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London, England, 1849-11-09 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 9 1849

without resistance. Elope had given way to despair.
They resumed their toilsome march, and soon after-
wards were assailed by a band, of Moorsi who stripped
them of everything.
" Thi.s Arab band drew a circle round them, and
conducted them as prisoners, amidst sh.,uts awl the
most unintelligible hawlings, to a neighbouring
settlen.-.ent. Having reached this spat i s a dyir,,
state, the unfortunate mariners were ordered to km cl.
They did so, and the infant Moors, excited by their
mothers, cast whole handfuls of sand into their eyes
by way of allaying the existing irritation. A vehe-
ment discussion next arose, and a council of savages
was convened to decide the fate of the captives.
The women were more ferocious than the men,
and insisted on .a sentence of death, which wa
brutally pronounced by the council. Towards
night, it was decided, by drawing straws, to
whom the victims should be surrendered. Mean-
while, however, the tender sex retired; and the ma!e
Moors, having scourged the naked mariners to the very
verge of death, made signs to them to escape by flight.
The prisoners offered up a momentary prayer to
Almighty God, and then, staff in hand, resumed their
journey, without knowing whither to go. After a
toilsome journey during the whole night, our fugitives
found themselves, at sunrise, on the seashore ; ex-
hausted by hunger, fatigue, and sickness,
the eight unfortunates fell upon the sand
and went to sleep. On awaking the captain,
Lavialle, and three of the seamen detached them-
selves from their companions on a journey of
exploration, to discover a less dangerous route. Alas I
the ,consequences of this courageous resolve were
disastrous, for the four men never re-appeared. Two
hours after their departure the four remaining sea-
men saw that they were pursued by the Moors; they
concealed themselves, but in vain. They were drag-
ged from their lurking place, and again most cruelly
maltreated, the fair sex, as before, displaying by far
the greatest ferocity. The only habiliments that
remained to them—their shirts—were taken from
them ; they were stripped stark naked, mercilessly
bastinadoed, and abandoned to their fate.
" At nightfall a fearful tempest mended the aspect
of affairs; the fiery wind was suffocating, and one of
the sailors perished, whilst his companions passed the
night literally buried in the sand. At daybreak the
survivors resolved to return to the site of the wreck,
in the hope of finding some nourishment on board the
vessel.

" After four days' march they found the articles of
dress which they had scattered along the road on the
day when they abandonded the Lucie, and so re-
clothed their weary and bruised limbs. Another of
the seamen died on the route, but on the fifth day
the remainder reached the site of the shipwreck.
The two surviving seamen went on board, but, alas !
the natives had anticipated them, and plundered the
brig of every article. They had now struggled
against famine and fatigue for ten days, and resolved
to await death—that blessed benefactor of unfortunate
man. In the interim, however, a white spot was
descried in the distance, it proved to be a vessel in full
sail. A signal was hoisted by the two seamen, and at
length, after much delay, the captain (fearing that it
was a mere stratagem of the Moors to decoy him into
their handb) sent a shallop ashore, and rescued
the dying wretches. The vessel proved to be the
Spanish ship Adam, commanded by Captain
Francisco Devega, and employed in the fishing
trade on the coast. The gallant Devega, having
heard the recital of the rescued ones, made every
effort, for the space of a month, to discover the
men who had been lost ashore, but in vain. On the
fourth day the Adam cast anchor off the Canary Isles,
and towards the middle of September the unfortunate
Frenchmen were dispatched to Cadi• in a Spanish
Government steamer, whence they took passage to
Marseilles. They arrived at the latter port on the
12th of October, and embraced their families with
tears of thankfulness and joy. It is hoped that the
French Government will make a fitting acknow-
ledgment to the gallant Captain Devega for his noble
conduct."

THE DUCHESS POLKA, dedicated with per.
mission to her Grace the Duchess of Leeds,
Patroness of the Fancy Fair in aid of the Funds of
the Royal General Annuity Society. Presented to the
Society and composed by G. F. Taylor, author of
the D'Egridc Polka's and Vases, kc.
This graceful polka is quite a bijou in its way. The
time is admirably marked, and though exceedingly,
simple in every movement, there is about it an ele-
gance and daintiness of style that bespeaks its origin.
It is the production of a master hand.

