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time past been so evident. He therefore conceives that a
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 has
the probability of success—that of being the messenger of the
information where provisions are stored for hint.
I have the honour to be, my Lord, dre.,
RIcUALD

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

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN:

TO THE EDITOR OP TAE SUN.

Sift,--Perhaps you will now refer to your file of 270
sun, 1549, to a letter of one who, though he did not
use the magic letters R.N., sent you a letter from Aber.
'ken, to draw the attention of the Admiralty to the pro.
baLle situation of Sir J. Franklin and his party, so that
parties might be seat out immediately in search of them.
Your ob,erva.ions attached to that letter, with the letter
itself, may add, 29 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 nut draw the attention of the public Ate 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 eared. There
is not one with a heart within his breast but must feel
for the families who are left behind of the unfortunate
martyrs to science ; and, now that their fate is known,
justice may be done to the survivors. I trust the Ad.
miralty will now, in
place of cutting of the pay, imme-
diately lay before her Majesty the necessity of placing
the survivors on the public purse ; and duty to Ged and
man require that there shall be no false appearance, but
that we may show our real sincerity by a publio pull
altogether, that it may be immediately done. I knot
that the response will be unanimous.—Yours,
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
London, 23d Oct., 18U.

The following is the letter referred to, inserted it.
The Sun of November 2, 1849 :--

[From tho 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 proj-ct of Gale's balloon ought,
to our thinking, to be attempted as a means of comma=
mooting assi3tance. Every day the matter is becoming
more and more serious, and it beheves the Admiralty
to direct every available energy towards the succour of
the heroic, but otherwise doomed navigators.—ED.