The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-16 00:00:00

bill. E. BELCHER'S ARCTIC

SEARCHING EXPEDITION.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AN OFFICER

OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP NORTH bTAR

"13t-echev Llabd, Augu-t 15, 1852.
"After leaving Cspe York we had a fine run across
13,ffiu's Bay, and reached Cape Horsburgh on the 3,1.
Then we were met with light variable and foul winds,
and did not reach this before the morning of the 9th.
Assistance or Pioneer had not arrived. Intrepid was
dispatched to look after them. She fell in with her
In
Cape FeMort, and towed her up here on the 12th.
krl the meantime provisions were taken out of North
Star. Intrepid went up the Wellington Chan-
nel, and made a moet favourable report of it. 1
have not the least doubt of Assistance getting,
if not through, at least to Sir Robert Inglis's Bay.
" Sir E.lward made a speech to us all last evening
na the shore. The men collected round the union
jack. After his speech a prayer for cur success, and
followed by three hearty cheers. All hands well, and
in the best spirits. Our prospects are most favour-
able at this moment. There is a good deal of loose ice
collecting about us, no doubt from a southerly wind
in the offing. Intrepid is getting her steam up, and
will be off in an hour (two, r.m.)
" We have turned every stone within ten miles of
this without finding any record, which is incompre-
hensible to me, unless, indeed, they have built the
cairn with an intention of leaving a record before
starting, but the ice opened and they bolted without
c.
havin time; for it would take at least an hour and
half reach the summit of Beechey Island, where
t hey had built their cairn. For instance, Assistance
sailed at midnight on the 14th, with no ice in sight,
and now we have it all round us in great quantities.
White whales are most numerous here as well as
bears."

IZTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM AN OFFICER.
SERVING IN HER MAJESTY'S SHIP NORTH STAR.
"North Star, Beechey Island, August 18, 1852.
" On the 23d of July (in recapitulation, probably,
of what you already know) we parted company with
the Assistance and Pioneer in a thick fog, and, with
the Resolute, Intrepid, and Alexander, whaler, in
tow, made the best of our way to the northward,
cuttirig, bleating, and pushing on by every opening,
keeping to the land floe, which seems to be the great
secret of Arctic navigation. On the 31st we came up
With the track of the Assistance and Pioneer, and on
the Ist of August made the north water, to our great
Joy, about five miles to the southward of
Cape York, where we landed and found
a party of Esquimaux in their summer
tents. On heaving in sight they all ran down
to the floe, skipping and capering with delight, and
on landing gave us a boisterous welcome. They
completely refuted the common opinion of the Es-
cluimaux temper, and which characterises them as
lethargic, sullen, and stapid, for they were all, unex-
ceptionably, the most vivacious, good-natured, and
aPParently sagacious race of savages on the face of
the globe. In appearance only they are heavy, being
Their
under the average height, fat, and thick set.
4:heir features have all the characteristics of the
between
race, but their noses were almost hid
,etween the mass of fat on either side. This, by the
"ye) must be an old subject to you. Well, we
rood along
the coast as far as 76 deg., to clear the
4°°se ice, and have a good opportunity of
:jag the formation of the icebergs from
e several glaciers. Of the officers of the expedition,
~"_°%y that they are all known to each other, and their
real characters are dhicovered, which could not be
44certained before leaving, one cannot speak in too
ghlll3al.7log terms. Without a single exception I think
theY are a truly excellent set of men ; they all
toright and on all occasions there is a display
to tight good feeling, which is a most cheering thing
an:itnese. In highest praise of Commanders Richards
IVl‘Clintock, Lieutenant Osborn, Lieutenant
eechan • •
and
unite; in fact, they are all as fine a set of
and w,_ a as, I think, could well be collected together;
hest"Y US their departure has been greatly felt. I
not forget to mention that before leaving,
14teniliat Osborn begged me, should I have an
Opportunity, not to forget his kind remembrances
eve on to explain the state of confusion they
re in in
coaling and provisioning, thereby pre.
aveenntting their sending you a line. In fact, he only
Or, 4 few words to his wife, which I took charge of.
33: the 14th Assistance sailed, and the following day
isea°l4te• May every success attend them ! There
evert here a small field for us of the North Star,
eettsinl
that YI of geographical research ; however, all
pe comes to our humble lot I trust that we shall
hrr'°Tra as satisfactorily as our more honoured
etethren. While I think of it, I must give you an in-
s iltllce of the pleasure that the often-used expression,
tnieclenaber me to,' is capable of giving, as it parti-
co arly struck me, showing the value of these little
131llt eSieS. Yesterday I heard Mr. Kennedy tell
ft iot, the Frenchman, that he had received a letter
So4lll You, not mentioning any particulars, and I
erved the worthy fellow look rather disappointed.
a_ c.h after however, Kennedy told him that you had
j3l.,Blred to be remembered to him ; end if you could
etive witnessed the change that those few words
allsed you would have been amply rewarded for
Poltr considerate recollection of him. He is far too
modest to sound his own praises, or even, I think,
r relate his services. I am unable to do him
Justice, but the more I hear of him, and the
,uetter that I become acquainted with him, the
he rises in my esteem and respect. He is
high-minded, chivalrous Frenchman, and fully
istains one's brightest view of the sons of La
Bel• le France. Notwithstanding his wish to return
'er• ne to his family, he has not allowed it to in-
V 11cence him in the least in the difficult question by
) yet undecided, whether he should remain out
et return home in the Prince Albert. He, with the
t'evs, equally suffered from scurvy, in their trying
j,Pedition. They have undergone great hardships.
44 John (I forget his name, memorable as it is),*
811 red me that without him they could not have ac-
vrplished what they have ; giving every credit
Leh is due of course to Mr. Kennedy, who is an
unwearied and most energetic traveller ; but M.
li
kellat appears to possess. far more than average
i
'entific attainments, thoug
h he has had little time toba
404_
Le to such pursuits. His great fear is, that if
is deserting
home Lady Franklin will think that he
te ueserting the cause ; but we have nearly sue-
osVed convincing him we have sufficient
ta,:3r here to carry out anything, and that the
Rz,"4 would not suffer. His Government have only
011ted him a year's leave, yet this has no weight in
higher him to abandon what he considers to be a
feel duty. lamat a loss indeed to express all I
do el at his conduct. He is on half-pay, and we on
neliteh,le pay; he in a professional point of view gains
votes by serving here, we perhaps may. He is de-
be 'LI heart and soul, to the cause of Sir John Frank-
'", and we are convinced that he has no other object
thavie
He is, indeed, deserving of our warmest
cies. '

