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loaff, O nature ! shall Iky sooty bow Be doom'd ;o bleed beneath a rod of steel ~ To Shrink before a monster'* loirVmg eye ? How long my ifcin his bloody scourges feel ? How Ion? r*cr I my native proves shall greet, Freed ftiwn Uiia thrall, where first m^ infant eye P-eepM on the light, and saw the fervid sun, lliat sheds eternal sttruncr on their sky ? "SYhv did the demon seek my native soil. And tear me from m\ parent-, friend; away ? Yrs—nv* he sever'd from the uliole I lov'J To groan in bondagecura'd ffota day today ! Till then,Westfrcedam(<} howsweet0 wasmln 1 rov'd a< pit asurc on the flowery bill; If tii'd reclio'd rae'ncaih the palm-tree's shaik tf thirsty, drank pure water from the. rill. If btroperpresfc'd I reach'd my hand and pluck'd The luSClOiisfrutl that smil'd in every grove; For there the Segro** God his food prepare?. Who loves his children with a fathers lo**-"« No killing vt inter sends his angry storms To spread destruction round the fruitful plain; Kb pinching frost the face ot earth deforms, Noi leave* uYuiubrageoUS grove a leaflet trair- The glowing son forbids his withering blast To howl at all on Afrit's happy siiores, But harvest gives throughout the blissful year, Nor e\er famine shuts his bounteous store?. The breeze of Ocean cools his fervid ray ; The thunder cloud oft veils his burning face, And while he bathes him in the briny sea. The midnight dews revive the flou'ry race. O lovely country ! where my fa(licr> dwelt, How rccollectioii paints to me thv charms! Where all Miai happiness could give I felt — V. here oft I clasp d my Zilla in ni\ anus! O cruel tyrants I as a christian love?, I h>\'dm> Zilla—with affections>trong ; Like \ou I glow'd when nature warmM my heart, Or pleaa'd, Ilisteu'd to herartless^ong- tOWIi. The Malls of the English Church were of flic best workmanship and two feet thick, yet the building is levelled to its foundation- Mr*. Bartow was crushed in the ruins of her house, about two hun¬ dred lives lost on the Island. In the country every estate has suffer¬ ed heavily- and some of the finest com plctcly destroyed, particularly at Cul de Sac and Little Bay.—The grow lug crop entirely destroyed and but three boiling houses left standing on the Lslaud. I too had babe?—I as a father felt, When prattling round they bung neon rn\ knee. Should 1 not love them with a father'* love ? O cruel christian! 1 appeal to thee. Strong a> the day I enter" d Zilla'* bower, tor Zii'a dear my faithful love remains ; Though now, like me, my Zilla and her babes May toil in bondage or mu) groan in chains. Oft as I wBoess those whom love has West, 111 sweet enjrnment by each other's side, My lonur'd In-art shrink* in my dying breast !— llemerubi aucc calls to mi od toy on U lov'd bride! My bride! iflj babes! ihrsedearcst, but not there The lies of nature or atteciion end ; An apd mother and a hoary sire Were mine, with brothers, sisters, and a friend. 0 sad remembrance thee *o oft has stung i&\ Meedtng heart with joys that once were mine, Why kill me not and snatch me from my woes ? Why leave me Still in misery (0 pine ? Ihe christians say their God, the Cod of all. Regards his creatures with an eip«al eye : They tell mebefcreveaTd to them his will, And taught them mere), justice from the sky. If GvA of all, the Negro too is bis : Then why permit him thus to be en?lav'd ? Whv sleeps his vengeance on our bloody foes ? Where sleep= hit mercy that he doth not save? Rebellious christians ! thus to disregard, What you yourselves confess your Ood com¬ mands:— Let mercy plead, let justice judge our cause:— No more iu Afric'a blood imbrue jour bauds. O had I plung'd amidst the hungry waves. When that tall ship me from my-couuiry bore ; Then had I 'scap'd my wretched; wretched fate ! My soul had wu.g'dhcr back to its dear shore, But no ! the clankiugchainssecttr'd me fa>f— My fated bond-male*saw me long to die ; Like me they gua:Vd their teeth in mad despair, Andg'ur'd around the wild, distorted eye. « Great CoJ of justice ri.