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

ZIIE IRISH RAILWAY CATASTROPII.E. -••-...........-- Western dreadf u l acc id en t o n the Great Southern and Western Railway on Wednesday evening has produced a feeling of intense anxiety—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. Mr. Hill, Kildare. seph Sherwood, servant of Dr. Stokes, Dublin. The following 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 ....Customs, London. rs. Crok e r, B arr i n gton. Miss Esther Coffey, of Birn. S arah Jane Telford. .r is asserted that immediately after the collision, and th e wounded were lying on the ground writhing ~,t°rture, that some country people actually robbed the )I „ er erB. Miss Blennerhasset, a relation of Lord Guilla fro-l'e's, was thus robbed of her watch, which was torn th a t %her side. S evera l o th er a ll ega ti ons o f ro bb ery a t A 'earful period are reported. p ti ., 11 , ) inquest was held on the bodies of the deceased the , t4l on Thursday, and with the evidence adduced, go o ir oner caused James Gass, the engine-driver of the th e ? train, James Bury, the guard, and John O'Hara, li ttil °, } rr, to be arrested. The inquest was adjourned ‘nis day (Saturday). .. 4'4I ?PUL SHIPWRECK.-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST. t . I 'Ve regret to announce one of the most terrible catas 'ophes that has come under our notice for some time,-- th. t" . .",,,, t °tal loss of the ship Annie Jane, Mason, corn er, bel belonging to Liverpool, which was driven the cc thrcron - -bound coast of Barra Island, during .. ,103 recent gales, on the night of Wednesday, the 28th "it., When no fewer than 348 passengers —men, women, 4.0 d children —met with a watery grave. Intelligence Of the disaster was first received at Lloyd's through a oo , e l l _ llll2 coleation from the editor of the Slapping Gazette, " placed it at the disposal of Captain Halstead, the secret - 11 7. The advices which had been forwarded front heir agent at Tobermory, and, subsequently, the re- Port of the loss, were confirmed by a tel egra phi c mes sage from Liverpool. The accounts, although some- What brief, place the loss, it is feared, almost beyond a d oubt. Th e A nn i e Jam was a large vessel, and sail e d fr, cm Liverp oo l, f or 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 the late fearful south-westerly gales, which disabled her and 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, 'list. The in habitants are mostly employed in the cod fishing. There is a light-house on the head, which is the hi g h es t i n 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 island 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, was also preserved. The names of the passengers who have arrived at Tobermory, are John Kingston, county of Cork ; George, brother to the former ; Timothy bineur, county of Cork ; J ames Ed m i ston, county of Antrim ; Alexander M'Cormick, county of Armagh ; Martha Tevanning, county of Cork, and some French Canadians. The crews are J ames Boyd, James Mar shall, Charles Carroll, of Bay Chal eur , Th omas Gemmel, Joseph Miller, Antonio Ligett, Charles Bunion, James wood, and Charles Burnett. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the Mining Journal of this day.) In dividend stocks there has been a fair amount of business transacted again this week, and without any Material alteration in prices. In speculative and calling shares, business is very limited, and low p r i ces h ave to he submitted to in order to effect sales, excepting in one or two favourite mines. The formation of another Mining Exchange is talked of, and a meeting is to be held on Monday to arrange p r eliminaries, by the appointment of a provisional com mittee, and to frame a set of rules and regulations, pre vious, to c a lli ng a genera l meet i ng o f th e m i n i ng pu bli c. ,'saving in re mem b rance th e causes o f th e f a il ure o f th e last Exchange, after about twelve months' existence, it 1 8 to be hoped that the one now mooted will be estab lished on a better foundation, and with rules not only stringent i n th emse l ves , b u t fr amed: with a determination on the part of the committee to put them in force when occasion requires. The main advantages to be derived f rom a Mining Exchange are, as it appears to us—first, security to th e p u bli c , an d to the regular dealers in shares, t1:61 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 k ali), 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 greit de- Iza nd, and maintain their prices firmly. Considering the fluctuations to which all the other de ttrtmento of the Stock Exchange have been subject, Wit gold mining shares this week have been supported been.s remark able able firmness ; sales have, in few instances, Nhilst there was at the same time some en 4rirZio_n the part of the public for the preferable de of/unB Yesterday evening, consequently, prices of 1 ,,, e ,,d1ng stocks ruled generally at an advance on those -4.‘ week.imlpuroisldiscelaneous Shares the market has generally N 4 p ---- . IIL INTELLIGENCE. 1241 r ),f a: PLYM O C U a T ta H in , O F e r T e . d 7 . . T. t cheit J e atrs ship Queen, 11 6, - at A t , vas taken into the Keybam wfoptrkkes St. George e m o o rg rn e ,.. 