The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

I Love the Summer Blossoms. Ballad, composed
by J. W. Cherry.
Flowers, Sweet Flowers. Song written by Andrew
Park, composed by W. R. Montgomery.
I Dream of Thee. Composed by Stephen Glover.
There's Light behind the Cloud. Sacred song, by
Mrs. Mackinlay.
Trois Amusements de l' Opera Luisa Miller. Par
J. T. Stone.
Willie, we have Missed You. Arranged for the
pianoforte, by Brinley Richards.
The Bloom is on the _Rye. Arranged by Brinley
Richards.
D'Almaine and Co., New Bond-street.
Some of these musical novelties will be very
acceptable to the amateur. The two first on the
list are pretty ballads, suited to a voice of moderate
compass and a vocalist of average ability.
" Flowers, Sweet Flowers," has the advantage in
sprightliness and originality. "I dream of Thee,"
written by Maurice Gottheimer, and composed by
Stephen Glover, belongs to the favourite class of
sentimental songs, but the melodious Rccompani-
ment redeems it from insipidity. " There's Light
behind the Cloud," is a sacred song, in which the
moral purpose of the writer is more worthy of com-
mendation than either the verse or the music. The
airs from Luisa Miller are simply and prettily
arranged for the piano by J. T. Stone. The third
air is the most melodious, but they are pleasantly
varied in their character. Mr. Brinley Richards
has arranged the favourite air which the
Christy Minstrels have made so popular, as a mor-
ceau for the piano. It is less formidable than many
of his arrangements, and is likely to become a great
favourite among our fair pianists. Sir Henry
Bishop's well. known air, "My pretty Jane," has
also been arranged by Mr. Brinley Richards, under
the title of " The Bloom is on the Rye." This
arrangement is more elaborate than that of
" Willie, we have missed you," but it is in the
composer's characteristic style, and those who are
accustomed to his peculiarities will find no great
difficulty in acquiring it, while the beauty of the air
will well repay them for the task.

SIR JORN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The experience of Capt. M'Clintock is to
great in all Arctic matters that, on such account
alone and saying nothing of my sincere esteem for
him, I should hardly venture to publicly put for-
ward any opinion different to his. Indeed, to do so
is more than likely to get my remarks considered
in a way not perhaps complimentary to myself.
But, sir, the cause of our long lost countrymen is as
p)werful within me now as it has been for yeare
past ; and though my experience has not been equal
to that of Capt. M'Clintock in Arctic service, it has
been equal to most men, and surpassing many men
in a knowledge of mankind in a wild life abroad,
and in circumstances where compelled to d--
pond upon self alone. Hence I do still most
earnestly plead for those of the crews of the
Erebus and Terror, whom I firmly believe to be
yet alive amongst the Esquimaux. In the name,
then of the friends and relatives of Sir John Frank-
lin's petty officers and seamen as yet unaccounted
for I beg your insertion of this letter in their be-
half.

Perhaps you may differ with my view of the
question; but, sir, consider how very many times
strong opinions have been given by eminent men
that nothing more than what was discovered in
1850 would ever be heard of the lost expedition.
Consider how many said they went everywhere bid
there where it appears they did go ; and, also, how
many more utterly repudiated the locality where
it is now proved they could have been found.
Therefore I again, and again urge the extreme
probability that some may yet be found alive, and
assuredly that stronger facts than any we yet have
may be discovered respecting them.
My arguments at present would be too long to
trouble you with. I have long studied this ques-
tiorr, and have carefully analysed the whole of the
blue-books upon the subject. Briefly, however, let
me say, that it is well known one or two of that lost
crew werg inclined to a life amongst the Esquimaux.
I have a strong idea where they may be found.
11 have always had the same idea, and the various
rumours obtained through the wild tribes on the
coast of continental America all refer to something
corroborationg the view I take. I believe the whole
party never would, and never did, attempt the
" barren grounds" on the Great Fish River. A
number of individuals seeking subsistence would
not find it—a few might ; but a number of
individuals going thither with supplies from a
settlement could get along. Thus I con-
sider that very speedily after reaching
the south part of lung William's Island they
divided into three, or perhaps four, detachments.
One to Back's River, and so across to inhabited ter-
ritories ; a second westward, and thus accounting
for those strange statements most of us are familiar
with ; a third, eastward; while a fourth may have
gone back to the ships, or tried to do so.
As for the natives and their information, I have
never yet found a wild man give the real truth
when his interest or his fear leads him to the
in-
stinct of self-preservation, in hiding what may pos-
sibly, as he thinks, hurt him. All experience of
the Esquimaux tells us such is peculiarly so with
them. Then, too, we know they are superstitious
(instance the accounts of all voyagers) ; hence much
of what now seems a mystery in their not visiting
certain places. But a still more prominent fact
strikes me—it is this. All who have been met by
Captain M'Clintock, Dr. Rae, or Mr. Anderson,
refer to some other tribes who have been with or
seen our lost friends. They themselves, personally,
were wholly ignoraut. But where is that other

tribe ? Rather, does it exist ? and is it not proba-
ble that they have all a more correct knowledge
about the matter than they choose to say P
As to food for our countrymen, it must not be
forgotten that salmon is there in abundance, and the
places where it could be obtained were well known
to Mr. Blanky (the sea-master of the Erebus) and
to others.
Mr Anderson's expedition was, I am informed,
too poorly equipped to do what could now be done
by a people's expedition, if sent out. I am pre;
paring a plan to submit to all calm-thinking and
humane minds. This I will shortly lay before the
publie. Meanwhile, I once more urge the plea I
now put forward; and with a hope that my voice
may not altogether be in vain, I am,
W. PARKER SNOW.
St. John's-hill, New Wandsworth, Oct. 22.