Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-07-28
THE AkCr,C sE.ItCu.

some particulars IN relation 10 the new
expedition tor Arctic search were stated
/ by Henry Grlnuell, Y. p. al a recep,
meeting of the Council of the Georraph-
zeal Society. 1t appears that the vessel
selected for this duty. intended 10 sail
about the last of June, will be command
ed by Capt. McClntock, of the ROYAL
Navy who has already conducted one ex-
pedltlon in search of Sir John Frankliu's 5
party. This expedition is unde rtallen a,
The instance of Lady Franklin, who has
devoted the whole of the remains of her
fortune TO the enterprise, having conveyed
IL to trustees for the purpose. She has
purchased tor the purpose a screw steam-
yacht, the "Fox,' schooner rugged, dia-
gonaily planked, built for the late Sir
Richard Sutton, and now lying at Aber-
deem This vessel is To be strengthened
Tor the service she is to enter upon, and
at once get ready for sea.
TO aid the work, subscription has
been started IN England, headed by the
most distinguished gcographers in that
country. Sir Rodericlt Murchison, Pre-
sldent of the Geographical Society. sub
scrlbes t'00 Admiral Beaufort Csc
Lord Wrottiesley, President of the Row
al Society ESQ - Sir Thomas Acland
LOO = Hon. Mrs. Fairholrne f150 =
Ashurst Majendie and Mrs. Majendie
1lUO NJ de la Roquettc. Vice Presid-
ent of the Geographical Society at Paris
looofrcs., and various other distinguished
persons other sums. The subscriptions
are TO be paid TO Couus & Co., bankers
TO Lady Franklin's Final Search Fund"
II was 10 be hoped that the ship .Re-
solute, the vessel picked up by some of
our mariners, purchased by this Govern
ment, would be permitted to be used for
tins expedition, and once more visit those
regions where she was abandoned by her
officers and crew. The Admiralty, how
ever, wou d not permit her TO be sent in
to this service, and have had her dsman-
tied and laid up in ordinary. The utmost
the Lords Commissioners of the Admir-
atty have consented TO In behalf of this
expedition, IS to promise Il leave of alb
sence to such officers Of the Navy as
might volunteer 10 serve upon it. Capt.
McChntock has had granted to HIM leave
OF absence for eighteen months This of
tIcer understands perfectly well the enter
prise which he has offered to conduct, and
has already won high place in the au-
nails of Arctic adventure. He served with
distinguished ability III the expedition un-
der command of Sir John Ross in 1883,
again under the orders of Capt Austin
IN lS50-l, and, thirdly, in company with
the "Resolute, commanded by Captain
keilcu, in 1923. Capt. McClintock
has demonstrated in his Arctic career an
extraordinary skill III organizing sIedge-
travelling, having brought it To a degree
of perfection which has wrought an entire
revolution in Arctic operations. His per-
sonal success in conducting sledge-parries
has been such thai no name in the list of
Northern voyagers stands higher than
his
II was stated at a meeting of the Roval
Irish Academy, held on the 27th of April,
that 1t was generally understood that Lord
Palmerston was personally favorable TO
granting Government aid to Lady Frank
Inns expedition. 1t was further stated
that several "inlluentiaI n York people"
had preferred Il request to the Admiralty
that the 'Reselute" might be placed al
the disposal of Lady Franklin.
The Board, however quite decisivcly
declined 10 allow that vessel TO be sent
upon the service, and accompanied their
refusal 10 lend any aid 10 the expedition
by the statement, that they ''have arrived
- at the conclusion that they should not be
9 justified, for any objects which in their
- opinion can be attained by an exped-
g ition to the Arctic Seas, in exposing
g the lives Of officers and men 10 the risk
& lnseparable from any such enterprise"
1t appears, however, by Investigations,
the results of which were made public at
the meeting of the learned Society last
named, that the rate of mortality for all
Arctic expeditions since ISIS, (excluding
Of the missing expedulon,) is under
per cent per anntun; for which. and
other reasons, Arctic service Is extreme
ly popular with officers and men. FROM
which we may conclude that the reason
assigned by the Lords Commissioners for
their refusal to Lady Franklin was one
of those convenient generallzations with
which official Persons, much pressed, put
aside Persevcring applicants.
The locality in which Sir John Frank
lin's vessels, the ''Erebus'' and Terror"
he, is not 50 vague and unex xpIorable as
the un Informed reader would lima CINE.
1t is easily reached, is circumscribed
within narrow limits, aud, what is at
lractiye to the scientific world, is in the
immediate vicinity Of the magnetic North
Pole. The extent of coast line which
has been already traversed by the search
ing expeditions of the British Government.
Is 5000. There remain vet To be ex-
pIored only $40 miles. Prof Haughton.
(of the Royal Irish Academy says, an
expedition consisting OF 100 persons, might
be expected to traverse from 1000 10
10000 miles, with sledges, in a single
year.
1t IS asserted, aud we think with per-
feet truth, that it is 10y no means neces-
sary for the complete exploration of the
area described, (bounded by $40 miles of
coast,) that the exploiting vessel should
penetrate SO far rs 10 risk data,,;o,, Lv