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sometimes portrayed)—undoubtedly belongs to the
Franklin family ; a dove with the olive branch and
motto, spero meliora, is the crest of the family of Fair-
holme, of Greenhill ; a dolphin's head between wings is
the crest of the family of Sargent ; and the motto nec
aspera terrent is that of the Guelphic Order, which had
been bestowed on Sir John Franklin, who was ~
and not K.C.B. Thus the relics are clearly proved to
have been the property of the officers of the Erebus.
The officers of the Terror were—
Captain
Lieutenants Edward Little.
G. H. Hodgson.
J. Irving.
Ice Master
Surgeon
Mates
R. Thomas.
Assistant-Surgeon
Second Master G. A. Macbean.
Paymaster
Both from the numbers of the crew and from the fact
that the crests of the officers of the Terror are wholly diffe-
rent from any given as yet by Dr. Rae, as well as from the
very natural supposition that parties pressed for food
and among peaceable Esquimaux would rather divide ,
than unite, it does not seem to us that the fate of all that
gallant band of navigators is clearly ascertained. The
mere coincidence of one initial on a spoon (" A. McD.")
is not sufficient to disprove this. There may have been
men on board the Erebus with a similar name, or the as-
sistant-surgeon from one vessel, owing to loss by death,
may have been transferred to the other. It will be re-
collected that, according to, the account given by the
Esquimaux to Dr. Rae, a party of White mon, some 40 in
number, were first seen in the spring of 1850 travel-
ling south on the north shore of Prince William's
Land. It was later in the same season that the bodies
of 25 of Sir John Franklin's crew were discovered
near Back's River, only twelve days' journey from one
of the Hudson Bay Company's outposts. This, we con-
fess throws a suspicion on the truth of the Esquimaux
story. But, at all events, considering the short space of
time that elapsed, and knowing from the account of the
Esquimaux themselves that the men on Prince William's
Land had it in their power to kill seals if greatly
pressed with hunger, we cannot believe that they were
the same party which died of starvation, and whose
remains were subsequently discovered. Though the
death of Sir John Franklin may be considered as beyond
a doubt, the fate of many of his gallant associates still
remains to be disclosed. The probability is, that in
separate parties they endeavoured to make their way
over those frozen inhospitable deserts. One party has
succumbed to famine and fatigue, and after such a long
lapse of time it would be a vain hope indeed to suppose
that the others have fared better.

THE SOULE AFFAIR.

On the subject of the misunderstanding with Mr.
Soule, the following statement is published in thellloniteur
of yesterday :7, _ _

Some foreign journals have reported, on incomplete
or inaccurate information, the details of an incident re-
lating to Mr. Soule, the Minister of the -United States
in Spain.
"A year ago circumstances, which made some noise
out of Madrid, called the attention of the Emperor's
Government to this diplomatist. Since that time Mr.
Soule has traversed part of France, and stopped at Paris
and several towns of the south. The Minister of the
Interior was of opinion that considerations affecting
public order required that, in future, these journeys
should not be resumed without his knowledge ; and
orders were transmitted to the frontiers to prevent Mr.
Soule from penetrating into the interior of the empire
until intimation had been given to the Government.

" Mr. Soule landed on the 24th of October at Calais ;
the Commissioner of Police, appointed to inspect pass-
ports, informed him, with the utmost civility, of the in-
structions which related to him, and intimated that he
was going to report to Paris, with a request that Mr.
Soule would wait a little. These offers were not ac-
cepted, and on the very day of his arrival Mr. Soule set
off again for London.
"In the meantime the Minister of the Interior had
transmitted definitive instructions to the authorities
at Calais. They were to the effect that if Mr. Soul 4
proposed to remain in France, permission would not be
granted to him ; but that if he intended merely to cross
our territory to return to his post at Madrid, his per-
mission to travel (titre de voyage) would be vise for that
destination. The road was therefore open to Mr.
Soule, Minister of the Milted States in Spain ; but re-
eidence was prohibited to Mr..Seul6, in accordance with
the discretional power which the law confers upon Go-
vernment, in relation to all strangers without exception
—a power which, by its nature, is above all controversy.
" The same journals that have mentioned the fact
which we here relate exactly as it happened have in-
dulged in comments on it equally contradictory and
erroneous. On the one hand it has been asserted that
Government has reversed its decisio❑ ; on the other it
has been alleged that the measure adopted with regard
to Mr. Soules has led to an interchange of extremely
sharp explanations between the Minister of Foreign
Affairs and the Minister of the United States at Paris.
Government had no need to retract orders which recon-
ciled the exercise of its legitimate rights with respect for
the public character of Mr. Soul 4. As to the represen-
tations that may have been made by Mr. Mason, and the
answers given to them, both have been in perfect har-
mony with those proprieties which the Minister of the
United States feels as sensibly as any man, and the
amicable nature of the relations of the Emperor's Govern-
ment to the Cabinet at Washington."

