The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-14 00:00:00

bushels ' • sugar, 5,2641 b. ; choeolate, 2,0931 b. ; tea
in 8 whole cases), 6631 b.; vinegar, 54 gallons ; to-
bacco, 1,6281 b. ; soap, 1,2921 b.; preserved meats—
raast beef, boiled beef, stewed beef, beef and vegetables,
seasoned beef, roast mutton, boiled mutton, soup and
bouille (sorted), 13,595!b. ; soup—common, vege-
table, ox-cheek, gravy, and concentrated, 3,7781 b. ;
lemon juice, 2,2321b5., 31 cases, 558 bottles; pre-
served vegetables--turnips, green peas, carrots, beet
root, parsnips, mixed vegetables (sorted), 3,8021 b. ;
candles (composition), 1901 b. ; ditto, moulds, 3901 b. ;
ditto dips, 2101 b. ; sperm oil, 140 gallons ; lignum
vita, 1,4001 b. ; rice, 1361 b. ; preserved potato, 13441 b. ;
preserved milk, 136 pints ; Scotch barley, 7901 b. ;
black pepper, 541 b. ; salt, 1401 b. ; mustard, 1621 b. ;
dried yeast, 361 b. ; pickles—onions, 4491 b. ; walnuts,
4951 b. ; cranberries, 61141b5. ; cabbages, 4201 b,;
mixed pickles, 438i1b. ; patent fuel, about 38 tons ;
fire wood; 3,4001 b.
" JAMES J. RUTTER, Clerk in Charge."
COPY OF A NOTICE LANDED AT POSSESSION BAY.
TWO SIMILAR ONES ALSO WERE LEFT AT POND'S
BAY.
" This paper is placed here to certify that provi-
sions have been landed on the east side of the en-
trance of Navy Board Inlet, just within the Eastern-
most Wollaston Island, from her Majesty's ship
North Star, sufficient (of every description) to last
100 men for twelve months, being for the use of the
ships in search of Sir John Franklin and his party.
It is, therefore, earnestly requested that no one will
remove them except in cases of actual distress. It is
further requested that this paper be replaced were
found. A beacon (a cask on a pole) is erected at
the entrance of Navy Board inlet, and about two
miles north from where the provisions are landed, and
must be seen in clear weather by any ship passing up
the south side of Barrow's Strait. There is also a small
stone beacon or cairn erected near the provisions,
there not having been time to erect a flag-staff there
likewise, the North Star having been obliged to slip
her anchor and put to sea on account of a gale of wind
coming on on the morning of the 29th cf August,
1850. She is now en her way to England. The
provisions are landed in let. 73 44 N, long. 80 55 W.
(Signed)
- • "J. SAUNDERS, Master and Commander.
" Her Majesty's ship North Star, off Possession
Bay, August 30, 1850."
DUCTJMENT FOUND AT POSSESSION BAY BY HER MA-
JESTY'S SHIP NORTH STAR, 30TH AUGUST, 1850.
" Her Majesty's ship Resolute in Possession Bay,
August, 1850, let. 73 30 N, lon. 77 20 W.
" Captain Austin having left, in Pioneer, to exa-
mine Pond Bay at midnight of the 17th instant, this
paper is signed by the senior lieutenant. Captain
Forsyth, in Prince Albert, left us on the 17th at
noon, to examine Cape Hay, visiting 'Wollaston Island
and Cape Charles York, on his way to Regent's
Inlet. Parted company from Assistance, Intrepid,
and Felix on the 16th, and Captain Penny's brigs the
day before. All well and in most excellent spirits.
"ROBERT DAWES ALDNISS, Senior Lieutenant
and Commanding Officer of her Majesty's ship
Resolute.
"Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward
it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a
note of the time and place at which it is Ind.—
Quiconque trouvera cc papier est prie d'y marquer
le tams et lieu ou it l'aura trouve, et de le faire par-
voiir au plutOt au Secretaire de l'Amiraute Britan-
niqwa Londres.—Quienquiera hallara este papel,
eAlt pedido de euviarlo al Secretario del
Almirantazgo, a Londres, con una note del
tiempo y del lugar en los quales se hallo el dicho
papel.—Enhver 30D1 finder dette papiir an-
modes at intlsende samme ufortOvet til Reg-
j erinsen i Kiiibenhavn eller i Stockholm, leller til
Secretairen of det Brittiske Admiralitet i London,
med be.markning angaaende, tiden naar, og stedet
hvor papiret er fundet.—Een ieder die dit patAer
mogt vinden, wordt hiermede verzogt, cm het zelve,
ten spoedigste, te willeu zenden, aan den Heer ItEni-
ster van de define der Nederlanden in 'S Gray en-
hage, of wel aan den Secretaris der Britsche Ad mi-
raliteit te London, en dear by te voegen eene note,
inhoudende de tyd en de pleats alwaar dit papier is
gevonden geworden."
Descriptions iu the Russian language were also left.
COPY OF THE NOTICE PLACED IN THE BEACON AT
THE OUTER POINT OF NAVY BOARD INLET.
