The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

THE IRISH RAILWAY OATASTROPBE. The dreadful accident on the Great Southern and: Western Railway on Wednesday evening has produced a feeling of intense atixiety—of universal sympathy for the fate of the persons killed, and those who are suffering from injuries received on the occasion. Many of the victims were well known and highly respected in Dublin. On Thursday Dublin was in a complete ferment, and rumours of individual deaths were circulated which had no foundation save in the imagination of some terrified friend or relative of a possible passenger by the ill-fated' train. Subjoined is an authentic list of the deaths : Mr. Jelly, Queen's County. Mr. John Egan, Parsonstown. Mr. M'Swiney, solicitor, Kenmare, county of Kerry, and Mrs. M'Swiney. Mr. Bateman, Cork. Mr. M`Nally, solicitor, Dublin. MISS Clara Kirwan, Abbey-street, Dublin. Miss Margaret Palmer, Dublin. daughter of Abraham Palmer, Esq., the Bank of Ireland. Miss Margaret Leathly, 62, Eccles-street, Dublin. Mrs. Smith, Mallow. Mrs. Knapp, England. M. Rill, Kildare. Joseph Sherwood, servant of Dr. Stokes, Dublin. The foll ow i ng persons were seriously injured, but are progressing favourably : Miss Ellen Farrell, Dublin. Miss Emma Pack, Parsonstown. Esther Cotley, Parsonstown. Mr. Neville county of Louth. A. child of Mrs. Knapp. A- child of Mr. and Mrs. M'Swiney. Mrs. Blacker, wife of Natham Blacker, solicitor of the ‘.. C ustoms, Lond on . "Ire. Croker Barrington. Miss Esther Coffey, of Birn. Sarah Jane Telford. 721 t is asserted that immediately after the collision, and I+il ere°"e..,the wounded were l y i ng on t h e groun d wr i t hi ng "Ilre, that so me coun t ry people actually robbed the more e m. Miss Bl enner h asset, a relat i on of Lord Guilla ;ol'e, fearyeas thus robb e d o f h er watch, which was torn ;;11 her s id e. Several other allegations of robbery at Taat ful period are reported. tAn i nquest was held on the bodies of the deceased gtons on Th ursday, and with the evidence adduced, coroner caused James Gass, the engine-driver of the the 5 trai_ e, James B ury , th e guar d , an d J o h n O'H ara, lu iti r,,'Ker, to be arre s t e d. Th e i nques t was a dj ourne d ‘ l4lB day (Saturday). FEd UL SHIPWREOS.—THREE BUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST. ..... . Tv e treph es re gret to announce one of the most terrible caters.' the that has come under our notice for sometim n e u , m -- : -.e to , b lander loss of the ship Annie Jane, Mason, . ashor e nd coast of Barra Islau , ) belonging to Liverpool, which was d d d u n n y n e g n th e on the iron- u , )0 recent gales on the night of Wedn n— esd m ay en , , t w he om 2B e t n h , `ut., when no fewer than 348 passenger and Children —met.with a watery grave. Intelligence of th e di saster was first received at Lloyd's through a com munication from the editor of the Shippin g Gazette, w 11 ° Placed it at the disposal of Capta i n Halstead, the secretaiy. The advices which had been forwarded from heir agent at Tobermory, and, subsequently, the re- Port of the loss, were confirmed by a telegraphic mes sage from Liverpool. The accounts, although some what brief, place the loss, it is feared, almost beyond a doubt. The Annie Jane was a large vessel, and sailed from Liverpool, for Quebec and Montreal, on the 9th of last month, with some 450 emigrants, most of them Irish families. It is presumed that she had made some progress across the Atlantic, when she encountered th e late fearful south-westerly gales, which disabled her said rendered her unmanageable, and in that hopeless condition she was driven back and dashed on the terrible coast of Barra, one of the Hebrides. With a point called Vatersay, where the wreck occurred, the island is six miles in length and two and a-half broad, and lies some five miles south-west of the next island, tist. The in habitants are mostly employed in the cod fishing. There is a light-house on the head, which is the highest in the united kingdom, being 680 feet above the level of the sea. Such is the terrible character of the coast, however, that there is little chance of a vessel being rescued when once it is. entangled among the reefs. Several of the survivors contrived to get a passage from the i s l an d over to Tobermory, a small seaport in the Isle of Mull, and from them the authorities learned that 348 passengers were drowned, and 102, with Mr. Bell, the chief officer, and 12 of the crew, saved. A message states that the master, Mr. Mason, ,as also preserved. The names o£ the passengers who have arrived at Tobermory, are John Kingston, county of_ Cork ; George brother to the former ; Timothy Dineur, county of Cork ; James Edmiston, county of A.ntrim ; Alexander M'Cormick, county of Armagh ; Martha Tevanning, county of Cork, and some French Canadians. The crews are James Boyd, James Mar shall, Charles Carroll, of Bay Chaleur ThomasGemmel, Joseph Miller, Antonio Leitztt, Charles Bur Wood, and Charles B (l on , Jame ...—...._ IN' TELLIGENCE. f this day . ) (From the 1 77 -4.------ j ournal In dividend stocks there has been a fair business transacted Material alteration in ag n this week, and without any amount of be business is ver p y ri?es. In speculative and calling ne submitted to in ord limited, and low prices have to or two favourite mines. order to effect sales, excepting in one Theof:_ .formation of another Mining Exchange is talked and a meetin g is to be h e ld on M on d ay to arrang e p rel iminaries, by the appointment o f a p rov i s i ona l com mittee, and to frame a set of rules and regulations, pre- Us to ca lli ng a genera l meet i ng of the mining public. awing in remembrance the causes of the failure of the last Exchange, after about twelve months' existence, it 1 , 18 to be hoped that the one now mooted will be estab lished on a better foundation, and with rules not only stringent in themselves, but framed with a determination 012 the part of the committee to put them in force when occasion requires. The main advantages to be derived from a Mining Exchange are, as it appears to us—first, s ecurity to the p u bli c , an d to the regular dealers in shares, that all transactions entered into shall be com pleted within a specified time; and secondly the publi cation of an official Share List. Amongst those ac quainted with the mining market as at present consti tuted, there cannot be two opinions as to the fact, that any plan which can be adopted to secure the first advan tage would be a consummation most devoutly to be wished ; but it is worse than useless for any set of men to frame laws, if they are to remain a dead letter. The last Exchange failed through the inefficiency of its rules, and the means of putting them in force. Let, therefore, the promoters of the present embryo look well to its main pillar of security, and the rest will be easy. In the Metal Market, a most extensive business has been transacted. Copper, tin, and lead are in great de mand, and maintain their prices firmly. Considering the fluctuations to which all the other de partments of the Stock Exchange have been subject, the gold mining shares this week have been supported with remarkable firmness ; sales have, in few instances, been forced, whilst there was at the same time some en quiry on the part of the public for the preferable de !Friptions. Yesterday evening, consequently, prices of the leading stocks ruled generally at an advance on those of last week. In Miscellaneous Shares the market bas generally )33Proved. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. -4. PLYMOUTH, OCT. S'ltelaen",,i4essty's ship Q ueen , 116, Captain Fr ed. T. taken into the Xeyham works this morn, i ng- At 6 o'clock she was lying astern of the St. George -12 ei °' -aPtain John Ringcombe, abreast of the works, ort where Mr. Mills Master-Attendant of the Devonp I s ZekYard, t oo vast' were disc k h e a h rg a ed rge. il T a h v e m Q g ueen had t, and tore.s on board • her powder, provisions, and e all her guns, • had the Avon and Pi teed'lcertra attached, * was towed to the main entrance. neer-in. nhief, e 811perintendence of Col. Williams, Engi eal„, o4 4 nd lir T t th ovrnsend, resident engineer,th th e e e n id o i b n l g e ship Nv a aa e outer end was removed, an d ___ c, .. A.dn i i rat warped finer the lock, in the presence of I' Ft_ tendent Michael " "41,1 Oinmanney. Commodore-Superm Port dinar . a , 'SeYrn flag o ' I Q-P.4in E d rigin Our, the and Command er Captain Lowe,of the O t bre ollrynahe ir: -as`"BPisrtaegortb;l,..ein.° ----n Ed a ge, master builder ; Mr. Iteera of the D contractor of evonport Dockar , .01'.rMI)ent,- sto d re . k m ee r p . e H r e ; n a ry nd ßa ot k h e e r r , oe?closicdkertahbeleslidein° ll .i linars i me eli:f Gov t wor ks at Keyham, and a_ Shortly after 7 drawn across the persons.. entran ce, and, being closed at w i a l s igh g w al a n ter, about 8 o'clock i operations for remo ving the inner cassion, which -. effected by the discharge of water con e t n ained in tanks in th e ced. The bulky 'upper Machine beinng p a a t .r l t e rn n en tl t i , fi w oa e t r ed e co a m nd m removed, the ship draw'l 3 v a a _ B , warped her whgole length a-head into the south dr nl o , and then by cables from her stem and bodily northward, and, her stem being brought to the entr therein.anne of No. 1 dock, she was very soon placed o_There was no display on the occasion. As a matter _f precaution, her t opgallantraasts were struck and figurehead enveloped in sailcloth. alabourers, and a number of riggers l a B n o cl a s h e i a p m wr e i n gh ri t g s ge l r o s o , re to teammediately employed upon her, and it is ex pectedshe will be t a k en out of dock to-morrow. t , The Agamemnon 18er foremast ta ken out. alongsid e th e sheer hulk to have n2The Imperieuse went from the Sound yesterday after gginon into H amoaze, where the crew commenced un rig her for emast, which is to be taken out and sent Theeinto th dockyard f or examination. D esperate went into harbour yesterday to have her defects made good: It is reported that La moa a Hogue will b e sent i nto Hze, and th at the Edinburgh w ill b e removed from H arnoaze into the Sound. When the defects of made ood the V a l orous and Vulture are g,ean t hey will p ro b a b ly be dispatched to the Medit erran. A slip-rigged screw steam man-of-war w as o b serve d , tinder st eam, at 5 this man-of-war inside the Eddystone. Tllll New STAMP Act —With reference to the new Stamp Act, which comes into operation on Tuesday next, the 11th inst., it has been announced that pre viously to the 10th inst. the distributors and sub-distri butors of stamps throughout the kingdom will have an