The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

" Sunday, 10—Weather cloudy; wind E; perfurmed
Divine service.
" Men &day, 11—Weather cloudy; light breeze from the
eastward; in the afternoon a shower of rain which, to-
gether s rith the high temperature, made a great impres•
zion on 'the ice; temperature of air at 10 A.M., 51 deg.;
in sun, 90 deg.
"Tuesday, 12—Wca'her cloudy; wind NNW; light
breeze; crew employed outside.
" Wednesday, 13—Weather cloudy; wind N; mode-
rate bronze; crew employed outside.
"Thu rsday, 14—Weather cloudy; wind SE; blowing
fresh; crew employed outside,
"Frid ty, 15—Weather cloudy; wind ESE. fresh
breeze; orew employed outside; two P.M., Mr. :Mathias,
assistant surgeon, died.
" Satumlay, 16—Weather snowing; wind SEE; crew I
employed. outside.
"Sand ay, 17—Snowing at times; wind SSE; per-
formed Divine service; thermometer 47 dee.
" Mon, lay, 18—Weather cloudy; party under he com-
mand of 'lieutenant return from Fury Beach; heard or
saw nothing of Sir John Franklin or party.
"rues lay, 19—Weather cloudy; wind E; crow em-
ployed under the boatswain; unbent sails to overhaul
them.
" Wedrteeday, 20—Weather cloudy; wind E; crow
employed about the rigging.
" Tburs day, 21—Weather cloudy; wind NNW; mo-
derate breeze; crew employed-inboard and outb,eard.
" Friday, 22—Weather hazy; wind N; crew variously
employed.
" 23—Weather cloudy; wind S; early in
the morning Sir James Ross and party made their ap-
peerance, hands turned up to cheer them on their re-
turn, having been absent from the ship 39 days; crew
oreployed outside on the ice.
Sunday, 24—Weather cloudy—light airs from the
NE; performed Divine service.
"Monday, 25—Weather cloudy; moderate breeze
from the eastward; scoured hammocks and Washed
clothes.
" Tuesday, 26—Weather cloudy; fresh breeze from
the southward; crew employed watering ship from the
shore.
" Wednesday, 27—Weather cloudy; fresh breeze
from the southward; watering ship.
" Thursday, 28—Weather cloudy; wind 'SSE; water-
hie; ship.
" Friday, 29—Rain; blowing fresh from the south-
ward; watering ahip.
" Saturday, 30—Rain; wind SSE; moderate breeze;
crew employed cleaning ship.
" Sunday, July I—Heavy rain during the whole of the
thy; moderate breezes from the southward; tempera..
Lure. highest 39 deg., lowest, 34.
" Monday, 2—Weather cloudy; light breezes from the
northward; crew employed in fitting sails.
" Tuesday, 3—Weather cloudy; fresh breezes from
the NW; brought stream pinnace from the shore, Where
she been hauled uo; crew employed aloft about the
6, Wedneseley, 4—Weather cloudy; wind NW; crow
variously employed on the ice.
" Thursday, s—Weather cloudy; wind north; crew
setting up lower rigging.
" Friday, 6—Weather cloudy; wind NW; crew em-
ployed fawieg round the ships, so as they may float
free from the ice.
" Saturday, 7—Weather cloudy; wind NNW; crew
cleaning ship.
" Sunday, B—Rain; wind southerly; performed Di
vine service.

" Monday, 9—Weather showery; calm; crew em-
ployed sawing round the ship.
" Tuesday, 10—Weather cloudy; wind southerly;
crew sawing round the ship.
" Wednesday, 11--Weather cloudy; light breeze from
the NNW; crew employed sawing round the ship. Four,
afloat free of the ice.

" Thursday, 12—Weather cloudy; wind N; com-
menced cutting a canal from the ship towards harbour's
mouth.

" Friday, 13—Weather cloudy; wind N; light breeze;
crew cutting cum/. _

" Saturday, 14—Weather cloudy; wind NNW; ligh
broez9; cutting canal. _ _ _

" Sunday, 15—Weather cloudy; wind NNW; light
breeze; performed Divine service.
" Monday, ,16—Weather cloudy; wind N; light
breeze; cutting ;canal; ice reported to be opening in
thrrow's Straits and Prince itegent's Inlet; tempera-
ture still keeping very low;, thermometer from 34 to 39
deg.
" Tuesday, 17—Weather cloudy; wind southerly;
cu!ting canal.
" Wednesday, 18—Weather cloudy ; wind southerly;
cutting canal.

