The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-21 00:00:00

[We telieve that Mr. Kennedy received conditional
Instructions to look into Jones's Sound, if he could do so
without much delay to his voyage, but there is little
hope that the Prince Albert will be able to accomplish
this, as she will probably reach that spot before the
tee oprml, and will not of course wait. On every ac-
count, then, it is to be hoped that a Government
steamer will be sent up to examine the cairn, and also to
9°n3municate. with Captain Austin's squadron. In mak-
ing mention of the Prince Albert, we would call the at-
tention of our readers to the subscription list published
In our jsurnal yesterday, and earnestly entreat them to
left subscribe to the renewed branch expedition which has
our
shores, and to save us from the stigma which
_ attach to us in the eyes of all Europe, if we allow
Lady t
Franklin to'bear the expense.]

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---E n' CITY PRISON, HOLLOWAY.
This new building is constructed upon the radiating
principle,
having kur wings diverging fret:a one centre,
with two other wings in front of the former—one of
these wings is forjuvenilo offenders with schoolrooms at-
tached ; the other for females with work-rooms and
laundry. The other four radiating wings constitute the
male adult prison. These have large work-rooms at-
tached, and an apparatus for lifting water. The wings
are 12 cells in length, or about 100 feet, and 3 stories
high. The corridors are 16 feet wi(Th, and are open uP
to tho arched ceiling, with galleries ing
cells. The cells are 13 feet
by 7 lfeetead, fit to the upper
ted u with
water-closets, wash-hand basin, cupboard, table,p stool,
&c•: these are warmed by means of
hot water pipes laid
under the aorridor floor, the air passing over them and
through the fit:es, provided in the thickness of the wall,
I? and eutering the cell over the door. The ventilation is,
be effected by means of a shaft of 146 feet high, of
feetder.
toeby 40, and 43 feet to the ridge of the roof, with two
e recesses for the females and juveniles, and will con'
sittings for 380 isoners. The kitchenf is eonft i
tampleiug
,flustisions, and prisoners.
close to the base c the
shaft, the steam and smell from the victuals will be
readrty earried off. The well-house is to be fitted with
one of Me. Bestem, , ci-
s eapman
Iron b . ! s tic pump!, and to be worked like
of a ntlding 30 ftot diameter. The whole ex
tent
0-
age neat the Camden-road is of Kentish ra,,
with Caen stone dorfeetfregs.h The style is castellated Go-
thic. The sides
wings are of black: the e. apel building and the back
windows to the cells have Park-
spring stone ailla, with
are brick
Park-
whole of the parapets are coned with reveals. The
eaenstone. Tito
building has been erected km the design and under
superintendence of Mr. Bunningthe City the able able
chitect. Mr. Jay is the Contractor employed; Mr. Lawrie
the clerk of Work& :'ho original estimate for the build-
ing was 92,2931.; but the committee considered that sum
orders were given t east •
too large, and
It is expected .hat the prison will bps
cas reduced to the
pruning-knife was applied, and itlt down. The
in the early part of next year.
extent of 14,635/.
ready for occupation
Builder.

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DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL .01USBum.—Amon
g the
many attractive exhibitions with which London
aw
abounds, we know of none more worthy of a visit than the
beautiful Anatomical Museum of Dr. Kahn. On the et
sion when we visited the Museum, a few evenings ago, we
were pleased to find the rooms thronged with visitor ,
all intlitlily listening to the interesting explanation of the
structure and functions of the human body given by the
English medical gentleman attached to the museum. We,
among the rest, must compliment the talented lecturer for
the very lucid and able manner in which he treated the
subject; it was highly instructive throughout, and the nume-
rous audience appeared greatly pleased with their visit to
this attractive museum.

A LADY AND 112 R DOG.—A lady in the western
part of this county has attracted some local attention by
the maxks of affection she has exhibited to the memory of
a dead dog. A correspondent reports to us as follows :
" The dog was of some ugly breed unknown to me, and
died lately. A painter was brought from Edinburgh to take
its likeness, fis, which he received the trifling sum of fifty
guineas: A sculptor was brought from a distance to effect a
headstone at the grave. Flowers and evergreens were ;
planted round the tomb, and the whole was inclosed with a
substantial railing. The epitaph on the grave-stone is Sa-
cred to the memory of Viper:"'—Perthshire Advertiser.

It will be obvious that the importance of examining
this cairn is enhanced by the fact that none was disco-
vered on Cape Riley, and thus it can hardly be over-
estimated.
There is no doubt that it lies in Jones's Sound, long
believed to lead directly into the sea north of the Parry
Islands, by many deemed to be the Polar basin. And.
from the circumstance that an open sea was beheld to the
westward, we have every right to the assumption that
the point in question lies at the entrance of Jones'a
Sound into Wellington Channel, or rather, perhaps. we
should say, at the junction of both with the Polar basin.
The very existence of a cairn in this part is proof that
beneath it lies intelligence of Sir John Franklin's expe-
dition, and its precise locality gives it an importance
which may prove of inappreciable value.
Let us, therefore, hope that the most effectual means
will, without delay, be taken to secure to the searching
squadron the benefit of the information to be obtained
from this spot. A powerful steamer would effect the
whole in four months, and in urging this we do but ad-
vocate a measure lately resolved upon by the Admiralty,
though unhappily abandoned, as we are led to believe
from private and adverse influences.
It is a matter of fact that Jones's Sound opens later
than Lancaster Sound. Captain Penny found its entrance
barred by heavy bergs in the middle of August, last year;
while in the previous season (1849), Captain Greville, in
the Abram, perceived no obstruction in the month of
September. One of our large steamers could with ease
be dispatched before the beginning of August, which
would give ample time for her passage. After the ex-
amination of the cairn, a communication with the search-
ibg squadron might be quickly effected, and her return
at the end of the open season secured.
We feel that the universal sympathy experienced in
the fate of Sir John Franklin's gallant party will not be
satisfied that a known deposit of information concerning
them should be left unexamined, and that the friends of
the missing party have a right to demand an immediate
investigation of these most promising and important cir
eurnstances.