The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-02 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

Dispatches of some length and apparent particu-
larity have just been received from the Arctic regions.
We wish we could add that the intelligence conveyed
is either satisfactory or conclusive, but even our sus-
pense receives, unfortunately, no relief from the
tidings now communicated. On the contrary, a re-
port of the most deplorable character has been put
into circulation, and although the concurrent impres-
sions of the officers employed are clearly, and, as we
think, reasonably, against its credibility, yet the whole
story is so loosely related in the dispatches before us
that the general reader would find it difficult to extract
sufficient evidence either for his information or his
judgment. We are sure, therefore, that we shall be
doing the public an acceptable service by placing before
them the facts and the obscurities of the case in a
somewhat more intelligible form.
About the middle of August last certain of the
vessels composing the several expeditions in search of
our lost voyagers appear to have encountered each
other somewhere to the head of the well-known
Arctic gulf called Baffin's Bay. Near the northern
extremity of this bay is a projecting headland of con-
siderable extent, and such a mountainous aspect as
to have received the name of the Arctic
Highlands. It exhibits three conspicuous capes
that to the west being called Cape White, that to the
east Cape York, and that in the centre Cape Dudley
Diggs. Between Cape Dudley Diggs and Cape
White an indentation of the coaituforms a tolerably
capacious bay, which is called Irastenholme Sound,
or as we now learn, " Ourinak," or " Oininak," in
the native tongue of the Esquimaux. On the 13th
of August Captain Ornmanney in the Assistance,
and Sir John Ross in the Felix, being somewhere
off Cape York, observed three male Esquirnaux on
the ice close by, and with these people it was pru
dently resolved to communicate. Accordingly,
Lieutenant Cator in the Intrepid steamer, tender to
the Assistance, and Commander Phillips in the whale-
boat of the Felix, put off on this service. The In-
trepid's people arrived first, but apparently without,
any means of expressing their desires, so that when
the boat of the Felix, containing an Esquimaux in-
terpreter, joined the party, the natives immediately
gave signs of recognition and satisfaction, came into
the boat without the least hesitation, and engaged
themselves presently in a long and animated conver-
sation with their countryman, the interpre'er. Half
an hour was devoted to this interchange of intelli-
gence, but with no immediate result, for the inter-
preter could only translate his native language into
Danish, and as no person in the boat understood
, Danish, the information remained as inaccessible as
I before.

In this predicament the boats returned with the
intention of confronting the interpreter—whose
Christianized name is Adam Beek—with Sir John
Ross himself. As Sir John, however, was pushing
a-head in the Felix towards Cape Dudley Diggs,
and as Adam appeared anxious to disburden himself
of his newly-acquired information, the boats dropped
on board the Prince Albert, another of the exphiring
vessels in the neighbourhood, and there put Adam in
communication with the captain's steward, John
Smith, who " understood a little of the language,"
as Sir John Ross says, or " a good deal," as Captain
Phillips says, and who presently gave such an account
of the intelligence as startled everybody on board. Its
purport was as follows:—That in the winter of 1846,
when the snow was falling, two ships were broken by
the ice a good way off in the direction of Cape Dudley
Diggs, and afterwards burned by a fierce aid nu•
merous tribe of natives ; that the ships in question
were not whalers, and that epaulettes were worn by
some of the white men ; that a part of the crews were
drowned, that the remainder were some time in huts
or tents apart from the-natives, that they had guns but
no balls, and that being in a weak and exhausted
condition, they were subsequently killed by the na-
tives with darts or arrows. This was the form given
to the Esquimaux's story by John Smith, captain's
steward of the Prince Albert.

