5 JANUARY 1833, Page 9

We were not aware that earthquakes were common at Swansea:

the place is here, however, spoken of as a Peruvian would speak of Lima. "Anne of Swansea," to be sure, used to be somewhat caver- nous and given to the volcanic; but her earthquakes generally ex- ploded in Leadenhall Street, and the shocks she gave were those of the heart : her "vibratory motions" were not in the air, but on the nerves—her volumes, not of smoke, but of fire, and generally three in number.