friends in the Euston road, and enquired of them if anything in particular had happened that evening, when the wife of my friend replied that she had felt the motion of the earthquake that evening at 6.55, which is only the difference of three minutes from the time I felt the shock, and may be accounted for by a difference in clocks!
A smart shock of earthquake (described in our last) was also felt in several towns and departments of France on Sunday, Oct 11th; so that it appears that in addition to the storms round the coast of England and France from the 1st to the 19th of that month, there have been physical disturbances of a more uncommon kind, and yet in perfect agreement with the predictions of astro-meteorologists. We will not assert that earthquakes were foretold to take place exactly in England (although we know of one person who avowed his belief of the probability of such an event), but we do say that the early part of October was distinctly pointed out. Zadkiel, Raphael, Orion and Mr. White, as an extremely likely period for such a phenomenon. All these authorities stated their reasons for believing in the probability of unusual disturbances of earth and air at this particular period; and as most of those statements were in the hands of the public, many months before the event, it hardly seems necessary to refer to them, except, indeed, it be for the information of those persons who have not seen the predictions, or for the purpose of dissipating the too common notion that such an occurrence is a mere come-by-chance. Under the head of October in Zadkiel's Almanac for 1863, we find the following notice:-"The singular occurrence of the Sun joined with both Saturn and Mars on the 2nd will bring some very violent storms, and as Uranus is stationary at the time, I expect earthquakes." Raphael also says "Much electricity and disturbance of the air under the aspect of Sun, Saturn and Mars; probably earthquakes in various parts." Orion speaks of the astrological features of the crowd of planets in Libra, threatening storms and shocks of earthquakes." And a similar strain is reiterated by the less explicit Old Moore who says - "The extraordinary occurrence of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury ominously congregated in the solar beams forms the great celestial phenomenon of the year." Then we come to the calculations of Mr. W. H. White, published in our issue of Sept. 26. "The earth (says this gentleman) passing from the pluvial influence of Venus at the end of September, comes under the combined influences of the Sun in conjunction with Saturn and Mars on the 2nd, which is calculated to produce a reaction in the weather for five or six days, such as strong winds, heavy squalls, great changes of temperature, very humid atmosphere and hasty showers. The earth traveling in close companionship, leaving the lagging Saturn behind them, they come under the electrical influence of Swift Mercury in solar conjunction showing up some thrilling phenomena worthy -
