Stdxey, this day. The steamer Battenburn, from China, brings news of a terrible earthquake which is supposed to have occurred ab Sangmen an island in the Celebes Sea. A- Dutch mail steamer left. Sangmer for Timor in the Malay Archipelago, and tho captain reported that shortly after leaving a terrible explosion occurred. The sky was darkened With aahes and smoke, and the vessel wa3 covered wit*l ashes.' . . . . ... When the atmosphere cleared there was no trace of the island visible. The population is estimated at twelve thousand. Several sailing vessels were at' Sangmer at the time, and it is almpatcertain that they . were destroyed. The shock was felt at Timor. The Battenburn while steaming through the Celebes Sea passed for miles through debris and wreckage of all kinds. [Sansmer, or Sangnir, is described as a small island in ■ the East Indian Archi polego, in the Celebes Sea, situated in iat. 3.28 north and long. 125.44 east, about 30 miles long by 10 miles wide. The smoking volcano of Aboo is in tho more mountain ous part of the island in the north. There is said to be a harbour on the east side formed by some adjoining small isles, of which there are several round the island. The west side is indented by several small bays, with soundings of from 40 to 60 fathoms about one and txvo miles offshore. Poultry, fruit, and vegetahles were to be obtained here from the natives in abundance. The population has been estimated at about twelve thousand people of the Malay race. Sanguir is surrounded, according to geographical descriptions, by about "46 small islands, called the Sanguir Islands, some of them inhabited. The Celebes Sea is bounded by tho islands of Borneo and Celebes on the south, and the Phillipine Islands on the north. It is just north of the equator, and is fro quautly visited by severe earthquakes. This one now reported is, however, pro bably the most terrible yet experienced there. The Celebes Sea lies north-east of the Straits of Sunda, whore tho great volcanic disaster of several .years ago took place.]

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