" DES WANDERER'S LEBEWO.HL WALT-
ZER"—( The Wanderer's Farewell). By Johann
Strauss.
The -.IIA.RCH of the ROYAL HORSE GUARDS.
This addition to the numerous and celebrated waltzes,
by poor Johann Strauss, ass, now no more ! will be
an acquisition to the music rooms of our fair country-
women. It is scarcely inferior to the most choice of
its predecessors, and has about it the great charm of
novelty. It has something of the brilliancy of the
" Elizabethen," mingled with the lightness of the
" Philomel," and yet is unlike either. The introduc-
tion commences in common time, and in the key of
F major. The transitions from key to key, together
with the catching, and cccasionally elaborate move-
ments, so peculiar to -the compositions of Strauss,
prevail throughout this last, and not least beautiful,
of his waltzes. " The March of the Royal Horse
Guards," also by Johann Strauss, and to which
there is an appropriate frontispiece, representing an
officer of the Guards in full uniform, is likewise
successful. The trio portion, or air of it, is spirited,
and not the less pleasing from being arranged in four
flats, a key so well adapted to music of either a pa-
thetic or martial character.

ERECTION OF A NE W FORT AT

STONEHOUSE.

In addition to the fortifications lately completed at
Bovisand, Picklecomb Point, and Drake's Island, as
defences for this harbour, a new fort has been erected
just above the site of the old Long-room barracks, at
the Victualling-yard Point, which will render com-
plete the defence of the Sound and the entrance to
liamoaae. The new building is called " The Prince
of Wales's Redoubt," and the high ground upon
which it is situate gives it the entire command of the
harbour. Within the barrier gates is a ditch twenty
feet wide, which is flanked by two caponieres, and so
commanded by loop-holes in the curtains and the fort
itself, that in the event of an assault the assailants
would be exposed to a heavy fire of musketry, while
the beseieged would be efficiently protected. The
external wal's, on the side towards the land, are
seven feet thick, and musket proof, and instead of
being bui!t up perpendicularly from the ditch, they
are so curved as to bring the greatest possible
number of the attacking party within the line of
fire. The fort itself is shut up by two pairs of mas-
sive gates—the first of wood, lined with wrought-
iron plates, and so rendered musket proof, the
others of heavy wrought-iron bars. On the right-
hand side of tt.e entrance is " the keep," in
which are the officers' quarters, the artillery store-
house, and the magazine, the whole being surmounted
by a " Platform," protected by musket-proof
wal's, which are loop-holed on the two sides
which lock towards the land, so as to afford
the means of defence in the event of an attack from
that direction. All the windows of the "keep" are
fitted with massive wrought-iron shutters, also loop•
holed and musket proof, each shutter weighing from
two to three hundred weight. Running round
the outside of the " keep, but within the fort
itself, is a gallery, supported upon massive cast-
iron columns, and leading on to the "terraplane,"
on which are eight 56-pounders, mounted upon
traversing platforms, and commanding the whole sea-
line from the Lambhay Point to Devil's Point. In
casemates, under the terraplane, are two 8-inch
howitzers, and on either side of these the apartments
for the soldiers who will be quartered in the fort.
These apartments will afford accommodation
for a company of artillery. They are fitted
up in the usual style of barrack rooms, with
cast-iron fitments ; the ceilings are groined
and six rings thick ; and the floors, as well as
the terraplane and the platform over the keep, are
laid with the Seyssel asphalte. The walls on the
sea side are eight feet thick, and considered to be
bomb proof. The fort has been just two years in
course of erection, and the total cost will be about
15,0001. It is constructed principally of dressed
limestone, raised from the quarry immediately under
the fort. The cheeks of the embrasures, the piers of the
entrance gates, and the other parts where extra
strength was deemed desirable, are of dressed granite.
A new road is in course of formation up to the gates of
the fort, and ample provision has been made for se-
curing en abundant supply of water. Mr. George
Roach, of Plymouth, is the contractor; and the work
has proceeded under the inspection of Mr. Frederick
Burgoyne, the Government foreman of works.—
Plymouth Times.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
DERBY, 1850.
24 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Deicoon—take 25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus—taken
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Gratwieke si The Nigger—taken
1,000 to 30 agst Sir R. Pigot's Moultan—taken
Cyprus and The Nigger were backed for two or three
hundred pounds each; the favourites not mentioned.
CHESTER CUP.
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt—t freely
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Howth's Peep•o'•day Boy—taken
1,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Care'w's Kennington—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Sir R. Bu•keley's Melody—taken
1,600 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's Coekr ail—taken
1.000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's liaby—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Duke of Richmond's halo—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Lord 11—Lennox's Beehunter—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. B. Green's 141atcatcher—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. IL Hill's Osterley—tak, n
1,000 to 10 agst Lord Clilden's Surplice—taken
1,000 to 15 was taken with great avidity about the
Whim colt, and repeatedly about Peep-o'- day Boy and
Lady Evelyn; 6,000 to 60 and 2,000 to 25 taken about
Essedarius; and several I,ooo's to 10 about Kennington;
the other horses quoted were backed, but only in small
sums.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
HAMBURGH FUNDS, Nov. 3.
BRIA. Money.
105%

Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, 33 per Cent. •• .. .•
Bank Shares.- .• .......• • .•
Prussian 5 per Cent. •• •• • •• 10G 105%
Elainburgn Certificate............ •- .. 99 99
Angio-Rusaian Loan - • .. • • . 104% 104%
llaniburgh, 3 per Cent • • • 87 86%
Russian 4 per Cent •••. • • •
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •.• • • • 94
Ditto Stleglitz •• • ...... 844 84
Belgian Loan, 2% per Cent.. •• ••.•. • ..
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 71
Ditto, in 1001. Shares •
Ditto,s rer cent......
Anglo-Swedish Loan ...
Ditio, Transport Loan ..
Norwegian Loan, 1848 ••••• • • • • 99% 99%
Swish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • •• • • 9
Ditto, 3 per Cents. • • ••••• • • • .• 2514 25/*

96% 96

A WOMAN SnoT.—George Harman, a gas stoker,
of Ore, near Hastings, went to his work on Monday
week, leaving a loaded gun, with yvhich he had been
shooting starlings, in one corner of his kitchen. Before
leaving the house he cautioned his wife that the weapon
was loaded, and desired her to forewarn their lodger of
it when be returned from his work. She appears to hate
forgotten to do so, and an accident fatal to herself was
the consequence. The lodger. a railway labourer, who
was on excellent terms with bis landlord and landlady,
had scarcely returned home and sat down to tea when
he began to play with the barrel of the gun, and, lifting
it from the ground, got it entangled in the bar of a chair,
so as to pull the trigger. The unfortunate woman re-
ceived the whole charge in her head, and died almost
instantly. An inquest was held on the body on Wed-
nesday, when, it being quite evident from the demeanour
of the lodger after the accident that his share in the oc-
currence was involuntary, a verdict of " Accidental
death" was returned.

ACCIDENT AT THE NEW CDURCII, KINOSDOWN,
DOVER.—An incorrect paranraph has been going the
round of the papers, stating that the whole of the above
building fell to the ground on Thursday last. The fol-
lowing are the real facts of the case:—The cause of
the accident arose from the great height of the
scaffolding poles preparatory to the erection of the Bell
Cot, the base of which was only two feet above the
apex of the roof, but the potlucks and EcArold Lor
were some five or six test under the apex; the gust over
the downs from the south west, striking upon the
floor of tho scaffule', and the putlocks acting as
a fulcrum to the leverage of the poles upon the newly
built gable, doubled it in, so that the upper part fell
against the storm outwards, and a portion only of the
gable beneath the putlocks fell inward. Had
it been otherwise, the truss next the gable
would have gone, and swept the roof over the cliff.
The works are being executed by Messrs. Denne, of
Weimer, in a manner not surpassed in any church in
the kingdom, for excellent workmanship and good mate-
rials. Mr. Hay, of Liverpool, is the architect.—Architect
and Building Operative.

NEW MUSIC. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.
THE HELENIC NATIO-VAL SONG AND
CHORUS OF THE THIRD OF SEPT_EIII-
- 1843. Translated from the Greek, end
dedicated by permission to the Countess of Arundel
and Surrey, by Pericles R. Alexandrides. The Music
by Edward Glare.
This spirited and stirring anthem is arranged in
the key of B flat, and opens with a symphony of
peculiar beauty, short, but renlete with melody.
There is a fire throughout the wliole of the composi-
tion that is at once attractive and inspiring. It
breathes the ardour of a nation's love.
The solos, which are alternately for tenor
and bass, and two sopranos possess all the pathos
of the chant of the Girondins, the Mourair pour la
Patrie, while the choruses have something of the
melancholy grar.deur of the Marsciilaise. If merit
be the passport to popularity, this noble and national
anthem cannot lie unnoticed. The frontispiece, which
represents the Greeks at the palace walls demanding
the constitution, together with the portraits of Otho,
King of Greece, his Queen Amelia, lialerges, the
Grecian hero, and sketches of the classic temples of
Athens, is exceedingly chaste both in design and
execution.

