The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-18 00:00:00

THE EARTHQUAKE.

BY EXTRAORDINARY ENrItESS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)

Our Reporter, whom we have stationed, without
his breakfast, at the top of St. Paul's, whence he may
be enabled to watch the progress of the dreadful ca-
lamity which is announced for this Day, has just sent
us the following authentic particulars by a special
messenger, who slid down from the ball, and outside
the walls of the cathedral, with no further 'damage
than what accrued to an old woman, who happened to
be close under the building at the time, and whose
neck, we have every reason to believe, he has suc-
ceeded in effectually dislocating.

ST. PAUL'S (EIOHT o'cLocx).
As yet there is no perceptible shaking of the earth,
though I shake a little myself from the lively effects
of a brisk gale in this windy region. In the tipper
floor of No. 62, the windows of which are open, I can
distinctly see two respectable individuals packing up
their boxes for an immediate flight. They appear
horror-struck, and have just packed up what looks
like a sirloin of cold beef, and two bottles of stout in
a hamper.

HALF-PAST EIGHT.
All is perfectly still, and whatever rumbling there
is, is confined to my own stomach.

NINE O'CLOCK.

There is a violent shaking of the bed-curtains in
the garret of No. 184. Pray Heaven this be not an
incipient indication of the Earthquake!

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
IMPORTANT IF TRUE.—Two respectable and intel-
ligent coal-heavers have just (one o'clock) come out of
the Frog and Tooth-ache, in Scotland-yard, and it is
melancholy to add that they swerve terribly from the
perpendicular ! It is evident that this arises from a
mlight concussion of the .earth in that neighbour-
-I,zkod.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
We are happy to state that the irregular movements
of the coal-heavers arose from no concussion of the
earth, but from causes with which the respectable
proprietor of the Frog and Tooth-ache is fully ac-
quainted. They are now on their way to the Station-
house, under the friendly escort of two gentlemen of
the N. division.

LATEST PARTICULARS, FROM OUR REPORTER IN THE

THAMES TUNNEL.)

The lights in the Tunnel are beginning to burn
exceedingly blue, and the archway feels quite damp.
As yet, however, there is no movement or noise, with
the exception of the -constant dropping of water on
my hat, and into the nape of my neck, and the roar-
ing of the wind, which is cutting sharply about my
ears.

THE MONUMENT.

SUN OFFICE, Two o'CLocx..—We regret to state
that our Reporter, whom we stationed, with a teles-
cope, on the top of the Monument, in order to " re-
port progress" respecting the Earthquake, has met
with an untoward accident. In leaning over the rail-
way, he suddenly lost his balance, and plunged,
headforemost, through the roof of a hackney-
coach, which was passing underneath at the moment.
The respectable individual within the coach, as
soon as he had recovered his astonishment, kindly
conveyed the wounded man to our Office, where
he is now under surgical examination. Luckily
he has sustained no serious damage, as he alighted
on his head—a most providential circumstance ! Ile
tells us that he saw no signs of the Earthquake
while he was on the top of the Monument.
(THREE O'CLOCK. AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS FROM