The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-26 00:00:00

run us through than go to sea again in so leaky a vessel.
The captain of the Lotus ordered the carpenter to inspect
her, and he declared her not sea-worthy; he then sunk
ber, set the gig adrift, and we on board a good ship. The
sailors were very kind to us—the carpenter gave me his
bed and some clothes, as all I had on at the time the fire
happened were a cap, shirt, trousers, and shoes. I saved
my watch, and this is all the property I am possessed of.
The Lotus has landed us at St. Domingo, to the care of
the British Consul, who, I am happy to sa), is a good
man ; he ordered us plenty of meat, and a pint of wine
after dinner--God knows we had much need of it. The
Consul has chartered the brig Adelaide, of Dundee, to
take us forward to Hobart Town, at Government expense.
There is now a subscription on foot to be paid to us on
our arrival at Van Di men's Land, by the Governor.
There is also a subscription set on foot by the English
merchants. The Methodists have also behaved handsomely
to us.

" I have heard, since writing the above, that the fire
in the Hibernia arose from the second mate being intoxi-
cated, and that he was a very unfit person to hold such a
situation ; but it is no use cotnplaining.—Yours,
" J. EASBY."

We understand that one or two families connected with
this county were on board the Hibernia ; but we refrain
from mentioning any names until more certain intelligence
has been obtained.— Carlisle Journal.

EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE.—A fa-
shionable tailor sent in to a fashionable creditor his bill,
pretty considerably overdue, with the following polite
note :—" Sir, your bill having been ' standing' a very
long time, beg to have it settled forthwith. Your obe-
dient humble servant." To which the Snip received the
following reply :—" Sir, when your bill is tired of
standing' it is welcome to sit down.' Your obedient
humble servant."

HERRING FISHING.--The inhabitants of
our Western Highland isles, and those situated on the
banks of the various lochs, frequented by the salmon and
the herring, are in high spirits at the abundant take of
the finny tribe this season. Thousands of people are at
present engaged in taking and curing, and bringing to
market, great quantities of both herrings and salmon. In
one of the Western Isles, where a species of stake net is
used by the laird only (his tenants being confined to the
drag net), the take was so abundant that the chieftain
thought he had caught all the salmon, and felt keenly for
his tenants, exclaiming, " How would they be able to pay
their rents when there were no salmon to catch." He
very generously ordered his nets to be cut, and the finny
prisoners to be liberated, so that his tenants might have
fish to catch, and be thereby enabled to pay their rents.
The het-zings are extremely abund nt every whore, and
are of the finest quality ; and are very cheap on the fish-
ing ground. Several of our citizens have embarked n
the herring fishing and curing speculation this season, and
we have no hesitation in saying, that it will prove very
lucrative to them. Fresh herrings in our market, and
even in that of Greenock are, notwithstanding the price
being low at the fishing stations, still keeping high.—
Edinburgh Evening Courant.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 12th
instant, JANE CARTMELL, of Sandgate, Penrith, aged 13
years, in company with several other girls and boys, went
to Whinfell Park, a distance of five miles, to gather blea
berries, and during the day she strolled from her compa.
nions, and penetrated so far into the planting, that she was
unable to find her way back. The rest of the children
returned home, and related the circumstance, when her
distressed parents, with 14 neighbours who volunteered
their services, about ten o'clock at night set out for Whin-
fell Park, containing about 1,000 acres of planting, in
search of the girl ; and they searched, and traversed the
park all night, without finding her. however, some of
the people went to the neighbouring farm houses, and pro-
cured lanterns, renewed the search, holding the lanterns
up on poles, calling her name through the park, and about
five o'clock in the following morning they beard her cry.
out, " I'm here." They proceeded in the direction of the
voice, and found her entangled in a tree, on the side of a
precipice, down which she had fallen. As soon as they
had extricated her from her perilous situation, she fainted
from fatigue and cold, it having rained very heavily all
the night. The party, during their fird search, had several
times been near the place where she was found, but from
weariness with crying, and exertion in endeavouring to
release herself, she bad fallen asleep, and not heard them.
We are glad to state that she is now doing well. This
circumstance ought to be a caution and warning to parents,
about Penrith, tea to encourage or allow their children to
stroll into the moods and plantings in the neighbourhood..
—Carlisle Journal.

