Show from iha tha london times sept 23 SU sir zohn john frani Franl dins klinis fate ascertained 1 1 the fox screw discovery vessel capt JP ml N which had been sent to the arctic Region sat the expense of lady franklin to discover traces of the missing eppedi tion arrived off the isle of IV wight ight on wednes day sept 21 on landing capt MI Clintock at once came on by train for london brin bringing ing with him two cases containing relics of the long missing expedition of sir john franklin 1 we have geen teen been favored by the secretary of the admiralty with the accompanying letter YACHT fox RYS sir asin SIK I 1 beg you will inform the lords com missioners ners of the admiralty of the safe return to this country of lady franklins final searching expedition which I 1 have had the honor to conduct their lordships lord ships will rejoice to hear bear that our wr endeavors to ascertain the fate of the franklin Expedition 7 have met with complete success access at point victory upon the N IV coast of king n william eslanda record has been found et d dated 5 april 23 1848 and signed by caits crozier and fitzjames by it we were informed in that her hajost Maja 18 ships erebus and terror were aban abad abandoned on al april arli aril 22 1848 in the theace ice ite five leagues to the and that the survivors in all amounting to souls under the command of capt crozier were proceeding to the great fish river juver sir john franklin gad rad had bad died on june 11 many deeply dee vave y interesting relics of our lost countryman have been picked nicked up upon the western shore of king william island and others obtained from the Esqui maux byndom we were informed that subsequent to their abandonment one ship was crushed and sunk by the ice and the other forced on shore where she has ever since remained affording them an almost inexhaustible mine of wealtia we wealth altiF being unable to penetrate beyond bellot S straits the fox wintered in brentford bay and the search including including the estuary of the great fish river kiver any ana the ite discovery of miles of coast line by which we have united the explorations of the former pe searching arching expeditions ions to the north and west of our position with those of james ross dease and simpson and rae to the south has been performed by sledge journeys th this is spring i conducted by hobson R N capt allen alien young and myself As a somewhat detailed report of our proceedings ceedie ce gs will doubtless be interesting interest irig to their lordships lord ships it is herewith together with a chart of our disco discoveries and explorations and at the earliest opportunity I 1 will present myself at the admiralty to afford further information and lay before their lord ships the record found at point victory 1 I have the honor ac signed IF F L MI CLINTOCK captain R N octo to the secretary of the th admiralty are copies coples of original papers found by captalia oo 00 prince of walea wales island of may 1847 her Maje ships erebus and terror wintered in the ice in lat 70 dee dec 5 rain ion 98 de 21 min IV fiu blaring ing wintered in 1846 7 at Beechey Island in la lat t 74 deg 43 minutes 28 sec N 91 deg 39 min 15 sec IV after ascending wellington channel clia Claa to lat 77 deg and returning a by the yest west side of cornwallis island SIR sim jonn jorin all well commanding I 1 expedition whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the secretary of the admiralty london with a note of the time and place at which it was found or if more convenient 1 to deliver it for that purpose to the Bri british tibia tisla C consul on at the nearest port the same bame in french the same in spanish th the same in dutch the same in danish the ile same in german left the ships monday the of may 1847 the party consisting of two officers and six ix men G M gore GOKE lieutenant CHAs CHAB F DES DEB vaux mate the words wintered in 1846 7 at beechey island ly should be 1845 46 11 as in 1846 1816 47 thy they were beset in the ice and ships abandoned in april 1848 the same mistake occurs in both papers 22 |