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TH.E GREAT EXHIBITION

Yesterday the receipts at the doors of the building
rose to 2,7951. ls., the number of visitors, according to
the police returns, being 58,015. The Duke of Nor-
folk gave a holiday to 60 more of his farm labourers,
who, previous to starting, were regaled with a sub-
stantial breakfast at Arundel. Thence they were
conveyed by express train to the London-bridge ter-
minus, and they made their appearance in the Exhi-
bition in full agricultural costume, and with green
rosettes in their hats, surmounted by ears of corn, as
the signs of a completed harvest.
With reference to the lock controversy, we have re-
ceived the following copy of a letter addressed by the
Messrs. Bramah to Mr. George Rennie, chairman of
the committee of arbitration, from which it will be
seen that, while stating certain objections, they have
paid Mr. Hobbs the 200 guineas won by him :
" 124, Piccadilly. Sept. 9.
" Dear Sir,—We beg to acknowledge your letter of
yesterday's date, and will not tr,uble you to attend here
to-morrow, hut beg to hand you the 2101. awarded by
the arbitrators to Mr. Hobbs. We need scarcely repeat
that the decision at which the arbitrator have arrived
has surprised us much, and we owe to dillielves and the
public to protest against it. We do so for the following
reasons:--

" 1. Because the arbitrators, having been appointed
to see fair play,' and that the lock was fairly operated
upon, did not, although repeatedly requested in writing
to do so, once inspect or allow any one to witness Mr.
Hobbs's operations during the 16 days he had the sole
custody of the lock, and was engaged in the work.

" 2.Bec.iuse the arbitrators did not once exercise
their right of using the key, although repeatedly re-
quested in writing to do so, till after Mr. Hobbs had
completed his opera ions ; and then, instead of applying
it it once to prove no damage had been done to the
lock, allowed him 24 hours to repair any that might
have occurred.

"3. Because the lock being opened by means of a
fixed aparatus, screwed to the woodwork in which the
lock was enclosed for the purpose of the experiment
(which it is obvious could not have been applied to an
iron door without discovery), and the addition of three
or four other instruments, the spirit of the challenge has
evidently not been complied with.

"4. fi,cause from the course adopted an opportunity
of some good scientific results has been taken from us,
as neither arbitrators nor any one else saw the whole,
or even the most important. instruments by which it is
said the lock was picked actually applied in operation,
either before or after the lock was presented open to the
arbitrators.

" 5. Because during the progress of Mr. Hobbs's ope-
rations, and several days before their completion, we
called the attention of the arbitrators to what we con-
sidered the interpretation of the challenge, begging at
the same time that they would apply th© key and ap•
point some one to be present during the residue of the
experiment, feeling that whatever might be the result
in a scientific point of view, the reward could not be
awarded. We would add that we think that several
points which appear on your minutes should not have
been mentioned in your award, more especially that Mr.
H ebbs on the 2d of Juno took a wax impression of the
lock, and had made, as far as he could, instruments
therefrom between that date and the commencement of
his operations.
" We are, dear Sir, your obedient servants,
BRAMAII and Co.
" George Rennie, Esq., Chairman of the
Bramah Lock C )rnmit tee."

