236 On the Connexion between 
the British Seas; the loss without a parallel in our mer- 
cantile marine. England 154 vessels, 196 lives. Ireland 
5 vessels, 104 lives. Scotland 17 vessels, 80 lives. Coast 
of France 5 vessels, 100 lives. Total 181 vessels, 430 lives. 
1843, 8th, 10th FEBruary.—Destructive earthquakes in 
all the West Indian Islands. At St. Kitts a part of the 
Brimstone Mountain was torn away, and the old volcana 
emitted smoke. At Guadaloupe, a volcano emitted dense 
volumes of smoke; and the important town of Point a 
Pitre was entirely destroyed. with 2000 inhabitants. 
11th Fepruary.—Ship Cornubie wrecked in a tempest 
off the Coast of North America. In crossing the Atlantic 
from Liverpool had met with a series of terrific gales. 
16th FrBRuaARY.—The Thunder, from Portland to 
Madeira, wrecked in a violent tempest. 
28th Frepruary.—EHarthquake shock at Manchester. 
3rd, 5th March, earthquake at Guadaloupe. 
Ist Marcu.—Tremendous gale from N.W. Packet-ship 
Toronto struck by lightning, arrived at New York on 20th 
March. 
25th Marcu.—Earthquake at Carlisle, and at Oban in 
Scotland. 
31st Marcu.—Lerwick, Shetland. Violent gale from 
E.S.E. to E. Several fishing-boats and crews lost. 
Shortly before 20th March, the Western Coast of the 
United States had been visited by a violent hurricane, with 
much damage. 
About 48 hours before the appalling earthquake at 
Guadaloupe, &c., a terrific hurricane suddenly broke out in 
the British Channel, which lasted several hours, and extended 
over a considerable space both of sea and land, accompanied 
by a sudden and very heavy fall of snow.—Jllust. London 
News, 1848. 
