The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

TEE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The following account is gathered from a New York
paper of December 27 :•—•
Dr. Kane, who sailed from this port, on the 29th e!
May, in the Advance, fitted out by Mr. Grinnell, touched
at St. John's, Newfoundland, for recruits, and left there
on the 16th of June. No despatches 'have since beau
received from him ; but it is ascertained that he was °,,t
Upernavick, on the east side of Baffin's Bay, on the 11P)
of July. Captain Inglefield, of the propeller PhceniSl
who arrived there three days afterwards, states that 01
Advance, of which Dr. Kane is the commander, bad
sailed northward with an open sea, and that there wad
no doubt she had gone through Melville's Bay, one °,
the most dreaded parts of the navigation, withow
difficulty. Despatches will no doubt, therefore, be OA
received from Dr. Kane by way of Denmark. -Orr;
navick is in latitude 73 deg., and constitutes the in°°,,
northerly settlement in Greenland, a part of the Dante"
dominions. The expedition had the friendly aid of tbB
King of Denmark, who directed that every possible
facility should be extended to it on the part of his sub'
j ects.
The Advance, instead of cruising along the coast of
Greenland, and turning thence westward to reach Liore
caster Sound, will attempt to make a passage into th
Polar Seas thrtugh Smith's Sound, which was so t
explored by Captain Inglefield last year (he went
latitude 78i) as to satisfy him that a complete openiee
existed. :No navigator had previously proceeded Se
far north in the same direction. Smith's Sound, 1t1(
the point reached by him, was thirty-six and a 11'..
miles wide • from which the land bore north-05
on one side and north-east on the other, with
e
a navigable sea. The testimony of many of tPt
Arctic navigators is very conclusive on the P°il3c,
that an open sea exists beyond that latitude. I,e,'
this open sea Sir John Franklin unquestionably saheeci,
and it is probable that his vessels lie embedded in is
in some of the bays which border upon it. Recent ef.
peditions have facilities with which he was unprovide"
besides that, he is probably at a distance not admittil
the risk, of very extensive foot journeys, having'
ships or depots to fall back upon. The Advance,
well supplied with food and with boats, and sledges stre
gether superior to those formerly used,• and suits
for very long expeditions on land. The evidence Pi;
sented by Captain M'Clure and many others, as to t,,„
quantity of food supplied by those regions, is very cone;
sive to show that an expedition locked up in ice as his,
may subsist for years. Renewed confidence has been 10
parted to all those who are familiar with Arctic discove,,ll
as to the probabilities of Sir J. Franklin's safety.
chances of his being discovered are also increased. Tneg
are now engaged in this service the Advance, alresi;
mentioned, fitted out by Mr. Grinnell, of New Yell'.
and Mr. Peabody, of London, and which is probably siwo
ing in the open sea seen by Capt. Inglefield, along I.b
edge of its numerous bays ; Sir E. Belcher, with his el
and propeller, who was in Wellington Inlet on the 2`',o
of July last, on his return to Beechey Island, there:,,
wait further orders from his Government, who, it is i:0
petted, will give him orders to continue the search ;
Captain Kellett, with his ship and propeller, at Melvilleto
Island. The latter has sent out a sledge expedition 0
the N.W., the most promising course for explorers oji
search of Franklin, should he ever have touched at .0
on the northern shores of Melville's Island. Capt D,
M'Clure's ship, imbedded in the ice, may be The
verted into a store ship to aid future expeditions. •'•
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North Star store ship lies at Beechey Island. Thera,alalsoPb, a store ship at Point Barrow, on the north'
west coast of North America. Captain C.ollinsonv.
prosecuting the search in that direction. The propeu,,
Isabel is now at Valparaiso, whence she will In
teed next spring through Behring's Straits to eon,
westward, first along the coast of Asia, in the hope a
getting round the pack ice which has always' been filet
north of Behring's Straits, intercepting the open v15,,,A
which has been seen behind. This expedition was fil'''of
out by the private means of Lady Franklin. Part
the American exploring expedition, under the col:03310
of Commander Ringgold, consisting of five vesee,i
will undoubtedly aid in this object. This fleet Nvel.,-,01
the Cape of Good Hope by the last accounts retch
in Sept. Some of the vessels will attempt to pass thro7,o
Behring's Straits. The propeller Phcenix which 13:j
Capt. M'Clure'sdespatches to England, has been order
by the British Government to leave England in
spring, bound for the Arctic regions, by Spitzbkgen °„,ot
Nova Zembla. The activity thus imparted to this gyp)
humane object gives confidence that it will eventuate

success.
It is much to be regretted that the distribution of the
history of the first voyage of Dr. Kane, prepared I',
him, has been delayed by the fire at Messrs. HarpeTZ
These enterprising publishers, who saved a few coPe."
are now engaged in the publication of a new editlo
which will be ready for distribution in five or six vie°/‘°'

COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWA,'
Yesterday morning (Friday) the Edinburgh exPre
leaving London at 9.15 on Thursday evening ran inton,
mineral train at Welwyn, near Hatfield. The Pe'eseoc'
gers were a little shaken, but no serious damage to
curred, except to the trucks of the coal train.
if!
layer was killed near the Hitchin st-'ton, on Thursue;g
by stepping on the wrong lino when the train
approaching.
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STRIKES IN YORKSHIRE.—We regret to learn "rrb"
there now exist several strikes in Yorkshire. :iec ~,
linen bleachers of Barnsley and neighbourhood str—
on Tuesday last, for shorter hours and an advance d
wages. The colliers of Crigglestone remain out, /,•
those of Ad walton and Birstal are threatening to stfjfie3l
At Keighley, the weavers, after a long and Palo r
turn-out, have resumed their work at. their f°er":l‘
wages. A. deputation from Preston has this ~„
of
visited Leeds to elicit sympathy and aid on beila,,,eri
the operatives of that district. They had not
encouraging success.
WOOL SALES.—The next series of colonial WOOl 534
have been announced to commence on the 9th °f cot
bruary. The quantity at present in first hands 19 3,40
35,000 bales, but the total of colonial wools to be p°

expected to reach 40,000, la.ot
A MONSTER NUISANCE.—Some days ago a, coMP— fl 0
was lodged with the sanatory committee of St. Pa.,,Pc,,IP
of a nuisance said to exist on the premises of Mr.
naturalist, Camden-cottages. The proper funetion/
was immeately desatched to inspect the prev3i9nece
Upon examination itp was ascertained that the nuite
complained of was in the shape of the carcass of aria`oo
elephant, which died lately in the Tower, and whi7tlie
been entrusted to Mr. Law to prepare for one 0".
national museums. The removal of the perishable P°
tion of the animal put an end to the nuisance.
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DEATH OP A CELEBRATED CONVICT.—Died,
day last, in the gaol of Armagh, Robert John
thorn Cochran. Cochran, it will be recollected, "of
tried at the last Spring Assizes—first, on a elly'reaty
bigamy ; and secondly, for perjury. He pleaded g"dor
to both charges, and
,was sentenced to 15 pleader
months' imprisonment. . . -

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