The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1856.

Great Fish River—a ritar knoWn to the world for itsdangeris
and horrors by Sir deorge Back's narrative. nom Mr.
' Stewart we learn that he doubts that the party ever could
have got safely down that stream to the coast had it not
been for the wonderful dexterity of the three Iroquois
voyageurs whom Sir George Simpson had prudently
forwarded from Lachine to join the expedition—the three
' best men of his oWn canoe.
The party reached the outlet or estuary of the river on
the 30th of July, and skirted along its eastern shore as far
as Point Beaufort, but found no traces to reward their
search. Thence they crossed over to Montreal Island,
twelve miles distant, lying near the western shore of the
estuary ; probably, in that crossibg, incurring as great peril
as any in the gloomy record of Arctic travels, pushing their
bark canoes boldly out into the Arctic Ocean, and forcing
their way through drifting masses of Arctic ice, seven or
eight feet thick. But they were prepared to make any
effort to reach the island, which, as well as Point Aigle,
near it, had been the places Dr. Rae understood the Esqui-
maux to mean when describing where the white party
perished in 1850; and they had the melancholy satisfaction
of procuring, on that very spot, the fullest possible confor-
mation of Dr. Rae's report. They also met Esquimaux in
that vicinity who had seen the whites, and gave much
valuable information. Suffice it to say, that on the island
were discovered the remains of a boat, which had been
partially destroyed by the natives for the sake of the wood
and the metal fastenings.
Although there was sufficient left to identify it as be-
longing to the Franklin expedition, one fragment of wood
(now, as well as some other small relics, in the possession
of the Hudson's Bay Company at Lachine), hav;ng the
name " Terror" branded on it, while another piece has the

name of Mr. Stanley (surgeon of the Erebus) cut upon it.
this latter being part of a snow-shoe, evidently of English
manufacture, being made of oak, a species of wood no man
accustomed to use snow-shoes would ever select for the pur-
pose. No papers or books, and no human remains were
found ; nor was it likely, as four years had elapsed since
this tragedy was enacted upon a low sandy beach, exposed
to the storms of four Arctic winters, and there is little
doubt that either the sea has washed off, or the sand has
buried deep the unfortunates who perished on this spot.
The Esquimau' were very friendly, and f eely displayed all
their treasnres obtained from the boat, or found near it,
and these coasiited principally of the oars, nsed by them as
tent-poles, the boat kettles, the empty preserved meat cases,
&c., but no papers ; and the natives stated, with every
evidence of sincerity, that none had ever been seen or found.
Everything portable was secured by Messrs. Anderson
and Stewart, and brought back, and are now on their way
to Canada : it would be useless to recount them all, but we
may mention bar iron, rope with the government mark on
it, oars branded with the broadarrow, pieces of bunting,
(remains of a flag,) a letterholder, a step of a mast, &c.—all
clearly European, and all government supplies. Is anything
more wanted ?

he weather is described as having been " execrable"—
constant storms, with ice, snow, rain, sleet, bail, thunder,
and whatever else can be conceived that is disagreeable. It
is a part of the coast the natives even consider uninhabit-
able—merely visiting it for a short time in summer, when
the deer pass that way.
On the 14th August, when the expedition commenced its
retreat from the coast, the ground was covered with fresh
fallen snow, and the ice was forming; in fact, Winter had
set in. Few further details of the last moments of the lost
party have been collected ; we may mention one mournful
incident reported by an Esquimaux woman, who saw the
last man die; he was large and strong, she said, and sat on
the sandy beach, his head resting on his hands and thus
the last survivor of Franklin's Expedition yielded up his
brave spirit. Messrs. Anderson and Stewart retraced their
steps to Great Slave Lake, whence the latter continued his
journey onward to Red River settlement, and thence via
the Minnesota Territory to Montreal, where he arrived on
Friday evening last, direct from the Arctic Sea, after
upward of 6,000 miles travel in open craft, and through
uninhabited regions, without a halt. A few facts, taken
at random, may serve to bring home to our appreciation
what this North-west expedition accomplished and went
through.

In ihirteen months, to a day, the Iroquois who were sent
from Lachine to form part of the expedition returned
thither, thus performing in one year the same service that
Sir George Back got through in three. For sixty days and
nights the parties saw no fire, there being no timber on the
Great Fish River or Arctic coast, and during those sixty
days they travelled incessantly in open "craft in a wretched
climate, never had dry clothes or slept on dry blankets, and
never eat cooked victuals except on rare occasions, when
they made a little. tea by means of a lamp. This party of
sixteen in all travelled in bark canoes down one of the most
turbulent riversknown, even to North-west voyagers ; ven-
tured among the ice on the Arctic sea ; and returned to
their starting point without meeting a single accident to
person or property—and, withal, performed all that was
required of them; and had they gone out four or five years
earlier, would no doubt have been instrumental in saving
the lives ofa portion of Franklin's party,
We think the foregoing narrative is ample corroboration
of the wisdom of the recent outcry, to put " the right men
in the right places."

