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London, England, 1851-12-06 00:00:00

THE SUN

&c., 986/. 17s. 6d. ; sundries, 701. 15s. ; leaving balance
to next account of 1074 Bs. 7d.
At Wheal Chiverton meeting on the 19th Nov., the
accounts showed—Balance last account, 1,4284 4s. 101 ;
labour cost for four months, end of September, 4291. 19s
I Id. ; merchants' bills, 624/. 15s. 201.u...2,482/. 19s. lid.
By call in June, 1,536/. ; leaving balance against the
mine, 9461. 19s. 11d. A call of 11. per share was made.
At Wheal Sydney meeting, the report was considered
encouraging, and a call of 11. per 1,024 th share was made.
general
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SE.asrtießreire,ET,cio.r,
At a special
Tin Mining Company,
in the chair), it was resolved to dissolve the company,
and the directors were authorised to dispose of the mine.
During thews shares have changed hands in Alfred
Consols, Allt-y-Crib, Devon Great Consols, Mining
Company of Ireland, Tincroft, Trehane, West Provi-
dence, Wheal Golden, Wheal Lovell, Trelawny, Mary
Ann, Treviskey, Tremayne,
Wicklow, Lamherooe,
liolnabush, Bodmin Consols, Great Alfred, Wheal Rus-
M, Zion, Wheal Edward, Ilennock, Bodmin Wheal
ry, Bwlch Consols, Cern Valley, Wheal Trowane,
Treville, Cwmdale Rock, W heal Crebor, Boringdon Park,
East Boringdon, East Russell, Caradon Wood, North
Trelawny, Trenault, Great Bryn, West Wheal Rose,
West Callington, Marilyn, Trevelyan, Penralt, Venton,
South Tamar, Wheal Cupid, Tregorden, Black Craig,
South of Scotland, Treleigh Consols, and West Polgooth.
In Foreign Shares there have been very few transac-
tions. A few have changed hands in Cobre and St. John
'el Hey.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
ORDNANCE CHANGES.—We announced last week
several changes directed to take place in the Royal
Artillery consequent on the late Brevet, and the follow-
ing are the subsequent alterations:—Colonel T. Dyne-
ley, C. 8., to the command of the Royal Artillery in the
Northern District, vice Colonel Whinyates; Colonel C.
E. Gordon, late Assistant Adjutant-General in Ireland,
to command the Artillery in Canada, vice Colonel
Dyneley; Lieutenant-Colonel Dalton to the command
of the Artillery at Ballincollig, vice Colonel Chesney;
Lieutenant-Colonel Sweeting to the command of the
Artillery at Charlemont, vice Colonel Crawford ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Otway to the ocmmand of the Ar-
tillery at Guernsey, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser;
Lieutenant-Colonel Williams to the command of the
Artillery at Barbadoes, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Pal-
liser; Colonel J. E. Jones to be appointed to the com-
mand of the Magazine Fort, Dublin; Colonel Wylde,
C. 8., to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Colonel Whin-
yates, C. 8., appointed Director-General of Artillery.
It is rumoured that Colonel Gordon will be nominated
to the command of the Artillery at Gibraltar vice Colonel
Cator.
ORDNANCE.—Exercise ground has been hired near
Portobello Barracks, Dublin, consisting of three acres
for the use of the troops, viz., one troop of Royal Horse
Artillery, three companies of Battalion Artillery, and
six troops of the 7th Dragoon Guards.
Colenel J. Oldfield, K.H., commanding Royal En-
gineers in Ireland, has returned to Dublin from his tour
of inspection in the Belfast district.
STAFT.—Major George Myliug, Town Major of Dublin,
has left the Royal Barracks on leave of absence. Ensign
Sanderson, Adjutant 62d Regiment, is performing his
duty.
It is rumoured that Cornet the Earl of Elopetoun de-
clines joining the Ist Life Guards.
EXPECTED INTELLIGENCE PROM THE CAPE.—We
are now in hourly expectation of official dispatches from
the Cape—first, by her Majesty's steam transport Dee,
which left the Cape October 12th; secondly, by her
Majesty's steam-frigate Sidon, which left the Cape Oct.
13th; thirdly, by her Majesty's steam-vessel Rhada-
manthus, which left with special dispatches October
18th; and, fourthly, by the screw mail packet, which
was to leave November Ist.
Captain Lushington, who has resigned the superin-
tendentship of the Indian navy, it is said, will succeed
Captain Yates as Captain of Portsmouth Ordinary, and
so qualify himself for his active flag.
Lieutenant Rickard Lloyd, R.N., Admiralty agent,
has arrived from Hong-Kong, China, on six months'
leave of absence.
NEW BARRACKS.—The projected new barracks for the
troops at Devonport aro to be commenced early in the
month of May next.
GOOD FEELING AT MALTA.—The Malta Literary and
Scientific Institute has passed:a resolution admitting to
the lectures, gratuitously, all non-commissioned officers
and privates of the army, and all petty officers and sea-
me❑ of the fleet.
EDUCATION IN THE ARIII7.—The Sergeants of the
3d Buffs, at Malta, have established an evening class for
the study of the Italian language.
STANDARD HEIGHT FOR RECRUITS.—The Royal
Artillery standard height fur recruits has been lowered
from 5 tt. 8 in. to 5 ft. 7 in. Some fine young men have
lately been sent iu by Captain Crofton, who is stationed
at Exeter. .

