LATEST NEWS OF SIR J. FRANKLIN. [Translated from "Le Cerneen," February 18.]

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 529, 10 May 1851, Page 2

LATEST NEWS OF SIR J. FRANKLIN. [Translated from "Le Cerneen," February 18.]

The last mail has brought to Mauritius news which obtained a momentary belief in England, that Sir John Franklin, had been discovered. The announcement had actually been made publicly in two theatres in London. But this intelligence has not been confirmed. A letter from Singapore, addressed to th<" ObserTer, of Colombo, and of subsequent date to the latest news receired by the Admiralty of England, gives us almost the tad certainty that there n no hope of hia beinjr found alive. " Sir,— News from the most distant regions should always be received with pleasure, and especially when they relate of those unfortunate men who have risked their all, and whom we have great reason to fear have lust (heir lives in the devotion of science. " I am enaMtd this month to acquaint you of the result of the expedition in search of &ir John Franklin and his companions, and to put you in poiseisiou of news even later than those po«sest>ed by the Admiralty. " The Herald has arrived here (Singapore) from the Arctic regions, having touched at the Sandwich Islands aud at Hong Kong last week, and she brings the most recent intelligence from northern regiom. Near the last station of the Russian Fur Company they learned from the natives that a party of white men had encamped three or four hundred miles in the interior; that the Russians had endeavoured to furnish them with the necessaries of life, but that the natives, who are euemies to the Russinu*, had opposed all their efforts, so that it was not possible for them to approach the encampment, or to find the unfortunate sufferers. A tribe of Esquimaux which arrived at the time confirmed in the most explicit manner this vague report ; and added that the whites (supposed to be Franklin's party) and the natives having quarrelled, the former had been massacred. " As to the probability that this unfortunate party is that of Sir John is a question that I will not take upon myself to decide, but will leave to yourself and your readers, who have attentively read all that has been published on this subject."