We have already announced the unexpected arrival
in London of Captain Sir James Ross, and we have
also stated that Mr. Kerr, the captain of the whaler
Chieftain, the source of the Esquimaux story respect-
ing Sir John Franklin's and Sir James Ross's ships,
was on his way to town from Kirkaldy to afford the
Admiralty some further elucidation. It is rather
singular that both Sir -James Ross and Mr. Kerr
should thus arrive in England almost at the same
moment ; but there is a still more remarkable coinci-
dence to be pointed out, and that is—the arrival in
this country also, by the last American packet, of the
venerable Sir John Richardson, from his overland
expedition to trace and succour Sir John Franklin,
Captain Cie zier, Captain Fitzjames, and their brave
and gallant companions. These three gentlemen have
net only arrived in England, but they have met at
the Admiralty and compared notes ; and although
neither Sir James Ross nor Sir John Richard-
son have been so fortunate as to discover
any traces of Sir John Franklin, we still
rejoice in the hope that the lost ones are yet
in safety, on come portion of the extensive
coast between the various points visited by the above-
named officers ; and that they may, either by pushing
to the westward or falling back to the eastward, meet
with those supplies which the devotedness of Ross
and Richardson, Bird and Rae, Kellet and Moore
have provided for them in the frozen regions. It
will be interesting, however, not only to those who
have friends and relatives, but to the public generally,
%silo feel the deepest interest in the fate of Sir John
Franklin, to tract the proceedings of those dispatched
in search of him.
To begin, then, with Sir James Ross's expedition,
composed of the Enterprise, commanded by himself,
and the Investigator, by Captain Bird, we find that
Sir James, in the autumn of last year, Sept. 11,
penetrated a little to the westward of Leopold Island,
when the ships were obliged to take up their winter
quarters at Port Leopold (entrance of Prince
Regent's Inlet). In the spring of this year Sir
James Ross with a party traversed the north coast
of North Somerset, beyond Capes Rennell, Gifford,
and Bunny, and finding the land trend nearly due
south, he followed it to that part of the western coast
opposite Kerswell Bay ; the total distance traversed
being about 500 miles. It had been his intention to
trace the land down to the magnetic pole, where he
had been previously, but owing to some of the party
getting knocked up from fatigue, he was obliged to
abandon the attempt, and to return to the ships. He
had determined also to detach a party towards Cape
Walker, the place named in Sir John Franklin's in-
structions
from whence he was to steer a south-west
course; but this intention he was also obliged to
forego on account of the great difficulty of dragging
the disabled men on the sledges, the foot party not
being equal to the severe work.
Another detachment was sent down Prince Regent's
Inlet, as far as the spot at which the provisions of the
Fury were left; they reached it, and found them in
a perfect state of preservation. This party then
crossed over to the opposite side to Port Bowen, and
returned across the inlet to the ships. A third party
went from the ships, across Barrow's Strait to Cape
Hurd, examining that shore ; they also endeavoured
to push up the Wellington Strait, but they found it
at this time impenetrably blocked with ice.
Finding no vestige of any kind, and no flag-staff
or marks, the probability is suggested that Sir John
Franklin's ships passed through towards Cape Walker
without any obstruction.
Sir James Ross having wintered at Leopold Island,
and searched all around in every direction, now cut a
canal of two miles and a half in length, with the in-
tention of continuing the search, and proceeding to the
westward, to Melville Island; but immediately after
getting out of this canal, they unfortunately got into
a flow of ice, in which they became frozen up, and
thus were carried right bodily with the ice, at the rate
of about eight miles a day, through Lancaster Sound,
