The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-28 00:00:00

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Parry, el Brace and Livingstone, the ell and ei;rew ,
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,Zetigh: new fauna= of every home end the wel- gashes all Omni ; bat the men play retusaen oaths
etwes cheerers of the winter hunk. But Franklin Ise. the officers shoM seals to provide limited bacon,
was not destined to tell his own tale; his heroteet while wammk bm,,,,,trmye to himely, " Should
and that of his acenpanions we, unfortunately for we not be released, notwithstanding all our efforts, I
us, to be sealed with the =rides of their lives in the shall repeat the trial next yeer, and in the end, with
cause to which they had devoted the prime of man-
hood and the best efforts of noble and manly intel- God's aid, perform my sacred duty." Every hour
he mounts to the crow's-nest, to look out fee •
lent' It was for Captain M'Clintock, • fellow' out of the " pack," but in vain, yet keeping roe!:
explorer and brave follower in those same icebound counsel and concealing from the crew his bitter dies
deserts, to return safely in September of this year,
bringing tidings of the sad yet glorious fate of ..,k" The
at being thus obliged to winter in the
The crow, however, seem to get on on-
Franklin and his companions, and showing us that commonly well with foot racer, seal shooting, and
"precious fregment," the existents and recovery of ',main sled.. gear; and a general ocamted
which wee always the cherished hope and firm sad marline"- disposition animate, all on
belief of Lady Franklin. board the Fox, though " doomed to pass
The relies, all of which are now exhibited in the a long winter of absolute Motility, if not of idleneee,
United 81•Tnee bietitnnen, are Freeiatie indeed, tell- in comparative peril end privation ; nevertheless, the
log to some a story of deep personal interest, and to men seem very happ—thoughtless, of mune, as true
all one of resolute endurance and high courage to the sailors always are. The genial tone,however, with
bat mdse. the most terrible sufferings of old and which the journal is *linen during all this time of
slow starred= ; but the tattered and weather- giomy imgmemeitst is mat chusetamtie of the
stained "record" which tells the death of Sir John cot se and his party. Games of all esete,
Franklin bears also the sure tostinacmy to the suers 0,,,,teg, and lusty mom from amateurs, who . em.
of his expedition, in navigating to the highest lati- braes the opportunity for vigorous execution without
tads (77 deg. N.) ever attained, and proves him to fear of being reminded that others may have ears
have been the real and first discoverer of the north. more sensitive and discriminating than their own;"
west passage. To have shown any official indite,- stories about sharks and whales from Petersen, of
rence to the recovery of • record of such national which, M'Clintock says, he never tires; and at last,
interest and importance must now be felt to have with the thememem below zero, "the beautiful
been most unfortunate, especially as it had boss little organ was taken out of its case and put up on
urged upon the Admiralty by Lady Franklin that a the lower deck ; the men enjoy its pleasing tones,
complete search bad not Mu made; and es it had
whilst Christian (the
Men shown by Rae's information in 1864 that a Esquimau') unceasingly tares
the handle in a state of intense delight; he regards it
large party of Englishmen had been men by
e with ouch awe and admiration that one cannot help
Esquimau" near the month of the envying him." This erg= was a present to one of
Fish River, thus limiting the search to a the ships before meet oat by lady Franklin from the
certain spot. A memorial from most of the highest Prime Comm,. and now pureed its third winter on
scientific authorities and naval commanders in pro- the frozen deep. The dogs were an endless source
Moos Arctic expeditions supported the last cep ul of amusement. One patriarchal old fellow, named
of Lady Franklin in Jane, 1868, but these escorts e Hernm, yea:. because he never would hemiyhed,
were met by the official statement that the award of became immensely popular by standing sentry our
10,0001. had been made to Dr. Rae for having, "by a litter of puppies, who would otherwise have been
virtue of his efforts, ascertained the fate of the eaten up by their fellows. Such is their voracity,
Franklin expedition," and that no further search
would be made by the government. To have lost that even shoes and slippers must be carefully put
away; and one calm night they made a charge and
the Franklin record would hays been a national hoarded the ship, rushing rand the deck like wolves.
injury, and happily the devoted Lady Franklin was a why, bless you, sir, the wary moment that their
supported in her convictions by the report of Mr. light gamut, and the quartermaster turns his back,
Anderson, then the last explorer of the Great Fish they maks* • regular aortae, and in they all oomes."
River, that ships had been seen and pillaged by the
&quietest: on King William's Land, and that this But we most hasten through a Howd of episodes of
this kind, all capitally described, and past the moon-
was the spot to be searched for records of the aim-
light funeral
leg voyagers. After having sent out no less than of poor Scott, the engine driver, and
the merry Christmas feast, when M'Clintock con-
tour expeditione, this noble-hearted woman now
a fifth, and
devoted the remainder of her fortune to lessee himself "the happiest man on board that
happy evening," to watch the progress of the little
superintended the equipment of the screw
steam vessel Fox, 177 tons, at Aberdeen, Fox through the now broken " pack" of heaving
ice and sea, described as • tournament, in which, if
which she purchased (April, 1857) immediately the one lugs berg-piece had struck the ship, it would
decision of the government was made known to her.
