The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

TEE GRINNELL ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

We are permitted to publish the following extracts of
letters from D. Kane, U.S.N., commander of the second
American expedition for the rescue of Sir John Frank-
lin, jointly fitted out by Mr. Henry Grinnell, of New
York, and Mr. George Peabody, formerly of Danvers,
Massachusetts, now a banker of the city of London :
" " St. John's Newfoundland, June 16, 1853.
Here we are, safe and sound, at St. John's, I will
delay at this place not one hour beyond absolute necessity.
Inglefield will soon be at Disco, and I am most anTious to
catch him. My stay, therefore, will be only until the
oxen are slaughtered ; and the butcher promises their de-
livery at 4 a.m. to-morrow.
" The kindness of these good people surpasses. concep-
tion. The governor gave me an elegant dinner at hie man-
sion this afternoon, and our vessel has been overrun with
visitors.

"Three p.m.—l have taken in nearly 1,2001b5. of prime
fresh beef, rubbed in with salt and saltpetre, and then
marled it down with twine, and hung it in the rigging,
carefully shielded from the sun with canvas.
" The governor, Mr. Hamilton, is a brother of the Secre-
tary to the Admiralty. He takes a great interest in the
expedition, and has presented me with a fine team of trained
dogs, accompanied by four barrels of seal flippers, used for
their food. This present is very valuable. I have pur-
chased for them a set of harness and a sledge.
" The governor, his lady, the surveyor general, and the
officers of the regiment, visit us at nine, and by ten o'clock
I hope to be under way for Disco.
" Snow shoes and moose skin, of very good quality and
cheap, I have also obtained, and also fresh, or rather quar-
ter-cured, salmon, which costs but threepence per pound,
and will be, I think, a useful winter diet.

" The Newfoundlanders are about to make a large con-
tribution to your Industrial Exhibition. The vessel leaves
on Tuesday with Messrs. Winter and Moore, as superin-
tendents. The process of seal fishing is illustrated by a
model, and stuffed specimens of the seals accompany it.
" The letter preceding this will tell you how well satis-
fied lam with the officers and men. Both work with a
will, and I think and hope are beginning to get attached
,to me. I allow no swearing on deck, or to the crew, and
no threats as to knocking down, &c., which I find to be
rather a favourite performance in the merchant service.
Neither is any liquor used on board."

THE CAMP.—It is stated that the encampment will
be broken up finally on the 25th instant ; and it is also
rumoured that on the 16th Lord Seaton will resign the
command of the troops to the Duke of Cambridge.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH-COAST RAIL-
wAY.—Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospi-
tal yesterday on the body of Mr. N. J. Whitcombe, a
solicitor, carrying on business at No. 14, Buckingham-
street, Strand, but residing at Cheam, in Surrey. Mr.
William Davis, a leather-seller, of Gracechurch-street,
said himself and the deceased, who lived in the same
neighbourhood, went together to the station at London
bridge on Thursdaynight last, for the purpose of going
by the train to Cheam, on the London and Brighton
Railway. As it was late when they got to the railway
witness got into a first-class carriage, but the deceased
got into one of the second-class. The train then
started, and when it got to New-cross witness looked
out of the carriage-window and saw deceased in
the act of stepping out of the carriage while it was
yet in motion, for the purpose, as he supposed, of
coming to him in the same carriage. At the same
moment he was twisted round, and fell between
the platform and the carriages. As the carriages
went along he felt terrified, for he thought he felt the
crushing of the head of the deceased. When the train
stopped they found the deceased jammed between the
footboard of the carriage and the platform. With the
assistance of a porter he got him out, and then found
that the footboard had caught his left thigh, and had
completely stripped the flesh from the thigh to the knee.
The deceased wished to be taken home, but he thought
it better that he should be taken to the hospital. The
company accordingly put on a special train, and he was
immediately brought up. On his arrival he was in a
state of collapse. Mr. Birkett, the house-surgeon, did
all in his power, but he never recovered his sensibility,
and died on Satnrday morning. In answer to the coro.
ner, the witness said deceased was a sober man. They
had both been dining at Cordwainer's-hall, but deceased
and himself were perfectly sober. There was no blame
due to the company, as it was entirely his own act,
through stepping from the train while it was in motion.
He was sorry to say that the deceased had left a widow
and six children to lament his loss, The jury returned
a verdict of accidental death.
A CLERGYMAN GAROTTED.—A daring outrage of this
kind was perpetrated at Worcester on Thursday night,
and has caused no small consternation in that city. The
circumstances are these :—The Rev. George St. John,
who resides in Britannia-square, Worcester, was return- •
ing home from a party, shortly before eleven o'clock
on Thursday evening, and had approached within a
short distance of his house, when he heard some men
walking rapidly behind him ; but he took no notice
of them, not having any suspicion that they enter-
tained any evil intentions towards himself. Pro-
ceeding onwards, he r eached his door, and was in the
act of raising his hand to the door-bell, when he was
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self at the door, and was not aware that he had been
upon the ground. It seems that the servants at the
house were expecting his return, and, that hearing a
shuffling at the door, one of them looked from an
upper window and saw a man lying on the ground with
two others leaning over him, but she supposed them to
be a drunken party. Soon afterwards she saw two
of the men place the third against the wall as though
he was unable to stand, and she thought they had deter-
mined to leave him. A quarter of an hour after, hoii-
ever, the servants heard a knocking at the door, and a
feeble voice, which they mistook for that of a drunken
man, and it was with some difficulty that Mr. St. John
made them understand that it was he who was knock-
ing. On their opening the door they saw their waste?'
with his face covered with blood, and he was so mn?h
injured and exhausted that medical assistance liiid to
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called in. The rev. gentleman is still very ill- . ff.
thieves robbed him of a gold watch, a purse eor;;.la ac:::
a 5/. note, and four sovereigns, a gold key, g
gold eyeglass, and other articles. .. from the
RUSSIAN MODERATION.—The follorgt. persia's
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fine commentary on the Nesselrode declaration that
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