The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-21 00:00:00

SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1816.

But the end of the world has been supposed by manyerninent
men to be by fire—an inter; retation warranted from some ex-
pressions of our Lord himself; in allusion to that element. " 1
am come to scud tire on the earth, and what will I if it be al-
ready kindled." Luke xii, .19.—For St. John It•iptist hail
already announced hint as " buptising with the lily Ghost sod
with fire, and that be shon:d burn ap the cha:f with unguent-li-
ablefire." Mat. iii. 11. 17.—St. Paul adopts the
same allusion in speaking of the future judgement; when, by
the example of a building, he says, " Let every man take heed
how he buildeth thereupon; for other foundation can no man
lay, than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. How if env man
build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood,
hay, stnlible ; every win's work shall be made manifest.. Pair
the day shall declare it, because it shalt he revealed by fire: and
the fire shall try every man's work of whet sort it is. 1 Cor.
Il.—lf any man's work abide, which he bath beat thereupon,
lie shall receive a reward—if any man's work shall he blunt, he
shall sutler loss, hut he himself shall be saved ; yet, sons by feu,"
v. 11.—Tlu, same Apo.tle, in his second eplutle to the Mess.
oh. i. v. 8. uses the setae sentiment in speaking of the second
coming or our 1.ur,l ; when he shall he revealed firm Heaven,
with his mighty angels its Naming fire, taking ven4eanee on
them that knots. not Clad, and that obey not the son of our Lord,
Jesus Christ ; who shall be punished with (vedastits,, destruction
from the presence (lithe Lord, and from the glory of his power;
when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be ad.
mired in all them that believe in that day !"—We trace the same
allusion in the epistle to the Hebrews, c. ii. 6. where lie is
repudiating those who tall away from tie r faith, who crucify
to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an
open *twiner for the earth which drinketh in the rain that
cometh oft noon it, and bringetli forth herbs meet for them by
whom it is dressed, reeeiveth blessing from God; but that
which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto
cursing, whose end is to be burned." Ityllhatore we see that
beat is the governing principle of creation.
St. Peter closes this part of revelation, if the second of' the
Epistles which bear his name may be adopted as genuine,
ch. iii. 7.; where, after mentioning the destruction of the old
world by water, adds, " Hut the heavens and the earth which
are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto
fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly
men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one
day is with the Lord as a thousand years, • I a tbousand years
as one day," Psa. xe.4. The Lord is not '- concerning his
promise, as some men count • suffering t

vermilion al. looking to.
coming of the of God wherein the heavens oe fro
shall be dissolve.i, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat ! nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
" new heavens and a uew earth wherein dwelleth righteous-
ness !"

These are the authorities on which has been founded both
the prevalent opinions, that the end of the world is not vet, for
its signs are not seen, and its salvation not accomplished, for
all its nations mug first become a gospel world ; and that when
the end shall conic it will be by the means of fire; effecting as
well the dissolution of all temporal systems, as also the punish-
ment of past offences, and pnrifying, by its secreting power,
the whole uu-verse, and also the frail heart of man, for that
peace and rest and that new heaven in which it will become
titled to dwell for ever!

The following is a description of a curious phenome-
non which was observed by the Hon. Company's ships
Fairlie and James Sibbald, on their Lite passel,,-e to Cal-
cutta:—

