Star.
London, England, 1817-04-14 00:00:00

MADRID, MARCH2S.

On the 18th instant, about eleven in the morning,
the shock of an earthquake wo experienced in this
city. It was principally felt in the part occupied by
the Council of Castille. • I

From letters received from PAmploni, it appears
that not villages alone have suffered from the earth-
quake of the 18th—the whole town of,Armaddlo, in
Old Castille, has been swallowed up by the faking
down of a mountain. All the inhabitants perished ;.
only the top of toe steeple remains visible.' • •
The intelligence received from the Orisons' coun-
try inspires the most lively, fears. Never has Snow
been so abundant. The toofs 'of houses alone ,re
seen, and missy have. given way under the weight
that pressed upon them. Several villages, especially
•in the valley of Tavetsch, have been abandoned.
A terrible avalanch destroyed that of NUeras on the
6th of March—eleven boosts and mills, with all their
inhabitants, and several stables with the horses which
they contained, were swallowed up at Dissentis. On
the Bth, the Vicar and 24 other persons were-dug•our
alive, but wounded, and twenty-eight persons me
still missing. Avalanches have widely desolated the
village of Disebmah. The passige of Scalene ap-
pears closed for a considerable time. An avalanche
bulied two men at Mew in the Canton of Uri.—
Two houses have been thrown down, as well as se-
veral.barns, and all the cattle have been swallowed
op in the village of Realp. The passage of the Sr.
Gothard is also closed.

On the 10th another ivalanch destroyed a house
iii the Canton of Berne.• The inhabitants, with the
exception of a woman, were saved. The intelligence
from Tyrol is equally afflicting. Id some places ava-
lanches succeeded each other four times. At Nandeis,
the snow fills the whole valley to the height of a
tower ; 21 houses have been destroyed at Ischgal.
Twelve persons were killi7d within six leagues of In-
structs. • Tbeensiesis of .the Inn is interrupted.
The earthquake which was felt at Barcelona on the
18th ultimo, at eleven o'clock in the morning, was
likewise felt on the same day .at Lerida, .at Saragossa
and at Madrid.. At Saragossa it was experienced
some minutes befOre, and at Madrid some minutes
after, the shock at Barcelona; but in the two latter
cities mite!) more strongly than in the former. At
Saragossa the concussion wax so violent as to throw
down a painting in tbe,chapel of the Virgin of the
Pillar, during the performance of mast—the people
were frightened, and fled from church. At Madrid
the commmotion was still mitre alarming, and was
felt partietilarly set the Royal manufactory of fora:-
lain at the Retire, an edifice almost mined .during the
war. There it Overthrew a wall that killed two men.
A violent shock was Id:cerise felt at the Palace of Jut.
tire. The Judges who were: sitting, deserted the hall,
which trembled amend them. It was- believed to
come from the wtstl and iris feared that --Lisboa has,
sufferea by this coßttdalon. •
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One or the prineipal evidences against the elder
WATSON, who was tetblaek, residing at 4-pohlic-house
in East Smithfield, has recently died. .• •
PORN. EXCHANGE, APltlit .14.—Haring a short sup.
ply of Zilpah' What tindat, that of fine. qualities'
'seas readily slitposed ot. early in the .morning at an
advance or2talfee quarte'r, addthere was-also ratha
more demand for foreign Wheat, at List week's prices.
The supply of Barley being very •ansait.sind the wee.
they being favtlifrible for Malting, cansitd a triik• do.
manci- for line Bitley4. which aatictfh is lirlt.4l, per
quarter dearer tlints.onKist fdondiy... friaitsirea
andi,
d Beans, there is little or no alteration.