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courses of the lava, but every moment a 
broad wall of fire was thrown up before 
me from the crater with such a violence, 
and to such a height, that it seemed to 
threaten, distant as I was, to overwhelm 
me in its fall. As I got higher up, the 
noise was of course greater, and at inter- 
vals tremendous crashes broke the mono- 
tony of the roar; at these moments, I felt 
the mountain tremble beneath me; the 
lapilli fell thicker, and pattered on my 
hat and onthe vines like a heavy fall of 
hail, and I felt the heat very great. Af- 
ter a fatiguing climb I reached one of the 
most considerable streams of lava ; I found 
it very broad and glowing, but much 
slower in its course than it lad been, 
Here I could see nothing but the burning 
stream to which I was close; the other 
streams, the fire from the crater, every 
thing was hidden by impenetrable clouds 
of smoke, and the noise and the trembling 
of the mountain continued as indicating 
that the work of violence had not ceased. 
The next morning the mountain was 
eoncealed in smoke and the whole atmo- 
sphere darkened ; the sun scarcely ap- 
peared at Naples during the whole day. I 
went down to the Torre del Greco, which 
‘town I found almost entirely deserted by 
the inhabitants, and guarded by some 
Austrian troops. From the Torre del 
Greco I thought of going on to Pompei: 
one of the most considerable streams of 
lava had taken that direction, and I 
thought it would be striking to wade 
through that disinterred city during the 
activity of its alcient enemy; buf, on 
getting about a mile anda half from Torre 
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del Greco, I found the roads sv deeply 
covered with fine dust or sand thrown out 
by the volcano, that the horses dragged 
the carriage with difficulty; and here [ 
learned that a little farther on it would be 
impossible to pass, the sand being three 
feet deep. From this situation I saw the 
mountain throwing up immense stones 
from the crater to an extraordinary 
height. The flight of the dismayed peo- 
ple was almost as numerous as on the 
preceding night. ‘Towards evening the 
mountain was more tranquil, and the 
smoke concealed every thing during the 
night. 
On Thursday morning appearances were 
much the same from Naples, but a most 
annoying fall of the dust began and conti- 
nued the whole day ; it was so fine that it 
was almost impossible to defend the eyes 
from it; it penetrated into the houses, and 
covered the streets in some parts of the 
town to the thickness of a quarter of an 
inch. At the Torre dell Annunciata it is 
said to have fallen four feet deep, and to 
have stopped the road entirely for car- 
riages. It has also fallen thickly at Cas- 
tel 4 Mare and Sorento, It was disco- 
vered on Thursday morning that a large 
piece of the cone had either fallen in or 
been blown away; that which was the 
higher point is now the lower. Nothing 
but smcke was seen during the night. 
To-day the immense volunies of smoke 
contiline ; the mountain is hid and the at- 
mosphere oppressiveiy overclouded ; bat 
it is believed that the sourees of the lava 
are stopped, and little matter certainly is 
thrown from the crater. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, anp DEATHS, 1n AND nEAR LONDON, 
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. 
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
OV. 23.—At midnight, a fire broke 
out in High Holborn, at the house of 
a feather-bed manufacturer, the damage 
resulting from which, we should, as usual, 
have left to be settled between the insu- 
rance-offices and the sufferers, but that our 
literary readers will be rather unplea- 
santly affected by the consequences, at 
‘Jeast so far as they will feel regret at the 
destruction of a large collection of the 
finest and rarest works upon the fine arts, 
and upon architecture, and its dependant 
sciences particularly. The well-known 
library of Mr. Taylor, the bookseller, un- 
‘fortunately adjoined the premises where 
the fire commenced, and was speedily in- 
volved in the conflagration. We are, 
however, happy to learn, that the buik of 
his publications is preserved in a detaehed 
warehouse, and that his large and rare 
collection of copper-plates is still entire, 
having been protected in a brick vault 
upon the premises, We trust, therefore, 
that the assiduity and ability which have 
long distinguished this respectable house, 
will be able speedily to repair the loss 
which has been sustained. 
— 27.—Six young men executed at the 
Old Bailey. 
Dec. 5.—A tempest happened which 
did considerable damage to several parts 
of the metropolis, to the shipping in the 
river, and to many large towns in the 
fountty : at Liverpool, several lives were 
ost. 
—. 7.—Mr. Thomas Webb was found 
guilty, at the late Middlesex sessions, of 
libel on the Dukes of York and Glou- 
cester, 
—. 10.—Returns of Burials in London 
last year; males, 9,485; females, 9,382. 
Christenings; males, 11,968; females, 
11,405. 
—. 12.—Notes, to the amount of be- 
tween 7 and 8,0001., were stolen out of the- 
Birmingham Balloon coach, in London. 
Same day.—Sessions at the Old Bailey 
ended ; 
