The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-26 00:00:00

APPOINT➢SENTB.

Woomvica, SErr. 25.—Lieutenants—Loftus C.
11. Robinson (1847) from the Growler paddle-wheel
steam-vessel, on the Mediterranean station, to the
Penelope, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, on the west
coast of Africa station ; Charles Sullivan (1844) to be
flag-lieutenant to Commodore Michael Seymour,
superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, and carrying
his broad pendant on the St. George, 120, guard-ship
of ordinary at Devonport.
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Midship-man—Hon. H. C. Eliot to the Bellerophon,
78, at Portsmouth.

ictT'aval Cadet—Herbert Hilton to the Dido, 18, at
Sheerness.

The Lady Franklin and Sophia sailing vessels, the
former under the command of Captain Penny, and
recently returned from a searching expedition in the
Arctic regions with the view of obtaining traces of
or relieving Sir John Franklin and the missing navi-
gators, have nearly completed the delivery of their
remaining stores on board of lighters to take them
up to Deptford, and the crews expect to be paid off
to-morrow and to have their conveyance expenses
paid to Aberdeen and Peterhead, to which places
they almost all belong. Compettnt judges express
their belief that fully eighteen months' provisions
have been discharged here from the two vessels since
their return, and feel surprised that Captain Penny
should have returned with such ample resources for
so long a period under his charge; but they can have
no idea of Captain Penny's motive in returning so
early in the season, which is evident from what can
be learnt from all on board, who were to a man
ready to volunteer to start again for the Arctic regions
if Captain Penny had been placed in charge of a
screw-propelled steamer, on which he appears now to
place every hope of realising the object of the
searching expeditions to ascertain the fate or re-
lieve the officers and crews of the Erebus and
Terror. The examination of the relics of
the Erebus and Terror found by Captain Penny, and
examined by Commodore Sir William Edward Parry,
Captain Beechey, Dr. Sir John Richardson, and Mr.
Birrow, have satisfied them that the articles in reality
belonged to the Erebus and Terror. One of the
pieces of canvas was proved by several persons, exa-
mined separately, to have been a part of the binding
of the trysail of one of the vessels, and on opening a
part of the binding the letters "N. C.," meaning naval
canvas, and the figures "35," meaning the number
of yards in the original piece, were found upon it,
and on unweaving a few threads the yellow Govern-
' ment thread was found in it, proving that it was Go-
vernment property and that it had never belonged to
the mercantile marine of this or any other country.
The direction post found near the three graves is still
an object of great interest, and on being closely exa-
mined the upright post is ascertained to have been
formed of a hoarding pike staff 7 feet long, the finger
or painted handboard being attached at the top by
three nails, and instead of the post being nailed to
the centre of the board it is nailed to the side nearest
the wrist-end of the hand. When found the spike
end had beon broken off within about 5 inches of the
point of the iron, which accounts for the staff being
found lying on the ground instead of being in an erect
position. The sides of the coal sacks which had been
exposed to the sus have been bleached to a pure white,
and all the articles afford evidence of their having
been in the Arctic regions.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A workman named
Darling, employed in assisting to lay down the timber for
the narrow gauge on the Banbury branch of the Great
Western Railroad, was killed on Wednesday last by the Ban-
bury middle-day train, near Oxford. The poor fellow had
ju,eleft off work for his dinner hour, and had most incau-
tiously sat down on the bridge which is over the Cheltenham
turnpike road, between the parapet of the bridge and the line
of rail, a width of about thirty inches, waiting for his dinner,
when he unfortunately feel asleep. On the train coming
close upon him he raised his head, but had not time to get
out of the way before one of the steps of the carriages cut
him behind his head in a most frightful manner, so that his
brains was scattered about on the line. A person who wit-
nessed the accident ran to his assistance, but it was of no
avail, for, after breathing a few times, the poor fellow was a
corpse. He has left a widow and live children to lament his
melancholy end. No blame whatever attaches to any one
but himself. Ihe engine-driver and guard were not aware
of the accident until they arriyed at the Oxfogcl §tatwa.