120, et,e,:.'clock she was lying astern o Vhe re t4i .... _n John Kingcombe, abreast of D th e e v w on o p r o k r s t , Do c k r • still M as ter-Attendant of the ns and shot, 3Zl' tookB c ' harge. T Queen had all . h . er guns, Wat er Stor es on board • her powder, provisio and Pike Pike steam.,!ere diachared . Having had the Avon an lin der siulageB Engineer-in attach6ed, was towed to tbemain entrance. chi e f , an, .:!P e rintendenceof Col. Willi ams, t engineer, the sliding caisson `:4-4r. Townsend, s h ip , v, .ii, the outer end r w es a id s e r n emoved, and ee th of e noble Ad • 8 warped into the lock, in the presen d te i_ cd in s i n ra t i Sir John Ommanney. Michael the Commander Commodoreo-fStukpeeroinr-. Lowe, of the ..a.ry ; ea , Seymour , Captain flagshi , Piaui Edmonstone and Te P -`rcPregnable • Mr. Edge, master other rner, as sistant 2 ; Mr. Dent, storekeeper ; a nd ° facers of the Devonport Dockyard ; Mr. Henry Baker, builder ; Mr. and a „. contractor of Government works at Keyham, c?nsidera the hie concourse of persons. Shortly afte r i 0 clock the sliding caisson was acmin drawn across entrane, and, being closed at higewater, about 8 o'c lo c k.s !!:feoperations for rernoving the inner cassion, which ini cted by the discharge of water contained in tanks the upPer compartment, were commenced. The bulk y . Machine being at length floated and removed, the ship was w arPed her whole length a-head into the south min, and then by cables from her stem and stern drawn bodily northward th ere , the en in tr ance of N o . 1 dock, she was very soon placed and, her stem being brought to There was no display on the occasion. As a matter of precaution, her topgallantinasts were struck and hgurehead enveloped in sailcloth. 180 shipwrights, 100 labourers, and a number of riggers and seamen riggers, are to be immediately employed upon her, and it is ex- The that she will be take n out of dock to-morrow. The Agamemnon is al ongs i de the sheer hulk to have her foremast taken out. The Imperieu se went from the S oun d yesterday after noon, into liamoaze, where the crew commenced un rigging her foremast, which is to be taken out and sent into the dockyard for examination. The Desperate went into harbour yesterday to have her defects made good. flt is reported that La Rogue will be sent into romatnoaze, amoaze and into the that the Edinburgh will b e remove d H o. When the defects of the Valorous and Vulture are made good, they will probably be dispatched to the Mediterranean. A ship -rigged screw steam man-of-war was observed, under steam, at 5 this morning, inside the Eddystone. TnE NEW 8T;3117Ac With re ference to the new Stamp Act, whi c h comes into operation on T ues d ay 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 t o th e notice o n unataraped paper with regard to the penalties incur re d b y g i ving receipts ---- . 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 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, butMr.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 Herald, 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 !"—" Own responsibility." That was the last communication ihat 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 on 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 AUClure, 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 achi eve d th e hi story o f t h e world will record in a chapter, the never-dying title of which will b e " 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 Cresswell's letter ; 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 deafly respected by all on board the Phcenix. 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 : inlaatp.p7e2a-r1 heavy,N . ,l o n n r abg but upon mr:Amtadse.2othae.miee.,, which h st 2, not did entering it a short distance was und e ceived, a " Aug. s.—ln running along the pack edge, endeavour ingou 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. " Ang. 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 iussians. 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. Reeeived 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. li 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 ioe 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 4 W. "Aug. 2 1 . — Made the dly 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 maux mark, who apparently had recently quitted it, there being several " caches" containing birds and fish. " lu the afternoon while approaching Cape Bathurst, observed Esquimaux 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 34 fathoms, anchored between Baillies 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 dispatezes for the Admiralty, a gun and ammunition to the chie:, and many presents among them ; and, judging from t aeir intelligence and cleanly ap pearance, have great expectation of their reaching. Sept. I.—Off Cape Batburat, many natives came on board, and being nearly calm, remained until the evening, when, a breeze springing u j, we took our final leave of the Esquimaux on the Amezican coast, fully convinced that neither the ships nor any of the crew of Sir J. Franklin's expedition have ever reached the." 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 miles to the east of Yarbo rough Inlet, and water, varying in breadth from one mile to 40, may be calculated - anon 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.E. • 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 height, its northern being Bank't Land ,• erected a signal , pole with black ball, left a notice in lat. 71 8 N., long. ' 122.48 W. "Sept. 9.—Observed land N.N.E. Named it Prince Albert's Land, which is continuous with Wollaston and Victoria Land, and extends north to lat. 73 21 N., long 112 48 W. " Sept. 11.