The Canadian exhibitors have set an example of
practical wisdom, will reference to the Exhibition,
which is well worthy of imitation. Feeling that
this great display in Hyde-park would be chiefly
viewed in its bearings upon the industry
of this country, they have not lost sight
of the fact, that it has an important significance
with reference to their colonial interests, and
they have therefore appointed a jury to investigate
thoroughly the question how they are most to be
benefited by the occasion. It is highly probable that
the East India Company will adopt a similar course,
and to any one at all conversant with the details of
the Exhibition, the practical value of an inquiry of
the kind cannot be overrated. It is on all hands
allowed that the Indian collection is not only the most
attractive, but the most instructive display in the
Crystal Palace, and if we are likely to benefit from it
so largely, it is only right and fair that the Company
in its turn should be equally benefited. Our other
colonies and dependencies are not represented by
any authority empowered to attend to their in-
terests, and in the general rush for honours and
distinctions, it is much to be feared that their in-
terests mac be overlooked. Our Australian and
New Z aland possessions, Ceylon, Malta, Western
Africa, Van Diemen's Land, and other territories
owing allegiance to the British Crown, have no au-
thorised representatives in the Crystal Palace, the
contents of which are no doubt deeply suggestive to
them. The propriety of their being furnished with
reports suited to their respective requirements cannot
be dispu!ed, and it is to be hoped that the Colonial-
office will turn its attention to this matter, and supply
them with the information afforded by an opportunity
which may never again arise. In our Home Govern-
ment the same point is suggestive, and the example of
private individuals and associations should act as an
incentive. The Society of Arts has offered premiums
for five general essays. In the same spirit, Mr.
Gilbart has announced a prize of 100 guineas for
a treatise on subjects tending to improve the
present system of banking. If our public de-
partments were to take a hint from this,
the most beneficial results might be expected. Let
us suggest, for instance, that Sir John Bur-
goyne and the Board of Ordnance should depute
some person or persons to report upon the Exhibition
as it affected them. The body selected for this duty
would have ample materials on which to exercise its
talents. It might investigate the merits of the new
construction of guns, the advantages of loading at
the breech, of conical bullets, of convenient accou-
trements, of properly tempered swords and so forth.
The Admiralty also might come prominently for-
ward, and determine the moot paints of ship anchors,
and of the best system of naval architecture. Marine
engines and the apparatus for handling guns with dex
terity would like wise be advantageously discussed.
If there is any truth in the saying, that the best way
to preserve peace is to he thoroughly prepared for war,
here is a most favourable opportunity for giving effect to
that maxim. But the occasion is suggestive to private
associations, as well as purely Governmental depart-
ments. Civil engineers, architects, and id genus
omne should not lose the chance afforded them for
preserving special records of what they have seen.
They cannot expect to have the display in Hyde-park
looked at and pronounced upon carefully, according
to their view ; and they should, therefore, take that
duty carefully upon themselves. The juries in the
different classes have, no doubt, done their work well,
and their reports will be extremely valuable; hut an
independent judgment formed by bodies that support
particular interests, and have an existence apart from
the Exhibition, is much to be desired, and there can
be no reason why they should not turn their orgeni-
zation to account for such a purpose. The Royal
Commission encourage them to do so by their
own conduct. They are forming a collection
of objects in a condensed form as a work
of reference hereafter when the Exhibition
shall have passed away. They have deputed
Mr. Redgrave to report upon all matters
tending to introduce into our manufactures a better
and purer spirit of ornamental design. They propose
addressing to the exhibitors a series of questions
tending to develop individual experiences and opinions
with reference to the Exhibition. They are endea-
vouring, in a variety of ways, to catch up and con-
dense into an appreciable form the speculative and
statistical interests of an event which may not occur
again in our generation. Such labours are of vast
importance, and may be most materially assisted both
by Government departments and by private associa-
tions, Prince Albert once characterised the Exhibi-
tion as furnishing " a new starting point " for the in-
dustry of the world. If that description is appropriate,
the more thoroughly we realize the actual position in
which we now stand the more securely can we ad
vance towards the accomplishment of those industrial
triumphs which the future has in store for us.—
Morning Paper.

COMMUNICATION between ENGLAND and
IRELAND, via CHES I Et( and HOLYHEAD.

It would not be doing justice to the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company to consider their recent
arrangement of through fares and return tickets be-
tween England and Ireland simply in the light of a
commercial speculation. No doubt the scheme now
set on foot for fictlitqting the intercourse between the
two countries will be commercially profitable; but a
step in this direction is not wi'hout importance in a
political and social point of view. The more the
people of England and Ireland are enabled to come in
contact, the inure kindly will grow the relationship
between thetwo courrries ; and prejudices which each
nap has formed against the other will be found to
falLbefere the test of actual observation and friendly
ia4orcourse. The resources of Ireland also have yet
iikfiae developed, and any facilities whereby the inter-
communication of the two countries can be promoted,
and an inducement otE,red for the investment of capi-
tal in the Irish soil, may fairly be regarded as a
national boon.

mitted on all hands that, if the Chevalier Claussen's
invention, about to undergo trial by Sir Robert Kane,
is found successful the flax crop will become one of
the most important in the country, both in an agri-
cultural and manufacturing point of view.

THE COLLISION ON TFIE GREAT

NORTHERN RAILWAY.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The fearful collision whiclil;;;PWei;.oti;O excur-
sion trains on this line on Monday evening was at-
tended by the most disastrous, and it is feared fatal,
consequences. The trains which met with the disaster
were crowded with hundreds of visitors to the Crystal
Palace, and, considering the great danger they were
exposed to, it may be deemed a most providential
circumstance that a frightful sacrifice of life did not