ample supply of the several descriptions. No charge is made for the !paper on which receipt stamps are im pressed ; and adhesive receipt stamps are also provided. The attention of the public is also 'called to the notice with regard to the penalties incurred by giving receipts on unstaroped paper. ;~►_~ DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE. SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The arrival of Commander Inglefield at the Admiralty yesterday morning, at four o'clock, with dispatches from the Arctic regions, brought by the screw-steamer Phoenix, will be received with mingled feelings of congratulation and disappoint -1 ment—congratulation in the fact that the great enterprise to which Sir John Franklin and his missing companions devoted and, in all probability, have sacrificed their lives, has been accomplished by Commander M'Clure, in her Majesty's ship In - vestigator, who went in search for him—the dis covery of the N.W. Passage—the enterprise of ages—has been achieved by a British officer, backed by a chosen band of British sailors—with feelings of deep disappointment at not finding any traces of the missing expedition that Commander M'Clure a second time ventured to search for. It will be superfluous almost to say a single word in illustration of the expedition of Commander M'Clure. The subjoined dispatches will be read and re- perused with the greatest avidity and inte rest. We may only remark that one of his lieu tenants, Mr. Cresswell, is the bearer of his com mander's dispatches ; and by his presence at the Admiralty yesterday afforded a living proof of the fact of that great enterprise, the discovery of the north-west passage, having been achieved. That which every man has hitherto failed to perform M'Clure has done, and that, too, it affords us the utmost gratification to state, with the loss only of three of his crew in the course of his perilous ser vice of three years' duration. Commander M'Clure, it will be remembered, was first lieutenant of Sir James Ross's ship Enterprise, in the first searching expedition for Sir John Frank lin, and was promoted for that service. He then volunteered for the second expedition by way of Behring's Straits, and proceeded thither under Capt. Collinson, of the Enterprise, at the beginning of 1850. Capt. Collinson, however, parted company with Commander M'Clure, and bore up for Hong Kong for the first winter, but Mr. M'Clure stood on towards the north-east for winter quarters, and the last we heard of him was in Behring's Straits, where Captain Kellett, in her Majesty's ship Jerald, arrived just in time to see him dashing on towards the ice. Captain Kellett then deemed it advisable to recall the commander, and made the signal accordingly ; but M'Clure parted from his senior officer with the truly Nelsonian reply, also by signal, " Can't stay 1"—" Own responsibility." That was the last communication That took place with the Investigator on the Behring's Straits side of the North Pole ; but most singular is it, that having parted with Captain Kellet in this manner and in such a locality, this very Commander M'Clure and this very. Captain Kellett should meet on the next occasion an the other side of the pole—in fact, that Captain Kellett should be the very man to rescue M'Clure and his brave fellows from starvation, and give him the helping hand to accomplish that almost superhuman enterprise which he forbad him from undertaking. All honour, then, to M'Clure, and to the country that sent him forth. By his own undaunted energy he has developed those charac teristics of the British sailor that no other coun try can produce, and has afforded another proof to the world. of the supremacy of Great Britain in enterprise and civilisation, science and courage, in arts and arms. _ _ Commander M'Clure promised the writer of this short introduction, when he left the shores of England, that he would win his post rank—find Franklin or " make the passage." What he has earned we leave to the unanimous voice of a grate ful country to bestow ; what he has failed to do he nobly attempted, and deserved success ; but what he has actually achieved the history of the world will record in a chapter, the never-dying title of which will be " Captain M'Clure." M'Clure's dispatches will speak for themselves, and we anticipate the impatience with which our readers Will • skip over the elongated paragraphs of Commodore Inglefield's interesting but diffuse narrative, by giving first in order Commander M'Clure's own dispatches, as he is the real hero of the enterprise ; then Lieutenant Cressvirell'sletter ; then Captain Kellett's order ; then Captain Pul len's document ; and, lastly, the remarks of Com mander inglefield. The Resolute, Captain Kellett, was at Melville Island, all well ; and Sir Edward Belcher was up the Wellington Channel. There had been no casualties beyond the lamented. loss of Lieut. Bellot, of the French navy, who was drowned in attempting to convey dispatches. This young officer was greatly respected by all on board the Phoenix. The health of all the crews was good. CAPTAIN M'CLURE'S PROCEEDINGS. The following is an abstract of the proceedings of her Britannic Majesty's discovery-ship Investi gator, since parting company with the Herald upon the 31st of July, 1850, off Cape Lisbourne "At 5.20 a.m., August 2, in let. 72-1 N., long. 166-12 W., made the ice, which did not appear heavy, but upon entering it a short distance was undeceived, and ran out. " Aug. s.—ln running along the pack edge, endeavour ing to find an opening, exchanged numbers with the Plover, and at 11 a.m. made a low shingle beach to the eastward of Wainwright's Inlet, and at midnight rounded Point Barrow in one-third fathoms, but, from the foggy state of the weather, did not see it. " Aug. 8.-1.45 a.m., being off Point Dew. Sent Mr. Court, second-master, and Mr. Miertsching, interpreter, to deposit a notice of our having passed, who met some Esquimaux that had arrived three days previous. These trade with the Russians, and were very friendly, therefore sent a letter with the chance of it reaching the Admiralty. We also heard from them that last year three boats had passed to the eastward with white men and Indians, which was most probably Lieutenant Pullen. In the evening erected a cairn, and buried another notice at Point Pitt. " Aug. 9.—Passed the Colville about 40 miles from its entrance, in three fathoms and a half. " Aug. 11.—Deposited a notice upon Jones's Island, which was thickly strewed with driftwood. In the fore noon two baidars, containing 24 natives, came alongside. The chief possessed a gun, with ' Barnet, 1840,' on the lock, obtained from the Russians. Bartered tobacco for salmon and ducks. In the afternoon communicated with another party, who were exceedingly intelligent and clean. Sent dispatches for the Admiralty via Colville, and, from what the interpreter states, believe they will arrive. " A ug. 12.—Several baidars came alongside. Received fish and ducks for presents of beads and tobacco. These are adroit pilferers. " Aug. 14.—Run upon a shoal 8 miles north of Yar borough Inlet, having during the last two days narrowly escaped several of these dangerous banks, which are very little above the water, and hidden from view by the ice. Hove off with the stream anchor, but unfortunately upset a whale boat and lost 11 casks of beef, having to carrysail to prevent being set again on shore. "Aug. 15.—Found it impossible to get two miles in any direction, the ice having closed from the northward, rest ing upon the shoals in that direction, and to the south ward, the low banks which we grounded upon yesterday. Anchored to await some favourable change. " Aug. 16.-- Ice to the northward of the shoals; slightly eased, leaving about 150 yards of open water. Weighed and warped through two cables' length of ice to get into it, which occupied 6 hours of hard labour, so heavy was the pack. `Aug. 17.—At noon the weather, which had been foggy, cleared with a breeze from N.E., made sail through heavy sailing ice, occasionally striking violently; navigation along this coast very dangerous, the sand-banks being low and numerous. Lat. 70 30 N. long. 148 4W. "Aug. 21.—Made the Pelly Islands, off the Mackenzie; since the 17th have encountered very heavy ice ; ran 90 miles into a bight, which brought us to the solid pack; fortunately, we were enabled to cut out of it before it closed. " Aug. 24. —Observing some huts a little to the west ward of Point Warren, sent dispatches for the Admiralty, with the hopes of their being forwarded by the Hudson's Bay Company • this tribe however, have no traffic with them ; but barter with others farther west that trade with the Colville, giving as their reason that the Hudson's Bay Company had given the Indians water which had killed many of them, and they did not wish to have any ; they appear savage and warlike, and are at enmity with their neighbours. Brought the dispatches back. " Aug. 30. —Observing a post erected on the beach near Point Maitland, in Liverpool Bay, sent to examine it, and deposit a notice of our passing. Found it was an Esqui mau' mark, who apparently had recently quitted it, there being several " caches" containing birds and fish. " In the afternoon while approaching Cape Bathurst, observed Esquimau' on the shore. Upon communicating with them found they belonged to a tribe now at Cape Bathurst who were catching whales, and the same who had seen Sir J. Richardson last year. In the evening, being thick, and getting into 36 fathoms, anchored between Baillie's Islands and the main land. " Aug. 31 Proceeded to Cape Bathurst. Tribe con sisted of 300, very friendly, would go south in three weeks ; gave them dispatches for the Admiralty, a gun and ammunition to the chief, and many presents among them ; and, judging from their intelligence and cleanly ap pearance, have great expectation of their reaching. Sept. I.—Off Cape Bathurst, many natives came on board, and being nearly calm, remained until the evening, when, a breeze springing up, we took our final leave of the Esquimaux on the American coast, fully convinced that neither the ships nor any of the crew of Sir J. Franklin's expedition have ever reached their shores ; they appear a quiet inoffensive people (with the exception of those at Point Warren, which the Cape Bathurst tribe have no dealings with), and would assist any white people thrown among them. " The whole of the coast is shallow, but with the lead may be safely navigated, the soundings being very regular. The shoals terminate about 30 miles to the east of Yarbo rough Inlet, and water, varying in breadth from one mile to 40, may be calculated upon along shore, between the beginning of August and 19th of September, according to the winds, more or less ice encumbered, but the natives state that every year the ice opens from the shores. We found the prevailing winds from E.S.E. to N.B. Sept. s.