The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

George Winter and James Winter, builders, Hastings,
to surrender Nov. 11, at eleven, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,, °Mc' 1 ' Colem'an-
street-buildincr,3 • Marten,
Com-
mercial-chambers, „ , Thomas, and H , ollams Com-
Micah Mincing-lane.
Mellor, innkeeper, Clare, Suffolk, Nov. 11 at
twelve, n
oad ov. 15 at
Johnson, facial one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
and Mars ~,3a,,issigliee, Basinghall-street ; Reed, Lang-
ford, and
Riduge,
day-street.
and tailor Dec, g,
and woollen draper, Exeter, Nov.
9, at eleven,
, officio", at one, at the xeter District
Court. Hirtzell
Charles Smith, i assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter.
victualler Victoria-road, Nov. 12, and
Dfficial
assi gneec. 16, at 12,e, at
_ ioitall,s.nCoi;rt a Bankruptcy. Pennell,
i curt
; Ware, Blackman-
street.
Wm. Tweddle, soap boiler, Liverpool, Nov. 16 and Dec.
s;at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Pemberton, LivedaerVrllly.e Works, Dud-
John oberts, wire drawer, Tivi
ley, Nov. 14 and Dec. 5, at ten, at the irmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Distric,tNv.
Court.ll
Bolton, Wolverhampton, and Hodgson, Br BYmingham ;
Thomas Avison, stone merchant, late of 4..iillau"
and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds
Y•ting, official assignee, Leeds - Clarke, Leeds.
Gregory Barrett, sen., and dregory Barrett, jun., car-
pet manufacturers, Kidderminster, Nov. 15, and Dec.l3,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Talbot, and Saunders and
Son, Kidderminster; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
Henry Holt, silversmith, Birmingham, Nov. 13, and.
Dec. 5, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Chris-
tie, official assignee, Birmingham; Partridge, Birmingham.
John Bywater, tailor, Nottingham, Nov. 11, and Doc.
9, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham ~ Shilton and Son, Notting-
ham.
James Alcock and Richard Bell, auctioneers, Longton,
Staffordshire, Nov. 16, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee,
Birmingham; Taylor, Finsbury-square; Motteram and
Knight, Birmingham.
James Andrew Howard and Jonathan Howard, joiners
and builders, Hollinwood, Lancaster, Nov. -14' and Dqc. 1

GAME IN THE ARCTIC .REGIONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin, —Thinking it more than probable that a return
of the quantity of game, &c., killed in the Arctic Re-
gions by Captain M'Clure, Lieut.-Cresswell and a por-
tion of the crew of her Majesty's ship the Investigator,
when discovering the North-west Passage, in search of
Sir John Franklin, may be interesting to the public, I
herewith send you a copy of the official return, as pre-
sented to me as president of the Soooting- and Fishing
Quarters Registry, &c., by Captain Hamilton, of the
Admiralty. The return extends from the Ist of Oct.,
1850, to the Bth of April, 1853, although the principal
part was killed during the spring of this year :
Number Average Total
killed. weight each. weight.
.. 7 ... 278 lbs. ... 1,945 lbs.
.. 110 ~. 70 ... 7,716
.. 169 ... 6 .. 1,014
. 486 ... not weighed
. 198 ...

