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shocks at Liverpool and other places in Lancashire on the 23rd Aug. 

 In 1836, April 4th, in Shropshire. 1837, Oct. 20th, Cornwall and 

 Devonshire. 1837, Oct. 27th, at Camelford, in Cornwall, severe 

 shocks accompanied by a dull noise ; Nov. 27th, another shock ; 

 Dec. 3th, at Stamford, in Lincolnshire, and twenty miles around. 

 1838, Jan. 14th, at Tynehead, in Northumberland, — the shock of 

 sufficient force to throw down articles of furniture ; the next day a 

 rent was observed in the fields more than half a mile in length, " sup- 

 posed to have been caused by the earthquake ;" March 17th, Shrews- 

 bury and neighbourhood, — an alarmingly vibratory shock, accompa- 

 nied by a rumbling noise like a train of waggons, — bells rang ; July 

 30th, Tureff, in Scotland ; Sept. 14th, Adderbury, Oxfordshire ; Dec. 

 23rd, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, with rumbling noise. 1839, 

 March 20th, Glengarry, in Inverness-shire ; May 10th, at^ Bridge- 

 water ; May 24th, Glasgow and Crieff ; June 11th, north of Man- 

 chester; June 12th, Lancashire and north of Manchester ; Sept. 2, 

 Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, and South Wales ; also at Shrewsbury, 

 — felt most at King's Down, — severe; Sep. 10th, Monmouthshire, — 

 severe ; Oct. 23rd, over two-thirds of Scotland, — Comrie being one point 

 of intensity ; also numerous shocks occurred at Comrie constantly 

 during the whole of this month ; also, Nov. 24th, in Dorsetshire. 

 1840, Jan. 8th, Donegal ; Jan. 31st, Feb. 29th, March 23rd, April 

 30th, July 31st, Aug. — -, Sept. 9th, Oct. 31st, Nov. 29th, Dec. 31st, 

 at Comrie, Perthshire. 1841, Jan. 31st, Caermarthen, etc., Wales ; 

 April 19th and 21st, Oban, in Argyleshire ; Dec. 20th, Kintail, 

 Scotland, and at Comrie, 6th, 18th, Jan. 31st, Feb. 26th, May 30th, 

 April 13th and 30th, March 23rd, June 30th, July 2nd, 23rd, 25th, 

 26th, 30th, and 31st, Aug. 1st, 10th, 12th, 25th and 30th, Sept. 8th, 

 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, and 29th, Oct. 5th and 23rd, 

 Nov. 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 18th, and 26th, Dec. 3rd, 6th, and 

 7th. 1842, Feb. 17th, in Cornwall ; June 21st, in Lancashire ; 

 Aug. 22nd, in North Wales, — said to have been detected instrumen- 

 tally at Prague. And at Comrie, Jan. 2nd and 7th, March 10th, 

 April 21st and 22nd, June 1st, 2nd, 8th, 23rd, July 1st and 10th, 

 Aug. 27th, Sept. 2nd, 24th, 25th, Nov. 18th and 29th, and Dec. 4th 

 and 17th. 



The above account of British earthquakes is abstracted from Mr. 

 Mallet's elaborate general list, published in the Reports of the 

 British Association, which goes up to 1850, since which date 

 many shocks have been felt, especially one in 1852, through 



