The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-09 00:00:00

PIGS.

Class 19—The first prize of 10/. to Mr. John Coate,
Hammoon, Blandford, Dorset; a silver medal to ditto
(the breeder). The second prize of 5/. to Mr. Vv'illiam
Mills Barber, Langley Broom, Slough.
Class 20—The first priz3 of 10/. to Mr. John Coate,
Hammoon, near Blandford; a silver medal to ditto (the
breeder). The second priz3 of 5/. to his Royal highness
Prince Albert.
Class 21—The first prizl of 10/. to Mr. John Coate,
Hammoon, near Blandford; a silver medal to ditto (the
breeder). The second priz3 of 51. to the Right Hon. the
Earl of Radnor, Coleshill, Farringdon.
The gold medal for the best ox or steer in Classes 1,
2,3, 4,5, and 6, to Mr. Edward Longmore, of Adforton,
near Ludlow. -
The gold medal for the best cow or heifer in Classes
7,8, and 9, to Mr. Samuel Druce, of Eynsham, Oxford.
The gold medal for the best pPn of long-woolled sheep
in Classes 10, 11, 12, to Mr. R. L. Bradshaw, of Burley-
on-the-Hill, Oakham.

The gold medal for the best pen of short-woolled sheep
in classes 15,:16, and IS, to his Grace the Duke of
Richmond.

The gold medal for the best pen of pigs in Classes 19,
00, and 21, to Mr. John Coate, of Hammoon, near
Blandford.

EXTRA STOCK.

The silver medal for the best beast in extra stock to
Mr. Wm. Heath, of Ludham Ilall, Norwich; the animal
being too heavy for Class 4.
The silver medal for the best long-woolled sheep in
extra stock to Mr. Lawrence Willmore, of Whetstone,
near Leicester.

The silver medal for the best short-woolled sheep in
extra stock to Mr. Wm. Sainsbury, of West Lavington,
Devizes.
The silver medal for ,the beat cross-bred sheep in extra
stock to Mr. John Hitchman, of Little Milton, Wheat-
ley, Oxon.
The silver medal for the best pig inextra:stock to Mr.
Wm. Culliford, of Hayling Island, Havant, Hants.

COMMENDATIONS.

Class 2—The judges commend Mr.. Richard Strat-
ton's ox and Mr. E. Islam's ox; they highly commend
Mr. A. Beisley's ox.
Class 7—The judges commend Mr. Richard Llealy's
heifer, Mr. Joseph Phillips's heifer, and Mr. Isaac Nib-
lett's heifer; they highly commend Mr. W. M. Gibbs's
heif4r.
Class 15—Highly commended, Mr, John William's
and Messrs. W. and T. Arkeoll's pen of Southdown
wethers; commended. Lord Walsingham's and Mr. J.
R. Overman's pen of Southdown wethers.
Class 1 G.—Commended, the Duke of Richmond's pen
of Southdown wethers.

Class 19—Commended, Mr. W. Goodson's, Sir John
Conroy's, and Mr. S. Marjoribanks's pens of pigs.
Class 20—The judges highly commend Sir John Con-
roy's, Mr. Stewart Marjoribanks's, and Mr. Thos. King's
pens of pigs.

ROY AL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

A meeting of this society was held last evening ;
Sir Roderick Murchison in the chair.

The SECRETARY read the following letter from
Captain Penny, containing some further particulars
of the search for Sir John Franklin :

" Pulmuir, Aberdeen, Dec, 3, 1851.
" Sir,—l beg to lay before you, and the scientific
body to which you belong, a few observations which
came under my notice during my late voyage iu
search of Sir John Franklin, which I consider of
great importance at the present critical moment.
" On the 25th of August, 1850, having joined Cap-
tain Ommanney on the west side of Wellington
Channel, and seen the traces found by him of the
missing ships, I considered it my proper course to re-
turn to the eastern shore of the channel, with the
view of examining those parts more closely than had
been done before.