Musk-ox
Deer
Hares. .....
Grouse
Ducks

17
Geese 29 ...
Wolves
•
Bears
4 ... „
Total head killed

1,005

I was informed by Captain Hamilton that the size o,
the musk-ox varied considerably, but the deer that
were killed did not vary in size so much. The deer
were found to be very fat, although their principal food
merely consisted of the' herbage which was obtained
from a small tree called the dwarf willow. As the
crew only kept, as it were, on the ridges of the sea no
other food was observable, but there is no doubt the
deer found an abundance of food further up the country.
They were very wild, and the gunners had to display
great precaution in shooting them. The manner in
which the crew got within gun-shot was this ; they
secreted themselves in various parts of the ravines, or
behind the sand hills, and listened with breathless sil-
ence-until they heard the deer tap the snow off the wil-
low with their feet in order to eat the herbage. When
the air was frosty, and the weather calm, this tapping
could be heard at a distance of about 200 yards, and by
listening and observing minutely the gunner easily de-
tected the position in which his prey was located. As
soon as this was correctly ascertained a person was sent
a considerable distance round the deer, and a slight
noise having been made at their back they immediately
ran off—probably past the gunner. It was in such
instances where the chances of " a kill " occurred.
One hundred and ten deer was thus killed, and
as they will run long distances after receiving wounds,
it is fair to suppose that many more would have be se-
cured if the crew had been accompanied with a. brace
or more of deerhounds.

The grouse, I was informed, were not so wild as
might have been expected ; but the wild fowl were
somewhat wilder than those usually found in Ireland
and Scotland.

The musk ox was found to be a very ferocious animal,
and great danger necessarily attended the attacks. They
were easily approached, and when wounded they ran
headlong at the gunner. One of the crew had a very
narrowl escape from being torn to pieces. He had
fired one charge without its taking effect, and having
no more ammunition with him he luckily fired his iron
ramrod at the infuriated beast, and dropped him life-
less just as the animal was about to make the attack.
If the expedition had had an opportunity of going
further up the country, away from the sea, there is no
doubt but thousands of game would have been killed.
There is no mention in any of the dispatches received
at the Admiralty of the existence of either the snipe or
woodcock ; but in a country in which large flocks of
description swarm, there are certain
twoilbdefboowtlh owoodcocks every
and snipes, and in all probability
a species of pheasant might have been found higher up
in the woods.

When gold was discovered in distant colonies, the
announcement was startling, but not more so than the
fact of the discovery of a country in the Arctic re-
gions, containing fine green valleys, intersected with
noble rivers ; extensive plains, lakes, woods, and parts
of the earth covered with simple, but lovely wild flowers
An uninhabited country like this is almost sure to.
contain wild beasts of prey ; but when we learn that it
abounds with that description of game which is to be
met with on the moors of Scotland and certain parts of
England and the Continent, our surmise naturally be-
comes excited. The naturalist, however, can only ima.
gine and admire the wild beauties of that country, which
presents so many opportunities for studying the works
of Divine Providence.
If Sir John Franklin has ever reached this distant
part of the globe, great hopes may reasonably be enter-
tained of his safety, as it is not very probable that man-
kind could ever want in so rich a land, evidently posses.
sing everything that nature can desire.--4 have the
honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
HENRY MARSHALL.

Thorpe Hall, Oct. 23, 1853.
P.S. I have forwarded such partioulars of Captain
Hamilton's communication as may be interesting to
naturalists and sportsmen, to the Shooting and Fishing
Quarters Registry, &c., Pall-Mall, in order that those
interested may have an opportunity of carefully perusing
the details in connection with the praiseworthy adven-
tures of Captain M'Clure and his daring crew.

A PROMPT CAPTURE.--On Wednesday morning Mr.
Richard Beswick, chief superintendent of police at Man-
chester, received a letter from Mr. Felix O'Neil, a super-
intendent of police at Dublin, informing him that Thomas
M‘Grane had absconded from that city with a large sum
of money, and that he was not unlikely to visit Manches-
ter. Mr. Beswick immediately sent M'Donald and ano-
ther constable of the detective force to the Liverpool
railway station, to wait for the arrival of the train from
that town. The train came in, and with it M`Grane, who,
to his great surprise, was instantly apprehended and
marchea off to the police station, where he was officially
informed of his misdeeds. Taken quite aback by the
sudden termination to his flight, he confessed his guilt,
and produced two bags, one containing gold to the
amount of 1251., and the other silver to the amount of
Si. He was sent back the same evening to Dublin,
where the charges against him will be investigated.