The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-10 00:00:00

M ASCII ESTEIL

The shuck of an earthquake woes distinctly felt at
Manchester yesterday mailing, at hull-pat lour o'clock,
.rod was the subject of .cry g,neral conversation suhse•
quo stly on the Keelmage, and in almost all ...cies and at
puts of the town. People were awoke by it in all parts of
the town and for miles round. A gentleman at Corn-
brook, Manchester, states that he tilt the shock de,
tinetly. lie describes it as a tremulous, vibratory inotii,n,
from north to south, moving his bed from head t, foot.
Another stentlemsn felt the snook, and ascertained the
time to be exactly half-past tour. A gentleman at Sale
(six miles:kW. of Mancht-cet), who ii a resided Dille years
at Nt. Domingo, and has felt the motions caused by earth.
tiu.k,s many times, says lie was awoke by it, suit reeeip
Lima the sensation imencelestely ; it was like the vibration
cau,sal in • badly-built hour,, when • heavily-laden
vehicle rattles past. Elie crockei y rattled, and the een,a-
tion lasted about half • minute. Ile looked at his watch,
and found that the time was half-past four.
Another gentleman who lived about halt • mios from the
same place, felt tti shock, as also did persons residing
at Timperley Hall and Dowd, n. They all describe it on
having • lateral motion. The r.iideuts of Davyhulme
Hall noticed the shuck; and one of the ladies of the
(study, bevies it nigh, I imp in her chamber, distinctly
saw the dressing table vibrate to and fro. A solicitor at
Bowdon, 12 'tides S.W. of Manchester, says lie was ea *kr
and felt a tremulous motion of his bed. The head of the
bed is to the north or north-east, nod the motion was as
though some one stood at the foot and moved it to
and from them. It was at exactly half past four
o'clock, and lasted two or three seconds. It awoke
his wife and one of the female servants. A
respectable manufacturer residing beyond Holton, and about
11 miles I.N.W. of Manchester, mays he felt his bed tremble
under him, so that he was completely aroused. His wife
was awoke at the same time. The bed and the curtains
shook with the motion, and his first impression was that
some one in • room above was a or,ed with a fit. Several

servants and members of the family were roused by it, and
one of his sons went out under the impres.inn that the
cotton mill had suffered damage, but found that such was
not the case. On looking at his watch he found that it was
exactly half-past four by railway time. A manufacturer, at
llanalsottom, 12 mu -s N. of Manchester, felt the shock ;
and a gentleman speaks of feeling the shock at l'an'e
Wood, live miles south of Manchester, and heard the fur-
niture shake distinctly. He examined his watch, and found
it exactly half-past 4 o'clock. Evidence of the f tot, indeed,
might have been o4ained from a thousand persons in Man-
chester yesterday, but we heard of no demote done. Doge
trembled, and were much frightened. Several persons
speak of aiv !illation of sickness resulting from the vibra-
tion. Electric telegraph mess'g.•' on the Exchange speak
of smart shocks of an earthquake bring felt at Holyhead,
'langur, and Conway, the same morning, at half-pest 4,
accompanied in each place by a loud noise. At Liverpool,
two shocks of an earthquake were felt about halt-put 4,
preceded by a rumbling noise. They are described in the
telegraphic account as very violent, but no damage bad
been heard of. They lasted several seconds: weather very
gloomy. la Manchester, the weather was calm and fair,
but the sky overcast and very dart. The guard of a rail-
way train from Fleetwood says it had been felt also in that
neighbourhood.