New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-24

UreGuaIT cur1eue0
poor whereas be believed that the land did
not pay more than 40 per cent. Of the whole poor
rate in the kingdom and the amount OF the rate
Itself had fallen from . :, 50OCC0 n 1888, 70
$685. 600 in 1850. Tie true remedies FOR me
distress OF the occupiers must be found IN the re-
duction OF rents the increase OF produce, ana the
skiiful adaptation Of the powers OF their farms
there was no remedy that Parliament could give
The Chancellor of the Exchequer confessed that
like MIR Labouchere. he vas good deal pazzled
by the motion and speech OF Mr. d lsraeli, ~nl;a
hsmpered himself as much as bis antagonists. Ii
his amendment was carried, the window TAX
would rot be repealed He had alleged that the
budget contained no relief 70 the farmers did
they not pay wInd0w duty
Lord J. Russell called the attention OF the
Hosse 10 the delusions which he said were Pra;'
tced upon the country by epested motions ottnls
character 1t vas clear that no special and Ell
fectua relief could be given out of the residue OF
the surplus to the owners and occuPiera OF the
land but If the question was stated as ageneral
proposition, it was impossible to make & conside-
rable reduction Of taxation without giving large
relief to that important interest which must pros
per along with other interests
The House having divided, the numbers were:
For the original motion.
Against
Msiority against the resolution IS
Lady FraBkiIn's Expedition to the Arctic Res
gi0ns
Ofthe nature Of the projected voyage to the
Arctic Seas by Mr. Kennedy and his crew OF Ork-
ney men, in search Of Sir John Franklin, few
notes are supplied by the John o'Groat Journal
Mr.. Kennedy is now at Aberdeen, where the NJ
tie ship, the Prince Albert, is fitting out. The
route to be follov wed is by Lancaster Sound, then
down Prince Regents Inlet as far as possible.
The ship il then to be mOored in some harbOr, and
two boats will be dispatched in various directions
according to circumstances, or as the openings IN
the ice NAV present One boat if is intended to
bring overland to the western shore, at CressweH
or Brentford Bay in the direction Of the magnetic
pole The other will be sent southwark to Felix
Harbor, and will cross Boothia lsthmus, and after
striking the sea coast will proceed by Sir James
Ross Strait to meet the other boat
After a meeting they will sgain diverge and ex-
plore westward. 1t is then intended that one OF
the boats be dispatched in the direction OF 6lmp-
sons Straits, while the other will be directed
northward, with view 70 come on the track OF
DR.. Rae and bis party. Mr.. Kennedy has been
thirteen wears in the service OF the hudsons
Bay Company and spent eight years OF that pc
Rod in J. labrador. Knowing the coul try, and the
abundance Of deer, salmon, and marine animals,
be has the firm persuasion that az least portion
of Sir James Franklins party are yet alive. de
goes cot without fee or reward, amin ated by
pure devotion TO the service. The crew consists
OF seventeen persons nearly all natives OF DIRK
ney.
The expedition is to be conducted on teetotal
principles and the ship will be ready for sea by
the end of this month. She carries three boats
one Of mahOe any, one Of common materials. and
one Of eutta percha. Mes'rs. Duthie of Aber-
deem are building boat specially for Mr. kenne-
dy's use. II is TO be twenty-tw feet long, only
two feet wide at the midships, or broadcast part,
and after being covered with hide or gutta per
cha, with one person set in it-canoe tAshion-is
calculated to draw only three inches Of water;
the depth of the boat is to be l. inches al the
seat 1t is intended TO propel this extraordinary
craft after the manner OF the natives OF these
regons-the EIqumsux-by double bladed oar,
and the person seated in 1t will be covered up
with a skin dress. buttoned to the chin. aud fas-
tened TO the deck that, in the event of its beiog
swsmped, it can easily be righted again without
any water getting into 1t.
Mr.. Kennedy cOntemplates not only using this
boat for crossing rivers over ice and down rapids,
but to make il his couch of repose all night, by
simply pulling blanket over him, AID there re
pose In q temperature that makes one freeze 10
think or He has been accustomed TO these ha-d-
ships and has stood many nights Ia similar CIR
cumstances. with the thermometer - 70 % de-
grees below zero; often, too with no covering bat
the canopy of heaven. The Prince Albert will
be provisioned for two years. MI success at
tend heri Inverness Courier.