The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-22 00:00:00

1? J. FRANKLIN'S BXPEDITION.

The following is an extract from a reply by CaPt•
M'Clintock to some queries addressed to him bi
Mr. Selby, of Spalding :

" Dublin, Oct. 17.
"In my pulAished report I simply stated the
leading facts of our discoveries. There .was not rooni
to express opinions ; besides which I wished that all
interested readers ehould draw their own infer-
ences. The boat was only 65 miles from the ship.
and I believe it to have been returning for more
provisions. The two skeletons found in it were
probably the boatkeepers—men unable to march
with the others, all of whom I suppose to have pro-
ceeded for the short remaining distance without the
boat. There was ammunition in abundance, but the
country—the early spring, at least, when our coun-
trymen were there—affords no game whatever.
Even Esquimaux cannot live there.
" ith regard to provisions, you will observe
that I mentioned chocolate, tea, and tobacco. It is
clear that these alone will not sustain life. You are
doubtless aware that an unusually large quantity
of solid animal food is necessary, even to wen io
vigorous health, in cold climates. Had the country
been capable of sustaining natives, not one of these
traces would have remained for us to gather up.
"With respect to an overland expedition, Yen
may recollect that such a one was sent out by the
Admiralty under a Hudson's Bay officer, Mr. Ander-
son, in 1855, in preference to a naval expedition by
Barrow's Strait. Mr. Anderson descended the
Black River to its mouth, and discovered traces of
Europeans upon Montreal Island. Therefore Ido
not think further records would be found by a
second expedition over the same ground. Youwill
observe that my first care was to reach Montreal
Island and Point Ogle, where Anderson's search
terminated, and after re-examining those positions
to complete the search from thence to where the
lost people landed from their ships. The greater
part of this painfully interesting route was gone
over three times—twice by Lieut. Hobson, and
once by myself. The natives repeatedly told uS
that all the white people had died. _

" I am yours very sincerely,
"ToF. T. Selby, Esq. "F. L. APOLINTocK."

A POACHER'S FATE.—On Tuesday, says the /Iran'
Chester Guardian,Thos.Sharples, one of a party of four ycuniC
men proceeding from Pemberton to W'instanley for tll
purpose, as it is now understood, of poaching, met with
a Very serious accident, which is almost certain to have a
fatal termination. One of the party carried a gun, and
when near the Arches of Pemberton two of the men began
to remove the band from stock, Sharpies standing about
yard away. By some means the hammer was caught, .n 1
the gun went off, the charge of shot striking Sharpies' tide.
f,hattering his hip-bone and inflicting frightful wounds to
Ins stomach. Mr. Leyland, surgeon, of Wigan, and Mr.
Niolyneux, of Upholland, hold out no hopes of his recovery.
Che men in whose company he was at the time have been
oAlered to be apprehended.
AN ENERGETIC EDITOR.--The Aberdeen joisrna!
has the following :—" Our spirited neighbour, the Bang'
dire Reporter, came out half-size on Saturday fortnight,
end contained a request that the subscribers would accept
,:t gratis, as the compositors in the office had taken a fit or
lrunkenness and left the office empty. As might be e2c-
Acted, this shameful conduct on the part of the workmen.
,;alled forth their employers' indignant denunciations. But
the week following we find the paper makes it appearance.
as usual, but. with the'following notice :—‘ ho Reporter
,his week is entirely composed by ourselves end our fanclY,
ind subscribers will, it is hoped, on that account, excuse
errors: We are bound to say that the wol km Inship was
mly less creditable than the spirit and resoluticn with which
.lifficulties so great were surmounted."

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