-e ! avenge our cause ; Remember Afrii's injur"*! wretched tare ; Let those Unholy rebels to thy laws, Rcdiessour ftiOttsfrarid wineottour di>C'ace. LRILLS. Talb't-Road SouUisoU\) May 21. IH19 J ^^___ foreign mms. ^ • a ■ ■•■•*. •• ..•*......•. a ■ . . a.......*1*.... Invernefs, September 2. Prince Leopold. On Tuefday morning his Royal High- nefs l< ft Kinrnra, accompanied by the Marquis pf Huntly, and the gentlemen who form his fuite. He (loped to par¬ take-.fa refreftunent at Moy Hall, the refidence of S'.r ./Eneas Mackintofh, and at iix o'clock in the evening made his en¬ try into Invernefs, amid the joyful acclama¬ tions of a great conccurfe of fpeefcators of all ranks and ages, who notwith.landing the unfavourable ftate of the weather, came out to witnefs his approach. Several ot w e u^ighbouring Gentry went fome diftweeto mett his Royal Highnefs, and tfeovted him into town. WEST INDIES. Effects of the Hurricane of * 1st Septem¬ ber last* At Tortola, of forty sets of sugar works net more than six arc standing, and fonr- fiffhs of the town laid in ruins. The ilon. Andrew* Andersen, and the hon. A. C. letll, members uf the council, are among the killed; also, Mrs. Hether- ington, the lady of the president of the l>land. The President himself was ta¬ ken out of the ruins of his house, on the mottling of the 2cid, in such a mutilated state, that his lifeisdespairedof. Twelve other white inhabitants were killed, and total number of lives lost, 148. At St. Martin's the town of Simpson's Cay, was inundated by the swell of the sea, the houses carried away and many lires lost. The town at Marmot suffer¬ ed partially the same fate, and the houses atfcar the sea waihed away. The town of Phillipsburg oil the Great Bay sideof the Island, was torn to pieces by the sea and vind ; very few buiklini-s left standing, and tin7 very n.uch shattered. The two Cliurehes^I'jspitu^GovernorCantzlaar's house, General d\\niau!d's, Mr. Cuth- berfs Mr. AlftUretVft, Mr. J. S. Richard- son's and other equally strong buildings, Havana. 0/2. ad.—A Spanifh veffel had been out from thin port, feveral years on a Negro voyage, arrived net long ft nee, reported they had fell in vviih the notorious Sea-Serpent, off the Pan of }.iotanzas, vomiting fmoak and apparently iu great agony, having two large hand fpikes drove into his tail, and going at the rate of ten knots, raifing mountainous waves, and fields cf foam. Upon invefttgation it was proved to be the Sieaw Boat. JIavana, Oct 31. On the 2Sth Inst, the Auguft and Sep¬ tember packets arrived from Cadiz, vi^ Por¬ to-Rico—the former (I1! Vcngador) in 8c, the latter ( El Voluntario) in 49 days— the lady of Governor Ca^igal on board. Theyconfitm the accounts of His Catho¬ lic Majefty's refntal to ratify the Treaty, afligniog asa reafon that Yrnjo had indrncl- ed Don Onis to cede the Floridas without the King's fanetion. It is faid that this miniller is in confluence a prifoncr at Ceti- ta, and that Don Onis had fled to London. It is not here believed that a rupture will refult between the United States and Spain but fears 2re indulged that the intimate pofTefilon of the Floridas by the Ameri¬ cans, will induce Great Britain to fcize the Ifiand of Cuba, to preclude an undivided controul of the gulf by the United States. The new troopb luffer feverely from the climate. The rains have been uncommon¬ ly ..\iK i r^. *u* t-ii . > j-y.» a..u 1 tit ^'., ;s very fickly m confequence of the 3600 folditrs recently arrived ; I have alcertain- ed 316 privates and \7 officers have hten buried, and that IC45 are now in the Hos¬ pital ! For their fupport and relief, how¬ ever, the new governor has ycfteiday order¬ ed the following. Additional Duties-------On floor, wine, vinegar, brandy. 