Star.
London, England, 1816-09-20 00:00:00

NAJ'AL. SALE.

The following ships, and vessels were exposed el
sale en Wednesday, in the presence of the Commis=
sionery of the Navy, at the Navy Office, in S‘interset.
I place. Only three of them were .ictoally sold I but
we give the list, for, as public property. the Atibtic is
interested in it. One nt thr subjoir.rd col,i,"sts shgwa
the sums at which the.votiels w..re respectivly put
up, and the other those at which the Commissioners
ordered the reducti•ms to stop, for it must tie recou
lected that the plan of these Sales is, to pot up each
ship gee certain value, and to make abatement from
the mum named, until. tier Commissioners do not think
proper to make further abatement, or until bidding
he made, upon which bidding .any person may ad-
vance, and thp higheskbidder is then der.4,lr.rd the
purchaser.
Put up at upped
£tsoo Cartand, 42 guns, 543 tons 9CO
1000 Wizard brig, tits tong s 74e
to;:o itaverihrig. 282 t.,ns soij zt Al4O.
ioun Sparrow twig, 284 tuns. .
Dazterues gun brg. Ind tans •
two Wiwi bomb, 371 tons

T 740
540
• 1400'

i.ylnCat Deptford.
2000 Cue'lsland, 54 gyns, 1349 tens e
I..yitig at Chatham.
1200 Combatant goop, but. heti 419 ton
Lying at Slitlrness. •
4100 Blake, 74 guts, 1522 tons -
19 4 • Ctpba; 36 guns, '873 tons. r
1500 . Syuirt,-1, Y 4 gur.s, 563 tuns .
1200 Pluto [loop, 4241 tons
Isgp Speedy stoup, 379 tons .
• Lying at Portsmouth.
1800 Prittee Predentit, 64 bus.. ! 267 toss
3500 Boy charlotte, 38 fond, 1678 inns
2700 Gloire, 38 faun, lOtiu was
1800 Oiseau. SG guns, 91S tons sold at Xl!:00.
2006 • l4r4tider4illunp, 431 tens
i - 1300
Bloodheued r,tni brig, t G mss, soh: at £5BO.
700 conque,, on brig, 147 tons r SOO
4.lying at Plymouth.
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THE L4TJ EARTHQpAKEWI SCOT44YD,

COW., f.,,F,L;;T:4EER 9, -
The Eartliquakc W. 15 scarcely teat 'brynnd 1at..551
deg. nor was the concntsion at all sreere southward
of the '['ay : en the western coast, it was distinvly
felt at Gureioch ; mote severely at 4pplecros, and
less severely to the southward. From the interioi•
have got no accounts that can be depended oni ITo
men, who were travelling eastward him loch Car.
ron, said to a friend of mine, that when they were
crossing the hill is nearly the summit level
between Llch Carron. and Contin, not far from a
place called Carnoch, the shock threw them on their
.backs. If this be true, it prove; that it came' from
the westward ; as if it had come in the centrary
rection; and met them, they could have fallen fir.
ward. Though more damage was dear at Inverness
than elsewhere, there is no r.rasan tt,T supposing ihet
the seat of the earthquake was under that town. If
we suppose that the motion walk communicated
culatly from a centre, and that the centre wasbel9w
litynness, We find that Aberdeen, wherelhe shock
was pretty smart; and Perth, where it was very dis:
tiact, are nearly at the same distance, vise. about 69
or 9(l miles, in a straight line. Now, the shock wiz
scarcely felt at Cromarty, and was barely perceptible
at Tarbat Ness, which is about half that distance
from the centre. The reason why Inverness sustain.
ed so much dimageils, that the tiiv.74 is built mostly
on gravel, and partly c mossy. ground, the shifting
of which Might have done more damage than actu.
ally bappened. In a -mountainous country. the cr:m-
Inunication of motion must be so much modified by
the mountaiomasses, • that it will probably remain
'always uncertain Iron; underneath what spot the
chocks of earthquakes proceed.., That the late :hock
had *its origin under some part of Invernes;.thirep
there is no reason • for doubting. I have remarked,
.asat notwithstanding the very unusual quantity of
rain 'that has. fallen duri,ng this seasco, the-rivers of
thesNords arc not at all, swollen. In ordinary sum.
niers, I have known them reach to the top of their
hanks. in consequenceof• a few days rain, less than
what ha's not hadahat effect of late. Some' springs,
too, have observed to be unusually scanty a but my'
..eervation ol: springs has not been very st tie: Al.
From the went over,whiFlt the shock was felt, there
i season to suppose that the blow was deep seated.
Hence, ,though we may expect tither visitations of
,this Veld; we need not fear the eruption of theinter.
pal fire in our time. From what I have ebserved in
volcanic countries, I bay* no doubt that earthquak:s
are occasioned by.theproduction of -a vast inantity
of elastic .vapour*. I.4e*prodigious forte of which.sutli
denly:bursts its confinement. Steam is the most
probaWe agent; though othpr fluids may also act
midi sufficient energy. Whether. here has been any
gappectir between the uncommon badness of the
' weather, and- the spines:cantons phenomenon which
has caused so much speculation, the imperfect state
of the science of meteorology prevent' us from deter.
mining. We already know that there is a connection
between- the electrical state of the earth and that
the atmosphere ; but philosopher' have not as yet-
thought investigation of this subject • worth their
pains. .Tha present theory of the atmospheric Ore?
manna •doe'a not appear to toe satisfactory ; end I
doubt not we ebell belie new theories very 500 n..-..
The field haps' n and wide, sad wonderfoldioFoyeries
Any yet be esPeeo* •

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