The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-07 00:00:00

THE FATE OF KENNEDY'S EX-

PLORING EXPEDITION.
(From the Guernsey Star.)
It is with sincere regret that we quote, from intelli-
gence just received from Sydney, the following an-
nouncement of the tragical death of E. B. Kennedy, son
of Colonel Kennedy, of this island :
" The exploring expedition of Mr. E. B. Kennedy
into the north country between Moreton Bay and Cape
York has unhappily terminated in the death of the
gallant leader and nine of his men. Mr. E. B. Kennedy
was murdered by the natives, and the men died from
starvation. The Government passes the following
high eulogium on Mr. Kennedy and his unfortunate
companions :
.

".‘ The Government desires to record, without delay.
the high sense which it entertains of their untiring zeal
and inflexible courage, under the circumstances of great
peril by which he appears to have been surrounded, espe-
cially during the latter part of his journey. The indefv
tigable exertions he made faithful'y and zealously to carry
out the objects of the expedition, no less 'han the great
personal risk to which he exposed himself in endeavour-
ing to procure relief for the unfortunate individuals of his
party, whom he found it neccessary, from their helpless
and exhausted condi ion, to leave at Weymouth Bay and
Shelborne Bay, would have entitled him, had he sur-
vived, to the warmest thanks of the Government. As it
his noble exertions have called forth its highest ad'
iniratiun, and it is not doubted that this deep sympitbY
which is felt for his sudden and premature death, at a
rime, too, when he was on the very eve of overcoming
the greatest difficulties of his position, is warmly partici-
pated in by the whole of this community. By this ca-
lamitous and dihttessing event the public service has
been deprived of one of its most z,lilous and efficient
efficers."

" Mr. Kennedy's name has been often most honourably
mentioned in connexion with the exploratory expedi-
tions in the int( rior of Australia, and his untimely
death is not less a misfortune to the cause of geogra-
phical science than it is an affliction to his estimable
tamily."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sett,—l saw in the itnes this morning an account of
the further great meeting in the City to consider the,
prop -sed scheme of the " recolonization" (of parts) "of
Ireland," and glancing quickly over the article, and good
Lord Clarendon's letter, I felt even more than the Wig'
faction and delight so graphically and spontaneousli
demonstrated by his Excellency.
I most sincerely and cordially agree, that the time,,
for Ignorance, and Apathy, and . Self-seeking, atta
Double-mindedness, is gone. The Let-alone policy hos.
been weighed in the balance and found wanting ; by,
I cannot say that it is so with its strenuous advocates
and supporters. That all honest ones among them rout
go on prospering, and increasing in knowledge, in good'
nets, and happiness, here and hereafter, is my ferveal
and most earnest prayer.
That this great question should be at last taken up
the merchant princes of this great, and I wish I coul
add, Holy city, is an earnest, indeed, that the good time
is at hand. May we receive it with humility and Chris'
tian joy, and with charity as unbounded !—Amen.

I could wish, however, that some more opportune sot'
bon bad been chosen for the projected issuing of the.
London train bands for the great experiment abo9
being made—of how to introduce capital, with improlo
moral, and social, and industrial' habits into the sister
country I

Few I would hope, among the merchant princes ste
actuated by the low and sordid promptin gs of the "sPili
rious philanthropy"somewhat unworthilycharged again'
them by a Peer of Ireland.

No! lam sure that, as a body, they would, al the/
do—most indignantly repudiate the accusation.
They are, therefore (I would humbly and respectfulli
submit). the better prepared to consider the force of tild
argument, that—
Taunted as people in high and responsible places,
der the Crown, have been by Ireland and by other par
:
of the United Kingdom (and the Colonies?) with SO
undue leaning to London interests, a less equivocal dill;
may be chosen than a season of- appalling depression
all interests in Ireland!

I know that the object of our kind, worthy, and war%
hearted philanthropists is to do good, and I may 0!,
almost nothing but good. But (though " doiog all
the best"), remembering also, under God, the besot
and affecting lines of the poet Burns, it may not be Wl'
charitable to assume that feelings of self-will always i 5
trude with us mortals to edge away the direct course
a single-minded purpose.
In pursu'ng it, " tho greatest happiness of 01
greatest number," is a noble and shining precept to iile;
sist us, if honestly applied; but it, like every other 0
(except " The tear and the love of God alone"), b 0
its exc. ptiuns, besides its uses, its abuses, and its per
versions!

The benefit of all to the injury of none is a much 1_,e51
ambiguous one—what is more, it is a much safer our
and, what is still more, it is the religious one I
With it as a motto, I wish to do my best towards 1.5
general weal—as far as one man can; and upon it, Om
the help of God, I take my stand for the general bese.:,
and reconciliation of all interests and of all classes of
au
unhappy country whose cube I mainly advocate St
time; in fine, for the Peoplo, the Landlords, the Aristv"
racy and the STATE PRISONERS of Ireland.
I am. Sir, your faithful, humble servant, ,
AUDLEP

Friday evening, 6'h July, A D. 1849.