—At 11.30 a.m., being to the northward of Cape Parry, remarked high land from N. by E. to E.N.E. Sept. 7.—At 9.30 a.m. landed and took possession of the discovery, and named it Baring Island. The land is bold upon the southern side, being upwards of 1,000 feet in phoelieghwit, with h ts b natern k h ball, be le in ft g a ßa n n o k ti 's ce La i n n d l at e . re 7 c l te B d 122 . 48 W. Na ~si gnal " Sept. 9.----Observed land N.N.E. Named it Prince Albert's Land, which is continuous with Wollaston and Victoria Laud, and extends north to lat. 73 21 N., long, 112 48 W. " Sept. 11.—Ship beset, lat. 72 52, long. 117 3 W., but ice in motion. " Oct. B.—Since the 11th of last month have been drifting in the pack—narrowly escaped destruction several times—until, with a heavy nip at 3 a.m. this day which listed the ship 34 degrees, we were firmly fixed for the space of nine months in lat. 72 47, long. 117 34. " Oct. 10.—Took possession of Prince Albert's land, distant four , miles. " Oct. 13.—And to-day of the Princess Royal Isles, lay ing in the centre of the Prince of Wale s St ra it, stant four miles from the ship. There is erected a large cairn, pole and ball upon its summit, in lat. 72 46 N., long. 117 44, 10 W., and have deposited three months provi sions for 66 men, besides leaving a boat and some am munition. " Oct. 21.—The Captain, Mr. Court, and party, started to trace the strait towards the north-east. "Oct. 26.—Discovered the entrance into Barrow's Strait in lat. 73 30 N., long. 114 14 W., which establishes the existence of a north-west passage. "Oct. 30.—Five musk oxen shot upon Prince Albert's land, which terminated our operations in 1850. " April 18, 1851.—This day despatched three travelling parties to search the coast line, under Lieutenant Haswell, to the south east towards ollaston Land ; Lieutenant Cresswell in the direction of Bank's Land, and Mr. Wyn niatt, mate, to the north east, who respectively reached the position as noted below,* and traced the coast as per accompanying chart. " June 2.—Captain and Mr. Miertsching (the interpre ter) communicated with the Esquimaux upon Prince Al bert's Land about 60 miles south of our position, who had previously been met by Lieutenant Haswell ' • they traced the coast line as marked in the chart, and state that there are many of their tribes inhabiting the land towards the south; but that they know of none to the northward; they are a kind, simple peooe, and have never before seen the white man, at whom they were evidently alarmed. • " July 14th.—Ice opened without any pressure, and the vessel was again fairly afloat, but so surrounded with it, that we only drifted with the pack, having been able to use our sails but twicd, and then only for a few hours, up to August the 14th, when we attained our furthest north ern position in Prince of Wales strait, lat. 73 14 19, long. 115 32 30 W. " Aug. 16.—Finding our passage into Barrow's Strait obstructed by north-east winds setting large masses of ice to the southward, which had drifted the ship 15 miles in that direction during the last 12 hours, bore up to the southward of Barins Island. " Aug. 20.—Lat 24 27 N., long. 122 32 15 W. Have had clear water to reach thus far, running within a mile of the coast, the whole distance, when our progress was impeded by the ice resting upon the shore. Secured to a large grounded floe-piece in 12 fathoms. Ice appears to have been but recently detached from this coast. " Aug. 29.—Ship in great danger of being dashed or driven on shore by the ice coming in with heavy pressure from the Polar Sea, driving her along within 100 yards of the land for half a ile, heeling her 15 degrees, and raising her bodily one foot eight inches, when we again became stationary and the ice quiet. " Sept. 10.—Ice again in motion, and ship driven from the land into the main pack, with heavy gale from S.W. " Sept. 11.—Succeeded in getting clear of the pack, and secured to a large ground floe. Lat. 74.29 N., long. 122.20 "Sept. 19.—Clear water along shore to the eastward ; cast off and worked in that direction, with occasional ob structions, and several narrow escapes from the stupendous Polar ice, until the evening of the 23d, when we ran upon a mud bank, having six feet water under the bow, and five fathoms astern ; hove off without sustaining any damage. " Sept. 24.—At daylight, observing Barrow's Straits full of ice, and large masses setting into this bay, determined upon makini , this our winter quarters, and finding a well sheltered spot upon the south side of the shoal upon which we last nightgrounded, ran in and anchored in fourfathoms, lat. 74.6 N., long. 117.54 W. This night we were frozen in, and have not since moved. The position is most excel lent, being well protected from the heavy ice by the projec tion of the reef, which throws it clear of the ship 600 yards. " The currents along the coasts of the Polar Sea appear to be influenced in their direction more or less by the winds; but certainly, upon the west side of Baring Island, there is a permanent set to the eastward. At one time we found it as much as two knots during a perfect calm ; and that the flood tide sets from the westward we have ascer tained beyond a doubt, as the opportunities afforded dur ing our detention along the western shore of this island gave ample proof. " The prevailing winds along the American shore, and in the Prince of Wales Strait, we found to be N.E., but upon this coast S.S.W. to N.W. " A ship stands no chance of getting to the westward by entering the Polar Sea, the water along shore being very narrow and wind contrary, and the pack impenetrable, but through Prince of Wales Strait, and by keeping along the American coast I conceive it practicable. Drift wood is in great abundance upon the east coast of Prince of Wales Strait, and on the American shore, also, much game. " In this vicinity the hills abound in reindeer and hare, which remain the entire winter ; we have been very for tunate in procuring upwards of 4,0001 b. " The health of the crew has been, and still continues, excellent, without any diminution of number, or have we felt the slightest trace of scurvy. " It is my intention, if possible, to return to England this season, touching at Melville Island and Port Leopold, but should we not be again heard of, in all probability we shall have been carried into the Polar Paok, or to the westward of Melville Island, in either of which to attempt to send succour would only be to increase the evil, as any ship that enters the Polar Pack must be inevitably crushed ; therefore, a depot of provisions, or a ship at winter harbour, is the best and only certainty for the safety of the surviving crew. " No traces whatever has been met with, or any informa tion obtained from the natives, which could by any possi bility lead to the supposition that Sir J. Franklin's expe dition, or any of his crews, have ever yet reached the shores we have visited or searched, or have we been more fortunate with respect to the Enterprise, not having seen her since parting company in the Straits of Magellan on the 20th of April, 1850. " This notice was deposited by a travelling party in April, 1852, consisting of Captain M'Clure, Mr. Court, second master; John Calder, captain of the forecastle; Sergeant Woon, Royal Marines ; George Gibbs, A.B. ; George Bounsal, A.B. John Davis, A.B. ; and Peter Thompson, captain of the foretop. Whoever finds this, it is requested it may be forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty. " Dated on board her Britannic Majesty's Discovery ship Investigator, frozen in, i n th e B ay o f Mercy, lat". 74.6 N., long. 117.54 W., April 12, 1852, "ROBERT M'CLURE, Commander. " Unless there is a vessel now at Melville Island, it is not my infention to revisit it, but make the best of my way down the straits. "R. MTLITRE." The following is the official report relative to the Arctic Expedition, as submitted to the Admiralty by Commander Inglefield. The document will be read with great inte rest : "Her Majesty's steam-ship Phcenix, off Thurso, ' October 4. " Sir,—l ha ve th e honour to report to you, for the in formation of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my arrival from the Arctic regions, bringing with me the important intelligence of the safety of the Investigator, and the discovery of the North-West Passage, though, unhappily, without finding the slightest traces of the mis sing expedition, either by thi s rou t e or on the field of search occupied by the squadron under Sir Edward Bel cher's command. lane through, but were eventually obliged to bear up for Dundas Harbour (in Croker Bay) there to await a change. " In crossing towards this anchorage we were surprised at beholding several tents pitched on a point six miles to the westward of Cape Warrender, but shortly found them to be the habitations of a party of Esquimaux, who had come over from Pond's Bay. Among these people I found many preserved meat and potato tins, the former bearing Mr. Goldner's name, candle boxes, some spars, and other Government stores, which led me to fear that they had visited the depot at Wollaston Island. " 12. In Dundas Harbour we lay for eight days, anxiously awaiting the breaking up of the ice ; and, on the 6th of August, hoping that I might be able to examine, and, if necessary, remove the stores from Wollaston Island, we got under weigh, and stretched across in that direction, but heavy hummocky ice prevented our even sighting it, and we were forced to bear up again for the north shore. By this time a light north-westerly wind had eased off the ice, and I determined to push on as far as practicable under steam. The wind holding for 48 hours we were fortunate enough to reach Beechy Island on the Bth of August. In many cases the ice opened just as we reached a block, which would otherwise have stopped our pro gress ; and we were told by the officers of the North Star that no water was to be seen from Cape Riley the day be fore we arrived. Thus their Lordships will perceive that no time was lost in reaching our destination. " 13. Erebus and Terror Bay was full of heavy hum mocky ice, of great thickness, impervious to the saw or the blasting cartridge, and too rough and too much inun dated with deep fresh water pools to admit the possibility of landing the stores on Beechy Island, or putting them on board the North Star (a mile and a half distant) accord ing to my orders. 