The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-15 00:00:00

THE HERALDO AND THE SU.V.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sut,—Will you permit one who has made a long
sojourn in Spain, whether in a private capacity, or as
correspondent of a morning journal in London, to
say a few words in reference to an article which ap-
peared some time since in The Sun, the veracity of
which is questioned by that most slavish and vitupe-
rative of all bureaucratic prints, the modest _Herald°
of Madrid.

It is not a little droll that the journal which gives
the lie with a pomposity so truly characteristic of
the Spanish Home-office to the statement of The Sun
in reference to the brusquerie of the Due de Va-
lencia, and which vouches its stainless honour for the
"courtesy and urbanity" ("la cortesia y de urbani•
dad!") of the rough soldier of Ardoz is )car'
the most lying of all the journals pub-
lished at Madrid ; that, moreover, it is the
property cf Senor Sartorious, the Minister for
Home Affairs, the most pliant and obsequious
tool of the Spanish dictator ! It will be recollected
that the immaculate organ of General Narvaez was,
during the regime of M. Guizot, the paid Gazette of
the French Cabinet, and the Monitcur where the
voices of M. de Bresson and the Due de Glucksherg
spke daily. Still snore recently, it fanned the flames
of discontent between the Spanish and British Go-
vernments, and fed the French press with falsehoods,
in its mendacious perascution of Sir Henry Bulwer.
So much for the " honour and urbanity" of the
Heraldo ! The statement that appeared in The Sun
is substantially correct ; and the brusque chieftain,
who has introduced into the bureau and the salon the
manners o`f the drill-room, may thank his stars that
he growled his rudeness in a speech which is un•
known to the Envoy of the United S'ates. How
different from the insolent maniere and ferte of
the former exile and detenu of Gibraltar, and
of his mean valet, M. de Sartorius, the
puissant champion of the Herald°, are the bon-
hommie and the graceful courtesy of Don Francisco
Xaxier de Isturiz, the Ambassador of Spain in this
country, in his intercourse with diplomatists and
litterateurs, whether native or foreign.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
HENRI GERALD SPILLAN.

19, Cecil-street, Strand, July 13, 1850.
[We consider the article in the Heraldo as an
official retractation and apology on the part of Nar-
vaez, mule in consequence of the demand of the
American Minister. Fortunately for that Minister
there are not to be found in the United States
any royal refugees who abuse the hospitality of the
country by intriguing against her Government ;
neither has she in her Senate, or her Congress, any
"dear and excellent person" willing to sacrifice
the honour of his country to obtain the smiles of a
despot, or to gratify a personal pique. .Narvaez
knew this, and, therefore, did not attempt to
Bulwerise the American Minister, but made the
apology demanded. Had America possessed an
Aberdeen or a Stanley, the article in the .Heraldo
would not have appeared.—En. Sun.]

CRICKET.

I ZINGARI v. BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

On Saturday this return match was played at Lord's,
where there was an immense assemblage of amateurs and
patrons of the game. It was the most brilliant cricket event
of theyear. When" time" was called the score stood thus:—

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S
EXPEDITION.

At the late anniversary meeting of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society, the president, Capt. W. H. Smytb,
R.N., gave the following interesting summary of the
measures, past and present, which have been taken for
the relief of Sir John Franklin's expedition. He said:
" From Russia we cannot but extend our glance