William Degenhardt was yesterday held to bail,
att
dust Lambeth
ana ocherp ol police-rcourt,y,otno
at
the charge
argeof
value o f nearly
longing to the Marmato Mining Company.
PEDESTRIANISM..--LEVETT AND BULL.--This rice;
having
two miles fur 50 sous., was decided on Weduesdakli
28,t50001eR1., g°.
"
the Rosemary Branch, Peckham. The race requires c4O
little comment, it being anybody's up to the last, I"er
) ards; here Levett passed Bull, and went in a wit°
by a yard and a half. Betting even, Bull for choice. r
Among the persons committed for trial at reteo
borough sessions, held on Thursday, the sth, 1/13
Alice Gilbert, aged seventy one years, wife of Josef,
Gilbert, blacksmith, of Gas-lane, Stamford, aged eigh,l",
three years, both decrepid, and eking out a scanty It
ing by the aid of 3s. 6d. weekly from the relievil,
officer. She was committed by Dr. Hopkinson and 0
0. Eaton, Esq., and the indictment charged the poor 0
woman with stealing wood, "of the value of one penPoo,
from Burghley Park, " the property of the Most Pi
Brownlow, Marquis of Exeter." Beyond the 10%11
that Lord Exeter's penn'orth of sticks will probably' c
the liberty of Peterboro' 10/. or 151., comment is 110°0
cessary. She pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
days' imprisonment.---Stamford Mercury. r§
On Monday, a foot race of one mile for 100 smd `",
between Charles Westhall of London, and W.
Bibs
thews of Birmingham, came off at Lansdown, near Biltio
At a few minutes past six, the men showed 5t,,41
mark, and got well off at the first attempt. They '4O
well together far the first 500 yards, when Westo,.
fell to the rear. Matthews, notwithstanding his Oriel
nent's exertions, increased the interval at every strilipi
and finally ran in a winner by twenty yards. Bet'
2 to I on the winner; time 4 minutes, 38 secoc
against a slight assent.
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EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIO TELEGHAP
THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-The Postmaster-General h 0
directed the immediate extension of the electric telegtll;,,
to the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. The c°,
munication, we understand, will be made from the ceilly
station of the Electric Telegmph Company in Lothhury. •ry
this extension the Post.office authorities will be put in
4.,/
mediate possession of the arrival or delay of any inieor-
mail.
FIRE ON SHOOTER'S HILL.—At a quartet Po',
four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a fire broke out at Arno,ol
Farm, Shooter's Hill-road, in the occupation of Mr. Wither
Garrott, of Church-street, Greenwich, corn and coal itte
chant. A cottage, barn, cart -sheds, carts, and farming of
plements were consumed; also two fine pigs. How the pd
originated has not been ascertained. Mr. Garratt's sea,rof
were the only persons on the premises at the time. of
supposed damage is 7001. The property is insured 111
Kent Fire-office.
1'
OPENING OF THE LEEDS AND THIRSX RAIL.I ir
—Yesterday (Friday) Captain Wynn, the Government .04
spector, made a preliminary examination of the Leeds:
Thirsk'Railway, preparatory to its being opened throurot 00
to the public on Monday next. The trains for the Pc sl'
will commence running on Tuesday. No person will bed
lowed to join the train on Monday, at any of the stations,'
less in p, ssession of a ticket. oe
ROYAL COLLEGE or SURGEONS.—A very n-
„
rous attendance of the fellows of this institution tcor,
place on Thursday, in the College Theatre, for the P A
pose of electing three members of council. ,gyp.
greater interest then usual attached to this eleotioi,
owing to the known opposition of a number of illot
viduals who had associated themselves under the o!eh
of " The John Hunter Club," having for their 011),D0
mere particularly, to exclude Mr. Wormald, one of to
surgeons of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. In this Pie
pose, however, they were signally defeated, the tele
rity of the electors considering this clique to 1309
just motive for the opposition. The gentlemen elefol
were Messrs. Hodgson, late of Birmingham, Luke, 0t
Lond. n Hospital, and- Wormald, of St. Barthoiollll3ol
OFFICES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.--"A ii)o
brought in by Mr. Hayter and the Chancellor 01„001
Exchequer, proposes to carry the moneys arising 101
the fees of the House of Commons to the credit el
Consolidated Fund, out of which the salaries of the rre
het
sent clerks, their deputies or assistants, and the
ric'of
servants of the House, are in future to be paid. td
salaries and superannuation allowances are to be prop
by a vote of Parliament. ,13
Our home is not where we are, but where we
to he.—Eliza Cook's Journal. —e

BIRTLIB.
Wilily
On the Ist inst., at Esslingen, near Stuttgart, Mrs.
Hawkins, née Baroness Louise de Weiden, of a son. y,
On the sth inst., at Isleworth, the wife of the
Currey, of a daughter.
On the sth inst., at Badsworth-hall, Yorkshire, Mr/.
H. Jones, of a daughter. jolt
On the 8d inst.. at Glocester-square, Hyde-park, the
of H. 11' rold, Esq., of Cuxwold, Lincolnshire, of a sov

MARRID. r to,
On the 4th inst., at HighweekE,
the Rev. Frederic 10 to,
Professor of Divinity and of English History and Lilco('
at King's College, and Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn,Pl'),loo
giana Frances, daughter of the late Francis Hare
Esq., of Herstmonceux-place.
On the sth inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover. ofst.l,
Arthur Bereslord, second son of Richard Cane, E“l'' pte
Wolstan'i, county Kildare, to Selina, daughter of the
Trant, Esq , of Doves, county Tipperary, Ireland

DIED
On the 4th inst., at Chertsey, Sir John Chapman, F. j
late of Windsor, aged 76. Oor
At Kilmory House, Loch Gilp Head, North Britain,
Saumarez, second son of Sir John Powlett Orde,

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