1809.] 
The feliowane pecunne of the recent 
eruption of Mount Etna, in Sicily, is 
transmitted by an eye-witness :—On 
Tuesday, the 27th of March, the inhabi- 
tants of the neighbourhood of the moun- 
tain were frightened by repeated and vio- 
lent shocks of an earthquake ; these were 
soon followed by immense volumes of 
ashes, and other volcanic matter, tlrown 
up from the mouth-of the crater to a 
great height, so as to darken the sky, 
and to fill all the environs’ with ashes, 
Messina not excepted. This dry rain 
lasted five hours and a half. This, 
however, was only a prelude. On the 
28th, towards evening, the fiery matter 
forced its way through two apertures 
-below the crater, and was thrown up to 
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destroyed. 
-perty. destroyed by it must be very great; 
a prodigious height. The flames and 
red-hot.,stones afferded a most sublime 
spectacle. On the 29th, and following 
days, upwards of twenty different aper- 
tures were formed in different parts 
of the mountain, from all which the 
eruptions of fire and stones in all di- 
rections were tremendous. Streams of 
red-hot fva ran down profusely, and in 
their descent destroyed every thing ata 
touch. <A fine chesnut wood, several ex- 
tensiye olive plantations and vineyards, 
became instantly a prey to the liquid ele- 
ment. Upwards of twelve square miles 
are inundated by the fiery torrent. Of 
the many apertures, two in particular 
continued vomiting fire and lava for se- 
veral days, and caused the greatest da- 
mage. No lives have been lost, although 
the village of Lingua Glossa was nearly 
Astream of lava approached 
it within two miles, and would have 
reached it in its descent, had it not 
stopped of its ownaccord. At first-the 
lava travelled at the rate of one yard per 
minute: about a week ago its velocity 
was reduced to one or two feet per hour, 
Tt is about six miles down the mountain; 
some of its channels are half a mile in 
breadth, and 60 to 80 feet deep. Several 
new mountains have been formed on the 
base of the old one. .We are not with- 
out fear that this was not the last act of 
the tremendous conflagration. No exact 
estimate has yet been formed of the da- 
mage occasioned by the eruption ; but 
the extent and value of the landed pro- 
and a number of families, who solely 
subsisted on the produce of their fields, 
have been reduced to a gclate of absolute 
beggary. 
DENMARK, ; 
The Society of Rural Economy at 
Copenhagen have distributed anes 
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eae and Philosophical Intelhgence." 
~M. Rafi’s 
61. 
the Danish peasantry 5000 copies of 
useful pamphlet, entitled, 
Instructions for the Cultivation of Flax. 
It has been also translated into German, 
for distribution in Sleswick and Holstein. 
The above-mentioned society has come 
menced the publication of its proceeds 
ings. The first part of the first volume 
contains— A. Journal of an Agricultural 
Your in England, by Meinhold ; an 
Essay on the Management of ‘Trees, by 
Mouriex; the Mode of making Goosé- 
berry Wine, by Taxtorph; and a Repors 
of the Proceedings of the Society, 
SWEDEN. 
-M.Lrone has discovered a new species 
of mouse, which he has named sorer 
caniculatus. it is the smallest animal 
known of the mammalia class. 
From an analysis of the kaneelstein, 
which has always been considered as a 
species of jacinth, Professor Lampadius 
has ascertained the accuracy of that 
opinion. Its color is orange, approache. 
ing. that of cinnamon, whence Werner 
gave it its name, M.-Lampadius obs 
tained from it— 
Silexga ar Keim, 42,6 
Aircon - « = = 28, 8. 
Alumina - = - 8,6 
Potash- - - - 6,0 
Pame, =) - = =o 3's. 
Oxide of iron. - 3, 0 
Loss by calcination 2, 6 
loss - - = - 4,4 
1000) 
SWITZERLAND. 
M. Haas, printer, at Basle, has di. 
rected his attentions to improvements in 
the principle of stereotype, by simplifying 
the plates. He has so far succeeded as to 
have copied a series of medals in this 
Ways 
RUSSIA. 
Intelligence has been received at 
Petersburgh,'overland from Kamtschatka, 
of the ship Newa, velonging to the Ame- 
rican company, After a voyage of eleven 
months, she arrived safe at the place of 
her destination, Hodjae, the capital of 
the colony, whither she proceeded by the 
Cape of Good Hope, and New Holland. 
CounseLtor Kaurrr, of Moscow, 
is buisily employed in cleaning the old 
coins, which he is continually receiving 
from the Crimea. He is publishing a 
collection of more than 600 of kings and 
cities, all belonging to Grecian colonies, 
or kingdoms that extended along the 
northern or western coasts uf the Black 
Sea. — 
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