking of the doors, windows, and washing
shads in the chambers, while others were aroused by a
mulling poise, and by experiencing • shock similar to that
felt on a steamboat when the vessel is checked by • heavy
veva. At a kennaker's, is Summer-row, the shodk canoed
same keys, which were hanging up to laish, to jingle rather
loudly ; and le the house of a solicitor at Sedgley, two brass
candlesticks ware thrown from a mantelpieee os to the floor. In
• peat umber of instances. in Wolverluiespton,the first fear
was that bergYre were M their louses, and they instaatly
get ap sod searched their premises, while ethers, not hear-
ing any coetinsance of the noise, contented themselves by
taming • light till daybreak. A &deity ireetleman Warms
6.1 that two sheets were felt miry distinctly is that village--
the that Waimea one sad two shim* cm., and the other
sheet the time yoorlemly mestimsed. He sham that the