towards the Arctic Regions, under feelings of the
most painful embarrassment. There is still a hope
glimmering through the gloomy uncertainty which
hangs over the fate of the enterprising Sir John
Franklin and hi :gallant companions, although they
have beer Sv3 years absent in those inhospitable
seas. I :the high excitement of the public mind, it
may Der,??.cessary for me to state the present know-
ledge we possess of the case, and the actual means now
in hand for their deliverance.
" The efforts of Sir James Ross, though limited by
adverse circumstances to a much smaller portion of the
Arctic seas than was expected, yet prove that the miss-
ing expedition must have succeeded in attaining a
westerly longitude but little short of Melville Island,
if they are safe. For, as Sir James was stationed for
several months at the junction of the four great
channels—Barrow Strait, Lancaster Sound, Regent
Inlet, end Wellington Channel—it is extremely im-
probab:e that Sir John Franklin's ships can have
been near the opening to those straits, wi-hout ef-
fecting a communication with those who anxiously
sought him. The dispatches recently received from
Commander Pullen, who has achieved the adven-
turous voyage from Wainwright Inlet to the Mac-
kenzie, in open boats, inform us that no traces of the
expedition were met with on the American coast
between those two places, nor had the Esquimaur,
with whom our people communicated, seen anything
of ships of war.
" A dispatch from Dr. Rae, which accompanies
that from Commander Pullen, is equally barren of
intelligence. Dr. Rae, as you may remember, was
ordered to proeeed from his winter quarters at Fort
Confidence, on Great Bear Lake, to Cape Krusenstern,
and crossing from thence to Wollaston Land, he was
instructed to penetrate to the north-east of Banks's
Land. He accomplished the journey to Cape Yru-
senstern ; but all his attempts—and they were nume-
rous and daring—to effect the traverse to Wollaston
Land, were baffled by the heavy pack of ice which
entirely barred the progress of his boat. Having
waited in hopes of a change as long as he could,
taking into consideration the imperative necessity of
returning before the closing up of the Coppermine river,
he was reluctantly compelled to abandon the enter-
prise. During his sojourn at Cape Krusenstern, the
Esquirnaux interpreter who accompanied him fell in
with several parties of natives, who all agreed in de-
claring that they had not seen any white men. We
may, therefore, take it for granted that none of Sir J.
Franklin's party have struck the North American
coast, because the entire extent between Cape Kru-
senstern and Behring's Strait has been diligently
examined by the strenuous and enduring exertions of
Sir John Richardson, Commander Pullen, and Dr.
Rae.

" Although the Behring's Strait expedition, con-
sisting of her Majesty's ships Herald and Plover,
Captain Kellett and Commander Moore, procured no
tidings of the missing, yet the details of their endea-
vours are highly interesting. On the 15th of last
August, the Herald had attained the latitude of 71.12
N., and long. 170.10 W. ; and on the 16th discovered
an almost inaccessible island of granite, rising 1,400
feet above the sea, beyond which a range of high
land was seen. It becomes a nervous thing,' says
Captain Kellett, to report a discovery of land in
these regions without actually landing on it, after the
unfortunate mistake to the southward ; but, as far as
a man can be certain who has 130 pair of eyes to
assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have
discovered an extensive land.' They contrived, though
with great difficulty, to get upon the island, hoist
the union jack, and take possession of it in her Ma-
jesty's name; but constant snow storms compelled them
to quit the neighbourhood, and insure clearing the
ice pack. Now, it will be recollected that Sergeant
Andreyev, the active Russian who conducted an ex-
pedition of discovery in the Icy Sea, in 1762,
affirmed that he had reached a country called
Tikigen, having a coast-line trending nearly pa-
rallel to that of Northern Siberia, and inhabited
by a race named Kraihai. This account was held to
be apocryphal by most geographers, and imputed to
an optical delusion by Baron von Wrangel; yet the
narrative of Captain Kellett goes to corroborate
Andreyev's statement. Even the high land de-
scribed by Von Wrangel himself from Yakan, may,
it is not too much to say, have formed some
portion of the disputed region : and besides
the discoveries of Captain Kellett, elevated peaks,
which may resonably be conluded to be a part of the
same land, were observed by Commander Moore,
whose track lay further eastward than that of the
Herald. Now, putting these circumstances in con-
junction, it is far from improbable that a continuous
coast-line may extend from the vicinity of Ne w Siberia
in the west, to the vicinity of Bank's Land in the east.
In the event of such an 113 pothesis proving cor-
rect, it will be obvious that, should Franklin have
succeeded in penetrating through, and to the west of
Wellington Channel, the interposition of this tract
would preclude all possibility of his bringing his
ships again so far south as to reach Behring's Strait,
Unless the course were greatly prolonged westwards,
or the Wellington Channel were again traversed.
I may here remark how cautious, as well as delicate,
closet inquiry ought to be in meddling with the di-
rect assertions of explorers : indeed, the signal in-
stance of Baffin's Bay having been formally expunged
from our charts, and branded as wholly suppositi-
tious,' ought not to be forgotten by imaginative
theorists.

