The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

RECENT

D)SCOVERIES IN
AUSTRALIA.

In our last we reported the return of his Excellency
the Lieutenant-Governer and suite from a voyage to
the head of Spencer's Gulf. We are now enabled to
give some particulars of an examination of the
various harbours in that gulf which have hitherto
been only partially known to the public, and the
discovery, if we may so call it, of a new harbour
situated close to Mount Remarkable, in which the
largest ships can load and discharge in perfect secu-
rity. After a careful examination of Port Germain
in lat. 33 3, it was ascertained that that harbour is
not only very difficult of access but is not available
for shipping drawing more than 12 feet water. Port
Ferguson, als.o, did not appear to be available for large
ships; but it was found that that portion of the gulf
immediately north of Point Lov.lv, lat. 32, long. 57,
extending to the latitude of Mount Remarkable,
62 43, contains a fine harbour with a depth of
from four to seven fathoms. It is sheltered on the
south by a sand batik, which runs from the point (not
named) opposite Point Loy, ly, and close to the latter
point there is a
kpr•antn-1 of seven fathoms leading into
the harbour, to which therefore there is an easy ac-
cess. On the west site of the Gulf, near Point Lowly,
the depth of this harbour is seven fathoms, and it
shoals gradually towards a sandy beach on the eastern
side, distant fifteen mil," from Mount Remarkable.
At one mile and a half from the shore, there
is an excellent well-protected anchorage in
four fathoms water. The land close by the Gulf at
this part was traversed b Mr. Eyre in 1839. From
his report we should consider it a country favourable
for land carriage. On the Mount Remarkable range
the prevailing rock is a very- hard white sandstone;
on tne west coast a coarse red sandstone prevails.
a'he Governor was of opini.m, from the nature of the
country, that the range of mountains, as fir as Mount
Arden, abounds in minerals.— From the South Austra.:
Tian, Dec. 8.

AMUSING CASE FOR GENTLEMEN OF THE LONG
ROBE.—It IS rumoured that a gentleman of this town is
about to bring an action tor bleach of promise of mar-
riage, against a lady recently married, and who, up to
the time of her marriage, was residing • with a clergy-
man, well known in Liver/mi. It is said, that the si e •
seats which he has made to her, from time to_t_ !
, are very
and
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NT —We understand
LORD LIEUTENANT.-«r' .
byTtlii:E. deNnoeuvv.enide
that the Earl of Cl•irendrm is to art ive at Du! Castlu
on Wednesday next. On that (lOV a Council will be
held, at which the Noble Earl will kie sworn in as Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland. Ther., I. dare some ausur. rumours
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undeservingdepartments
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tinues in the office of Chia' SueNtarbl.—"Lutblisntaist'ev'engofaotf.
Post.

WICK, MAY 13.—We have this week been re-
minded of the a,preac-11 of the herring campaign.
Upwards of 150 barrcls of herrings have arrived from
Stornoway, the produce of the few reviOus days, and
more are looked for. These are being shipped off to the
continent with all dispatch. Various opinions are ex-
pressed as to their quality. Stettin accounts of recent
date are most unfavourable. Irish markets are not near
so bad as that of Stettin, althmgh they are certainly
very kw.—Ross•shire Advert:er. _

Ox-
bourn, of Hucknall Torkard. hosier, some time. ago
CONTIJMACIOUSPIIOCEEDIGS.-Mr. William
made an effigy, and placed it in his garden to frighten
birds. A few days since, one of the family
the garden, and, on exan2,imig the :curecrow, found in
went into
one of the pockets a birds nest, ready for the reception
of eggs !
FEARFUL ACCIDENT IN TUE GRAYS INN-ROAD.-
Fridaybborey years of age was knocked
doves and.'}r°uunthrovoefr "bvyelvheorses attached to a carriage-
break, by a person named Richards. The poor-
stiering from a compound fracture of the skull,
was immediately conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital,
in the Gray's Inn r.,ad, where the operation of trephin-
ing was immediately and successfully performed, and the
youth is now doing exceedingly well.

_
AWFUL EFFECTS OF A THUN-

DEKBOLT,

A t 'h., ••• y, -s n aril y expect to
hear f.f tt.under, mach less r f any •r•ii.a damage tram
its • if-1[1.4, vet it ca. pa:4l 1.15 &mi.. flying v,its t r the
last At+ .fr tw , a,,d .in was aft, nde:l with th,
trghr ut r. lz-. t fi. Fr d,y if ernoon, Mr. and
Mr,. 11.1m`.1 f, Q;a.r• -,...ttage, Idle, were with Mr.
Ryland. ti t!. I. their dining ro,m, and
w " •u,- 4,, p li,S-111t" t if•r that had

r •; rt. 'll ail iiist air, a

eras • ,eee r ' 'oe ' 'l-- •e 4 of the house,
and sin •k- end fled, ;i •'-- land itn-
medisteiy opt•nori the ti r ••poe-ee e tire piece round
iehe.h they had be.e eeetef, and, f 'oy Mr. and
Mrs Hunatil.. e.l, threugh itiecessive doors, the
hall entrap P, the ether side of the house. Hardly
knowine how er volatile y had escaped, they hurried to
the kitchen, which thee found envelop- d in sulphurous
vapour, and strewed with rl,i, but the servants, like
themselvee. most miraculously saved. On returning to
the dining-room. their own escape seemed perfectly in-
credible. They had been seared about the middle of the
room's length; the lightning had penetrated at a lofty
corner cupboard at cue end; and, in ire passage to the
window opposite. had carried its upper door over them,
and deposited it on the fluor between them and the
window; the lower door was thrown against the fire-
place, chairs near the cut board were thrown down, a
piece of solid mahogany torn of f one, and thrown to a
distance; plaster torn frees the cupboard side, and from
the ceilirg adjoining; the window (reachin to the
grourd) was bent outwards both in the upper and lower
sash, and almost every pane blows, far out to the lawn.
The cupboard, whence the electric fluid had thus en-
tered the room. aea:: immediately behind M. Ryland 's
chair; and its passatre was, eimest of necessity, full in
the face of Mr. and Mrs. Htinahle. How they escaped
is a mystery indeed. As they stood at the window look-
ing at the wreck, yet ,till scarce able to breathe from
the stiff eating fumes. a most brilliant and perfect doubl-
rair.bow spanning the lawn, had something in it like the
promise of the first.
In the kitchen, the lightnirg had taken diagonally
down a side-wall; then bursting, out some yard of plaster
just above the floor. seemed te have escaped directly
aceoss to the window, whieh.was entirely smashed. Pre-
cisely in its course was the younger servant, a child of
twelve years old, cleaning the hearth-stone. In the
same direction utensils of in anl copper were thrown
to the window. Behind her, the crockery-frame fell
from the wall; )et she, too, escaped, and that through
the great fail of ruins which must rimultaneously have
taken pl•tce at the garden door, through which she ran.
The elder servant, who had been standing by the
window, escaped by another door into the yard. Toe
escape, both in parlour and kitchen, was the more mar-
velleue, as they are neither of them of great dimensions.