The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-23 00:00:00

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ROYAL
COVENT- ENG H UIS OPERA,
GARDEN.
Under the management of Miss LOUISA PINE and Mr.
HARRISON, will Open for the Season on MONDAY,
3d.
Acting Manager—Mr. E. Murray.
Stage 'Manager Mr. E. Stirling.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE.
'Messrs. Chippendale, Howe,W. Farrel], Mrs. B. White, Mrs.
lirilldns, and Miss Amy Sedgwick.
After which, a new Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND
NOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers,
Stirs. B. White, Mrs. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam.
And 111,.LLOWE'EN.
Commence at 7.

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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—This
Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY next, September
24, with a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled IVY
MALL ; the scenery by Messrs. T. Grieve and W. Telbin. To
eronclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours, by J.
P.. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE ; the
acenery by Mr. W. R. Beverley. During the recess the Thea-
tre has been redecorated.
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-MEW. THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
This splendid New Theatre, replete with every corafort,
WILL OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, Sept. 26, 1559.—
&DELPHI DRAMA, COMEDY, FARCE, and BUR-
LESQUE, and ADELPHI EFFECTS !! !—On which occa-
sion Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. David
Fisher (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr. Paul Bedford,
Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Henrietta Simms,
&a, &c., will appear. The performances will consist of a
DRAMA. (2d time), of the highly successful piee,e of ONE
TOUCH or NATURE ; a new Fame, by J. M.
Mr
Esq.,
called LOVE AND HUNGER ; and the popular Burlesque
of THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, Sept. 22, and
every day after, from 10 to 5. No charge
to tor securing seats
this
,
nor ter bills of performance. Ated.
ll fees servants of
establishment are strictly prohibi

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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
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Eek 44:
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Mines
SVaaborongh. Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE 'VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
Commence at 7 o'clock;

OANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERT
EVERY EVENING.—The Itusic of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
feria), the extraorainary Violin Performances of the cele-
!gated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual
Yecal Concert.
Lome Vocalists —Messrs. George
Eon Hods the Irish Come-
au, and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and Wackney.
Seferal interesting Pictures ars added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
eights of the metropolis.
Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection; from Meyer-
beer's new opera of DINNORA.

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THE WEATHER.--Strx OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 23,
TMERMOYETEE., IN THE SHADE.
4—highest since noon yesterday.
58--loweat this morning and during the night.
57—this day at loon.
BenomETEn-29.78.
Wniitn, south-Westerly; fresh, with dull cloudy weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, 10h. 50m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30*.
To-htmutow-Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. int.

THE SUN.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1859.

The story of the last Great Arctic Expedition is
now as a tale that is told. There is an end, at
length, to all this protracted and agonised suspense
in regard to the fate of FRANKLIN and his Com-
panions. We know but too distinctly now that we
may never hope more to look upon the face of one
—not even of one of that heroic band. Yesterday
the tardy tidings came to us, all too late for aught
save a heartfelt yet bootless sympathy. Fourteen
years, three months, and twenty-seven days have
elapsed since the sailing from Woolwich, on the
26th of May, 18t5, of the Erebus and the Terror,
with their gallant crews, under the command of
Sir JOHN FRANKLIN. Not until the 22d of Sep-
tember, 1859, do we learn in England the actual
fate of the enterprise. And now, when the news
does finally come to us—the news as to the fate
of these brave seamen—lo and behold! it is news
absolutely more than ten years old! Upwards of
ten years, in effect, proves to have slipped
by since the doom of that glorious little band was
in a manner thus definitively pronounced. We
know now for certain—for the record is under the
handwriting and authenticated by the signature of
the dauntless old chief's second in command and
successor, Captain CROZIER—We know now at last
for certain that Sir JOHN FRANKLIN is dead—and
more than that, we know the very day upon which
he breathed his last tranquilly, surrounded by his

companions. It was on the 11th of June, 1847—as
long ago as twelve years and more from this pre-
sent date—that poor Lady FRANKLIN was widowed.
It is some solace at least, now that the hoping
against hope down to the very last has been
.crushed out of our hearts for ever—it is some
consolation, at any rate, to learn that the
true-hearted, dauntless old tar died thus peacefully
in the midst of his little band : not crushed to death
by some sudden and agonising catastrophe among
the eternal icebergs, not slowly tortured to death
by frost and starvation. Nearly two months after
FRANKLIN'S death, namely, on the 22d of April,
1848, her MAJESTY'S ships Erebus and Terror were
abandoned by—the " Survivors." That one word
tells its tale of endurance and suffering. During
those two months between the death of FRANKLIN
and the final abandonment of the two ships, others
besides the heroic old commander had expired.
The survivors, however, amounting in all to 105
souls, took their leave of the Erebus and Terror—
names of evil omen to send forth upon an expedi-
tion full of Terror—to a fate dark as Erebus They
took their leave of their two ice-bound vessels thus
on the 22d of April, 1848, and, under the command
of Capt. CROZIER, set forth across the blinding snows
in quest of the Great Fish River—in prosecution
of their grand design—and in the hope of finding
assistance among the Esquimaux. We have the
statement of all this under the hand of Captain
CROZIER. The record has been brought home at
length, though dated as far back as the 25th of
April, 1848, and it is duly signed by Captain
CROZIER himself; and by his second, Captain
FITZJAMEs. It was discovered at last but very
recently on the
N.W. coast of King William's
Island, at a spot, called Point Victory. The
dauntless seaman
who has won this precious but
England, and brought it home
melancholy prize for
to terminate, by one poi gnat goant certainty, a long
agony of doubt and hope deferred, is no other than
the leader of the last and concluding Forlorn Hope
in search of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN'S Expedition.
Captain INPCLINTocK, chosen by Lady FRANKLIN
herself to conduct this her final searching expedi-
tion, has, with the most brilliant success,
completed
his daring and perilous undertaking. He has
carried his little yacht, the Fox, further than
any Arctic voyager has ever y.,-t ventured, into
those everlasting realms of winter. He has, by
sledge journies during this expedition with the
little Fox, added eight hundred miles of coast line
to previous discoveries. He has in effect contrived,
as he himself writes, " to unite the explorations of
the former searching expeditions to the north and
west of our position, with those of JAMES Ross,
DBASE, and RAE to the south." He has thus trium-
phantly completed and perfected the discovery of the
.Vorth.-west Passage. And while incidentally solv-

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