In this undertaking Sir Roderick Murchison and have been instant destruction. "Anxious moments
those," says the brave and modest M'Clintock ; "I
others wisted with subscriptions, amounting to can understand how men's hair has turned grey in a
2,9811., including 6001. from Captain Allen Young,
few hoar. Had self-relianoe been my only up.
of the merchant service, who joined the expedition,
port and hope, it is not impossible that I might have
and largely contributed to its suooessful issue.
Government was applied to for thew of the illustrated tiefact. Under the circumstances, I did
my best to insure our safety, looked as stoical as
Resolute, which will be remembered as the ship possible,' and inwardly trusted that God would favour
abandoned by Sir B. Belcher, and which being row our exertions" It was a grievous disappointment to
up by the American whalers in Davia's Straits, wu
returned in perfect order to our government; but, find, on emerging from the pack on the 25th April,
1668, that the Fox had been carried with the drifting
though refusing this favour, the Admiralty afforded to 1,385 miles beck into the Atlantic, but hi'Clin-
eyery meistenee fa Mores of vision' kinds and in tacit gallantly tom, has ship's heed ono, more to the
giving a large stock of pemmican; the most impose north, and, with fresh cargo of coal from a depot,
tent aid, however, was the granting leave to Captain mhos away through Lancaster Sound, towards
M'Clintock and Lieutenant Hobson, of whom the &why Island, when • tablet to the memory of
former has received full pay by the Queen's Order in
Franklin, entrusted to a former expedition under
Council, in consideration of his services in the Arctic
CCaptain Hartstein, was now placed according to
regions, and the latter was made commander. Lady Franklin's instructions ; here, also, is a tablet
It was in 1846 that Franklin sailed with the to the memory of Lieut. Bellot.
Erebus and Terror; and though, as is so well known, Barrow Strait being quite free of ice, a most un-
the utmost zeal and perseverance were used in the usual circumstance, the Fox steered down Peel
search for tracks of these ships—yet all searching Strait "in • wild mate of excitement, a mingling
failed till 1860, when Captains Ommanney and of anxious hopes and fears," to be suddenly stopped
Penny, with the Assistance and Lady Franklin, by a barrier of im, which compelled them to
discovered the first ominous trace in the three return through Barrow Strait round to Fary Point,
tombstones on Beechey Island, which was the
first winter quarters of Franklin and his when they proposed to explore Bellot Strait. They
req. failed, however, in navigating this important passage
Four years afterwards Dr. Rae obtained from the
uimaux of Boothia the first direct amount of the at first, and returned to the mouth, where, even-
Eeq tually, the Fox was laid up in the ice and snow, and
sad end of the expedition in their story of the forty made all snug, while the sledge joumies were ,
white men met on the west coast of Kin Williams arranged in three divisions of four men each, led by
Land, who were seen to drop down and die one cops. M'Clintock, Lieut. Hobaon, and Capt. Young.
by one as they walked over the frown snow. This The search was admirably welt planned, and em- i
was in the spring of 1850. braced the whole range of coast where it was possible
Intent upon the the and more must* search of traces might be found. After spending another
this ground, Captain M'Clintock wee now eager to Christmas Day in high merriment and plenty, "M
get the little yacht ready for sea, and fitted to battle feet, all but home," with the thermometer at 47* deg.
not only with the waves, but to fight her way below zero, the sun showed just above the horizon,
amongst rushing rocks of ice, and steam throughand sent fresh life and vigour into the party pre-
lanesbetween mums, the " nip" of which would paring for the sledge expedition. The journey was
mush a first-rate ship like a bend-box. The Fox commenced on the 17th of February; Captain
was just what her captain so affectionetsly realleher, M'Clintock led the way.
" a gilded pet of summer seas," with velvet hangings whin we hefted for the sight, Thompson and I nenally
sad splendid furniture. She was fortified ma sawed out the blocks doom:nut mow and carried them to
with iron stanchions and beams, and outside with Pete men, wbo acted as
.thea . Tate r. •frin in butold!ng
em-
iron
▪ plank sheathing, her stem being cued in lao..2l_l°Tl2_,T,__ ette_ail,l,•_, h urs
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iron " till it resembled a ponderous chisel set up 74,1"reyTarh"e the
or, "".'ired7rd'o'7 t7,--b47;37-zry izli
edgeways ;" in this armour the gallant little craft tired and douringrepore, we became atonal:ly chilled whilst
INS made immensely strong for her bulk, and pot- standing about. When the hut wee the dogs were
✓ead the advantage over larger vessels of being far fear an.d,hallir
tallalf:vl4 difficulty ,wei!ar Maturate; tileanewsktr.
