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September 30. the one is a Letter from Sir Thomas 
Cave , Baronet, of Stanford near Lutterworth in 
Leicejlerjhire , a Gentleman of good Senfe, and un- 
queftionable Veracity. The other is a Paragraph 
taken from the Northampton Mercury of this Day. 
As for my own Part, being engaged at Church in a 
very folemn Part of our Worfhip, I only remember 
to have heard a loud Explofion, like that of Thun- 
der ; but my Neighbours affiir’d me, they perceiv’d 
the Windows to {hake and jar. I believe it was 
more violent in other Parts of our County, and the 
Counties adjacent j but I am cautious of tranfmit- 
ting any Accounts, but fuch as I think may be de- 
pended upon. My Compliments to all Friends con- 
clude me, 
SIR , 
Tour moji obedient , &c. 
J. Nixon. 
'Dear Sir , Stanford- Hall, ott. 5 . 1750 . 
1 AM much obliged to you for your kind Partici- 
pation in my prefent Concern, which, I thank 
God, is, within thefe few Days, much diminifh’d 5 
my Wife being now better. 
We were amazed at half an Hour after 12 on 
Sunday by a violent Shock of an Earthquake while 
we were at Church ; it lafted between 3 and 4 
Minutes, and was attended with a prodigious roll- 
ing Noife, louder than all the Thunder I ever heard 
in my Life, was it colledled into one Exploiion. 
Thank 
