, 1863-11-13

ConvuIston Of Nature Near Malta
England takes Possession Of tho now
Fire Island. ~ @~~'
lFiem the Lo1don Times.1


IF1em the LoIdou Timcs.1
MALTA, July so, 1868.
There has been very extraordinary CON
vulsion Ct nature not Tery fur trom here, /
canrot cay not hundred mi1es frnm Mai,
to-" as that is about The distance r..
twee.: the Island Of Pautil1aria and the town
Of Sciacca, On the coast of Sicily, a sub MS
rine volcano has lately broken out about
twenty FIVE miles from the shore. There is a
report here that 4 volcano existed there in this
sear 1f01, and on ~ old chart I haye seen
GERS Breakers" precisely on the spot where
The volcano now H.; 1t was first seen
by smoke rising from the sea. aoont
the 18th Of: this month which gradually in
creased In volume for several days, till fire
was seen, and eventually a sort Of small
leland was thrown up above tbs su.face
aaont eighty or ninety yards long, and tnea-
centre Of which il the crater, which IL contin-
ua1)y throwing up steam and smoke, and dur
frg the erppt1ons, which occur on an aver.
oge every honr and hall, large stones and
en- c,ndsfs sxe throE1, W as am cfedib!y told, to
a1d see It, but as Jet have had no op2o1tn-
otier day, 1aH Of landable Curiosity. a IN ~ =
hired schooner, but unfortunately had dead
foul wind, and, at the erd Of five days, fouud
--eSAtso ui1465 4oitt LnAea Eom Mast1.
With nothing to est, having consumed all that
they had 1a!d in, and consequently came back
- wise az they went. It is aiHgnlar enough
That about the same time the vo1c2uo frat
showed Itself here, strong earthquake took
place IN the Island Of Samos, whlvh divided
a hill TITO two parts, leaving valley With
Rseid fSeam o. 9fn W1ter flowing through #. The
fer Marseillee II company, with the Britauia,
brought word that when they wera passing
over, IS near as they could guess. the spoE
where the yolcano is, both felt \ violent
shock, as If they had struck a rock E.na.
they cay, has been remarkably quiet lately, so
The Last report heard Was that the whole
tlirg had sunk again into the sea, but that
can scarcely be1leTe.
TIE ENGLISH FLAG PLANTED OK TIE Bcas1SG
ISLAND.
MALTA, August, u, 1861
~ must now give you some fur
ther account Of the new volcano. We Yere
eeFeral days at sea, despairinE Of seeing 1t ut |
al, as owing to foul Hfnds, aud adverse eur
Ie1ts, We Wera kept from Thursday till Fri. |
cay night hanging about the coast Of Sicily.
Thcn Was, however, partly made up to Us BY |
ticnlar1y one afternoon when va wers close
INTO me land, opposite Gisgenti (the site Of |
arcient Agr}gentum,) which stands on lieh
ridge, ana is sarmounted by ruins Of several
temples, which We could distinguish with
ylaeses from the thip.
At lat, about two o'clock On Friday, the
lfhi The volcano was seen, like 1 low black
lpe, higher at each end than in the middle. /
with colnmn Of white emoke rising from
he southeast end Of it. The wind died away
u tie afternoon, and We did not get yerT
aear that night; bnt next morning q fair
9retze sp!ang up aud We ran. nlttin mile
20 2 half and lowered two boats, from each
hip. which made a. strong party. We had
,eIcetyed for several hours. TINT a nag v,s
lj1Ig on the northwest or highest point Of
GG leland, and on coming nearsr eaT It was
Union Jack. We lsnded nearly all At tho
'a@e time, on the north side, In small by,
Fh1eh has sanee been diguifled with the a.
,e1latio9 of Hothasn Bay. The BEACH, which
ppeared 70 be mixture Of ashes and saui
edueed to powder, was IS hard as The frm.
ct eand; but very fen yards from the natsr
ice the mrf4ce was extremely rough, com
'osed Of loose ctnders Of ali sizes
leaped lightly together. 50 that 1t
very step We sank over shoa1
to the touch. Our first object Of