The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-14 00:00:00

MISCELLA NEOUS.

POLAR EXPEDITION.— The Flay, Captain
PARRY, and the Bala, Captain LYON, ap-
pointed to this service, our readers are aware
sailed with a fair wind, on Tuesday the Bth inst.
To prevent the consumption of their sea stock,
the Nautilus, with stores of every description,
accompanies them as far as Hudson's Bay. The
equipment of the ships is considered as -tnost
perfect in every point tending to the success of
the enterprise. They are rendered peculiarly
strong by longitudinal binders, of ten inches
thickness, worked round the body for some, dis-
tance above and below the water's surface, -gra-
dually diminishing to four inches at the keel.

The original wales are of 6-inch stuff, and the bot-
tom plank three-inch, so. that the external plinik-
ing is one footiour, inches at the water's surface,
and wearing off to seven inches at the garboard.
Within board there are also thick binding strakes
between the decks. The -bow is one mass of so-
lid wood ; the projecting partof the stem and
cutwitter being filled up to the fOrm of the:body,
and plates of iron, three-eighths of an inch thick,
are brought up and down the bow. Therels
a double deck ; the upper plankS are laid cli4-
gonally, and blankets are laid between the two.
The whole of the inside is cased with cork, tb_a:et
as a non-conductor of heat: An airing stave
fitted up in the hold, With two main. pipes running,
on each side of the ship, and small branch pipes
leading from them into the different cabins: As
much annoyance was sustained during the last
voyage by the. steam escaping, and which no
sooner mixed with the cold air than it was frozen
and fell as frost, or hung about the deck in icicles,
they have now a condenser on board each ship,
-which will not only condense the steam, but melt
the snow or ice within board, for the purpose of
cooking or washing. The provisioning of the
ships has been conducted with equal attention to
the comfort of these' enterprising voyagers : they
have preserved meats, fruits, and pickles of all
kinds. The vinegar with which they are sup-
plied is concentrated, requiring fifteen parts
water and one of spirit to reduce it to :the
strength of common vinegar : and in lieu of cern-
mon.proof spirits they have slightly rectified alcohol
—thus affording increased room for stowage.
The ships sailed from the Nore with a fine breeze. ,
The best wishes of their. own courarymen, and of
the friends of science every where', attend them.

GREAT FORGERY.—We gave a brief account
of this extraordinary occurrence on Friday. The
following is stated as the particulars, in the
Morninc, Papers :

" We stated the detection of a fraud, by which a sum often
thousand pounds, Navy 5 per cent. was created, and subse-
quently transferred to different parties, to the sole advantage of
' one of the clerks in the office, of the name of Thomas Swmncy
Barnard Turner. The fraudulent transfer took place so far back
as March. At the conclusion of the investigation, 'Foy, the
police officer, who is in the constant employment of the Bank,
was sent to fiike Mr. Turner into custody. He found him at his
house at Walworth, And brought him to some of the Directors,
who ,were assembled in the Bank _parlour, before whom'he un-
derwent an examination: The Direitors were unwilling to treat
hith with more.harshness than was consistent with his personal
safety : they, therefore, did not deem it necessary to send him
to the Compter, but. permitted- I`oy to take him to any place,
which lie thought might be more convenient to him. ..!oy, un.
der this authority, took the imfortunate young man to the
CrOwn Tavern, on •Clerkenwell-green, where he was' treated
' with every indulgence, and was at night locked up in a bed.
room on the third floor. His further 'examination Was to have on the ensuing day. This examination, from the
eiriduct of Mr. Turner, has now; however, been necessarily de-
ferred to a distant day—for it turns out that. during the night
he made an unsuccessful effort to escape. About one o'clock he
odened his window, andhavinq previously tied the sheets and
Vankets together, he :proceeded to descend into the street:-,.-
Front. the trefiitla.lion under which he must necessarily have
la')Oured, however; • he was not sufficiently steady in his move-
ments ;, as he slid down, his body swung against the window on
t'ie second floor, and some of the panes of glass were broken.
Tins produced not only an alarm within doors, but likewise
abroad ; the watchnian was disturbed, and sprung his rattle,
and instant confusion prevailed. At this moment the unhappy
frig itive loosed his hold, and was precipitated from a great
heglit upon the pavement below. The effect of the shock was
to break the bones of the elbow-of his right arm, and also the
shaft of the right hip joint. In this deplorable condition he
became powerless, and, as the best course, it was deemed pru.
dent instantly to remove him to St. Bartholomew's hospital on
a shutter. On his arrival there he met with every hnmane atten-
tion, and his bones were set in the best manner which surgical.
skill could suggest. - He now remains in one of the beds in the
accident ward, but is unable to lie in any other position than an
his back: An officer is in constant attendance in the ward
to prevent his escape ; but from the nature of the injuries he
has received, it is not likely that for a very considerable petiod,
such an attempt could be made with the possibility of success.
He has been visited by his wife, a most interesting young Lady,
of highly honourable connections, to whom we have heard, be
has not been married above a twelvemonth, and whose sena.
Lions, itis hardly necessary to say, admit of no description."
Miss•WlLsoN,Mr. HottN, and Mr. I'. WELstr-,.
are gone down to sing at the Concert which is to
be given in the Music Room at Oxford. Mis 4.
GOOD ALL takes the lead in that at Abingdon. •
JAMES WEIR, au extraordinary large child,,
who is only thirteen months old, wasexamin4-
last week by the faculty, at Edinburgh, pa);(1
fotvid to weigh five stone jockey weight'; Trim,
sured 13 inches round the neck, 33 inches round::
the breast, 11 inches and a half round the arm;
and 20 inches.round the thigh.'