;. On the Ist October our latitude at noon was IS deg. 25
, min. S. longitude 81 deg. 0. min. E. we observed quantities of
stuff floating on the siirface of the water, which hail, to its, the
appearance of seaweed—but were quite astonished to find it
burnt cinders, evidently volcanic. .lhe sea was covered with
it during the two next days: our latitude on the 3il October at
noon was 10 deg. 9 min. S. longitude si deg. 20 min. E ; the
surfaee of the water was so completely covered with the vol.
canic matter, that I should think it very unlikely to have been
drifted any considerable distance, as it is probable it would
have been much inure scattered. In an old chart I had on
board, there is a submarine volcano placed in the same longi-
tude slid latitude about S deg. 30 min. S. and from the great
distance from any land where we found this curious phenome•
nog', I think there can be no other way of accounting fur it,
than the probability of a submarine volcano existing in that
neighbourhood."
An article from Vienna, dated June 529, gives the fol-
lowing particulars of a most dretulful fire :
" Accounts from the circle of Clirisidine _...y. that a area :Ifni
fire which broke out at Hohonansuth, in spite of the most active
exertions to extinguish i., in which the Magistrates greatly dis-
tinguished themselves, has destroyed 20. buildings, among
which were several public establishments, which, with the
finest fruit gardens, were in a f, w hours the prey of the flames.
4 simplest and continued rain ou the following dap. increased
the distress, by undermining a great part of what remained
standing. hundreds of fatuities in this unhappy place, which
experienced a similar visitation in 1711, are now languishing
without a roof to cover then', and deprived of every hope ex-
cept from the humanity and benevolence of their generous
countrymen."
Considerable damage has been done at New Orleans,
in consequence of the rapid inundation of the river; the
whole of the suburbs was covered with water ; sad the
road was only ,hs'boau.
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" vessels have this moment arrived. The mas-
ter of the first relates, that on the arrival of a courier hostilities
were suspended that the Vice-(:maul, who still survived, was
set at liberty, Ant was not permitted to leave the town; that
several masters and seamen, who, dnring the massacre, bad
taken refuge in a magazine, were also set at liberty ; and that
the Vice-Consul had advised them to put to sea with the hosts
which were without crews. The same master, who speaks
Turkish, having asked a Turk the reason of these hostilities,
the latter replied, that the Dey of Algiers bad declared war
against the English, because the Admiral had made a demand
tending to burn the Algerine fleet. God knows whether this
'be true! The master of the last beat, on board of which was
a master barber, an intelligent man, states, that the fortress
had recommenced tiring, without the reasou of that proceeding
being known.
" la this state of uncertainty, I can as yet say nothing posi-
tive, but expect to be able so to do whenl shall have received
better explanations from the other boats. which were on the
point of sailing wills wounded men, and cannot be long in Sr.
riving; for I shall not fail to interrogate the masters as they
al-live, provided I am permitted by the Depiitation, in order
to send you fuller information on a subject of such high interest,
and accounts of which you will doubtless have to transmit to
those entitled to such conunimication.—l ani ke.
" SALVADOKE NIALATO,
Trapani, May 28. English Viceakinsul."

A LOIERS.—It is a remarkable historical fact, that Al-
giers, against which such formidable preparations arc now
nudging in our liaxbours, was the first town that expe-
rienced the dreadful bombardment Ban ships of war.
In the infancy of Louis the Fourteenth's naval power,
the Barbary corsairs infested the Mediterranean, and
drew on them the vengeance of that Monarch. It was
on that occasion that a young man named Bernard Re-
naud, who had never served at sea, and whose genius the
great Colbert had drawn from obscurity, proposed to the
Council the construction of bomb-vessels to act against
Algiers. The proposition was at first ridiculed ;but the King
encouraged the young engineer, and, preparations being
made, he was sent out with the celebrated Du Qucsne, to
superintend the performance of his ow n suggestion . The en-
tereprise completely succeeded; Renaud was honaured fur
his destructive invention; and the A lgerines sent Deputies to
Versailles to solicit pardon and peace. They restored all
their Christian captives, and even paid a large stun of
money to their conquerors.
NEW KIND Or PROXY.---It is stated, that the Dey of
Algiers, who was only acting as Deputy for a mau whom
the people disliked, was struivleti by proxy for Ls waster.

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ne they can trace some re- day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thotli'lid.;e7aTs. ia-171e-c-e.is,l7:ain.ple-dTlijetn—n-nder their feet, and dragged theta
an previous to the deluge ; as one day," Psa. xe.4. The Lord is not slack concerning his along the ground as in triumph.
1 years before the Christian promise, as some men count slackness; bat is long saffering to " Those who happened to be in the country saved themselves
its ward; not willing that any should perish. but that all should by flight. They declare that they saw tie troops pillage the
history; but as Moses has come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come u a house of the English Consul, and the seigesieee containing the
sun or his situation at that thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall • • ewe .. - 111., . ' Kr. F • -
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rir own, by which this mat- best, and
be burnt up. Seeks( than that a shim ".
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led to them in these latter manor o persons on; tyeto be e all holy
solved, what mann f h .
! But it is an extraordi- versation and godliness, looking for and hosting unto the bes filled oar town with . r* 4-•••.,.
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koophers to assume a spirit coming of the day of God wherein the heavens king on fine men, who are believed to he aussaered; as for ths less af abut i
i they, by a short reference shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent seventy thousand ounces.
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heat ! nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for " Three other vessels have this moment arrived. The -
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