The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-28 00:00:00

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.

The letter, of which the following is a copy, trout
Lady Franklin to Mr. Grattan, dated June 8, 1849, was cc
aired in Boston, kr his son, by the last steamer :
" Dear Mr. Grattan,—l know your son feels that kind
interest in all that cancerns the expedition that he will be
glad to hear of an additional means of search wtich 1 have
been able to accomplish by my private means. A whaling
ship, called the Abram, is about to sail from the port of Hull
fer Davis's Straits fishery, and by taking one-four:A of Lcr
shares, as a mesas of enabling her to start instantly, and by
offering • reward of 45001, and paying additional insurance
fur additional risk, I have engaged her to explore Jones's
Sound ant Smith Sounding, Bathe's Day, or at least one of
them, my prefetene.: being for the former, because I believe
it to have a communic itinin with Wellington Channel. I
think the commander of the whaler, Captain °ravine, will
do what be can to accomplish my purpose, for he is an en-
terprising man, imbu-ti himself with a spirit of discovery. I
much regret thh motion in the House of Commons not
come on last nigh:, for I wi,hed the American people to
know how highly we honour them and their precedent for
their generous conduct.—Ever yours,
" lA= FRANKLIN."

REVOLTING CASL—The Hull Adrertiter says :
" A most extraordinary statement was wide to us yesterday,
on the most indubitable authority. A man named Joseph
LumLy, residing in Mill-street, one of the lowest streets in
the town, was taken ill on Tuesday with cholera. On Wed-
, nesday he fell into a state of c,•lhpse. Eking a man of mast
' avaricious disposition, flatting that there was no possibility of
his recovery, when jut on the p int of death swallowed
five shillings in succession. He had other money in Lis
poreemion, which wait taken from him. Shortly afterwards
he died, leaving an only daughter inheritress of SOM. That
night, out of a numbor of ruitors, she selected one, and agreed
to marry him the f Atoning morning. Yesterday the mar-
riage actually took place at the Holy Trinity Church, the
corpse of the father b.ing still in the house at the moment
the daughter was being made a wife. A more revolting ease
was perhaps never breed of."
TUE CASE OF MANSLAUGITTEIL AT KIM BY.—Tfte
adjourned inquest on the hod y of Martha Wilkinson
was hold on Monday last. Geverol vritheres prowl
various former sets of brutality on the part of the
frisoner, William A'kioson, towards the &caret. A
armer, named Fisher, said that on the day the deceased died
he saw a girl or woman lying in the ditch, either asleep or
pretending to be. He attempted to &roe hie horse up to the
place, but it shied, and he could not. William Atkinson,
the father, after receiving the usual caution, said that he was
confident he had not been the cause of his daughter's death.
What the w:taesses had stated was all a made up tale.
He showed the deceased how to tingle the turnip, but did
not strike her. He only tapped her five or six times. He
admitted he afterwards struck her with the honshaft,
which broke, but that was owing to its being tender at one
end. He also broke a bough oen ash tree in the field,
sod he stripped eff two or three of the branches Iron it, and
made a stick with it. lie believed he did strike her twice
over the head with it. The jury returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter against William Atkin•in," who was forth-
with committcd to take his trial at the next mixes —Not:
ging/sans Joural.