The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-28
FURTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
England


England.
In the English papers we find the following de-
tailed statement of the cruise of the North Star
Commander Forsyth, one of the vessels which has
been engaged in the search for Sir John Franklin
I2'p2rta"t .frop, the Ayctic Reetous. - The
N"rlh star which went out in May 1910 with
PROVISIONS Tor Sir John Franklin and the Arctic
expedite. arrived at Spthead on Saturday. We
wish " could report any tidings Of Sir John
trdnHLn ut unhaPpjly upon this important cub
iect the I, orth Stars log is an entire blank. She
let the ice on the 9th Of September in Coz N lat
ii"I", and 5Oo w. longitude, rounded Cape Fare
wen on the lIth September, and came ntO Spit
head by the Needles. On the 3Oth of lgust the
North Star saw and spoke tho sch uer Prince
Albert, Commander Forsyth, in Possession Bay
On the 5Ist the North Star sent boatto the Prince
Albert, when Commander Forsyth came on board
and reported that he had also been to Port NeaIe
but had not been able to enter for the ice and had
found one OF the American ships sent out to search
Tor Nr John Franklin ashore in Barrow's Straits
that he had rendered assistance, which had been
declined by the American crmmander as. his shin
beng unlnIured, he believed his own crew, conoe
tent to yes her oil. Commander Forsyth rppnrcd
iHaL captain Austin had proceeded to Pond s.Bay
I'D TIE Intrepid tender to the Assistance, to land
,et'p-~ he North Star went on TO Pond shay.
out co'.d not find any indications Of Captain Aus.
Ih having been there. 1t is coniectured that he
N q
Staf people suffered much from the intense cold.
but has only lost live hands by her perious trip
From the Aberdeen journal
ATtrH Of ths Prince AUl1-Tbe Prince
Ai6etL Com Forsyth, arrived here between 5 and
o clock last night uhe crew all wellJ and brings
some important particulars, in addition to the IN
le'tgeHce brought by the North Star and ,ybicf.
are contained IN the following statement kindly
furnished us by Mr.. Snow, second in command
Commander Forsyth did not call at Port Bowen
as has been stated in the accounts brouubt Iv
Capt Saunders. He attempted to land at Port
l-1oPoIu, but was prevented by the ice over which
'hr bol-s had to be dragged. When there he met
the American brgantine Advance. and. in coms
pa"l with her, went over to Cape Hurd and Bar
70" traits. He then proceeded to Cape Spen-
csF' at Wellington Channel Here there was
great G.aI OF ice. Bore up on the 2J,h August
Wheh MI snow was sent TO examine Cape Reilly
iIrre ne found the Advance, which was aground
Mr. snow found traces on Cane Reilly Of five or
SIX tents or eucampments, which, from certain
prcuIIarltes, he knew to be those of vessel in her
Majesty service He found that the Assistance
Capt Ommanney, had been at Cane Reilly tyyu
days before, and had left the following notice:
, - Her Maiasty's Arctic Searching Eypej,,ion.
II ~, G ,s 70 cery tgat Captain umm upey wtt the oi-
upon CAFE Reilly on he 2$i wv o ybEs' ybay HaIe4 ]
r1.g' o enGaupments, and collected the remains of n.
er Majesty Ships sd been staei on @ spSf Beesb% 10
Island was also ezam1ed, where races found Of the
VISIONS and fue Cape Reilly Since i5h Sgg8sf ~ Tey
na.e ne north shores Of Lancaster Soul and Bar.
Ommanney proceeds 10 Cane Hotham and Cane Wake IN
noed board her siaesy'S ship Assisiance 6S Usns
Really, the I'D August, ESQ
Mr.. Snow states that the traces of the encamp.
men'a OF vessel in her Maj4sty's service were
very evident The seamen VINO were dlsnqtchpd
from the Assistance to examine these remains furd
rope with the WuUwch mark, evidently baiOnp-
ing to vessel which had been fitted out al WnGi
Wch, and which, in all probability, was either the
Erebus or the Terror. Other Indications were also
found which showed that some vessel had visi,
the place besides the Assistance. Mr. Snow lsf
notice that the Prin e Albert had called of Cam
Reilly on the 25ih Of August When Mr.. Snow
returned on board, the Prince Albert bore up for
Cape York, on the eastern side OF Prince Rtg4nt's
Inlet The ice extended completely across from
land to land, and quite blocked up the passage down
the inlet,
On reaching Cape York, Mr. Snow again went
Oh shore, and found carn of stones, but no traces
OF anything. He left two cases Of penmican As
IL was perfectly obvious from the state of the ice,
thar The object of the eXpedlti0n-the exploration
OF FRINGE Regents Inlet, and the passages CON
meeting 1t with the western seas-couId not he car
rIed mo effect, Commander FORSYTH resolved tn
return TO England, and the Prince Albert then bore
up to the eastward Commander FORSYTH landed
al Possession Bay in the morning of the 29h of Au
gu- hut nothing was found there to repay the
search '"~'ltuted. On the LIST Of September, the
1
again sent Oi shore to make an examination of four
points OF land there, but on none of them could any
traces be found Ul the hj-cs of the search. Thev
came out Of Ponds Bay on the 2d of September
th're was no ice to the eastward, nor on the whole
passage hOmeWards from Wellington Channel The
Prince Albert has explored regions which have sell
dom neen reached, and has had splendid run on
her hOmeward PASSAGE.
with regard to the positions Of the other expedi.
IONS, when last seen, il may be stated that on
u l.1,t tbtl I
cape Spencer and Cape Innes in wellington
Channel, Mr.. Snow went at noon to the masthead
and saw the Assistance, as near az possible within
Cape Holham-Peuny 3 two ships the Lady Frank
llli ana sophia Were in the mid channel-the Anne.
HHah Drgantne Rescue was close besst with ice
near cape Bowen. These were the onlv vnssels In
ne seen there. The Intrepid could not be seer, bnt
she WINS doubtless in company with the Assistance
= me ICE &c was very heavy, and extended all around
from Pflnce Leopold Island to Cape Farewell
westward, 50 as to prevent any possibility of reacb
ing Cape Walker; Cape HOtbaIn mIghi be reacL.
ed with difficulty In Wellington channel tbero
was great deal Office, hut it admitted of passoges
being made, in which the vessels were yv0rki,H7n
and Capt Penny was pushing up the cbamnSeI
boldly. Capt. Austin, with the Resolute had the
Prince Albert in tow on the 10Th August, and car
red her TO the entrance of Lancaster Sound They
then parted company, but did not meet again: buL
It was found that the ResOlute had been into and
had examined Possession Bay on the 18th August
The Pioneer had been detached from tie Rpso-
lnle, and was proceeding in the direction Of Cape
Walker
The Felix, it was understood, was 10 make for
Admiralty Inlet, and the last report of her was that
she was standing to the northward, Sir John Ross
neng IN doubt whether he should not return TO
England. The other American vessel, the Ad-
vance, when last seen was ashore near Barrow's
oaY' h4L was expected to he got Off The Prince
Albert has accomplished much during the short
ylslt which she has paid to the Arctic regions. We
nave already stated that she had been in the Wei
lngton Channel, which has not often heen ex-
pIored, and which Sir James Ross failed to reach
She has also been at Fury Beach, a point not
reached by any vessel for nearly twenty years 1t
was, however, utterly impossible to land there, on
Bnffn's bay were also examined, but no traces
found of Franklin,
As to the whales, the Prince Albert brinRs no
intelligence which has not been already communi