Impressed with the importance of these tidings
Captain Ommanney and Captain Phillips immediately
made their report to Captain Austin in the Resolute,
which was then in company with the Felix near
Cape Dudley Diggs. Captain Austin at once decided
upon investigating the credibility of the story, and
with this view dispatched a message to the Lady
Franklin, another of the exploring ships, which lay
a few miles off, and which had on board a regular
Danish interpreter. This interpreter duly arrived,
but proceeded forthwith to translate the story by a
statement "totally at variance" with the interpreta-
tion of " the other," whom, as we are told, he called
a liar and intimidated into silence, though no sooner
was the latter left to himself than he again repeated
his version of the tale, and stoutly maintained its ac-
curacy. Meantime an additional piece of information
became known, namely, that a certain ship had
passed the winter safely housed in Wolstenholme
Sound—a statement soon ascertained by actual in-
vestigation to be perfectly true, and since fully elu-
cidated by the return to this country last week of
the vessel in question—the North Star. Such are
the heads of the tale to be extracted from the dis-
patches.
In estimating the character of the report, we first
observe that Captain Penny, commanding the ship
Lady Franklin, roundly states in his official letter of
the 21st of August, that "having offered his services,
together with those of his interpreter (the Dane
above mentioned), be was happy to find the sole
foundation for the tidings to be that the North Star
had wintered in the place referred to." This plain
and unhesitating statement is exceedingly acceptable,
for Sir John Ross's communications either confuse
us or leave us in the dark on almost every point
which it is desirable to certify. We are not, in the
first place, explicitly informed what was the version
of the story given by the Dane in contradiction of
that given by " the other," nor is it even readily
discoverable who this "other" was, whether Adam
Beek or John Smith, or a native, with whom the Dane
was first confronted. From one of Sir John's com-
munications we should conclude the former, from
another the latter. In the next place it becomes of
especial importance to identify the source of the
only piece of information actually discovered to be
true, viz., the wintering of the North Star in Wol-
stenholme Sound, since such a verification of testi-
mony on one point gives a general credibility to the
whole. From Sir John's dispatch to the Hudson's
Bay Company it appears that this iutelligence was
derived by his own agency from Adam Beek, but no
such conclusion would have been suggested by the
sister dispatch of the Gallant Captain of the Admi-
ralty. In fact, the communications are so loosely
worded that it is, as we have said, extremely difficult
to make them yield an intelligible and consistent nar-
rative.

The leading piece of evidence is that of Adam
Beek, and if the question turned solely on the
comparative accuracy of the interpretations given
to his story, first by John Smith, and next by the
Dane, we might hope that the depositions of the
Esquimaux himself, which we yesterday printed in
the original tongue for public edification, might he
applied by some learned philologists to solve the pro-
blem ; and this, from one of Sir John's dispatches,
we should have imagined to be the real case; but from
the other it would rather appear that the credibility
questioned was that of Adam Beek himself, and that
the Dane was confronted, not with John Smith, but
with Adam Beek in person, before tpe face of the
original native inforinants, and that on this evidence
he confirmed the story of the North &Lir, but charged
Adam with the pure invention of all the rest. Even
here, however, there is a possibility of Adam's justi-
fication, for the natives themselves might have varied
in their statements at their different interviews with
our officers. Captain Penny, we observe, speaks of
" the Esquimaux from whom the report was obtained"
as having been on board his ship for several hours
without making any such communication, though
he was, doubtless, subjected to questions in abun-
dance.

Ann Bird, the wife 4 a coffee-shop-keeper, in the
Lower Marsh, Lambeth, was fully examined before
Mr. Elliott, on a charge of attempting to strangle her
husband.
From the statement of Mr. Games, who attended on
behalf of the husband and the testimony of the wit-
nesses, it appeared that, owing to the dissipated con-
duct of the prisoner, her husband was compelled to
turn her out of his house, on an allowance of 6s. a
week. This sum the husband paid her until latterly,
and until information had reached him of various acts
of adultery on her part, such as would exonerate him
from all legal responsibility for her support. Having
been refused her allowance, the prisoner made appli-
cation to the parish of Lambeth fur a maintenance,
when the beadle took her home to the house of her
husband. The husband denied his right to be called
on to support such a woman, but the beadle left her
in the house, and having availed herself of an opportu-
nity of her husband being alone, she with great dex-
terity slipped a handkerchief round his throat, and
drew and tied it so tightly, that had assistance been
delayed but a moment or two longer, no human skill
could have restored hire to animation. As it was, it
was with the utmost difficulty that the medical man
called in restored him to consciousness, and as a proof
of the narrowness of his escape he still remains in an
exceedingly weak and feeble state. The prisoner had
been remanned, in order to have the testimony of the
medical gentleman and other witnesses taken prepa-
ratory to her committal for trial, but one or two of
those witnesses being still absent the prisoner was
again remanded.
WANDSWORTH.