3*8th of a dollar per barrel ; and in cafes of liquoi?, £:c. " in the fame propoition to form a diittift duty for the garrifon.,' From the Albany Daily Advertiser, Ncv. 15. In the following letter, which is a tranb- Iation from the original put into our pof feffion by Dr.Torrey, of Ballllon, to whom it is addrefled, it will be feen that the views of the American Colonization Society have excited the attention of Prefident Boyer, of Hayti.—The reafons which he offers for a change in the dellination of the unfortunate blacks in this country, arc plauliblc and befpeak a fee!tag and a gene¬ rous mind. But whether they are defcrv ing the attention of the American people, can beft be determined by that benevolent body of men who have fct forward, and or- ganizM the Colonization Society Lidsrty— [Ann: of ffayti']- - El^uality Republic of Hayti. Jsan Pjerre BovEa, Prefident of Hayti. To Mr. Jsss2 Tor;:lv, New-York. Sir—I have received along with the let¬ ter which you have written to me, the work on SInvery in the United States, of which you are the author. The principles which you develope in it are thofe cf a true phi latitiuopiU, and I am pkaied to difcover the humane views which have prompted you to publifh this work—Ic breathes the foundelt morality. The dtfintereftf dnefs with which phtlan thropilts afl, induces me to believe that the fyfkm of colonizing the African race is in¬ tended folely for their happinefs. In this cafe would it not be preferable to dfreft thc:r courfe towards this republic ? Molt certainly, thefe unfortunate beings would here find a fafe afylum, a fertile foil, and a country which offers as many advantages as Africa, which being little known, would expoTe them to new difficulties, as much by the aridity of the climate, as the great labor it would require to render that coun¬ try a comfortable relidence. I pray you to believe, sir, that love of my brethren of the fame race, together with hofpitable motives, induces me to (ub mit to you my ideas on this lubjefk. They arenot guided by any privateconfideration?, nor by a defire of dilating any change in refolutions which may have been already adopted. I have the honor to falute you, BOYER. Port au-Ptince, 30th of ihe month of Seprembtr, 1819, year 16 of the independ¬ ence. been feparated lfrom -Der fami]V| anc3 caft mto one of the moft d;fma| dungeons of the holy office, rmerc]v fcecaufe information againft her v\vafl ' ]o0«gCd by a wicked charader, who. declared" that Hie knew a great deal r: jfpe&ing the imaginary revolution. %j|0 himfelf went to the inquifition toiuiltrr0gate |ieri and fhe was expoled to a fp^cies of difgraceful torture, cf which even i:ri th|8 country we have no example. She was bound by the legs and arms with harfh, roprs on an uneven cradle of iron, and finding f/jai ;n this painful attitude fhe did not give declarations conformably to the questions pr<0pofcJ t0 fcr$ falding water was poured o,n Jjcr mfa& f(mfo4 This unfortunate heroine expired amidft the greatelt agonieii frant:c \vith the remem¬ brance of her t\v[n children, onlv twenty- one days oid. She was one of the heroines of Valencia againft the attack of marlhal Moncey —Thu fcene has been divulged by one ofihedepei dantson the inquilltion, lefs inhuman th^n the reft, and the weeping relatives of this female martyr to freedom are now deploring her lof;. So great has been the horror and fury excited in the whole of Valencia by this painful affair, that it is vifibleon the countenance of every individual." From the N- T National Advocate. Census of the City.