The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-02 00:00:00

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London ; Lace and Addison,

NOTICES.

to Earth

attention of the whole

as been felt for

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ation, that resulted

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on. The following extracts
morning of the earthquake

hFebruary, 1843. presented the
fight sunshine, which so generally
ales. A few white fleecy vapours
!evens ; white upon the mountain
clouds, such as usually presage
was no particular appearance in
fiat could prove an indication of
ace ! About half-past ten o'clock,
ng sound was perceived, like to
piece of artillery ; then a tremor
at first, but which increased with

,ed :

In the capital some of
a mass of ruins, o their
houses fearfulinly
is:t.nts to by from

s immense

rigs, deep the groans
s and stores were crashed and
Mighty Power, that ' shook so
len buildings waved to and fro,
ne-tree that bends beneath the
did ground literally heaved and
the ocean do when the stormy
ons also of the hills moved, and
-truly, truly artful :—were the
spoke th violencedurtion of the earth-
eased in asp
t increased
o have added leaden powers to
.nts hours. phi heart-rending
echings, as the frightened in
to seek safety in the

.R RURAL DISTRICTS.
itry news has arrived
team- of havoc
eral of the estates, s
uses, and proprietors' dwellings,
adful rocking of the earth. At
;e stone tank was throw n out by a
shed down the hill, forming
the cracking and groan-
.eard, as whole fields were
,abourers vvho were thrown
ze of the oscillations. The
said to be greatly injured, and
,ve suffered very much. Upon
ee negroes' houses have sunk in
,city, the ground bas opened, and
and clear quality is formed. The
also suffered ; and in Old Road
n of the cliff hasf ren-
te. Bevon Island Estate, in
most dilapidated appear-
its a ,
as well as the " Great
rks
h foundation, and hurled over
ea below. In the vicinity of
onging to the P.ayne family, the
pd forth, from its secret depths,
Fort George, at Brim-
, a serious manner ; while the
ces despoiled of its beauty' from
;ti place. From Mount Misery,
d a long spiral cloud of white
the time of the earthquake ;
ited in its centre, is said to

s vapour

rat, a writer in the Antigua Weekly

roar the Sulphur Pit, open.
the earthquake commenced
though sensible it was an
oehension till of a sudden
towards the mountain
'king
ped one mass of smoke, as
„nova jny quarters, but was
o motion. The path
violenl
called to the man to
ring ;
,ot over as we did, for the
tarn, to the extent of a mile,
an this moment but does not
as returned
crater is open,
of smoke from it than
ce
- •

s yards

•..-
really curious, and is highly

Vin question
th
:--
urred in e annals of history,
occ
in a common jail behaved as upon
ntable catastrophe. Even in those
'e not sufficiently fallen to admit of
e aperture, they were under no re-
they
admirable presence of mind, and
the doors immediately upon
one proffered to make his escape.
to work in the street gang, al-
,d
an evening, returned,
n homes of
the morning ; and in
r work i n
he House of Correction received
apologising for his absence,
t of having to assist in repairing
from the earthquake, and pro-
, had finished,---3 promise he
o was in the felons' cell, for
, after visiting her
,vo with them, returns to

brothers

to its nest.
ty roust be lamentable.
and oven in the island is ,and
early all cracked and rent ; and
water has been so deeply itn-
ced with the fallen mortar, or
y all torn down— so that fears
n of drought, following upon
1,-Pally remarked, no
scene of desolation the
,s and stones strewing the
in many instances,
laces, brokeand
n
;ell tint of tithe
heavy
shed beneath theavy walls !
he
tlousie—in others, a shattered
den portico—there, the parti-
! Broken timber, massy
td,
instead of slates, for the
;sted out of their places, shi-
heaps
'den partitions, some covere
of
d
:, tattered and torn ;
andsorne china ; all the luxuries
swellings were once furnished ;
Is, pigeon-houses, horse-sta huddblled
es,
s, thrown down, and
in all parts of the town ; while the
illildlngs are so shattered, that they
an infant could hurl them down,—as
as fragile as the scattered

As 1 hay

andred and seventy sugar estates aro

Island to Antigua, belonging
be earthqtrike was felt ♦ery
:s, with the exception of a

down.
islands the earthquake has been felt
3arbadoes felt the shock but slightly ;
Martinique, Dominica, and St. Tho-
u Guadeloupe, which appears to have
,vulsion, are indeed dreadful—enough
". A French brig-of-war, the
sh Harbour (Antigua) des-
governor of Gnadaloupe, to
r the assistance of its crew.
loupe is most distressing,—
le ground, and 3,000 souls
severely wounded. Out of
, a female, was saved alive!
ns to the depth of ten feet ;
hree days in clearing away
e only enabled to make a