On the whole there seems every reason to concur
in the clear opinion of the inquirers on the spot that
the circumstantial narrative of the two lost crews is
without any foundation in fact, though whe-
ther the fabrication or misconception be due to
the native informants, to the native interpre-
ter, to John Smith, or to the Dane, may be
points not readibly ascertainable. Perhaps the Arc-
tic experience of some of our readers may enable them
to judge in some degree of the probability of a " fierce
and numerous tribe " having made such an attack as
that described at the point in question—Cape Dudley
Diggs. We own, however, to a disbelief in the story
from the evidence already furnished, and we think it
by no means improbable that the anxious and inces-
sant prosecution of our inquiries in these waters may
have suggested motives to the native tribes for invent-
ing or magnifying tales likely to arrest the attention
of their eager visitors. Against such delusions we
must be well on our guard, though such information
may perhaps be the best we can find in aid of the ex-
ertions we are now making with such indefatigable
vigour.— Times.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL. OCT. 1

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was active to-day,
but not so much so as yesterday. The sales were—Great
Western, 72 —Bristol and Exeter, 70—Midland, 42%.
LI V EUPOOL, OCT. 1.

STOCK EXCHANOIC.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 473/4—
Ditto, Fifths, 8 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk,ll%--- Great Northern,
14;4—Ditto (A), 4%—London and North-Western, 115%—
Pitt( New quArters, 43—Ditto, Halves,

Ellen Middlechip, 18, a daughter of a laundress,
living at 34, Union-street, Union-road, Clapham, was
brought down from Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and

placed on a chair in fcont of the dock, in consequence I 21:4 dis. South7Eastern and Dover, 20%—York, Newcastle,
caused the
of her extreme weakness, and charged before Mr. and Berwick (Original N. and B), 16j—Ditto (G. N. E.),
13?adon with being suspected of having g
62U per cent. till 184 die.-York and North Midland,
death of her newly-born male child, by immersion. in 18 c.
night-soil.
The prisoner was committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court, but will be brought up again to have
the depositions completed against her. She fainted as
she was being removed to the cell.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 1.

STOCK ItXCHANU,.—The share market opened firmly
to-day, and continued so till the close. There was a fair
business clone.

BIRMINGHAM, OCT. I.

STOCK EXCHANGE. - The only transactions reported to-day
were London and North-Western, 1151/2 Oxford and Wor-
cester, 9

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, OCT. 1.
The market was well supplied with wheat and barley,
the quality of the latter so very various that
fullyatpr 2
prices
ranged from 20s to 26. E er qr. Wheats were
per qr. cheaper. Beaus and peas as of late.
PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red 3Bs to 42s Beans 3lB to 32$
W ooi to 00s Peas 3os to 31s
1).)., white 44s to 4&'s Oa's
Do., new OO3 to 00s Rye.. ....... . 00s to 00s
Barley, malting 203 to 26-]Malt
Do., grinding... 00s to 00., Flour, per sack oos to 00$
AVERAGES FOR TUE WEEK ENDING SEPT 28.
Wheat 1,525 quarters ut 44s Id.
Barley
Oats
Beaus 25 If 29s 4d.
Peas 6B 11 31s hi.
HULL, OCT. 1.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states:—There
has been less dui, g in the wheat market during the past
week, and is decline was conceded t, by holders. We
note nu change in the value of spring corn. At to-day's
market there wits a good supply of wheat from our
farmers, condition nut quite so good a; last week;
London and many country markets reporting a decline
Is lees money had to be submitted to to-day, and on
foreign wheat the same reducion was taken, with only a
limited business doing. Not Quite so much demand for
barley, but thsre is but little afloat, and we do not hear
of much being on the passage. Less doing in beans, but
a good inquiry for peas, with very limited supply. Oats
are 6 to is dearer. There is choice of linseed in the
market, whieh, however, is well supported. Linseed
cakes are again dearer, wish a good sale. But little doing
in rapeseed, but cakes are scarce and dear.
The following are the present prices of grain:—
Wheat, English, red 40 to 43IPeas, white and yel. 27 32
Do. white 44 46 Do. grey
Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 46 48
nigsberg 42 —47 Do. Petersburgh 40 —44
Pomeranian and Do. Riga&Archngl. 38 —42
Hamburgh
Danish, Holstein, & Per ton.
Friesland ......... 36 40 Lins. c, Hull 7110) Od tooosod
Russian and Odessa 35 42 Do. fine foreign
Oats, English
Do. Danish . 16 18 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland ...... 16 —l9 Rape cakes...9ss Od to 00s 01
Do. Russ. & Odessa 16 —lB Tares, English ......40s 003
Barley, malting 24 26 Do. foreign 208 263
Do. grinding......,, 21 22 Guano 6/ to 10103
Beans
Do. foreign ...... 26 —2B Rye meal .. 6103
LIVERPOOL, OCT. I.—At our market this morning
there was a good attendance of the town and country
trade, whose purchases, however, were quite of a hand-
to-month character. Foreign wheat was only saleable
at a reduction of Id to 2d per 701bs, and new Irish weill
dtlfieult to move, though offered at a decline of 2d to
3d per 701bs, 53 9d being the extreme value of beet
prepared parcels. New oats and oatmeal were hardly
inquired lor, and may be noted id per 451bs, and 6d par
load lesser. Bsrley, bEans, and peas were taken in small
quantities, at late rates. The quantity of French and
American fl ,ur offering being very large, a concession of
6d per barrel and le per sack had to be made before
business could be done; Irish was quite neglected.
There was not much activity in the demand for Indian
corn, and above 28s per quarter could not be made for
prim round American yellow.
Coax, Sem 30.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra 14s 6d;
seconds, 1240 d to 12s 6d; households 91 to 108 6d; thirds. 6s to
per cwt. Oatmeal les to lOs 6d; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s lel; wheat.,
meal. les to 11s Od per cwt. Indian corn 6/12s 6d to 61 15. Od per ton. Bran 4/ to 4/29,d per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 355; average
325; dealers 32s t 0405 Od; average 36s per ton. St! aw— Farmer°
12s Od to 25s Od ; average 18s; dealers 2610 d to 00s 04;
average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d;
household loaf 5d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
10d per lb. Eggs-4s 10d to 5s Od per hundred. Coals
Newport 148; Lydney 15s Od; Smiths' 14s Od ; Cella
13s Od per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 00, per cwt.
Whisky, 25 0. pe 5a 6d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 4d; mutton 410 to 6d; veal 4d to
5d ; pork 4cl to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d per lb.
Hops 710 s to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 21 6d to 3/ 5s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 715. to 8/58; Valonia 15/ to 0/; French
61; Spanish 9l to 10/ per ton. Fleece Wool 15s to 00s per stone.
Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 131 to 141; red
ditto 15s to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 8/ 101 to 9/ 10s pet
ton. Timber—Memel 808 per ton ; red pine, 31 105 • yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 13/ to 181 100 'Hides.-•
Market 20s to 32.; salted 21s to 32s peprer cyst ;. calf skins
3d to 31-d per lb. Potatoes, white 6d to 10d; Minions
Od to Od ; Guano— Peruvian, 11/; Ichaboe, 81 10s per ton;
Tar—Archangel, 198 per barrel.

