Volcanic.—March 8 it was reported that Mount Etna had begun erupting; but a report from Catania, March 24, declared that it was in a state of violent eruption, and a mighty torrent of lava twenty feet high and fifteen hundred feet wide was rolling like a river of molten steel down the side of the mountain. Earthquake shocks are heavy and numerous, and the whole mountain is torn open. Twelve new craters appeared, out of which poured floods of lava. More than fifty heavy earthquake shocks were recorded in the twenty-four hours of March 24. One little peasant village of San Leo is reported partly destroyed, and other towns were in imminent danger. At last reports, it is thought the worst is over.