EAIITHQUAKE IN ENGLAND.

_ On 1' esday morning the of an earthquake-—doubtleea the lltlllfl’ Vlltlltlon from some serious but remote convulsion—wan felt with more or less severity, throughout Liverpool and the whole of this district. Ibo time—abcut which all rties are pretty nearly I eed——was_half-past four o'clock; and I shock was accompa- Itod. according to several ofour inrortaseu. b ' ' 'l‘he‘sensaiioss_ for the ’-moat pin Isperieneeif were these :—ihe 'l“l""I °"°°lll'1l°f . I.‘ llhlig and nuglalating of beds. the ol If moveahls Ittlcloe. the hangi of doors, and tho faults of window-frstnIe._ Iii gener_sl._there was I sort of apbeu. “Iv I “W04 5! I qiiok vthrauoo. eiuilsr to the sheets a ship Ix-

csa when struck by a heavy gu‘,

Iflog nndtrembliiig from the concession. One genileiuan, resid- ing in Btrkeaheai_l._describoe it as though a giant had entered his ¢ mlm’. and ooiaing a poet in either hand, given his bed a tho-

Olll so. and vanish The Impression of

'°'ll' _. I or "‘°ll'°l’- “ll” ltllllll Clltlglilovi-park, and wlioae house has never

50” Ifieltd by tho liesyiest gales, was that In had been awakened ht? ofth servants yuniping with all their weight upon the door

. gg. . . . . _ sl-n iii i.i.".l.'.'i.'i?.7.l'...".".“'.i"'c.li.‘ti's'.'."c:'.la.' .53‘. ‘'‘.i‘'.:.'..'. ."'l’l'v _&hlI.:d‘eI. gelled up lltdblllfll on tlutyopththe ‘station,

as I thoron IIIIHIV ' iii’ " s It thd ineoseat, ‘appeared ‘to have attilcliuted The Ttralrgt L to the real cause; and many, particularly ‘My ii. 3:£i:i:a tmthe Iodtlor PoI:Id"l:t?d|e.uh=ld v I olplededt others thattlie vibrations were caused‘ b ‘ In of dis-

taat thsedsv. 'I\e latter idea was not unreasonable; for during DI Ow dsystho ten turn has been unneeally oppressive. in , notwithstanding the fall of heavy rain, at aarter of an inch, fromupix o'clock in the even- lll 0' Monday until nine on Tuesday morning.

Liv l Observatory, we are informed by Mr. Ilardnap, that the morning of Tuesday was overcast, dark, and gloomy; the

_ _liperatIre was about seven degrees above the avenge. d|I'0¢tto_e cftlie wind at 4 hcure,wae N.W.. bet it was as anenr calm as possible; light rain fel from 6 hours to8 hours, a. ui., and from “H0 II hour p. in. The time at which the shoclttook lace was

- carefully noted by a ntleman in the neighbourhood of llldhst Derby db. in. 20s., andt ere appeared to bethree shocks from east to *0“. and _two from west to east.

_ motion ofthe earthquake was from west to east, and its da- '|‘l°'|i as far as can be ‘ from various sources, about half a minute. 'l‘he last shock of a similar kind experienced in this 00lIl_I'y was on Friday. the l1tli March, 1848, at one o'clock, e.m. lhdlfeottoa bela_g from east to west. Those, waver, who re- Ifllllief _lIIl visitation, declare‘ that it was much milder, and

lasestenaivcly felt, than the present. In fact, according to the

.ManeIiesler GIardItsn—for the neighbourhood of Manchester was

gentleman, who lives at Sale, nnar Altrincliarii,

or several years at St. Domingo, and witness-

‘ ed the phenomena attend Int upon the grant earthquake‘ which

'oocui‘_red there In May, I842. says that the earth uuke of Tueads ' Irsorning wn_s more severe than several he had t are experienc , Ind that If it hudoccuvred in that island, where the people are but two well acquainted with these convulsions of nature, all who felt

_would have rushed from their houses in dismay. He should think_ the shtick I very severe one for this country.