—Ship beset, lat. 72 52, long. 117 3 W., bui 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 Wales St ra it, distant four miles from the ship. There is erectcd 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. 11414 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 Wollaston Land ; Lieutenant Cress well 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 people, 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 Baring 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 tho 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 mile, 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 W. "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 making 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 infourfathoms, 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 clearof 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 oast 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 Pack, 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 tho 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 Celder, 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, in the Bay of Mercy, lat. 74.6 N., long. 117.64 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. MTLIIRE." 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 Phoenix, off Thurso, October 4. " Sir,—l have the 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-WeA Passage, though, unhappily, without finding the slightest traces of the mis sing expedition ' either by this route or on the field of search occupied by the squadron under Sir Edward Bei chefs 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 foun,l 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 Sta.: 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 "i 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 an?. 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. " 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 Beechey 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 clear ed, to run no risk of the ships being caught for the winter, but to proceed to England w i thout _ " Wellington Channel was then full of ice, and go rough, with large cracks and pools, that it defied sledgirg, 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 S . 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 arid 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 al I, more especially as we could not eat the pemmican, and subsisted wholly on biscuit and tea, with the exception d 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 the alteration I have made in the coast-line of the western shore. " 20. It is remarkable that wo traced and followed, for many miles, the dog-sledge tracks of Mr. Penny, as fres:i upon the sandy beach as though they had been made t' day previous, and it must be remembered that these ae. 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 unit ding had been carried on but slowly by means of sledges ; 855 packages had, however, been transported to the ' North Sea' by these means. "22. On the 17th of 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 Phoenix 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 43 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 motit-i. around the ship was boiling up in a manner that would have defied getting a safe footing to the most active of our 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, rid 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 au official letter from Captain Pullen, a copy of which I enclose, marked ' L 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 the original dispatches to Sir Edward Belcher. This unfortunate occurrence took place on the night of the gale, when M. Bellot, 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 abo zt 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 thre e o f th em fit su bj ec t s on ly for inva lidPF. "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. " 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, barely escaped a similar fate, receiving a severe nip, which rose the stern several feet, and arched the quarter-deck, destroying the rudder and screw ; one of the beams for ward was sprung, and the porgy bow partially stove, break ing one of the riders, and forcing in the planking. This latter damage, there is sotne 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 wince 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 veries 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 tw o h ours we pro ceeded up the coast. 7' v following an tag eof the day, fine weather to obtain some passing C a p e Sh a kl e t on i n a calm, looms from the Rookery for the use of th e A rc ti c s hip s , and in three hours we obtained a sufficient quantity t o ' I l to h o e k advantage give each of our own vessels a day's fresh meat, reserving enough to supply the North Star's crew with previsions for 10 days, independent of the sheep we brought from 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, abiuty, and quiet, unassuming manner, made him indeed beloved. "Z. The ice closing again obliged us to quit Cape Riley before midnight, and, in 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 get 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 Aupst, the ice closing all round, b o th vessel's were secured to andoe edge, but with steam ready to push through the inst.nt the ice should loosen. " 26. Shortly, however, a rapid run of the outer floe to the westmard placed the Phoenix in the most perilous ps sition. I ordered the hands to be turned up, not thst aught could be done, but to be ready, in case of the worst, to provide for their