The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-10 00:00:00

LJR TLTQUAKE.

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I E:dr...i.t_ Of a Lettir frota a pentlernzth in New Orleans-, to his
t-riewi lu Aberdeen, duted Fe,binary 10; 131 C.
" .We were much alarmed on the 7th instant,
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' at three A. M. by a violimt shtick of an earth:-
quake. Balls had been given on the preceding
evening, .and probably ' not. less than three hun-
dred people' witnessed it. In ,the 'grand bail=
room, the first shock was noticed 'by the light.
frOni the' ceiling, being put in motion ; they.are
about five feit from the roof, suspended by a chain,
. and farmed an angle of at leas't twenty degrees by
the hhpulse given by the shock: 'file motion ap
peared to be from W. ..N. W. or N. W. to S. E.
and seemed to Me more like the 'motion of a ship'
'in tile open sea, after a storm,, than any thing.l
can recollect.. The chandeliers, when ,at the
greatest extremity of- the impulse,. appeared to_
linger about two seconds previous to returning.;
this lasted two minutes. As you, may suppose, it
broke up the dancing asseniblies. Thank God,
no injury was done, which appears astonishing ;
nor Are any of the. houses injured. The saute
evening, at ten o'clock, another shock was felt,,
but not so severe as the one in the morning. We
have not felt it since. "We had, three weeks ago,
some slight shocks; and thought it was all over..
" 'lnc Indians, and some hunters from the
vast regions south of the higher waters of. the Mis-
souri, report th:4 several large mountains are. on
fire there ; and it is universally allowed,i that the
shocks were more felt as the western country was
approached. A friend of .mine, Who descended.
the Missisippi about a month ago*, when about
two hundred miles below the month of the Ohio,
saw the dreadful effects of one, by its 6lling se-
veral
large trees, and by the falli of several
acres of the banks -of the river. • heaven only
knows what May: be our fate; ,should the shocks
be stronger,. for the river is already three feet
above the level attic city; and rising fast,,and it
will, ere a month elapse, be at least fronrfilte.m
to twenty feet higher„ and, should the-embank-
-If3ClaS be destroyed, the Missisippi will certainly
overwhelin the country, and, should this be ac-
companied by a demolition of houseS, we shall be.
in a dreadful situation."

LEWIS XVIII. arrived on Monday night at the
George Inn, Portsmouth, accompanied by the
Duke d'HAvnE, Count de BLACAS, and Viscount
(1' A GOULT.

Princess SOPHIA is rather better, but not suf-
ficiently recovered to ride on' horseback,' bat yes-
terday was able to take an airing with the QUEEN,
Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, 11l a barouche
and four, over Datchet-bridge, Datchet, Ditton,
Langley Broom, Slough, through ton, and back
to the Castle. 0 .

The following Letter has . lately been received
front Paris :

The principal novelty here of late has hen the
arrival of Henry,
His friend, 'the soi disant Count de cril-
lon, is no other than a ci-decant French Priest,
who was an .Officer in the Staff of Marshal Ney,.in
Spain, when he contrived to rib the; military chest,
and escape .to .England. Then .he succeeded in
passing himself aas an Emigrant Nobleman, and
as such, sold to Henry, an Estate in France,
Shares in the Bank of France, and Bilis oil differ-
ent Senators who never existed. The Estate
is in the' moon, and the shares all, counterfeits.
Thus Henry has lost nearly the whole of the mo-
ney which the American Government was silly
• enough to give him." s

UNION HALL.-Seditious Expressions.A. re-
spectable tradesnkan, residing in the Borough, was
charged before R. BIltr•IIE, Esq. with uttering
certain disloyal and seditious expressions. A Gen-
tleivan, named Plumridge, stated,, that he was
sitting with severaL other persons, amongst whom
was the defenthint, a few evenings since, in the
parlour of the Horns Tavern, Bermondsey, when
the conversation turned on the recent news - from,
America, and the defendant expressed himself in
strong and pointed terms of censure en the pre-
sent system of search. From this lie adverted to
the soldiery, and to the conduct of the Horse
Guards, which, he said, had been over-bearing,
arbitrary, unconstitutional, and tyrannical in the
extreme. Hu said, we.were now in such a state,
that we must not presume to cough, as we passed
them, unless we had a certificate for that purpose
in ' our• pocket. -To: change the conversation,
Mr. Plwnridge, and .some others, sung " God
save the King ;" when the defendant said, cr You
have a person whom you call George 111. but
you will never have a George IV. -; he is not the
right heir.", Upon which Mr. Plumridge asked
" Who was the right .heir ?.! to which.
he replied, 5' Lord Moira is the right heir ; he is.
a descendant of the-House of Stuart, and the Bill
which Mr. Whitbread is about. to. bring into
Parliament will prove as much, and skew that I
am right." TLis he repeated several times ; but
on being told a constable was sent for, he quitted
the room, though he did not leave the house.—
When the constable came, he discovered that the
defendant was well known to him, and a respect-
able housekeeper ; he therefore. took his word
for his appearance before the Magistrate the next
morning. The defendant did accordingly apPear,
and expressed himself extremely.sorry for having
used such expressions. which, he said, could only
be imputed to his having been drinking freely
the early part of the evening. Several respect-
able persons appearing, and giving the defendant
the character of a dutiful and loyal subject, the
worthy Magistrate, after a suitable admonition,
and a caution to he more guarded in. his expres-
sions in future, dismissed him.

Curious I{ace.--7A few days since a Gentleman
of the name of Dill undertook, for a.. wager
of 50 guineas, to go seven miles in one hour on
the Uxbridge road, and to
.carry twenty pounds
weight the first and last mile. He was twelve
minutes performing the first and" last miles, and
he did the other five miles in thirty-seven minutes.
He had eleven minutes to do the last mile with
the weight, and he won it in fifteen seconds less
than the given time.
On the 10th of July died, on board the Ilatarian Indianian,
while that ship was on her veyag,e from Malacca, with the ex-
pedition' against Java, Charles, Archer, Esq. Lieutenant in
BritishArtinery, at the age of 19.

POETRY.

SON

tO-NIG-HT

ToTr.—Long ila.ve we parted been.

BY HORACE TWI ESQ.

Oh east not.a damp on this hour of delight,
Nur check the glad pulse which- is. bounding tG-•Right :
The scene sparkles gaily, and bids us be first,

For tied are the visions of sorro‘:,- and fear

Tile sunshine of beauty is warn' on the brea,t,

Aud all that is lovely seems lo:,,e2ist- here

To-Aight, Tait a tear must be ,ufter'd to roll, -
But the di ii that xrzay' fall from the brim of the 1i07.4:
For tho', like the bubbles that tioat iii our wiar,

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NVe rise on the surface, apd fade with a breath,
Yet the hubbies theniseiVes have a. znela,utro
And they dance On the wave, ere they mci: iota) death.

And; perhaps, whenthe Changes of time skill convey
The joys that :are clearest for et,:r away,
When age will have shadow'S those glances of light,'
And the warm lips of love may be silent and cold,--L
Thc few that survive will'imiiember to-night;
And indulge in a sigh for affections of old.