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London, England, 1849-10-13 00:00:00

fifty to oseape as the visits of Eequireaux afforded
without employing them as instruments of commu-
nication with the whalers. In the Admiralty In-
structions to Sic James Ross, that officer is desired
to secure the Investigator in the winter of 1848 as
near C ire Rennell pri:ible. From that pusi-
ticn a coneiderable extent of coast, say the Instruc-
tions, may be explored on foot ; and in the following
spring (1849) detached parties are to be sent across
the ice by Captain Bird, "in order to look
thoroughly into the creeks along the western coast of
Boothia, and even as far as Cape Nicolai." So soon
as the summer should have opened a passage be-
tween the land and the main body of ice, the steam
launches are ordered to be sent into Lancaster Sound
to meet the whalers. 'We have something tan-
gible to deal with. The Instructions which
we have quoted were prepared by a board of eminent
Arctic officers ; and we find that a journey from Cape
Rennell to Cape Nicolai, following the indentations of
the coast in the spring of this year, is considered as
perfectly practicable. We say nothing about the re-
torn journey; but we presume that the boats would
not winter apart from the ships. Now, if Sir James
Ross, according to the report, passed the winter of
1843 at Port Jackson, Regent's Inlet, and was aware
(as the E:quiinaux say he was) of Franklin's safety,
it does appear extraordinary that parties were not dis-
patched by hint across the ice in the present spring or
summer to communicate with the whalers—which, be
it observed, he is ordered to do. The distance between
the two points is very much less than that from Cape
Rennell to Cape Nicolai. Mr. Goodsir on more than
one occasion expresses his astonishment that "no word
has come down from Sir James Ross," as he declares
that the officers of the expedition were perfectly
aware that the whalers would be in Pond's Bay
during the entire month of July. In fact, to re-
peat ourselves, supposing Sir James Ross to be
where the report places him, the road to the
whalers was as open to him as to tha Esquimaux
who brought that report. That he should have made
no communication by his own messengers, nor given
any document to authenticate the communication
made by the Esquimaux, throws, in our opinion, very
serious discredit on the report itself. Finally, it is
yet more difficult to conceive that if Sir John Frank-
lin had been frozen up fur three winters in the spot
indicated, he should have spared no volunteers from
his expedition to carry the news of his whereabouts to
any station through which it might have reached those
whom his silence delivered over to doubt, deepening
into despair, at home.
This is so melancholy a view of the case, that we
are glad to find, and to report, that an opposite one is
entertained by those who may be considered the great
Arctic authorities. We have caused inquiries to be
made, and such is the result. Sir George Back, who
has had great intercourse with the native Esquimaux,
declares " that he never knew an Indian or an Esqui-
maux tracing to fail ; and after deliberately weighing
all the information, he is of opinion that four ships,
answering to those composing the two expeditions,
were seen some time in the spring of this year by the
Esquimaux; but whether in Prince Regent's Inlet or
to the westward of Boothia is uncertain." Captain
Parry, Colonel Sabine, and Admiral Beaufort are all
in favour of the truth of the Esquimaux report.
We are sorry to hear, from unquestionable au-
thority, that the munificent reward offered by Go-
vernment for the relief of the missing expedition,
has had no effect in instigating any of the whalers to
search for the ships with the exception of the Truelove
and the Advice. Sent out for the one important
object of whaling, the captains, doubtless, feel that
unless armed with the fullestdiscretionary powers
from their employers, the owners of the ships, they
would not be warranted in running any risk by de-
viating from their course in pursuit of whales.
The dangers of the Arctic seas have been again
brought painfully before us by the loss of two whalers
this year in Melville Bay, and all accounts agree in
stating that Lancaster Sound was barred in the month
of August by a solid body of ice stretching across the
straits to Admiralty Inlet. Thus, in consequence of
her lateness of sailing, it is very doubtful whether the
North tetar, the ship sent out this year with pro-
visions for the expeditions, has effected a communi-
cation with the ships. Mr. Goodsir says :—" There
are a hundred chances against the North Star
being able to communicate with the expedition this
year. Had she only been sent out in time, she would
have got through Melville Bay along with the fleet
of whalers with the greatest ease and safety up the
Sound early in July.
We may mention that Mr. Goodsir's last letter
bears the date of August 22, at which time he was
in lat. 68 deg. 30 min., far too much to the south to
glean any intelligence respecting the expedition.

* We earnestly recommend our readers who are in-
terested in the subject of this paper, and desire to follow
out the argument advantageously, to procure the Admi-
ralty Chart of the Arctic S as—which alone contains
the names of the various capes, heads, bays, &c. Let
them be careful to ask for the Chart corrected to 1847.

