The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

EXTRAORDINARY DI3CLOSTJRES or A LIVERPOOL
CLAIRVOYANTE.—There is in Liverpool another fe-
male clairvoyante, whose disclosures have already
caused much sensation amongst a large number of in-
dividuals. We allude to a young woman in the ser-
vice of C iptain Hudson, of 5, Chesterfield-street.
Captain Hudson is well known in this town as a man
of religious principle, of strict integrity, and as having
ben for many years connected with the Bethel
Union. For so:ne time past he has felt much interest
in, and paid much attention to, mesmerism, especially
to its higher range of phenomena. The girl in ques-
tion was very poor and uneducated, and she had,
moreover, an effection of the arm which prevented her
from using it in the acquisition of a livelihood. This
infirmity was removed, through mesmeric agency, by
C 4ptain Hudson.; she was then taken into his service,
and having experimented upon her, he has found her
to be not only a susceptible mesmeric subject,
but one who has developed to a very considerable
extent the power of clairvoyance. On the 9th inst.,
in consequence of a request communicated to him
from Lady Franklin, Captain Hudson " put the
girl to sleep," as the mesmerists style the opera-
Lion of throwing the patient into that state which
only resembles sleep in some few of its phenomena ;
and in that state the following disclosures were made
as to the arctic expedition :—" Did you say," in-
quired the operator, " that Sir John Franklin is
dead 'e" And to this and other questions the claire
voyaete responded, "that cannot be, for I see him ;
poor fellow ! he looks sad and wearied, and not so
well as when I was last here. (The girl had pre-
viously been sent in search of the missing expedi-
tion.) He says he is poorly and tired, and almost
worn out with hopes deferred, but his men console
him and behave nobly. God never made a path
through these desolate wastes. What could induce
him to try to break through these icy mountains ? He
frequently thinks of the folly of his daring to do so.
Such thoughts humble him, and make him sad and
hopeless, yet he thinks he will succeed in returning
to England. He is right. He will return in six
months, and three or feur days. The ships are at a
great distance from each other. They look dirty and
battered. They have no sails set. They (the sea-
men) are cutting the ice before them. In some places
it appears as thick as two houses ; in others like moun-
tame. They. (the vessels) are in a different place
now to what, they were. when I was last here. They
are now where ships .never sailed before. They are
not returning the same road they went. They are
going that way (pointing .:,to the west). What can
be the use of this road ? It ought never to have been
sailed. It will never be sailed again. He has seen
some of the natives. They are wild, stupid, and un-
communicative. The vessels sent out to search for
him (Sir John Franklin) will not find him; they will
cross each. other, and he will he first heard of at a
place called the Cape. It appears to have no other
name." The above were replies to question put in
the presence of two highly respectable parties residing
in Liverpool. The accuracy of the above report will
be vouched for by Captain Hudson, so that in less than
six months we shall either have to record the arrival of
Sir John Franklin or the utter failure of clairvoyantes
to see those unknown and distant things which they
pretend to see. It will be observed that both the Bolton
and the Liverpool oracle fix nearly the same period
for the return of the missing expedition. According
to the former, Sir John Franklin will probably reach
England in September next; whilst the latter, with a
remarkable attempt at precision, fixes the 12th or
13th of September as the date of the return.—Liver-
pool Mercury.

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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER : DEATH OF
MR. LOWNDEB.—We regret to announce the death of
Mr. Lowndes, Judge of the Liverpool County Court, by
an unfortunate casualty whch occurred last night on the
river. We learn, from the narrative of a gentleman
who was present on the occasion, that shortly after
ten o'clock, as the Seacombe steamer neared the Land-
ing-stage to land her passengers, a gentleman was
observed to step towards the gangway, imagining,
apparently, that the usual bar was stretched
across the gap in the bulwark. Our informant, observing
this, hastened forward to arrest the gentleman's pro-
gress, but too late. Another individual, almost at the
same moment, sprang forward, with the intention ofjunap-
ing overboard after the unfortunate gentleman, who was
then being carried away by the incoming tide. Our
informant grasped his coat to prevent this attempt, and
for a few seconds succeeded in restraining him, but
at length the cloth tore away in his hands, and
Lowndes' son plunged into the river in a brave, but,
unhappily,
futile attempt to save his father's life. In-
tense anxiety prevailed on board amidst the darkness,
but boats immediately put off from the Landing-stage,
agd, after some time, succeeded in picking up the son.
Mr. Lowndes, sen., we regret to say, was lost; and so
fur ;a we ean ascertain, his bedy has not yet been re-
covered.. Mr. LowndeS, Jilin., we believe, was conveyed
to the receiving-house, and received every attention.—
Liverpool Albion of yesterday.
MONEY ORDERs.___GENEILAL POST-OFFICE, MARCH,
1850.—0 n Monday the Ist of April. the following
offices will be opened as Minor Money Order Offices:—
Aberayron, Cardiganshire; Albrighton, Shropshire;
Axbridge, Somersetahire Barton-under-Needwood,
Staff irdshire ; Chipping 'Sealburv, Gloucestershire ;
Dedham, Essex; Debenhans, Suffolk; Darwen, Lanca-
shire; Dolgelly, ',%,Terionethshire; Haslingden, Lanca-
shire ; Hinging, Norfolk ; Rawl:burst, Kent ;
Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire; Market Bosworth,
Leicestershire; Newent, Gloucestershire ; NOrthiatn,
Sussex; Potton, Bedfordshire; Sowerby-bridge, York-
shire; Staindrop, Durham; Shotley-bridge, Northum-
berland; Ticehurat, Sussex; Wrington, Soraersetshire;
Wadhurat, Sussex.
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CHIME AND SUICIDE.—An inquest was held last
week, at Devonport, before A. B. eon©, E , th
of a naval pensioner, named Thomas Wedlock; who b com-
mittedod-
suicide under very shocking circumstances. The
ceased resided with his wife in a house in Mount-street, with
several other families ; and on Wednesday a woman named
Pearn, one of the lodgers, hearing a child cry out, proceeded
to the deceased's bed-room. She knocked for admittance
but was refrised, and on her threatening to break open the
(loor he o,,,cned it. A little girl, named Harriett llalls, aged
twelve; then came out, with her face dreadfully swollen and
blackened, the result of tyiti.,; a towel on her mouth. The
child was then examined, anil from appearances it was evi-
dent that the deceased had made a criminal attempt on the
child. A policeman was sent for, but before his arrival the
deceased had completely severed his windpipe with a razor,
and was quite dead. The jury returned a verdict of ji!lo de
se, and the deceased was buried between nine and ten
o'clock, r, )1.