ensue.
The Hornsey station is rather prominent, and can
be seen from a considerahle distance by those in
charge of an approaching up-train. On Monday
evening, between five and six o'clock, an up-train of
trucks, laden with coal, was suddenly brought to a
stand-still at the Hornsey station, in consequence of
the engine which was attached becoming disabled
from some cause or other. As soon as the moving of
the train was found to be impracticable with the
means then at command, the station-master adopted
the most prompt measures for having the usual precau-
tionary signals placed at the rear of the trucks, and
seeking the aid of a pilot-engine from town. In a short
time an up luggagetrain appeared in sight, and on ar-
riving near the station was duly stopped, the coal-trucks
of course obstructing its progress to London. Atten-
tion was then drawn to the safety of the up excursion
trains, their usual period of passing that portion of the
line having nearly arrived. In addition to the ordi-
nary long-distance semaphore signal, a man was sent
down the line some distance behind the luggage train
with a flag and lamp, and the next train that came
up was that filled with visitors from Hull, Grimsby,
and Boston, &c., which was safely stopped. Further
precaution was then adopted, and behind this third
train which was brought to a stand-still two men
were sent along the line, one to the extent of 1,000
yards, with orders to exhibit the stop and danger
signals ; which the men said they duly complied with.
While this was going on every effort was used to
move the coal-trucks one way or the other. Unfor-
tunately the line at present has no electric telegraph;
but at length the pilot engine arrived, and, with all
the dispatch possible under the circumstances, the
coal-train was got under weigh, followed by the
luggage train. The station being clear, the Exhibi-
tion train from Hull was signalled to come up to the
platform; but the preceding train being only so short a
distance ahead, it was necessary to detain it until they had
been some way on the road. The usual red lights were
out, and it is stated that the man who had gone back
more than 1,000 yards remained at his post. How-
ever, the Hull train had not been standing many
minutes before another filled with excursionists from
Leeds, York, &c., and driven by two engines, was
observed to he coming up behind it at a rapid rate.
It was obvious that the long danger signals bad not
been noticed, and we may perhaps as well mention
here that neither of the trains in their ordinary
course were appointed to stop at Hornsey. The con-
sternation that prevailed on the Leeds train coming
so closetin sight almost beggars description. On the
cry being raised, " A train is coming behind you,
move on, move on," an attempt was made to put the
Hull passengers in motion, but scarcely had the en-
gine taken a few strokes, before another cry was
given, a collision appearing inevitable, " Jump, jump."
Several did so, and in a few moments the front loco-
motive of the York train came in contact with the
rear of the Hull carriages. The shock is described to
have been of the most formidable character. The,
last three carriages of the Hull train were second
class, and as we are informed by an eye-witness, they
were thrown about upon one another and shattered
almost to pieces. Happily their framework and
couplings held, and to this fortunate cir-
cumstance may be attributed the preser-
vation of the lives of the unfortunate occu-
pants. The excitement and confusion somewhat sub
siding, attention was immediately directed to the in-
jured passengers. Ihe Rev. Mr. Snell, of Fleet, near
Holheach, in Lincolnshire, who had come up to town
to visit the Exhibition, was removed in a dreadful stab-
of suffering. He had sustained a concussion of the
spine, an injury which utterly prostrated the whole of
hi, lower extremities. With every care he wag re-
' moved to the neighbouring Railway Hotel, and was
promptly attended by Dr. Hands of the village of
Hornsey, and other medical gentlemen. Mrs. Sarah
Reynolds, of Tyler-street, Hitchin, who was accom-
panied by her son and. daughter, also received much
injury. She pas pronounced to have a leg fractured
near the knee joint, and fractured ribs. Her son and
daughter were also injured about the face and legs.
Mr. Jackson, a medical gentleman, who had come up
from Lincolnshire, was found insensible. He had
been seriously struck on the he id, and blood was
flowing from his ears. Mr. Ffolkes, a gentleman
living in Upper Southwick-street, Connaught-street,
also sustained contusions. The wounded passengers
being extricated, and the express up-train, which
was over-due, stopped, the usual information was
forwarded to the officials at the liing's•cross
terminus, and Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general
manager of the Great Northern Railway Company
promptly visited the spot. Mrs. Reynolds was ad-
vised to remove to University Hospital, whither she
was conveyed. On learning the critical condition of
the Rev. Mr. Snell Mr. Clarke placed at the rev.
gentleman's disposal a special train to town, in order
to communicate with his son, whom we are informed
is also in holy orders. A messenger was accordingly
dispatched, and the son returned with the train. We
should also state that Mr. Clarke expressed his readi-
ness to send to London for any eminent surgeon he
might feel anxious to call in. His state yesterday,
while not worse, was fir from favourable. He had
expressed a desire that Mrs. Seen might be sent for;
and in the course of the day a relative started by train
for her.
At the present stage of the proceedings we abstain
from making any allusion to the exact cause of the
accident. The whole facts were laid before the
directors yesterday, and the usual information was
forwarded to the Board of Trade on the subject. We
may state, however, that the driver of the train has
been suApended.
As far as we could gather the following appears to
be a correct list of the parties injured :
The Rev. W. Snell, aged 56, of Fleet, near Hol-
beach, in Lincolnshire—Concussion of spine, and a
consequent injury to the whole of his lower extremi-
ties. Lying at the Railway Hotel, Hornsey.
Mrs. Sarah Reynolds, of Tyler- street, Hitchin,
Herts—We were informed by the medical gentlemen
who saw her at Hornsey, that she had sustained a
fractured leg and rib. Last evening, however, one of
the officers of the company acquaint- d us that it was
ascertained that the leg had not been fractured.
Sarah Reynolds (her daughter)—contused face.
Henry Reynolds (her son)—ankleinjured, and con-
tused leg and arm.
Mr. Jackson, surgeon, of Lincolnshire—head in-
jured, and otherwise hurt.
Mr. Ffolkes, gentleman, of 9, Upper Southwick -
street, Connaught-street, Hyde-p irk—contused face.
James Blow, stonemason, of W isbeach—cap of knee
injured.
From representations made to us, there were many
others who suffered seriously in the train.

