The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-08 00:00:00

The Earthquake in the Archipelago.

A correspondent of the Levant Herald, writing
from Mitylene on the 20th of March, says
" I cannot yet give you the final details of the
havoc caused by the calamity which has befallen us,
as shocks still continue, and it has been impossible
to prepare up to the present moment any reliable
official return ; even the ruins have not yet been
completely explored. So far in the town of Mitylene
itself 150 bodies have been dug out and interred,
and to judge from the fetid smell which prevails,
especially near the bazaar, there are perhaps still
many victims lying under the mass of fallen rubbish.
The number who have perished throughout the
island is estimated at about 1,300, the entire popu-
tion being 80,000, of whom.lo,ooo only are Mussul-
mans. No further assistance has come to hand since
that I last reported, but the tents, stores, &c.,
which had already been sent are being distributed
every day to those who are in most pressing need
of them. Marco Pasha and the staff of medical
men under his orders have been most assiduous
since they were sent here by the Sultan in their
charitable work. They have paid every attention to
the sick and wounded. The other day Marco Pasha
went in person to Moliva and Calonni, and at the
latter place, which has suffered severely, he has
opened a couple of places of refuge for the homeless
and two temporary hospitals."
Another letter in the same journal dated from
Cephalonia, March 15, gives the following details;—
" The island continues to feel indications of vol-
canic action. Forty days have elapsed since the
calamity which has inflicted so much injury first
burst upon us, and the shocks have not yet ceased,
although they have become much weaker. People
are looking forward anxiously to the opening up of
a crater on one of the mountains, which will, in
all
probability, take place, and thus give vent to the
eruption and put an end to the shocks of earthquake.
At Argostoli there are not 20 houses left standing,
and the distress there is at its height. The fields are
left untilled, for their owners have no means to pay
for labour, and many have emigrated. Trade
is completely paralysed, and, with the exception of
carpenters and masons, the workmen in the towns
have nothing whatever to do. Rents have risen to
enormous prices, 20 talaris a month being offered for
a miserable little place of two or three rooms. Pe -
cuniary assistance has been sent here from various
quarters, but the sums remitted so far will cover but
a small portion of the total loss, which is estimated
at about 3,000,000 talaris, or some £600,000, in ad-
dition to the loss of 300 lives and the number of
wounded. The King, who spent four or five days
here, went in person to all the places that have suf-
fered, and after he left sent a cargo of provisions
and of wood for building purposes. The two Eng-
lish ironelads which came here from Malta brought
quantity of biscuit and of general provisions ; their
surgeons showed the greatest attention to the
wounded, and our Consul, Baron d'Everton, kindly
put a considerable sum of money at the disposal of
those who were in most pressing need.
The official returns of the victims of the late
disaster show 231 killed and 156 wounded.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.
Marvellous was the assemblage at Putney, Barnes, and
Mortlake, on Saturday ; those whose life is a continual
holiday, and thosa who enjoy the boon of a Saturday half-
holiday, were mingled together to the number of thou-
sands. Not only was the bank thickly peopled, but the
London and other rowing clubs mustered in great force,
the one named manning two twelves, besides a number of
other boats, so that the flotilla was considerable. There
was no practice in the morning, the tide being unfavour-
able. At three o'clock in the afternoon the Oxonians
launched their boat and paddled down to the Putney
Aqueduct, from a yard or two above which they started up
with a very fine flood tide. They commenced their work
at 32 strokes per minute, with all
their enormouLondon s power
ow-
thrown into it ; rowed 34 when opposite the R
ing Club boat house, and 36 at the point, their pace being
so great that they reached it in 3} minutes. Here they
thickened their number of strokes till they stopped at
Barnes Bridge, which was reached at a little above 19
minutes. They then paddled up to Wilcox's and down to
Hammersmith Bridge, after a slight rest. They then
started off again and came down the reach to the aqueduct
at 36 strokes per minute, which were again thickened at
the end. The Cantabs paddled up at just before high water
at Mortlake, and then came down to Hammersmith Bridge
smartly, where, after a short pause, they had a very dash-
ing pull to their boat house at 36 strokes per minute. They
kept good time, and their stroke was long, but there was
some amount of unevenness in style amongst the rowers.
The competitors have, as usual, been invited to dine with
the Thames Subscription Club after the race.