14. I had, therefore, no choice but to place them in what I deemed the most convenient and practicable posi tion, and, in my capacity as a senior officer at Beechy Island, determined on Cape Riley as the fittest spot, and even more accessible than the island. " Accordingly, on the following morning we commenced our work, and having secured the transport in a bight of the land-ice, immediately abreast of a steep cliff, the peo ple were now set to work, watch and watch, night and day. To expedite the service, I ordered all hands to be sent from the North Star, with their hammocks, and de sired them to be victualled from our ship. The time was thus saved which would have been lost by their going and returning to their vessel, upwards of two and a-half miles distant. "The steamer lay with her fires banked up, and her hawsers in, ready at a moment's warning, to take the transport off-shore, in case of the ice closing ; and now, everything being set forward systematically, and 130 tons of coal landed in the first 30 hours, I determined to pro ceed myself up Wellington Channel by boat and sledge, in in search of Captain Pullen, who had been absent from the North Star a month ; and as his provisions must have been expended, there was some apprehension as to his safety. "2. I am the bearer of dispatches from that officer and Captain Kellett and Lieutenant Cresswell, of the Investi gator, whom I appointed to the North Star as supernu merary to this ship, is charged with the letters and journals of Commander M'Clure. " I had the double motive of desiring to convey . to Sir Edward Belcher his dispatches, as it would only be by such means he could possibly learn of my arrival until next season, unless he should return to Beec.hey Island. " 16. I started in my whale-boat, with a month's pro visions, at 9 a.m. on the 10th of August, leaving written orders with the First Lieutenant, a copy of which I en close, marked M. I,' in case of any unforeseen casualty preventing my return to the ship by the time the transport was cleared, to run no risk of the ships being caught for the winter, but to proceed to England without me." " Wellington Channel was then full of ice, and so rough, with large cracks and pools, that it defied sledging, excepting with a strong party. Landing, therefore, on Cornwallis Island, a little above Barlow Creek, we made an attempt to carry a small punt over the ice ; but this proved ineffectual, and I determined at last to proceed with Mr. Alston, mate of the North Star, and two men, by land, to Cape Rescue. Each carried a blanket bag, with a fortnight's :provisions, and reached, with much exer tion, the Cape at 5 p.m. on the 13th of August. A piece of open water off Helen Haven prevented our proceeding further, and here we learnt by the notice, of Capt. Pullen's return to his ship, and his having communicated with Sir Edward Belcher. " 18. Depositing in the cairn duplicates of their lord ships' dispatches for that officer, we commenced our re turn, and reached the tent on the fifth day of our absence, foot sore and much exhausted with this new mode of jour neying in the Arctic regions, having travelled 120 miles, sleeping without shelter on the bare beach, at a tempera ture several degrees below freezing point was a trial for all, more especially as we could not eat the pemmican, and subsisted wholly on biscuit and tea, with the exception of a few dovekies which I shot. " 19. Up till the 12th of August, Wellington Channel was blocked with ice as far as the eye could reach. The plan marked 0 1 shows its position at this date, and tho alteration I have made in the coast-line of the western shore. " 20. It is remarkable that we traced and followed, for many miles, the dog-sledge tracks of Mr. Penny, as fresh upon the sandy beach as though they had been made the day previous, and it must be remembered th a t th ese were originally upon ice. " 21. I returned to the ship on the afternoon of the 15th of August, and found that wind and changes in the ice had obliged the first lieutenant to move the transport away from Cape Riley, and that the process of unladmg had been carried on but slowly by means of sledges ; 856 packages had, however, been transported to the ' North Sea' by these means. " 22. On the 17thof August a heavy gale from the south east set the ice on the Cape so suddenly, and with such violence that both ships narrowly escaped being lost. The Phcenix was severely nipped, the ice bearing down upon her with such force that the six hawsers and two cables laid out were snapped like packthread, and the ship forced against the land ice, lifted her stern five feet, and causing every timber to groan. The hands were turned up to be ready in case the ship should break up, though there would have been small chance, in such an event, of saving a man, as the wind blew so violently, with snow, that it was impossible to face it, and the ice in motion around the ship was boiling up in a manner that would have defied getting a safe footing to the most active of OUT crew. " 23. The plan marked C 2, will show the manner in which we were driven continually away from Cape Riley by pressure from ice until the 20th of August, when the Breadalbane was carried out among some floe pieces, and set into the Straits. I pushed out under steam into the pack, and then only with considerable difficulty. " Having once more got her along side the derrich we commenced to clear with all hands, as I intended to finish the work without cessation, if we laboured all night. "24. While thus employed I received by an official letter from Captain Pullen, a copy of which I enclose, marked 'I. I,' a report of the melancholy intelligence of the death of M. Bellot, who had been sent by Captain Pullen on his return during my absence, to acquaint me of the same, and to carry on th e original dispatches to Sir Edward Belcher. This unfortunate occurrence took place on the night of the gale, when M. Ballot, with two men, were driven off from the shore on a floe ' • and shortly after, while reconnoitring from the top of a hammock, he was blown off by a violent gust of wind into a deep crack in the ice, and perished by drowning. The two men were saved by a comparative miracle, and after driving about for 30 hours without food were enabled to land and rejoin their fellow-travellers, who gave them provisions, and then all returned to the ship, bringing back in safety the dispatches; but three of them fit subjects only for inva liding. "3. As his journal is of considerable length, I will en deavour to acquaint you with the substance of it, that their Lordships may thus be early informed of the leading features of the Investigator's discoveries; but ere I enter into this matter, I deem it to be my duty to acquaint their Lordships of the result of the expedition I have the honour to command ; and, though I have carried out their Lord ship's instructions to the letter, and, I trust to their entire satisfaction, it has not been without great difficulty, con siderable peril to the safety of this vessel, and the total loss of the Breadalbane transport, without the loss of a life. "4. This unfortunate event, which occurred on the morning of the 21st of August, of Beechey Island, no human power could have averted ; and my own vessel, which at that time had the transport actually in tow, r b e a s r e el t y h e e sc s a te p r e a stern several similar f feet, , e, ad receiving a arched thesevere arnip, quarter - w d h e e i c k h , destroying the rudder and screw ; one of the beams for ward was sprung, and the port bow partially btove, break ing one of the riders, and forcing in the planking. This latter damage, there is some doubt, may have been sus tained in a heavy gale on the morning of the 18th of August, when the ship was Beverly nipped of Cape Riley. The ice-master is of opinion it was received in Melville Bay, while forcing a passage under full steam through some heavy ice ; however this may be, I have little doubt but that for the solid nature of the stowage of our hold, and the strengthenings fitted in England, we must have shared the same fate as the unfortunate Breadalbane. " 5. By the Diligence, their Lordships will have been informed of my proceedings up to the time of my arrival at Disco. I will, therefore, now briefly state what we have since done, and then, in obedience to the fifth clause of their Lordships' orders, relate what information I have obtained with reference to the expedition, and the disco varies which have been made. " 6. On leaving Disco I proceeded, with the Breadal bane in tow, to Upernavik, there to obtain dogs, and to communicate with the inspector of North Greenland, con cerning the disposal of the Rose of Hull. On the after noon of the 14th of July we reached this place, and the ships heading off, while I landed, in two hours we pro ceededC 7. The following day, passing eficierarepfataeshP up the coast. I whthew e re mew T n iihbtaarhetqkob, quantity previsions o nhei nstt n ei calm, fega onnigive do el oge days, ahth t o loyvos o f:ku ourphia npod independent r v yeo a pow n n t eht wenae d g v e e e nsoostbfe North t:ao obtained h f a e tes fi hddt n eat e r ,as we day's fresh looms from the Rookery for the use of the Arctic ships, h trsfyv reserving in i n t mg o ae Ireland. " A separate letter will give their Lordships further in formation relative to the death of this excellent officer, who was sincerely regretted by us all. His zeal, ability, and quiet, unassuming manner, made him indeed beloved. " 25. The ice closing again obliged us to quit Cape Riley before midnight, and, iu endeavouring to push the ship into a bight in the land floe, the Phoenix touched the ground, but came off again immediately, without damage. The whole night was spent in struggling to got the ships into a place of security, but the ice drove both vessels fast to the westward, when at 3.30 a.m., of the 21st of August, the ice cl os i ng a ll roun d , b oth vessels were secured to a floe edge, but with s t eam rea d y to push through the instant theice should loosen. " 26. Shortly, however, a rapid run of the outer floe to the westward placed the Phoenix in the most perilous po sition. I ordered the hands to be turned up, not that aught could be done, but to be ready, in case of the worst, to provide for their safety. The ice, however, easing off, having severely nipped this vessel, passed astern to the Breadalbane, which s hip either received the pressure less favourably, or was less equal to the emergency, for it passed through her starboard bow, and in less than 15 minutes she sunk in 30 fathoms of water, giving the peo ple barely time to save themselves, and leaving the wreck of a boat only to mark the spot where the ice had closed over