Tde booking through and return ticket system lr-
tween England and Ireland has been in operation
since the Ist of August, but during that month it
only extended between London, Birmingham, Man-
chester, Liverpool, and Chester, on the one hand, and
Dublin on the other. It is now carried out between
those towns in England, and Dublin, Cork, Limerick,
Kilkenny, Galway, Ballinasloe, Athlone, Mu'linger,
Belfast, Newry, and Dundalk. Passengers are also
booked to or from Kingstown and Crewe, "Warring-
ton, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Bangor. The return-
ticket system enables a party travelling between Lon-
don and any of the above places in Ireland to be
absent a fortnight ; and the price of these tickets is
usually a single fare and a half; but in some cases it
is even lower. Passengers get to Dublin by express
trains in 13i hours, and thus save largely upon the
Liverpool route. The distance between London and
Dublin is 333 miles, so that a passenger taking a
return ticket travels 666 miles, first class express, for
4/. 105., or at the rate of about 12s. 6d. per 100 miles,
including boats. Second class passengers are charged
in the proportion of one third less. The single tare
from London to Galway, first class, is 31. 16s , and
2/. 12s. second class ; return tickets are Si. 15s. first
class, and 4/. second class. The single fare to Newry
is 3/. ss. first class, and 2/. 6s. second class; return
tickets 4/. 17s. 6d. first class, and 3/. 95. second. The
first-class fare to Belfast is 3/. 10s., second class 2/.
103.; return ticket Si. 53. first class, 3/. 15s. second.
The principal Irish railways which have associated
themselves with the Chester and Holyhead Company
in the above extension of railway communication, are
the Great Southern and Western, between Dublin
and Cork ; the Midland Great Western, between
Dublin and Galway; the Dublin and Drogheda, the
Belfast Junction, and the Irish South-Eastern. When
the Killarney Junction Railway is formed from Mal-
low to Killarney, the railway communication between
Dublin and the Lakes will be complete. Railway
accommodation will also be afforded between Dublin
and "Wicklow in the course of the next eighteen
months, and the line will traverse Bray and other in-
teresting scenery in the county of Wicklow. The
through railway communication between Dublin and
Belfast will be completed in January next, with the
exception of the Boyne viaduct, which will not be
finished until 1853. It may here be stated that the
same system of booking through between England
and the places we have enumerated on the other side
of the channel will be applied to goods as well as pas-
sengers.

The English tourist will naturally seek Killarney.
The medium of communication for the greater part
of the distance is the Great Southern and Western
Railway (the best constructed and best managed line
throughout. Ireland), which will take him to Cork, if
he prefers first to see the lalo-s from the Kenmare•
road ; or to Mallow, if he chooses to go direct to Kil-
larney. By adopting the former course he will be
enabled to visit Cork and Qaeenstown ; and by pur-
suing that route, Bantry Bay and the magnificent,
scenery of Glengariff will also be brought within his
view. By the Midland Great Western Railway he
reaches Galway, whose bay has recently been the
subject of so much controversy.
As the through fare and return ticket system has
only been fully in operation since the Ist September,
the effect upon the traffic generally has not yet been
ascertained ; but it may be mentioned as an instance
of the augmented traffic which must have taken place
since the partial adoption of the scheme on the Ist
August, that whereas the daily number of passengers
by the Chester and Holyhead boats, both ways, was,
in the month of August, 1850, only fifty, it last
month averaged one hundred and fifty—an excess
partly owing, no doubt, to the attraction of the Great
Exhibition, but showing, nevertheless, a large acces-
sion of traffic.

