Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-11

were SO affected by il, as to think they
were taken IN a sudden illness. Il per
son who was dressing at the Spread Eagle
Inn, at the upper part CT The house, MAS
50 much alarmed as to run down stairs
At Newark. also. and the eigl-0oring "
lagos, the shock was distinctly felt, rs well
IS at Leicester and LougnborOugh. ~
SairsbororSl it uccaaioncd great constcr-
nation. Ssanford Pcfr1.
Nottingham, and We understand the
neighborhood within = circuit ot many
miles. were cas-, into great CONSERVATION,
about hall past twelve o'clock Oh Sunday
last, By serious s,Icck - an earthquake.
Divine ssrviee not bo:ns cvs:-, ''.e ee~i'Gte
cations 1T st. Peters and 81, Nicholas
Churches, particularly the latter, were
thrown into great confusion and one lady
was borHc out 10 = state Of iussnsblity.-
II al the CONSERVATION been equally great
at ST. Mary's Church, the conseo uences
must have been fatal, as Ii WAS very much
crouded, on account of is being tie AssiZe
Sunday, am the Judge aaj his retinue be-
ing there. THIS, however, was Fortunate
ly not the case. though the church was
perceived TO shake very much. The un-
dulations were distinctly felt and seeH, in
the motion given 70 TIE buildings, during
about three on iour seconds and we Know
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Easement vibr;.te, SO much as u strike the
glass on each side repeatedly ; but no par
ticular damage was done. There is anoth
er remarkable circumstance which we l.
mention, as descriptive of the uudn,atiors
The mistress OF q amiiy having set some
-four upon the shelf, in vessel ca led "a
platter, the flour, during the motions ct
the earthquake, was partly thrown from
the vessel upon another shelf, It least IL
inches above the rim and what remained,
was placed in two opposite elevations, sew
crai inches h Oh, which were uuiirrmiy d.
v;ded by spending valley. Inc APP
pearance could hot have been produced by
uhd@signing human agency; and we saw
il immediately after the shock was o.
yer.
At Bobber's Mil, near this town, the
shock was SO strong Is 10 shake some gles-
ses out OF a cupboard, the door of which
was open. At Mansfield, the congrega! on
were in the Church, when the no sc was
heard, the place shock, and it was supPos-
scd, from the dust and limc falling from
the ceiling, That a beam he,>. gwen way /;
the people instantly sought to make their
escape. aud from the pressure, several
persons were thrown down, and some OF
them much hurt and trampled upon.-----
There was scarcely . street which had
not cceeCsl chImneys ulraNn DOM the
houses CravEed or Otherwise isIure d, The
Church at Mansfield Wcodhouse, was
much dam gsd. At Lous thorough. the
earthquake vas felt ans also at DERBY :;
glass lusire, which hung 10 Il gen,lc mans
breakfast room in the town, was put in
rlct.oo, aud the chairs and tables were
very perceptibly shaken At Shipley Hail
It caused the bells to ring 4; and the BODY
Of a mengle IN one offthe upper rooms,
moved on its rollers several feet l. was
also perceived iii tie Churches Of AIS 4ints,
St. Peter, and Derby ard caused, in the
latter place, piece CT plaster 10 fan from
the roof into the Body Of the church At
WoFksop, Sheffield. Leicester, Boston, and
Gainsboroush, we learn, the shocl, was
felt much about the same time.
Buckingham ReOie4V, March %.
We received this morning letters from
Paris Of Sunday last. One Of them says,
that runours prevail at Paris TO which we
attach not The slightest redit Of the Aus
triau Army having re-entered France.
"PaIls, March Is.
-" should think was d ficicnt in my
duty towards you, were not to spprize
you, chat rumors CT an alarming nature are
now current, IN societies. which, from
their opportunities Of correct information,
hardly leave room for suspicious intelli-
gence. 1t IS affirmed, that the Austrian
armies passea tue frontitrs Of the French
kinc dom, on the 18.h instant, and that a
declaration OF their views was published a
Enbrun, in Dauphiny, cn the 18th. Va
rlG0s are the conjectures here on the mo-
tives OF this invasion some pretend that
il is connected with the refusal Of this pow.
er, to restore Callicia to Poland, which
was considered IS an indemnity for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ot the Austrian territories
~ Italy. A manifesto Of the Emperor of
Russia, against hnstT.a, was said 20 have
been received yCs.erd W, roun yianing 81
this cCpnIy's want o. l.uth IN the accom-
p'ishmeat Of liz treaties. On the other
hsnd. Austria enters iDt1 france, rs it is
affirmed, under lrrlence of exactine an
indemnify for the TX Empress, Of forty
millIons--but willing TO sound he public
mind, and should circumstances prove pro
pitious, after establishing the regency Of
Maria Louisa, to form an Of rs;ve and de-
teusive alliance with France, ard set at de-
fiauce Bavaria, Prussia and Pu.sia +
communicate TO you this intelligence, with
out pretending to ascertain tire decree of
credi5ility it is entitled 70, Ns-ther il be
the exaggerated description ot some pre-
vionsly understood ar7aug m.r,s. CT Wh1-
Their IT be tbe pure Invention Of ,he aude-
cous and G.safiect, d."
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