The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MA IL.

The following intelligence, received rin Marseilles,
in anticipation of the Overland Bombay Mail,
reached our office on Saturday afternoon, at tour
o'clock:

MARSEILLES, Jinx 26, 7.30 A.M.
The East India mail has just arrived. The dates
are: Bombay, June 25; Calcutta, June 12. No news
of importance. The exchange at Calcutta, 2s. Old.;
Bombay, 2s. o.ld.

ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF PART OF bin
JOHN FRANKLIN'S CHEW.

The following paragraph, which appcarA in the
Dundee Warder of I riday, requires contirmution.
" On Saturday, the 19th instant, the whaler Flora, of
Ilull, J. Robb, master, who leis been out a year and a halt;
cast anchor at Stromness, and sent her letters and papers by
post
" A letter was received in Aberdeen on Monday by Mr.
John Douglas, King-street, from his brother, Mr. 0. Doug-
las, mate of the aforesaid ship. It contains the following
affecting narrative:—ln February last our ship's crew
partially abandoned the vessel, and erected a large SHOW-
house on shore, it being in many respects more combinable
than on board, and better suited fur hunting operations.
We had been at that time five mouths frozen up in
Lancaster Sound. In one of our excursions we fell
in with a party of Esquimanz Indians, nine in number.
They had a slight knowledge of our language. They in-
quired whether we were English or .tmerieaur. Ou being
satisfied on that point they inquired if we belonged to Chief
Franklin. The idea bow flashed upon our minds that they
knew something of SirJulin and his crew, and we answered
in the uffirmative. They then pointed to the right, to a
towering heap of snowy mountain,, and by their gestures
they signified they had guns to sleep. IS e brought them
to our snow-house, when 1 instantly reported the case to
Mr. Robb, our captain, and it was agreed that a party of
twelve men would accompany the Indians, and prolxe their
story to the foundation. The party consisted of Mr. Page,
our surgeon, J. Brown, carpenter, 'Wilson, Blair, Hall,
Murray, Agnew, Crosier, Jones, Jenkinson Rafferty
(seamen), nad myself. We had a ientifid supply of provi-
sions, wha,M were packed into a Hat-bottomed boat, which
was covcredtwith seal skin, mid several rides, spears, dtc. We
started on our journey on March 27 ; our route was one of the
wildest that can be conjectured. We proceeded in a zig-
zag course up one hill, down another, then to the right,
then to the left, and then to the right again. On the fourth
day, symptoms of discontent began to be manifested br our
hardy tars. Our feet were cut and wounded by the ;harp
projecting fragments of ice ; the thaw was setting in, and
we were apprehensive of being buried by the avalanches of
snow, which descend like lightning down the sides of the
mountains. On the tenth day, April sth, our guides led ns
into a large natural amphitheatre among the mountains.
Atter a journey of some miles, we descried something wav-
ing over the snow. It was a black silk handkerchief tied
to the top of a walking-stick. We eagerly drew out the
staff, and commenced operations by digging about two feet
deep. We came to the body of u man, and in a few
minutes after we discovered three other bodies.dies. They were
frozen like icicles; decutnposition had not commenced.
Their beards were long and shaggy, while their rigid fea-
tures nut wasted limbs, spoke iu the language of nature—
they had died from want.

' dreg was that of British seamen in cold lati-
tudes. One man had his novae written, or rather en-
graved, on his arm, H. Carr. The not were all more or
less marked ; some had crows on their breasts, others stars,
ships, letters, &c. Our harts sickened at the sight. We
replaced them iu their cold de plate graves, and set up thu
same sad memento ntori. Poor fellows,' I exclaimed, you
have attempted to regain your homes by an overland jour-
ney, but you are left in the desert '

Th.; Indians could give us no more intelligence, so
we returned. The most probable conjecture is, a large
party had set out from Sir John Franklin's expedition ;
tbur had thus perished, in all probability the whole of
them are now dead.' "
The letter is signed " Thomas Reid," and is dated
" Dundee, July 22, ltia."