I‘ "lll0tlr llllt parties residivg is those localities which have a

_l. dry. sandy soil, seem to have felt the shock moat sensibly.

ith regard to the extent ofconatry over which the vibrations have been felt, we are scarcely yot pre red to pronounce positively; list I_s_fa_r as present accounts go, i shock has visited Dobli

Carlow, Conway, Ilolyhead, Manchester. the bitthing

on the Lencasliire coast, (particularly southport, Lylliiim,

and Fleetwoodl, Bolton. Bury, ams (tom, and even in some

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plftl of the iriidlnnd counties. Several persons in w0lV0fhIfllp-o

ton end neighbourhood, felt it tremor or shaking of the earth. It

was felt_ at Brewood, and in Wolverhampton some glasses iirid

articles_ef the kind were heard to make it jingling noise. ublin Evening Post, re narke '—This is the first shock was _felt accompantcd by a rambling subterrcaneiin noise, and the

{V llliltlllg 0f.tl°0|’. Windows, and furniture. On the Iiorllt side, the

. ‘ OI'ccts of this remarkable phenomenon were still more decided. Itaclt ufchiinneys at Pliipsborough was thrown by the violence of fie In tllewbinity of the terniinns of the Dublin and Diog- IIOJI. Railway some ratios were to believe, from the noise caused by the convulsion, that the mail-train wee entering the sta- l|0l‘hQfOfl the usual titiie ofits srrivti .

’I. shock was felt very severely at Chester, and all along the Cu?’ 0“ B§hll0ll0ld lélle. but no sliocli has been experienced at “"470”: Illllfll. _I-r I-llflljlltjliutxn; although the temperature at B! and was very hot and oppreaiive during Tuesday morning.

-' OPENING OI-‘ 'I‘HE_ NEW PARLIAMENT; ‘ The ripening of _tlie,pew Parliament tooltplpcc on Tliursde . : The'weaiher was cxceetlin,glyfine,_and'I’alace»yard wa's.consh- llfllllly Very much crowded. ,VVestminaier llsll, too, which is 30' the‘ temporary entrance to both the House of an the Hones t.‘etntnons_, was completely lilledwitbsirangers. "“ HOUSE OF COMMONS.

_'I'he Reporters’ Gallery was thrown open at half-past I o clock, by which time I large cluster of members had already asaem ed on the, door, chatting noisily together in knots, or warml shaking hands and welcoming each otlier’s return to the ones. Shortly before 9 o'clock, Captain Gusset, the Deputy-Sergeant at Arms, a n the tforr. bearing the Macs, which he laid at the foot oftlie table. At this period the House was beginning to get very full. ' boss who were in any wey_ettIclied to the (iovcrntncnt took their seats upon the Ministerial benches; whilst the other members, who had o_eciipied seats in former Parliaments, took up thoirold sitions either as supporters of her Majesty’s Government, or ollowers of the 0 position. The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked very mac lagged and careworn, and so, indeed, did Sir John Pl!-‘Mitten, the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

3ltor y aft 9 o'clock, Mr. Williams, the principal door- 0|’. Ippeared upon the floor, introducing

he Usher of the Black Bod, who was in full uniform. Ad- vancing to the table, and addressing the Chief Clerk. be said "_Geatletncn I an: commanded by the Is0llI Commissioners, by Vince of the traits addressed to them by her Majesty, to require

- immediate attendance in the House of Peers of this honour-

lie Boyal Commission read."

y of the new members, headed by Sir Denis Le

left the House.

‘ Al’ r a short absence the Chief Clerk returned to his seat at the is lo, when the election of the Speaker was immediately proceeded witli,tlie right hcn.gentleman,vrbo filled that elevated Ema the laet_ tlaesioa, being while seated in the front

of the Ministerial side just below the gangwa . The lit l-lee. Charles Shaw Iaefevre was re-elected peeker c the House of Commons. One of the diet propositions to Parlisuient, after voting the

I44--to the Queen. will be to ask . vote of .€I00,000 for defreyleg the expenses of the Du|te’s funeral.

ARRIVAL OF‘ THE OVERLAND MAIL.

A9 electric telegraphic despateli from Trieste has ‘oat been received in town, in anticipation of the Overland ail, from which we learn that the Austrian Lloyd's steamer Adria arri- ved It Trieste yesterday afternoon, with advices from Rangoon to the Nth of Ueptetnber. fl'l‘he new by this overland arriyal is comparatively in sig-

‘ but uflehfiefigatohcs from Cliinmhw éch had cone _‘| v "present t tirrecilon ,s aiastt s Q ror as con- tieeieg to gain additional strength. ‘ P0 was who are traversing the route to Australia are reo- hosed to be is thepropsritee st‘ littesa or twenty to one too-

Kr. W. L. lhfiy, slarge ship owner, recently psnouncsd It a nilie nesting; Inst be wee--new ssiidisg Inly true ships, and not let‘! iebeiltl another of wood-

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‘ j"_'g1'_ltgItl1,!‘l,ql‘ wsi.t,m'a-rows FUNERAL.

