The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

G ORY'S LAST EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-WEST COASi OF AUSTRALIA, - - (From the Melbourne Aqe.) Perth, Nov. 18, 1861. Sir, —Having had the satisfaction of personally reporting to your excellency the safe arrival at Fre mantle, on the 9th inst., of the barque Dolphin, with all the members of the exploring expedition from N.W. Australia, I now have the honour to fur nish the following report of the general results of the expedition for your excellency's information, until such time as I am enabled to complete the maps, journals, and other papers, containing more fully the detailed operations of the expedition, which are in course of preparation. Leaving Champion Bay on May 2, we passad North West Cape on the 7th, with light and vari able winds, and by the 10th arrived off Nickol Bay, anchoring at night in the channel between Delambre and Hauy Island. The following day we entered the bay with an E.S.E wind, stemming a strong ebb tide from the S.W., and dropped anchor near the centre of it. The afternoon of this day and the four following ones were occupied in examiLing the bay and its shores for fresh water and a suitable landingplace for the horses. An eligible spot having been at length discovered in the S.W. corner of the bay, in a sandy cove, be hind which, at a distance of a few hundred yards, was a well of tolerably good water and abundance of green grass, the ship was removed to within three miles of it, and the landing of the horses commenced the same day, which was done by swimming them off, two at a time, under the stern of the ship's cut ter—a very tedious process—Capt. Dixon not liking to bring the vessel, at that time, nearer to the shore, not knowing the prevailing winds at this season of the year. On arriving at the shore with the first pair of horses, a serious accident occurred to Mr. Hearson, the second mate of the Dolphin, resulting from the negligence of the farrier of the expedition, who had, notwithstanding my repeated caution to keep a snapper on all the locks of the guns, placed his in the boat without one ; in consequence of which, on it being lifted out, the hammer was caught by a lurch of the boat, and discharged a ball through the mate's hips, inflicting a dangerous wound ; I am happy to say, however, that, although he has had no professional as.,istance, a good constitution, and a litt:e knowledge I possessed of the treatment of gun-shot wounds, has resulted in a perfect cure. On account of strong easterly winds, and the distance of the vessel from the shore, all the horses were not landed till the 21st. Their shoeing, weighing, and distributing packs, &c., gave us full employ until the 24th, by which time the horses had sufficiently recovered the effects of the voyage to be fit for service. Since our arrival at Nickol Bay, several parties of natives had visited us. Their conduct at first was apparently friendly, but on one of them being detected attempting to spear a horse, he was fired at, without, however, receiving any injury, although having a very narrow escape ; since which an ami cable intercourse has been established with the tribe immediately belonging to the vicinity of the bay, and continued uninterrupted up to the time of our departure. Everything having been finally adjusted satis factorily, and Captain Dixon furnished with . written instructions for his guidance during the absence of the expedition, we took our departure, provided with two months' rations, on 12 pack-horses ; the party consisting of eight persons, being all moun ted; Mr. P. Walcott remaining with the ship in charge of stores. As our first object was to explore the country between the coast and the Lyons River, our course —having first been directed inland for 20 miles to clear the marshes that extend for many miles to the south-westward, from the head of Nickel Bay —was turned to the S.W., to the meridian of Cape Preston, with a view to cutting any rivers that would lead us, with feed and water, to the south ward. Passing over about 60 miles of a tolerably fair open pasture country, intersected by numerous small stream-beds, rising up in low stony ranges, to the southward, we, on the 29th, in long. 116 deg. 4 min. E., lat. 21 deg., 18 min. S., struck a river bed 200 yards wide, and of some depth, com ing from the southward and eastward, which was subsequently named the Fortescue, after the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, under whose auspices the expedition took its origin. The Fortescue was followed up from the 30th of May to the 11th June,on a general course of E.S.E., for about 180 miles. For the first 70 miles the river ran through a hilly country of metamorphic sand stone, steep banks and very stony country hemming us in on either side. Water was plentiful in pools, which, as the dry season was far advanced, were now only running from one to another in places ; there was also an ample supply of grass for our horses, but the stony nature of the country told very severely on them, more than half having their shoes forcibly torn from their feet in the clefts of the rocks. From 70 miles upwards the character of the river and adjoining country materially altered; to the south, for eight or 10 miles extended plains