safety. Th e i ce, however, easing off, having severely nipped thi vessel, passed astern to the Breadalbaue, which ship either received the pressure leas favourably, or was less equal to the emergency, for it passed through her starboard bow, and in less tht , 1 15 minutes she sunk in 30 fathoms of water, giving.the T _3- ple barely time to save nemselves, 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 no human power dould have sued her. Fortu nately nearly the whole of the Co'verninent stores had been landed. "Enclosed, a list marked 2' sets forth the quantity and kind of stores that were landed at Cape Riley wad Beechy Island, also what was lost in the transport. "27. Having taken on board the shipwrecked crews, every precaution was used with re3ard 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 safe position in Erebus and Terror Bay, where the ship was again secured to the land floe. " 28. I now resolved to l;;; no time in getti In to England, but that I might have 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 ho 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 f ro m the senior officer, marked M 2, delivered to me by Cap :du' Pullen on his return from Sir Edward Belcher, and, while their lordships will readily understand how awkw. rd was the position in which I thus became placed, 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, 1853, that I replied to Sir Edward Belcher's order by a letter, the cony of which marked 'L. 5,' I inclose, and which I a ct e d 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 wero obliged to run into a fog. This harbour, eight miles east of Cape Fellfoot, a plan of which I enclose, marked 4 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 guts, 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. " 8. On the 16th of July we entered Melville Bay, and 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 dor e 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 water but the pool in 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 tho 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 shore (which we then kept close on board), we steered up Lancaster Sound, passing large floes which were driving to the eastward. " 11. On the morning of the 29th of July we found a barrier of ice stretching from shore to shore, and which evidently had never broken away this season. We fol lowed its edge for several miles, in the hope of finding a " 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 corld 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 Beason ; 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 driven into the 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 cut through by the ice in endeavouring to weigh the anchor, which was thus lost. I now deemed it advi sa bl e f or th e safety of the vessel to proceed to the inner bight of the harbour, which, lying behind a shallow spot, perleetly secured her from ie.( * 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, 1853. driven in or out ; and should we be unable to get away this year, would prove a good position for winter quarters. " I was ill prepared for such a contingency, as we had not left on board sufficient provisions for our now much increased crew, having the p eo pl e o f th e th ree o th e r ves sels of my squadron with me, besides supernumeraries and invalids. "32. In the evening a small creek along the north shore to the eastward was observed, and we immediately shipped the anchor and s t eamed up, but it closed ere we could reach it. We therefore returned for the night, but in the morning I was glad to find it again opened, and we pro ceeded under full 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, passing Cape Warren der on the morning 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 under the cliffs forming Cape Warrender) I ordered 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 sailing marks I have made sketches of the coast in two positions; among the drawings are three views, marked 'D unless directed otherwise by his senior, .to have an officer Belcher, 1 chearn, and 2 and ,' l du b p e h i j e ca v t e e i s of t to b w e h i c c a h pn have pu l i e i e ft ie wi s i t n h t e S n i t r i o E n and party ready to receive any communication next year, p a o n r d t utillnityr e . tu s rn ho t til o d fo a rw G ar ov d e hi nlin s m en t t el v h es g England, she would of couree carry the party on to Beechy y s e t h i a t e o same r op p m - Island. intelligence beb " 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. We arrived at Lievely—Disco on the 9th of Sep tember, and immediately commenced coaling. The baro meter threatening a southerly gale, induced me to pass through the Waigat to escape it, and in the darkness of night, running under full sail and steam, we were nearly going stem on to an iceberg 100 feet in height, to avoid which we rounded to,, within half-pistol shot of a rock awash at the entrance of the Moligate, and which, though not laid down in the charts, we supposed the ship was well clear of. A strong set through the channel to the north ward must have caused this deception. " 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 debris of the hull as would otherwise have been appropriated by the Esquimaux, leaving the romainder 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 Lievely I 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 sufficient 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, during our first visit, and which is marked C, 4), we