Toe generally healthy state of the grain and green
crops cannot but be a subject of eongrbtulation to
those who may visit Ireland. In the spring there
were apprehensions with regard to the oat crop,
owing to the excessive rain which then prefailed ; but
the crop has wonderfully recovered during the sum-
mer, and there will be an average yieli of good
quality. The wheat crop, also, will be of average
quality, and taking the whole country throrgh, there
will be a fair crop of barley. Of the potato crop,
which has been the subject of so much alarm no fears
need be entertained, for taking the average of the
country, there will be a far greater crop than last
year. This year the disease has manifested itself with
far less virulence than in former seasons. Fortunately,
also, large quantities of potatoes were plantel early,
and those are quite safe. The abatement in the first
symptoms of the disease this season was most mani-
fest in the south and west of Ireland, The blot ap-
peared unmistakeably about the 10th or 12th of Au-
gust, but in a mitigated form, and it certainly has not
made so much progress as in former years. It has
not spread over the leaves andstems as in past s'agans,
and the tubers are proportionately safe. In fact,
in
the south and west the tubers may be declared gene-
rally free from danger. The disease has certainly
appeared in a more malignant form in the north of
Ireland, and the tubers appear to be iojurecll but
this remark applies more particularly to the counties
of Down and Antrim. In Donegal the potatoes are
quite safe. Mr. Crawford, the Poor law Commis-
sioner, recently returned from a tour in the north,
has carefully examined the state of the crops in that
part of the country, and he pronounces them tc be
decidedly inferior to those in the south and west. As
a proof of the abatement in the symptoms of the as-
ease, it may be stated that a gentleman in Galway
had his field attacked by blight about three webs
ago. There was the ordinary appearance, accon-
panted by bad smell, but after the symptoms had rs-
mained a short time the leaves gradually becaue
greener, and recovered their original colour, and the
gentleman now declares the crop to be good, both ce
regards quality and quantity. In Kerry great fears
were at first entertained, but in that county there wil
also be a fair crop. The turnip crop will also
be generally good, although it has suffered
much in the south and west. This crop
was attacked in the southern and western districts
by grub, worm, and catterpillar, and large portions of
it were cut off; but even in the localities most attacked
the crop has much recovered. In the county of Cork
the turnips were much injured, but they have rallied
wonderfully, and, owing to the large quantities of seed
sown in this particular county, a good supply may
be anticipated. To revert, for a moment, i
to the
potato, it is the opinion of those agriculturists n Ire-
land best qualified to pass an opinion, that a consi-
derable abatement is observable in the symptoms and
development of the blight. Experience also has now
taught Irish farmers that their best safeguard against
the attack of the potato disease is to plant early, and
sow an early kind of potato. Indeed, the only way
to secure a good crop is to plant early, between No-
vember and the end of February, on ground which
has been well manured. Bitter experience has shown
that if the potato is planted late it more easily falls a
prey to the disease. The ravages of the potato blight
have made the planting of new kinds of potatoes ne-
cessary. The cup, the limper (now quite gone off
in Galway), the banger, the pink eye, the apple, the
Jersey blues, and the black seedling, are evidently be-
coming scarce, and it is necessary to plant kemps," pro-
testants," forty folds, and' peelers." Not only are the
chances of a good crop augmented by planting early, but
by adopting this course employment is given to the
people at a period of the year when they otherwise
would be idle. The experiment of early planting was
at first considered dangerous, on account of the frost ' •
but experience has shown that although the first
leaves may be cut off in the spring, the potatoes sub-
sequently recover themselves. With regard to the
potato crop, as a whole, it is the opinion of the best
informed persons in Ireland that there is no ground
for apprehending a failure ; but, on the contrary, that
a far better crop than last year may be locked for.
At all events all agriculturists concur in thinking the
gloomy anticipations of failure indulged in by Mr.
Kincaid and others at the beginning of the season
premature and unfounded. Having thus briefly,
spoken of the various crops, this account would be in-
complete if reference were not made to the flax crop,
with regard to which so muchinterest must be felt by:
all persons visiting Ireland. There can be no doubt.
that the growth of flax has mocha increased in Ireland,
and that it is now cultivated in parts of the country
where it was before wholly unknown. It is now ad-

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE TYNE.
On Monday an inquest was held at Howdon, before
Mr. Stephen Reed, upon four of the bodies of the un-
fortunate sufferers by the boat accident, the particulars
of which appeared in our columns of Wednesday
last. From the evidence it appears that there were
nineteen persons in the sculler-boat, and that in con-
sequence of its being thus overcrowded, and the tide
running strong at the time, it was unmanageable, and
was drifted athwart the stern of a vessel which was
lying at a short distance from the steam-boat, upon
which the passengers were to have been landed. The
boat sank immediately after it struck, and six persons
were drowned, only four of whose bodies have yet
been recovered. William Wright, a boat-builder,
deposed that he had measured the boat and found
it to be 15§ feet long and 6 feet broad. It was
capable of holding only fourteen persons with
safety ; and, with eighteen or nineteen persons, there
could not be sufficient room to manage the oars. The
coroner, in addressing the jury, observed, that though
there was a great number of passengers on board,
there was no evidence to chow that the boatman, John
Paige, solicited them to go into the boat, or that any
of them expressed any apprehension of danger. It
was true that a person who took passenger:
wasinto
an-
swerable boat should exercise some discretion, as h
for their safety, and if this boatman con-
sidered there ware too many for safety, he certainly
was very blameable in taking them. There was no
regulation upon the Tyne as to the number of persons
a boat should carry, as there was upon the name.,
but if they thought this man had not exercised a sound
and proper discretion it would be a very serious thing
for him. If, however, he had not been remonstrated
with, and thought there was safety in taking so many
passengers, it was one of those unfortunate accidents
which there is no accounting for. The jury, after
five minutes' consideration, returned a verdict of ac-

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cidental death, and, at the same time, expressed a
wieb that the boatman should be reprimanded for his
want of skill and judgment, which was immediately
dune in an impressive manner by the coroner.