Captain Orme, of the 3d West India Regiment, has
succeeded Major Elliott, of the 2d West India Regiment,
as Major of Brigade at Barbadoes.
Lieutenant }larger, 2d West India Regiment, has suc-
ceeded Ensign Jones as Garrison Adjutant at Gambia.
Lieutenant Johnson, sth Foot, has been appointed
Aide-de-Camp to the Major-General (Sutherland) on

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tht) klauritiui Staff.
Lieutenant De Morel has been appointed Acting-
Pay master, and Lieutenant the Hon. R. Monek Acting
Adjutant, of the Depot of the 433 Light Infantry.
Lieutenant Newcomcn is acting Paymaster to the Depot
of the 59th Foot.
STAFF* OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.-The following
,how the number of officers in each rank now employed
us staff officers of pensioners in the United Kingdom-1
LiEutenant-Colonel Military Superintendent of Pen-
sinners, 3 Lieutenant-Colonels, 39 Majors, 41 Captains,
and 17 Lieutenants in charge of out-pension districts.
DUBLIN GARRISON.—The whole of the troops com-
posing the garrison of Dublin marched from their respec-
tive barracks on the Ist December, i❑ heavy marching
order, several miles into the country, and returned to
their quarters at one o'clock P.m.
Lieutenant Purcell of the 50th Foot (Queen's Own),
has been appointed Superintending Officer of the York
R,cruiting District, vice Lieutenant Hughes of the 98th,
who has been moved to the Ist Lyndon Sub-Division.
Lieutenant Lowrie, 65th, has succeeded Lieutenant Cow-
per, 86th Foot, as Superintending Officer of the 2d Lon-
don Infantry Sub-Division.

LONDON,

and for the command of such a vessel, to be accompa-
nied by the Lady Franklin and Sophia, whose officers
and crews are to a man willing and eager to return, I
beg to offer my services. My officers and men are in
perfect health, and willing to follow wherever I may
lead them. If this plan be adopted, the North Star
should be sent up next spring, with provisions, coals, and
stores. I have &c.,
(Signed) WILLIAM PENNY.
Board Minute, 18th September.
My Lords have thought it proper to request the at-
tendance of Sir Francis Beaufort, Sir Edward Parry,
and Sir James Ross, Captain Beechey, Sir George Back,
and Sir John Richardson.
The following officers—viz., Sir Francis Beaufort, Sir
Edward Parry, Sir James Ross, and Capt. Beechey, at-
tended here this day; Sir John Richardson and Sir
George Back not being within reach.
This letter, No. 18, was placed before the above
officers present, and they have seen Captain Penny,
and having afterwards communicated with their Lord-
ships, my Lords, on a full consideration of the circum-
stances, declined acceding to Captain Penny's offer.
Present—Sir Francis Baring, Admiral Berkeley, Ad-
miral Stewart, Captain Milne.

