Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-05-24

They enter though numerous in the
extreme, bnt little into the political
intrigues Of the day. Perhaps the|
most curious of tho whole, are theI
letters Of Miss Walkinshaw to Prince
Charles, the letters of her daughter
to the same the letters OF James to
him and the remonstrancc OF his
friends in Scotland.
Earthquake and remarkable
Phenomena.
The French papers which arrived
yesterday supply the following parti-
|culars in addition to those which we
have formerly published under this
head -
The earthquake which was felt at
Barcelona on the 18th nlt. at eleven
O'Clock in the morning. was likewise
felt on the same day at Lerida, at Sa-
ragossa, and at Madrid. At Saragos-
sa it was experienced some minutes
before. and at Madrid some minutes
after, the shock at Barcelona F.; but in
the two latter cities much more strong
| Iy than il the former. At saragossa
the conclusion was so violent as to
throw down a painting in the chapel
of the Virgin OF the Pillar, during the
performance of mass the people were
frightened and fled the church.
Madrid the commotion was still more
alarming, and was felt particularly at
1.-THE royal mandatory Of Porcelain at
1.-THE Retro, an edifice almost ruined
during the war. There it overthrow
la wall that killed two men. A vio-
|lent shock was likewise felt at the
Palace Of Justice. The judges, who
were sitting, deserted the hall, which
trembled around them. 1t was be-
Ilieyed to come from the west, and il
lis feared that Lisbon has suffered by
ltliis convuIsion. News from that
town therefore is expected with impa-
thence. The weather at Barcelona
|continucd clear and serene, and the
|air had recovered its usual tempera-
|ture. The journal of Barcelona pub
fishes an article, dated Alcocir, in the
lprcvince Of Guadaiaxara, the 25tl Of
4 February, which details The following
circumstances We have just wit
messed phenomenon seldom expert
emed in regions distant from the
coast. On the Goth OF the month,
The weather was rainy from the morn,
ing downwartls, and the warmth was
greater than is usual at the season.
At three o'clock in the evening there
was some lightning, accompanied with
thunder, which soon ceased: but at
half past six o'clock there suddenly
larosc a violent wind, like those which
commonly precede in summer violent
storms. There fell at the same time
hail and rain with the thunder and
lightning. The heaven was bright.
|encd, and there only remained black
CLOUD, which increased instantly, in an
extraordinary manner, discharged
from its skirts, about quarter before
seven o'clock, such flash of lightn
ling, with such clap Of thunder, thai
the people who we're in the streets, OF
: in the country, fell to the earth fright
ened with the terrible noise, with tn
glare which struck their sight, ami
q with the suiphurous smell which cx
8 tended to the most retired rccesscs o
heir dwellings.
Some seconds afterwards there wa
! Ionother clap Of thunder, not so stron
y the former. and the cloud opening
ischarged All immense globe of fir,
: (which falling on the tower Of the cor
vent of Franciscans, overturned til
Y ron cross on its summit, and set o
/, ire the wood work, a portion ofwllicl
= IA state of combustion, having CT
Nwd the church. destroyed part {
=; while the rest descending by I'll
II walls, kindled the different doors an
windows of the convent, broke, tor
ri ap. and divided the cells, ovcriurne
e md destroyed the furniture whic
81 they contained, and excited such tel
y. for in the monks, who were in ii
ii choir, that they fell to the earth, an
vi lWoilld Drriians have haan ahnaEed !