The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-05 00:00:00

THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.

The following is an extract from tho Board of
Trade Meteorological Journal kept by Capt. Har-
rington, of the ship Castilian, from Bombay for
Liverpool :
" Ship Castilian, Dec. 12, 1857, north-east end
of St. Etelena, bearing north-west, dis-
tance 10 miles. _

" At 6.30 p.m., strong breezes and cloudy, ship
sailing about 12 miles per hour. While myself and
officers were standing on the lee side of the poop,
looking towards the island, we were startled by the
sight of a huge marine aroimal which reared its head
out of the water within 20 yards of the ship, when
it suddenly disappeared for about half a minute
and then made its appearance in the same manner
again, showing us distinctly its neck and head about
10 or twelve feet out of water. Its head was
shaped like a long nun buoy, and I suppose the
diameter to have been 7 or 8 feet in the largest pairt,
wit.i a kind, of scroll, or tuft of lu,sJ ' 'encir-
cling it about two feet from the top ; the water was
discoloured for several hundred feet from its bead,
so much so that on its first appearance my impres-
sion was that the ship was in broken water, pro-
duced, as I supposed, by some volcanic agency
since the last time I passed the island, but the
second appearance completely dispelled those fears,
and assured us that it was a monster of extraor-
dinary length, which appeared to ire moving slowly
towards the land. The ship was going too fast to
enable us to reach the mast-head in time to form a
correct estimate of its extreme length, but from
what we saw from the deck we conclude that it
must have been over 200 feet long. The boatswain
and several of the crew who observed it from the
topgallant forecastle, state that it was more than
double the length of the ship, in which case it must
Lave been 500 feet ; be that as it may, I am con-
vinced that it belonged to the serpent tribe ; it was
of a dark colour about the head, and was covered
with several white spots. Having a press of can-
vass ou the ship at the time I was unable to round
to without risk, and therefore was precluded from
getting another sight of this leviathan of the deep.
" GEORGE • HENRY HARRINGTON, COM.Dianderl

" WILLIAM DAVIES, Chief Officer.
"EDWARD WIIEELER, Second Officer."

LETTER FROM INDIA.

The following extract from a private letter throws
light ou the state of affairs on the southern fron-
tier of Oude
AZIMGETUR, DEC. 22.

The district is now quite quiet, and I trust we
shall not be interfered with by the rebels any more.
We are catching lots of Sepoys running away to
their homes from Lucknow ; they are all laden
with rupees and gold mohurs, which of course are
divided between the captors and government.
The Sepoys disguise themselves as villagers,
Fakeers, and other characters ; but the police are
very keen. Last week they caught six men, who
collectively possessed 1,250 rupees worth of gold
and silver, in rupees and mohurs. They will be
hanged. Yesterday six more men were caught dis-
guised as villagers ; they said they had been looted
(robbed) by villagers, but we found 300 or 400 ru-
pees on them. The case of one man was doubt-
ful ; he said he went into Oude with money to buy
bullocks and had been robbed, but on examining
him we found the marks of eight leech bites on his
left side ; he said they were the marks of a lancet,
but he looked very foolish when the marks were dis-
covered ; but do what they will they are sure to be
discovered somehow or other, either by the contents
•of letters or some colic o their Sepoy profession
found on them. General Franks is now in this
aistriCt marching on hero with a wing of her M-
ajesty's 13th
,and four guns, two companies Madras
Native Infantry. Jung Bahadoor is at Segowlie
• with his army preparing to march into Gorruck-
pore. In that district the rebel B.azim has collected
2,000 "sepoys, 700 or 800 sowars, and new levies
of several thousand matchlock men, with six or
seven guns. General Franks will have to watch
our frontier bordering on Gorruckpore, to prevent
the rebels coming this way, so as to compel them
to congregate iu Oude, and Jung Bahadoor will
follow them up, leaving a force to keep Gorruck-
pore, and Franks will march into Oude at two or
three points, viz., from the Azimghur frontier, and
from Juanpore, via Sultanpore (Oude). The Com-
mander-in-Chief, with Outran], will co opera!e with
all their forces from LuCknow and Cawnpore, and
perhaps another column will march in from Futty-
ghur, to which place a force has already gone to
take the fort. At present the whole of the Doab,
from Allahabad up to some 20 miles beyond Cawn-
Pore, is de a., but with the exception of the Alum-
bagh and 81111311, we do not po=sess a single village
in Oude. A rebel force is still in possession of
Lucknow, but there are very few sepoys left there,
as many have bean killed and wounded, and many
are escaping in disguise, ane 2,000 or 3,000 are now
in G•n.ruckpore. There will not be much opposi-
tion shown to our force in Lucknow ; in fact, when
a large force is collected in the Alumbagh, I fully
expect the re :dine of the royal hiuse and their
rabble will fly t Fyzabad, and then the Gado and
Gorruckpere rebels will congregate there and be
hemmed in on all sides, and be massacred to a
man.
It is satisfactory to know that the revenue is
coming in rapidly. The emitidence of the people
hereabouts is quite restored, and travelling is no
longer a matter of difficnity or danv,or.

The object of F,rukh Khan's vis.t to Rome is to con-
clude a treaty of commerce with the Pope, and to
arrange on a better basis tho position of the Catholic
Bishop in Puraia.