found the Truelove, Ca?tain Parker, which had put in the day previously with her bow stove ; she had received this damage among the ice in the gale of the previo - es Wednesday. I rendered her every assistance, with a carpenter and stores, and towed him to sea at daylight, ou the morning of the 20:1 of September, c.4rrying 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 won'd surely escape to the others, I did not deem it necessary to delay my return to England by going over to the fishing-ground. " Sinee 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 Wellington 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 intenti on o f Si r 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 ; ho had a narrow escape of losing his ship on the night of his deparLure 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 o 60 feet of her fake keel. "It was a party from his vessel that discovered the dispatch of Captain M'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 Albells 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. Driting 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 the 14th of July, 1851, the ice broke up, and free ing the ship, an endeas our 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 wore 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 11E Commander 'Clintocles visit, while employ e d on C ap t a i n Austen's expedition. _ _ _ " 41. There are 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 gestrres 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 iu a spot they pointed out. A thick fog coming on, pre vented Captain M'Clure from examining this locality, which is much to be reg re tt e d, as h e ro is the probabl e 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 c..rried 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 lad 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 Boechey Island in her stead. . _ I have now, in concluding the intelligence gained con cerning the Arctic Searching Squadrons, to acquaint their lordships of the dangerous position in which the North Stsr pawed the winter. Shortly after I left Beechy Island last year, in my yacht, the Isabel, a violent gale which I eaiountered in .the straits drove the North Star on shore, w here she remained during the whole winter, and was only go', off this spring without much difficulty. 44. Herewith genclose a chart, showing the traces of thi vessels of my squadron on their outward voyage, and the vessel homeward; also, the several alterations and additions made in the coast line at Greenland. This is marked C 5 ; also, a chart on Mercator's plan, marked C 6, showing the north-west passage, with a ll th e latest dis ccveries, and the coasts explored by each expedition up to tlis date, in search for the missing squadron. " From C 1 to C 6, are the surveys and plans made daring the voyage, and alluded to in this dispatch. From I 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 "The drawings sketched from D 1 to D 24 are made, exhibiting several positions of the ships during the voy ege, and headlines, coastlines, and views taken at different times, also a drawing of the Investigator, wintering in the pack, made from a sketch, and the description by Lieut. 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 flower, leaf, and root plants, of all the kinds we have made ac quaintance with, are carefully preserved and such crus taneous and other creatures from the animal kingdom, as our limited moans have allowed us to collect, are prepared for the naturalists. "A careful meteorological journal has been kept, a tide register at Holsteinberg, and a great many observations made on the direction dip and force of the magnet. The se have been carried on by Mr. Stanton, and the late lamented M. Bella, whose industry in this branch of science is well proved by the mass of valuable matter he has left behind. " I have only now to beg their lordships will accept inyassuranee of the perfect satisfaction I have received in the conduce of ev,,,y .)'j:!cr and man in the expedition during a period of incessant labour, continual hardship, and fre quently i inen t peril, each has done his duty with a zeal and alacrity that I find it hard to individualise. "On all occasions have received the most prompt co operation from my first lieutenant, Mr. Elliott, who, as an old officer, I would beg to recommend to their lordships' notice. " Among our numbers six only of the officers and men had been among the ice bef ore , y e t I i nvar i a bl y f oun d th em as active in thir 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 month s 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 necessary upon 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'Cormick to join my ship for a passage to England, learn ing that he had finished the work that he was appointed to the N orth St orderedar to perform, and hi s d es i r i ng t o l eave t h e s hip. I also , ae per memorandums 3,4, 6,8, 9, and 10, certain exchanges among officers and men belong ing to this ship and North Star. " The pay-books of this ship are made up, and are en closed with the dispatches. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " E. A. INGLEFIELD, Commander." " Admiralty-office, Oct. 7. