The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-11 00:00:00

THE EARTHQUAKE OW TUESDAY.

The earthquake shock, which we described yesterday
seems to have been felt over a wider extent of country
than was known at the time we then wrote. The sensa-
tions and noise caused by the vibratory motion appear to
have been nearly the same at the different points where
they were perceived ; and so far as we are at present
i
i° rmfsrneamitYthofeasnh of Dublin and Wicklow
any importance
importance has arisen from
the
and taking nearly a circular direction, the shock appears
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Commencing
to have been sensibly felt as far as Gloucester, where,
from our present information, it seems to have been ex-
hausted. The disturbances, upon a comparison of time,
were as nearly as possible simultaneous ; at least there
is no appreciable difference in the times they are re-
ported to have bey n perceived in different places. The
oourse taken was across the Irish channel—where, how-
ever, the passengers in the ordinary packets, running
between Kingstown and Liverpool and Kingstown and
Holyhead, did not perceive any indications of the phe-
nomenon—along the coast of North Wales, through the
principal districts of South Lancashire, and along the
edges of Cheshire and Shropshire into Gloucestershire.
Tho weather, for several days previously had been wet
and sultry, with a warm and unseasonable atmosphere.
On Delunday afternoon, about five o'clock, the thermo-
meter, particularly in the neighbourhood of Liverpool,
ranged between 50 and 60 dogs., and, during the night,
it rose, although much heavy rain had fallen. There
must evidently have been some electric fluid at the
time, es about the period of the shock there was ob-
servable a very
The last shock of a somewhat similar description, which
luminous appearance in the atmosphere.
was experienced with various degrees of intensity in
Lancashire, throughout the greater part of the county,
and ,the adjacent districts of Westmoreland, Cumber-
land, Cheshire, Flintshire, and the Isle of Man, took
place a few minutes before one o'clock on the morn-
ing of Friday, March 17,
1843. On that occasion, as
on the present, son swhat varying statements were made
as to the duration and severity of the visitation, but
there was 3 mate tial difference in the state of the
weather and of the atmosphere. On that occasion the
barometer was very low, not more than 2915, having
been gradually falling for two days previcesly, and
the day was fine, the wind being north-west. The ther-
mometer during the night was then 39, showing a
material difference from the state of the atmosphere to
Monday last. After the last shock in 1843, accounts
were received from the West Indies announcing that a
severe earthquake had taken place there about the same
time, and that a great number of lives had been sacri-
ficed. kany are inclined to think that there has again
been another fearful earthquake in one of those countries
most liable to such convulsions of nature, whilst others
feel disposed to attribute the present phenomenon to the
great
series of eruptions lately going on in Etna, and
consider that place as the local seat of the convulsiou.
Meanwhile we may call attention to a paragraph in
another part of our paper, stating that about the begin-
ning Of this month au earthquake bad taken place there,
and another was expected. As to the intimate relation
between earthquakes and volcanoes, physical philo-
s°l3llers are pretty generally agreed.
The reports hitherto received from the various seats
of the phenomenon concur in stating that no material
damage has been done. As may be expected, consider-
able alarm was felt along the whole course of the shock.
It is premature to ascertain the exact boundary lines of
the extensive district affected by the convulsion; but it
is certain that the area was considerable, and we have
reason to be thankful that the shock was, comparatively,
so slight. Three sharp shocks of earthquake, preceded
by LI loud rumbling noise, were experienced eight days
ego at Malaga. All the houses and public buildings
were shaken, but it is not stated that any were thrown
down or injured. The inhebitauts assembled in the
ppublicquale, a and many of them went on board vessels
L
in the port. The temperature was suffocating, and the
sky cloudy.

—T
Monday,h e
body of a young man,
the Nth ult,, taken
out of the river Thames, near Sutton Courtney, Berks, after
namSeUdsrSEteCpThEeDn Hook, MuRD
was,EE 0
n
having been in the water for the space of three weeks. The
deceased bad been missing since Abingdon Michaelmas fair
night, when he was last seen in company with some women
of questionable character, and in a condition rather the worse
for the merry-making of the day. An inquest was sum-
moned to inquire into his death. The medical testimony
went to show that the effusion of blood on the brain of the
deceased had resulted from violence, aed the jury, after a
most patient investigation, returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder egalust eome person or persons to the jury un-
known."