and out beyond Pond's Bay, much after the same
manner in which Back's ship the Terror was drifted off
Southampton Island in 1837. Sir James Ross's ships,
as may easily be supposed, were in the greatest peril,
and but for meeting a gale of wind, which happily
broke up the field of ice, and set them at liberty, the ,
most serious consequences might have been appre-
hended ; for as the immense mass was drifting down on
the west side of Baffin's Bay the ships ran a great
risk of being carried upon the bergs, and wrecked at
Cumberland Island. As it was, however, the gale and
the swell having broken up the ice, the ships, as soon
as they got released, stood over to the other side. It
was now too late in the season to return to Leopold
Island, and Sir James, therefore, most judiciously
determined on returning to England. He could never
hope to reach a secure place for wintering, or in
which he could be of any service in the event of Sir J.
Franklin's being discovered. At this quarter, how-
ever, which is the most central spot in the track, they
had deposited an ample supply of provisions of all
kinds, and then left the steam-launch, together with
a q ,antity of fuel, whilst they ha,. also erected an
excellent house at Leopold Island.
Sir James had not fallen in with the North Star,
but in all probability the stream of ice had entirely
cleared the straits, and thereby enabled the North
Star to reach Sir James's old winter quarters, when
Mr. Saunders, the commander, having ascertained
there that Sir James Ross had returned, he would
land his provisions and return according to his
instructions; but should there not be sufficient time,
he will doubtless winter at Leopold Island, and come
out next summer. It is, however, most likely that
he will be able to effect his object this season. Of
Parry it is recorded that in a fortnight he ran up to
Melville Island with very little interruption, and
returned even in a less period of time.
With reference to the reports of the Esquimaux,
none, as we have already stated, had been on board
Sir James Ross's ships, and from the statement of
Captain Kerr, of the Chieftain, who has been exa-
mined by the Lords of the Admiralty, it would appear
that there is a slight discrepancy in his statement and
that of Captain Parker, of the Truelove, inasmuch as the
Esquimaux had not told Captain Kerr that they had
been on board the ships ; nor in the Esquimaux
sketch was there any track from ship to ship, both of
which were mere inferences, the one from the Esqui-
maux having said they were all well, the other from
there being a line on the sketch, which might be
meant for the bowsprit of one of the ships, or any
other long article. It is yet most probable that the
Esquimaux saw Franklin's ships go to the westward,
and Ross's ships pass in ; and indeed the distinction
made by the Esquimaux with respect to the periods
of time at which these occurrences took place would
warrant us in believing that this was all the Esqui•
maux wished to communicate.
We next refer to Sir John Richardson's expedition,
and we may remark, by the way, that this dis-
tinguished gentleman, although so recently engaged
in an enterprise of great peril and privation, looks as
well as if he had been merely on a summer's cruise.
We have already stated that in 1848 he had pro-
ceeded from Mackenzie, eastward, to the Copper-
mine, forming depots of provisions at different parts
of the coast. He describes an open sea to the north,
all the way so far as-vision extended, until his arrival
at the Dolphin and Union Straits, which were
blocked with ice. His companion, Dr. Rae, was to
proceed with a party of select men down the Copper-
mine, in this manner to penetrate as far north as he
could, and endeavour to advance between Wollaston
and Victoria islands, where Sir J. Richardson thinks
there is an opening, as the tide sets eastward and
westward through Dease's Straits and the Dolphin
Straits. This route will intersect the course which
Franklin would most probably steer from Cape
Walker, the shortest distance to which point is 400
miles

