The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-05

oeaMy informAtion,' not only 1t the Iaysstirstor.
but = every avsiabe point or projection, which
the depot left BY you 1t Melville Island" Wiling
y and ar xousy Wouli avoid touching on this nat.
ter bat this honorable Court "to &c arch
into my conduct Of this expe dition AID cannot a.
low that any imputation should rest ON me for nom
performance, want Of foresight personal exertion,
or dereliction Of the onerous duties entrusted to my
surveillance. / cannot but think, and only dis
covered it in tbe correspondent rela i've to Lieut.
PIN, after reached Beechsy Island in July, 1854,
have searched the short distance do Va Paincs Of
Wslsss Straits, and that afforded me the ground.
work, as veil Al Captain keett Of at Il ass another
months delay IN the abandonment Of the
Resolutel baa such been his wish; also for
placing my notices. farther down Psels. Ialst,
s1d even phssS..nsg the reserci Of Lieut.. Mecham
still farther than Ramsay Islaad-p esiby to
tbs Enterp,ise Captain Keuett has stated that my
orderathe OILY order" huubly submit to this
and under date the 2lst Of April, ls54-wis given
without any references to his opinion. | humbly
submit that, with my original orders Of October
(sent Only a. information), the suppl. nary ones
Of February, 1854, the private letters and emssares
(Lieut. Hamilton and Commander MClintock, tie
latter OF whom be empowers to represent himself
and who was fully credited b. ue) that no suca in.
ference can be Drawn but, having heard sll, con-
sidered eli, and duly weighed the COOL faith involv
ed in my Instructions from their lordships ami fully
cognissnt Of the private feelings and reasons OF
Capt. Kellett, DECIDED on the honest performance
Of painfnl public duty, fully convinced at this
moment, from the deficiency OF spring aad summer
gsles, that no hope of ext ication could remain for
tie Rts0lute. but that the additional force of hr
crew nigh eventually save the A sistance But W
far o can iollos the reasoning Of Captain Kel
know where the Investigator went. He leaves
no notice OF any intention to seek her. He
intends to make an attennt on what we be-
ieye to be "a blind leadu and it ia clear {, me lat
mn q fnVr tvo hrfi f1o
mird Of theorists, and find the advice of Captain
Kelet, the best he could give, To return with all
despatch BY the way OF Point b row. This relieves
my mind. had no idea, alt ough the paper NAV
have psssed my hands unnoticed, that such "a i'm
pOrtant document had been 80 well placed, or I
would assureoly have embodied it in my CORES pom
denee, OF which have no recollection. l hold In
my hands the correspondence Of Capt ain Kcllett,
between March and July, 1854 one important letter
relative to Captain Co.nson excepted. trust tn 1t
Captain Kellett viii at future date allow me to
make use ofsome extracts on purely service matters
to clear away any impression from the mind Of the
First Lord Of the Admiralty. That portion Of one
embodied In my narrative was read to Captain KEEL
lett, and he did not offer any objection to its use on
this occasion. With respect to notices, as l have
imagine that the one left at Ramsay Island was
similar to that left at Deely Islald, and thus
escaped notice. | regret to find the evidences
Of Commander MCintock to day varies SO com
pletely from that given yesterday. He taen attri-
buted the blocking of Wellington Channel to result
from the NON. clearance Of Barrows St aits. The ice
from Parrys boundary did not clear away this year
until late in August, and Leopold Island was not
approachable, as Commander M'Clintock well knew,
this year, until the 9th Of August, by more than
fifteen miles of "land foe" as will be seen by nv
despatch Of the 2sth September, 1854 the opin-
ions now given are merely the result Of what the
latest experience has aided IN forming--not what
have been the result had the season been as
close last year, when the Phoenix barely es apei
fIom Beechey Isald ollthe 26th August. If the ice
thus pressed on Leopold leland and that northern
land, it ID my firm conviction that no movement
could have taken place on the ice where the Rsso.
lutte and Intrepid were hampered. II they could
only make, say eighty miles In eighty six days, Ihad
no reason, from any communication made to me, to
expect release this season Indeed had every
reason to believe that she was in imminent danger.
Commander M'Clintock also states that he, AS an
officer, would, in defiance Of the orders he well
knew held, and OF which he had an authorized
copy, have remained by bis vessel. am happy to
find that the more off cerike opinion of Capt Kestt
agrees with my sense of naval discipline have
been nearly forty three years In the naval service OF
my countrythiIt y six years commits stoned officer,
and for periods OF nearly twenty years have been
entrusted With more important commands and ex'
eYcsiDg greater powers than, believe, few of my
rank have held. have met tina appreciation Of my
Foreign Office, and, trust. that Of mauy distin-
gushed officers In my profession. Ihave met tue
enemies of my country during the years 1912, 1913,
1914, 1885, 1916, and 1912 and a. neutral, repeat
BY the her powers for the same judgm and ds-
cision viii this day, for the first time in my ife
has ever been questioDed not by Lords Commits
sioners 81 the Admiralty. but by thu customary
rules Of the service of which, trust shall no. be
found By this honorable court I'm worthy me nbe-.
Next to .he appreciation Of my eign and OF my
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, l value the
honorable approval of my professional brethren
morest shadow Of blame, confidently repcse in
UT hands that character which, during long and
Lying Bel vice In every cline ana in the re-
motest regions Of the earth has, trust, no. been
well as the commands Of my Lords Commits:
tioners OF the Admiralty. Sir E. Beicher then read
extracts from various orders issued by the Lords Of
the Admiralty for his guidance in the conduct of
TIE expedition. BY Instructions dated the 10th of
April 1852, Sir Edward Belcher was directed to
proceed wi the Assistance, RssoIute, Pioneer Ia
tepid and North Star to Beechey Island, which was
to be considered the grand rendezvous Of thu espe
dition, aud on arriving at that point his s.tenti on
was directed 10 two great objects-6fst, endeavor
rg to PATS up Wellington Channel, with sailing
vessel ano one steamer; ard. secondly the advance
o. similar force torsrds Melville isis1d The
"You are 6htinctly to understand our instructions
70 be, that the several shps under your orders shat
each be ON its way heme, AID to the east~ari Of
Barrow's Strait, whenever their stock Of provision
shalt have been reduced to twelve months full al.
lowaDce." In the instructions dated the 18th of
Nay, 1868, the following paragraphs occur:-"2. Ia
communicating with you on the subject OF your for
mer orders and the service on whi,h you are employ
ed, how impossible 1t is for US to seni
cut any definite instructions with reference to youc
Iusure pIoceedir es, when va are ignorant o
the poatien in #hich you may now be placed,
o. whether any traces OF Sir John Frsnklin's expe
&, ION may have been found during last autumn or
the spring OF this year, and what steps you may
have copsidesed it msst expedient to adopt. But If
10 ttaces OF the missing ships have been found be-
yond the Wellington Channel and II it should appear
ms no an
enabled to make in that quarter that the missing
ships did lot proceed in that direction, ami If Cap
tain Kellett should have reached Melville Island, a.
oirecisd by Bis instruct ons and his land expedi.
tioLs sho ud also have failed in fec ing any such
trace, It does not appear to us that there Is any
other direction in which prospect Of their dscove
~ can be expected. Eve y access ibls part Of the
shores Of the Polar Secs, wsst Of Lancaster Sound
viii have been visited withou. finding trace OF the
missing ships EXCEPT their former station as Beechey
Islard In lS45 and l346. In such c,nsin gency
- this and II such should likewise be your opin
ion, after mature con sderasion with the senior oil
cera III der Your command there anne ara no other