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the had We Hooplm’l to the Horse Guzirdi, and_oe Thursday, inor- hat Uh half- ! _ 's rel.

‘I Ir. ‘cums but as interview with the Right lies. 1. W. y, at the rd of Trade.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1852.

We ve in our last number the resolution adopted at the Publicfiectin , for the purpose of lighting the town with Gas. It woul appear, from communications then exhibited b the Hon. the Anosxur GINIIAL, from Mr. Gurus, Civil Lu ‘ricer It Bermuda, Mr. Aunnon .\I‘Aivsi..isn, Maria r of s Works at Harbour Grace, and Mr. J.uu:<i Anus, I512- tou, that the town could be lighted with Gas, at on outlay of about £4000 currency, its follows ;—

Cost. of Apparatus, £800 0 0 Stg. Main Pipes, 700 0 0 Buildings, 200 0 0 Site, Service Pipes, Fittings, say 070 0 0 £2670 0 0 Difference of Exchange, 1335 0 0

£4005 0 0

We were pleased to find, not only that en ital would be forthcoming for this very im_portInt urpooc. lint that those who intended to embark their own, no doubt whatever of receiving I fair remuneration for the outlay. This is satisfactor , thus far; and we are convinced that, once establish , smrcely an individual within reach of the opo- rstion of the Gas works will fail to avail himself of advan- tages slit-ded b I superior light, It I lower price thus is now paid for oi , spirit, or candle. But how is the lighting of the town to be provided for! Who is to guarantee the expcnce, drst, of prcvidin for the necesea fittings, such as Its, glasses, d7c., and a tor-wards, the payment of the Gas urnisbed! Few will, we think, be inclined to deny that the “pence in the former case, that of the lamp posts, &c., Ilwltld be borne by the owners of the iidjceut properly-— vnluc of which will be enhanced to I much greater dc cc than the cost will amount to; and there is no question ut “lot, for In advanm which all may equally rtake of, tho expcnoo ought to bofirne as equally as possib e by all. Nor do we conceive that much opposition would be made b the public to this Iri-Ingement. tit how is the opinion 0 the blic to be ascertained, and its consent obtained! We now iegin to see the necessity of having the town llI(‘0 rated,in soirie way or other. As to raisin the necessary ads in it public meeting, such its those cal ed for the Pump and Well Assessments, no one, we think, who has ever been present at one of them, would be an advocate for I similar procedure. A in, there is I dread, and, perhaps, I well founded one, 0 having it town of 4000 irilishitisnts saddled with the expense of I Mayor, Aldermt-ii, Recorder, &c.,—-In establishment which would ct-rttsinly cost u largo sum Innuall to sustain, without the some oertiiitity that the advaiihges crived from it would be equally as great. And yet, there is I necessity that smnethiiig should to dono,—thIt there should DJ8 body in which public pro rty should be vested, and which should have the power, on or certain restrictions, of raising funds for necessary purposes, such as the one in question—thst of lighting the town. The attention of the writer has been for ears turned to the subject, and he would sit st, that tho {mgislnture should he petitioned to pass I Bi allowing the town to divided into ards, having,ns noorl as ssible, equal numbers of householders in one : every IVVI two reprcsont.ti.t.ivcs, who, when mot, should choose it Presi- dent from among themselves, and ap int a town clerk and treasurer, but not out of tbeir'own y-—these two last only to be paid. In this bod '«:till it \\'.iiini:.\' «Ii I"si.i.ows, and the Meeting itself I V .ianito'rx—lot ell the public roperty of the town be vested, and make it a corporation for t. e usual ur a of protection, &c. “'4: would not give it the power nfasscssing the town at will : but wlicro, us in the (use of

seven o'clock, the procession will inure to st.-

A the Pumps and \Vclls, the Low liiid dircclt-tl the it proprio-

tion to 0 made, we would tniiisfor to the War mot the powers now givoiigto it Town .\lcctin . ii measure such as the iiduplion o Gas-light, for public act-oiiiuiodxttion, was ro mscd, we would have the mg-ttv-r first discussed and scttliad by the Wurdmotc, which should thou up ly to the Lcgislnttiu for its sanction; and on its being 0 tiiiiicd, take the necessary steps for cars jag the measure into execution. Ono advantage nttondiiigt eadop-_ tion of the plan oposod, is, that it would be attended with t.lie'Ieagt ' e expzneo. end leave same amount of