—We have received the official return of the Cenfus taken by order of the Co*poration ; from which it appears, that tlcre are one hundred and nineteen thoufand. fix hundred and fifty seven inhabitants in the ten wards of this city ; giving an iucreaft witlu'n three years of icj, 038. In thi« cenfus there are 46.783 males, $\y\%J females ; 6,c6o ma\c aliens ; 5,204 female aliens ; 3,^44 male coloured people ; 5,829 females of colour ; 95 male slaves ; 155 female slaves And it ap¬ pears* that in three yrar>, there has been a decreafe of slaves to the number of 367. afcending the current. If the fieam-hoat does 170/alctnd the current' fhe will ftill, from her greater celerity, have the majority of foot-paflengers ; but, in return, the fuperior dimenfions of the team-boat will enfure her the conveyance of large droves ofcattle. Thus, neither will prevent a reafonable profit on the capital employed in the other, and the public will be ac¬ commodated while the enterprifino" pro¬ prietors are enriched. The Holy Inquijition— A tale of horror. Extract of a letter, dated Valencia, September 2 —" Words are wanted to exprefs my feelings and to convey to you an idea ot the fcenes of horror and blood reprefented in this ill fated city. My pen drops from my hand whtn I attempt to defcribe to you the horrid and excruciating torments which Elio has impofed on 119 perfons, of all clafTe9, ages, fexes and con¬ ditions, he himfelf being prefent at the greateft part of thefe abominable pur.ifh- rrents, in order that by his captions and defining quellions he might be able to rend from them the fecret of a revolution, which he imagined would take place in Valencia. Some have had their arms and legs diilocated with irons of a new inven- $ I XI 44 c un.ut •• ■"•• lhat the French admi.al JuVv'V foU!C5» a , • 1 -C- .1 - 1 »* is to ii'in Admiral Freemavttle, juiy 2 .J ;no,dcrto proceed MW ^ • bary pram, and declare to * mult renounce titcir lyltem 01 . tJ r 1 11 1 r 'iracy, or be expofed to all the conlequencf r ; - „r , ?«-..• otanatmea Eutopean leatjue. 11118 f r^ rf, meafure, in confequence of the arrangemc ;t made lal- producing a good effeft. year at Aix la C haoelle, cd mot fail cf Phi lath* In . ___ja paper* U Nov.'U From the Canadian Loura. Robberies at tevfyfe On the night of the 19th a ' «^_ belonging to Mr J. d. i* , ■ lymond was boxe- . ,. ot candles broken into, and four carried off. On the foifOWtnt night, the (hop of Mrs Woods was h- hr , r . , . -, Pi fimilarly entered, and a large quantity L / n * ri\* c »» mcrcnan- ta ftolen, cMfiftinp of f (M articles v«_:-ihr« pjccejof ^8 nel ; one piece of green fever q{ Cambric, Shirting.„ and !*«, Pc two pieces»F the latter not f J piece, of affbrted and Peliffe ( F« ; ^ otha ; about women's one hundred pairs men's r. Shoes ; fifty pieces Calico, cut] WU,J thirty pieces of handkerchiefs an "n* feveral pieces of while Cot'nd *•*>•.» cut ; nd in (lock fliort, the moll valuable pm* 6PP - The fame night, a canoe belong. ■ Pierre Forton was (lolen ; b?°£ Cor°,iC hcen found near the bridge/ ■" fintce rnftttk with a fmall part ofai?on« |he onods aboard. It it. thereto. lhc m™ that it has been uled to t;c l»Pi><*f booty to fome place wher^^'" «e dilpofed of withon rifk ; or, at Icail, concealed till the nou occailoucd by the depredation fliall hawfubfidtd. it cannot be too ilrongly te^mmended to every member of the community to keep a ftrift watch on all fufpiciots charades ; and if From the Quebec Gttzette, Nov. 25. TROUBLES IN ENGLAND, The popular agitation at present ex¬ isting in England, probably surpasses ev¬ ery tiling of the kind which has occurred since the period of the revolution in 1G88. This agitation is chiefly connected wilh the question of a reform in the Con¬ stitution of the House of Commons; a question which has been Ihe topic of po¬ litical discussion for upwards of half a century, and has been more or less strong¬ ly contended for, according to times and circumstances. At the close of the American war the celebrated minister William Pitt, was one of its advocates ; but afterwards a- bandoncd it. Mr, Fox supported it warmly, but when he also became a min¬ ister thcie was nothing done by him or his colleagues, during that short admin¬ istration, to effect reform. Among the mass of the people, parlia¬ mentary reform has always had warm partisans. At the breaking out of the French revolutionary war, it was moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Grey, now Earl Grey, but rejected by a large majority. The popular agitations of the day