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, o f my arrival in London this morning, with Captain Ingle field, of her Majesty's ship Phcenix, having been charged with Commander M'Cl ure ' s dispatches, by Captain Kel lett, of her Majesty's ship Resolute , which are herewith transmitted, tog ether with a copy of the orders I received from Commandr 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 diN ided, 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 be 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 ou 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 have divested myself of feeling, for the safety of those engaged in the execution of a service so hazardous. Y ou will consequently, upon the 15th of the present month, or as soon after as the weather will permit, proceed to the inland mentioned in the pre ceding paragraph, takinc , under your com man d suc h 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 comple:o your resources, if neces sary, and also remain to refresh your crew. Thence to the Resolute is only 30 " 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 g uidance. " Given under my h an d, on b oar d her Majesty's dis covery ship Investigator, Bay of Mercy, Baring's Island. " ROBERT M'CLURE, Commander. " To Lieutenant Cressweli, of her Majesty's Discovery ship Investigator, in charge of travelling party." "By Henry Kellett, Esq., C.B. Captain of Her Majesty's sh i p 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 accompaiy Mr. Roche, mate, who has charge of the party, with instructi ons t o victual you and Mr. Wynniatt, whose health is such as to require an imme diate return to England. „ ...... _ " Given 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 particulars of an examination 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 b a ck. I have, therefore, to request y our opinion, as to whether, from the state of the ice i n th e Ch annel, which Lieut. resswell will inform you of, it is advisable to dis patch another party or not, t o en d eavour to communicate with Sir Edward Belcher.—l have, &c " W. J. S. PULLEN, Commander..” The following dispatch gives a description of the intended progress of the expedition during the present year " Her Majesty's Discovery-ship, Investigator, Bay of Mercy, Baring's Island, April 10, 1853. " Sir,—ln the event of our n o t ge t t i ng to England this year, I think 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 oar 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 the eastward of Leopold Island, it would be my object to push forward, without stopping to take on board any .provisions from 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 winterin g i n th e, 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 for Port 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, coasting along the south shore of Barrow's Straits. Arriving at Pond's Bay, and if finding from the Esquimaux that 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 the 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 wan capable of standing an Atlantic voy age . C ou ld n either y these be accomplished we must of necessity remain until the following season at that settlement. Should any Majesty's ships be sent for our relief, and we havee our route Port Leopold, a notice containing information l vir a er quittedf he will be left on the door of the house on Whaler ' s Or on some conspicuous point ; if, however, on'sthPeocionnt trary, no intimation should be foundaowofsoomure having been there, it may be at once surmised that some carried into the trophe has happened either from re s being cis e eeas S e, traits, and no sur- Polar Sea, or smashed in Bar which, however, I vivors left. If such should_ b t e hen l be quite unnecessary to will not anticipate, it will penetrate further westward for our relief, as by the period that any vessel could reach that port, we must, from want of provisions, all have perished. hedd.irelentesductloi raetcasuren,lawndould submit by that the officer y no means incur the danger of losing other li ves i n quest of those who will then be no more. As, however, it may occur (as was the case with Sir John R oss ) th at the ice may not break up in Prince Regent's Inlet d ur i ng the whole summer it is as well to provide against such a contingency. If such should happen, it would be necessary to winter at Port Leopold, unless apprised of the locality of any ship that m ight be sent to our relief, Which I think might be accom plished without any very great difficulty, as, although such vessel may not be enabled to get far up the straights, yet, as Admiralty Inlet would be pretty certain of being clear of ice, she might proceed thither, and in some secure bay freeze in, and w h en the Straits are firmly frozen over about the middle of October, a small travelling party could be dispatched with the intelligence, the whole would then proceed to her, and although rather late in the season, men working for their lives are not likely to be discouraged by a little cold. " Whatever may be the final termination of this long, tedious, but, I hope, not unimportant voyage, I hope, sir, that you will assure their lordships that in every stage I have been guided entirely by what I have considered to be my duty in prosecuting to the utmost the object for which the expedition was fitted out, and, although we have not succeeded in obtaining any information which could throw the slightest clue upon the fate of our missing countrymen, I hope that the services performed in the tracing of a very great extent of coast line, the discovery of much land—a portion inhabited by a simple and primitive people not hitherto known, and above all, the accurate knowledge of that passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 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 