The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

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when such is the result of experience, who can deny
that Sir John Franklin and his brave companions may
not exist still ?

" On the 20th of June I saw narwals, walrus, and
white whales making their way down channel, seeking
the protection of the ice, the same asl hsve seen in lat.
59 in Davis's Straits. These animals migrate north at
the same season every year for the same purpose,
which is a convincing proof that a sea does exist be-
yond Queen Victoria Channel, comparatively open
and free from ice, and that they instinctively seek the
protectio❑ of the ice, which remains longer in these
narrow straits.

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" Sir John Franklin and his brave companions left
their native shores to battle for science. Humanity
demands that this search should not be given up until
the searchers shall have passed through the Arctic
Basin and out into the Pacific Ocean, and until sueh
a course be pursued, the fate of our missing country-
men can never be ascertained.
" I have the honour to remain, Sir,
—'N' yo
thour most obedient servant,
u " Was. PENNY,
" Late Commander of an Arctic Expedition.
Society."
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To the
VHAIRmA President of the Royal Geographical
The
ht the thanks of the society
were due to Ca t '
taken so active a part inasglad
best practical Pain
to
oomviertsh,aatnthde
knowledgemore of the subject, for a letter
which proved
ever the desirableness of a
renewed expedition thanf
fate of Sir John 1-, for the purpose of discovering the
in promoting additional explorations, e felt that the society,
Penny, who was a man of the
wexplorations, had done all that
they could do, and be
he now communicated to the society, the matter.
Sir E. BELCHES intimated Some doubts as to the
soundness of Mr. Penny's '
h when it was his
there was great reason ythahou°Ulg
withheld from Captain Austin the of him for haying
information which
duty, having ascertained the facts
have laid them before his superior officer, e now stated, to
to the immediate prosecution of the search, car, with a view
hdthadiavet
how-
ever, had no doubt as to the fact of S j- He,
lin having proceeded up the Wellingtonr Channel.
rank-
Mr. CATLIN next read a paper developingel his
scheme for a museum of the productions, r, manufac-
tures, &c., of the savage tribes of the worldtnan• f----
view of preserving some memorials of races who
oivrth a
gradually disappearing before the progress of civilize.era
tion, and, in all probability, doomed to speedy ~.., y ex-
tinction.
Mr. BRIERLY afterwards read a paper describing
the visit of her Majesty's ship Meander to Tongtabooin June, 1850, and giving some information as to the
condition of the Friendly Islands. Views of the island
scenery were exhibited, with some specimens of native
cloth and utensils, and portraits of some of the chiefs,
amongst others that of George Tabou, or King of
the Friendly Islands, with his autograph. The King
has professed Christsanity for twenty-one years past,
and was described as a very intelligent person.
Amongst the sketches was one of the entrance of a
pah, at Bea, where Captain Croker, of her Majesty's
ship Favourite, was killed in 1840, in a skirmish be-
tween the Christian and heathen parties in the island.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL DALY, C.B. - Rear-
Admiral of the Red Cuthbert Featherstone Daly,
C. 8., died at Haye's-place, Lisson-grove, a few days
since. This gallant officer was on the reserve half-
pay list, consequently no promotion will take place on
account of his decease. He served afloat only 13
years, and his distinguished career during that time
is thus epitomised in the " Naval Biography :"-
" Cuthbert Featherstone Daly is second son of the
late Denis Daly, Esq., of Castle Daly, county West-
meath, by Miss Harriet King; brother of Denis Daly,
Esq , brigade-major at Vortsmouth ; and uncle of
Lieutenant John Daly, R.N. This officer entered
the navy February 17, 1794, as first-class volunteer
on board the Andromache, 38 ; was lieutenant (com-
mission dated September 30, 1500) of the Atlas, 98,
until April, 1802, and appointed senior, March 1,
1803, of the Arrow, of 28 32-pounder car-
ronades and 132 men, Captain Richard Budd
Vincent; he subsequently, in June, 1304,
obtained the official praise of that officer for the
spirited manner in which, with the boats, he
boarded, cut adrift, and then destroyed, under the
island of Fano, at the entrance of the Adriatic,
L'Actif, French privateer, of 4 guns, although moored
with three anchors, attached by a hawser from the mast-
head to the cliff above her, and defended by a heavy
cross-fire from the crew on board, and from the
rock, beach, and houses. On February 4, 1805, the
Arrow, and her consort the Acheron bomb, were both
captured by the French 40 and 38 gun frigates llor-
i ticnoo tuna INsoorieurtHdo, tator a nohlo resistance of
several hours, in which the former ship lost 13 men
killed and 27 wounded, and was so shattered that she
immediately afterwards settled on her beam-ends and
went down. Lieutenant Daly, who was detained a
prisoner at Carthagena until the following July, next
became first of the Diadem 64, Commodore Sir Home
Popham, and, on proceeding to the Cape of Good
Hope, was present at its surrender to the British in
January, 1809. He was then sent home with the
dispatches in the Seahorse transport, and on his ar-
rival was promoted to the rank of commander, April
10, 1806. Assuming charge, January 8, 1107, of
the Comet, of 18 guns, Captain Daly next cruised
with great activity on the north coast of Spain,
where, in command of four boats belonging
to his own vessel and to the Cossack, he landed
June 23, 1808, spiked all the guns in Fort St.
Salvador de Ano and Fort Sedra, near the town of
St. Andero, and was severely scorched in destroying
two magazines. On August 11, following, he very
gallantly went in pursuit of three of the enemy's cor-
vettes, one of which, La Sylphe, of le guns, he ulti-
mately brought to close action, and in twenty minutes
compelled to surrender. For his distinguished con-
duct on this occasion he was rewarded with a poet com-
mission, dated on the 18th of the same month. From
May 15 to July 14, 1812, he afterwards commanded
the Barham, 74, in the North Sea, but since the latter
period he has been on half-pay. His advancement to
nag-rank took place November 9, 1846. Rear-Ad-
miral Daly, who received re wards, both honorary and
pecuniary, from the Patriotic Fund, was nominated
a C. 8., July 20,1838, and awarded the good service
pension, Feb. 19, 1842. He was left a widower with
several children, Aug. 14, 1841."
AWFULLY SUDDEN Deam.-Lieutentint F. Gray,
of Southsea (1814), attended on Sunday evening
the service at the new church of St. Jude. He was
taken ill, and was carried into the vestry-room, when
it was found that life was extinct. Disease of the
heart is said to have been the cause of his death.
Lieutenant A. O. Hansard (1844) died on the 3d
instant at Oxford.
Fly, 14, Commander Oliver, was mustered and in-
spected at Devonport on Saturday, 14 Flag-Captain
Lowe, of the Impregnable, and went into harbour
yesterday to be paid off.
Havannah, 19, Captain Erskine, arrived at Devon-
port from Portsmouth and New Zealand on Sunday
morning, at eleven A.M. She was to be mustered and
inspected yesterday morning by Flag-Captain Lowe,
and come into harbour in the afternoon to be paid off.
Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, is ordered, we un-
derstand, to fill up her complement, and to proceed to
the Mediterranean.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.-The Britannia, 120, Ca t.
Goldsmith, has been brought into the Angle dockP to-
day to have her bottom overhauled.
The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Patey, was in-
spected at Spithead this morning by Captain Martin,
C. 8., of the Victory, and after removing her powder
and shells, she came into harbour to be paid off.
The Retribution steam-frigate Captain Warden,
came into harbour this morning, from Spithead.
The Powerful, 84, has been taken into the basin
to-day ready for docking.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander
Allen, took Captain Martin, e;.13., to Spithead this
morning, and afterwards lauded invalids from the
Sidon steam-frigate.
Commander Gardner
The Sidon steam-frigate, ,
has been towed into harbour this afternoon by the
Echo steam-tug.
The Rapid, 8, Commander Blair, has received her
orders to sail on Tuesday morning. The westerly
winds have detained her since Sunday.