her. Anticipating such a catastrophe, I got over the stern of the Phoenix as soon as the Transport was struck, and was beside her when she filled and can unhesitatingly state that n o h uman power could have saved her. Fortu nately nearly the whole of the Government stores had been landed. " Enclosed, a list marked 'L 2' sets forth the quantity and kind of stores that were landed at Cape Riley and Beechy Island, also what was lost in the transport. "27. Having taken on board the shipwrecked crews, every precaution was used with regard to the safety of her Majesty's steam-vessel ; but it was not till the morning of the 22d of August that we succeeded in getting her to a safe position in Erebus and Terror Bay, where the ship was again secured to the land floe. "28. I now resolved to lose no time in getting to England, but that I m i g ht h ave the advantage of the latest intelligence from the Arctic squadron, I determined upon taking the opinion of the ice-master as to the latest date he considered I could safely remain at Beechy Enclosed, marked L 3, is a copy of this report, and now I must beg to refer their lordships to the general orders from the senior officer, marked M 2, delivered t o me b y C apta i n Pullen on his return from Sir Edward Belcher, and, while their lordships will readily understand how awkward was the position in which I thus became placed, still it was not without very serious deliberation, the written opinion of Captain Pullen upon the subject, a copy of which I enclose, marked ' L 4,' and the authority as granted to the senior officer at Beechy Island by their lordships' memorandum, May 11, 185.3, that I replied to Sir Edward Belcher's order by a letter, the copy of which, marked 'L. 5,' I inclose, and which I acted on ; delaying to the last moment (and two days after my ice-master advised our departure), with the hope of Sir Edward Belcher's arrival. 29. Their Lordships will, I trust, bear me out in the steps I have taken, and though I feel how serious is the responsibility I have thus incurred, it has been done with the single motive of the public good, and acting up to the full spirit of my instructions. " 30. On the 24th of August, I sailed fram Beechy Is land, but was shortly forced to take shelter in a little har bour we discovered, and were obliged to run into a fog. This harbour, eight miles east of Cape Fellfoot, a plan of which I enclose, marked ' C 3,' and named Port Graham. It is a well-sheltered position, with good anchorage and fresh-water, many hares were seen, and nine shot. " 31. Here we lay during a violent gale from the east ward, which was so furious in the gusts, that though the ship lay under the lee of a lofty hill, she drove with two anchors ahead, until she brought up in 40 fathoms of water. 4. On the 16th of July' we entered Melville Bay, ankl found it packed with ice, in some places very heavy, from recent pressure, and the land floe unfortunately broken away, thus depriving us of the advantage of its edge for docking the vessels, in case of a threatened nip. " 9. On the 11th of July, owing to damage sustained in the ice, it became necessary to shift the screw, and this was done while beset among heavy floes, almost out of sight of land. From the masthead no land could be seen at mid-day, nor, indeed, any wat er b u t th e pool i n which the ships were afloat ; but at midnight we proceeded along a narrow lane which opened away to the northward. " 10. Thick fogs and southerly winds, which closed the ice up, prevented our getting through Melville Bay till the 26th of July, when we stretched away from Cape York for Cape Warrender. Fog prevented our taking observations while crossing over, and experiencing a strong southerly set, we found, on the weather clearing, that the ship was within two miles of Cape Liverpool, though we had steered for Cape Warrender, with due allowance for currents. " Reaching over to the north shorn (whi c h we th en k ept ntghe to the eastward. 29th of July we f oun d a 1 close on board) , we steered up Lancaster Sound, passin g la v r i g de n i w e t e hhi s e in e c t h r w t o a re h nire in n g (glri i i om shore to sh ore , and which had never broken away this season. W e fol lowededge for several miles, in the hope of fi n di ng a barriere el nf floes o itsloeyOfs " The gale set vast bodies of ice up the Straits, until it came to a dead stand, doubtless from it having been filled up the whole Channel to Beechy Island, and most fortu nate was it that we got away when we did. For two days not a spoonful of water could be seen from the neighbour ing hill, and the temperature falling rapidly, with the prospect of an early winter, I began to fear we had found our winter quarters, indeed it was a matter dependent entirely on the wind, whether we should get out this season ; a watch was set to report the state of the ice, the ice-masters and officers frequently visiting the look-out hill. On the morning of the 31st of August the ice commenced to move out of the harbour, and carrying the ship with it we narrowly escaped being dri ven i n t o t h e Pack, which was only prevented by slipping the cable (with a hawser attached), and forcing the vessel under steam through a crack in the floe. The hawser was cu t th roug h by the ice in endeavouring to weigh the an c h or , w hi c h was thus lost. I now deemed it advisable for the safety of the vessel to proceed to the inner bight of the harbour, which, lying behind a shallow spot, perfectly secured her from ice * Lieutenant Haswell, lat. 70.38, long. 115; Lieutenant Creswell, lat. 74.16, long. 117.40 W. ; Mr. Wynniatt, lat. 72.6 N., long. 117.42, D. R. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8,.18 g:3. driven in or out ; and shou ld this year, would prove a good position ...or quarters. " I was ill prepared for such a cont in not left on board sufficient Pro -vi -3-°73° o ency, as w e h a d , for our now much increased crew, having tho poop). of the three other ves we be for u na w bl i e p. get away " to • i s n el v saolifds.oesides supernumeraries and my squadron with me. , "32. In th e evening 11, small creek along the north shore l to the eastward was observed, and we immediately shipped the anchor and stea-,red up, but it closed ore we could reach it. We therf,fore returned for the night, but in the morning I was glad to find it again opened, and we pro ceeded under fval steam and sail, with a light northerly wind, towards the eastward. Nothing but a powerful steamer could have effected her escape at that period ; and now ; with one or two slight detentions for a couple of hours, we made out of the Straits, ssin Ca Warren der on the m orn i ng of the 2d of September; and here I beg you will call their lordships' attention to this position as one well applicable for a dispatch rendezvous. • "33. During my stay at Port Dundas (which is imme diately a large cairn to be built on a remarkably rocky peninsula at its entrance. This cairn is upwards of 16 feet in height, 20 feet in circumference, and painted red with a white cross ; its position is such that a vessel sighting Cape War render must perceive it, and as nearly all the whalers every year sight this Cape, I conceive it to be an admirable po sition (should their lordships desire to send any dispatches to Sir Edward Belcher next year by the whalers) for these dispatches to be deposited. " For Bailin marks I have made sketches of the coast in two positions; among the drawings are three views, marked D, 1 and 2,' duplicates of which I have left with Sir E. Belcher, and I believe it to be Captain Pullen's intention, unless directed otherwise by his senior, to have an officer and party ready to receive any communication next year, and in return to forward his intelligence by the same op portunity. Should a Government vessel be sent out from England, she would of course carry the party on to Beechy Island. " With light winds we succeeded in getting out of Lan caster Sound on the 3d of September, the ice proving un favourable for examining the depot at Wollaston Island, which I had intended doing. " 34. and We immediately baro meter threatening a south er ly ga l e , i n duced me to pa ss through the Waigat t o escape it , an d i n th e darkness of arrived at Lie co ve ra ly m — en Disco on coaling. the 9th Th o e f Sep tember, goingnight, stem rnnin on to toundaenr iceberg esia:laoond feets tam in , which we rounded to, w ithi n h a lf- p i s t o l s h o t o f a rock swash at the entrance o f th e M o li gate, an d w hi c h , th oug h not laid down in the c h ar t s , we suppose d t h e sh i p was well clear of. A stron g se t th roug h t h e channel to the north ward must have cau se d thi s deception. we were to avoid nearly "35. While the coaling was being completed, I made arrangements with the inspector of North Greenland con cerning the disposal of the hull and spars of the stranded whaler Rose. "For the more convenient disposal of her remains I blew her up, and having landed, and placed under change of the Governor the masts and spars, with a list of their prices (a copy of which, marked L 6,' I enclose), we took on board for firewood such of the clibris of the hull as would otherwise have been appropriated by the Esquimaux, leaving the remainder convenient firewood for vessels touching there, to be obtained for 14s. a fathom, the price to be received by the Governor, and remitted through the Danish Government to the British Admiralty for the bene fit of the underwriters. " Having completed these arrangements, coaled, watered, and refitted, we were detained two days longer by a strong north-east gale, but on the morning of the 17th of Septem ber proceeded to sea. " .36. At Lievelyl obtained information of a coal mine, about 25 miles from the harbour, on the southern shore of the island, and I am told that the coal to be obtained here is in such quantities that a ship might take 1,000 tons. For burning in stoves it is preferred by the Danes to English coal. I obtained a mfficient quantity of an in ferior sort to make trial in our boilers. A copy of the chief engineer's report I enclose, marked ' L 7,' and I have retained on board four casks of this fuel for their lordships' disposal. " 37. On the 18th of September I put into Holstein burg to obtain sights, to complete our meridian distances, and satisfy me as to the rates of our chronometers. In this harbour (a complete survey of which was made by Mr. Stanton, the master, duri ng our fi rs t v i s i t, and which is marked C, 4), we found the Truelove, Captain Parker, which had put in th e d ay previously with her bow stove ; she had received this damage among the ice in the gale of the previous Wednesday. I rendered her every