were also connected with this ques¬ tion ; but they were put a stop to by the war and by the excesses of the French revolution, uith which the overheated re¬ formersin Great Britain were associated itn itkrpuvh&tr im'isul Bite ouutt »ift.a »\ i^rew out of the war and the revolution, and the thriving state of the country, greatly reduced the number and the influ¬ ence of the reformers; and although re¬ form has been occasionally moved in Parliament, and always thrown out by grc it majorities) it produced very little sensation throughout the country, till af¬ ter the second downfall of Bonaparte, and the distresses which followed the es¬ tablishment of general peace in E irop *. The opinions of Ihe body of the peo¬ ple in all countries, are. happily, guided more by the manner in which they feel themfelves afrVfteJ by the laws and public authorities than by any political theories. In Great Btitain and Ireland the people are expofed to unwonted difficulties and hardfhips: amidft thefe difficulties they are called upon Foi heavy taxes and poor's rates, which they can ill afford to pay ; they are told of the extravagance of the public expenditure, of the want of a fuffi- cient check on that expenditure, on the part of the Houfe of Commons ; and hence the aliomfhing acceffion of force, which the old partifuns of a reform in the confti- tution of that Honfe, have lately acquired. It is admitted on all hands that the Huufe of Commons i3 very imperfc&ly confticuted, as teprelentativc* of the peo¬ ple at large. In England the population of the CnlinttGfl is extremely unequal and the number of members is nowife propor¬ tioned to the population ; the county members arc indeed cholcnbythe freehol¬ ders poflefling lands to the annual value of 40s. fli-rlinc ; but many of the lands in X*tuijuud .ov nut iiccu"tus. roe towns and boroughs in the interior which fend reprelcntatives to the Houfe of Commons have dwindled away to comparative noth- ingnefs, from the increafe of foreign trade, which has brought the population to the fea-potts and manufacturing towns, many any articles, anfweiufr the defcriptton | of which are not reprefented In Scotland given, are offered For fale under cjreum- llances not ordinary, to give private fnti- matron to the perfi-ns-obbed,and to McfTrs. McVey & Woods cfihu city. Since writing th* above, we have learned that a flore belonging to Louis Barbeau Efq. notary public, has been alfo broken into, and fomr bufiiclsof oats and peas delta. tion ; others have been prefled down wit 11 uornc of which were of-btone, ate den!ul- heavy weighs, placed on the breads and isiud, and th<- sea forced a passage thro' belly ; others have had their tu:i's /dueledout ?h<» fbwif, $0 tbttt it now COIiimunkatGS one by one, in orehr to pro/on* their fufferings, *Ub the bait pond which was back of the Even a hdy, lately d-rliv. w| uf twins, ban'! tjie fiwwcr and more expenfive procels of LongveaH Traverse. The team-boat v.'iich plies between Longueuil and theoypofite fhore, is, we underftand, very locative ; clearing, after a deduction of all expences, about £$ per clay, on an average. So certain is this, that the fum expended iu her conftruftion has been lately ofFercd to her proprietor by a perfon noted for acutenefs and foie- fight in dealing ; but has been refufed by the latter, who demands an additional £<Q to reimburfe him for thecoli of an apart¬ ment ereftcd on the deck, devoted to the purpofes of a canteen. He is probably difpofed to the fale, from an apprchtnfion that his profits will incur a diminution too confiderable by the competition of the fleam boat recently launched at Boucher* villc. But, to thofe who bave obferved the number of batteaux formerly employed in the paflage ; and the more confiderable number of perfons, vehicles and cattle whom the prefent facility of conveyance induces ; it will readily appear, that a handfome revenue may be derived from both If the lleam-bwat afcends the current to the New Matket, fire