The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-15 00:00:00

THE SUET,

he came round from behind the counter, and several
ti lea requested tit'cased to go out. Sne rettis d, and.
he said he. would put her out. IN as close by the shop
dour. l'he pris,;te:r put his hands on the deceased's
shoulders, intending to put 11,.:r out. She struggled, and
caught hold of a board at the shop door, which gave
way, and she fell down the steeps backwards. The pri-
soner did not push her. The board was merely tempo-
rarily fixed.
Other witnesses having been examined,
Mr. TYRWHITT said that the matter seemed purely ac-
cidental, but he should remand the prisoner untie the re-
sult of the coroner's inquest was known. He should
accept one surety in 401.
The required bail was immediately provided. The
prisoner (who was much affected durieg the examination)
left the court with his friends.

CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S EXPEDITION,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Having received a letter from a friend of
mine, who is an officer in Captain Austin's expedi-
tion, I send you herewith a copy of the same, and
should you be pleased to insert it in your paper you
are perfectly at liberty to do so.
I am, Sir, yours very obediently,
Falmouth, Sept. 13, 1851. J. 0.

" Griffith's Island, Barrow's Straits,
let. 74 deg. 36 N., long. 95 deg. 15 W.,
July 4, 1851.
"My dear - : A mere possibility of this ever
reaching you has induced me to put a few lines on
paper, that should you over get it, you might at once
be satisfied of my health and comfort, as also, I am,
happy to say, of the whole of the expedition, which
are now present with us, having spent our winter to-
gether.
"I shall merely put two or three heads of the work
together, that you may see our chances.
" Last year we only succeeded in getting as far as
this place, and being suddenly frozen in we were all
compelled to winter together. We have been here
since 16th September, 1850. Previous to that, how-
ever, we succeeded in finding the winter quarters of
poor Franklin and his ships at Beechy Island, in the
mouth of the Wellington Channel. To this moment,
however, all further traces have ceased, leaving the
affair in even worse mystery than before. They were
all right in May, 1846, by evidence at Beechy Island.
"Captain Penny's (the merchant expedition under
the Admiralty) are about sixteen miles to the east-
ward of us, and Sir James Ross's schooner is in
company with them, where they have been for the
winter.
" The most extensive scale of travelling in search
of the poor fellows has been put in practice this
spring that has ever been by Europeans, on their
own resources only. The last party under our
first lieutenant has this day arrived, having
been out eighty-one days, and been round the
west end of Melville Island, a distance, there and
back, of nearly 800 miles round ; 400 miles of coast
has been done to the southward, on which side I have
been myself. All the sledges were alike in provi-
sions, &c., with six or seven men and an officer each,
and 40 days' provisions ; I was out with mine 31
days. Beth sides of Barrow's Straits have therefore
been searched on foot, and Captain Penny has done
the same with Wellington Channel for 200 miles on
the west side nearly, and 130 or 140 on the east, still
nothing has been found whatever.
I suppose there is no alternative but to return now ;
if so, I shall see you almost as soon us you get thi4,
if not before, as the season seems pretty fair for
getting out ' • but still it is very possible that the Com-
modore will keep us out another year; however, of
course we arein the dark as to that yet, he most pro-
bably not knowing himself.
This note will be sent to Pond's Bay to see if we
can meet whalers, who will take it home.
Our winter of six months slipped by us as if it
was six weeks, and all were right comfortable.
Spring has kept us fully employed travelling, &c.,
and the summer is now on us, and a few weeks must
settle whether we go home or not ; there is, I believe,
not one in the squadron who longs not for that home
this year, still, there is none among them would
sooner stop out than myself, did our Commodore
think anything more could be done, but I must say I
am afraid there is not one who has the slightest hope
of our rescuing our poor countrymen, who must,
poor fellows, have perished long ere this.
There has been scarcely a casualty among our tra-
vellers, and not one during the time we have been
out otherwise, thus having kept in extraordinary
health, and I may add comfort.
I remain yours, &c.,

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY. _ _ _

Traffic—Week ending Sept. i 3, ... £15,912 15 10
Traffic—Week ending Sept. 14, 1850 ... 13,580 0 1
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 165,424 5 0
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 146,441 6 1
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
Sept. 13,1851 ... 111,923
Passengers ... ... £13,566 1 10
Goods 2,345 14 0

Total ... ... £15,912 15 10
Total miles open, 1851, 17314 ; ditto, 1850, 17114.
London Terminus, Sept. 15, 1851.