,r one person to pass.
e out, occasioned from
Le various falling ovens
the earthquake spared.
!re dragged out of the
;t as poL,4ible ; but the

alba of victims F 0

lace in these warm

d to be left a prey
In destroying life.
of the island, has

The few

SL CMGs a..
Point au Pitre, the

eir all f _row the

kill o' the Wisp

)rnic rhyming

g hit upon a vein of

ect satir-

That the •0 called

'inal details

as well as

iislicatcd,

nibus," has been supposed to enjoy a dignity or sovereign
obligation under the title of Catholic,' whereby modern
Christians are required to steer their own minds amidst the
contradictions and ambiguities of patristic dogmatia, and su-
perstitious adulterations of the ' pure milk of the word'—that
such course of dangerous dependence and self-shackled
:bought is carrying out the only good of tradition into a cor-
responding evil, must be the real conviction of not only low
churchmen, as they are called, but of high churchmen too,
who wisely steering between the extremes of reckless Secta-
rian disregard of on the one hand, and of too obsequious a
surrender on the other, to the le„itimate force of tradition—
preserve the alone consistent, enlightened, and golden me-
dium throughout their religious views.
To such, both ' high and low,' as a pleasing mode of de-
veloping the absurd, a shorter way of dealing with points, the
trivial nature of which does not admit of elaborate discus-
sion or argumentation, except by those whose time might
certainly possibly be worse taken up, the above will be grate-
ful—the arrow of wit winged with satire affords the combina-
tion of instruction with amusement, whilst the powers of re-
flection, comparison, memory and ideality are brought into
full and rapid exercise ; hence satire itself is not without its
beneficial influence on the evolving mental faculties of the
young student. The burlesque is not of a low order of mental
effort, though often an effort of the low, to spice up this flat
and muddy wit; it is really a first class talent when well and
elegantly done. Albeit, many, like the ass in the fable, may
copy with iron hoof the greater grace of the caressful lap-
dog. Whether sound theology or decrepit leanings of a
head and heart prove to idolatry of the golden remote, rather
than respectful reverence of the early Christian witnesses, in
our own land and elsewhere, are caricatured ; whether the
touches are skilful or stupid—refined or coarse—we mean to
invite the reader to judge for himself, having, after all we
have said as to the former, in many points anticipated our
conclusion ; and as a mode of dealing with a subject, the
latter resolves itself into a matter of taste, and " de gustibus
non disputandum est." We don't remark any unfairness in
the caricature itself beyond what is its licensed province.
We select the few following lines—supposed written by a
young Puseyite clergyman, just inducted into a new sphere
and an old church, wherein the grievous puritan dilapida-
tion* he thus laments in an apostolical epistle to a brother
which lately devastated the I clergyman :

" When all this is arranged, I shall stand in great need
For some lights for my altar: it grieves me indeed
To find that there is not a candlestick here,
Not a vestige of one; and to me it is clear
That Cromwell's vile men knocked them all on the head
When they sought to establish their new lights instead :
Now it is my intention to set up thirteen,—
That's enough for the candlestick ; next comes the screen,
For which 1 must order some plaster and paints,
As I'm anxious anew to bedizen my saints;
There is one wants a head, another a nose,—
St. Chad has no fingers, St. Crispin no toes;
The stigmata gone from St. Francis's hands ;
Without arrows or wounds St. Sebastian stands ;
Poor St. Ursula's there, but she hasn't a rag on ;
Of a book most obscure St. Augustine's the bearer,
And St. Gregory needs a new papal tiara.
The sight of the windows would make you quite sad;
I must have some stained glass if it is to be had.
The king's arms once shone there but have now no supporters;
The Puritans broke them and gave them no quarter :
In the shields you can't separate azure from or,
Every coat is abated by gusset and gore.
What reformers began the churchwardens have finished,
All the figures misplaced, and their glories diminished;
For (would you believe it ?) these odious old fuzzles
Have twisted and turned them like so many puzzles ;
They've murdered St. Denis, they've set on his head,
'Tis not borne on his hands, but his shoulders instead!
Among other queer changes what think you I've pounced on
The Devil is taking the nose of St. Dunstan!
There are angels sans wings, and the beeves are flying,
Tne martyrs are slaying, the torturers dying;
And unluckily St. Cuthbert they cleverly shew there,
With his head in one window, his trunk in another ;
And with horrors no tyrant could dare to invent, I
Saw, " Repaired in the year 1720"
Stuck in bright yellow glass through the midst of St. James
These miscreants should all be condemned to the flames.
The surplice is covered with stains old and recent,
And I'm sure that it looks neither " comely" nor " decent.'
A new one of lawn shall be made at my charge,
The skirts shall be full, and the sleeves shall be large :
This at least I will have. I may shortly, I hope,
Bear a cross on my scarf, and most surely a cope."