assistance, with a carpenter an d s t ores, an d towed him to sea at daylight, on the morning of the 20th of September, currying him out to an offing of sixty miles. He reports that all the whalers were caught among the ice in that gale, and he much feared that they had received some damage, but, upon his acquainting me they were all in such close company that the crews of any disabled vessels would surely escape to the others, I did not deem it necessary to delay my return to England by going over to the fishing-ground. " Since rounding Cape Farewell, a succession of strong northerly and westerly winds have favoured our return, and we sighted land on the 3d instant. "38. And now, sir, I beg to relate, in a summary man ner, the intelligence gleaned from the searching squadrons, And first, with reference to Sir Edward Belcher, I have little else to say but that he wintered in a spot he had named Northumberland Sound, in lat. 76 52 N., and long. 97 W., near the position now marked in the charts of Wellizgton Channel as Cape Sir John Franklin. From Captain Pullen I learnt that not the slightest traces of the missing expedition had been met with, either by this or the western branch of the searching squadron, and that it was evidently the intention of Sir Edward Belcher to re turn to Beechy Island as soon as possible. For the rest, Sir Edward's dispatches will convey all further informa tion. " 39. Captain Kellett wintered at Dealy Island, Melville Island ; he had a narrow escape of losing his ship on the night of his departure from Beechy Island ; she grounded off Cape Colburn, and was only got off after the ice had set down upon her, casting her over on her broadside, and with the loss of 60 feet of her false keel. "It was a party from his vessel that discovered the dispatch of Captain 111`Clure at Winter Harbour, and was thus led to the Investigator's position, a brief account of the voyages and discoveries of which vessel I will now re late. " 40. Their lordships will remember that it was on the 6th of August, 1850, that the Investigator was last seen running to the north-eastward with studding-sails set. They rounded Point Barrow with much difficulty. "At the river Colville, in 150 deg. W., they were de tained some days, and then thick weather, fogs, and con trary winds set in, the latter proving rather an advantage to us, as it kept the ice open, and the necessity of working to windward between the Polar Pack and the gradually sloping shore gave them the means of avoiding dangers On the 26th of August they reached the mouth of the Mackenzie, the pack at this part being upwards of 90 miles distant. On the 20th they were off Cape Bathurst. " When at Cape Parry open water to the northward in duced Captain M'Clure to push for Banks' Land, and when about 60 miles from this cape, they fell in with an unknown coast, which was named Baring Island. Passing up a strait between this island and a coast that was called Prince Albert's Land, they reached the latitude of 73 deg., where ice impeded their further progress. The season sud denly changing, the ship was beset, and forced to winter in the pack. Drifting to the southward, they were ulti mately frozen up in lat. 72.40 N., long. 117.30 W. "The travelling parties in the spring found no traces of the missing expedition, but discovered and laid down much of the adjacent coasts. " On tie 14th of July, 1851, the ice broke up, and free ing the ship, an endeavour was made to push to the north ward towards Melville Island, but an impenetrable pack, in lat. 75.35 north, long. 115 west, precluded their com pleting what their autumn travelling parties had proved to be the north-west passage. An attempt was now made to round the southern shore of Baring Island, and proceed up the west side, and with great peril to the vessel they suc ceeded in reaching as far as lat. 74.6, and long, 117.12, where they were frozen in on the 24th of September, 1851, and have never since been able to move the ship. Their re cord was deposited at Winter Harbour the year following Commander M'Clintock's visit, while employed on Captain Austen's expedition. " 41. There aro two remarkable discoveries mentioned in Captain M'Clure's journal, viz., some smoking hillocks and a pretrified forest. He also states that during his inter course with the natives, he only once met with any hostile demonstrations. This occurred at Point Warren, near the Mackenzie, where, on attempting to land, two natives with threatening gestures waved them off. It was not without much difficulty that they were pacified, and then they re lated that all their tribe but the chief and his sick son had fled on seeing the ship, alleging as a reason that they feared the ship had come to revenge the death of a white man they had murdered some time ago. They (through the interpre ter) related that some while men had come there in a boat, and that they built themselves a house and lived there. At last the natives murdered one, and the others escaped they know not where, but the murdered man was buried in a spot they pointed out. A thick fog coming on, pre vented Captain M'Clure from examining this locality, which is much to be regretted, as here is the probable posi tion a boat party, endeavouring to return by the Mackenzie, would have encamped. 42. I have now only to state further for their lordships' information on this head, that Commander M'Clure had made arrangements for deserting the ship, to have be en carried out a few days later than the opportune arrival of the officer from the Resolute, and that Captain Kellett sent his surgeon to report upon the health of the crew. He also desired that should there not be among them twenty men who would volunteer to remain another winter, Cap tain M'Clure was to desert his vessel. The Intrepid was expected to be at Beechy Island with the crew,kand Sir Edward Belcher had ordered the North Star to be prepared on her arrival to proceed to England, sailing on the Ist of September, and to leave the Intrepid at Beechey Island in her stead. _ _ — Thicave now, in concluding the intelli gence gained con cerning Squadrons, t o acqua i nt their lordships position in w hi c h the North Star passed the t h o e f Arctiche dangerous winter. Shortly aft er I l eft Beechy Island last year, in my yacht, the Isabel, a violent gale which I encountered in :the straits drove the N or th S tar on shore, where she remained during the whole winter, and was only got off this spring without much difficulty. 44, Herewith Itenclose a chart, showing the traces of thisvessels of my squadron on their outward voyage, and vessel homeward ; also, the several alteragd a dditions made in the coast, line at Greenland. ons This an is marked C 5 ; also, a chart on Mercator's plan, marked C 6, showing the north-west passage, with all the latest dis coveries, and the coasts explored by each expedition up to this date, in search for the missing squadron. " From C 1 to C 6, are the surveys and plans made during the voyage, and alluded to in this dispatch. From L 1 to L 7, are the copies of letters therein spoken of, and enclosures M 3 to M 10, are copies of the memoran dums and orders issued by me, as senior officer at Beechy Island. " The drawings sketched from D 1 to D 24 are made, exhibiting several positions of the ships during the voy age, and headlines, coastlines, and views taken at different times, also a drawing of the Investigator, wintering in the pack, mad e f rom a s k etch, and the descript i on by Li e ut. Cresswell. In natural history we are able to add a large collection of minerals to our museum, nearly 1,000 specimens of ores and earthy substances have been obtained at different parts of the coast of Greenland. Specimens also of the tipwer, a leaf, and root plants, of all the kinds we have sueh made erus. ac quaintance with, are carefully preserve d i r!,l taneous and other creatures from to collect,heaniiui akreinpgrdeorm,reads our limited means have allowed us for the naturalists. Bleat many observations of science is ~ A careful meteorological journal has been kep l t ah , ma a sen t lt i e d efd e t register at Holsteinberg , d a fo t iceof the magnet. These have been e b i e l e o n t, made on the direction dipanacli f S i n t vaa n thhi o ai n sbib e er n ana d na t c h thte e r late he Well proved by the was behind. to beg their lordships will e a w l Ti ioesdo on in dbyusjlltsryro. " I have onlf n ow' accept ' my assurance of the perfect satisfaction I have received in the conduct of ev,,i'y flad man in the expedition during a period of incessant labour, continual hardship, and fre quently inunim)M. peril, each has done his duty with a zeal and alacrity that I find it hard to individualise. "On all occasions I have received the most prompt co operation from my first lieutenant, Mr. Elliott, who, as au old officer, I would beg to recommend to their lordships' i notice. " Among our numbers six only of the officers and men had been among the ice before, yet I invariably found them as active in their employment, while engaged with that treacherous element, as the most experienced whalers, and whatever the service, the danger, or the emergency, I had only to order, and it was promptly executed. Without such hearty co-operation on the part of both officers and men, I must say I could scarcely have completed all that has been done ; and I have only further to state for their lordships' information, that to the officers this expedition has been a very serious expense. Obliged to equip themselves and store their mess for an Arctic winter, they have returned to England after an absence of little more than four months from the time they sailed from Cork, and thus their pay cannot cover the expenses of such a costly outfit. It is more particularly heavy to the juniors, whose expenses were the same, while their pay is considerably less. " My remark book contains much information I have gathered during the voyage upon many subjects, and this accompanies my charts and drawings. " I beg you will assure their lordships of my anxiety to learn of their approval of my proceedings, more especially as I found it necessarynpon so many occasions to take upon myself a responsibility which nothing but the circumstances in which I was placed could otherwise have justified. I especially refer to the dispatch of the Diligence to Eng land, and the delicate task of disregarding the orders of my senior officers. I omitted to - mention that on our return south through Baffin's Bay, we tried for soundings at a spot marked in the Track Chart, with 2,870 fathoms, without getting bottom. The line was upwards of three hours and a half in running out, and the lead employed more than cwt. " I