The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-03
OFFICIAL.
Rrpronp PACE, Losnos.

Brpronp PLACE Lospox b,
ApruA, 1949. q
SIN, address myself 10 you as the head OF great
nation whose mower 10 helm me cannot doubt and
In whose dispostion 10 do so | have confidence
4 which trust Won win NOT deem presumpiuons. 81
The name OF my husband, Sir JoHN FRANKlrs is
probably not unknown 10 yor II is intimately on
nected with the Northern part of Tint continent Of
/ which the American Republic forms vast and
conspicuous portion. When visited The United
States three years ago, amongst The many proofs
received Of respect and courtesy, there was none
which touched and even surprised me more thnn the
appreciation everywhere expressed 10 me OF his Tor
ner services In geographical discovery and The In
lerest felt In The enterprise IN when ne was men
known to be engaged.
inc eNpedihon hlled Out by our "oveinnneh' Ior
the discovery oithe Northwest rassaBe, V'n' q".s'
non whch iof three hundred years nus ehsageo ''o
interest and baffied me energies OF 'he man % sr.-
ence and the naylgaior) sailed nnuer my nuspano
command IN May ieio. me wy snips ''eo"s
ana Terror contained iao men lo'iieers u'u et'Ml
anu Wf'p Vi'uaieu ioi "hee yee. - 80
expected nome unless success hau ear'y .e"uiu'u
their efforts OF some casually hasehea 'eir return,
before Inc close oil ls4i nor Were any ''dhgs g.
pected rom mem IN NE iniefVa'. hni when me
autumn OF ls47 arrived without any ih'eihgence q
the ships, the attention oil II. M. Government WINS
directed 10 the necessity Of searching iof ana con
vcying relief 10 Them In case OF iheir oeng pfison-
ed in ice, or wrecked ana ~ want Oh PROVISIONS aho
means OF transport. fof ms PuiPose a eApi''non
IN uree DIVISIONS was hSea oht W me curry par, y
last year directed 10 lhfte di'ierehl quarters sua
eonsiy, VIZ - 5
!. To that, by which IN case OF success, Inc sh'ps
would come oui Of The polar sea 70 lhe westward
Tor Behring's Suai,s) Z. 10 that by winch ihey
entered on their course OF discovery ON tue Eastern
side Tor Davis strai1D ana s 70 an intervening por-
ZION Of The Arclic shore approachaeie by fnna rom
tho Hudson Bay Company's settlements, on which
Il was supposed the crews II Obliged 10 ABANDON leif
ships might be found. his last DIVISION OF me eA-
| petition was placed under the command o. my nus
bands faithful friend, The companion Of ms former
travels DR.. Sir John Richardson, who landed at New
York In April Of last year. and hnslened 10 JON MS
| men and boats which were already IN advance To-
ward the Arctic shore VI this portion Of the eNped
ton may briefly say Thai, me absence o. any m
icigence from Sir John Richardson at this season.
proves he has been unsuccessful In the object OF his
search.
The expedition intended for Behring's Strait has
hitherto been a complete failure II consisted of
/ single ship the ployer which, owing TO her setting
of TOO lats and 10 her bad smiling properties did not
4 even approach her destination last year.
The remaining and most important portion Of the
j searching expedition consists Of two ships under the
command Of Sir. james Ross which smiled last Alay
for Davis Strait, but did not succeed owing TO tho
sntc Of the ice, in getting into Lancaster Sound, till
the season for operations had nearly closed. These
ships are now wintering In the Ice and storesbjp Is
about 10 he dispatched from hence, with provisions
and fuel 10 enable them to stay out another year /;
but one Of these vessels is in great degree, with
drawn from active search by the necessity Of watch
Ing at the entrance Of Lancaster Sound for the arrival
of intelligence and instructions from England by the
\ whaleis ~
have enterrd into ,bese details with the view of
nror;no ,h,, ,honoh The British Government hos
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