Alexandria Daily Advertiser

Capt. Center, of the ship Thomas Gordon, who arrived at New York, from Madeira, informs, that a severe shock of an earthquake was felt there at 6 o'clock in the morning of the 9th of March, which lasted about fifteen seconds, and shook the tiles off the houses; it was very sensibly felt on board the shipping in the harbour. As Capt. Center sailed the same day, he had no opportunity to hear what damage was done by it. The general opinion was that if it had lasted fifty seconds longer it would have shook down the houses. This shock, added to the late calamity of Madeira, had very much alarmed the inhabitants, who began to think themselves very precariously situated.