have also to state, in conclusion, that I ordered Mr. M'Cor m i c k t o j o i n my ship for a passage to England, learn ing that he had finished the work that he was appointed to the North Star to perform, and his desiring to leave the ship. I also ordered, as per memorandums 3,4, 6,8, 9, and 10, certain exchanges among officers and men belong ing to this ship a n d N or th S tar. closed The this of thi s s hi p are made up, and are en with the ditcs. " I have the hono spa u h r e to be, Sir humble servant, ,your most obedient " E. g• INGLEFIELD, Commander." ••••m...,....M•••• " Admiralty-office, Oct. 7. " Sir —I have the honour to acquaint you for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, of my arrival in London this mor ning, with Captain Ingle field, of her Majesty's ship Phcenix, having been charged with Commander M'Clure's dispatches, by Captain Kel lett, of her Majesty's ship Resolute, which are herewith transmitted, together with a copy of the orders I received from Commander M'Clure and Captain Kellett. " I have the greatest satisfaction in reporting, that dur ing the prolonged service on which we were employed in search of the crews of the missing ships, we have only lost three men in the spring of the present year. " I left the Investigator on the 15th of April last, in the harbour of Mercy, latitude 74.6 N. longitude 117.45 W., and crossing the ice with sledges, reached the Reso lute, at Melville, on the 21st of May. " Assisted by a party from the Resolute, I reached the North Star, Beechey Island, on the 2d of June, with Lieu tenant Weymouth, whom it gives me great pleasure to speak of in the highest terms. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " A. G. CRESSWELL, Lieutenant, "Her Majesty's Ship Investigator." "By Robert M'Clure, Esq., Commander of her Majesty's Discovery Ship Investigator, and Senior Officer present. "Considering it of the utmost importance that the crew should be divided, as the only means of carrying the views which I entertain into effect, viz., the probability of being thereby able to extricate and carry home the ship, or fail ing in the accomplishment of such design, to bo enabled to meet the exigencies of another winter in any part of these seas, without the risk of suffering from starvation, which must inevitably follow with the whole complement or board ; I therefore deem no further preamble requisite, but direct your attention to the following : " Having most opportunely received intelligence con veyed under very severe and trying circumstances by Lieu tenant Pim from Captain Kellett, C. 8., of her Majesty's Discovery ship Resolute, now most providentially winter ing at Dealy Island, that has allayed the great apprehen tion, which I otherwise could not nave divested myself of feeling, for the safety of those engaged in the execution of a service so hazardous. You will consequently, upon the 15th of the present month, or as soon after as the weather will permit, proceed to the island mentioned in the pre ceding paragraph, taking under your command such offi cers and men as are selected for detachment. " Several will require great care and attention from the debility occasioned by the epidemic that has throughout the late very severe winter afflicted them, consequently you will not allow the laudable anxiety which might urge you to accomplish the journey by undue exertion to over come a proper consideration for their enfeebled state, so as to tax their strength too severely. " You will be provisioned for 24 days, which will admit of your taking easy stages for Cape Providence and Point Hearne, where you can complete your resources, if neces sary, and also remai n t o re f res h your crew. Thence to the Resolute is only 30 miles. " On arriving at Dealy Island, and reporting yourself to Capt. Kellett, C. 8., you will then, of course be under his orders, which you will follow for your future guidance. " Given under my hand, on board her Majesty's dis covery ship Investigator, Bay of Mercy, Baring's Island. " ROBERT M'CLURE, Commander. " To Lieutenant Cressweli, of her Maj es ty' s Discovery ship Investigator, in charge of travelling party." "By Henry Kellett, Esq., C.B. Captain of Her Majesty's s hip Resolute. " It being of importance that an officer of her Majesty's ship Investigator should reach England by the earliest opportunity, and it being:possible that these ships may not break out this season, " You will take charge of Commander M'Clure's dis patches, delivering them to the commanding officer of the North Star, who will cause copies to be made of them for Sir Edward Belcher's information, and return you the original, sealed, for conveyance to England. " You will accompany Mr. Rocho, mate, who has charge of the party, with instructions to victual you and Mr. Wynniatt, whose health is such as to require an imme diate return to England. _ _ "(liven under my hand, on board of her Majesty's ship Resolute, at Dealy Island, May 7, 1852, " HENRY KELLETT, Captain. " Lieutenant Cresswell, her Majesty's ship Investigator." "Her Majesty's ship North Star, Beechy Island, 0ct.20. " Sir,—lt is my melancholy duty to inform you that two of my men who left this ship with Lieutenant Bellot, have just returned with the sad intelligence of, I fear, his being drowned. The parti cu l ars o f an exam i nat i on of the two men I have intrusted to Lieutenant Cresswell, who was present at the time. It is in a rough shape, but being anxious that you should be made acquainted with the sad event, I deemed it necessary to dispatch him im mediately. _ " The 'dispatches are safe, the men having brought them back. I have, therefore, to request your opinion, as to whether, from the state of the ice in the Channel, which Lieut. Cresswell will inform you of, it is advisable to dis ',atoll another party or not, to endeavour to communicate with Sir Edward Bolcher.—l have, &c., " W. J. S. PULLEN, Commander.." The following dispatch gives a description of the intended progress of the expedition during the I ftesent year : " Her Majesty's Discovery-ship, Investigator, Bay of Mercy, Baring's Island, April 10, 1853. " Sir,—ln the event of our no t ge tti ng to England this year, tbink it necessary to acquaint you, for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, what our operations will be, to effect that object, in 1854, that their Lordships may be enabled to take such co operative measures for our relief as may appear expedient. " Should the ice break up in this bay sufficiently early to permit of our getting through the Straits this season, and finding the water open to th e eastward of Leopold Island, it would be my object to push forward, without stopping to take on board any provisi ons f rom Port Leopold ; but if, contrariwise, the ice should be thick towards Lancas ter Sound, I would, if possible, proceed to Port Leo pold, and complete a twelvemonth's provisions, and then risk wintering in the pack, or getting through, in prefer ence to remaining at the above port. If, however, we are detained in this bay until next year, it will then be requi site to leave towards the end of April, and make fo r P or t Leopold, where I am aware that there is a good boat, a house, and ample supplies ; and, when the navigation sea son opens, proceed to Pond's Bay, coasti ng a l ong t h e south shore of B arrow ' s Straits. Arri at Pond's Bay, and if finding from the Esquimaux that g no whalers had as yet been there, I should there await their appear ance as long as my provisions would admit, and then go down th e west shore off Baffin's Bay, keeping close along the land floe, where whalers or their boats are almost certain of being met with. Failing this, I should cross to Disco, with the hope of getting a passage in some of the Danish vessels which come there annually, and leave about the beginning of September; or, being too late for them, either charter or purchase one of their coasting schooners, which I believe trade among the settlements, if she was capable of st a ndi ng an Atl ant i c voyage. Could neither of these be accomplished we must of necessity remain until the following season at that settlement. Should any ofh her Majesty's ships b e sen t f or our re li e f, and we have quitted Port Leopold, a n o ti ce con t a i n i ng informationofourroute will be left on the door o f th e h ouse on Whaler's Point, or on some conspicuous point ; if, however, on trary, no intimation should be found of our havingfatal tie beencon there, it may be at once surmised that somee into the catas arried catas trophe has happened either from being Polar Sea, or smashed in Barrow's Straits, andbo however, osin vivors left. If such should be the case, which , it° will not anticipate, it will then be quite as u b n yl e e s p s rrio t Cl ) penetrate further westward for our relief, a c ase I would that any vessel could reach that port, such we must, from want of provisions, all have perished. t o return, and by submit that the officer may be ios di in r g e i c n o ted . other lives in quest of no means incur the danger of . those who will then be no ino o re n (as was the case with Sir t 's j "` u h 1 e t RA°B' during sn)°twh the e etr w h' e h i ti o e e e mayl nsnamMuoe our break up in Prince Hoge I would such a contingency. If such s t you h i nec a th t : it is as well to provide ,o , o be necessary to winter at Port h a ppen, i- w rised o f the f localityfi farl thinki llu tpyt, h o ame f s,si a agt ly thi goh.tti; ship tgashe: should Leopold, unless pp might be sent to :uryrelief,great to which g e i as s li A sh d e m d i w rai it t h y o . u tl t ni an te y nwaould be pretty certain of being clear vessel may no of ice, s he might proceed thither, and in some secure bay - n and when the Straits are firmly frozen over about a small travelling party could be I t h ire e m ze i l ddle of October,. dispatched with the intelligence, the whole would then procee d to her, and although rather late in the season, men w li t h e gold, for their live s are not likely to be discouraged by alittle c " Whatever may be the final termination of this long, tedious, but, I hope, not unimportant oyage Iho sir, that you will assure their lo &ship u tha v t i P v ry stage 1 have been guided entirely by r wha s l have considered uee to be the m dut expe y diti in p on the se cuting to utmost the object for whi c h succeeded in obtaining and, rmation hich could throw the sli g ht est clue upon the out, fate o of our missing countrymen, I hop e th at the services performed in the tracing of a very great extent of coast line, the discovery of much l an d— a p or tion inhabit e d by a simple and primitive people not hitherto known, and above all, the accurate knowledge of that oeana Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, 0 which, for so many hundred years has baffled maritime Europe—its very existence being almost considered scep tical—will, I trust, be considered events sufficiently inter esting and important to elicit from their lordships a favour able consideration of our services. