The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-05 00:00:00

NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

It is the impression in naval circles, u letters
have been recived by of who formerly served in
Arctic expeditions requesting them to state to the Admi-
ralty if they were willing to serve again, that one, if not
two, expeditions will be sent to the Arctic regions early in
the present year, and both well appointed with steam and
sailing vessels. One of the expeditions will be seat to
Smith's and Jones's Sounds, to follow up the discoveries
seeds by Commandiv Inglefleld last year in his remarkable
:lirof bur months in the babel, auxiliary screw steam-'
It is elm expected that that enterprising officer,
having accomplished so much at his own expense, wlll be
prom.ted to the rank of captain, end be appointed to the
command of the new expedition; sad that an efficient
steamer will be made ready to proceed with the expedition
for further exploration in the open ma he disco-
vered during his last voyage. The other expedition
will proceed to Behring's Strait, with the object of aiding
Captain Collineon's expedition, as all eyes are now turned
in that direction, in the expectation that NON • awe
will be learned of Sir John Franklin tram Ctspesba ' -
son's party; and the ltattlesnake, WW2. to
rooted •• • store ship, under Camsador la
Sebring's Strait. While one of duo saysalsioas bas been
decided upon and the other in contemphiffen, a est
of the Cork Conslitalion gives another et' the Wu'
rumours which base before been ennui He Amu, that
daring the gale on Monday last a beetle was washed on
shore containing a letter, purporting M be writist_lty Si,
John Franklin. It is dated Cape Bathurst. 12011 of
January, 1850, and represents Sir John and Ms soma-
unions to be in considerable want of provisions having
nearly consumed a ...al that they had caught. It states
that ten of the seamen had died during the previous year,
and that a bottle containing a letter was set adrift
in 1819. The letter is written on • sheet of foolscap, writ-
ing rather indifferent, and signed Sir John Franklin.
Caps Bathurst is between Franklin Bay and the mouth of
the Mackenzie River, and nearer to Behring's Strait than
Melville Island. Captain Austen's expedition must have
been near the track of Sir John Franklin in 1851, and it is
yet pomade he may have been found and relieved by Capt.
Collinson passing through Behring's Strait. A short time
will, however, decide the authenticity of the contents of the
bottle, if such has been toned, and transmitted to the
Admiralty.

AWPVL DEATH FROM FIRL—A Woman, named
Mary &cock, aged forty-seven years, has met
with a shocking death at Salford, Manchester, un-
der the following circumstances : The poor woman
tad her husband lodged in the upper room of a
house in Beek Cook-street • and on Saturday night she
was discovered in her bed burnt nearl to a cinder, about
eleven o'clock, by • fellow-lodger. Her husband was in
bed by ler side, and when awoke escaped without injury.
He states that he went to bed during the day in • state of
intoxication, and his wife awoke him about ten
o'clock at night to eat his supper, which having
done, he again fell asleep. At that time his wife
woe sitting by the fireside smoking a pipe of tobacco. He
suppose.' that she had fallen asleep with the pipe in her
hand, and bad set fire to her clothes • and that awaking
when her clothes were on Are, she iad thrown herself on
the bed, and thus communicated the fidiffis• to the bed-
clothes. This ouppolition is the neeett/caffiaffee bemuse her
pipe was lying near the ere-place, wham It bad sot Are to
the floor of the room. He mays the deceased nasally
arcked her pipe before she retired to rest, bet he has fre-
egally known her smoke in bed and fall asleep with the
lighted pipe in her hand. It is not supposed she bad gone
to bed with the pipe in her hand on this occasion, because
the bedclothes were not so much burnt as they must have
beta under such circumstance*. An inquest was held on
the remains of the unfortunate woman yesterday, before
Mr. W. S. Ratter, county coroner, when the jury were of
°plains that the affair was accidental, arising out of the in-
cautious habits or deceased as above detailed, and found a
Verdict to that effect.
GLASGOW AND SOUTH - WASTERN RAILWAY--
Teak:for the week ending Jan.l, 1863 : —4,7541. 91. 10d. ;
21 rworad
Oding week In last year, 4,53t11. 110. Id.; increase,
6i. Ida