The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-21 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS OP THE EARTHQUAKE AT

ST. JOHN'S, NRW BRUNSWICK.

The Earthquake was felt cut th-e-'22,1 of June
over all the island of Grand Marian, and has been
thus described to us :—The reporter was awaken-
ed just after day=break by the shock of a loud
sound, and a violent shaking of the house at the
same instant. The shaking ceased very soon, but
the sound, he thinks,continued from 30 to 47 seconds
after he awoke, gradually lessening till it entirely
died away. Some of the inhabitants say it was
perceived much longer, but the best opinions were,
that it lasted a full minute. All agree in describ-
ing the motion as most violent, and the sound to
have been very loud ; the weather at the moment
was fine and serene, with a light breeze of wind
from the northward : the previous day it had been
uncommonly hot for the season. During the 22d
the weather continued fine and warm, the wind
easterly and light. This earthquake we already
trace from Boston to Portland, St. Andrew's, and
Fretletirkton, nearly 400 miles; and in another
line, of a similar distance and parallel direction,
taking the opposite side of the Bay of Funds' in its
route, anti going through Grand Passage, bighy,
Annapolis, and Windsor, extending in each end
of this line, from which we have yet no tidings.

Slit-RDBERT S I EELZ.

arithmetic to have lice) as 'ertrittebits had I
hintsclf wade his figures in rhetoric ridicolons.
By herding men together, yoll prevent their
exercising the spirit of individual enterprize, which
distinguishes one Man from another, and leads to
beneficial results.
The idle attd the industrious Would share
alike, which would destroy. the incentive: tti in-
dustry, or you must use coercive ttleastitTs to'
make the lazy labour. In whom is that authori-
ty to be placed ?
3. There is no check to licentious intercourse :
the passions would be indulged by individuals, be-
cause the common stock would suppoit:the coin-
mon offspring.
4. The plan would tie-moralize, instead of te-
moralize the tower classes ; the feeling of honest •
independanee wcittld subside and consume it-
self ; bringing Men and women under the influ-
ence Of tlititlfal seduction; is certainly' an Owen-
way of preserving their innocence ; to have a man
honest, and a woman chaste, you must keep them
out of temptation.
- 5. Military or Naval Law was found necessary,
and instituted to govern collected bodies of men,
even in a single state under which of these would
Mr. Owen place his villages.?
But, Sir, why need -we urge objections to a
Plan that has no advocates. There , can be no
occasion to keep the ball up to divert the crowd
ftom its distress—the golden harvest of plenty is
around—manufactories are increasing in employ—
trade revives, and things are flowing back into their
proper and natural coarse. The Prince who ruleS
over us, and the able Ministers who surround
him, have the glory and the good of the people
e'er at heart, and I entirely subicribe to the
quotation made by the Committee of the House of
CO9IIIIOIIS on the Poor Laws— •

" Patience, latrour, frugality, sohricty, and religion, should
he recommended to them (the labouring classes)—all the re6t
is downright fraud."

Under all the circumstances of the cast., I hope
same person at the next Meeting will move' the
Thanks of the Assembly to Mr. Owen for li's gobd
intentions, and his labour lost, and wish hit► a
safe return to his favo►uite Institution at Lanark.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Dastaxmth-row, August 15. ROBERT STEELE.