CHRONICLE. 37 
59th regiment, at Weltervreden, 
Island of Java, 30th May, 1815: 
« A few days since a dreadful vol- 
canic eruption took place in the 
island of Sambaroa, situated to 
the eastward, which has been at- 
tended with most destructive con- 
sequences.- At Sourabaya the 
atmosphere was in entire dark- 
ness for two days, so as to give 
the appearance of midnight. At 
this place, which is at a consi- 
derable distance, the ashes dis- 
charged: from the crater fell in 
heaps. The noise produted from 
this awful visitation is beyond de- 
scription, and caused a sensation 
ameng the inhabitants peculiarly 
afficting. The sea rose six feet 
above its ordinary level, almost 
instantaneously, causing the de- 
struction of many lives, and also 
vessels. In-short, the damage 
sustained has been exceedingly 
great, and many who were in af- 
fluence before this dreadful ca- 
tastrophe took place, are reduced 
to the greatest distress.” 
Another Account.—‘* We have 
had one of the most tremendous 
eruptions of the mountain Tom- 
boro, that ever perhaps took place 
in any part of the -world;: this 
mountain is situated on the island 
of Sumbawa, and is distant’ from 
Batavia not less than 550 miles. 
We heard the explosions here dis- 
tinctly, and had some of the ashes. 
It was totally dark at Macassar 
Jong after the sun was up; and 
at noon, at Sourabaya, the sun 
succeeded in enlightening the 
good folks so far as to allow them 
to see some yards around ; the 
‘ashes lay at Macassar, which is 
250 miles from Sumbawa, 12 
inches deep. Captain Fenn, of 
the Dispatch, and Captain Eat- 
well, of the Benares, who have 
visited the island since the erup- 
tions, both: declare, that the an- 
chorage is much changed, and 
that they found the sea for many 
miles round the island so com- 
pletely covered with trunks of 
trees, pumice-stone, &c. as to im- 
pede materially the progress of the 
two ships. Capt. Eatwell says, he 
was told, that a village was in- 
undated, and had three fathoms 
water over it.. Great numbers of 
the miserable inhabitants have 
perished, and others die daily. 
The crops of paddy (rice) have 
been utterly destroyed overa great 
part of the island, so that the si- 
tuation of the unfortunate sur- 
vivors will be reall¥ pitiable.” 
JUNE. 
1.—This day, at a quarter-past 
12 o’clock, her Majesty, accom- 
panied by the Princesses Augusta 
and Mary, left town, escorted by 
‘a party of the 14th light dragoons, 
for Greenwich, and arrived at 
one o’clock. On the entrance of 
the Royal visitors to the grounds 
of the Royal Naval Asylum for the 
orphans of sailors and marines, 
the children of the establishment 
were drawn out in proper order 
in the court-yard, opposite to the 
house of Captain Dacres, the go- 
vernor, with their new clothes, 
the boys amounting to 648, and 
the girls to upwards of 200. On 
the arrival of the Royal visitors 
at the governor’s house, they 
were received by his Royal High- 
‘ness the Duke of Clarence as Ad- 
miral of the fleet, viscount Mel- 