DEATH or Ma. W. WEST, F.R.S.—We regret
to announce the death of our scientific fellow-townsman, Mr.
W. West, the celebrated analytical chemist. Mr. West died
on Wednesday last, in the 59th year of his age. For his
scientific attainments he was a few years ago elected a
fellow of the Royal Society, an honour of which he was not
a little proud. He was a man of varied attainments, and as
an intelligent member of the Leeds Philosophical and
Literary Society, the West Riding Geological and Polytechnic
Society, and other kindred institutions, be will be much
missed. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and
of rather eccentric habits.—Leeds Intelliyencer.
BATTY'S HIPPODROME.—On Wednesday last, the
boys of the Naval Asylum were afforded a rich treat, by the
kindness of Mr. Batty in allowing them gratuitous admission
to his new place of amusement, at Kensington ; and in order
to prevent any obstacle being raised to their attendance, he
generously and regardless of expense, made it a day fete, ex-
pressly for them. This is not the first or second time this
kind-hearted gentleman has shown his regard for the boys
from which both the naval and military portion of our de-
fenders are to be recruited (the Chelsea boys having also
experienced his liberality), but, independent of these circum-
stances, the Hippodrome is decidedly one of the best and
most rational places of amusement in London, and no coun-
tryman can say he has seen its lions, if he does not pay a
visit. As the building was opened on the same day as the
Exhibition, i, is the intention of the proprietor to close it at
the same time; and as that period is now drawing to a
close; and, like its neighbour, its future existence is a matter
of speculation, we would advise all who have not done so to
pay a visit; those who have, we are certain, are sure to re-
peat it on every occasion they have time to spare.—Kentish
Mercury.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—BRISTOL, SATURDAY.—
Accounts received this week from the surrounding district
represent, we regret to say, that the potato crop, which
would otherwise have been, like the cereal crops generally,
most abundant, has been much infected by the potato
disease. In the potatoes even already dug many that before
appeared quite sound have gone quite rotten in 48 hours.
Complaints are general about Thornbury and other dis-
tricts of Gloucestershire. Since Friday last the disease has
made its appearance at Weston-super-Mare, Worle, Ax-
bridge, Cheddar, Berrow, and, indeed, almost every pariah
in that part of Somersetahire.
Earl Grey arrived in town on Friday, from Lord
Minto's seat at Hawick, and will remain until he proceeds to
Scotland to attend upon her Majesty on her return from the
north. His Lordship was at the Colonial-office on Saturday
up to a late hour in the evening.
THE ROYAL FAMILY AT OSBORNE.—The three
junior members of the Royal Family that now reside at Os-
borne—namely, the Princess Helena, the Princess Louisa,
and Prince Arthur, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington
and Colonel Berkeley Drummond, have taken advantage of
the very fine weather to make excursions in the Solent on
board the Royal yacht tender the Fairy, Master. Commander
Welch, under the guidance of Captain Crispin. On Satur-
day, the Fairy proceeded with the Royal children on board
along the shore of the Isle of Wight, as far as the Nab light-
-1 vessel. After re-landing the Royal party at Osborne the
Fairy returned into Portsmouth Harbour.
HER MAJESTY'S PRIVATE BAND. -- Our readers
will feel much pleasure in hearing that her Majesty has
chosen Mr. Joseph Richardson as principal flute in her pri-
vate band. This appointment may be hailed as a good one,
and as an assurance that real talent in an Englishman is
appreciated, and the more especially when it is known that
there are numbers of foreigners of high standing as artistes
who were most anxious to secure the situation for them-
selves. It is understood that at one of the concerts given
some short time since by her Majesty Mr. Richardson's
performances on the flute obtained for him the marked ap-
plause of the Queen and Prince Albert, and it is not un-
likely that the appointment may have arisen from that cir-
cumstance.
ARRIVAL OF THE RIGHT REV. DR. GRANT, THE
DESIGNATED ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SOUTHWARK.
Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the doors of the St.
George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark, were lite.
rally beseiged by persons anxious to witness the relic of the
true cross, which was carried in grand procession for the
veneration of the faithful, being the Feast of the Exaltation
of the Cross, the precious relic being entrusted to the Rev.
Dr. Doyle, who performed high mass, assisted by the Rev.
Fathers Cotter and Bagshaw, attended by fifty of the choir,
when the sermon was preached by the designated Roman
Catholic Bishop of Southwark, the Right Rev. Dr. Grant,
who performed mass at half-past eight o'clock in the morn-
ing, he having arrived from Rome late on Saturday evening,
and taken up his residence for the present at St. George's
Roman Catholic Cathedral, where the friends and admirers of
the Right Rev. Dr. Grant will have the opportunity of hear-
ing him on Sunday morning next, at the same place. A con-
siderable number of priests called in the course of the day
on the right rev. gentleman, and it is expected that a synod
will be held in the course of a few days. How long will such
processions as these of the relics of the true cross be tolerated?
Can such things be, and pass without our wonder ?—Adeertiser.
ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 13.'—'
1 corporal and 10 gunners embarked in the Resistance store-
ship, at Deptford, yesterday, for a passage to Gibraltar.
The corporal is appointed schoolmaster, and the gunners to
fill up the vacancies of the Royal Artillery at that station.
Captain d'Arcy's company, sth battalion, is placed under
orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Leith
Fort to relieve Captain Pavuter's company, Bth battalion,
ordered to return from that station, and join head-quarters at
Woolwich. Captain Wooa's troop of Royal Horse Artillery
will arrive in the girrison here from Dublin on Monday, the
15th iest., which will complete the changes of the stations of
several troops of the Horse Brigade for the present Year.
Ihe changes of the troops within the last two months have
been—Captain Warde's troop, from Woolwich to Leeds;
Captain Grant's troop, from Leeds to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Captain Lake's troop, from Newcastle to Limerick; and Cap-
tain Gilbert's
pig&
troop) from Limerick to Portoballo.birracks,