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BTRTHS.'-- •
On Friday last, Mrs. Wheeler, of 183, Fleet-street, wife of
Thos. Wheeler, portrait painterof twin sons.
On Saturday the 12th inst., rs. G. H. Cocker, of Grenville..
street, Brunswick-square, of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at his house in Blyanstone—square, thd
Lady of T. Higgins, Esq. of a daughter.
On Friday last, at Tockington, Gloucestershire, the 'Lady.of
the Rev. James J. Cleaver, Rector of Ilolme Pierrepopt, NottS,
of a son. •

MARRIED.
On Thursday, the Nth inst., at Stroud, Edmund Gifling
Ilallewell, Esq., second son of the late Rev. John Hallewell, of
Farnham, Yorkshire, to Martha, sole daughter and heiress of
J. Watts, Esq., Stratford House, Gloucestershire.
At St. George's Church, David A. Dewar, Esq. of Doles, in
Hampshire, to Anne, eldest daughter of Richard Alagenis, Esq,
M.P. of Grosvenor-place.
On the 9th inst. at Boulogne sur mer, by the Rev. L. B.
Larking (the ceremony having been previously performed ac-
cording to the civil rites of the country), Dutas .Akers, Esq. of
Tunbralge Wells, to Isabella, fourth daughter of John Lark.
ing, Esq. niece to the late Sir Charles Style,.Bart.

DIED. -
Yesterday morning, after a long and painful illness, agt d 38,
Mr. Thomas Miller, printer, Noble-street, Cheapsido.
On Thursday last, at his lodgings, Blackfriars-read, . Mr.
Robert Greenwood, in the 58th year of his age.
On Friday last, in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, Jane, the
second daughter of Wm. Hudson, Esq. of Frogroo:e Lollgt!,
Herts, aged 13 years.
On Saturday last, Frederick, sixth son of Charles Hanbury,
Esq. of Sloe Farm, near Halsted, Essex.
On Saturday, the 12th inst. in the 80th year of her age, at
•Higham Hills, Woodford, Mrs. Harman, relict of the late John
Hannan, Esq.
Early on Saturday morning, the 12th inst., at his house in
COckspiir-street, Mr. Slaris, of Cheapside, and of Clapton,
dlesex, in the 69th year of his age.
On the 9tll of November last, off the coast of Arabia, Mr.
Phipm Dixon, Midshipman of his Majesty's sloop Curlew, in
the ViOth itear of his age. He was the second son of Major,
General Dixon, of the 'Royal Artillery.