W. A. B. H , Sec.'
Acknowledge receipt of this letter, and acquain
Captain Penny that my Lords are much gratified by
his zeal, and this generous offer of his services to pro-
ceed with his two ships and a steamer, to endeavour to
reach Lancaster Sound this season; but that, on a full
consideration of all the circumstances of the case, their
Lordships declined to accept the offer.
W. A. B. H.
SECRETARY OM THE ADMIRALTY TO MR. PENNY.
Admiralty, Sept. 13, 1851.
Sir,—Referring to a dispatch from Captain Austin, of
her Majesty's ship Resolute, dated the 12th of August
last, in which he states that, " having communicated with
Captain Penny, and fully considered his official reply to
my letters relative to the search of Wellington Strait by
the expedition under his charge (unhappily without suc-
cess), I do not feel authorised to prosecute (even if prac-
ticable) a further search in these directions," I am com-
manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
to signify their direction to you to take the earliest op-
portunity of transmitting to mo for their Lordships' in-
formation a copy of your official letters to Captain
Austin referred to.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON.
MR. PENNY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY.
437, Strand, Sept. 15, 1851.
Sir,—l am sorry that I have not with mo a copy of
the note to which Captain Austin refers in his dispatch,
but I know the words by heart, and they will appear in
the following statement which I have the honour to lay
before you for the information of the Lords of the Ad-

