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

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

In anticipation of the not improbable occurrence
of an early dissolution of Parliament, we have made
arrangements for supplying our readers with the
earliest and most authentic information as to the
changes likely to occur at the various constituen-
cies throughout the kingdom.
TEWKESBURY.—We are informed that a gentleman ci
high standing will offer himself for the second seat on
the same interest as Mr. Lygon,
FROME.— Lord E. Tbynne will again come forward.
ST. IVES.—Mr. Paull will again offer himself. The hoe.
gentleman has made himself so acceptable to all classes
of his constituen.s that no opposition is anticipated.

SCARBOROUGH.—The Hon. Ernest Duneombe has
been solicited to come forward for this borough.
KIDDERMINSTER.—A vigorous opposition will be
offered to Mr. Lowe's re-election. Mr. HuddleEton,
Q C., has been r, quested to offer himself.
SHREWSBURY.—Major Phibbs is again in the field.
Irsvrica.—Mr. SAwin will came forward in opposi-
tion to Mr. Adair.

ATLESBURY.—A gentleman cf local standing and in
fluence wile contest the hundreds with Sir R. Bethell.—
Morning Herald.

CURIOUS DISCOVERY IN TEE SOUTH
ATLANTIC.

The following is the copy of a letter written by
Captain Cubins, 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 B ty, March
13, 1858. I sailed from Liverpool on the Bth
December, 1857, bound to Port Puillip, in Aus-
tralia. On February 2211, wind westerly, brisk
gale with snow squalls, at 10.33 a.m., iu a clear
between the squalls, I fancied I saw land to
the southward ; took in studding-sails, shortened
sail, and 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 lifeboat, 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 in a S.E. and
N. W. direction, 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 rocks
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 aground. The island was
cloud-capped, but I think that its greatest eleva-
tion could not be less than 450 feet abeve the level
of the sea. White 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 sct:ooner
Oxford, of Fairhaven. They put our a boat, and
the roaster came on board ; he told me they called
it Kurds Island, and that it was discovered by
them 18 months before. Ho seemed auneyed that
my boat had landed, and advised me to go and
leave her behind, s tying she would never return ;
but I told hint 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 com'ng 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.B. 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, but
never lauded 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 an island
about 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 ou sending my beat 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 assisted 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.