The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

EARTHQUAKE AT HEREFORD.

We have again to record the shock of' an earth-
quake, which was felt very ger nerally through tl.is city and
its neighbourhood on the night of Sunday lest, at about' 0
minutes after 11 o'clock. The present visitation was not
only more perceptible than that experienced in November
last, but, from the time at which it occurred, a greater
number of persons had visible proof of its effects, felt the
shock, and heard its accompanying noise or explosion.
We have heard from a great number of persons (all
agreeing as to the time) the various sensations produced.
Those who were in beds felt their beds move, and heard
a new as if a door were suddenly closed by a gust of
wind, and the house consequently shaken. Those who
had not retired to rest felt the shock, saw articles of fur-
niture move, and heard the explosion. At the city
prison, the inspector and serjeent of police saw a table
in the room shaken, by which a glen of water thereon was
spilled, they heard a loud noise similar to a cart passing
near, and on the inspector looking at his watch, he found
the time to be 20 minutes past 11 o'clock. There were seve-
ral parties in other parts of the town who had experienced
similar alarming evidences of a shock, and the policeman
en duty distinctly heard a rumbling noise, and felt slight
shock., and other indications of an earthquako. We hear
of many persons who were aro alarmed on being awoke, that
sleep was afterwards banished, and they arose and dressed
themselves in fear and trembling. Others rung their chain.
ber bells, believing that some persons were in their apart-
ments, or had broke into their houses. Except the fright,
however, we are glad ant to have heard cf any injury to
person or property. Oa the banks of the Wye the shock
appears to have been more violent; Mr. Bottrel, of the
Friars, informs us that his house was so much disturbed,
and he report so loud, that he immediately got up, be-
lieving there were robbers effecting an entrance to the
premises. Several persoes in the vicinity of the tier r de-
scribe the shocks as if their beds were lifted up, and the
sound immediately succeeding as of a violent shaking of
doors and windows. At Broomy-hill a person was dis-
turbed by feeling the bed move, and hearing a noise similar
to the falling of a heavy piece of timber. In several parts
of the town the jingling of glasses and china was dis-
tinctly beard, accompanied with a rumbling noise, as if
passing under the house of each observer. The inhabi-
tants of the parishes of Ewysa, Harold, Peterchurch,
Hentehurch, Abbeydore, and Llenvihangel, seem to ban
been generally aroused by the shock. We learn from
the respected vicar of the first-named parish that, not
guessing the fact, and being awoke with a violent shaking
similar to the shutting of an outside door, and the windows
rattling, he went down stain to examine the premises, and
all with whom be afterwards convened described the shock
in the same m The weather, like the wind, has been
variable during the put few days. On Saturday it war
fair, but extremely cold, with the wind N.E. ; on Sunday
at times it was very warm, the wind during the day being
nearly westerly, or veering a point or two towards the
north. The night was extremely dark, and the wind
shifted to the east, where it remained during Monday. It
will be remembered that the earthquake felt on the morn-
ing of Tuesday, the 9th of November, was succeeded by
disastrous floods and long-continued rain, the effects of
which are not yet removed in many places. What will
follow the late earthquake remains to be proved. The vi-
bration lasted for about three essaids, and is generally tie.
scribed as proceeding from swath to north.—Hereford
Journal.

ME ACCIDENT ON TUE NEWCASTLE AND TYNE-

YOUTH RATLVIAT.-WI

Thursday Night—The
toyed

jury, after a lene•eited investigation, have _ the fol-
lowing verdict:—" That William Stephenson came to his
death by the engine No. 10i running off the line of rall,
and falling over the embankment at the west end of the
Willington Viaduct of the Newcastle and Tynemouth Hail
way, on the 2nd March last. They also find, from the evi-
dence brought before them, that the line was not in a good
and safe state, and that gross negligence in the manage.
meet bad been manifested in allowing the ballast takes
from the nigh line at the Willington Viaduct, while under
repair, to be laid upon the south line so as to render it
demeans. They are of opinion that a strange engine-
man ought not to have been sent down the line
without some caution given to him uto the repairs going
on at the Wellington-bridge. They are also of opinion
that some legislative measure should be passed making it
compulsory in railway companies not to remove a single
vestige of the destruction of the line, carriages, &c., bat
that everything remain intact until inspected by a coin-
potent person. The proceedings concluded about siz o'clock
in the evening.
DRAM OF H. J. CoNYERs, E4Q.—We regret to
announce the demise, after a few days' ilium, wi Mr.
Henry John Conyers, of Copt Hall, Esse:, the respected
head of one of the oldest families in the kingdom. Mr.
Conyers in early life embraced the military profession, and
served for um- years in the Coldstream Guards. He repnt-
meted his native county in several parliaments, and has
been for a long time Colonel of the West Essex Militia.
The deceased gentleman was an admirable type of an
English sportsman—his kennel has always been highly cele-
brated, and he was himself one of the oldest masters of
hounds in England.
THE PORTASIOCTII DOCKYARD SAWYERS.—The
sawyers at work in this dockyard held a meeting on Thursday
night in reference to the system on which they arc paid for
their work, and by which they aresubjected to deductions
that some times amount, they allege, at the end of the
week to a day's pay. They resolved upon waiting spas
Admiral Superintendent Fanahawe upon the subject, and
placing the case before him, toiether with a letter detail-
ing the whole facts of their case. A deputation accord-
ingly waited on the gallant admiral this day (Friday) at
his office in the dockyard, but not being there at the time
the visit resulted in nothing. Another is to be 1,,61 when
he is at liberty to receive it in order that the tom ~laia's of
the men may be forwarded t.) the Ad oimity. Asa hotly
tthe men have hitherto acted in the matter with perf, et dis-
cretion, but some of their number have expressed a deter-
mination to leave the )std rather than continue iu it under
the present system.