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New YonK, Sept 80.
Arctic y'NDpjition


Return of the Arctic Expedition.
The Commercial has received the following
account Of the American expedition in search
OF Sir John Franklin, one of the vessels be-
longing to which has arrived at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
1t will be remembered that the latest prcv-
Gus intelligence from the Rescue and the Adj
vance was to Sept 1850, received through the
English papers
On that day they parted company with the
EngS squadron as mentioned in the despatch
eS of Capt. Penny.
The same night they were frozen in at Wei
lington Channel From that point commenced
their northern drift, and they were carried up
the Channel to lat - %, the greatest norhing
ever attained in that meridian.
During this time the violence of the crup-
tons OF the ice were so great that they could
keep no fires regularly, on account of the mo-
ton OF the vessel
From that latitude they commenced drifting
again to the South, and in November $50, en-
tered Lancaster Sound
The Mercury in the Thermometer fell be-
low zero. The bedding froze in every apart
mcnt, and the coffee and soup became CONCEAL
ed as soon as taken of the fire.
The principal eruptons in the ice occurred
on the lth November and Sth December, so,
and Eth January, ISL, ON which latter day
the expedition entered Baiiin's Buy
During the continuance of the vessels in the
ice, the vessels were lifted up by the stern AS
high as six feet or 3 inches, with lift to
starboard of two feet 8 inches, the discomforts
and Inconvenience Of which may well be i'm
| uginad.
During this whole time also the mon had to
have their knapSacks constantly prepared, as
well as seghs, &c not knowing but that at
any moment the vessels strong as they were,
might be crushed by the ice.
They were three weeks without taking oil
! their clothes.
Fortunately the ice lifted up rather than
crushed the vessels, which lay often at a con
siderable elevation on the crest of the uphcay-
ng ice.
1t was at his time the scurvy broke out, at
lacking all the crew and officers
Capt. Haven and DR.. Kane succeeded, bv
asslduons efforts, iii curing them all.
From this ice the vessels EMERGED on the
10th of June, 1851, after n imprisonment of
nine months. During this time they had drift
ed lO6O miles-a polar drift Unprecedented
During this whole Imprisonment, the two YES
sells suffered comparatively little damage.
The Advance lost part Of her bob stays and
part Of her false keel.
The Rescue had her cltwater and bowsprit
literally chlsselcd off; having got both his yes
sells liberated, Captain Dchaycn determined
again to prosecute his search, and turned the
Advances head to the Northward. He sue
cccdcd in reaching Upper Melville Bay, but
was ere again hommed in with ice.
From this he was not liberated until Aug 10,
at which time the season was so far advanced
that it was impossible for him to proceed. He
therefore reluctantly determined to return
home.
The Advance called at the Greenland ports.
where she obtained full supplies of fresh meats.
vegetables, fruits. &c. and DR.. kune soon had
the happiness of seeing the scuryy entirely
disappear.
The expedition has returned without the loss
of man, which speaks volumes alike for the
officers and the men.
The American vessels last saw the ENGLISH
ship Prince Albert on the 10Th day of August
standing to the South South Fest, after having
given up, as Capt. Deilaycn concluded, all
hope Of getting round the bay ice and making
for the Southern passage.
Capt. Dehaven thinks it probable thrt she
would reach Prince Regents slet Inlet. Dr.
Kane thinks after seeing the regions and the
resources on shore, that Sir John Franklin and
his crew are probably yet alive.
The Advance has brought home the relics of
Sir Johns visit to the place where three of his
men were buried.
We learn from Mr.. Grcnnell that Lady
Franklin cntertainS the same opinion as DR.
Kane, with respect to her noble husband