FI?IGHTFULNE COLLIERY EXPL
AR SHEFFIELD. OSION

The colliery district around Sheffield, bo noted for
disastrous mining explosions, was the scene of another
sad calamity on Saturday last. Three persons have
perished in the Woodthorpe colliery, two ;miles and a
half south of Sheffield, worked by Mr. John Rhodes the
lessee. The three colliers are Charles Stones, of Glead-
less, aged 23, unmarried; Samuel Bacon and William
Ramsden, youths about eighteen years of age, both of
Handsworth Woodhouse. They were killed by a tre-
mendous explosion from fire damp, which took place at
half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, an hour
or so after all but six or tight hands'had left the pit.
There was one avenue in the pit that was surcharged
with inflammable gas, so that all the colliers avoided
entering it with exposed lights, but the youth Ramsden,
though a collier, was a stranger there.
Re
de-
scended the pit to visit Bacon, his companion, board
had
and for
some reason unknown he went into the dangerous
thatrt u his
la s
lhi(g)lhet c withus caused a tankinstantaneous candle
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month to project large quantities of
debris out o
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which o
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Bacon,
who were
forty respectively fifteen and the
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powerful
aw
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nearer the
ventilated shaft
by wereonly
one shalt instead of two.
killed by the concussion. The yardsThepit is

Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley have left town
on a visit to the Earl and Countess Illanvers at Thoreaby-
park.