_wer int c poo lo t t they prtppy at resent,-with this

illiaronoe; that w at: is now hu 0.. lyfin unthiiikingxdone by tlieniselved in reon, would then transacted wi care and deliberation y ‘their delegates and re rosentntivcd:

If an of our readers will favor uswi any betsef ten, we wil willingly make it known ; for the conviction is roog witlii ‘us, that unless some chan kes place in our uni- ' ' gulatious, it will be in vain to expect well-lightc gtol streets, clean side-walks, undcr- drains, or any of those appliances of liealt as the enjnyincnt of property.

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I-‘on Ilasztaifs GAZI.'I"I'I. Ma. Enrros;

In your leader, devclopin your opinion of the Maine Lnw, oufrefer to the Meeting ho d in the Temperance IIitll,on the Oil: instant, and, as “ it struck you that those who were, as

they f-lwllfllh successfully, advocating t t experiment, had not oonsi cred the case as fully and sttficientl , nor taken as comprehensive I view of it, as they ought," consider my- self entitled, in common courlcs , to the privilege of it reply, in vindication of my advocacy 0 that momentous question. it consequence of the absence of gentlemen who were expected to take the load in the prominent departments of the discussion, the Chairman had to alter the arrangements roviously adopted. I was then requested to submit the Iiesolution in relation to the Maine law.

As you were present, you are, of course, aware, that I dis- tinctly avowed my incompobency to advocate the proposition so unexpectedly transferred to me; which Isubmittod,as an enquiry, conveyingvtlie spirit of sentiment embodied in that Resolution : bother, in view of the woeful evils result- ing from the drinking use sof society, it is, or is not, aid indie to prohibit t troflc altogether; and w t or this is not the point which legislation must reach,and should reach, in regard to this great evil!

I l s : For so important a change in legislation, gfocting the business of a large portion of the community, sud interfering with invested capital of considerable value, it is pro .r that satisfactory reasons should be submitted to an cnlig toned public; moreover, that such a law could not be obtained, without approving itself to a reflecting commu- nity ; and crop ifit would be obtained, it. could not be en- forced, unless it would c_om_mond itself to such I communit as founded on yust rinci _lcs of legislation. I quoted is ropumble writer on t. c an yect, its my authority for the ar meals I on voarod to inculcate.

when I heard that some of our learned friends had declin- cd toe k on the question before _us, _was afraid that ii

rohib tory law might !proh.Ibly_be inconsistent with the ma. amcntnl rinciplcs o logislItion._ As the us! us were mauled, t 0 small Irma were put in requisition; and it is now evident, that their random _shote have lied the desired elect: Iccordin to your narrative of this skiriiiisli, our commander-in-c icf used a bin .—My dear Sir, when “ it ururl: you that we thought we were soct-osstlill advo- cntin the experiment,” it wns—-tr very Indy Iiil. _ A res and fair iscnesioii, through the medium of the Press, will evolve truth. I rejoice in the opportunity thus aflbrded us, tonvuil ourselves of the extensive ci_rcu_lation of your Gazette, to pro- pnfnto and vindicate our rinciplcs; and in iintici tion of th a privilege’ in prospect. shol now oonlinc niysol todesul-

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to remarks on lied sentences in your editorial.

on are salon to hear men the nrlwx-ates of legal, ins ion, in the resent day; anti, 1 pro- sume,aee‘ some of the nu of Temperance, you refer to ancient enactments, that, by their stringency, in.

rose”

Peri, on Thursday. that Coil I

creased “ the vo:y.criines they were intended to su p

Wbohwill deny, t :ld|0'0ld-&ahit‘)I!h0d method in den ng with Ian general V inoho In v_»__“g_ human society, mind must set mind sys * overcome system, with e weapon of w of ~ aioke l.I,Ifl|Ih end res- ’ ‘P00 The & fl ' under the induction of fits hdhf, hve Its ti-lanfi ef. ’ IQII, I II -&h h

to elect .