humble 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 strengthpn 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 a n acc id en t can on ly prevent his success. Still King Pepin's pretensions to the position which he osoupies 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 the 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. Angel o i s t ra i ne d b y J o h n O s b orne , an d is said to be the property of Captain Scott. His owner backed him heavily, and hi s goo d f or t une i s prover bi a l. A n gelo is lightly handicapped ; a circumstance alone sufficient to render his chance formidable. Still his public run ning is scarcely ca l cu l ated to excite sanguine expecta tions of his success. Of the light weights, lam inclined to deem Haco the b es t, as I am credibly informed that his performances at Doncaster an d Bedf or d a ff or d e d 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 effectually destroy her chance, although she still numbers many partisans. Of Joe Miller I have no expectations, and Old Garforth possesses no attractions for me. The Indian Warrior is likely to be the cham pion of his stable, and, if report be true, he w ill be a formidable representative of its interests. Neas ham belongs to the same stable, and is by a few persons s 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 Warrior, 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.-YESTERDAY. The CEPN PARE FREE HANDICAP of 5 sous each, with 20 added, the second to save his stake ; about a mile and a quarter. Mr. Co well's Effie Deans, 3yrs, 6st 51b ( T. Cliff) 1 Lord Caledon's Coutes s o f Theba, syrs, Bst 71b - (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Davies's Butterfly (h.b.), 4yrs, Bst 51b (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 sovs each, given by the stewards. Two miles. 21 subs. Mr. Handley's Gamebov, 3yrs, Get 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 Green Casey. .... • The CONSOLATION SELLING STAKES of 5 goys each, with 20 added by Sir Watkin Wynne. About a mile and a quarter. Mr. Price's Ada, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (25 soya.) (T. Cliff') 1 Mr. Moore's The Tumbler, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (25 soya.) (Sabin) 2 Mr. Flintoff's Euphemius, 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, I2st 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 .............. (Own er ) 6 6 Betting— 6to 4 agst Ducrow. Won cleverly. RUGELEY RA.CES.—TuunspAY. The RUGELEY STAKES (Handicap) of 3 Eloyil, each, with 20 added ; one mile and a half ; 12 subs. Mr. Phillips's b h L e J u if , by Faugh a Ballagh 5 yrs 7st Mr. H. Halford's7lb w ch f Eli za , 3 yrs, sst 71b (W. Wilson) t dr Mr. Copeland's ch zn Candlewick, 6 yrs, 7st (Stanway) 3 The following also ran :—b h Farewell, 4 yrs, Est 81b; b g Timotheus, 5 yrs, Est 41b ; bk c Roger Thornton, 3 yrs, sst 61b. Betting —Even on Candlewick, 5 to 2 agst Le Juif, and 5 to 1 agst Eliza. Le Juif jumped off with the lead at a rattling pace, followed by Eliza, who took np the running at the stand, and carried it on to the far side, where Le Juif resumed his former po sition, Candlew ick , 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, 'ookingall 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 others "no where." Eliza having been withdrawn, Le Juif walked 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, 6st 41b (Wells) 1 Mr. Adey's br g Liberty, 6 yrs, 7st (J. Ashman) 2 Mr. Copeland's ch m Candlewick. 6 yrs, 7st (Stanley) 3 The following also ran :—Le Juif, Maid of Golborne, and Walpole. Betting-2 to 1 agst Maid of Golborne, sto 2 against Whalebone, and 3 to 1 agst Walpole. The SELLING STAKES Of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; beats once round and a distance. 6 subs. Mr. Shelaterdine's b c Morning Star, 4 3rrs 7st (20 sovs.) Mr. G. Taylor's ch f Lady in Waiting, 4 yrs, Est 11Ib (20 soya) (Ashmall) 4 2 2 Mr. Penman's b f Athena Pallas, 4 yrs, Est mrl.llbto(b2iOnslosvbs.f The Em ress ) ........ .................. (Wilson) 3 4 3 P , 4 yrs, 6st 111 b (20 sovs.) .................................... (Wells) 1 3 4 First heat won by a l ength ; the same between second aud third. The second heat was won by a length, and the third in a canter. The winner was sold to Mr. Palmer for 60 gs. • The INNKEEPERS' FRIDAY. PLATE of 20 sovs., added to a handi cap of 3 sovs. each ; one mile and a half ; 8 subs. Mr. Halford's ch f Eliza, by Scamander, 3 yrs, Gst 21b (Wilson 1 Mr. Philli ps ' s b h Le Juif, (h b), 5 yrs, Bst ....(Knott ) ) 2 Mr. Sh e ph er d son ' s c h f by Ithuriel, dam by The Saddler, 4 yrs, Est 111 b Mr. Flintoff's The Reaper, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Wells) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Le Juif, 6to 4 agst Eliza. Won by a length and a half ; the same between 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 ch f Sister to Stafford, by Faugh-a- Ballagh, 7st 31b (Wells) 1 Mr. Halford's b f Topsy, 7 s t (Wilson) 2 Mr. Taylor's bk f Czarina, 7st (Ashman) 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 sovs. 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 in Doubt, by Gladiator, aged, 7st 21b (Wells) 1 Mr. Oliver's bra Ethelwolf, 4 yrs, 7st 81h (Wakefield) 2 Mr. Adey's br g Liberty, 6 yrs, 6st 101 b (T. Ashman) 3 Mr. Bennyon's bk c. Roger Thornton, 3 yrs, sst 51b Mr. Shelmerdine's b c. Morning Star, 4 yrs, Est 31b (Wilson) dis. Betting-5 to 4on Doubt. Morning Star came in 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. (Lee) 4 , I