TRACES OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
We were happy to give our readers yesterday an
account of the intelligence just received from Davis
Straits of the Arctic Expeditions in search of Sir
John Franklin. The information was conveyed in a
memorandum given by Dr. Kane, surgeon to the
American brig Advance, to Captain Parker, of the
whaler Truelove, which was forwarded by Captain
Parker to the Admiralty, by the Tyne, of Berwick,
which arrived on the 6th inst.
We have since received another account of this
matter, of which we proceed to give the substance as
follow,.:—On the 26th August of last year, the day
after the Prince Albert left Wellington Channel, on
her return home, further traces of Sir John Frank-
lin's expedition were discovered by the Advance, to
the north of Point Tunes, in Wellington Channel, and
on the 27th three graves were found on B-echey
bland, by Capt. Penny's parties, which were visited
by Capt. de Haven, Capt. Penny, and Dr. Kane.
These bore the nam.s respectively of one marine and
one seaman of the Erebus, and one seaman of the
Terror. The date of the latest death being April 3,
1846. There were also the remains of the observa-
tory, carpenter's shop, and armourer's forge, with
stacks of empty meat tins. Dr. Kane adds everything
indicated permanency and organisation. There can
be no doubt but that the cove between Cape Riley and
Beechey Island, facing Lancaster Sound, was the first
winter station of the missing vessels.
On the 3d of September the ice in Wellington
Channel broke up, and by the 6th the several vessels
had penetrated to the Cornwallis, or western side of
the channel. Such, however, Was the impenetrable
character of the pack in Lancaster Sound, that, by
the 10th of September, the entire searching squadron
was again centred about eight miles south of Griffith
Island. This was the furthest point westward at-
tained by the American expedition.
The latest date from Commodore Austin is of the
13th of September. He was then in momentary an-
ticipation of making winter quarters, and expectation
seemed to point to a small harbour three miles east of
Cape Martyr, on the south coast of Cornwallis
Island.

The American vessels were subsequently frozen in
opposite Wellington Channel, drifting in the pack
during the ensuing winter from lat. 75 deg. 25 min.
out of Lancaster Sound into Baffin's Bay. Their
liberation, after much exposure and trial, took place
on the 10th of June last, at a point south of Cape
Walsingham, on the west side of Davis Straits, a li-
near drift exceeding 1,050 miles. Every officer and
man in the American expedition had scorbutic symp-
toms, but no deaths had occurred. The crews had
refreshed, and the expedition was endeavouring to
rejoin the seat of search.
Captain Parker adds, that he left the Prince Albert
with the two American ships at Duck Island all well,
thus affording very satisfactory intelligence of the
progress of the former vessel, which had sailed frum
Orkney only five weeks previously.
We thus appear to owe this beginning of intelli-
gence from the Arctic regions to the otherwise unto-
ward event of the Americans having been driven
back to Baffin's Bay, where they have fallen in this
summer with the whalers, and especially with Captain
Parker, of the Truelove, who appears to have given
up the papers committed to him by the Americans to
the first vessel returning to England with which he
came in contact.

In itself the intelligence must be regarded as upon

the whole satisfactory, proving that the missing ex-
pedition was safe and well up to the end of their first
winter season, with the exception of the three
casualties mentioned. There is li.tle doubt of the
discovery affording a starting point for the following
up the track actually taken by Sir John Franklin's
party. Supposing Captain Au=tin to have gone into
winter quarters in the part named as probable (though
we think it highly possible that he might have had
yet more of the open season remaining, and proceeded
still tarther) a travelling party would undoubtedly be
sent to Wellington Channel for the purpose of making
the fullest investigation of the traces, so that the

future course of the searching squadron might be
shaped accordingly. We hope that the conclusion
here presented may prove incorrect, and that the
♦arious vessels, though in no case wintering singly,
way not ho ell togother, but that a wirlar bold u3ay
be searched in con.equence of the travelling parties
having a different point to start from.

We—cannot but ;:urn afresh with melancholy feel-
ings to the remembrance of the aid which should have
been at the service of the gallant searchers, and has
been withheld. We allude to the steamer which
might at this moment have been ploughing her all but
resistless course in the direction ascertained to be that
which our missing friends have taken. But the mo-
ment for argument and entreaty, as well as for action,
has passed for this season. May we be spared the
bitterest consequences of neglect. _ _ _

We give below an extract from the New York
Tribune, of August 19, which exhibits the American
feeling upon this subject :
" Tne surprise and disappointment which were felt
when, some time since, we heard of the change of pur-
pose on the part of the British Admiralty, relative to the
dispatching a steamer to join the English ani American
vessels in search of Sir John Franklin, are, it is believed
giving place to a feeling likely to produce positive good.
It is altogether probable that an American steamer will
he sent out in place of the promised English steamer.
England had announced to the world her excellent in-
tentions, and this announcement was undoubtedly a prin-
cipal cause for the failure of the proposition of hlr.
Seward, of the United States Senate, at the last session

of Congress. But for th it announcement, a powerful
propeller, bearing our flag, would months ago, with its
presence and its supplies, have gladdened the hearts of
our countrymen and friends in the Polar Seas, and
would he now leading the way in this groat enterprise of
humanity. We need not inquire why the Admiralty,
atter deciding upon a measure far more likely to ensure
success than any yet tried, have failed to accomplish
their design. It is enough for us to know that the pro•
jemt was and is a good oue, and that we are in every way
able to consummate it.