THE ALICE AND FREDERIKA POLKAS,
by Johann Strauss, performed by the Composer
and his celebrated Band at her Majesty's Grand
State Balls.
We need scarcely recommend these two charming
polkas to the notice of the public, the name alone of
Johann Strauss attached to them is a sufficient guarantee
of their merits; and the fact of their having been placed
in the author's coffin (for the musical world has, alas !
recently had to lament his unexpected death), will
endow them with an unusual degree of interest. They
are intricate without being difficult, and are arranged
with a succession of movements, so as to relieve the ear
as much as possible from the sameness of the prevailing
melody. This is an achievement of musical art, and
one little emulated by too many of our polka com-
posers. They unfortunately forget that there is " a
charm in variety," and that the ear wearies with the
same incessant measure, be it ever so sweet ! A little
adroitness in the variations of a polka would, in many
instances, insure it from ever becoming " hackneyed," a
fate too common (and owing in a great measure to
the fault just alluded to) among nine-tenths of those
with which the public taste has been recently
sated. Such will not be the fate of these; there is
a refinement about them which must secure them from
the common doom.

Our latest news from the third expedition was
down to the time her Majesty's ship Herald, Captain
Kellett, C. 8., sailed from Oahu on the morning of
19th May last, being loaded with provisions of all
kinds from a hired transport sent from Valparaiso.
From her Majesty's ship Plover nothing has been
heard since her departure from Honolulu, August 24,
1848, but Captain Kellett would, doubtless, very soon
fall in with her and give her all the requisite sup-
plies. These ships were then to push as far north as
they could to see for themselves, or to pick up infor-
mation from others, and to deposit depots of provi-
sions. No one could have shown more zeal in the
work than Captain Kellett on his departure, and the
same feeling seemed to animate all his officers and
ship's company. But, independently of the services
of the Herald and Plover on that side, it appears that
numerous American whale-ships had sailed for those
regions (from which it is hoped that Sir John
Franklin may yet burst upon us safe and sound), and '
one or two other whalers at Honolulu in May were
likewise about to start for Bebring's Straits, their
captains being aware of the reward offered for in-
formation or discovery, it was made a special request
to them that they should endeavour to earn the re-
ward, and there is not the slightest doubt that
they will exert their strenuous endeavours to
obtain intelligence of Sir John Franklin or any
of his crew. Last year it was all open sea in that
quarter, and we trust to find it is the same this sum-
mer also.
With respect to Franklin, it is pretty generally
known that his ships were provisioned for three full
years—that is, from July, 1845 ; but Sir J. Franklin
stated in his last letters, that he could extend it to four
years without serious inconvenience—that is, up to
July last ; but if they were fortunate enough to take
any seals and birds, of which Sir James Ross obtained
an ample supply, it might be said that those provisions
could be eked out for a longer period.
There can be no question in the mind of any per-
son, that if safe in their ships Sir John Franklin will
now abandon them, and push for the nearest point
whence he might hope to meet with relief. With
respect to the depots of provisions Sir James Ross's
expedition has left ample means of support for twelve
months, independently of any supplies from the North

Star, should they fall back to the eastward from Cap.
Walker, or even from Wellington Straits, should they
have gone up there. If they should have proceeded
westward, the next point of succour is that provided
by Dr. Rae at some northern point of Wollaston and
Victoria Islands. Should they have got still further
to the westward, no doubt Sir John Franklin would
make for the Mackenzie, all along the coast of which
Sir John Franklin would be quite at home, and where
resources are provided by Dr. Richardson's party.
To the westward of the Mackenzie, again, towards
Behring's Straits, Captain Kellet and Commander
Moore, of the Plover, will have provided succours,
independently of which there is a Russian settlement
on the noble River Colville, which is two miles wide
at its mouth, where supplies may be always had. The
only intervals of distance, then, where no provisions
have been made, would be from Ross's furthest point
of visitation on the western coast of North Somers, t,
to Victoria Island, which may be considered the ter-
ritory of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose particular
attention we beg to draw to this fact. But here
doubtless there are at least some resources in the
numerous reindeer said to abound on this coast, as it
is also stated that ptarmigan and other birds frequent
these localities, and there is also some excellent salmon
fishing in these regions.
With the above facts before us we cannot help
feeling that there is still much hope left of the ulti-
mate safety of the Franklin party, and this hope is
much strengthened by another fact—namely, that
Sir John Ross, in company with Sir James, were
absent from England in their polar expeditions be-
t ,aeen four and five years, and for four years were not
heard of, although they were only at the bottom of
Prince Regent's Inlet, during which time they sub-
sisted on their own provisions (three years) and those
of the Fury.
From the return of the North Star we do not
expect any new intelligence, but we look forward to
hear from the Plover in the course of three months.
In the meantime there is hope sufficiently strong
to keep our sympathies keenly alive for the missing
expedition, and we trust that, notwithstanding what
has been done in regard to the depots of provisions,
every possible energy will be called forth to devise
❑ew means for renewing and pursuing our philan-
thropic task of ascertaining the fate of so many
good, gallant, and brave men as those who comprise
Sir John Franklin's expedition. At all events the
Enterprise and Investigator (last heard of at Yar-
mouth) will, doubtless, be thoroughly refitted at
Woolwich, and held in readiness for immediate
service if required.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
THREAT TO STOP THE SUPPLIES.
CAPE TowN, AUG. 30, 1849.—At a meeting of the
inhabitants of Cape Town, held in the Town-house,
this day, Thursday, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted :
" That this meeting is of opinion, that no contracts
of any description should be entered into for the sup..
ply or use of the military, naval, or civil departments
until the order in Council making this colony a penal
settlement be rescinded; and that the inhabitants of
all classes be strongly recommended to adhere firmly
to such resolution, as the only means of saving the
colony from injury, degradation, and ruin."—Cape
Town Commercial Advertiser.