The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-14 00:00:00

ETENING;

;LADY FRANKLIN'S _RENEWED EX?.E

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out, :ho,
Albers a: Aberdeen, and which is intended to sail or the
Ist of May. We cordially wish her success, and as
good a run out as she had last year under Captain
Fors; th

"ft having been ascertained last year that an im-
portant part of the field of search for the missing A:ode
Expedition could not be explored by any of the saips
then engaged, or about to be engaged in the service, it
was resolved to equip a supplementary expfdition for
the examination of idle portion thus unprovided for.
" The part alluded to includes Regent Inlet and the
passages connecting it with the 'Western Sea, S.W. of
Cape Walker, to which latter quarter Sir John Franthe
was required by his instructions to proceed in the first
instance. This search was assumed to be necessary on
the following grounds:—
" First—The probability of Sir J. Franklin having
abandoned his vessels to the S.W. of Cape Walker.
"Second—The fact that when Sir John Franklin
sailed, hq believed that an open passage was to be found
from the westward into the south part of Regent Inlet,
according to the chart supplied to him from the
ddai-
rally, and which does not exhibit the discoveries of Rae,
made subsequently to that period. The chart annexed
is a copy of that we elluda to.

" Tliiid—Sir John Franklin would be more likely to
take this course, through a country known to possess
the resources of animal life, with the wreck of the Vic-
tory in Felix harbour for fuel, and the stores of Fitry
Beach further north, in view, than to fall upon an utterly
barren region of the north coast of America.

"Fourth—He would be more likely to expect succour
to be sent to him by way of Lancaster Sound and Bar-
row's Strait, into which Regent Inlet opens, than in any
other direction.

"In corroboration of the necessity of this part of the
search, we may refer generally to the Parliamentary
papers of 1848, '49, and '5O, and may here quote the
very important words of an experienced Arctic officer,
Captain Beechey, p. 31 of the first series—' If, in this
condition (that of being hopelessly blocked up to the
S.W. of Cape Walker), which I trust may not be the
case, Sir John Franklin should resolve upon taking to
his boats, he would prefer attempting a boat navigation
through Sir James Ross's Strait, and up Regent Inlet,
to a long land journey across the continent to the.lludson
Bay settlements, to which the greater part of his crew
would be wholly unequal.' And again, in his letter to
the Secretary of the Admiralty, 7th of Fob, 1850, Cap-
tain Beechey writes, . . . the bottom of Regent
Inlet, about the Telly Islands, should not be left unex-
amined. In the memorandum submitted to their Lord-
ships' 17th January, 1849, this quarter was considered of
importance, and I am still of opinion that had Sir John.
Franklin abandoned his vessels near the coast of Ame-
rica, and much short of the Mackenzie River, he would
have preferred the probability of retaining the use of his
boats until he found relief in Barrow's Straits, to risking
an overlai,d journey viA the before-mentioned river; and

it must be remembered that at the time he sailed Sir
George Back's discovery had rendered it very probable
that Boothia was an island.'

" The memorandum alluded to by Captain Beechey as
having been submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty
on the 17th of January, 1849, was the expression of the
unanimous opinion of the Arctic officers assembled by
command of the Admiralty to deliberate upon the best
means to be taken for the relief of the missing ex-
pedition; and in this report clause 14 is expressly de.
voted to the recommendation of the search of. Regent
Inlet.

" Upon the grounds above stated was founded the ne-
cessity of an auxiliary expedition, and accordingly last
spring a swell vessel, the Prince Albert, was fitted out
to convey two boat parties to Regent Inlet for the search
of its western shore, and of the passages or istlitimes
connecting it with, or dividing it from, the western sea,
including James Ross and Simpson Strait. This expe-
dition was equipped for an absence of two years' dura-
tion if required; but returned in less than five months,
unhappily without effecting any part of its object, a
failure which was owing to circumstances that do not in
any degree affect the practicability or hopefulness of a
renewed attempt. The vessel has been proved well fitted
for the service, whilst the intelligence which it has
brought back that traces of the missing expedition had
been eiscovere d fer to the westward, on Cape Riley, in
the route to Cape Walker, confirms the presumption
upon which the vessel was sent out, and gives increased
ground for hope in the renewed search. The necessity
for its renewal will be the more apparent when ft is
stated that the early return of the Prince Albert is un-
known either to Captain Austin, Captain Penny, or the
American ships employed in the search, so that the er-
roneous impression must exist among them that this
special service is even now in the course of accomplish-
ment.
" The resumption of the interrupted search being thus
deemed necessary, the command of the expedition -will
be given to Mr. Kennedy, late an officer in the Hudson
Bay Company's service, who has come over: from
Canada for the purpose of affording his gratuitous ser-
vices. Mr. Kennedy was eight years on the coast of
Labrador, and was the first European who ever visited
its northern coast. He has had consequently very great
experience in the kind of service to which ho has now
so nobly devoted himself. A whaling captain of very
great experience has been engaged to conduct the Prince
Albert, under the orders of Mr. Kennedy, to her desti-
nation. The sum of 3,7001. was expended last year in
sending out the Prince Albert, of which nearly ',6001.
was supplied by subscription, the remainder being de-
rived from Lady Franklin's private resources. Is is ccl.
culated that, in addition to what remains of these pri-
vate resources, about 1,000/. will be required to meet the
current pay of the master, his subordinate officers and
crew, as well as the expenses of the necessary refittings
and additional stores.

