Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-05
NEW YORK. Sept. I.
Late Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON Jolly s.


A Lisbon mail arrived yesterday morp.
ing the letters by which we lament 10 say.
men,ioE the shock Of an earthquake TO havs'
beenfel. a. Lisbon On the 6 h ultimo. Il
took place about four o'clock in the alter.
Door, and lasted about twelve seconds
TIE shock was so severe that severalhous.
es were much damaged, and the city
thrown into the greatest confusion, But
lew lives were los, several had their arms
and legs broken, &c. BY jumping ous Of the
windows, under the apprehension OF the
houses falling on them. The shock was
also felt ats. Ubss, Oporso and generally
'hro'outP Portugal. ltwas feel, CD baatd the
Liselyfriga,e abou, eigh, miles of,he rock
of Lisbon. The following is . letter re-
ceived fron a gentleman resident at Lis.
bon
~is9rsyact ofn letter dzn-,9 Liieann '3ulu IL.
" At four o'clock 10 We afternoon of
Saturday last, the 9Th Instant, shock ct
an earthquake was felt here, of very much
more force, aud longer continuance, than
has been experienced since the dreadful one
in 1855. In all parts Of the city aud sub.
burbs The hopse5 were abandoned, and the
inhabitants Oh ,heir knees, aud the greater
pat 10 the most piieous and iamea,able
tones supplicatipg the Divine Mercy
The universal impression was THAT shock
so alarming would be presently followed BY
oilers more fatal, and while some with
piqus resignation awaited the expected
crisis, others gave way to frantic despair
aad nothing could exceed the general hor-
ror. Happily however it terminated with
the hsst great shock. The dread which
i, excited caused great numbers to leave
,hs city aud TO pass The night ia The open
Acids, bot an undistatbed tranquility con
tinped, which in the course ofihs uext
day was restored to order, aud dispellcd
the agita'ions which more or less every
one suffered. The pseyailipg opinion is
that there were TWO shocks SO inslantane.
ousy connected. as to be 10 effect the same
as enc. They were preceded by 3 terrific
suD'eraneoas noise, such as thunder nigh
be supposed TO produce, If pent up within
the bowels of, he earth, snd when the
shock csmmenced, its violence gave re.
peated and perfectly visible motion TO eve.
ry building in the city. | have converted
] with several who lived here wheo the
gteat earthquake happened which destroy.
ed-Lisboa in 1855, and they all agree that
The violence of tha. did cot exceed this,
, bat il was of much logger con,inaance and
s r,any times repsa cd. Had this lasea two
seeonds longer half Lisbon would have
been in ruins AS il is there are few hous.
es that do. not rxhibi, aome proofof,,s ef-
fecls, though except sonr OLD dwellings,
4 that were ihrown down, and which caused
two deashs and several fractured limbs,
rihe injury has not been great. The con-
vents and churches have suffered most
. The house We occupy is, uncommonly
strong, with walls TWO fee, aud an half
!. thick, but II shattered from one end to
the other, more OF lees, and 10 some p!sc.
es The fractures extend from Top 10 bot.
tom. The ahips in the rive, experienced a
Z, sensation similar to VIVA, is feAwhen sink.
J. ing and passing over ridgesefrocks