mare handy and manageable in the frozen " pack," 10:erdeltb.ovir seiviasMaitiorsoidie:
the „Zs,
andillaa mm
ming
as she proved herself so often in moments of the me our het everything for ourselves, inch as pro-
ritateet peril. Although everything in the shape of Twee and sleeping gear, al wall as all boots, bar alums,
somfort was sacrificed to the purpose of the voyage, aid even the sledge derhersessitteowrevent the dogs from
"the officers to be crammed into pigeon-holes" and eating them &triages'. slasytai . The door was now
•
der mess.room only eight feet square, yet ,i Innume- bhloLltgelu.pdisryerithmottenesow, the cooking-watehalem,,,,pulhtedske,nifirgt-bsgges:
sable were the applications to serve in any capacity changed'
le pipes lightl, and the merits of the various
which poured in from all parts of the country, from dogs amines/per wss ready ; the supper swallowed,
people of all classes, many of whom had never seen the upper robe or souks free pulled over, end then to
the sea." This was enough to give M'Clintock a deepest taansorslegaadkfam, n
struggle
to
get
Into
frozen
parting cheer, though of course he wisely chose his I,
mocessine, altar which the sledges were packed, and another
crew from " many worthy old shipmates, his comps- deve meta eete.ead.
nines in the previous Acetic voyages, who most readily -Halting near the Magnetic Pole, some Eatini-
volunteered," and so out of the 25 souls forming the
small company, 17 were veteran Annie men. Hie maux were met with, one of whom wore a naval
button, the first clue they had hitherto seen, and
second in command, Lieutenant Hobson, R.N., was they said their knives were obtained from some
distinguished in this service ; and Captain whits people. Next day a number of natives came,
Young, an old Crimean captain of a first-rate trans-
port ship, proved a most valuable officer, bringing silver spoons, forks, a silver medal, part of
•• a gold chain, and other fragments. At an Esqui-
well as Dr. Walker, the volunteer surgeon, nate- maux village, on King William Land, the people had
retie, and photographer, whose professional and other pieces of plats marked with Franklin's crest,
general scientific abilities the journal constantly and initials of Crozier, Fairbolme. and M.Donald,
mentions. Another very important companion was
Carl Petersen, the interpreter for the FA 'Plininun with bums and pieces of English wood. Every
~ r page of the narrative, however, here becomes deeply
who was fortunately secured by the telegraph. la interesting ; remains of the poor fellows "who fell
the equipment of the Fox Captain M'Clintock down and died as they walked along" are come
showed those rare qualities of forethought and anti- upon, and many of the relies which are now
cipation of possible contingencies which so eminently so treasured at home. The interest culminates to
characterise his conduct of the whole expedition; the arrival of M'Clintock near Cape Herschel,
nothing seems to have been forgotten—no tools or where he finds a cairn erected by Hobson, who had
weapons missing or broken when wanted, proper preceded him, and containing has note, telling how
food ready, even to make a Christmas feast between he had found the mooed so ardently sought for at
the anow-covered decks that would have gladdened Point Victory. Thefae-sinsile of this record will be
any home board ; and when the fairy ship was ou read mem and again as the met pathetic and
the very verge of being engulphed for ever with all mournful page in the whole narrative. It is simply
one of the printed forms, in six different langunes,
onboard, the hempen cable., frozen and useless,
Cirrus PALSCS.—Notwithstanding the renor- .
instantly give place to the chains, and she rights used by discovery ships for throwing over in
mow etteedeace on Monday at the Christmas Festival, the . '
again as we say "by a miracle," but with more bottles. It was filled up by Lieut. Gore as follows :
Poise tees ymteedsy again crowded with holiday seeker& Po, .ti,rebus end
oe by the prompt resource and self-possessed e, 29thatax.,etsts47.—Ber meseetve skip it
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Few es arty hour of the morning until eight o'clock st Mull of her captain. Terror i the be is lat. 70 dig. 06 vile. rtn low
sight the railway wee in full activa!y. 11,636 parsons visited Starting on the let July, swift and dauntless as a 9fliteliurft. 21..b...„...aW.
in
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the Mem dories the day. Kr. Pepper's lecture full, although lifeboat, the Fox steamed and sailed away for the
""`"*".'" "I'l7 4'°°° aarauaa' "a crammed m Ma' coast of Greenland, and
7441 . U min. 211 N., loc. 91 de 39 min. 16 sec. W.,
ors the dissolving mews at belt-Peet eleven, end from that
Pus theough the Spits- offer having esomded Wellinton ChLitel to tat. 77 deg.,
two tam the ewe d the m.o. the pews was a be en ice towards Disco, where they shipped use retuned ley lea of Contents Island.
seas if As graasst activity._ The Campbell Minstrels the sledge dogs and a young Paquin's' named unns- " sir Jobs commanding the expedition.
pssfee Whet, llaciusay, tits Wizard, aid sepeclany the clever than, who volunteered as driver. More ice navigs-
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