THE LONDON WEATHER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—The past month of September opened with $
very high barometric elevation, which was sustained
with little variation for the first 18 days, averaging
diurnally by my record, taken at 9 o'clock A.M., 30.23
in. hes. On the 19,h the mercury had dropped below
30 inches, and continued low to the end of the month,
so that the last 12 days averaged only 29.72, exhibit-
ing a diminution in the atmospheric pressure of more
than half an inch of the mercury daily, as compared
with the first 18 days. On the 29th the mercury,
which stood 29.84 at nine o'clock A.M., fell rapidly,
, and was, at the same hour on the 30th, 29.35, haying
dropped nearly half an inch in 24 hours. The mercury
continued falling till this morning at six o'clock, whets
I found it at 29.16, with a convex surface. At nip.
:o'clock it had risen to 29.24, and at six o'clock tbii
'evening was up to 29 49, still rising. The wind has
been stormy and variable, with ahowers, which is net
unusual at the period of the year when the sun passes
the line. On the average of the whole month there
appears to have been a daily increase of 3-20ths of ne,
inch in the elevation of the mercury as compared wit°
la,t year. There has been but a slight difference irs
the temperature, averaging the 30 days, from that o',
the last two years ; but to-day the heat has not et'
ceeded 57i in the shade.—I am, Sir, your subscriber,
Bermondsey-square, Oct. 1. H. P.

' MONEY MAAKET —The premium on gold at Paris
is 6 per mille, which, at the English Mint price
42f
.31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an el'
'change of 25.30; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.27 i, it follows that gold is 0.10 Per
cf,flf, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from liamburgh the price of gold is 433} per mark, which'
,at the English Mint price
of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce Or
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the es'
change at llamburgh on London at short being 13.8'
it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in Ham:
burgh than in London. The course of exchange
New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 11
per cent., and the par of exchange between England so,
!America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is nominally 0.67 per cert. in favour of Ea., land, anti after making allowance for difference
small ci):
interest and charges of transport, the present ram leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the.
United States.