" Provisions have been landed at the bottom of this
bay from her Majesty's ship North Star, sufficient (of
every description) to last 100 men for twelvemonths,
for the use of the ships in search of Sir John Franklin
and his party. It is therefore earnestly requested
that no one will remove them, except in cases of
actual distress. It is further requested that this paper
be replaced where found.
(Signed) "J. SAUNDERS, Master and Commander.
" Her Majesty's ship North Star, east end of
Navy Board Inlet, within Wollaston
Island, 26th August, 1850."
COPY- OF TILE NOTICE PUT ill' IN THE CAIRN, NEAR
THE PROVISIONS.
"Tl e provisions landed here from her Majesty's
ship North Star, sufficient (of every description) to
last 100 men for 12 months, for the use of the ships in
search of Sir John Franklin and his party. It is,
therefore, earnestly requested that no one will remove
them, except in cese of actual distress. It is further
requested that this paper be replaced where found.
"J. SAUNDERS,
Master and Commander.
" ller 11,Iajesty's ship North Star, east end of
Navy Board Inlet, within Wollaston
Island, 26th August, 1850."
The following memorandum was brought home by
Commander Forsyth, of the Prince Albert :
(G EN ERAL MEMORANDUM.)
Her Majesty's ship Resolute, at sea, lat. 75 25
N., long. 61 34 W., July 25, 1850.
In the hope that the expedition is now not far dis-
tant, from the North Water, and although the nature
and 'movements of the ice are so varied in different
seasons as to prevent any determination of plan until
the moment for acting arrives, it becomes desirable
that. what is contemplated in the prosecution of the
chew assigned to me—the accomplishment of which
we all have so much at heart—should be made known.
I, therefore, here promulgate it, and it is to be re-
ceived as an addenda to the instructions issued 'by
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and cair-
ried- out with all the earnestness and zeal that so
higc*important a service demands.
The circumstance of a tender being attached to
each ship establishes in a great measure the security
and confidence necessary in the prosecution of this
seriinc, which would not be felt by one vessel alone,
11,1(1 admits a partial separation tor the season, ,to
enable' a more extended Fear oh being made.
When maturely considering the most probabLe
rou:e of the missing 'expedition in its return by way
cf Lancaster Sound, or d any of the crews that might
have left their vessels, it appears that they would have
attempted to reach Pond's Bay, either during the late
autumn of last year or the earliest moment this
spring, with the hopes of meeting the wlralers in the
prr sent season.
Therefore, the Resolute and her tender will pro-
ceed to Pond's Bay, and, if it can be done, commu-
nicate with the natives there; then, as circumstances
admit, search along the shore on her way to Whaler

ku;nt.
The Assistance and her tender will commence the
search at Cape Warrender, continuing it along the
north shore to 'Wellington Strait, examine its shores
and neighbourhood, and proceed as far up it as is
practicable and sufficient to fully satisfy that it has
or has not been the course of the missing ships. AS
Mr. Peony, in his Success, will traverse the northern
part Cf_this strait, there is good reason to hope that
so very important ti doubt will be set at rest.
Should any record be found of Sir John Franklin
having proceeded in that direction., then it is to be
made known to the-Resolute by depositing a notice
thereof either at Cape Riley or Cape Hotham, and
the search proceeded with most vigorously, in which
the Resolute will hasten to join at the earliest
moment.
But in the event oT no record being found there—
an4 it is most desirable and important that the ships
should meet, or at least communicate results of labours
to this point—then the rendezvous to be between
Capes Rennell, Hothani, and Riley ; the Resolute
standing to the northward from midnight to noon,
and to the southward from noon to midnight, in the
meridian of Cape Hotham.
But should the examination of Wellington Strait
be speedily accomplished -without traces being found,
and the Resolute not having reached the rendezvous,
then, in order to save time, the Assistance will take
np`the search to Cape Walker, examining its neigh-
bourhood thoroughly as far as is practicable; and
failing to obtain any information there, or to meet the
Resolute, will then continue it on the north shore of
the Parry Islands.
And with a view to have a fixed place, where there
is good reason to expect that vessels may reach,
should the rendezvous, on account of time, fail for
communication, then a full account of proceedings,
which any change of plans celled for from circum-
stances not anticipated here, must be deposited at the
southern extremity of Griffith's Island.
In the event of the Resolute first reaching the ren-
Cez:ous between Capes Pennell, Hotham, and
then all endeavour will be made to prosecute to the
entrance 'of Wellington Strait, touching at Cape
Rtiily and Cape notham. in order, according to cir-
cumst4nce3 ; and failing to meet there with informa-
tion of the Assistance, or traces of the missing expe-
dition, will then proceed towards Capes Lennell and
Walker ; and not finding traces in that directioe, will
continue the search in the south-west, towards Mel-
ville Island, where it would be expected to take up
winter quarters. But if, on the contrary, traces are
found, then the object of reaching Melville Island
• be, abandoned, and winter quarters taken in the
spy "- west, according to circumstances.
-,'-faho Id Alsistance, on reaching Cape Hotham,
dis-
cov Resolute has preceded her, and gone on
mivitliout!finding any traces, she will make the best of