SINGULAR PHENOMENON ON LAKE oNTA-

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 The Coburg e. W. Star, relates the following most curious circumstance a...

 On Saturday last. most extraordinary occur renee was noticed in the lake at this place Short ly before noon some gentlemen walking upon the wharf, happening to cast their eyes upon the Wa ter between the piers were struck with the very unusual appearance of strong current tide, as it were setting directly out to sea. It seemed as if the whole Lake was going bodily away. In few minutes nearly third part of the inner harbor with corresponding portion of the shore on either side was left entirely bare when suddenly the tide turn ed, and came as rapidly back again. filling the har- bor, at least two feet higher than it was before-

 This extraordinary action of the Lake was con- tinued at intervals of every eight or ten minutes till after dark-the highest tide noticed being it- tie before six in the evening, when the water rose several inches higher than it was last spring, and just two feet and an inch above its present level- We understand the same occurrence was noticed at other places on the Lake, and hear that at Port Hope the effect was so great that the steamboat Princes Royal could not get into the Harbor at al running hard aground when more than her length outside the entrance to the piers. The cause of SO extraordinary phenomenon is at present matter ofvarous conjecture but the general opinion seems to be that it could only have been produced bv violent earthquake in some part of the continent, which we shall probably soon hear of