In like manner, W icii ~

don the use of the wine cup in rriadcrarfon,”

hooks, poisonous food, to

which are equally nocesnry to the security’

I sdmit, that much may be done by arguments and mqml snasion,—by appeals founded on is due regard to him 1 happiness and siilviition,_—tia lins boon. liorotoforc done. l0 arrest the progress of this great evil: in reference to n‘pi.3- hers of persons, it has been, and will be. all llllll '3 "9? L_' But, I wish to show why somo_believo that moral suasion Iii not all that is necessary. Permit me to ask, why_ not rely on moral suiisicn, and u pools to the _c0n_s0I0II09i 1“ "°ll‘“"l l” other evils! Why not extend the principle you ndvocstt.-_, to horse-stealing, burglary, and arson? In every community. there are men who must be _rostrained by Ia|l\"r"f"“m “'l‘° place themselves beyond the influence of moral lllltl'Itllt'. How would you rostruiu and control such chiirncu-rs? I‘boy \\'lll resist your arguments, and soothe their conscience, iii the plea that what they do is legal. _

The sanction of the law fortllles our op orients, and, in soiuc degree, justifies their appeals to popu iir syippiitliy ; flflr in the estimation of many races, to make is thing legal. 1! to make it moriillyri ht. very well-ordered mind cliorishss the il'IlICl )I6 of obe ionoo to the authority of the laws of the

ntf; antf fools rcluchtnt to denounce that us wron , which they itiliriu to be riglit. \\'hii.t grounds pf uppepl iuve you to such men as mu choose to plead this sanction us their shield! Very like y, from lpfrscnitl regard, they will Inlwel’ you as Agrippn answered til. Believing it to II wrong princ' )l0, to authorise any thing by law from which men are to be dissuaded by moral means, we I tats the expedienc of repealing the stat.ti,,t.es authorizing an regultitin the tra - lie in alcoholic liquors ; and we recommend the su stttution of ii. prohibitory enactment.

But according to your views of our policy, we are, beyond the shadow of it doubt, under the insidious influence of it diabolical delusion. You ask : May it not be possible, that tho rcmed proposed, mu inflict greater evils on socict than the vice w ich it is its 0 joct to eradicate! Now, i this query is read in connection with your denunciation of drunk- ennoss,——“ this enemy of virtue, civilization and order,"-.- our proposed remedy “ to arrest its progress," must be, in your estimation, is monster of iniquity. bog of you to be explicit on this point, when you return “ to this important

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so cc .

Ylour Editorial furnishes copious materials for an Essa . We have tl higler and it liolier authority than Maliomet, to guide and guard us. We can adducc rcccdcnts f'rom_the ' istory of an mli hlermi, benevolent, on Christian potion, to show how bur y and reluctant mankind tire to receive and cnibruco the truth. “'hcn God, in more ', disclosed, through Ilr. Jenner. tho vnccinntioii principle,— y which, human y spcakin , thousands of lives are annuall saved,—tho medi- cal worfil condemned it. And the .»\nti-Cltivery Society was vehemently denounced, from the Pul it and the Press !! There is it special significance now in ie nxioui, tlittt Truth is mighty, and must rcvnil.

You exalt over “ t o mighty triuni h the Sons of Tom- perance have achieved on this side of t cAtlii.ntic ;” but you insinuate, that the excessive zeal of some of them, at the Meeting in our Teiiiperance Hall, in advocating the introduc- tion of the Maine Iiavv, carried them beyond all reasonable limits, and caused them to endanger the obfioct they profess to have in view. This ob’ -tion has often icon raised, by some siiiccrc friends ; fllltfixlllefttrdrc, is nottc be stiginutizcd its necessarily implying any desire, on the part of those who urge it, to give the slightest sanction to intcmportincc: but the persuasive iipplitiiicos recommended by those _remon- strants, experience proves to he more llititives, VV_'ll.lc.lt can never cxtirptttc the evil. Without dou it, the prohibition of the iiiiporttition of 0 wiuni, bv the emperor of China, was very noxious to many of his npiiiin-loving subjects; but as the drug was producing extensive and serious injuries, and was altogether unnecessii y, IIO evinced his humanity and wisdom by the entire prohibition ofit, instead of controlling the it )- pctite it had excited, while still allowing the means of iiidu - rcnoe. Alcohol hasbeen proved to be its injurious as opium, and quite its uiint-co-ssnry.

I must conclude this rather lcnrrlhy reply, which has already t‘.Xt','(!t‘tlt‘(l the contciupliitcd limits; but [must do so, by nlilwlltllllg an extract from the New Brunswick Tel:-graph, of the 18th instant, for the special consideration of those “ whom you would not consent to compel and cocrcc confron-