PROvIDE7NTIAL ESCAPE.--We have this
week to record one of the mast remarkable instances of
escape from death which ever fell under our notice. Os
Sunday afters' Son, as the Countess of Lonsdale steam-
boat, of this port, was coming down the Mersey, she was
hailed by a mien vessel lying in the river. As the wind
was blowing iiesh at the time, the people on board the
steam-boat wure unable to learn exactly what was said,
but Captain IlArtsiraLr. was merely able to gather that an
accident of st ime kind had occurred in the neighbourhood.
Accordingly a good look out was kept, and presently
something rues seen among the waves, which was at first
mistaken for the bead of a mast. The steam-boat was
promptly put about, and on nearing the object, it proved
to be the huad of a man, who was evidently so nearly ex-
hausted, that it was not considered prudent to lose time in
launching a boat to his relief. Cork fenders, and other
articles of the kind, were thrown out to him, but he was
unable to lay hold of them, and was with great difficulty
extricated by a rope thrown over the side of the steamer.
When got; on board, every humane attention was shown
him, and he recovered so far in the course of an hour,
during which the Countess lay to, that being supplied
with clothing, he was sent ashore in a boat, which had
come oft;' with a relative to his assistance. Of course there
was little time for any lengthened explanation, but we un-
derstand that the person rescued in this extraordinary
manner was a Mr. BATESON, a spirit-merchant, in Liver-
pool. He had been bathing somewhere near the Rock
Perch, and had been swept out to sea by the ebb tide,
which was setting out very strong. After long and stre-
nuous efforts to recover the shore, and finding himself fast
drifting out to sea, giving himself up for lost, he spied,
when heaved on. the top of a wave, the Countess of Lons-
dale leaving St., George's Pier. The faint hope of being
picked up by bur reinvigorated his exertions, and be ma-
naged to keep afloat until rescued as above detailed. At
that time be must have been upwards of two hours in the
water, for Captain MaasnALL states, that in consequence
of a very strong head-wind and heavy sea, the Countess
was an hour and forty minutes in passing from the pier to
the part of the channel where he was floating. Altogether,
the escape was as extraordinary a one as ever we heard of,
both when we consider the difficulty of swimming under
such circumstances, and the slender chance of being dis-
covered by the steamer in the, wide and stormy channel;
indeed it is evident that if be had not drifted near the
vessel lying at anchor (which, we suppose from the want
of a boat, was unable to assist him) he must have perished.
Whitehatlen Herald.

PHANTOM SHIPS.--The following remark
able story is related in Captain OWEN'S Narrative, re-
cently publi+hed Foe many years (says Captain
°wax) the Flying Dutchman has been a popular super-
stition and source of terror to mariners. Few have often
passed the Cape but can tell their tale of wbat they saw,
or what others have told them of this mischievous phant,,m
ship. Old seamen still while away the tedious night
watch in repeating to their young and marvel-loving com-
rades, stories of this water-sprite; and many a stout heart
has quailed, as with anxious ears they have listened to the
freaks of this airy terror. The following circumstance
happened to us during this voyage, which called forth
many an almost forgotten record of the ' Flying Dutch-
man.' In the evening of the 6th of April, when off Port
Danger, the Barracouta was seen about two miles to lee.
ward; struck with the singularity of her being so soon
after us, we at first concluded that it could not be she ;
but the peculiarity of her rigging and other circumstances,
convinced us that we were not mistaken ; nay, so dis•
tinctly was she seen, that many well-known faces could
be observed on deck, looking towards our ship. After
keeping thus for some time, we became surprised that she
made no effort to join us, but, on the contrary, stood away.
But bring so near the port to which we were both des-
tined, Captain OWEN did not attach much importance to
this proceeding, and we accordingly continued our course.
At sunset it was observed that she hove to, and sent a
boat away, apparently for the purpose of picking up a man
overboard. During the night we could not perceive any
light or other indication of her locality. The next morn-
ing we anchored in Simon's Bay, where, for a whole week,
we were in anxious expectation of her arrival; but it
afterwards appeared that at this very period the Barra-
couta must have been above 300 miles from us, and no
other vessel of the same class was ever seen about the
Cape. This is not told in order to authenticate the stories
of fear or fancy, or to add to the visionary terrors of su-
perstition ; but it is recorded as a strange and at present
unaccountable fact, doubtless attributable to natural and
il simple causes. Time or accident may solve
but until then, the imagination of those who delight
tphritlibn probably ;
in accountable things will picture the p'nintom ship as an
apparition of dreadful and supernatural mystery."