" The necessity for the proposed search may be thus
further developed. The very open season of 1845, in
which Sir John Franklin commenced his enterprise, was
followed by others of extreme severity; and it is most
probable, that having, in obedience to his instructions,
attempted to effect the passage westward, by entering
the region S.W. of Cape Walker, his progress was there
arrested during succeeding seasons, and that he ulti-
mately was compelled to abandon his ships, when his
provisions became nearly exhausted. Such a necessity
may have arisen somewhere about the latitude of 74 deg.
N., long. 105 deg. W.; in short at any point S.W. of
Cape Walker, not farther W. than long. 110 deg. And
in such case, rather than return north (which might be
indeed practicable), or move south upon the American
continent, of which (upon the coast) the utter barren-
ness was already well known to bina, he might prefer a
south-eastern course, with a view of passing in his boats,
either through James Ross Strait, or through Simpson
Strait, into the Gulf of Boothia, and so up into Regent
Inlet to the house and stores left at Fury Beach, the
only deeot of provisions known to him. The advantages
of such a course might appear to him very great.
" First—Two open passages being laid down in the
Admiralty Chart into Regent Inlet, by James Ross
Strait, and by Simpson Strait, a means of boat transport
for his party would be afforded, of which alone perhaps
their exhausted strength and resources might admit;
such a course would obviously recommend itself to a
commander who had experienced the frightful difficul-
ties of a land journey in these regions.
"Second—The proposed course would lead through a
part, the south of Boothia, in which animal life is known
at some seasons to abound; the testimony of Sir John
Ross upon this point, as shown in his work, being very
strong, and well known to Sir John Franklin.
" Third—The Esquimaux frequenting this part of
Boothia were found by Sir John Ross to be extremely
well disposed and friendly, though they could not be
induced, during his detention of three years and more, to
act as guides to remote parts beyond their accustomed
limits. It may be remarked, that Sir John Ross first
communicated with the Esquimaux at Boothia Felix, in
January, 1830, and that on the 27th July, 1834, Sir
George Bsck first met the Esquimaux at the mouth of
the Back River, at which date they knew nothing of any
ship having been in Regent Inlet. In other words, the
news had not travelled 200 miles in four years and a half.
" Fourth—lt is the direct route towards the habitual
yearly resort of the whalers on the west coast of Baffin
Bay and Davis Strait. Indeed these ships occasionally
descend Regent Inlet to a considerable distance south.
Fifth—There are two persons attached to Sir John
Franklin's expedition who are well acquainted with this
region and its resources—viz., Mr. Blanky fee-master;
and Mr. Macdonald, assistant-surgeon of the Terror. The
former was with Sir John Ross in the Victory. The
latter has mada several voyages in whaling vessels, and
is acquainted with the parts lying between the Regent
Inlet and Davis Strait. Where so few amongst the
crews of the missing ships have had any local experience,
the concurrent knowledge of two persons would have
considerable weight.
" Sixth—Opinions are very greatly divided as to the
part in which Sir John Franklin's party may have been
arrested, and as to the course they may have taken in
consequence. It would be therefore manifestly unfair
and most dangerous to reason out and magnify any one
hypothesis at the expense of the others. The plan now
proposed seeks to provide for the probability of the.ex-
peditien having been stopped shortly after the passing
to the south-west of Cape Walker. The very open sea-
son of 1845 was followed by years of unusual severity
until the last. It is therefore very possible that retreat
as well as onward progress has been impossible—that
safety alone has become their last object. Can it be that
now, when the hope of tescuing them in their last ex-
tremity depends (as far as human means can ensure it)
on the multiplying of simultaneous efforts in every direc-
, don, the necessity of this one should not be recognised?
The special search which is now pleaded for must he
neglected unless a vessel be sent out purposely to carry
it into effect."

DEATH 01' THE HON. CAPTAIN .uuDLEr, A. W.
PELHAM, R.N., M.P.—We regret to announce the unexpected
demise of the above gallant officer, who expired yesterday,
at his residence, in Motcomb- street,Belgrave-square, in his
39th year. lie was youngestson of the late, and brother to
married, 1839,
the present, Earl of Yarborough, and daughter
of Rear-Admiral Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., by whom
he has left au intent family. Ile was a Liberal in politics,
and was elected for Boston on the retirement of Sir James
Duke, Bart.
DEATH or THE HON. F. S_AVILLE.—This gentle-
man died on the 3d of April, at Coblentz, after, a short
illness. The deceased was fifth son of the Earl and Countess
of Mexborough. lie marred in 1839, Antonina, daughter of
the Rev. William Archdall, by whom he leaves issue three
children. Mr. Saville was brother to Lord Pollington, late
M.P. for Pontefract.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Friday information was
received by the Metropolitan Police that the Royal Ordnance
Powder-mills, at Waltham Abbey, bad been burglariougly
entered and plundera of a large amount of property. The
thieves broke into the cashier's office, and, forcing open the
iron-safe, they took from it 3201. in 13ank of England notes,
196 sovereigns, and 18s. 2d. in silver and copper. They also
effe..ted an entry into the storekeeper s-room, from whence
they took 121. Besides the cash, they took a quantity of
powder, and got clear away with their booty.