A CONTENTED IRISH LANDLORD.--The Earl Of
Erne, at the exhibition of green crops of Lisnaskea,
managb, last week, delivered an address to his tenantry 441
the result of a personal inspection of the farms on his estate:
—" 1 feel proud and happy," said the Noble Lord, "to it in my power to tell you that I found all the tenants who''
I visited comfortable and improving in their system of far''•
ing, and, as far as I could judge, better in their circumstances;
no running away ; not one acre of untenanted land, and nod%
produce the best crops."
content; but all vying with each other as to who Well
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BIRTHS,
OF A Sow.
On the 26th ult., at Tregoyd, near Hay, Viscountess
Hereford.

On the 29th ult., in Guildford-street, Russell square, the
wife of Frederick Smith, Esq.
On the 26th ult., at Powis-place, Haverstock-hill, the
wife of S. S. Alford, Esq.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 28th ult., at Stepney, the wife of Mr. FrederiCl‘
John Wallis, of her Majesty's Customs.
On the 30th ult., at Croydon, the wife of R. A. Heath, Egq.
On the Tith ult., in Southamp on-street, Bloomsbury, the/
wife of Adam Bittleston, Esq.

ht ARRIED.
On the 26th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, gt*
James Sapwell, of Curzon-street, May-fair, to Mary JeklP'
eldest daughter of Jekin Elwin. Esq., of Pembroke-square'
Kensington.
On the 26th ult., at Belfast, William Sinclair, Esq., 13°-
bington, Cheshire, only son of the late W. Sincldir, Ess'
Brookval, Belfast, to Amelia, third daughter of. John Inn,
Esq., of the Lodge, Belfast.

DIED.
On the 26th ult., in Frederick-street, Anthony Van Divil
Nuotli, Esq., eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Nooth, Beau'
mont-house, Stoke-Devonport.
On the 27th ult., at Belle-cue, Sevenoaks, Kent, Lieut
Colonel Henry Austen, fourth son of the late F. M. Austen'
Esq., of Kippington, same county. as
On the 27th ult., at the Rectory, Wouldham, Georg
Alfred. youngest sun of the Rev. A. H. Barker.
On the 2Sth
,at Brighton, Major-General James Durant'
of the Bengal Army.
On the 30th ult., at Croons's-hill, Greenwich, John get'
calfe, Esq., aged 74.
On the 27th ult., in Albany-street, James Thomson,
eldest surviving son of the late Rev. James Thomson, rent°
of Ormesby, Yorkshire.
On the 21th ult., at St. Margaret's, Rochester. aged 82'
Atar* Ann, wi,low of George Hicks, Esq., late of Cadogo"
place, Chelsea.

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LAST TRIP THIS SEASON.
MARCUS' EXCURSION TRAIN to EDIN-
BURGH and GLASGOW and BACK, G,r. 375. Gd., will
leave Euston Station on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days.
Cheap Excursion from London to Dablin and Back, via Holyhead,
for 405., on M nday, Octobett7; offering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
Chop Excursion to. Liverpool or Manchestee and Back, for 215., on
llonday, October 7, offering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
Cheap Excursion to Bangor or Conway and Back, on Mon?.ay,
October 7, for 2Gs. 6d.' offering a choice of 5 or l 2 days.
Cheap Excursion to Chester or Shrewsbury and Back, on Monday,
October 7, for 205., offering a choice of 5 or 12 days.
Cheap Excursion from London to Bit mingham and ?tack, for 12s.
(enclosed carriages), on Monday, October 7, for 5 or 12 days.
Cheap Excursion from London to Carlisle and Back, for 345. 6d. ;
Penritja and Back, 345. Gd. ; Winderrr ere and Back, 325. CA.; "Ken-
dal end Back, 30s. ; Lancaster and Back, 2is.l Preston and Back,.
23s 64.; Huddersfield and Back, 255.; on Monday, Octotter 7, offer-
ing a choice of 5 or 12 days, from Euston Station, Enstonlquare.
Tickets, bills, amtevery information for the above Excursions, may
be obtained of Mr. "Henry R. Marcus, Manager and Conductor,
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RD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and
Tbia,Fs)lVjekritOTEL, DALE-STREET, LTVERPOOL.
ted In the InameetiatelitY a.the Fixchigtte;
Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort:, is fitted up
in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as
Well as English strangars:-Will be found everything that is desirable.
While frit itriangoaftnts of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate
ebok. ' The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee
and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be
found Second to none In the kingdom.
N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those
who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid,
and It is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne-
cessary, •