One Word in conclusion as to the Franklin Expedition.
The two vessels, Erebus and Terror, left England in 1843
were last heard of in 1845. They probably tried several
passages, but were baffle I by the ice, and finally in 1848
were crushed, probably in Victoria Straits. Many of the
crews perished, but one or more boats got off with the
survivors, who took all the stores they could collect and
travelled southward towards the Arctic Coast, in the hope
of reaching some of Hudson's Bay Company's ports. The
season of 1849 was probably spent on this dreary journey,
and renewed in 1850, when they rcaihed the coast at the
mouth of Fish River, but in so exhausted a state that they
could merely run their boat on the beach and crawl ashore
to die. Th s seems all that is certain, and all that we can
ever know of the fate of the Franklin Expedition.

[BY TELEGRAPH.]
DISCOVERY OF THE BRITISH ARCTIC-SHIP

RESOLUTE,

NEW HAVEN, Monday, Dec. 24, 1855.
The British ship Resolute, abandoned in the Arctic Ice,
was brought by Captain Budington into the port of New-
London, yesterday, with all her armaments, stores, and
equipments on board. She is a new and handsome vessel,
and worth 100,000 dollars. When found she had drifted
over 1,000 miles from the place where she was abandoned.
An effort will be made to bring her into this port.

POLICE COURT.—YEsTtR:

(BEFORE MR. C. CIiALONER.)

,
THEFT EY SHOPHoi.—A young Man, named Hamil-
ton Clarke, in the employment of Mr. Watts, of 55,
Renshaw-street, Was brought up by detective. Eaton on
a charge of having stolen fancy cigar cases, pipes, and
other. articles belonging to his employer. The officer
searched the boy's lodgings in Sawneypope-street, and
found a fancy pipe, which the boy confessed having
taken. He was remanded for a week.
A " BLU6GETTEII."—InFpectdr Murphy brought up a
well dressed young man, named William Johnston, who
had been remanded from Monday on a charge of being
concerned in picking pockets at a religious meeting on
Sunday evening at the Teutonic-hall, Lime street A
report of the case appeared in our paper of yesterday.
Mr._ Block appeared for the prisoner. The Inspector

said he kneviithe prisoner to be a " bludgetter "
is, a fellow who follows abandoned wo:nen in the streets,
picking up drunken persons, and robbing them. After
a discussion relative to the character of the prisoner, tie
was discharged, Mr. Block telling him, amid loud
laughter, that in future
.lie ought to avoid church3s,
except for the purpose of saying his prayers.
THE CHARGE OF Fonosay.—John Hutchins, who
stood remanded on a charge of forging a bill for £33,
was again brought up. The prisoner is a joiner, and
having occasion for the sum named, it would seem he
got the consent of his mother to put his stepfather's
name to the bill. Mr. Payne, the stepfather of the
prisoner, who resides at Hawkstone, in Salop, said the
name on the bill purporting to be his was a forgery.
He did not know anything of the bill until last Wed-
nesday, when he received a letter from Mr. Jones, who
holds the bill. His wife (the prisoner's mother) then
told him, for the first time, that she knew of the trans-
action. The prisoner was again remanded for a week.
STEALING 6mm—A youn4 man, named Nicholas
Reed, was charged with stealing a quantity of sugar
belonging to his employer, Mr. William Johnston,
grocer, 2, Currie-street. Suspicion having fallen on the
prisoner, his box was searched, where there were found
five pounds of lump sugar, for the possession of which
he could not account. He was committed for a month.
(BEFORE MESSRS. ROMILLY AND CHALONER.)
AssAyrr.—An elegant looking person, named Martha
Glover, of 20, Bevington-hill, appeared to answer a
charge of assault preferred against her by a neighbour,
named Mary Thompson. It appeared that the husbands
of both lad:es, had, about Christmas, gone to the theatre
together, and this caused some unpleasantness between
the wives, and the allegation of the complainant was
that Mrs. Glover called at her shop and beat her. Two
witnesses corroborated the fact of the assault. For the
defence the sister-in-law of Mrs. Glover was called, and
stated, that on the day in question, she was called into
the shop of the complainant, who " swore an awful oath,"
that she would "smash " Mrs. Glover and make a besom
of her for the street. Mrs. Glover then went on to ask
what it was all about? and then the assault took place,
but Mrs. Glover said, she did not strike but was struck,
and her bonnet torn. She was fined 2s. 6d.

-that

ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Thomas Jones, the owner of
a bad house in Back Parliament street, was charged with
haiing assaulted a female, named Anne Donovan, an in-
mate of the house. Mr. muck was for the prisoner, but
the case being fully proved, the defendant was sent to
jail for six months with bard labour. (The magistrate
refusing to inflict a fine).
WIGS ON THE GREEN.—A case that caused an immense
amount of amusement, was heard before the magistrates
on the complainant of Jane Smith against Bridget Ryan,
the latter being summoned for having damaged the com-
plainants wig, to the extent of 7s. The story is told in
the defence of the said Mrs. Ryan, which she declared
with an air of theatrical grace and dignity. She said,
the complainant being in a " happy state of beer,"
called at her house, and gave her a polite invitation to
a pugilistic encounter. She refused the invitation
several times, but at last the liquid in her veins, got up
to seventy degrees above boiling heat, and whilst in this
state, she "pummelled" her opponent, and as for the
wig, she confessed having made " mince meat " of it.
After a scene of much amusement, the complainant was
dismissed.

