The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-25 00:00:00

time past been so evident. He therefore conceives that
continued exposure to the same deprivations and confine-
ment, and the painful monotony of a third winter to men
whose health is precarious, would in all probability be at-
tended with very serious consequences*." Notwithstanding
these opinions so strongly expressed, Sir John Franklin must
pass a third winter in the polar regions if there are no tidings of
him in the autumn ; but I trust, my Lord, that you will not
allow him to contend with a fourth, without giving me an
opportunity of rendering him the only succour which hail
the probability of success—that of being the messenger of the
information where provisions are stored for him.
I have the honour to be, my Lord, dzc.,

RICHAItD KING.

* Parry's Second Voyage, p. 473.
[The rest of the correspondence will be published to-naorl
row.]

SIB JOHN FRINKLIN.

TO TEI sprroa. Or TN& RUN.

Sin,--Perhaps you will now refer to your file of The
Sun, 1849, to a letter of one who, though he did not
use the magic letters R.N., sent you a letter from Aber:.
deem, to draw the attention of the A.dmiralty to the pro.
bable situation of Sir J. Franklin and his party, se that
parties might be sent out immediately in search of them.
Your observations attached to thatletter, with the letter
itself, may add, as it were, a link to the chain, that will
cause others to think whether or not those in high places
value the lives of those who serve their country either
in war or science.
I do not draw the attention of the public or the autho•
rities to that letter ; but, aware that the writer of that
letter gave lectures in Aberdeen and Edinburgh pub•
licly, showing that there was hope, and that, if the true
energy had been used at the proper time, some at least
of those valuable lives might have been saved. There
is not one with a heart within his breast but sinst feel
for the families who are left behind of the unfortunate
raty
martyrs to science ; and, now that their fate is known,
justicei
mwaiyl be don to the
place
now, in e
pia o
f cutting
off
survivors. I
tthreupstayt,hiemAmt
m
diately lay before her Majesty the necessity of placing
the survivors on the public parse ; and duty to God and
man require that there shall be no false appearance, but
that we may show our real sincerity by a publics pull
altogether, that it may be immediately done. I know
that the response will be unanimous.—Yours,
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
London, 23d Oct., 1854.

The following is the letter referred to, inserted in
The Sun of November 2, 1849 ;

[From the subjoined communication—addressed to us
by a party eminently qualified to form an opinion upon
the subject—it will be seen that reflection only tends to
increase the conviction that the intelligence brought to
this country by the Truelove is less the detail of facts
than the effusion of fancy. And as humanity, at the
very least, requires that no effort should be overlooked
which could possibly tend to diminish the perils of the
isolated expedition, the project of Gale's balloon ought,
to our thinking, to be attemptecjsas a means of commu-
nicating assistance. Every day the matter is becoming
more and more serious, and it behoves the Admiralty
to direct every available energy towards the succour of
the heroic, but otherwise doomed navigators.—ED. Bun.]