" The superiority of steamer to all other vessels in
the power of penetrating the ice and of extricating her-
self from difficulty with comparative ease, illustrates her
certain efficiency for this service, and requires no com-
ment or explanation.
" Our other enterprises in steam navigation have been
successful, acid in the ince of a formid sole competition
are winning for us no little renown. For this enter
prise also we are prepared, and success in it will he a
crowning honour. Not an officer, not a seaman of the
navy, or of the entire marine of the United States, from
the veteran to the boy whose commission or whose ar-
ticles bear the date of yesterday—but would deem it a
glorious privilege to be one of the noble company bound
outward upon that adventurous steamer's +
deck; ter
he would go attended with the west generous hopes and
most heartfelt prayers of every son and daughter of his
country.
" It was so when the expedition fitted out by Mr.
Grinnell went to ses—and it will be so again, when, aa
we hope, the people of the United Slates shall, by the
fraternal act now proposed, seek to correct that which,
with our present information, we cannot help regarding
as the error of England in this matter.
" If, as by the English papers we are led to believe,
probable traces have very recently been discovered of
the missing squadron somewhere to the north of Lan-
caster Sound; and more especially if the English yes-
sels now in those seas are, us reported, likely to suffer
provisions sent out last year were deposited (thacap-
tain of the supply ship having, as is said, been guilty of
a most unaccountable blunder), then is it ll the more
necessary that what is to be done should be done
" No doubt the subjeat will be brought before Con-
quiekly.
through their total ignorance of the place where the
gress at an early period of its coming session."—
Chronicle.

7?-7

THE SHIPPING INTEREST:— -
J. TO TUE EDITOR OF THE ThIES, r> • 1---\
'I-31r,—;,1t is quite refreshing, after tillithe-nOttianse
ettely written on the subject, to read 3one:remarks of
this morning on the " shipping interestlattlitkifirli
those having reference to our late defeat ita(l,Jae Waters
if the Solent. Many attempts have bets& made 'te
1 essen the significance of that defeat, bylagting elate!'
o ur yachts are built exclusively for cone rt-,and not
for speed. This I positively deny, jn telltfl cases
o wners of yachts have been willing to saceitice;
t hing for speed, and have given their buildeS a carte
lanche rd. Mat end; some have justl4:cey -
t heir vessels to the builders to experimeetoiee Upo
by lengthening their bows, which will gresOyinnweltast
their tonnage but snake little or no diffeOnee in th_r....st-al
seocommodation. It is not fair to our. worthy arida.
Ipt ablic• spirited owners of yachts, or to our Amer-leen' e.
ri'vals, to assert that our builders have net had ample T
opportunities to produce the fastest vessels which
their experience and ingenuity cOtefd devise,
unfettered by any conditions whatever. It is.
quite a mistake to suppose that speed area
capacity are incompatible with each ether : those
qualities are combined in every Yankee 'Merchant.,
man. The Atnerice, although " Plying-Dutchman,"
is no phantom ship. She is a good substantial craft,
fit to go to sea in any weather with perfect'estee abd
safety. She has fair accommodation, yid weld/
doubtless have had more, had her builders guessed
the sort of vessels she would have had to Corttatid with.
During a six years' service on the coast of North
America I have had abundant opportunities of seeing •
what such vessels can do in the heaviest weather:
The America appears to he built an aviiintifie
; her form gives her extreme stability, fjr
which she is in no way dependent on her ballast.
With our yachts it is generally a mere question of
" canvas v. ballast." This must be patent to all who
have witnessed the hideous sight of a lot of yachts (I
allude particularly to those of the Thames Club) '
burying themselves under a press of canvas, and heel-
ing over to an angle of 45 degrees. The America
sells very nearly on an even keel, and has never been "
seen to heel over sufficiently to cause her to derineany -
considerable assistance from her ballast. It is
not, t.-
trust, necessary to explain that ballast does not give e
any material stability to a vessel until the has a con-
siderable heel. I do not advocate the propriety of
building vessels to sail without ballast. Such
can never be safe in a heavy sea. It
has nearly proved fatal to several of Sir 'William
Symonds' the Quail, Star, Racer, &c., which
were all thrown on their beam-ends by the force of
the waves without a sail being set, at least nothing
more than a trysail. A ship dependent solely on her
form for stability is in this predicament ; ber form
merely tends to keep her hull perpendicular to the
surface of the element on which she floats; when,
therefore, she may be floating on the side of a huge
wave, rising at an angle of 45 degrees, she becomes
suddenly thrown over to that inclination, and should
a second wave give her a lift at this critical moment,
before she have time to recover her upright position,
and when the top weight of guns and the leverage of
the masts all help to turn her over, a capsize would be
a very probable result.
The ballast of a ship, however, acts in a totally dif-
ferent manner; it • tends to attract the keel of the
vessel to the centre of the earth, without any refer-
epee to the actionyce the waves. The America pos-
sesses both theseesseatials ; her form gives great sta-
bility, and 'ballast renders her independent of the
freaks of old Neptune.
In a letter you kindly published before the great
challenge match came off I expressed the opinion that
much of the superiority of the America was due to
the cut and make of her sails. This has been fully
confirmed by the result and by all who have since
written on the subject. Although the Titania was
beaten by only four minutes in a run of 2! hours,
she took nearly one-fourth longer time than the
America to work the same distance to windward.
Such an enormous disparity could not exist—cateris
paribus—between vessels with the respective forms of
the America and Titania. It could only be occasioned
by seine erroneous application of the propelling power.
The effort of our schooner and cutter sailors appears
to be to spread the greatest possible amount of canvas
on a given length of mast, which is then supported
by all manner of ropes. The Americans are content
with as much canvass as the stick will bear, without
any material support from rigging. I cannot furtber
explain this without the u,e of technical terms, which
I wish as much as possible to avoid.
In endeavouring to point out what appear to be
some errors in our yachting system, I have not the
slightest intention of casting ridicule on those to
whom we are indebted for almost every improvement
in the build and rig of our ships. Sir William Sy-
monds, :who has immortalised himself by bringing
into the navy a very superior class of sailing ships,
began his career as an amateur builder of boats and
yachts, acrd he has been eclipsed only by another yacht
builder, Joseph White, of Cowes. The fastest mer-
chantman I ever met at sea, the Haidee, of London,
was built by White. The fastest of the experimental
bi igs, During, was also built on his lines, and
her capacity for stowage was greatly superior to
either of her competitors. The Phaeton has just left
the frigate squadron covered with laurels. It was a
long time before our dockyard artificers could make
a fore and aft sail ; consequently the boom mainsails
of our brigs were made by contract by a yacht sail-
maker at Gravesend. My own first lesson in sail-
making, which I have since endeavoured to turn to
account, was given by a noble yachtnsan ; and I be-
lieve there are few naval officers who have not picked
up a wrinkle from the same source.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
H. J. ISLasom, Capt. R.N

