210 Recent Earthquake. — 



as 1o render it doubtful whctlier it may 

 not be uecessaij to take it down, being 

 thrown about eight inches olF the per- 

 pendicidar, for about twelve feet at tlie 

 top, and only supported from falling by 

 a long iron rod, to which the weather- 

 cock is attached. 



Many chimneys were throMn down, 

 no fewer than seven in one court, and 

 several houses rent fioni top to bottom. 



One most providential escape occur- 

 red in town: a stack of chimneys on a 

 honse adjoining one occupied by Mr. 



K being thrown down, the stones 



forcing tlieir way through the roof, and 

 falling directly upon the bed in which 

 ]Mr. and Mrs. K were, without do- 

 ing tlieni the least injury. 



In tlie district of coimtry west from 

 Inverness, called the Aird, the shotk 

 was still more violent ; the houses of 

 Phossachis and Bogsey being eomjiletc- 

 ly rent, and another, occupied by C— r 



^ was so much damaged as to oblige 



the family to leave it immediately. 

 The east end of the old priory of Beemly 

 w as likew isc thrown down. 



At Fort George the ramparts shook 

 sp violently, that the sentinels on duty, 

 ut the main gate, conceived an attempt 

 was made to force it open, and, under 

 this idea, challenged the supposed in- 

 truders. The range of front buildings, 

 occupied as the governor's, lieutenant- 

 governor's, and the other slail'-officers' 

 houses, appeared to the soldiers on guard 

 to be bowed violently backw ard and for- 

 ward, or, as one of them expressed it, to 

 be shaken like a strong ash-tree in a %io- 

 lent storm. The sea appeared much agi- 

 tated, and, at the ferry of Kessoc, the 

 boatmen, who v, ere at the time crossing 

 it, experienced three violent waves, 

 such as me.st huVe sunk the boat had 

 there been any wind ; indeed they con- 

 ceived they had run upon some sand- 

 bank. 



About one, A.IM. a second, but sliglit, 

 shock was experienced ; but, from the 

 hour, was only noticed by a fevi'. 



1 should liiive mentioned that the 

 mercury in the br.rometer was much 

 ogitated immedialtly aff< r the earth- 

 quake, and a small fire-ball was observed 

 in the air, in a direction from north to 

 south, immediately succeeding it. 

 JS'airn ; Aug: 31 . A SUI5SCRIBER, 



'i'g the Editor of the Montldtj Magazine. 



SIR, 



BEING an Unitarian Christian, and 

 anxious to act in every resjiect 

 c««sisteutlj WiUi Unitarian principles, 



Unitarian Marriages, [Oct. 1, 



I have found myself in a very awkward 

 dilemma on the subject of submitting to 

 the solemnization of the marriage cere- 

 mony in the name of the Trinity, a doc- 

 trine which I do not believe, and, conse- 

 quently, an atithority which I cannot 

 (because I thmk I ought not,) in any 

 way to acknowledge, either directly or 

 tacitly ; under these circumstances, I 

 shall feel particularly gratified if any of 

 your correspondents will give me, 

 through the medium of your extensive 

 and valuable publication, a solution of 

 tlie following case. 



" Is it necessary, to constitute a inar» 

 riage legal, that parties properly qualified, 

 and presenting themselves before the mi- 

 nister at the church in due form, declarhig 

 their intention of marriage, sliuuld submit 

 to tlie whole, or any part, of the inarriage 

 ceremony? Or can the minister refuse to 

 marry them if they refuse to go through 

 the whole, or any such part of it, as be 

 may choose to prescribe r" 



It is well known that what is called 

 tiie short ceremony is most usually prac- 

 tised, and is, in fact, only parts of the 

 whole ceremony ; I am not aware of the 

 authority on which this deviation stands 

 — the ease is, of course, confined to the 

 Church of England. I am glad to 

 learn that the question is agitating; 

 among different bodies of Unitarians ; 

 and, from the communication which I 

 have had with an Unitarian member of 

 Parliament on the subject, I hope the 

 ceremony will not long be confined t» 

 the Church of England : there can be no 

 reason why Unitarians should not enjoy 

 the same privileges as the Quakers do. 

 in marrying among themselves. 



July 29. CONSISTIANUS. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



A LLOW me to inform yonr corre- 

 xa. spondcnt, Mr. Varic, through 

 yonr medium, that he is by no means 

 correct in the inference drawn by him 

 from the report of the action of the High- 

 gate Archway Company v. Nash: viz. 

 "That the stipulation of assessed or 

 liquidated damages has no real mean- 

 ing." Whether the Company could 

 enforce payment from the defendant of 

 more than the damage Ihey had ac- 

 tually sustained, would depend npoa 

 the construction to be put on the 20,000/. 

 in the bond ; viz. wiiether it was to \m 

 considered as a penalty or as stipulated 

 damages, to which the party hiid bound 

 liimself on breach of the contract. If it 

 be considered as a penalty, it could only 

 be enforced to the extent of the damag* 

 real!/ 



