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propose that all the strength
tion should be directed towardse
17------------dtheenergy of the expedi-
andexamination of
.the
upper part of Wellington Strait
that by the adoption of the same
sidered arrangements which were attended and
Yr
Carewiculaaredof
ernon
h•cosan:
tisfactory results on the late occasion this examsnicatn
may be effected without any serious risk of loss or ada
nger.
14. If, on arriving at the proposed rendezvous early
renders August, the barrier of ice at the entrance of the strait
renders any att' mpt to penetrate it unsafe or imprudent,
it may, perhaps, still be possible to convey Prudent,
runners, •
runners, or sledges, or by any small " lanes' which may offer, and launch them into the open water above, and by
this means depots of provisions may be advanced to the
most convenient points, and such further information
obtained during the remainder of the navigable season
as might very much facilitate the operations of the en-
suing spring.
15. These operations must, in that case, be commenced
as early as possible in the season of 1853, and pushed
forward with as much rapidity as is consistent with pru-
dence, it being clearly understood by all the exploring
parties that they must return to the depot at Beechey
Island in good time for their embarkation by the middle
of August at latest. The object in view would be to ex-
amine the upper part of Wellington Strait, as far be-
yond hit. Penny's mirth-western advance as possible;
and if Sir John Franklin did really proceed in that di-
rection, it appears highly improbable that some traces of
his expedition should not be discovered by the exploring
parties in their search.
16. If, on the other hand, Wellington Strait is found
°Pen and navigable on the arrival of the expedition in
the summer of 1852, we think one of the sailing ships,
with a steamer, might proceed at once to take advantage
of this
judge such a measure safe and prudent, and be thus
opportunity, if the officer commanding should
placed in winter quarters in a more favourable position
17t with the
1 commencing the land search in the spring of 1853,
a most distinct injunctions not to advance to
such a distance as to endanger their return to the depot,
of any irreparable disaster
or their communication with it in that year; and it
should be oejoined
_ o Provide
a of the diffi
if they should be too fir be extri•
sated during the summerm
c3:f fixed in the ice to. .
an-
el; utoal
tshtreiesthniepass,stohpartooineethdienegv.eonrt
h 1853, they are to be ab
cloned, and the crews brou down to the depot.
17. It is, however, Proper tt
contingency; namely, th t
at a late season rendering the retreat of the Crew to
Beechey Island more.hazardons t remaining by the ships (if
they
arooth
Cher winter; and in that case the
eciuri
yoi
Tr
soos
of travelling
apno s possible
frozen only up) ano-
iwmipthro improbable
mpsas t
rtreided with provi-
Island, which will be still amply p°l i at Beech" sinus, &c., must remain also unlit-
rfeodlloewliunigpinyeenart:
;position, and our
confident
this is,
and appliances of all kinds which
dictate, such an exploration will be madeezPieuritehlmeeawriyil part of 1853 as to enable the whole expedition toe -I"
to England before the close of the navigable seas
18. It is obviously impossible to provide in a report of
this kind for more remote and less probable contin-
gencies; but their Lordships instructions to Captain
Austin (par. 4 and 7) contain all the discretionary
power with which an officer under such circumstances
can be entrusted; and we conclude they will be (nab°.
died in any future orders on the same subject.
19. We have thought it right to request from the
several gentlemen named in the margin their opinions on
this interesting but most difficult question; 'and we an-
nex their replies, to which we beg to call their Lordships'
attention.
20. We have also requested from Captain Austin and
the officers specially employed in his travelling parties
such suggestions as to practicable improvements in
equipments clothing, and provisions, as their recent
experience so well qualifies them to offer. They are
annexed to this report, and will be found of considerable
importance.
21. Although our instructions do not advert to the
report of the loss of the missing ships received from an
Esquimaux named Adam Beck, and to which Sir John
Ross in his evidence still attaches much weight, we beg
to state that a paper written by Adam Beck, in the pre-
sence of Sir John Ross and Captain Ommanney, and
purporting to be the substance of information communi-
cated to him by another Esquimaux, now in England,
named Erasmus York, on the subject of the loss of the
ships and the murder of the crews, has, on being trans-
lated before us by a Moravian missionary well ac-
quainted with the Esquimaux language, proved not to
contain a single word relating to this occurrence.
22. Adam Beck's subsequent deposition, which was
sent to Copenhagen for translation, has not yet been re-
turned; but it their Lordships should consider any fur-
ther inquiry necessary, we would only express an earnest
hope that it may be conducted separately, and not al-
lowed to interfere with the early arrival of the proposed
expedition in Barrow 'a Strait.
23. With respect to the efforts now making to afford
relief to the missing ships in the direction of Behring's
Strait, we do not venture to offer any suggestions, be-
yond a hope that, until further accounts are received from
Captain Collinson and Commander M'Clure, the Plover
may be kept fully provisioned.
We have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servants,
War. BOWLES, Rear-Admiral.
ARTHUR FANSHAWE, Rear-Admiral.
W. E. PARRY, Captain.
F. W. BBECHEY, Captain.
GEORGE BACK, Captain.

To J. Parker, E,q., kc., SeC., Admiralty.
[HE UNITED STATES.