ROYAL COMMISSION PATRIOTIC FUND.

Ha, Great George-street, Westminster,
November 7, 1854.

The honorary secretaries to the Royal Commission of
the Patriotic Fund request the favour that the edi-
tor of The Sun will give publicity in his columns
to the accompanying letter, stating the arrangements
under which the Lords of the Admiralty have given
their consent to the immediate relief of widows and
orphans belonging to the navy, and which it is of
importance to make known to the service as early as
possible :
Admiralty, October 30, 1854.

Gentlemen,—Having laid before my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 26th inst., I am
commanded by their lordships to signify to you their
approval of the suggestion of the Royal Commissioners of
the Patriotic Fund, that the allotments to widows and
children of sailors and marines who may have died, or
have been killed, during existing hostilities, may be con-
tinued three months after the date of such demise reach-
ing their lordships, in order that time may be given for
inquiry, and for arranging a mode of relief—the Commis-
sioners of the Patriotic Fund undertaking to meet the
deficit, should there not be a balance due to the individual
sufficient to defray such allotment; and I am to acquaint
you that the Accountant-General of the Navy has been
directed to give the necessary instructions to the paying
officers accordingly.—l am, &c.,
ITT. A. B. HAMILTON.
The Honorary Secretaries of the Royal Commission
of the Patriotic Fund.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWA.T.—Traffio return for the
weok ending Oct. 29, 1854 £23,050 0 1
Corresponding week last year 18,365 14 9

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—TraffIo re-
turn for the week ending Nov. 5, 1854 £19,227 11 6
Corresponding week last year lB,OOB 9 8
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for
the week ending Nov. 5, 1854 £4,532 1 2
Corresponding week last year 4,095 14 9

Increase in 1854..

£436 6 5

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Nov. 4, 1854 £5,586 1 2
Correoponding week last year 4,916 4 1

Increase in 1854..

£669 17 1

THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE VIADUCT 'WORKS, NEW-
TON.—EIias Little, the man who received severe in-
juries at the Viaduct Works, Newton-le-Willows, under
the circumstances which have been previously stated in
the Guardian, has died at the Manchester Infirmary,
After having had his right arm amputated.—Warrington
Guardian.

The Courrier of Strasburg of the 4th says :—" Mlle.
Cruvelli was last night present at the performance. at
the theatre of this place. She was in the box belonging
to one of the hotels of the town, being on her way back
to !c
to Paris." "We understand," says the Constitutr
" that Mlle. Cruvelli has, in fact, arrived in Paris."
In consequence of the decree interdicting distillationfuse
from grain, a great number of distillers have refused
d
e to
I receive large quantities of rye which they had ordered.
In consequence of this refusal, actions areill to bledbrowgh
against them. In their defence they w peauhatt
the French call force majeure.—G aliPtanz•
Workmen commenced on constructionThursdtahyetrheontdesinva.
of a bridge over the Seine, between
lides and the Pont d'lena, starting
infrgomontthhee Rriguhetdbeanlka
Vierge on the left bank to the
al
opposite the Allde des Veuves the Rue Jean Goujon.
It its to have 5 arches, and to be finished in 6 months,
for the Universal Exhibition.--
Galignani.
THE SOURCE or THE GANGES.—The glacier, thickly
studded with enormous loose rocks and earth, is about a
mile in width, and extends many miles towards an im-
mense mountain covered with perpetual nnow down to
its base, and its glittering summit piercing the very skies,
risine, 21,000 feet above the level of the sea. The chasm
in the glacier through which the sacred stream rushes
forth to the light of day is named the Cow's Mouth, and
is held in the deepest reverence by all Hindeos ; and the
regions of eternal frost in its vicinity are the scenes of
many of their most sacred mysteries. The Ganges enters
the world no puny stream, but bursts forth from its icy
womb a river thirty or forty yards in breadth, of great
depth, and very rapid. Extensive as my travels from
this day have been through these beautiful mountains,
and amidst all the splendid scenery I have looked on, I
can recal none so strikingly magnificent as the glacier of
the Ciangeoo—illarkitan's Sliftotfng in t 4 ffimanal•