The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-22 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander John Richardson (b. 1839), to the Coast
Guard.
Lieutenant Philip Saumarez (1847), recently serving
in the Terrible steam-frigate, to the Royal Victoria and
Albert yacht.
Mate James W. East (1851), from the Ajax, screw
steam flag-ship at Cork, to the Leander, 50, at Ports-
mouth. . . . .

The Driver steam-vessel will bo taken out of the basin
into the stream on Saturday next, being now ready for
commission.

The Aigle is to be taken into dock to have her bot-
tom examined previous to being stationed at moorings
in the river as a coal depot

By a letter from Corfu we hear that smallpox and a
destructive fever had been raging there for some time,
and was unabated on the 6th inst. One case had oe-
curred on board the Scourge, 6, steam-sloop, Commander
F. Kerr, and the man was at once sent to the military
hospital. Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds ; Modesto,
14, Commander Lord W. Compton ; Scourge ; Shear-
water, Lieut. Commander Gorden ; and Triton, steam-
vessel, Lieut. Commander Lloyd, formed the lonian
squadron. The Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral
Deans Dundas, C. 8., and his fleet, were expected on
the 19th.

DOCKYARD SUPERANNITATIONS.—The following super-
annuations have taken place in Devonport Dockyard :
Sam:. Courtis, Wm. Lobb, John Hood, Wm. Prowso,
Wm. Stephens, Thos. Thornton, Jas. Saunders, and
Thos. Worth, shipwrights, at 241. per annum each ; J.
Down, rigger, at 131. ; Richard Hancock and Wm.
Sobey, labourers, at lid. each.

SIR E. BELCHEICS ARCTIC EXPEDITIOIV.

The dates of the following letter from the squadron of
Sir. E. Belcher have been anticipated in the dispatches
from Sir E. Belcher himself and others from Beechey
Island ; but nevertheless a nonofficial account from one
in the squadron will not be uninteresting:—.
"Lievly, Davis's Strait, June 6, 1852.
" The Arctic squadron is at present snugly moored in
the harbour of Lievly, Davis's Strait. Our passage out
has not been a very pleasant one, although wo were
towed to 21 deg. of west longitude. We did not reach
the Whale Islands till the 29th of May, 31 days from
Stromnesa, two thirds of which time our deeply-laden
little craft was literally under water, consequently you
may safely class her amongst those animals designated
amphibious, hut, as Jack says, 'it will all rub off when
dry.' Thank God, we are now in the region of icebergs
and smooth water. Nothing worthy of remarking oc-
curred during our passage, and to the best of my know-
ledge all hands in the expedition are well, with the ex-
ception of Captain Kellet, who has been poorly since the
steamers left us. Our Arctic commodore kept us strictly
in sailing order, line abreast,' and did not lose sight of
one of us for a single hour during the passage; no mat-
ter whether a calm or n gale, the signal flew, 'Keep your
station.'

" We weighed anchor from Whale Islands yesterday.
With the exception of a few straggling pieces we have
as yet met with no ice, so it is quite probable that it is a
block game' to the northward. Ido long to see the
commencement of the Melville Bay campaign, in order
to witness the effects of galvanism and gunpowder on its
opposing bsrriers. We can form no idea as yet what
kind of season we are going to have; if we may believe
the natives' it will bo open' one, but there is little
faith to be placed in them. However, be it as it may,
there is a general determination throughout the expedi-
tion that no obstacle shall impede our progress. Cer-
tainly, it is not in mortals to command success; but with
all the experience of former expeditions to guide us, and
possessing resources which they did not, as well as the
'greater portion of our crews being inured to Arctic ser-
vice, we would be undeserving the name of Englishmen
should we altogether fail.

I am ono of those who have returned twice from an
unsuccessful search of the missing navigators. lam
among those who have been blamed for not doing our
duty, by men who, whatever may be their claims to
science, are about as competent to discuss Arctic sub-
jects as I am to deliver a lecture on conchology, a
science of which I do cot even know the technical terms.
But, in conclusion, mark what I say I—Bells will ring,
and bonfires will blaze—from the Land's End to John-
o'-Groats—on the return of Belcher's expedition.
‘• I forgot to mention that the North Star lost a boat,
and had another stove, on her passage out. And her
wasstowedi.ll tYhees Yesterday,
spare topsail yard, which
broke in two by a heavy Bea, striking ber.
in working into the Lively, .the Pioneer carried away
her mizenmast, through coming in contact with an ice-
berg.
" I have no other news of importance to communicate
to you. You will receive this by the way of Copen-

THE AUXILIARY SEARCH FOR
FKLIN.

The Admiralty have received the following letter from
commander Inglefield, who has so disinterestedly pro-
ceeded in the screw-steamer Isabel, to assist in the
hazardous search for Sir John Franklin's expedition:—
Coy.
" Screw Discovery- (vesspel,) Isabel, August 12, 1832.
" Godhaven, Disco,'Greerdand.
" Sir,—The assistance I have received in so many
ways from the Board of Admiralty in equipping my
little vessel for her Arctic voyage induces me to suppose
their lordships will be pleased to learn I have so for
advanced on my voyage, and that the squadron under
Sir Ed. Belcher passed this port on the 12th of June,
having left it ou the 10th, and finding the Waigatt
Passage blocked with ice returned southward to take
the Upon bay.
" I shall sail in a few hours, having only put into god:
haven to make good some losses sustained in a gale off
Cape Farewell.
" I am now (from the favourable appeartahnceetate of
of the
season and the opinion of those
ohnerperoacsee to
oing directs to
the ice northward) determined
Smith's Sound.
"No ships having been seendreturning southward
pre3ume that they have been
from Melville Bay, it is
an early north passage.
successful in making
" I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant,
(Sigiat d) "E. A. INGLEFIELD, Commander If N.
" To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London."

THE MURDER AT 13nisTou—The inquest upon the
body of the unfortunate woman, Elizabeth Spear, was held
yesterday at the Crown and Cushion, Bridewell-street,
Bristol, before Mr. Joseph B. Grindon, the Coroner, and a
respectable jury. Both the inquest-room and the adjacent
street were densely crowded daring the progress of the in.
quiry. The Coroner summed up the evidence; the jury
returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner,
John Spear, who was then committed to take hie trial at
the teat assizes fcr the CQUIlty of Ciloucezter,