The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-14 00:00:00

CURIOUS DISCOVERY IN TEE SOUTH

ATLANTIC.

The following is the copy of a letter written by
Captain Cabins, of the Caribou, belonging to this
port, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, relating to
a cluster of islands not laid down in the charts,
and which lie in the direct track to Australia, The
attention of the owners and masters of ships ought
to be called to the subject, as many vessels of which
no tidings have been heard may have been wrecked
on them :—" Ship Caribou, Hobson's Bay, March
13, 1858. I sailed frotn Liverpool on the Bth
December, 1857, bound to Port Phillip, in Aus-
tralia. On February 22d, wind westerly, brisk
gale with snow squalls, at 10.33 a.m., in a clea
between the squalls, I fancied I saw land to
the southward ; took in studding-sails, shortened
sail, aud stood towards it. At 1.30 p.m. hove to
abreast the island, in the centre, bearing S.S. W.,
about 12 miles ; lowered a l'fsboat, and sent her to
the land. I afterwards stood in to about nine miles
off shore, and got no ground with 120 fathoms of
line. The island appeared to be iu a S.E. and
N. W. (Erection, about 25 miles, its southern
extreme trending to the S.W. forming a
deep bight on its western side, which was
entirely snow-clad, and gave it the appearance
of a great barrier of ice. The greater part
of the whole island was covered with snow ;
there was a remarkable group of high rock
lying off to the N.E. from the S.E. part of the
island, apparently six or seven miles, and on the
N. W. extreme an iceberg ageound. The island was
cloud-capped, but I think that its greatest eleva-
tion could not be less than 450 feet above the level
of the sea. While hove to, awaiting our boat's re-
turn, I was astonished to see vessels at anchor in a
bay, we having opened it through drifting to the
S.E. One of them got under way and stood to-
wards it ; it proved to be the American schooner
Oxford, of Fairhaven. They put out a boat, and
the master came on board ; he told me they called
it Kurds Island, aud that it was discovered by
them 18 months before. He seemed annoyed that
my Boat had landed, and advised me to go and
leave her behind, saying she would never return ;
but I told him I would never leave her while 1 had
another boat to seek for her. I was very anxious,
for it was then sundown, and darkness comet® on
fast ; but while speaking the lookout at the mast-
head reported the boat in sight. He then became
more communicative, and told me they were
after oil ; that the shores of the island
swarmed with sea elephants ; and that they
had sent to America from the island since the
discovery 25,000 barrels of oil. The island was
bold on the N.E. side, and no hidden dangers ;
and the bay where they lay was a fine bay or na-
tural harbour with good anchorage ; no sunken
dangers, with 12 to 20 fathoms all over, and
sheltered from all winds except a north-easterly,
with a fine river of fresh water at the head of it.
He also told me that there was another island
west of Kurds, distance some 30 miles, and another
E.S.E. 70 miles, both of which he had seen, bty
never landed on. My own officers that were in the
boat confirmed his statement of the sea elephants,
and the island being well watered ; there are pen-
guins and other birds in myriads, and on au island
abaut a mile apart from the main appeared to
be a great mound of guano. While lying to
I went to look at my abstract, and it made me
shudder to think that only twelve months be-
fore I ran past the island at midnight in a heavy
gale of wind, not more than four or five miles
distant, ignorant of its existence. My greatest
wish on sending my boat to the island was to find
out if there were any shipwrecked persons on it
whom I might relieve. I send, enclosed with this,
a sketch of the island, in the execution of which I
was very much a=sisted by one of the passengers.
It was entirely of volcanic origin, my six officers
having found the sur'ace ashes and stones, like the
specimen enclosed. I made the northern extreme
of the island in lat. 53 1 S , long. 73 7 E.—good
chronometers."— Liverpool Daily Post.
STORM IN THE METROPO IS.

a violent storm of wind and rain in
Yesterday afternoon, between 3 andLo4nod'oelno.ck,Wthbeirleewthaes
ouf ttbin
front time the
storm was at its height the wind forced ddesorwnsingom
alorfotysts ofack
of chimneys belonging to the
the Surrey Theatre ; at the same t principal
thedownby force o
e
rain that fell, and the roof, girders, and ceiling were carried
away. 11Lr. a
D lb y the artist, who was in the house, as
well as the few hands employed during the day, rushed
out of the building, but they no sooner got into the road
than they found that the penthouse in front of the pre-
mises belonging to Mr. Allen, a fruiterer, No. 117, in the
road, had been forced down by the rain, lifted by
and carried into the front garden of the M.
Jain where it alighted. A woman and her child who
w
along at the time were fairly lifted by the
wind,ee passing rhem e we i nd,
when they fell were both severely injured. The
Oxford Arms Tavern, belonging to Mr. Wright, in the
rand
Westminster-road, has lately been under repair, and some
men were yesterday engaged painting the front just as the
storm set in, and such was the force of the wind that it
blow down the temporary stage on which the men had been
pa:1161)g a minute before. Two other men, who were
employed at the same description of work, wero blown
down, but not injured. In the London-road, Southwark,
a Mr. Warrier, a fancy bird importer, had suspended out-
side his premises a great number of cages containing birds.
Such was the force of the wind that the cages were driven
otf their hooks, and being very light were carried higher
than the housetops, striking in their progress and demo-
lishing window-glass in one or two of the houses near. In
the Borough-road and the contiguous streets considerable
damage was done. At 35, Union-street tho wind blew a
row of windows from one side of the shop through another
into Little Surrey-street. A large tarpawling placed over
the buildings in a wood-said in King-street was blown
into the air. Along the Thames, near Westminster-bridge,
as far as Bermondsey, the numerous vessels riding at
anchor or passing along sustained considerable injury by
coming into collision with each other.