COUNTY COURT.-- V ESTERDAY

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.)

BAETTENS V. M'CABE. —On the sitting of the court at
ten o'clock, his Honour delivered judgment in this case
which was tried during the December court. The plain-
tiff, who is a cotton dealer, brought the action against
the defendant, a master porter, on a bond given by him
as such, to the trustees of the Liverpool docks, to recover
£2 lls Bd, the value of three barrels of rasins, Antur-
tic, which the defendant delivered to the consignees of
the ship, instead of to the plaintiff, who was the
consignee of the goods in question. The defendant by
his bond, was bound to answer to the consignee for all
damage to goods, in the progress to porterage, and in
having delivered them to the ships consignee. His
Honour held that he had fulfilled the obligations of his
bond. It was admitted that the c,insignee of the ship
had the goods now in his possession, and it appeared
that it was only on his refusal to:deliver them up, that
the plaintiff had made the present claim. He (his Hon-
our) did not believe that under the present eircamstances
an action for trover would lie, but certainly not an
action on the bond to the dock trustees. Judgment for
the defendant.
In the case of the collison between the Manx Fairy
and William Fawcett, Judgment will be delivered next
Tuesday.
CUSTOM-HOUSE AFFAIRS.—COTTRELL V. DENTITII.—
This was a fraud summons. The defendant, who is a
tidewaiter in the Customs' service, at this port, was sum-
moned be ore the court in the month of August last, by
the plaintiff, a flour dealer, and judgment was given
against him for the sum of £3 10s., and 14s 4d. costs.
He has paid nothing under that judgment, and accord-
ingly the fraud summons on which he now appeared was
issued against him. His Honour asked him, why he had
not paid the debt, or even a portion of it? The defend-
ant in reply, pleaded inability, and stated that the chief
cause of that inability was his having to pay money un-
der another order of the court, which arose in this way :
He, with two others, went security for a brother officer,
for £2O, and he being an insolvent, the sureties were
called to repay the loan. When he gave
the security; he was told that it was a
a mere matter of form, but now it was the chief cause of
his difficulties. His Honour said :—You are not the
first or the twentieth person in your class who, I find,
have got into this habit of improvidence. lam now
bound to protect the public from the habit which
appears to have grown up among persons similarly cir-
cumstanced as you are, of going security for one another
at a time, too, when you have not the means of paying
your own debts and your trades-people--and that duty I
will perform. With this case, and this case alone, I
have to deal, and with this case do I alone deal ; and
nothing but a determined misrepresentation can apply
the words which I use to you and those who come before
me, to any persons who are not before me. I have never
at any time, dealt with any other case than that which
came before me, and with those persons that come
before me I am bound by my public duty to deal. In
your case, as in all others, I have carefully inauired
into the circumstances connected with it, and with this
case, which shows that a particular class of persons
coming before me are persons given to improvident
habits, I have a right to deal. It is my duty to check
those particular persons in their improvident course,
and that duty I intend to perform. In your case, also,
I am willing to extend the same consideration and
indulgence that I have extended to others similarly cir-
cumstanced, because I know that if I sent you to prison
it would, in all probability, render . it absolutely
necessary that you should forfeit your situation.
I do not rememember. that I have ever sent
any one so circumstanced to prison. I would be
unwilling to do it, but if that indulgence leads to the
non-payment of the debts of trades-people who have a
right to be paid for the goods they furnished, I must
have recourse to severer measures, and the consequence
will be, that those persons will lose their situations. I
am glad to know that the way I acted, at least in one
other instance similarly situated, has had the effect that
I desired to produce. You have the means of living
respectably in your position in life if you chose properly
to apply these means ; but you, like others who have
come before me, have been 'led into habits of improvi-
dence, and have, along with a number of your brother
officers, been going security for one another, and at a
_time when you were not able to pay your own debts!
That is a practice which seems to me improvident and
dishonest, and it must be checked. The trades-people
who supply you the means of living are the persons I
am bound to take care of, in the first instance. In your
case, I am to deal with it as an individual case coming
before me,.but one also in which you are connected with
others of your brother officers who, according to your
own evidence, have been in. the habit of going security
for one another. One of them is insolvent, the other
two are in difficulties, and this is not the first or twentieth
. case of its class. that has come before me. I have always
carefully confined my observations to those persons who
have come before me, and to those facts which in the
inquiry before me have' been elicited. With these facts
and these persons only, have' I dealt, and I take this
oppOrtunity of saying, that I have never conveyed, dir-
ectly or indirectly, either here or elsewhere, any censure
against any body of niers generally, and I have dealt
solely with those cases that came before me, and with
the facts which showed that certain persons of a certain
class, were habitually guilty of improvidence and extra
vagance, which I, sitting here, was bound to check. it
your case, as in others, I intend to exercise that consi.
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