Star.
London, England, 1816-08-23 00:00:00

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Paw/Mt LETTIIIIL • • .
" istviataast, Ate" 14,
Lag night, exacdiaaquarter before eleven on clock,
the town of Inverness sea the sorrooodiag country
was fearfully shook by one of she most useful pheno-
mena in the dispensadolea of Pnovlbhildr. an earth-
quake. C. and I were sitting arming tnether after
supper, when we were suddenly startled, by one of
the most sudden and unciimmen percussion, I bad
ever felt, and which instantly suggested to us the
cause. I:pd think of nothing that could give go
I:4 an i of what we felt, as that of a person
seated cm a hone, when he tuddenlrand vio-
lently shake( lksself. We flew to the street, where
we found alma every Inhabitant, women end chil-
dren screatning, and a very considerable number of
them naked. Many flew to the fields, and there re-
mained for the greater part of the night. Chimney-
loin were thrown down or damaged in every quarter
Elf the town. The Mason Lodge, occupied ea en
betel, was rent from top to bottom, the north stalk'
the chimney partly thrown down; one of the cep-
kg-stones, weighing, I shbnld think, from 50 to 40
st:e. was thrown to the other side of the street, a.
not less than sixty het. The !pin of the
seseplei whith I think one of the handsomest in Scot-
land, has been seriously injured, and must in part be
taw down. The spire is an octagon ; and within
five or sit feet of. the top, the angles of the octagon
are turned nearly to the middle of the fiat sides
of
the octagon immediately under it. What is
more wonderful than any thing attending the memo-
table event, notwithstanding the vast quantities of
utnass and bricks that have been thrown from such
immense heights, not one single person has received
say bort. - I have only further to remark. that it was
not attended with any of those phenomena that have
bleauid to accompany earthquakes. The Weather had,
been bundle' and serene, and still continues so; no
agitations or raising was observable in the river; and'
k has been frequently observed, that in countries ebb-
Jett to these awful visitations, the mercOry soddenly
falls in the barometer; this I instantly attended tow
bet no alteration whatever took place." •
'ROM Tile INVERNIXI JOUANAL. •
Tuesday, the 15th instant, about twenty minutei
before eleven, p. a. a violent shock of an earthquake
accompanied with a noise like' distant thunder, was
very distinctly felt here. Soine of the inhabitants',
who had retired to rest were suddenly tossed one
their beds, and many were terribly alarmed lay
Universal shaking of the houses, the rattling of
slates, and the tremendooterash of large stones which
were precipitated with violence from many of the
chimney-tops. Happily, however, from the lateness
of the hour, very few persons were then in the streets,
and consequently no lives were lost. The streets
were very soon afterwards thronged with persons of
all ranks and ages, who, without scrupulously wait-
ing for full dress, rushed at once into the streets, to
avoid the apprehended danger of a premature burial
under the ruins of their own habitations, and each
anxious to know whether his neighbours had expe-
rienced the same terrific visitation with himself. 411@I
some fearing a return of ate convulsion, were run-
ning out of town, but did not knovf whither. The
concussion lasted about twenty seconds. In many
houses the bells rung for nearly a miaow. The at-
mosphere, during the evening, was clear and serene.
and the thermometer stood at SP without any varia-
tion. In the morning, it appeared that the beautiful
spire attached to the jail was, at the distance of seve-
ral feet from the top, completely rent, and twisted
several inches round, in a direction from E. towards.
N.W. As most of the stones detached from the
chimney-tops appear to have been thrown in the same
direction, it seems probable that the motion of the
earthquake was from the N.W. towards the S E. ;
because the motion of the undulation towardi the
S.E. being communicated to the lower sooner than
to the higher parts of the buildings, those parts of
the latter whose cohesion was not sufficiently strong
would naturally be left behind atict-•projeCted in
*a N.W. direction. This opinion is confirmed by a
scientific gentleman, well acquainted by experience
with this awful phenomenon, who happened to be on
the street at the time of the concussion. By accounts
already received, it appears that the saute shock was
telt at Dingwall, Forres, and Pittnain; but that it
was more violent towards the north and west than to
wards the south and east. It was also indistinctly felt,
at Edinburgh and at Glasgow.

Oa the 12th inst. a Gentleman in Ito county of
Durham killed 33 brace and a half of moor game
Last week, a chimney swallow was tacit' at High.
field Moor, es white as the purest snow, and is now an
possession of Mr. Norman, of the Blue BA, Carlide.
Last week, a fine live turtle, weighing upwards of
50 lbs. was stolen from a West Indiamao, recently
arrived in Whitehaven harbour.
The quantity of salmon caught in the lay, daring
the last fortnight, is quite unprecedented: is one
night upwards of 3000 were taken.
-Friday the Dee, WlEntaaa, with 12 fish, 70 Ma;
and on Saturday morning the St. Andrew, Lain,
with 7 fish, 110 ton/ of ok arrived at Aberdeen *al
the Greenland whale fishery.
The brig Granite° SCOAGIF4 arrived at Aberdatire•
Tuesday se nni4ht, after a passage of about five grab
from Miramichs bad the winds greatly from theist*.
ward, but spoke no vessels at sea; left 4oading
Ythan, CRAIG'S, expected to be ready for Mgt in
week, and the Louisa, OSWALD, three days strived
(rem Halifax. Tiinber sold at 30s. per ten, but was
scarce, and expected soon to advance in price.
At Lanark St. James's Fair, the Lambs offered to
sale fell short, at least, two, if not three thousand of
their usual number ; neither were they of she usual
size or condition. The sales were, however, readier
than had been expected. Few were left unsold,
highest prices i 9 a score, but some were bought so
low as AM. The hoeseaintrket was neither much
thronged nor were the sales brisk. and, although the
prices were reduced nearly one-third, many remained
unsold. Wool was bide in demand at 7s. a stone.
Sunday seanight, ii person, in a state of Wades-
tioa, entered the IlYou Church, Glasgow, during
Divine Service, and created so much disturbanco to
the congregative, that be was obliged to be- taken
away by the police ; and next day!. the Sitting Magi.
orate fined him thew pious, latish not being forth-
coming, he vits.,-cmoolitiad to itil, *hem, after re
staining one sighs, be 4gried she sooty 'hot trai
liberate,.