Emsworth, Sept. 6.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:
Captain Charles Hope (1826), it is now stated, will
be the new Captain Superintendent of Sheerness
Dockyard, and not Captain Charles Eden, as reported.
Captain Hope commanded the Thalia, 42, and lastly
the Trafalgar, 120.
Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord G. Paulet, is or-
dered to be paid wages in advance, prior to leaving
Devonport for Portsmouth. She will have her com-
passes adjusted on Thursday, by Mr. Thompson.
THE AMERICAN STEAM-FRIGATE MISSISSIPFI.—It
his been already announced that the American war
steam-frigate Mississippi had run ashore off St.
James's Castle, on the coast of Turkey. From all
accounts it is very likely that she will remain there,
for, notwithstanding the united steam power of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Euxine, and steamers Levant, Stamboul, and Itnpera-
trice, making a total force of 1,900 horses, was put
into requisition for many hours, the Mississippi ex-
erting her own steam power at the time, they failed
to s.art her, and the steamers were obliged to leave
her in her forlorn condition to pursue their respective
routes.--Herald.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Hercules, 72, troop
and store-ship, Master Commander R. Fulton, was
paid off all standing this afternoon, and taken into the
Angle Dock to be re-coppered and otherwise refitted
as the receiving-ship for Malta.
The Centaur steam-frigate, Captain Cannon, flag
of Rear-Admiral W. W. Henderson, C. 8., will sail
on Saturday for the Brazils station, to relieve the
Southamwon, 50, Rfar-Admiral Reynolds.
The Britannia, 120, Captain Yates, will be paid six
months' wages to-morrow.
The Sprightly steaw-vessel, Mr. George Allen,
Master comm,,nding, returned from Scotland, whither
she had conveyed the remains of Rear-Admiral
Superintendent Lord John Hay, from Devonport, for
iuterrnent to-day.
The Fairy royal steam-yacht, Master-Commander
D. N. Welch, came up from Cowes to-day, having
left the Elfin, Acting Master Balliston, on duty there.
The Rodney convict-ship embarked 49 prisoners
from the York and Stirling Castle bulks, in this har-
bour, to-day for Van Diemen's Land.
The American line.of-packet-ship Independerce
arrived to-day from the Thames, embarked passen•
gers and stock, and sailed for New York.
Woormion, SEPT. 9.—The Rodney hired convict-
ship, previous to leaving her moorings at the Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich, took on board twenty-eight
convicts from the Warrior convict-ship, at Woolwich
em
..
dockyard, and twenty-eight from the Justitia con-
vict-ship, opposite the Royal Arsenal. She also took
one convict on board from the Millbank Penitentiary,
and,
on leaving the Thames, proceeded to
Portsmouth
to take on board a number from the convicts
ployed there and at Portland, to m.y,ske. up, with those
from Woolwich, 160 in all.
The
vpircotcseee
employed
pt ol andnyCeodrkt,he
re, takeand convey on b
oardii,oll4,oe
Rodney
will then
of the con-
them to Gibraltar,
where they will he landed and employed on the public
works; and 140 in their
place
Rodney for conveyance to the
will embark in the
e S wan River settle-
ment, in Australia, where the whole 300 convicts
will obtain tickets
of (live on their arrival.

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Carpenter John JohnsO, toINTMENT the Dido, 18, at Sheer-
ness.