of clayey loam, covered for many miles together with luxuriant grass, terminating in a bold and massive range of hills, through which we were unable to find a pass until reaching beyond the 118th degree of E. longitude. These hills were named the Ilam mersly Range, after one of the most liberal pro moters of the expedition. Springs were plentiful in the valley of the river; the broad-leaved mela leuca or cajeput, and palms with wide spreading leaves eight to 10 feet long, grew, with other tro pical plants, along the grassy flats bordering deep reaches of water, in which were caught fish of seve ral pounds weight each. As we ascended the river, the pools became smaller, and at a greater distance apart, while the grassy plains extended in some directions beyond the range of vision, and in others were only inter rupted occasionally by low stony ridges, yielding a few acacia bushes and triodia. On the 12th, after more than one unsuccessful attempt, we at length succeeded in finding a pass through the Hummersly Range to the southward, in long. 118 deg. 4 m. E., lat. 22 deg. 15 m. S., at an elevation of 2,000 feet above the sea, and again found ourselves in extensive fertile plains, running to the westward as far as the eye could reach. After traversing these plains far some miles to the south ward we entered a tract of indifferent stony coun try, in which we had some difficulty in procuring 'water, although grasses were abundant on the of most cf the ravines, and on some of the less stony ridges. 13 - the 21st J une , th e h orses b a d b ecome so muc h distressed With long and harassing marches, short ness of Water, and sore feet—all the spare shoes hav ing been expended and many of them now almost shoeless—th at I now found it absolutely n e cessary to form a depot na el lat. 22 deg. 58 rnp, in long. 117 d eg , 10 m . E., 28 r" se,.c. S., at which the weaker horses could tQ 'Et while I proceeded with a flying party to compl ete the examination of the un explored country between t hi s b and the Lyons River. On the 22d, accompani ed Messrs. M. Brown, J. Harding, and E. Brock n j e with 7 horses, 8 days' rations, and 14 gallons or Brockman Travellingr, I quitt e d the at a depot camp 'on a S.S.W. course. much greater speed than it was p oss ible th vg r ith the whole party; we were enabled to g e t belt of poor dry stony country without meeh g a h . a culty, and at 30 miles fell in with a large river corning from the E.S.E. The ordinary c h annel of this river was only 100 yards wide, with reaehesof water in it, lined with canes, but during the period of the summer rains the water occupies a width of from 400 to 800 yards, with a depth of from 40 to 60 feet, inundating the plains, in some places, for more than a mite on either balk. From the large extent of fine pasture land on this river, the limits of which are at present un known, and probably extend from Exmouth Gulf to more than a hundred miles to the westward of where we visited it, it is likely to become, in a 17 9 . 3' few years, an important district of this Pro vince.t, have accordingly named it the " Ashbur on, ' a f ter thpevneblecal _Lerd presiding over the e Royal el —eogr a a n countenance t Societi, to whose . friendly countenance pres assi ent t nce am much indebted in carrying, out undertaking. From the Ashl`narton southward, the country be. ,1 came more rugged and almost mountainous. Some of the higher summits have been seen by me ou my former expedition to the Lyons River in 1858, at a distance of GO miles, and were appropriately named " Capricorn Range." By noon of the 25th we succeeded in working our way through the ranges, and on ascending nearly the last ridge that intervened between us and the Lyons River, had the satisfaction of view ing the valley of that river spread out before us, with Mount Augustus rearing its summit over all surrounding objects, apparently not more than 10, although nearly 30 miles distant. Mounts Samuel and Phillips, and other summits, were visible in the far south, and a few of the higher peaks of the Blrlee Range were easily recognised to the west ward. Having proceeded half a day's journey further south, completing the sketch and triangulation of the country to a junction with my former route up the Lycns, we returned through a better line of country more to the eastward, crossing the Ash. burton 12 or 14 miles higher up than on our out- ward track, where it still maintained the same fertile appearance, and from the summit of some of the ranges I was able to trace its course for more than 20 miles farther eastward, undiminished in the size of its channel. Arriving at the depot camp on the 29th we found the horses left there very much refreshed, but the pitiable condition of their hoofs precluded my carry ing out the original intention of pursuing an easterly course on our return to Nickol Bay. As we had still by us 40 days' rations, it was a matter of great disappointment to me that I was prevented from undertaking any further examina tion of this part of the country, but the unexam pled wear and tear of horseshoes had quite upset all my former arragements. The best course for us to pursue appeared to be to get back as fast as possible to the ship, and, providing a more ade quate supply of farriery, to try and include in our second