will probably be preferred by the market people from Longueuil and its vicinity ; who, bringing no vehicles and having ba&efcs to carry have, at prefent a fatiguing walk from the landing place to the city. But thofe who, coming to Longueuil from the interior, bring with them vehicles, (and who can therefore reach the market in a fhoit time after their diftmbarkatio' ) will prefer a paflage in the team bo..t t the number of perfons entitled to vote in each county does not average above 100. In the towns the elections are altogether in the hands of corporations appointing their fucceflbrs, or a few incorpotated trades Generally throughout Great Bri¬ tain the right of voting has alfo been di¬ minished by the immenfc accumulation of wealth in a few hands which has enabled them to acquire a great many of the fmall freeholds which formerly exifted. It has been afTerted„and never contradicted, that the maj >rity of the Houfe of Commons is elected by lefs than fifteen thonfand per¬ fons, while the number of houfeholders paying taxes is little lefs than a million. It is however maintained by thofe who are oppofe.) to reform, that the ends of government, have been better attained in England, with the prefent ftate of the rep- refent3tion, than in any other country ; that there exifts in that country greater li berty and fecurity of property than any \vhereelfe; that under thefe circumftances a charge fo materially affecting one of the three branches of the legislature, might de- ftroy the balance of the conftitution, ha¬ zard all the exifting advantages, and even¬ tually produce revolution and general con¬ fusion. Such feems to be the ftate of the qnes- tion refpefting Parliamentary reform, be¬ tween thofe who are fincere on both sides. There are however evidently among thofe who fide with one party or the oth¬ er, fo-? e that ire not fincere. They con- fift of perfons who profit by any abufes which may exift under the prefent order ot things, and of thole who have nothing to lofe and a chance of confidtrable private gain by revolution and confusion. It is only from the effortsof the two laft description of perfons, that the prefe.it agi- tationb in England are accompanied with any danger. Men who have difintcrefted views for the public good, are never violent or wifh for violence. It ih onjy thofe who have views pf private interdtj t*i:.t become violent themfelves, or approve it in others. What may be the number of the twe defcriptior.s of perfons that we have men- ttoned is very uncertain. As far ay our own obfervation goes, we fhould think fha: they are but a fmall proportion of the peo¬ ple, who wifn for nothing but what, in their opinion, rray tend to the futnrc quiet and welfare of the nation ; aorj we truft that the prefent agitations will have the ef¬ fect of making them more afiive in promo- ting it. It is evidently impcifible that the prefent ftate of things can continue much longer without violence, or a dangerous abridge¬ ment of that public liberty, which i& the vivifying principle of the Britifn Conftitu- tion. The enemies of England no doubt re¬ joice in her prefent difficulties- But they know very little of that country, whofup. pofe it is about to become lefs powerful than formerly. On Tuesday ht>t. fhc£3d inst. (he first snow of any consequence, this season, fell in this city ; but it is not \ et sufficient (0 admit of good travelling v>ith winter carriages ; and the weather h again set in mild.—Quebec Gazette* From UaketcelCs Geology* __________ *** Earthquakes and volcanoes may be con- fidered as dilferent efi'e&s produced by the agenc} of fubterranean fire. They fre¬ quently accompany each other ; and in all inftances that have been obferved, the firfl eruption of a volcanoe is preceded by an earthquake of greater or lefs extent. Vol¬ canoes do not make their appearance in ev¬ ery country where the (hock of an earth¬ quake is felt : but earthquakes are more frequent in volcanic diftri&s than in any other. Earthquakes are almoft always preceded by an uncommon agitation of the waters ofintf ovuu, -..J oi-iux.