ETON COLLEGE.—On Saturday morning, the Rev
Dr. Okes, l'rovost of King's College, Cambridge; the Rev.
Dr. Hodgson, Provost of Eton College; the Rey. Dr.
Iliewtrey, Head-master; the two posers, the Rev. Mr
Wilts and the Rev. Mr. Thring, and other eminent pi r•
Sollage3 connected with the college, having taken their
seats in the tipper School, surrounded by a large and
brilliant company, the election speeches were proceeded
with. After the delivery of the speeches, a large party of
the nobility, clergy, and gentry dined with the provost,
fellows, minders, and king's scholars in the College Hall.
The school at the present time numbers 604. if a molesta-
tion dues not full before Monday next, at two ~clock, the
present captain, Foriliall, will be autwninnuated. Green
is captain of the next year. The regatta nook place in the
evening, and the day's proceedings concluded with a dill-
play of fireworks.
CONSECRATION Op Two RO3LIN CATHOLIC
13/81101.8.—Yesterday morning two more of the prelates
nominated by the Pope to dioceses in England were con-
secrated at St. George's ('atleedral, Southwark. The cere-
monial was iu all respects a repetition of that described by
,us on Saturday as baying been performed at Birmingham
on the previOns day. Amongst those who took part in the
proceedings were Cardinal W isensan, Dr. Morris, Dr. Ulla-
theirue, Dr. Briggs, Dr. Brown, Dr. Wareing, the Bishop of
Texas, the Hun. and Rev, Mr. Talbot, Dr. Doyle, the Rev.
Mr. Cotter, and other ecclesiasties. The two bishops chat
(Dr. Burgess, nominated to the so-called bishopric of ('lif-
ton, vice Dr. Hendren, trunaluted, and Dr. Brown, noun-
meted to the bishopric of Shrewsbury), were them presented
to Dr. Wiseman, who, after the usual preliminary car -
molly, admitted them by imposition of hands to the epis-
copal office. High mass was celebrated, null after the service
the company sat down to a repast provided by Mr. l'uncod.
Cardinal Wiseman taking the head and be. Doyle: le,
lower part of the table.
TILE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT GRAVEsEND.—
It is understood that the Rev. Mr. Manning, late .anh.
deacon Manning, who recently seceded from the established
church, is to be appointed to the che.rch at Gravesend,
which has been purchased from Mr. Blew by the Cardinal
Wiseman, for the celebration of divine service according to
the forms of the Roman catholic church, assisted by another
minister of the ehurelt. It is expected that the bulletin:,
which is sufficiently capacious to contain about 1,500 per
sons, will shortly be Trudy to bet opened for its destined
puporse.—/lover Chronicle.

- -
IGNORANCE AND SUPE,IINTITION.--In a large
lege in Donsetshire, not far from the county town, an inn+
ligcnt man went recently into the house of a somewhat r,-
spectable WOlllal who keeps a general shop in the lam,
and who is the mother of a mann:roue •tua
her with a large family bible open before her, and sward
of her children collected aroimd, while she was cutting and
paring their finger nails, and so hulling their hands a, t"..,t
their cuttings might drop on the leaves of the Mlle,. la'
asked her why she did this. Suspecting, by ilCr 11.1.1111 tr,
that she had some objct in view, judge of We
when she replied
I always, when t cut the of my
children, let the cuttings fall on tho open bible, tent thy
may grow up to be honest. They will never steal. ii tto
nailsare cat over the hibl,c •," Do we not yet require toe
educator to be abroad ?--Prem Notes and charier.
REfuonv-8.--A young man, eighteen }•ear,
of
age, a refugee, whose mother is a Polish countess, is at I
sent serving his than as a moulder in a foundry at BleYdn'''
Another of the fulled, Hungarian refugees has got eml'h'Z'
meat in North 'Shields, at Messrs. Ogilvie's mageol.a
works. Three et the twelve who Intel y arrived in that
Chrotsiele
neiltheoulhoo3' are still out of' employment. —Nona.'
• •
LecEN 151'A/tint AT FAVERSII.\II.—On Monday
even hiff.,ahortly alter nine o'clock, it was di,cover,ol th.t2
large eiover stack, H property
fire pperty of Mr. T. iiing,nar!...
'situate, in a brickyard; known 'as Kingstteld,
INP'"inite-road, *as lui fire. The stack was the produtt
ablvat ifieeres.oegrainut, Ifalued at between 2001. and
The engine* were got to work as quickly ns possible, bet
wee minyy Abuts belbtr the flames could be catingthsh'l";
We greatly regret to state that there is little or no doubt
that it was the net of an inceglfitry. Fortunately the nt4.,t
was 'my still, Of the coneequeiteee might have been tar
I 'Riau to other prOperty.—Door Chrawk.