Star.
London, England, 1805-10-03 00:00:00

771 LATE DREADFUL BARIBZUAKE.

Meffers. Wombwell, Gautier, . nd Co. an highly refpedable mer-
cit.:l.'l4;Am in the City, have favotual:us with the following !Ar-
ticular aCtOlitot of the Earthquake that took place in thc }clog-
ditto cf tiapleA. the 26th of July, and the Eruption of Mouut
efuvius...n the i ath August, as tradmitted to them by Mr.
Fa►etatmy a merchant of veracity, and much refpeCled at Na-

N•FLES, AUGUST 13.
" The following particulars of the dreadful eat th-
quake, on the a6th July, as received by Govern-
ment, down to the 29th July, are the moll accurate
that have yet appeared. I procured a copy to he I
(ant to you this poll for your information, that of
your friends, and correfpondents. Although I ex-
Fri:fled to you by my former letter ray regret that
no eruption of Mount Vefuvius took place, and that,
on the cui:trary, the little columns of fire that *rote
now and then were lets fince the earthquake, and
jtnsv delirable it was that a vent thould be given by
an eruption. to the inflammable matter that teemed to
'silt in the bowels of the earth, I did not cap e& to
)rave this day to announce to you, that my willies
were accomplithed left night. by an abundant erup•
tine of lava from Mount Vefuvios, which though
did not feel any frefh (hock of earthquake fince
z 6, yet now relieves us, in my humble opinion,
Cnorn any further apprehenfion of new Mocks.
" lit the wince of yellerday, till (even o'clock in
tlie evening, Veluvitis was very quiet, emitttng but
little fenoke- ; it then increafed, with dames at inter-
val, ; pall nineo'elock, they became frequent, and I
4)hierved, when they fell, that the mouth of Vefu-
../ius appeared asst as a furnace. I was then on the
'terrace of my country houfe, at St. Jeriv, weft from
Vefuvius, and very near it. Mrs. Falconnet had
jolt left me to fit down to (upper in the dining room
next the Terrace, and wifhed me to come ;—but the
feene before me kept me tome minutes longer
joined he:, and had not fat down a minute when her
Englifh timid called to us that the eruption was be.
ginning. In an intlant we were on the Terrace,
and ohlerved its hiving overflowed on the fame fide,
as year, and /tithed down with fuch rapidity as
to run more than a mile in ten minutes, and in a
very fhort time it reached the valley towards Torre
del Greco. This aream of lava was immenfe, and
extended with amazing rapidity over the country ;
it divided itself in three branches, one of which, be-
yond the Torre del Greco, furrounded the country-
bottle of the Cardinal Archbifhop of Naples. and
before morning reached the fee, and continued run-
ning into it. Tile (!ream of lava is much diminifhed;
bLt when it broke out left night, about ten minutes
after ten o'clock, until twelve, it was a grand and
fplendid light ; and as it ran from north to fouth,
and I was well of it, it reprefented the back fcenery of
Hell at an Opera ; figure to yourfelf an immure
'beet of flames riling at leaft half a mile from the
ground, and crowned by a black cloud which vanifh.
ed by degrees.
" Many very valuable vineyards and farm houfes
have been clelltoyed ; and as the lava rufhed out
with very little noife and great rapidity, I am afraid
fame Labitati,ns on the brow of the hill will have
been furrourded before the people were aware of the
dang:r, or had time to efcape ; but a great part of
the lova rail on that of hit year, 1779, which ren
dens the rnitchiel lets. It furprifes many (!rangers,
how people will cultivate and live on fuch a fpnti
the 1. va conflarly takes that direllion, fouth and
fou.l) call ; but the land is fo very produaive, that',
the tempooinn is not eatily combated.
" All my family were perfeftly compofed dnring
the whole of the eruption, and returned quietly to
he.l ar miinight, as I bad often taught them to with
for it fine the earthquake, as a fecurity from new
Clocks.
" One cannot but regret that fuels a beautiful
country as this, blelled with an admirable. foil, fine
fin:mien, healthy climate, and pure sky, should be
table to filch drawbacks and convulfions of nature.
l'ast in this world we cannot cape& enjoyments with-
out Come alloy, and we mull fubmit to Paw/macs,
who has perhaps decreed in its witdom, that a peo-
ple too touch inclined to vices and immorality, thould
be now arid then recalled to a fenfe of its duties by
fbch uncommon events, which happens when leaft
thought of. lam truly, Sir, youranoll obedient fer-
t ant, (Signed) J. 1.. FALCONNIT."
4, It is now eleven o'clock in the evening, and be-
fore doling thisletter, I looked at the lava; the Ilream
coutiaues, but it is nothing in consparifon to left
night. I heard a few hours ago, that there was an
eruption of /Etna in Sicily, but I could not trace
that report to its faurce. Our loft letters from Sicily
make no mention of it, though much alarmed by an
laterite heat, that ladled five days, and in great ap-
prehenfions."
FritTiCuLARsOF THE DAMAGES CAUSED IT THE
EARTHQyAKE OF FRIDAY, JULY 26, FROM REFOrrs
To THE SECRETARY 01 STATE'S orrice, DOWN TO
THE 29TH JULY.

FamiUcs Total

Towns and Villages Damages. perilhed. dead.
Hernia, dalroycd 339 1306
Calk Petrofo, ditto 131 443
Cantalbpa. ditto 142 363
Santo Mairimo ditto 74 2i7
Trefolone, part datroyed 390 1440
St. Angelo in Grotta, ditto 43 174
Carpinone, ditto 393 379
B.tranella ditto 180 Tao •
Saran, entirely deftroyed Inhabitants loft,
bairatio, become a lake 120 01
St. Angelodi Lombardi, part dellroyed, ■o particulars
Canaelli, a volcano opened ditto.

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