The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

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N SEPTEMBER 19, 1848.

No. 17,467.] LONDON, TUESDAY EV ZNI

Tho canal revenue' account showed' that a net sum of SIR JAMES ROSS'S EXPEDITION.
p. dition of Captain Sir James Ross, in search of Sir
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terest on the canal shires and loans, leaving a balance .T-)hn Franklin and his companions, in the Erebus and
of 3,363/.
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After a short conversation, resolutions were passed, An merican whaler, that had called at Lievely Dis-
adopting the report and approving of the arrangement- cover land, July 2, brought home the information,
entered into for leasing the Shropshire Canal fur the t, n d s since, that Sir James Ross, in the Enterprise,
term of 21 years. .. and 'Captain Bird, in the Investigator, had passed
Thanks were voted to the Chairman and directors, and LieveV. The expedition reached Whale Island, Davis's
the meeting separated. Straits, lat. 69 N., June 22, and sailed thence June 29;
and acLievcly Sir James Ross put his dispatches on
.board. e, Danish ship lying there. The expedition was
in good health and spirits; but nothing had been heard
of the gallant fellows of whom they are in quest. The
dispatches of Sir James Ross reached the Admiralty
yesterday.

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—BRANCH TO DATCHET
—Since the opening of this line, on the 22d of last
month, the number of passengers travelling thereon have
been immense, partiCularly on Sundays when the wea-
ther has been 'fine. On the 3d and 10th of this month
more than 4,000 passed and repassed on each of those
days, 62 trains running in twelve, hours--viz., 31 clown
and 31 up; to Richmond eleven both ways, going to
Datchet. On Sunday, the 17th, the number was even
greater. The inns 'and public-houses _ atchet could
not accommodate one-tenth of the-num t is said that
this branch is likely .to prove one of the oat profitable
belonging to the South-Western Company.
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE R Y.—The commit-
tee of directors appointed at th arly meeting
of this company to ~open. a negotiatio with George
Hudson, Esq., M.P., met that gentlema at the Bush
Inn, on Friday last, and came to an arrangement to the
effect that they will recomingvi the shareholders to dis-
pose of the line, with all 111 liabilities, to the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company (of which
Mr. Hudson is chairman) at four per cent.; the arrange-
ment to take effect on the Ist of October next: with this
contingency, that whenever the York and Newcastle
Company divide nine per cent. they are to pay the
Maryport and Carlisle shareholders five per cent. It is
not likely that there will be any opposition to the pro-
posed transfer.—Carlisle Patriot.
LIVERPOOL AND TURY RAILWAY.—The viaduct at
Liverpool is complete, -witiqhe exception. of five arches
over the dock property. The Walton and trpholland
tunnels are finished, and all the bridges between Liver-
pool and Wigan are built. The double way is laid and
ballasted for that distance. From near Wigan to the
junction with the Bolton and Preston Railway the
bridges are all built and a portion of the permanent way
laid down, and only a few thousand yards of earth-work
have yet to be removed. The large viaducts near Bolton
are in a forward state, that at Bolton being finished with
the exception of the planking. The masonry of the
Darcy Lever viaduct is complete, and two-thirds of the
iron-work is fixed. The stone viaduct at Bury is finished.
The permanent way (double line) is laid through between
Darcy Lever and the Bury viaduct. Several of the plat-
forms and stations are built, and the signals are now
being put up; and should the weather be favourable, the
line may be opened for passenger traffic in October next.
—Liverpool Journal.

Whale Fish Islands, June 29, 1848.
will now give you a short notice of our proceedings
since I left you. We got through the Pentland Forth on
the night of the 19th of May, and then carried a fair
wind for Cape Farewell till the end of the month, when
we gut light breezes from the west, which detained us for
some time.
" On the 7th of June, in the afternoon, we fell in with
the first stream ice, and we passed through the last on
the 12th. This, lam given to understand, is a strange
place to meet stream ice. We were then clear until we
came within two days' sail of this place, when we fell
in with some magnificent bergs, upwards of 200 feet in
height, and bulky in proportion. We fired a 24-pound
shot into one of them, which, of course, produced no
effect.
" We sail to-morrow for Melville Bay, and from
thence to Lancaster Sound, if we can get through.
" I suppose there unever were happier ships' crews
than ours. Sir James Ross does everything be pos.
sibly can to make everything comfortable for man and
officer.
" Whilst here we bave formed some pleasant shooting
parties. I have just returned with one, nearly knocked
up, having been out from nine, P x., until five A.m. I
may mention, however, my consolation in having bagged
two dozen fine ducks.
" I hope to shake hands with you in the course of
eighteen months. Send to me in the spring, as I
believe there will be a chance, if we do not return this