The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-17 00:00:00

AN EARTHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.

Earthquakes have during the last year or two been
unusually frequent and violent in tropical regions, but it
is something very new to hear of them within the limits
of the United Kingdom, yet the inhabitants of East Lan-
cashire and West Yorkshire have been frightened from
their propriety by a positive vibration of the earth. A
resident in Teneriffe-street, Manchester, felt a sensible
shock, which shook his windows and upheaved his house.
In the suburbs and in the lower level of the city the same
convulsion was felt, and in the Rochdale-road the furniture
was shaken and the bells rang. At Blackburn great alarm
was felt at the shock and the rumbling sound. At
Buinley and Middleton a great deal of crockery was
broken, while on the railway lines between Rochdale and
Shawforth the waggons ran suddenly against each other.
In all these places the inhabitants were naturally much
terrified, and ran into the streets by hundreds. At Raven-
stall the sensation experienced was compared to a shock
from a powerful electric battery. No actual damage
appears to have been done beyond the fall of a chimney
at Newchurch, and a crack in the wall of the Hastingden
railway station; but the novelty of the occurence makes
it remarkable. Accounts differ as to the precise time, br
it seems to have taken place about six o'clock.
The correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser at Fort
William writes as follows :—" About eight p.m. on Tues-
day Lochaber was visited by a severe shock of earthquake.
There is scarcely a man to be met with here who has not
felt it, and each gives a different description of its effects.
A gentleman who was at Strone, a distance of seven miles
from here, states that the noise he heard was as loud as
the report of a cannon, and that the whole earth shook
violently around him. Another gentleman, who
was at Munessie, about twenty miles in the
opposite direction, says the house in which he
was at the time was like to fall down upon them.
Your correspondent himself happened to be standing by
the sea at the time, and the unpleasant sensation he expe-
rienced can hardly be described. The sea, which was
perfectly calm, suddenly appeared in such a commotion as
if hosts of small fish were sporting on the surface, and
shore vibrated .0-perceptibly that we thought our feet
were touched by what is known as pins and needles.'
Then came a heavy rumbling noise, not smart enough for
thunder, but whether from above or beneath me it was
scarcely possible to tell. This lasted about forty seconds,
but, short as the time was, a pleasant feeling of relief was
experienced when it was over."

Jslichael Crowley, the poor man who was so fright-
fully burned with paraffin oil thrown upon him by his wife,
at Liverpool, continued on Monday in a most agonising con-
dition. He was not expected to live the night out. The
woman was taken before the magistrates on Monday, and re-
manded.

THE ASSASSINATION OF LORD LEITRIM'S BAILIFF.
—The latest reports from Donegal state that Murphy was
fired at in mistake for another bailiff, who had been serving
ejectment notices on the tenantry of a portion of Lord
Leitrim's estate. It seems that Murphy and the intended
victim were riding on one horse, and Murphy being the
hindmost received the shot intended for his companion.
Three shots were heard, and three men have been arrested
on suspicion and remanded for inquiry.
THE AUSTRIANEMBASST.-- The Austrian Ambas-
sador and Countess Apponyi received at dinner yesterday,
at the Austrian Embassy in Belgrava-squaro, the Princess
Mary Adelaide and the Prince of Tock, the Earl of Claren-
don, the Swedish Minister,the Saxon Minister, the Nether-
lands Minister, the Belgian Minister, Viscount and Vis-
countess Sydney, Lady Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir
Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Sir Alexander and Lady
Mellott, Count Kelnoky, Count Wolkenstein, and M. de
Riefler.