trip as much of the country now left unex plored as we possibly could. In accordance with the foregoing views, we com menced a retrograde movement on the 30th, cutting off the bends and objectionable portions of our out ward track, until reaching a spot in lat. 21 deg. 53 m., and long. 117 deg. 58 m., from which point I decided upon attempting to pass through the ranges northward, and come out on the seacoast some where about Depuch Island, and from thence follow the coast line to Nickol Bay. By the 6th July we had retraced our steps to the point destined for a departure from the old route. The returnjourney had not altogether been without its use, as it afforded me an opportunity of ascending several prominent peaks, some of considerable elevation, enabling me to add many cross-bearings to the triangulation I had been carrying out, fixing the position, amongst others, of a remarkable hill formerly seen by ma from the summit of Mount Augustus, at the distance of 120 miles to the N.N.E., and which now lay not many miles to the eastward of our present track. Al though I could not find time to ascend this hill, I should estimate its height above the sea, by compa rison with those measured by the aneroid barometer, at not less than 3,800 or 4,000 feet. This distin guished eminence I have named Mount Bruce, after the gallant commander of the troops. Entering the ranges to the northward on the 9th, the country was of rather an inferior descrip tion for the first 20 miles. We then struck the head of a stream that led us, by the 12th, into open plains, in which it trended much to the westward, and finally by noon on the 16th brought us to the sea-coast, about 18 miles to the westward of De puch Island. This river was afterwards named the Sherlock. In traversing the upper part of the Sherlock, which proved very stony, we were compelled to abandon a horse belonging to Mr. Brookman, on ac count of his hoofs being completely worn through. He was left in the midst of feed and near water, in the hope that he would sufficiently recover to be again made useful on our next trip, but on return ing, 18 days later, he was found dead on the spot on which he was left. The country for the last 20 miles, on approach ing the sea, opened out into extensive grassy flats, occasionally inundated by the river, yielding, even at this dry period of the year, a large quantity of fine pasture. The arable portion of this locality cannot be estimated at less than from 20,000 to 30,000 acres, well watered by permanent pools in the bed of the river and its tributaries, several of which join it from the rugged volcanic ranges that border the last 40 or 50 miles of its left bank. From the 16th to the 18th a westerly course was pursued, parallel to the sea-coast, about 20 miles in land, skirting the northern face of a range of gra nite and volcanic hills ; the country to the north ward being generally open grassy plains, the soil varying from strong clays to light sandy loams ; Cape Lambert forming the principal exception, con sisting of metamorphic sandstone and volcanic dykes. Early on the 19th we arrived at our old encamp ment at Nickol Bay, and found a party of natives occupying the spot, busily engaged mending their nets, one of the Dolphin's boats having just left the shore with a load of wood, which the natives had assisted in collecting. A rifle shot soon at tracted the attention of the party in the boat, from whom we had the satisfaction to learn that all had gone on well during our absence; Captain Dixon having been able through the activity of Mr. Angell, the chief mate, to entirely fill up the ship's tanks with water, in which they had been con3iderably aided by the natives, who gladly offered their services in consideration of receiving a few pounds of damaged biscuit daily. Mr. F. Walcott had also made good use of his time, and accumulated many botanical specimens, curiosities in natural history, a vocabulary of the aboriginal language, with other ethnological and meteorological information. The distance travelled over on this first trip was 780 geographical miles. Eight or nine days' rest served to refresh the horses, and re-equip the party, during which time I was enabled to make a running survey of a por tion of Nickol Bay, the anchorage, and several landing coves, as also to roughly draught the out lines of our explanations. The horses having all been shod with extra strong shoes, we resumed our explorations, pro vided with 90 days' rations, and nearly two sets per horse of spare shoes, one of the party being dismounted by turns, as we were short one horse. Returning nearly on our old tracks as far as the Sherlock River, we on the sth August commenced the exploration of the new country ; taking a S.E. course over open plains, yielding a few patches of good feed, but generally covered with triodia. At 18 miles we fell in with stony ranges, in which but little water could be found, baffling us for some days, and eventually obliging us to establish a depot camp in lat. 21 deg. 14m. 28 sec. S., long. 118 deg. 3m. 30 sec. E. Accompanied by Messrs. M. Brown and J. Har ding, lightly equipped, I succeeded, on the Bth, in finding a pass through the hills to the eastward, and at 30 miles struck on a considerable stream bed coming from the S.S.E. In this