miralty. .
I stated verbally to Captain Austin that it was my
conviction that Sir John Franklin had gone through the
strait leading N.W. out of Wellington Channel (which
I have for the present named Queen Victoria Channel),
and that he had gone off in clear water, and that ho was
beyond our reach. I meant, of course, beyond the
roach of my parties and my means. He did not seem
disposed to credit my statement. I begged him to give
mo one of his steamers, and I would take the Sophia,
and would act as pilot, and go up the channel, and wait
to 5.:-C if the ice would clear away; that he would thus
have the advantage of my practical experience. Capt.
Austin declined this request, and went away. Late at
night he wrote me a note, saying, "Is Wellington
Channel searched, or is it not searched?" My reply in
writing was, " Sir, your question is easily answered, I
did all in the power of man to do in Wellington Channel.
It requires no further search." I feel convinced that I
have given the exact words I used, and I limited myself
to the question he put to me. Captain Austin is per-
fectly aware that I had previously put before him all
the circumstances, and that I had discovered open water
leading north-west out of Wellington Channel.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
*M. PENNY.
SECRETARY OS THE ADMIRALTY TO MR. PENNY.
Admiralty, Sept. 15, 1851.
Sir,—With reference to your letter of this day's date,
in which you state that " I begged him (Captain Austin)
to give me ono of his steamers, and I would take the
Sophia, and act as pilot, and go up the Channel," I am
commanded by my Lords Commissioners to acquaint
you that my Lords would wish you to explain clearly
whether there was not a barrier of ice at the entrance of
Wellington Channel, which would have prevented these
vessels proceeding in that direction.-1 have, &c.
(Signed) W. A. 13. HAMILTON.
MR. PENNY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY.
437, Strand, Sept. 16, 1851.
Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 15th instant, in
reference to my application to Captain Austin to give
me one of the steamers, and I would take the Sophia and
act as pilot and go up the channel, and requesting me
to explain clearly whether there was not a barrier of ice
at the entrance of Wellington Channel which would
have prevented these vessels proceeding in that direc-
tion, I beg to state in reply that there was undoubtedly
a barrier of ice at the time I made the application ;
but I nevertheless was anxiously desirous to go up to it
with the vessels I have named, and remain there for the
chance of its opening until the setting in of the frost at
the close of the season; it being then understood that
had the wind remained from the west, as it then was, I
could not expect any change, but a shift to the eastward
would have made a rapid alteration in the ice.
I; is my conviction that to such a sudden change is to
be attributed the signs of Sir John Franklin's precipi-
tate departure from ,his winter encampment. For this
reason I was most anxious to be watching at the edge
of the ice. I have, ti:c.
(Signed) WM. PENNY.
SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALY TO MR. PENNY.
Admiralty, Sept. 15, 1851.
Sir,—With reference to the first paragraph of your
letter of the 12th April last, addressed to the Secretary
of the Admiralty, in which you state that, " the traces
found of the Franklin expedition were apparently those
of a retreating party," I am commended by my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to call upon you to
define more particularly what is meant by the said ex-
pression. I have, &c.
(Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON.
MR. PENNY TO THE SECRETARY OP THE ADMIRALTY.
437, Strand, Sept. 18, 1851.
Sir,—ln reference to the expression used by me in my
dispatch of April 17th, that the traces found of the
Franklin expedition were apparently those of a retreat-
ing party, of which you call upon me to define more
particularly my meaning, I have to state that I formed
my opinion entirely from Captain Ommanney; but that,
as appears farther on in my dispatch, I was afterwards
led to a very different conclusion on landing, and finding
undoubted traces of a winter station of the Erebus and
Terror in 1845 and 1846, of which the date upon the
graves is positive evidence, Captain Ommanney had not
seen these evidences of a prolonged stay when he formed
the opinion to which I have alluded, and which was
afterwards rejected by the whole of the squadron. To
make the matter sure I took a travelling party to explore
all the way to Cape Hurd, without finding anything
which could justify the idea of a retreating party.
Had it been a retreating party traces would have been
found of such in the way to it and in the way from it,
in some quarter or another, whereas the
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has been scoured without discovering any.—l have, &c.,
(Signed)
SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY TO MR. PENNY.
Admiralty, Sept. 22, 1851.
Sir,—With reference to your letters of the 12th April
and Bth September last, and your report of the zealous
assistance afforded to you by the several officers and
others therein named, as well as to the general good
conduct of your men, I am commanded by my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that
my Lords desire to express to you, and to the officers
and crews of the Lady Franklin and Sophia, the sense
they entertain of their praiseworthy conduct through-
out the service they have been employed upon; and the
satisfaction of my Lords at the untiring and praise-
worthy exertions of the travelling parties, as evinced
in the space traversed by them, and the geographical
discoveries they have made.
My Lords are further of opinion that great credit is
due to yon and Captain Stewart, and to the officers
under your orders, for the state of health maintained on
board your respective ships.
You will assure Mr. Peterson that the value of his
services is fully acknowledged by their Lordships.
I am, Sec.
(Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON.
MR. PENNY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY.
437, Strand, Oct. 10, 1851.
Sir,—l have read in the Times the correspondence be-
tween Captain Austin and myself, which their Lordships
have been pleased to send to the newspapers; without
meaning any disrespect to their Lordships, I hope I may
bo allowed to say that I think this is not fair to myself,
as I had no opportunity of making any explanation of the
circumstance, which are quite necessary to a right un-
derstanding of it.
If the object is to show that I thought nothing more
could be done than the complete search I bad made of
Wellington Channel, it is answered by my having asked
Captain Austin for the help of a steamer, which I would
pilot up. Captain Austin's own dispatch shows that on
a previous occasion he did not afford me the assistance
which I might have expected from him in getting my
boat up to the open water. But when Captain Austin
seemed to wish to throw upon me, after I had done all
that man could do, the responsibility of his going there
himself, and following up my discoveries, I told him that
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