RAILWAY RETURNS
RAILwAT TRAFFIC.—The following arc the Total ReceipcS of Rail-
Ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:—

-',....5.
Week Last E't ,6
eliding NAME OF RAILWAY. ~,,.
week. F 3..- 41
8 do
c.) .F. .......-.....
- --
.
Oct. 6 £ £
Aberdeen ........... ..... • ... • • • • • 641 473
7 Amiens and Boulogne . .... ..
6 Belfast and Ballymena ............ .. 491 380
- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire - 965
7 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 412 274
7 Bristol and Exeter ...... • ..... -•• .. 4,237 -
Sept. 30 Caledonian. ........... .......... - 6,658 5,013
Oct. 7 Chester and Holyhead .. . .. 1,916 1,635
4 Dublin and Drogheda ••• • • • ••••••• •• 739 731
9 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • . • • 676 969
6 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen...... • • 1,012 940
7 East Anglian.. ..... . ................ 685 726
6 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ...• •• • • 3,883 3,725
--Edinburgh and Perth .......... _
1,83 J
7 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • . 14,905 16,424
Sept. 30 East Lancashire ....... ..... ...... • • 3,212 1,561
Cct. 7 Eastern Union ••••-•••.•• . • • • • • • • • • 1,658 1,451
6 Glasgow, Kiimarnock, and Ayr .....• 3,006 2,719
6 Glasgow and Greenock.. ....... - .... 907 I, 005
Sept. 30 Great Northern and E. L... --- • • 2,742
Oat. 6 Great Southern and Western - .... •• 3,361 3,187
7 Great Western, &c •• • •
7 Kendal and Windermere • • ....... .. 224 178
7 Lancashire and Yorkshire .... •• • • 11,227 11,393
- Lancaster and Carlisle •. . • .... ...... - 2,285
7 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .• • • 96 178
6 Londonderry and Enn isk° len ........ 149 147
7 London and North Western, &c
7 London and Blackwe• •••
6 London and Brighton ......... • ... • • 11,677 12,132
7 London and South Western .-- - - 10,301 11,916
6 Manchester, Sheffield, and LincolnsW re 4,825 2,343
7 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham • ... 24,135 21,656
7 Midland Great Western (Irish) .....• 1,189 1,233
-
- Newcastle and Carlisle ..... •••• . • • - - -
--40 Norfolk ... ....... ............ ••• . • •
--
7 North British ....... ..... .......• • • 3,345 2,951
6 Pads and Rouen . .......... •••• • • .. 7,592 6 637
6 Rouen and Havre .......... .••• • • .. 3,000 2,513
7 Scottish Central ............. • • ... • 1,615 1,093
7 Shrewsbury and Chester •• • • 1,409 817
6 South Eastern and Branches •• •• .• •• 12,357 11,117
Sept. 30 South Dev0n........ .••---. . • • .. 1,458 1,817
Oct. G Taff Yale .. ............ •••• • • .. 2,0547 Ulster.. 2,187
Sept. 29 767 852
Waterford •and Limerick-- •• -••- 247
30 Whitehaven Junction ...
OCt. 7 fork and Newcastle .•• • • •••• ••• • • • 12,996 13,860
7 York and Noi th Midland.
•. - •• • • •• 6,520 9,384

NEVER HOLD MALICE.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
Oh! never " bold malice," it poisons our life,
With the galldrop of bate and the nightshade of strife;
Let us scorn where we must and despise where we may,
But let anger, like sunlight, go down with the day.
Our spirits in clashing may bear the hot spark,
But no smouldering flame to break out in the dark;
'Tis the narrowest heart that creation can make,
Where our passion folds up like the coils of a snake.
Oh! never " hold malice;" it cannot be good;
Fur 'tis nobler to strike in the rush of hot blood
Than to bitterly cherish the name of the foe,
Wait to sharpen the weapon and measure the blow.
The wild dog in hunger—the wolf in its spring—
The shark of the waters—the asp with its sting—
Are less to be feared than the vengeance (;1' min,
When it lyeth in secret to wound when it can.
Oh! never "hold malice;" dislike if you will,
Yet remember Humanity linketh us still;
We are all of us human, and all of us erring,
And mercy within us should ever be stirring,
Shall we dare to look up to the Father above,
With petitions for pardon or pleading fur love;
Shall we dare, while we pant for revenge on another,
To ask from a Gud yet deny to a brother?

Euzi Coos..

DUNDEE TRADE, °era o.—Our markets have under-
gone no ohange during the last eight days. In flax there
a fair amount of business doing, and the transactions
from the ships side are in favour of buyers. Tows and
milling are of sluggish sale, and still exhibite a down-
ward tendency. In hemp and hemp codilla there is
aw, to nothing doing. East India jute continues in
active demand at our last week's quotation of 151. to 171.
liper tnens on move off according to colour and quality. Yarns and
Dundee Courier, steadily at same low rates as formerly.—
Eliza
The
Cook's worst
Joucrn of ro
al.
sses is never to have had any.—
INFALLIBLE REMEDY AGAINST BED BuGs.—Take
one ounce of camphor, wrap it in a linen cloth, and
suspend it at the head of the bed, and as the camphor
evaporates the bugs will decamp. We are assured by a
person who has repeatedly made the experiment, that
this is a never-failing remedy.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—We regret to have to
state that this disease has made very rapid progress
during the last few weeks. Crops where the tops
seemed to die naturally and gradually, and to all ap-
pearance free from disease, are in many cases very much
sffected. We have watched the forms and progress of
this complaint every year since its appearance, but con-
fess that it is still the mysterious unknown; the effect we
see daily, but the cause we believe will ever remain a
mystery,—Notts Guardian.
,PLYMOUTII OCT. 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. 10th, Thane
Shirai), Arecibo; 11th, George, Hodgson, Que-
ee for Ipswich; Peden, Chapman, Quebec for Shore-
Lia
runewic
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