The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-01 00:00:00

The object of this expeditieu will be to penetrate across
the territories of the Huds,h's B:y Cempaoy to the shores
of the Arctic Sea, primarily to rescue, or at leist ascer-
tain the fate of Captain 11,445, it is well kite en. has
' not been heard of since be raided io P steam-hoat three
years ago, with the view of thus of cling a mull,- west
oassage to the Pacific ; and, suboriiinate to this, t, ex-
tend our knowledge of those ahoris—iii p ticidar, to en-
deavour to fill up the in erval betaa,u C:pe Turnacain
(the eastern limit ot Sir John Fra n's oiseoveries) and
the Straits of the
.4.facia and Fury, s her., Sir E :!sard
Parry was stopped by the ice when attempriog
trate to the westward aloog the ec.ast; or should these
prove, as some imagii.e, merely the entrance ot an inlet,
to determine where else is siatated the north-eastern ex-
tremity of the American continent.
The hopes entertained by Captain ROSS'ti friends that
he and his companions are still alive, and may be extri-
sated from their critical position by efforts yet made for
t heir relief, are founded, pal tly on the extent of his pre-
parations, which were calculated to meet his wants for
three years—partly on the amount of sores which, it is
presumed, he would find untouched in the •aneelt of :he
Fury, abandoned by Sir Edward Parry in 1825, and
partly on the following account (given by fl,naroe, and
quoted by Mr. Birrow in his " Ci.ronological History of
Arctic Voyages," pp. 276.8) of the fate of the crews of
two Hudson Bay vessels who were cast un shore on
Marble Island in 1719, and of whom it was ascertained,
in 1769, that some survived for newly three years.
" In the summer of 1769 (says Mr. Hearne, Introd.
p. xxxi.), while we were prosecuting the fi•iiery, we sacs,
several Esquimaux at this new harbour, and seeing one or
two of them greatly advanced in years, our curiosity was
excited to ask them some questions concerning the above
ship and sloop, which we were the better enab'ed to do by
be assistance of an E quitnaux, who was then in the
Company's service as a linguist, and annually sailed in one
of their vessels in that character. The account which we
received from them was full, clear, and unreserved, arid the
sum of it was to the following purport :
" When the vessels arrived at this place (Marble Island)
it was very late in the fall, and, on getting them into the
hit-hour, the largest received much damage ; but, on being
fairly in, the English began to build the house, their num-
her at that time seeming to la:! about fifty. As soon as
the ice permitted, in the following summer, 1720, the
Esquimaux paid them another visit, by which time the nuin-
her of the English was very greatly reduced, and those that
were living seemed very unhealthy. According to the
account given by the Esquimau', they were then very bu-
sily employed, hut about what they could not easily de-
scribe; probably in lengthening the long-boat, for, at a
lung distance from the house, there was now lying a
great quantity of oak chips, which had been made most
assuredly by carpenters.

A sickness and famine occasioned such havoc among
the English that by the setting in of the second winter
their number was reduced to 20. That winter, 1720,
s ime of the E'quimaux took up their abode on the
opposite side of the harbour to that on which the
English had built their houses, and frequently supplied
them with such provisions as they had, which chiefly
consisted of whale's blubber, seal's flesh, and train oil.
When the spring advanced, the Esquimau' went to
the continent, sad on their visiting Marble Island again,
in the summer of 1721, they only found five of the English
alive ; and these were in such distress for provisions, that
they eagerly eat the seal's flesh, and whale's blubber quite
raw as they purchased it from the natives. Timis disordered
them so much that three of them died in a few days, and
the other two, though very weak, made a shift to bury
them. These two survived many days after the rest, arid
frequently went to the top of an adjacent rock, and earnestly
looked to the south and east, as if in expectation of some
vessels coming to their relief. After continuing there a
c thsiderable time, and nothing appearing in sight, they
sat dawn close together, and wept bitterly. At length one
of the two died, and the other's strength was so far ex-
hausted that he fell down, and died also in attempting to
dig a grave for his companion. Toe skulls and other large
bones of these two trier] are now lying above ground close
to the house. The longest liver was, according to the Es-
quimau' account, always employed in working iron into
implements for them ; probably he was tie artnourer or
smith.

If, then (it is argued), severe as the suff.rings of these
poor people were, they could prolong existence at alas for
nearly three years on Marble Island, which is a hare gra-
nite rock, with scarcely auy local resources whatever, is it
not probable that Captain Rosa's difficulties, even sup-
posing that he was wrecked the first year of his de-
p irture, may not yet have been overwhelming ? If they
could thus survive, also, with only a moderate stock of
.applies in their ships, fitted out as these necessarily were,
after the manner of the last century, may not his party
tie still furnished amply in comparison? and even the
character of the country seems to require that ewe search
should be made for them—that nine.een British seamen,
embarked in the most disizre-estediy spirited enterprise of
the day, should not be lightly given up to their fate ;
especially when, by the same means, the discoveries of
Franklin and Parry may be connected, and a series of ex-
peditions be, as it were, cninpkted, which, in so fir as
they have gone, reflect the highest credit on British skill
and enterprise, and have left, in truth, little more than
the blank here contemplated to be filled up, in ()flier t,
complete our knowledge of the outline of the American
coast.

These views have been, therefor e. lately brou,;ht under
the consideration of his Mai .81's Gavernineat, and sati-
gume hopes are entertained that it may be induced to
sdbscribe 2,0001. towards carrying them into effect. Tile
Hudson's Bay Cimpany bas, also, with great literality,
consented to provide boats and provisions for the party
gratuitously; and has already torwarded the requisite
orders for this purpose. Captain Rick, R.N., one ut Sir
Jo in Franklin's companions in both his journeys, has vo-
lunieered to conduct the expedition, tie plate of which
Dr.
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en
originallycarefully ski
rev hit.cede d h a
[i()re.co Richardson,
ebaync has
both
ot l sincet,s
officers. The party will be forwarded early in February
next to New York; whence it will proceed, by way of
Montreal, to Great Slave Lake ; and descend the Fish
River as early in the season as possible, probably in Au-
gust. It wilt afterwards act as Captain Back's judgment,
and the circumstances in which he may find himself
placed, shall direct ; but at least two seasons will be requi-
,ite to execute the service in any degree satisfactorily.
And, in every case, the scale of operations, their extent,
continuance, and ultimate success, will mainly depend on
the means placed at his command.
Subscriptions towards the Arctic Land Expedition are
accordingly now in course of being received by some prin•
cipal bankers in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin ; an the
amount, whatever it may be,
will be placed under the con-
trol, and administered under the sole authority of a Com-
mittee of Noblemen and Gentle:Lea, of whom a most re..
spectable list is already in circulation, as having, with Ad-
miral the R
SirtGbeeiorrNgVeilC°lingekneb:Srpt'o Ga.cCcepßt. the
trust, Dien
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Chairman,
Hon.
signified s
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all
descriptions must wish well to the tt
un-
dertaking, for science must gain
.by it, and humanity may :
nor will difficulties be nicely weighed, probably, even by
the least sanguine, when the certain prize is knowledge,
and the contingent human life.

When any notorious scoundrel is lost sight of
in France or Italy, it is generally conjectured that he
met his ft* at the hands of jultirt or is put to Ens,land
to teach music I—. York Courant,