Show NEWS ITEMS I 1 THOSE who may have seen all an crup mount etna can form an adequate idea of this tremendous spectacle the crater is about six sis kilometer kilometers in circumference with four horrible principal mouths which eject enormous stones to a height of not les ins IMS than one kilometre kilo metre the lava is raffi rather er brittle f compared compared wilb wilh with 1 that of previous eruptions but has a certain smell of sulphur and preserves an intense heat it flowed rapidly the first two days during which it advanced from 12 to 15 miles subsequently to this it advanced much slower the lava iava lava iava making its way under that first formed like water under a frozen river A loud cloud of dust hung over its course courso and woe to him who met it with tle tie the wind blowing towards him the eruption is lite to the foot ot mount and threatens the territory of piedmont and Lingua grossa two considerable districts the stream of lava which 1 ph caused serious apprehensions for giarre divided into seven branches and destroyed whatever it encounter edwith incredible voracity the great proprietors have suffered immense losses and the small farmers are the most extreme misery descending a small smail valley the lava formed a hill which covered and joined the tile two mounts arsi before divided by a plain when the lava dividing into three streams occupied an area of one mile it Is till this branch which is invading in the di district strict of mascali mascall on the north ta the breadth of the lava is not greater than eight or less than six kilometres kilo metres on mount iddo the fire has separated into two streams the most considerable of which flows in in a northerly di 9 and is descending upon the village of la vina in a stream about a mile in breadth tile the other branches though less considerable still cause grave apprehensions hen it appeared that after the first eighth days this dreadful scourge was on the point of ceasing but upon the of the which was ceded by a terrible storm lasting two days a great earthquake was felt feit which opened the crater with fresh vigor extract of a letter from florence F feb cb 18 intelligence received from siam yesterday states that owing to the failure re of the rice crop a famine is now existing in that kingdom the siamese government in accordance with treaty provisions has announced that for tor saven seven mont months ils lis fro from m the of january last the export of rice and paddy is forbidden tire THE directory of san francisco says that the total number of buildings in the city in august 1863 was of which 2630 were of brick the number erected from that time to august 1804 1864 was 1050 of which about soo filo are aro brick making an aggregate of of which 1 11 it are of wood and 2930 are brick tile the general character of all buildings has been much improved while many palatial structures have been erected that are superior to any ever before built in th the eState state among the principal new buildings are the cosmopolita cosmopolite Cosmo polita n hotel cost costing ig 1 an addition to which is building that will cost more donohoe Don olloe kelly cos gos bank lot jot included bolands To lands college costing academy of musi music besides these numerous costly public bildings bul dings are now in progress 0 BROTHER IGNATIUS is quietly y spreading his monastic doctrines in england the english order of st benedict lias has now a monastery at norwich and branches of the third order at bristol newcastle and other places |