The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

THE NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.

The riggers at Woolwich dockyard commenced stripping
the Isabel, the screw steam-vessel belonging to Lady Frank-
lin, as it is intended to renovate her rigging so as to ren-
der her capable of performing a voyage to Behring's Straits.
The work requisite to be done on board the Isabel will bo
accomplished with as much speed as possible, as it is desira-
ble to have her ready to leave Woolwich in the first weok
in March, to. follow in the course of the Rattlesnake, Com-
mander Trollope, also intended to proceed to Behring's
Straits.

The Phoenix steam-sloop, Commander Edward A. Ingle-
field, will be accompanied during his outward voyage to
Beechy Island by a sailing vessel of about 800 tons, the Ad-
miralty having advertised for a vessel of about that tonnage,
to be commanded by a merchant captain and merchant
crow, the arrangement intended being that the sailing vessel
is, immediately on her arrival at Beechy Island, to deliver
her cargo and return home during the same season. It is
not yet finally decided, owing to the new arrangement of a
vessel of 800 tons being employed to convey stores to the
Arctic regions, whether the Lady Franklin or Sophia, the
sailing vessels of Captain Penny's expedition, and at pre-
sent idle at Chatham, will be again employed in the ex-
pedition of 1853 ; but as these vessels are only of about
190 tons each, they would be most desirable auxiliaries in
the event of its being found necessary to send either or
both up the Wellington Channel after Captain Sir Edward
Belcher's expedition, especially as a vessel of 800 tons
would not be suitable, in the event of her services being
required for that pm-pose, owing to her great draught of
water. The Lady Franklin and the Sophia, manned by
officers and seamen of the Royal Navy, and placed under
the command of Edward A. Inglefield with the rank of
captain, would, or at least one of them, be subsequently
available to proceed up Smith's or Jones' Sounds, or arms
of the great expanse of water which was seen by Com-
mander Inglefield during his voyage up the former Sound
last year, and enable him to decide, in the comparatively
large steamer Phoenix, to what extent the open water
would be found in that high latitude, and where it led to.

MALTA, FEB. 6.

Vice-Admiral Dundas, with the fleet under his corn
mand, returned to Malta on the 2d inst. The ships were
not all at anchor until the morning of the day following.
The Modesto corvette, to be accompanied by the Spit-
fire, will leave port during the week to survey, a shoal in
the neighbourhood of Messina, reported to have been found
by the Modesto on her late trip to Genoa, Nice, &e. Mr.
Gain, late clerk of the Albion, has been confirmed to the
Modesto, and Mr. Millett has been appointed to the Al-
bion.
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enough."' The facts are but imperfectly known, but it is
believed the above is pretty near the
It would seem that
Broadhead, Yesterday the Court of Inquiry above alluded to sat on
board her Majesty's steam ship Niger.
a mate of that ship, Mr. A. G. having been
still under arrest ; the master, Norman, appears have
subjected to a court of inquiry on a former occasion, was to
volunteered some evidence against Broadhead on that occa-
sion, which greatly annoyed him, and on this account, a
few days since, he broke his arrest and went ashore, where
he found Norman in plain clothes, and, after considerable
abuse set upon him and beat him. It is not known if a
court-martial, or retirement, will result.
On the 3d inst. the English brig Ida, from Barcelona,
put into port and made the following report :
"As she was getting under weigh at Barcelona, she was
boarded by an officer from the American corvette Levant,
from which ship three men had deserted, to inquire if
they were on board.. Captain Japp replied in the negative ;
the American officer left the ship and the captain got
under weigh. After being a short time at sea he found to
his surprise the three men on board • they had been se-
creted by his crew and without his knowledge. To put
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the authorities and to the American consul, the men were
landed. On the 4th Captain Japp pursued his route to
Sira, but in getting under weigh his crew refused to work
and went below. The mate, cook, and abo were faithful,
and by these the ship
was got under weigh and proceeded
to her port of destination.';