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Duke had been stripped of them 

 before his death. There was re- 

 marked the perforation made by 

 a ball in the shoulder-blade, and 

 in the small casque which the 

 prince wore at the time of execu- 

 tion. Ilis iiussar boots were in 

 tolerably good preservation. T!ie 

 sheet containing tlie fragments 

 was placed in a leaden coffin, and 

 in this state conveyed to the cliani- 

 ber prepared by order of the Mar- 

 quis de Fuyvert. 



23. The following accounts of 

 an earthciuake, felt in different 

 parts of England, are extracted 

 from the country papers. 



On Sunday 17 th, about half 

 past twelve o'clock, a violent con- 

 cussion of the earth was sensibly 

 felt at this ])lace, and at Bawtry, 

 Elyth, Carlton, Worksop, Shef- 

 field, Chesterfield, Mansfield, Not- 

 tingham, Lincoln, Gainsboro\igh, 

 &c. In some of those places it 

 caused great consternation and 

 alarm among the inhabitants, by 

 the shakingof buihlings, pictures, 

 and other articles hanging on the 

 walls ; but we do not hear of 

 any damage being done. ( Don- 

 canter Paper.) 



On Sunday l/tii a smart shock 

 of an earthquake was perceptibly 

 felt in I;incoln, at about ten mi- 

 nutes before one o'clock in the 

 day. The undulation appeared to 

 be from west to east, and lasted 

 from a minute and a half to two 

 mimites. The wind was at the 

 time south-east, cold, and with 

 every appearance of rain. Pic- 

 tures and other articles hanging 

 on the walls were set in a swing- 

 ing motion. Many persons were 

 so affected by it as to think they 

 were taken with a sudden illness. 

 A peron who was dressing at the 

 Spread Eagle Inn, at the upper 



part of the house, was so much 

 alarmed as to run down stairs. 

 At Newai'k, also, and the neigh- 

 bouring villages, the shock was 

 distinctly felt, as well as at Leices- 

 ter and Loughborough. At Gains- 

 borough it occasioned great con- 

 steination. — f Stamford Paper.) 



On Sunday the 17th, '23 mi- 

 nutes before one o'clock (true 

 time) a slight shock of an earth- 

 quake was felt in Derby and 

 neighbourliood. The shock was 

 of \ery short duration, but suffi- 

 ciently long to leave no doubt 

 on the mind as to the reality 

 of the plienomenon. It was ac- 

 companied by a noise similar to 

 that of a rising tempest, and 

 caused the windows to shake vio- 

 lently and the doors that were 

 ajar to move. A glass lustre, 

 which hung in a gentleman's 

 breakfast-room in that town, was 

 put in motion ; and the chairs 

 and tables were very perceptibly 

 shaken. At Shipley-hall it caused 

 the bells t<i ring ; and the body 

 of a mangle, in one of the upper 

 roonis, moved on its rollers se- 

 veral feet. It was also perceived 

 in the Churches of All Saints and 

 St. Peter, in Derby, and caused 

 in the latter place a piece of plas- 

 ter to fall from the roof into the 

 body of iliG church. The shock 

 extended about twenty miles east 

 and west of Dcrljy, and appeared 

 to proceed in a oirect line fiom 

 noilh to south. 



•23. In the night, the house of 

 the widow Keoghan, of TInilinton, 

 county of Kilkenny, was attacked 

 by several armed men. The only 

 persons in the house weje, her- 

 self, her son 'U'alter, her daugh- 

 tei', and daughter-in-law (on a 

 visit), and a niece. The villains 

 attempted to pu.sh in the door, 



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