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and windows shaking and rattling incessantly, and the bells ringing. At this awful mo- ment the sky, from a bright full moon and star-light, became obscured; the moon seem- ed eclipsed, and was soon lost in obscurity.-- The murmur of the prayers and lamentations of a numerous population, forming various processions, and parading the streets, added to the horrors of the scene. On the following day a new mouth was opened on the opposite side of the mountain, facing the town of Ottaiano: from this aper- ture a considerable stream of lava issued, and ran with great velocity through a wood, which it burnt: but stopped, after having run about three miles in a few hours, before it reached the vineyards and cultivated lands. The lava. which had flowed from several new mouths on the south side of the mountain, reached the sea, into which it ran after having over- whelmed, burnt, and destroyed the greater part of the Torre del Greco, through the centre of which it took its course. This town contained about 18,000 inhabitants, all of whom escaped, with the exception of about fifteen, who, through age or infirmity, were overwhelmed in their houses by the lava.-- Its rapid progress was such, that the goods and effects were entirely abandoned. It was ascertained some time after, that a                  considerable part of the crater had fallen in