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK.
LivEapoon, THURSDAY NIGHT, 9.15.—We hive
just received three days later advisee from the United
States by the Collins steam-ship Baltic, which sailed
from New York direct to this port tor the 22d ult.
The Baltic brings over about fifty passengers, and
specie to the extent of 1,500,000 dolls.
The city of New York had been the scene of a
heartn nding calatnity, the particulars of which are
detailed in the advises to hand. In the ninth ward
school house a false alarm of fire had been raised.
The school, which is a very large one, numbers 1,800
children, and they made a rush to the doors. Unfor-
tunately the banisters of the stairs gave way, and the
scholars were precipated downwards, upwards of fifty
of them being instantly killed, and seventy-five in!,
jurcd.
The political intelligence to hand is not important.
Business was is an easy condition, the large expor-
tation of specie not having effected to any great ex-
tent mercantile operations in the leading marts.
Stocks and securities had made a slight advance, and
the money market was in a better state than when
the Canada left. The exports of precious metals were
likely to continue.
Breadstuffs were not in active request. Prices
were much as formerly. Western Canal Flour, 3
dolls. 53c. to 3 dolls. 62i-c. per barrel. Gennessee
prime Wheat, 92c. to 94c. per lb. ; Indian Corn,
round yellow, 60c. to 62c. per bushel, steady ; Indian
Meal, 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 37ic. per barrel.
The cotton market at New York was quiet, and
business to a moderate extent only had been done.
Prices were quite steady as follow :—New Orleans
and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 9,ic. to 101 c. per lb. ;
Uplands mid. fair to fair, ”c. to 9.3. per lb.
Provisions were unchanged.
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dx c;h
Paris,a ng e osn
11.2o;ndlointim, lbluOrgh,to36lilot:,lo, i3n6.1 o; o di3 dr
ee
...-
men, 79:1- to 79?5.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OIIR OWN CORAESPONDENT.)
.....

, -
COWES, DEC. 4.
ROYAL CHARITY.—Two hundred and fifteen of the
passengers in the ship France, of Philadelphia, from
Antwerp for America, have been landed at East Cowes.
little
the
tsel.teastoegu.
apt The
ae:3l
and
On the situation of these unfortunates being made
known to her Majesty, orders were given that they
should be supplied with coffee, bread, and soup, from au
contributed Kingston
an
d Farm,
othe r vegetables
efnrgoetmthaeb royal
ltehse
ftror
establishment fitted up for the purpose by her Mojest}'s
turnips,ro or 3cl' ae rl
s children a t
carrots,
their little barrows may be seen every morning load_vd
for the unfortunate foreigners. It is our •
ship could sustain the terrible shock prising how the
that she received
from some unknown vessel on the
night of the 24th of
November; she was cut down
edge,her windlass broken, and nearly to the water's
such was the force with
which she was struck that t° h planks wore driven out
on her starboard side; indeed,
it is thought that she is she is such a wreck that
past
being discharged into w repairing. Her cargo is
warehouses.
DEATH OF CAP
This dist' • TAIN JAMES WILEINsoN, It N.—
icguished officerdeparted
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Gurnard, ve" Wert
Cowes, )after an Hines, of - , duration.
only a few hours
He was and actively
hale and hearty the day preceding,
employed superintending the business of his farm.
Captain Wilkinson was second in command at the cap-
ture of Don t m•guel,s fleet by Admiral Napier; at that
time he was better known as Commodore Reeves.
When the command of Don Pedro's fleet was given to
first business was to start for
the gallant Napier, his
of Wilkinson as second in
Cowes, to secure the'services
command, than whom a more gallant officer never trod
the quarter-deck.

aspiritedrnSg a t
e
PRIZE LIFEBOAT.—We under-
standhave liberally
rice stated in the life-boat report—namely,
builder for thet
theya
intend cordially to co-operate with the
250/., and t
N thatjtr theu D
trustees
purchasede :f of
this. the
excellentßoy a Royal Harbourboatftom ofalls
Bops' Nationalha Institution for the Preservation of Life from
shipwreck, in carrying out its benevolent objects, of which
o y his Grace the Duke of Northumberland is the presi-
dent.sciet- We hope th at other wealthy trusts of harbours will
follow the laudable example set them by their Ramsgate
brethren, for the want of life-boats cri the coasts of the United
Kingdom is really a disgrace to us as a great maritime na-
tion. There are only about 96 of these life-preserving vessels
on the whde extent of our rocky coast, and about one-half
of them are reported as unserviceable.
The letters from Calcutta received on Wednesday
by the overland mall express great misgivings as to the re
suit of the operations which have been carried on throughout
the year. Since the India Company abolished their system,
.3
of making advances on produce, the joint-stock bi.ks,e
_2 :0
said, have adopted the practice to an extent that_ Hencei athe
greater evils than were then complained f
wouldmarketsh
harmonise
ocnoins
es tlaynittiliy
rkeptrieesaboonvethtihs e
side,gar et natural level
ml
housesevaeilti
multiplied
113 i e
ti
small capital, which have of courtsoe
since the crisis of 1847,
no failures had
course of speculation.
Thus far,
rn
to have been sustained
taken place, but the losses knorew
such as to have created on
both en exports mad imports are
coupled with the conviction
are inductoppilypu, pursue a constant
thettehma
that
part
unless
oitnthttei
no mospeedily
u long,tci
houec
ka e d tradersltmust surprise
en ais
t thatne r
it
ohuel 1 sayi 14 -.
sword.