Hepburn, who saved the lives of Franklin,
and Richardson,' on the shore of the Arctic Seas,
13,„141! devoted attentions to them in their unparalleled
tlaerings. (Vide " Franklin's Narrative.")

"EAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
OF 1853.
TESTING OF THE GIRDERS.
dYeaterday a very interesting experiment was con-
Wl;..'ted at Messrs. Turner's, of Hammersmith, Iron
orts (who have the contract fur the girders)omder the
,ItllPerintendence of W. Fairburn, Esq., of Manchester,
celebrated engineer. In order to ensure
perfect safety, two of the wrought-iron gir-
ira for supporting the galleries of the
, xhibition buildimg were tested with a load of
rtons, equally distributed over the surface; with this
,Iciatitcl they gave a deflection of 1 10-16 inches in the
-;,(1,d.10, and on removing it they restored themselves to
I,lli"Tua 10.16ths of an inch of their original position,
101Tg permanent set to that amount. The estimated
to? they will ever be called upon to bear will be four
en-s °II each girder, so that there is margin of strength
ltial to four times the greater load.a
15 ,Th,

----- - OCT. d.. ,e
b -.HE CAPE MAIL.—PLYMOUTH,.
e'°37al Mail General Screw Steam-ship Calcutta,
aPtain John Vine Hall, will leave Plymouth 1,
Sound Boo tons,th.is
,-ftellsoon at four o'clock for the Cape de Verds,Ascension,
with
ipthasa-
,i,‘'iaPe of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon,aoadndeiliglhatdyr.atsw,
~,etY heavy mail, 150,00 W. in specie,
egers, being the largest number that The licaaslcahtittaheirato a leftre-
,„balaild in any of these steamers.
-.arkable fine ship, and had a fine passage down. In con-
Zatiheonriece of the accident to thmeaDrkalel,btohuorpnoes,toithaestPerosht-eorefficteo
ties have directed Mr.
tgve the mails transferred from the Melbourne. to the Cal-
(jltta. which has been done. The port-admiral,
lirraillanneY, and Captain A. Lowe, of her Majesty's
thegtlable, have rendered every assistance possible both in
I;'s trosference and in forwarding the repair of the unto-
atard accident to the Melbourne. The Melbournofe is to leave
the deten-
ti tWo O'clock this afternoon. In consequence
T°4l! oil the Melbourne the mails have greatly accumulated-
" Bosphorus is expected here to-morrow.
,„ 4nATEIMONIAL ON DIT.—We understand that a
iiatrit,,,,,:_,
kb "MI alliance will shortly take place between Hugh
a
Liddell' Esq.'
of Beach Hill, Cheshire, and Miss Flo!entli
of 1,„ , second daughter of the Hon. Henry Thomas Lidde 1,.
4,—"ngton House, Northumberland, and grandaughter ct
,s„rd Ittvensworth. Mr. Hugh Hughes, by the death of his
jOlin, Lord Dinorben, without issue, has just succeedcd too
gmextensive estates and the beautiful seat and domainf
fa,,llll_el Park, Denbighshire, the property of that noble
ot-:,..Y. The last Dinorben was unmarried, and was the son
i.- ‘ue first peer by his first marriage with Miss Charlotte_
tkargsret Grey, daughter of Ralph William Grey, Esq., of
54ekworth,
I, late M.P. for Northumberland
Tynernouth, and sister of Ralph Grey,
11, APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
dltlYsd their examination in the science and practice of me-
.oNe, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, Oc-
isiber 14 : Charles- Blatherwick, Titchfield, Hants; Albert
.6_ aßseY, Camberwe Hullmes Nicholls, Trekenning, Cornwall ;
1118 Macmillan,
, MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor en-
'ertained the master, wardens, court of assistants and livery
Os! the Upholders' (his Lordship's) Company, and a number
PTO
ritrate friends from the ward of Coleman-street, at dinner.
"AV/ were laid in the long parlour for eighty mate.