26 AUGUST 1854, Page 10

Captain Penny's expedition to Davis's Straits, for the purpose of

establish- ing a resident whale-fishery, has been successful. One of the ships, the Lady Franklin, arrived at Aberdeen on Thursday, with a cargo of oil worth 80001. The second ship, the Sophia, is on her way home, well laden. Captain Penny came in the Lady Franklin. She found two American whalers already on the station in Davis's Straits, last autumn. General Paixhans, whose name is so well known in connexion with the artillery, and especially with the celebrated gun that bears his name, died on Saturday last, after a short illness at Vitt istate of Tony-ant-Arches, near

Metz, at the age of seventy-two. " - •