The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-21 00:00:00

THE NORTH SCHLESWIG QUESTION.

The North-Eastern Correspondence contains a
letter from Copenhagen, which states that Prince
Gortschakoff, in an interview with the Danish
Envoy at St. Petersburg, expressed in strong
language his dissatisfaction with the con-
duct of the Danish government on the
North Schleswig question. He moreover re-
proached that government with desiring French
intervention, and intimated that, notwithstand
ing the assurances of peace given by France,
the attitude of her government was one of
antagonism to Prussia ; that Russia was re-
solved to do everything she could to pre-
vent now complications ; that she would especially
oppose any interference of France in the Schleswig
affair, and would give the most strenuous support
to Prussia. Prince Gortschakoff concluded by
telling the Danish envoy that Denmark had nothing
to expect from France, and that it was her interest
to come to a direct arrangement with Prussia.

EARTHQUAKES IN THE SANDWICH
ISLANDS.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

Advices received tie San Francisco announce the
outbreak of a serious volcanic eruption on the
island of Hawaii, one of the Sandwich group.
During the twelve daysprecedingthe 12th of April,
which is the date of the advices sent from Hono-
lulu, there hail been, it is said, no leas
than 2,000 shocks of earthquake, followed
by fearful tidal waves, which destroyed whole
villages and caused the death of a hundred
persons. The volcano from which this eruption
took place is the well-known Manna Los, which
has an elevation of 13,758 feet. At Waischina the
earth opened in many places, and a tidal save 60
feet high rose over the tops of the cocoa trees a
quarter of a mile inland, sweeping human beings,
houses, and everything movable before it. A
terrible shock prostrated churches and houses, and
;in addition to the destruction of human life a
thousand horses and cattle were sacrificed.
The first stream of lava broke out from Manna
Loa, some two miles above the residence of Captain
Robert Brown, and flowed directly towards it. It
came down the mountain side in a broad stream,
several feet in depth, and travellei with such
rapidity that the family in the house had barely
time to escape, taking away with them
nothing but their clothes. The path which
they took was perfectly free from lava ; but ten
minutes after they had loft it and reached a point
of safety the entire road was covered with the fiery
stream. The craters vomited tire, nick, and lava,
and a river of red-hot lava, live or six miles long,
flowed to the sea at the rate of 10 miles per hour,
destroying everything before it, and forming an
island in the sea. A new crater two miles wide
opened, and threw rocks and streams of fire a
thousand feet into the air, and from it streams of
lava rolled to the sea. At one time the illumination
was visible at night 50 miles distant. The lava has
pushed out from the shore ono mile. At Weisel' ina,
three miles from the shore, a conical island rose slid-
delay, omitting a column of steam and smoke,
the Bono packet was passing, spattering mud °lithe
vessel. The greatest shock occurred on April 2. a
great shower of ashes and pumice. During the
great shock the swinging motion of the earth a as
dreadful, so violent that no person could stand. In
the midst of this tremendous shock an eruption of
red earth poured down the mountain, rushing scro.e
the plain three miles in three minutes, and then
ceased. Then came the great tidal wave, and then
the streams of lava. The villages on the shore
were all destroyed by this wave. The earth opened
under the sea, and reddened the water. The earth
eruption swallowed 30 persons, and the sea ninny
more. Dreadful suffering and terror prevailed in
the district, and the whole region was affected.
The entire section of country around Mauna Loa
has been desolated. A stream of lava flowed under
i the ground six miles from the sea, and broke out
in fourplaces,eac.h throwing up brilliant jets of fire.