The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6.

# AT last we have trainee of the expedition east We
Josue FRANZLIN and Captain dims. A raise
left at Cape Riley by Captain Oka ARRAY, of whisks
copy has been forwarded to the Admiralty bia=
FORSITH, states that the silken of the
and Intrepid, on landing at Cape Riley, oa the t3rd
al August " found traces of eseampesents, and col-
lected the remains of materials, which evidestlY
proved that some party beloaging to her XAJ
ships had been detained on that spot." Ceptaia Om-
mune Ey adds that " Becchey Island wee also examined,
where trams were found of the same party.'
Captain Foment, who leaded at Cape Riley pn
the 24th of August, is more partiadu. in his &amp-
don of the remains: We ofnerved five plasm where
tents had been pitched, cc atones placed as if they had
been used for keeping the lower parts of the tents
down, also great quantities of beet pork, sad birds'
banes, s piece of rope with the Woolwich naval mark
on it (yellow), part of which I have enclosed.'
This is the first ictelligence—and with pro-
found regret we admit the thought —that has
shaken the confidence we have hitherto entertained
that the searching vessels would find the greater part
of Sir Joint FaeNitiles crews still alive. The in-
formation is too scanty, and the terms in which it is
conveyed too loose and vague to build certain ameba-
lions epee, but it is fitted to awaken grave appre-
hensions.
Five tents would not have been sufficient to give
shelter to the whole of the expedition. It doss not
spear upon what grounds Captain ONIKANNIM eon-
eluded that the traces on Besehey Island were those of
the same party as had bees at Cape Riley, but we
may infer from what he says that they did not
Indicate the presence of a more numerous body.
We are not gaits certain whether Captain Fox-
• in his letter to the Admiralty, means
to say that be found " great quantities of beef
and pork," or merely of the bones of beef and
pork as of the bones of birds ; bat the for-
mer is the natural interpretation of his words.
If then, we understand him aright, traces have been
Sand at Cape Riley, and on a neighbouring island, of
petty havinif landed and encamped there, and
departed, carrying with them the sails or tents, or
whatever they used to shelter themselves, and leaving
babied " great quantities •of food. This ham the look
of a party of shipwrecked men, disencumbering them-
selves of everything they could spore to lessen the
load ea their boats. The piece of rope with the
Woolwich mark, seems to place it beyond a doubt
that the visitors to Cape Riley were part of Sir lona
FRANKLIN'S expedition. The north shores of Lan-
Water Sound and Barrow's Straits have been ene
seised without meeting any other trams. Possesses
Bay has been visited by the Roo lute, and Capt. Fos-
wen examined the Ames of Pond's Bay without find-
ing any. The bottom of Batfie's Bay has also hese
'smiled in mishits short, all the places to which a party
peeking to escape from Cape Riley would naturally
steer their coarse (fur Regent's Inlet and Admiralty
Islet would be shunned by men In such a condition as
etas de-sac), have been examined in vain. We find
traces of a part of Sir Joists FitANILIN'S expedition
at Point Riley and is its neighbourhood. bet Moe
amber home. That they were a party landed from
the ships in their progress northward to make obese-
whine, the ab Ledo, great quantities of beef
sad pork" left behind, forbids to interpret.
Still we do not relinquish ail hope that a part of the
expedition may yet be rescued. It may be that Sir
ions FRANKLIN'S ships have been 'inlayed is the
ice, or east away, further up Wellington Inlet
that while one party resqlvesi to undertake the arduous
enterprise of fielding the it way to Pond's Bey, or some
other resort of Whalen', to boats, another re-
solved to abide by the ships as their best chance of
safety. If it be so, we have confident expectations
that the ship will be found. It is clear from Captain
Foment's report that all the vessels engaged in the
search are acting together in the most admirable
spaced, and with equal courage arid skill. The
generous volunteers tram America are displaying
the same undaunted resolution and interest in
the cause as our own countrymen, and act-
ing in perfect harmony with them. Wellington
Inlet is being thoroughly examined; it is clear that
that has been the route pursued or attempted by Sir
JoHN Faetsaue ; and the inlet, though there was
much ice in it, was navigable when Captain FORSYTH
loft.
It is impossible to reflect cc the facts epos which
we are now commenting
.without being visited by a
WOW of regret, not unmixed with anger, that what
is now being done, and well done, was not attempted
at an earlier period. When the nestle now espied
in the search were being fitted out, and before that,
when Sir ionic Rose first agitated the institatko of
the search, we called attention to the strong masons
there were for believing that Sir Joan KLIN
bad prceeeded up Wellington Inlet. We was we-
vineed that he had done so, from what he said to
some of his perineal friends before leaving Ragland;
and we were confirmed in our belief by fiodieg that
Mr. ions ARROWOOTII, whose intimate and exact
knowledge of the geography of these regions, his so-
quaintance with the lay of the land and the prevail-
ing currents, his convolutions with Sir Joint FRANK-
LIN previous to his departure, and his natural sagacity,
entitle any opinion he may. tons on such questions to
the highest respect, had arrived at the same erinclution.
We also represented the necessity of daavatching a
number of vessels to sot in concert. Ws were not
alone in the expression of these views; and had
attention been paid to them, had such a squadree as
is now exploring Wellington Inlet been despatched
one or two years ego, the tenors discovered at and
near Point Riley warrant the belief that it would
have been under more hopeful auspices.
Instead of that, Sir JANES Rose was sent est with
inadequate means, and with instructions that natu-
rally . led him to attach more importance to the
examination of the diretztetward rout* by Caps
Weaker and Melville than to the more
northerly one by Wellington Inlet. Net can
it be said that Sir JANIS acted apes his in-
structions in a manner altogether oorreapeading with
the reputation he had peerlessly mini:ed. He
wasted much valuable tines In treeing the southerly
trending of the coast to the west of Oarniee Bay, as
if he were more intent upon reaching his maguetie
pole by another nets than apes finding Sir JOHN
Fatmitur4. And he allowed himself to be very
easily deterred from the attempt to reach Wellington
Inlet, where it now appears be would have found
vestiges of those of whom he was in search.
Such reflections, however, are new in vain. All
that remains is to wait for farther intelligence from
the searching squadron, which we do, not indeed in
utter despair, but with hopes materially abated.

THE quarrel between greedy and anxious parties
is France seems verging to a breach. A day or two
ago we commented upon the
finding the voifoolishipimuctienes of the
legitimist chief, who, ce not as
favourable as he desired, seta y dsoonneed and
defied it. Now, we Gad LOOS NAPOLEON canvassing
lb* soldiery by meass too open and manifest is their
nature and tendencies, for even the most humble and
sonforming of his enemif s to bear.
At a review on the plain of eatery, ant %min^
Lowder sidle PIESIDINT, baskets drhisa sad
papsis wars brought Ix* nova taa soldiers
sad aea allsea hake sad s

reguiiitioniiiatMMPletel3iiwr;bieda %mind. At
such aught General Cnsuosanizz, emamandlas the
military force of the district mead Paris, thought
fit to mark his displemeim, by Irwin.%
altorther, and he actemilly took he mem' far
Pant. Now, it is undesiable that the distribution
of ahempsiw in the midst of rase, and by ceder of
the head of the executive goverment, is saythiog
but calculated to farther the maintseasce of Msdpliae.
Such things are not without a musk and they cannot
be dome without soldiers asking the cow Aad there