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cages, &c., oscillated some seconds after the shock had subsided. 

 There was no unusual appearance in the state of the sky, or 

 about the sun at the time ; but during the morning the sky 

 had been filling with light clouds, and soon after the shock 

 a stratum of low electric clouds sprang up with the wind from 

 the S. W., and the upper stratum changed from a grey to red 

 and lake colours some time before the sun had set. If the 

 shock was not caused by the explosion of a meteor, it probably 

 was the effect of the earth sinking somewhere in the southern 

 part of England, in consequence of the great quantity of rain 

 that has fallen during the last three months. It is now about 

 twelve years since the last shock was felt here, which occurred 

 in the night, and was more violent than this one. 



Chichester, Dec. 8. 

 The earthquake here on Monday was very alarming. Many 

 families ran out of their houses in great trepidation ; several 

 people felt the chairs move under them. The bells rang in 

 many houses, and glasses jhigled. In the market-house, ap- 

 ples were seen rolling off the stalls. At Aldwick and Bognor 

 it was also very sensibly felt, as likewise in the parts adjacent. 

 Another account. — Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, the 

 shock of an earthquake was very sensibly felt in the city of 

 Chichester, which alarmed a considerable portion of its inha- 

 bitants, many of whom ran into the streets in the greatest con- 

 sternation, under the impression that their dwellings were ac- 

 tually falling. In several houses the bells were set a-ringing, and 

 the window-blinds unrolled ; and one individual states, that he 

 was sitting in a small room, and distinctly saw the walls move 

 from south to north out of their perpendicular, and as instan- 

 taneously resume their position. The shock lasted from three 

 lo five seconds. We have not heard that it was felt further 

 in this direction than the vicinity of Arundel. Many persons 

 imagine that there has been an earthquake in some place abroad, 

 as in the year 1812 a shock, but much slighter, was experi- 

 enced in Chichester; which at the time proved so destructive 

 to property in the city of Caraccas, South America. — H«rH/)- 

 shire Teleg. 



ROPE BRIDGES IN INDIA. 



These bridges are called Portable Rustic Rope Bridges of 

 Tension and Suspension, and they are exactly what the name 

 describes. A few hackeries will carry the whole materials, 

 and the appearance of the bridge is rustic and jjicturesque. 

 They are distinctly bridges of tension and suspension, having 

 no support whatever between the extreme points of suspen- 

 sion independent of the standard piles, which are placed about 

 iiftt'in feel from the banks of the nullah, or river, except wliat 



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