30 JUNE 1883, Page 13

AN EARTHQUAKE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."

Sra,—About twenty minutes to two by my watch, and a quarter to two p.m. by the church clock, to-day (Monday), we experienced a really violent shock of an earthquake. I have felt often a similar one in Japan, but never in Europe. The houses shook violently, the noise was that of an exploding magazine, the motion lateral. The sun was shining brilliantly, after the rain. The sky clear, here and there flecked with fleecy cloudlets. The wind due south. As I write, at ten minutes past two, I experience a slight trembling of the earth.—I am, Sir, &c.,