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side the county at Havant, Portsmouth, aud the Isle of Wight. The 
next was the great earthquake of November Ist, 1755, which destroyed 
Lisbon and extended all over Europe. In the Philosophical Trans- 
actions, Mr. P. CARTERET WEBB, F.R.S., described the effect at a 
mill-pond at Midhurst, where there was a sudden swelling and agitation 
of the water. In the same transactions John Hodgson thinks the 
fissure in the rock at Petworth was not caused by an earthquake, 
though the water was disturbed in many ponds and thrown several feet 
above the banks, in one case leaving some fish on dry land. The 
diary of a Sussex tradesman, May 3rd, 1756, states that he saw in a 
Lewes paper that, on May Ist, “explosions was heard in the bowels of 
the earth, like an earthquake, in the parishes of Waldron and 
Hellingly.” 
The next recorded earthquake occurred Noy. 30th, 1811, about 
2.30p.m. At Chichester the shock lasted many seconds and closed 
with a tremendous crash. It was felt at Midhurst, Petworth, and 
Arundel, but most severely along the coast at Bosham, Selsea, Pagham, 
Bognor, and extended as far as Shoreham. The next earthquake was 
December 6th, 1824. At Chichester bells were set ringing, the shock 
lasted from three to five seconds, was more severe than that of 1811, 
and was felt from Portsmouth to Arundel. After an interval of nine 
years the next shock was felt on September 18th, 1833, followed by 
five others in three years. At Chichester, about 10 a.m.,the bells were 
set ringing, chimneys were thrown down, and on the Downs a quantity 
Of chalk fell, under which a man was buried and killed, the only 
instance of loss of life from an earthquake in the County, Another 
shock was felt at Chichester Nov. 13th, 1833, at 3.40 a.m., and 
set bells ringing and caused the town clock to strike. A less severe 
one was felt the same day at 5.30 a.m. The first of these extended 
about six miles round Chichester. Jan. 23, 1834, there was a violent 
earthquake shock with loud rumbling noise at Chichester and about 
twelve miles round ; at Littlehampton the time was about 3 a.m. 
Another shock occurred on August 27th, 1834, at Chichester. All 
the evening there was a lowering sky with much lightning; at 10.30 
p-m., a loud rumbling noise was heard with powerful vibration of the 
earth. Glasses were rattled, bells rung, and the large town clock 
struck. Several chimneys were thrown down and windows broken. 
The shock was more severe than any preceding one in its effects and 
extended to a great distance. At Littlehampton the earthquake shock 
was felt at 10.30 p.m. It was the fourth in twelve months. At the 
time of the shock, the sea, previously very still, became suddenly 