" Thursday, 19—Weather cloudy ; wind NNW; light
breon; cutting canal. _

" Fiiday, 20—Weather cloudy; wind NNW, light
bre-z; cutting canal.
" Saturday, 21—Weather cloudy; wind NW, mode-
rate breeze; cutting canal.

Sunday, 22—Weather cloudy; wind NNW; per-
urrned Divine service.

"Monday, 23—Weather cloudy; wind north; cutting
canal. . _ _

" Tuesday, 24—Weather cloudy; wind NW; cutting
can n.l.
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" Wednesday, 25—Weather cloudy; wind NW by
N. nutting canal.
Thursday, 26—Weather cloudy; wind NW; cutting
canal.

27—Weather cloudy, with rain; wind NW,
blowing fresh; cutting canal.
" Saturday, 28—Weather, snowing early part of the
day; wind NNW; warped ship about 250 yards on canal,
sgird Divine service.
toe and harbour's mouth, this being the . first move from
29—Weather cloudy, at' times raining;
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canal; thermometer. 32 to 35.
Tuesday, 31—Weather, rain blowing fresh from the
eastward; cutting canal. •
Wednesday, August I—Weather cloudy; passing
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snow; blowing a fresh gale from NE; cutting canal.
Friday, 3 —Weather rain; blowing fresh from the
eastward;_ cutting canal.
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Saturday, 4—Weather rain; blowing fresh from the
eartvvard; cutting canal; warped ship about 400 yards
further towards the harbour's mouth.
4, Sunday, s—Weather rain, blowing fresh from the
eastward; performed Divine service.
.4 Monday, 6—Weather cloudy; blowing from the SE;
cutting canal.
Tuesday, 7—Weather cloudy; wind southerly, light
breeze; cutting canal; warped farther down the canal
towards harbour's mouth; bent sails.
" Wednesday, B—Weather cloudy; wind variable; ice
cracks about 300 feet inside of harbour's mouth; cutting
canal; warped farther down.
" Thursday, 9—Weather cloudy; passing- showers of
rain; wind from the northward ; light breeze; ice still
breaking off the harbour's mouth.
"Friday, 10—Weather cloudy; wind northerly; fore-
noon cutting canal; afternoon ranging cables and getting
everything lashed and secured for sea.
" Saturday 11—Weather cloudy;
light airs from the
southward ; crew cleaning alldecks ; heavy pack ice
across harbour's mouth.
" Sunday, 12—Weather cloudy; wind from the south-
ward; performed Divine service.
" Monday, 13—Weather, rain ; wind SSE; cutting
canal.

" Tuosday, 14—Weather cloudy ; passing showers
of snow ; wind northerly ; cutting canal and trimming
ship._ _

Wednesday, 15—Weather cloudy ; lights airs from
the northward and westward ; cutting canal ; 10.45
P.M., ice broke from entrance to head of the harbour,
along line of canal ; at the same time parting from the
shore; heavy pack across harbour's mouth.
" Thursday, 16—Weather cloudy ; fresh breeze
from NW ; forenoon, crew employed under the boat-
swain ; afternoon, scrubbed hammocks and washed
clothes.

"Friday, 17—Weather cloudy; fresh breeze from the
NW; warped farther towards the harbour's mouth ;
boat sent, having Mr. Tether, quarter-master of the In-
vestigator, on beard, to ascertain the state of Barrow's
Strait with regard to ice ; reported a good deal of open
water.

"Saturday, 18—Weather cloudy ; light breeze from
the southward ; warped ship to the end of canal-har-
bour's mouth.

" Sunday, 19 —Weather clear; calm; ice to which
the ship is fast all adrift; kept shifting ship along the
floe milt clears either shore.
" Monday, 20—Weather clear, light airs fi•om the
northward; heavy pack ice extending across harbour's
mouth; ship fast to ice inside Whaler's Point; thermo-
meter during the night standing at 26.
" Tuesday, 21—Weather clear; wind from the east-
ward; 10 r nr. pack set close in to the ship; ice in Re.
gent's Inlet setting to SW.
" Wednesday, 22—Weather clear; wind NE; no open
water to be observed from the masthead; heavy pack
across harbour's mouth; ice in Prince Regent's Inlet
setting to the south-west. . _

" Thursday, 23—Weather cloudy; wind from the
w9stward; no apparent change to be observed in the
ice from tho top of highest mount, in Barrow's Strait or
Rogvnt's Inlet; ice extending from point to point across
ha, b:ur's mouth.

" Friday, 24—Weather clear; fresh
breeze from the
northward; 10 P.M„ floe that the ship is fast to drift-
ing, and carrying us into shoal water; turned the hands