" The negative information hitherto obtained
renders it the more probable that our unfortunate
countrymen—if still in being—are frozen up in the
neighbourhood of Melville Island ; and a hope is
thereby warranted, that one of the numerous expedi-
tions sent out this year may succeed in succour-
ing them. Two have already sailed to Lancaster
Sound, under the orders of Captain Horatio Austin,
and Captain Penny, who lately commanded the
Advice whaler. The exertions of the former will be
mainly directed to penetrate to Cape Walker and
Melville Island; while the latter will proceed direct
to the entrance of Jones's Sound, up which he will
sail and explore it as far as possible. These expeditions
are equipped in the most complete manner; and
that of Captain Austin is provided with highly ef-
fective auxiliary steam-power. In fact, I was sa-
tisfied on visiting the Resolute before her departure,
in company with Sir George Back, who has bad such
full experience in the Polar Seas, that human inge-
nuity was never more fully displayed than in the
strengthening, stowage, and equipment of this ship.
"Under the patronage of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, aided by a public subscription, a small expedi-
tion, headed by the veteran Sir John Ross, will pro-
ceed in the same direction as that of Captain Austin ;
and as none of these plans provide for the search of
Regent's Inlet, exertions are making to organize a
private outfit, to be conducted by Commander For-
syth, for this special purpose. These expeditions,
numbering eight ships, exclusive of the North Star—
already there, will effectually explore the channels
and passages east of Melville Island : and it is to be
hoped that the Behring's Straits exploration with the
other ships under Captain Collinson will arrive
at its destination sufficiently early this year, to. reach
a large portion of the sea between those straits and
Melville Island, before the winter sets in again.
a Such, brif fly, are the measures adopted to save cur

hapless countrymen; and it were ungrateful not to men-
tion the warm feeling of the American Government in
the same cause—a feeling for which I had the honour
to express your thanks to their President. Individual
sympathy and munificence have also been strongly
awakened in that country; and even now two ships,
the Advance and the Rescue, are being fitted out
for the Polar Seas at the expense cf Mr. Henry
Grinnell, of New York, which, conducted by officers
of the United States' navy, will brave every danger
for that benevolent purpose. The British nation has a
right to expect that the Government of this great mari-
time country will do all in its power to carry succour
o those so especially requiring it; and nobly has it
met that expectation, as well in the outfit of ex-
peditions, as in proclaiming a munificent reward for
those who find and relieve the sufferers. What-
ever may be the result of these measures, as well as of
the admirable and exemplary efforts of Lady Franklin—
with whom every heart must sympathise—one useful
moral will he elicited ; it will be shown, that when
Englishmen are ready and willing to hazard their lives
for their country's honour, they will not be neglected in
the hour of peril."

NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—Lace—Houses engaged in
finishing goods for the London trade are very flat, and will
now probably remain so until the autumnal change of fashion
takes place. The export trade also, both to America and
Germany. is very languid. Germans could purchase more
goods it they could obtain the relative advance on goods that
we require, in consequence of the increased price of th_e.. k
is
ma-
terial used, kit which they complain they cannot. Sit
ect of a
again a little higher, as is also cotton, with a
hose continues pretty
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to be made from cotton,
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—.Nottingham Journal.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wed-
nesday evening last as Mr. James M'Queen, inspector of
the poor for the parish of St. Quivox, was proceeding on
horseback with a triend to Monkton, when just on reaching
the village Mr. M'Queen was observed to fall suddenly and
heavily to the ground. No external injury was apparent,
and the unfortunate gentleman was able to walk home,
when, having been in bed all next day, he turned towards
the evening of Thursday rapidly worse, and lingered until
Monday evening about half-past six, when he expired. A
slight paralytic stroke is supposed to have been the cause of
the fall, to which probably a second next night succeeded,—
,North British Xail.