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At the earthrittake, almost all the inhabitants,
whose numb& is estimated at 370.000, ran out pro-
miscuously into the streets, in the same dress in
which the shock bad surprised them ; and how sim-
ple that is. in this hot season, and at such an hbur. is
well known. Many tote their hail.; others their
clothes ; some threw themselves ois the ground,
kissed it, or tore up the earth with their hands.
Here stood a groape locked in' each other's arms,
and sobbing or uttering exclamations of despair, in-
terrupted by the most horrid outcries. There, num-
bers colletted round the Saints in the streets, pray-
ing and tcteaining, as if the last moment of their
lives had arrived. Individuals, especially women,
ran thtough the streets. and involuntarily ex-
claimed, as if in convulsive movements, Mama
oda! St. Anna ei affair I Mother of God ! St.
Anna! Help use The festival of this Saint had
just been celebrated on that day, and she had per-
formed three new miracles, which had not a little
augmented her importance. For six days succes-
lively, almost all the Weal were filled with boys
and girls, following crosses barefoot and bare-
headed, and singing penitentiary hymns. But, as
these processions funtisheft the Lauaroni with an
occasion of committii* many excesses (and they
even attacked the carriage of the Duke of Ascoli.
the worthy Minister of the Police), they were sup-
pressed by an edi& issued by Cardinal Ruffo.
Ascoli has shewn himself. in this calamity, to be a
man perfettly adapted to his office. Dining the
last eight days, he has not passed one night at borne.
but has been incessantly engaged in riding through
the streets. To his teal it is owing, that (4000 pri-
soners in the Vicaria did not burst their fetters, as
they endeavoured to do, and increase still more the
general disorder and confusion. It was he who
suppressed the many false reports propagated al-
most every sight by the lows? classes, in the public
squares of' the city ; where, for eight days together,
almost all the inhabitants of Naples were eneamped;
by strengthening the guard. and confining the
loudest, whose objed was plunder. The day be-
fore yesterday was one of the most extraordinary
that ever was seen. The sun rose as red as blood ;
the sea was of a dirty lime colour, but little agi-
'Ailed ; the air heavy, sultry, and oppressive. The
elm during the whole day, appeared only as through
• yellow veil ; every one was in the utmost alarm,
and scarcely any person passed the night at home.
The city was, however, spared any new calamity.
The Duke of Ascoli has transmitted to the Govern-
menment, an account of the damage done by the
earthquake, from which it appears, that at Naples,
independent of churches, convents. &c. 470 other
buildings, have sustained such great injury, as to
threaten their downfal. Business is entirely at or .
stand, because a great number of persons have re-
tired to the country. The dam.sge sustained by
public edifices and houses, is estimated at twenty
millions of ducats.
Opinions differ concerning the causes of this
earthquake, which has exceeded, in violence, any
ever felt at Naples. It must, probably, be attn-
bated to the rainy season, and to the extreme heat
which suddenly succeeded. It is net a little singular,
that an ilmanack-maker of Lombardy, named Casa-
naia. had announced an earthquake, on the day be-
fore it *Sully happened.
The following notice has been remitted to Go-
vernment, by a person who was sent to the spot :
At [hernia. where the earthquake commenced,
the earth opened, and vomited flames, 339 families
lost their lives. At Castelpetrisso, 132 families
perished ; at Massimo, 84 ; at Fresolone, 395; at
St. Angelo, in Colla, 43; at Baramillo, 180 ; at
Cantodupo, 14!; Lorentano, and St. Angelo di Lom-
bardi are entirely destroyed ; Pajeno is converted
into a lake ; and Fomento has become a volcano.
A small river, which ran through that province,
and traversed a space of 50 leagnes, is lost in the
'second, at the distance of four miles from its
mouth.
In the county of Molise alone, 46 villages and
hamlets have been destroyed.

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