Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1880-01-03 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.  season.' Moredun," rejoined the Captain, in an earnest, impressive tone, "do you remember the compact we made on the day we first met—that we should join together, and set ourselves to hunt down Isaac Barton?" "Remember it ?" cried Walter. "Yes, I remember it well. But what of Barton? Have you got news of him?" "1 have—yes, at length I have. For months, for years, I have put every means in opera,tion—employed commissioners in all dilections—and at last I am successful. The most notorious smuggler that infests the coat is this Isaac Barton. He has changed his name, and this threw me off the scent; but I have spotted him at length, and in two days I expect to crush him. On the second night from this he will arrive on the coast with a cargo. I have taken means to intercept him; and if he shows fight, as I have no doubt he will, I will sink him. Will you come and join me in the act of retribution! Both of us have something to avenge—l my father's murder, you your mother's wrongs—wrongs whose cruel consummation occurred on this very spot. Will you come ?" "I will," responded Walter, and impulsively they clasped hands,as they had done on the deck of the cutter when the compact was made to which the Captain had referred. Agatha and her father know nothing of the  ....,_. Often she wondered if they ever came down to the world, and, if so, why they did not make things Weer.  KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES cure Coughs, Asthma, Bronehitis.—Medicaltestimony states that no other medicine is so effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies, One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at bed time ensures rest. For relieving difficulty of breathing tfley are invaluable They contain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold I by all Chemists. it tins is lid and Os 9d each KAYS:COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED is the best curative and preventative of Coughs and Colds, and all other affeetions of the cheat, throat, Nal kuitga  Sir John Franklin, a native of Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, was destined for the Church by his father, who purchased an advowson for him. While at the Louth Grammar School, during a holiday walk, he first saw the sea. This was the turning-point of hi.l life, and he determined henceforth to be a sailor. In the hope of disgusting him, his father sent him on a trial voyage in a merchantman to Lisbon, but his trip only confirmed his decision, and he joined the Polyphemus in the year 1800, the vessel which, under Captain Lawford, led the line in the glorious battle of Copenhagen. Two months after this engagement he was transferred to the Investigator, commanded by his relative, Captain Flinders, and set out on his first voyage of discovery to Australia, where he obtained a correctness in astronomical observations and a skill in surveying that became of the greatest service to him in his future career. Returning home in the Porpoise, he was wrecked on a coral reef, and, with niuty-four persons, remained on a narrow bank of sand only four feet above the level of the water for fifty days, until Captain Fliaders, who made the voyage of 250 leagues to Port Jackson in an open boat, returned to their rescue. On reaching England Franklin joined the Bellerophon, and performed the duties of signal-midshipman with the 'greatest coolness in the memorable battle of Trafalgar, where all his companions on the poop were, with exception of four or five, killed or wounded. In his next ship, the Bedford, he attained the rank of lieutenant, served in the blockade of Flushing, and was wounded in the diseAstrous attack on New Orleans. Shortly afterwards he entered on the career in the Arctic regions with ,s which his name is so intimately identified.— ad From" d'he Sea; its Stirring Story of Advennbs. ture, Peril, and Heroism," for January. rhere _ •