^'- >pnngr fend forth torrents of mud, accompaniet with a difagrceahle (tench. The air is generally calm, but thecattle difcover much alarm, and feemto be inftinftively aware of approaching calamity. A deep rum¬ bling noife, like that of carriages over a rough pavement,—a rufhing found like wind,—or a tremendous cxplofion like the difchar^e of artillery,immediately precede the ihock, which fuddenly heaves the ground upwards, or tofles it fiom fide to fide, with violent and fucceffive vibrations. The fliock feldom lads longer than a min¬ ute ; but is frequently fucceeded by oth¬ ers of greater or lefs violence, which con¬ tinue to agitate the furface of the earth for a confiderable time. During thefe (hocks, large chafm3 and openings arc made in the ground, through which fmoke and flames are feen to ifTue : thefe fome*. times break out where no chafms can be perceived. More frequently ftones, or torrents of water, are cjefted from thefe openings. !n violent earthquakes the chafms are fo extenfive that large cities have in a moment funk down and forever difappeared, leaving a lake of water in the place. Such was the fate of Euphemia in Calabria, in 163?, as defcribed by Kir- cher, who was approaching the place when the agitation of the ocean obliged him to land at Lopistcura : "Here (fays he) fcenes of ruin every where appeared around me ; but my attention was quickly turned from more remote to contiguous danger, by a deep rumbling found, which every moment grew louder. Th? place where we Good dv' T' T n }' -rnMLdlv rafter iome time, the wolent paroxylm ceahng, I flood up. and turning my eyes to look for Euphemia, few only a frightful black cloud. We waited till it hud pafled a. way, when nothing but a difmal ?.nd put¬ rid lake was to be feen where the city once flood." The e::tent to which earthquakes pro¬ duce fenfible effefts on the waters of fpnng6 and lakes in diliant parts of the world, is truly remarkable. During the earthquake of Lisbon in 1755, almoft all the fprings and lakes in Britain and every part of Europe were violently agitated, many of them throwing up mud and faod, and emitting a foetid odour. The morn¬ ing of the earthquake, the hct fpring9 at Toplitz in Bohemia fuddenly ceafed to flow for a minute, and then but ft forth with prodigious violence, throwing up tur¬ bid water, the temperature of which was higher than before : it is faid to have con¬ tinued fo ever fmce. The hot wells at Briftol were coloured red, and rendered unfit for ufe, for fome months afterwards.' Even the dUrant waters of Lake Ontario,* in North America, were violently 3gita-' ted at the time. Thefe phenomena offer proofs of fubterranean communications un¬ der a large portion of the globe ; they al¬ fo indicate, tbut a great quantity of pas or elaftic vapour was fuddenly generated and endeavouring to efcape. From the foetid odour perceived in fome firuations, it may be inferred that this gas is hydrogen or fulphuretted hydrogen. In other inftan¬ ces it may be fleam, which condenfing a* gain would produce 2 vacuum, and occa-.* fion the external air to prefs downwards; . which has been obferved in mines immedi¬ ately after the (hock of an earthquake. The fpace over which thv vibration ot the dry ground is felt is very great, but generally wider in one direction than an¬ other ; and where a fucceflion of earth¬ quakes has taken place in the famedillrift, it is obferved that the noifc and fnock ap¬ proach from the lame quarter. It has . been before mentioned that earthquake t * It is theopiniori 6f some ti v.rlU'r*, llial *l|r lakes of North America were mire ibt' iuimeusr craters ofantieot volcanor*. It ha* i«*en olr-rrv- •*(! during mairp Earthquakes in ihe I a>rrr» Sta'efi thru the Miiitrrrauran noi(.f »nd moupn p apffearcd to cormnrnrr frv/u ilao t. :»!*<•. a*ici |»rtv end towarJnr!i ^ ■*. ', \ in.1 directionfroQiUH no:"* iw1