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humblei servant, " ROBERT M'CLURE, Commander." SPORTING NOTES. THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. Speculation on the coming encounter at Newmarket is somewhat inactive. Its range is limited, and its tendency imperfectly determined. King Pepin is still the leading favourite in the betting, and all attempts to drive him from his position are seemingly inoperative. His party daily increase in numbers and strengthen in confidence, and he encounters no well-organised oppo sition. Indeed many persons, and shrewd and expe rienced turfites too, taking into consideration the " power of money," apparently regard his victory as a foregone conclusion. King Pepin has been so highly and satisfactorily tried, that the party immediately con nected with him unhesitatingly express their deliberate opinion that an accident can only prevent his success. Still King Pepin's pretensions to the position whisk he °scruples in betting, are not well founded, and despite his great and growing popularity they appear when impartially examined of the slenderest description. His public performances are undeniably bad ; his greatest achievements have been the barren honours of second place to animals of mode rate stamp. The betting frequently affords but a de ceptive indication of a horse's merit, and the support which King Pepin has received in the turf market may furnish another instance of its misguiding tendency. In Songstress, King Pepin will meet a formidable antago nist. Songstress is a "public performer " whose racing reputation has been fairly established. She possesses ability of no ordinary stamp, and if her condition be as satisfactory as report affirms, she will be one of the fore most competitors in fhe race. Experience teaches us that when in earnest her trainer seldom makes a mistake, and I am informed that he has calculated with much confidence on the mare's success. On Thursday a powerful demonstration was made in favour of Angelo, who was suddenly advanced to a prominent position in the list of quotations. The spirit with which he was sup ported unmistakeably indicated the confidence which his party placed in the ultimate profit of their invest ments. Angelo is trained by John Osborne, and is said to be the property of Captain Scott. His owner baoked him heavily, and his good fortune is proverbial. Angelo is lightly handicapped ; a circumstance alone sufficient' to render his chance formidable. Still his public run ning is scarcely calculated to excite sanguine expecta tions of his success. Of the light weights, lam inclined to deem H aco th e b est, as I am credibly informed that his performances at Doncaster and Bedford afforded no criterion as to his racing ability. Of the lot comprised between the top weight and Bst, I have a decided par tiality for Nabob and King of Trumps. Nabob has re cently been backed by many good men and true, and his running is at least respectable. Torment's weight will effect ua ll y destroy her chance, although she still nexpumeboteartsiomnsanyanpdaortlidsaGnsarf. Of j o r h o e ses M se i s ll n er o l att h ra av c e tio n n o s for me. The India n Warrior is p likely to be the cham pion of his stable, and, if report be true, he will be a formidable represe n t at i ve of its interests. Ness ham belongs to the same stable, and is by a few persons deemed a dangerous outsider. Lord Exeter's "lot" is entitled to the precedence over that of Mr. Clark. From each I shall select Nutshell and Mr. Sykes. Nancy was declared not to start yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. For the present, therefore, her party have played out their game. To indicate the winner of so important a race as the Cesarewitch is a task of no little difficulty. Every horse is supposed to have a chance, and many undoubtedly have, and very formidable ones too. The animals whose pretensions appear to be unquestionably sound are Nabob, King of Trumps, Songstress, Indian Warnor, Mr. Sykes, Nutpecker, Nutshell, Haco, and Angelo. The three animals likely to be placed by the judge are, in my opinion, Songstress, Nabob, and Mr. Sykes. This afternoon I start for Newmarket, and should I gather any information worth communicating, it shall be made public in The Sun on Monday. Oct. S. A FRESH MAN. ~-~- ~;_. WREXHAM RACES.-YESTRIIDAY. The OREN PARK FREE HANDICAP of 5 says each, with 20 added, the second to save his stake ; about a mile and a quarter. Mr. Cowell's Effie Deans, 3yrs, 6st slb (T. Cliff) 1 Lord Caledon's Coutess o f Theba, syrs, Bst 71b (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Davies's Butterfly (h.b.), 4yrs, Bst slb (G. Oates) 3 The following also ran—The Tumbler, Whittington, Luck's All. Won by half a length, Butterfly a bad third. Run in 2min. 18sec. The GOLD CUP (Handicap), value 100 sovs (in specie), by subs of 10 Boys each, given by the stewards. Two miles. 21 subs. Mr. Handley's Gameboy, 3yrs, 6st 121 b (T. Cliff) 1 Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, 6yrs, Bst 71b (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Hancock's Pilot, 6yrs, 7st 31b (Sabin) 3 The following also ran—John Bright, Surveyor, May- Day, Sugar Candy, Andante, Minerva, Gaffer Greek Casey. The CONSOLATION SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 20 added by Sir Watkin Wynne. About a mile and a quarter. Mr. Price's Ada, 3 yrs, Est 61b (25 goys.) (T. Cliff) 1 Mr. Moore's The Tumbler, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (25 sovs.) (Sabin) 2 Mr. Flintoff's Eupheinius, 3 yrs, Est 61b (25 soya.) (Prince) 3 Betting-2 to lon Ada, who made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths. The HURDLE Cup, of 25 sovs., given by Sir Watkin Wynne. Heats, once round and a distance, over three hurdles. Mr. Evans's Ducrow, aged, 12st 31b (Mr. A. Haynes) 1 1 Mr. R. W. Johnson's The Baronet, 6 yrs (Mr. Giles) 2 2 Mr. Dixon's Legs and Wings, aged....(Mr. Catton) 3 3 Mr. Jacques's Dinas Bran, aged (Mr. G. B. Price) 4 4 Mr. Hargreaves's Maltster, aged (Mr. Jones) 5 5 Mr. Powdrill's The Miner, 4 yrs (Owner) 6 6 Betting— 6to 4 agst Ducrow. Won cleverly. RUGELEY RACES.—THIIRSDAT. The RIIGELEY STAKES (Handicap) of 3 sovs, each, with 20 added ; one mile and a half ; 12 subs. Mr. Phillips's b h Le Juif, by Faugh a Ballagh (h b), 5 yrs 7st 71b ................................... w o Mr. H. Halford's ch f Eliza, 3 yrs, Sat 71b ) Mr. Copeland's ch m Candlewick ( , 6 . Wilson yrs, 7st dr The (Stanway) 3 b g following 5 also ran :—b h Farewell, 4 yrs, 6 s t 811 3 ; Timotheus, yrs, 6st 41b ;bk c R oger Th ornton, 3 yrs,\ sst 61b. and et ng—Even on C andlewick, 5 to 2 agst Le Juif, 5 1 agst Eliza. Le Juif jumped off with the leae running at th e s t an d , and carried it on to the far side where Le J u if resume d h i s former po sition, Candlewick lying third. Farewell fourth, Timotheus next, and Roger Thornton a long way in the rear. The four last-named were out-paced from the commencement, and before half the distance was run were out of the race. Le Juif carried on the running to the distance, where Eliza slightly headed him, and, looking all over a winner, held the lead until the last stride, when Wakefield, by a vigorous effort, just managed to make a dead head of it. Candlewick was beaten three lengths, Timotheus being fourth, and the othersuif walked ``no where." Eli za h av i ng b een w ithd rawn , Le Juif over for the deciding heat. The COPELAND HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added by Alderman Copeland; about a mile and a quarter 12 subs. Mr. Flintoff's b c Whalebone, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Wells) 1 Mr. Adey's br g Liberty, 6 yrs, 7st (J. Ashman) 2 Mr. Copeland's ch m Candlewick, 6 yrs, 7st (St an l e y) 3 The following also ran :—Le Maid of Golborne, and Walpole. Betting-2 to 1 agst Maid of Golborne, sto 2 agains Whalebone, and 3 to 1 agst Walpole. The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; heats once round and a distance. 6 subs. Mr. Shelmerdine's b c Morning Star, 4 yrs 7st (20 sous.) .............................. (Stahway) 2 1 1 Mr. G. Taylor's ch f Lady in Waiting, 4 yrs, 6st 111 h (20 sovs) (Ashinall) 4 2 2 Mr. Denman's b f Athena Pallas, 4 yrs, Est 111 h (20 sovs.) (Wilson) 3 4 3 Mr. Robins 's b f The Empress, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (20 sous.) by len gth • the same(Wbeetiwise)enlsec3ond 4 First heat won and third. The canter. second heat was won by a length, and th e third in a The winner was sold to Mr. p a luier for 60 ga. .:7:111re and . a ' half; The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 20 SON% a dd ed B to s a ub h s a . ndi- Mr c . 3l ll ) oaflfo3rdso'svaChefacEhliza, by Scamander, 3 yrs, Est 21b Mr. Phillips's bh Le Juif, (12 b) 5 yrs, Bst ....(li (W i n ls o o t n t ) ) 2 1 Mr. Shepherdson's fby Ithuriel, dam by The mr S . adA i l n er to , Betting -5 fr 4 s Yr T s h , e 6 s ß t e l a l p l e b r: .... (Ashmall) 3 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Wells) 4 to 4 agst Le Jnif 6 to 4 agst Eliza. Won by a length and a half ; the same be t ween the others. The NURSERY HANDICAP of 5 sous. each, with 25 added, for two year olds ; the winner to pay 5 soy. to the fund. One mile. 14 subs. Mr. Meeson's eh f Sister to Stafford, by Faugh-a- Ballagh, 7st 31b (Wells) 1 Mr. Halford's b f Topsy, 7st (Wilson) 2 Mr. Taylo r ' s bk f C zar i na, 7 st (Ashmall) 3 The following also ran :—b f by Venison, Lurley, and Field Marshal. Betting—Even on Sister to Stafford, 3 to 1 agst Field Marshal, and 4to 1 each agst the others. Won by four lengths ; two lengths between second and third. The ANGLESEY STAKES of six soya. each, h ft, with 40 added ; the winner to pay 10 sovs. to the fund. Two miles and a quarter. 13 subs. Mr. Palmer's b m Doubt, by Gladiator, aged, 7st 21b ............................................ ...(Wells) 1 Mr. Oliver's br a Ethelwolf, 4 yrs, 7st 8119 (Wakefield) 2 Mr. Adey's br g Liberty, 6 yrs, Est 101 b (T. Ashmall) 3 Mr. Bennyon's bk e. Roger Thornton, 3 yrs, 6st • 51b.................................... (Lee) 4 Mr. Shelmerdi ne ' s b c . Morning Star, 4 yrs, . Est 31b (Wilson) dis,„i Betting-5 to 4on Doubt. Morning Star came i,!L first, but being 21b short of weight, the race was given to Doubt. Several parties refusing to pay, the matter is to be referred to the steward. I 1 1 11