THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2505, 31 March 1881, Page 3

THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.

The publics which has so long been accustomed to read with avidity all that could be written about the ill-starred Franklin Expedition, will hear with peculiar interest that the remains of one of the unfortunate officers have arrived in Glasgow on their way to Edinburgh, of which city he was a native. The remains are those of Lieutenant Irving, third officer of the Terror, and were, as our readers know, discovered by the party under Lieutenant Schwatka, sent out by the proprietors of the New York « Herald ” to search for relict of Sir John Franklin and his brave band of Arctic explorers. About a mile and a half above the camp at Cape Jane Franklin the relics were found which identified the remains, Under the head was found a figured silk pocket handkerchief neatly folded, the colors and pattern in a remarkable state of preservation. The skull and a few other bones only, were found in and near by the grave, When the expedition returned to New York the Admiralty were communicated with in regard to the remains of Lieutenant Irving, and the friends of the gallant officer having expressed a desire that they should be brought over to this country, the Messrs Henderson, of the Anchor Line, were asked to arrange for their conveyance. The box containing the skull and the other bones,

along with a handkerchief and the medal which had been gained by thelieut. in a mathematical competition, were accordingly handed over to the captain of the Circassia, which has now reached the Clyde. The box and its contents are meanwhile in the Messrs Henderson’s Glasgow office. A brother of the deceased, Lieutenant-Colonel Irving, who is at present residing in England, has been communicated with, and it is expected that he will come to Glasgow to receive the relics. It may be mentioned that in undertaking to convey the remains from New York to Glasgow the Messrs Henderson wrote to the Admirality that they would do so without making any charge for freight remarking it as an honor if they were premitted to pay this small tribute of respect to the memory of one of the officers of the Franklin expedition. — “ Glasgow Mail.”