A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock
* A FEW WORDS TO COUD,TT ELEOfORS One of to-day at the official residence of the Earl of
I,
Themselves." indon :J. R. Lovegrs)ve, Motcombe-
street, 1858. Darby.

~sA'I'EST NEWS.

INDIA.

The following telegram from Mr. Acting-Consul
Green, was received at the Foreign-office, May 14,
4.30 a.m. :

ALEXANDRIA, MAY 9.
The sfeamer Omawa arrived at Suez, from
Bombay this morning. The following in'elligence
hai been telegraphed from Suez, forwarded to
Malta by her Majesty's ship Wanderer : Sir C.
Campbell had an interview with the Governor-
General at Allahabad on the 12th April, and was
about to proceed, on the 12th April, from Luck-
now to Rohilcund, which is said to be entirely in the
hands of the enemy. The bulk of the Oude army
continues at Lucknow. Lugard's column, which
left on the 28th March, expected to relieve Azim-
ghur about the 20th April. The Nepaulese troops
i.ad returned within their own frontier to protect
it. Bareilly and Calpee are still in the hands of
the rebels, who are also in force along the river,
near Futtebpore and near Benares. The Knas
rebels are moving about the country, but have lost
their guns.

General Roberts's army* has orders not to break
at Kotah immediately, as was first proposed.
Sir H. Rose has been unable to advance on `"al
pee, where he was expected by the 10th. Up to
he 19th, he continued atJhansi,where large bodies
of the enemy were understood to be marching from
the eastward, with the view of getting into his
rear. A flying force under Major Evans was
scouring the Cor rebels and refugees in Kiudress.
General Whitelock's force remains guarding
Saugor.

The Punjaub and Scind continue quiet, and
rder was being restored in the northern Mabratta
country.

Lord Canning was about to leave Ailahabad for
Calcutta. The hot weather was setting in every-
where, accompanied by the usual squalls and storms.

G. GREEN.

This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria,
by her Majesty's ship Wanderer, on May 13th, at
1.45 p.m.

LYONS, Admiral.
* Qy. force.

MALTA, MAY 16, 5 P.M.
The Wanderer has arrived from Alexandria with
the following telegram, in advance of the Bombay
:

ALEXANDRIA, May 9.
The Ajdaha, with the Bombay mails of April 24,
reached Suez this morning.
Sir Colin Campbell had an interview with the
Governor-General, at Allahabad, on the 12th of
April, and on the 20th was to start from Lucknow
for Rohilcund, accompanying a column under
General Walpole.

Bareilly and Calpee were still in the bands of the
onetny, and as yet no attack had been made upon
either of those places.

The rebels are said to be in force along the river,
near Futtehpore, and near Benares.

Up to the 18th of April Sir Hugh Rose was still
it Jhansi. Large bodies of the enemy are said to
10 advancing from the East, with the view of getting
his rear.

General Roberts's force was preparing to go into
quarters at Nusseerabad and Neemuch. He writeo
t hat he will encounter detachments of rebels in that
district.

The Kotah garrison, 5,000 strong, were at large,
but without artillery.

General Whitlock remains at Saugor.
The Nepaulese are reported to be falling back
upon their own frontier, to protect it, against the
rebels.

Lord Canning was about to leave Allahabad for
Calcutta.

General Lowe having started for England, Sir
James Outram takes his place at the Council
Board.

Trade at Bombay had been less active during the
previous fortnight. The money market was tight.
Freights unchanged. The banks had raised their
discounts 1 per cent.

Four per Cents., 18 dis. ; Five per Ceuts., 8 dir.

TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.
VIENNA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
There has been a battle at Grahovo between the
Turks on the one side and the Montenegrins and
the Herzegovine rayahs on the other. The latter
had 50 men killed and 70 wounded. The loss of
the Turks is not known.
Grahovo was burnt by its inhabitant?.