The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-06 00:00:00

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SIRJ.FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.

FURTHER I'ARTICULARS.

We (Shipping (ladle) have now to ley before our
readers the following interesting details, which have
reached us this day. It will be men that the letter of
our Hull emergent announces the important fact
that the ships oft two expeditions were in daily
communication with each other :
Pilot MN, Hull, Oct. 4, 1849.
Sir,—l have no small gratification in being able to for-
ward what I believe to be an authentic account of Csntain
crialcuel SISAI OM companions. The xlisesuie,
arrived here lest night from Davis' Straits, bringing a plan
which Captain Kerr, of the Superior, received from an
Esquimau:, describing the ships under Franklin to be beset
on the north side of Barrow's Straits, and Sir J. Rose's
ships on the south side ; he also states that on the 30th
March, this year, he (the native) was on board
Franklin's ships, and that a daily communication was
maintained between the respective commanders. The
plan is drawn by lead pencil, and is a very creditable pro-
duction. Thomas Ward, E•g., the owner ,of the Truelove,
will by this mail forward the plan and other information to
the Lords of the Admiralty, to whom he has already for-
warded a telegr +Ade communication. Sincerely hoping and
believing that this information is based on a sound founda-
tion, I am, eft, yours obediently,
Dams Snow's.
The following is the communication referred to by
Mr. Brown, which wee received at the Admiralty this
morning :
Hull, Oet. 4, 1849.
Sir,—l had the satisfaction of making a short communica-
tion this morning by telegraph, relative to Sir John Frank •
line expedition. I have now to forward for the inspection
of their lordships the Admiralty chart of Baffin's Bay, &0..
which Captain Parker, of the Truelove, has put into my
hands, together with his remarks, which will, perhaps, con-
vey better information than any lengthened detail of mine ;
and a rough sketch made by an Esquimau:, given to Cap-
tain Kerr, of the Chieftain, who handed it over to Parker.
It appears that the Chieftain and other ships got to Pond's
Bay a day or MO before the Truelove; immediately they
reached that plans, some of the natives went on board, and
without gueetionieg, the man drew the sketch, and by signs
and In words of his own language, understood by the
masters of the whalers, stated that two of the ships had
been frozen up for four ycan on the west side of Prince
Regent's Inlet, and that the other two had been frozen up on
the met aide for one year—that the two ships which had
been there the longest had Wow to get beyond Cape
Ronne% but not being able, bad come into Prince
Regent's Inlet to winter, where the ice had not broken
up since—that he and his companions had been on board
all the four ships in March last, and they were then all
safe. After receiving this account from the master of the
Chieftain, Mr. Parker turned his attention to the endea-
vour to reach Prince Regent's Inlet, or at any rate to exa-
mine Lancaster Sound, for the purples of giving such infor-
mation eamight be obtainable of the state of the country,&c.,
and of using his utmost efforts to carry oat the instructions
of their lordships. He accordingly left his fishing-ground
off Scott's Bay, and proceeded north on the fled July, on the
to Lancaster S iund, and having met with the Advice,
reiat:it Penny, of Dundee (with whom he was on friendly
terms), agreed to accompany him. At that time both the
ships were well fished, the Truelove having 145 tuns of oil
on board, and the Advice 140 tuns ; but the masters judged
(and rightly too) that although the risk was Frost with such
valuable cargoes on board, they would be disgraced if the
attempt were not made to render all the assistance which
they wire capable of doing.
On the sth August they got as far as Croker's Bay, where
they were stopped by a solid body of ice stretching across the
straits to Admiralty Inlet ; and no water being visible to the
westward, they were compelled to return, coming close in
with the edge of .he ice, and on the Bth of August Mr.
Parker landed a cask of preserved meats, and 30 bags of
coals (which had been sent on board by Lady Franklin)
upon Cape Hay, deposited the letters, cylinders, &c.,
cording to the instructions of their lordship', and having
erected a high pole to attract the attention of the ships or
boats which might pass at a future time, they made the beet
of their way back to the fishing ground, which they reached
on the 17th August.
1 trust their lordships will consider that this attempt to
reach the expeditions may be worthy of favourable consider-
ation, and be disposed to recommend some compensation
for the risk run and the loss of time occasioned thereby ; but
this is a point which the present is not a fitting time to urge,
and I merely allude to it lest it might be imagined that any
future appliattion was an after-thought not worthy of
notice.

The innumerable interruptions arising from the anxious
inquiries of the public generally on the subject which so
long has interested them must be my apology for any errors
or omissions which I may have made ; end all that I would
venture to add is the expression of my earnest h,pes that this
information, however imperfect, may ultimatel7 lead to the
adopt-ten of such steps as may extricate those brave men from
a state of danger and aifficulty.
If their lordships wish for further information, or to sub
mit specific questions, my humble endeavours shall be used
to obtain correct answers; and if they would prefer that
Mr. Parker should attend in London, he la ready to do so, on
receiving orders to that effect.
I am respectfully, sir, your most obedient servant,
THOMAS WARD owner of the Truelove

No trace WM seen of the Investigator's launch, neither did
there appear to be any was m to doubt the correctness of
the statement made by the Esquimau:, that the upper part
of Lancaster's Sound was a solid mass of tee.

Oa the Bth August, which was a clear day, Mr. Parker
landed on high ground at Cape Hay, with his telesoone, to
see if anything could be discovered of the North Star, but
no ship of any description was visible in Lancaster's Sound
except the Advice.
Capt. Hamilton, R.N., Admiralty, London.