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

Society."
The CHAIRMAN thought the thanks of the society
were due to Captain Penny, who was a man of the
best
practical knowledge of the subject, for a letter
which proved more than ever the desirableness of a
renewed expedition for the purpose of discovering the
.1 0 of Sir John Franklin. Ile felt that the society,
13 ELC ta
in promoting
they could do, and he - glad that they should have
taken c xploraticns, had done all that
was
taken so active part in. the matter.
there was great reaseanY
Sir E. lan intimated
soundness of Mr. p
wag
the
views, and thought that
he now communicated tlttieled ssolmieet3,:uwbhtsena sit
withheld from Captainon to
Austin the information which
have laid them before his Penny's
of him for having
duty, having ascertained the facts he now stated, to
ever, had no doubt as to thoenf of the search. Ile, how-
officer, with a view
to the immediate prosecution
lin having proceeded up the Wellington Sir John Frank-
uetions, manufoc-
tures,scheme for a museum of the
Mr. CATLIN next read a developing his
of the savage tribes of
&c., thef world, with a
view of preserving some memorials
gradually disappearing before the ro races who were
teen, and, in all probability, doomed to speedy ex-
tinction.
Mr. BRIERLT afterwards read a paper d
the visit of her Majesty's ship Meander to Toescribing
in June, 1850, and giving some information ansgttab°°'
condition of the Friendly Islands. Views of the island
scenery scenery were exhibited, with some specimens of native
cloth and utensils, and portraits of some of the chiefs,
productions,
Channel.
amongst others that of George Tahoe, 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 Crokff, of her Majesty's
ship Favourite, was killed in 1840, in a skirmish be-
tween the Christi= and heathen parties in the island.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DEATH OF REAII-ADMIUAL DALY, C.B. —Rear-
Admiral of the Red Cuthbert Featherstone Daly,
C. 8., died at Haye's-place, Li•ison-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. Ho served afloat only 13
ysetahruss, aenpditorni
hissdeidstiinn:,-,;uhie
distinguished
"Navalear Biography
eer durin gthat lone
i
" 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 Portsmouth ; end 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, 1800) 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, 1804,
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 Hor-
tense and Incorruptible, after a noble 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
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, 1806. 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, 1807, 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 vestel 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 18 guns, he ulti-
mately brought to close action, and in twenty minutes
compelled to surrender. For his distingui,hed con-
duct on this occasion he WA', rewarded with a post com-
mission, dated on the 18th of the same month. From
May 1.5 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
flag-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 DEATH.—Lieutenant F. Gray,
of Soutbsea (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, by Flag-Captain
Lowe, of the Impregnable, and went into harbour
yesterday to ha paid off.
to be mustered and
inspected yesterday morningn
Havannab, 19, Captain Erskine, arrivdedoant
spoenvdoeny-
port from Portsmouth and NewZ
by
morning, at eleven A.M. She wasne
92,
and come into harbour
Captain i afternoonnGtrhaehem, isg-Captain Lowe,
ordered, to be playied otA.
Rodney,
un-
derstand, to fill up her complement, and to proceed to
the Mediterranean.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAT.—The Britannia, 120, Capt.
Goldsmith, has been brought into the Angle dock 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 eiT.
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 Captin Martin, C. 8., to Spithead
from t
t orders
winds
morning, and afterwards lauded invalids he
Sidon steam-frigate.
has been towed into harbour this
The Sidon steam-frigate, Commander
afternoon Gabrydntehre
Echo steam-tug.
The Rapid, ,
Tuesday 1
n Sunday.
has
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EXPLOSION
cOLLIERY
FRIGHTFUL
stiEFFIELD.
NEAR
,euseoufnoatenduthfour
explosion. ,
disastrous mining Saturday last. Three, persons have
sad calainity
bout' hetffiheelsdc
Woodthorpe colliery, two miles and a
perished in t
The three colliers are Charles Stones, of Glead-
Tho colliery district u:rougndwaSs
lessee.
half south of Sheffield, worked by Mr. John Rhodes the
s aged 23, unmarried; Samuel Bacon and William
ILI' scren, youths about eighteen years of age, both of
liandsworth Woodhouse. They were killed by a tre-
mendous explosion from fire-clamp, which took place at
half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, an hour
or so after all but six or eight hands had lett the pit.
There was one avenue in ilia 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. lie had de-
scended the pit to visit Bacon, his companion, and for
some reason unknown he went into the dangerous board
hole with a naked candle; the consequence was that his
light caused an instantaneous explosion, so powerful as
_
to project large quantities of debris out of the month übth ofudy
the shaft, which is 164 yards deep. i
was consumed to ashes; Stones and Bacon, 35
the sh aft were
who were
respectively fifteen and forty yards p
killed by the concussion. The p
I it
one shaft instead of two. ise"veenrtilated by only

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