The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-23 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

William Jesse Sadler, was indicted for stealing 541bs of
lead, the property of James Dummelow and others, on the

16th of September.
Mr. Dummelow, the prosecutor's son, saw the prisoner
leaving his work on the night in question. He saw that he
was carrying something very heavy, and asked him what it
was ? He said it was his basin, but refused to let lira see
it. He gave him into custody, and then found it was the
lead produced.
The Prosecutor identified the lead as his property, from
certain marks that were upon it.
The prisoner found the lead when going to his work, and
having no place to leave it at, he took it to the prosecutor's
premises till he was going home.
The Jury found him Guilty ; and the Court sentenced
him to seven years' transportation.
John Fraser, Moss Hart, and Samuel Davis were in-
dicted for breaking into the house of Thomas Smith, at
Riegate, and stealing various articles of wearing apparel, &c.
The prosecutor, on the morning of the 6th inst., left
home shortly after five o'clock, leaving his wife in bed ; he
shut the door after him. At one o'clock he went home, and
found that an entrance had been effected by taking out
two panes of glass from the window. He was informed
of the three men having been seen in the neighbourhood of
his house. He heard of them along the road, and got up
to them at Crawley, when he saw his shoes and stockings
on one of the prisoners, a pair of trowsers upon another,
and the third one was nearly all dressed in things that had
been stolen.

Mrs. Smith left the house on the day in question about
ten o'clock in the morning, leaving all the doors secured.
On her return she found the house had been entered, and
all her husband's clothes gone, bosides many things belonging
to a man named John Stevens, who was both deaf and
dumb. She met the three prisoners very near her house
when she was going out.
A boy named Burrell resided near Smith's house. On
the 6th of October he saw the three prisoners at that place
between eleven and twelve o'clock ; they stopped about till

he went out of the way, and then they walked on.
L. Stevens, father of the deaf and dumb man, identified
his son's clothes.

James Fussier, a shopkeeper at Crawley, said the prison-
ers Frazer and Davis came to him, and offered to sell him
a bundle of clothes. While in his shop they were taken
into custody.
Richard Caffey, constable of Crawley, took the prison-
ers into custody, in consequence of information given him.
He produced the property which he found upon them,
which was all identified by the prosecutor.
The CHAIRMAN summed up, and the Jury, after a short
consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty against all the
prisoners, and they were sentenced to be transported for life.

NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.

Letters from Captain Back were received yesterday
morning at the office of the Royal Geographical Society,
the latest date being the 29th of April last, when the intel-
ligence had just reached him of Captain Ross's return.
Their contents are of a mixed character. He and his
party were all well, with the exception of Augustus, the
Esquimaux interpreter, who had accompanied Sir John
Franklin in both his journies, and was now despatched by
the Hudson's-bay Company to join his third enterprise, but
perished by the way. The winter had indeed been extraor-
dinarily severe. "We have had," says Captain Back, " a
most distressing winter in this more than Siberian soli-
tude, where desolation reigns in unbroken repose. Even
the animals have fled from us, as it were by instinct,
and many, very many, of the unhappy natives have
fallen victims to famine in situations the most revolting
to human nature. The fish also, on which I in some
measure relied, left us ; in places which we were told
never before failed we have not caught a fish ; and during
the whole season scarcely a living creature has been
seen, except on one occasion a raven, which, in wheeling
over the house, startled me with his croak, so uniform was
the silence around us. I ran out, but when it saw me it
screamed, and again made off to the western mountains, in
the dark shade of which it was speedily lost. My party has
been thus much dispersed in quest of food, and every mes-
sage has brought me tidings of their encountering severe
privations. Mr. M'Leod (an agent of the Hudson's Bay
Company, attached to the party) and his young family,
are at this moment somewhere on the lake fishing ; and
you may imagine what it costs me to see them also ex-
posed to the rigours of this severest of all winters, for the
mean of three thermometers has been far below the lowest
we ever registered in our former expeditions. After this
narrative, yob may believe that, in spite of all my care and
economy, some part of the provision laid up for our voyage
has been necessarily consumed. The most experienced
man in the country could not have foreseen this ; nor was
there an possibility of avoiding it. My anxiety is immea-
surable on account of it ; but I still hope that the Indians
may be enabled to procure us dry food, or in short some-
thing that may afford sustenance, so that the fondest wishes
of my heart may not be frustrated. Of that, however, in one
sense, there is no danger, for come the worst, I can always
reduce my men, and go in one boat. Do not, therefore,
let this affect you, for I feel confident of overcoming it.
Another misfortune is, that pinched as we are for provi-
sions, we must drag our boats and luggage almost 100
miles over rocks and ice before we can reach open water.
This we have ascertained through the winter ; but never
mind, this also shall be done, and it will be a new feature
in discovery. In our former expeditions we had none of
these tremendous obstructions to contend with, though we
had to take our bark canoes some distance in sledges. But
I have perfect confidence in my men, and they, good fel-
lows, think that I cannot err."
The above was written before the arrival of the express
announcing Captain Ross's return ; and, pressed for time,
only a few lines are added subsequent to that event. They
are, however, so characteristic of the gallant writer, that
they ought not to be omitted :—" I have this moment re-
ceived your despatch, with an account of Ross's return. I
am all gratitude and happiness. My heart is too full to
write ; but I shall pay attention to all that is recommended
to me ; of this assure the committee. • 'What a triumph is
this return of Ross's to us all who hoped against hope!'
And syliat do the croakers say ? Will they acknowledge
the lessoti afforded by it of the power of stubborn perseve-
rance ?" &c.
From a privizO letter which we have seen, it may be inter-
esting to some to add the following scrap :—" My day is
chiefly spent thus—betiire breakfast I read a portion of Scrip-
/1J Ow afterwards attend to my observations, study, draw,
- ty of pencil sketches), work up my survey, take
•w. f dn-,44rora, &c. At the same time I keep my eye upon
'svhateVer;i% is going on, have an eveninc, school twice a
'iceek, and the service in French and' English every
Sunday. guitar is cracked, and jars abominably ; but
You will no'ibe surprised at this when I add, that I have
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