"The result of my return was most satisfactory,
for not until then were the winter quarters of the
missing ships discovered ; and, what is of still more
importance in my estimation as regards the route of
the missing ships, a watch tent upon a height about
four miles north and west from the position occupied
by the ships. This tent was evidently for the purpose
of watching every move of the ice in Wellington
Channel. We also saw the ruts of sledges going and
returning from making observations upon the
channel, and in the tent we found a small piece of
paper with the words to be called,'—the other part
of which must have been torn off, thus evidently
showing that a regular watch had been kept.
"On the sth of September, 1850, from the top of
Cape Spencer, a height of at least 750 feet, open water
was observed beyond the fixed ice in the channel.
The strong easterly gales which we experienced some
time previous to the above date had counteracted the
prevailing current from the westward, and had driven
the ice through Queen Victoria Channel into the
Arctic Basin.
" On the 7th of September a strong northerly gale
brought away fifteen miles of ice down Wellington
Channel, leaving only about fifteen miles of ice be-
tween the two seas.
" Having commenced our travelling on the 13th of
April, 1851, I came upon water and decayed ice on
the 15th of May, in the channel between Cornwallis
Land and Baillie Hamilton Island, obliging me to re-
turn by the east of the said island, and then to the
north we gained Point Surprise, in lat. 76 2, long.
95 55; The water washed the Point at my feet, and
extended 25 miles west. The sky indicated water to
the north round Dundas Island.
" The moment I stood upon Point Surprise, with
a full view to the west, I exclaimed, Through this
channel Sir John Franklin has gone in clear water.
Oh ! for a boat.' With this conviction on my mind I
returned with the determination to use every exertion
to get a boat up to this water.
" On the 29th of the same month Messrs. Goodsir
and Marshall, advancing with their party along the
shore of Cornwallis Land, were forced to return for
water with still thirty days' provision upon their

sledges.
" Again, on the 31st May, Captain Stewart, having
advanced as far as Cape Becher by the east side of
the channel and along Albert Land, came to water,
and from a height of 700 feet found nothing but open
sailing ice as far as the eye could reach, to the west
and north-west.
" On the 6th of June a boat was fully equipped,
and a journey commenced for Victoria Channel, some
of the party having only returned 34 hours from a
journey of 31 days. On the 17th of the same month
the boat was launched into the water in long. 96 deg.
west, and continued to contend for thirty-three days
with adverse winds and rapid tides, which brought
the drifting ice in such quantities to the east-
ward as to block up the various channels between
the islands, leaving an open sea beyond, seen from the
top of Baillie Hamilton's Island. My utmost exer-
tions were so hampered, that 310 miles of island coast
I were examined by the boat party ; but had a strong
easterly wind prevailed for only a short time, so g
as
counteract the effects of the westerly current,
whatto
might have not been done even with that small boat?
" It is my conviction that the tide flows from the
north-west in Victoria Channel, although there is a
'
regular rise and fall of four feet • still in mid-channel
o
the current seemed to run the greater partoouftt, washel2
hours to the eastward, which
rhiscth,n i have
isTa;eV. nod
b
greatly influenced by th
winds which prevailed for a whole month ; but
amongst islands and narrow channels one would re-
quire longer time for making observations to enable
a doubt,
him to speak with certainty on this subject.
" In Davis's Straits and Bat En's Bay
the tide flows
the south, in Lancaster Sound it lows from the
s

east.'
" With the knowledge we have awaked by our
late search, who can now doubt the route Sir John
Franklin has pursued P A watch tent to observe
every move in the Strait, and the evident signs of a
hasty departure, amount in my mind to a conviction
that he had passed in open water through Wellington
Strait and Victoria Channel, and along Prince
Albert's Land, which I am strongly of opinion ex-
tends 500 miles N.W.; and until that distance is
reached no further traces will be discovered.ds I
" Had not Sir John Franklin been farther advanced,
would not I have found traces of him on the • islan
se arched, or about the headlands where birds build