river we found abundance of water and water-fowl, with feed suffi cient for our wants ; the main portion of the party were in consequence brought forward, and en camped upon it by the 13th. This river was remarkable for the number and width of its channels, occupying more than half a mile from bank to bank. 7 After emerging from the ranges, it t a k es a N.N.W. course for some miles, and probably discharges its waters into the sea, either near Cape Thouin, or by some of the many mangrove creeks shown on the charts, about long. 117 deg. 50m. E. This river was named the Yule. On the 14 th the Yule was followed up for 20 miles through opQn plains, varying in character from good pastu re to stony and sandy soil, yield ithe river ng trodia. and a st unted variety of red-mum trees ; branchi ng into many channels, rendering it very difficult to decide w hi ch was the main one, but it probably derives its princip a l waters from the continuation of the Hanamersly R ange, a portion of which was visible from the summit of the higher hills, at a distance of about 70 miles. During the two following days, one of the in ferior channels of the river led us to the S.E,, the country improving, and grass more abundant, granite rocks cropping out at intervals on the sur face of the plains, which had no visible limit to the south-east. Pursuing a more easterly course on the 17th, we again entered upon a hilly region, in which were found many springs in the ravines, enabling us to advance through the rugged country to long. 119 deg. 23 m. E., where we fell in with a river containing a good supply of water; it was followed down for 10 miles through a picturesque granite country, and when left was trending towards Breaker Inlet. It was named the Strelley. Leaving the Strelley on the 20th on an easterly course, many stream-beds were crossed, on which was much grass, but the country still remained hilly and stony. At night we encamped in a romantic glen, hemmed in by cliffs 150 feet high, under which were p oo l s o f wa t er con t a i n i ng fi s h resembling herrings, from which it received the name of Glen Herring. August 21.—The Glen Herring Creek carried us 8 or 9 miles to the eastward, when it joined a fine river 200 yards wide, coming from the south ward, through extensive grassy plains, the limits of which could not be discovered in that direction. This river, from its size and quantity of water in its bed, would have afforded a good opportunity of passing into the interior, but the season was now too far advanced to admit of our making the at tempt, without interfering with the primary object before us— that of penetrating far enough to decide the question of the drainage of Central Australia. Naming this stream the " Shaw," after the talented Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, we pushed on to the eastward, up a considerable tribu tary, the remainder of this and the following day, penetrating into an elevated table-land, the ascent of which, on the 23d, proved very distressing to the pack-horses, mere especially as they had imme diately again to descend into deep rocky ravines, leading to the:eastward ; but soon, however, emerged into open plains, extending northward. Passing over plains or along water-courses, we, on the 26th, again found ourselves on the banks of a fine steam running to the N.E., and encamped on some fine grassy flats, in lat. 21 deg. 18 m. S., long. 120 deg. 30 m. E. This river was traced the next day for 10 or 12 miles to the northward, receiving many fine tributaries, forming altogether a river of some importance, which, on account of the large extent of valuable pastoral and agricultural country afterwards found on its banks, I ultimately named the " De Grey," in honour of the noble lord presid ing over the Royal Geographical Society at the initiation of this expedition. For the present, leaving this promising river on an easterly course, through an elevated and in some parts precipitous country, in which the horses suffered severely, we arrived late in the evening of the 29th on the banks of another river, in a wide valley, surrounded by grassy plains, equally promising with those on the De Grey; not, however, before we had been compelled on two occasions to leave horses behind, and return for them when water was found. The scenery in the vicinity of this river was truly pleasing; undulating plains of waving grass ex tended far away to the northward, while the banks of the stream, which were here two hundred yards wide, were overhung by a broad belt of cajeput trees, the rich umbrageous foliage of which afforded us a most agreeable shade during the many days we afterwards followed the picturesque windings of this fertilising stream, upon which was conferred the name of " Oakoyer." The horses not being in a condition to prosecute immediately an easterly march into the ranges, the Oakover was followed upwards for two days, to long. 121 deg. 3 min. 30 sec. E., lat. 21 deg: 23 min. 40 sec. S., when it turned too much to the SW. for our purpose. The next day, being Sunday, we re mained here for the benefit of our horses, enabling me to obtain a set of lunar distances, which gave our position four and a half miles to the eastward of that by account, the chronometer furnished me by the Acting Surveyor-General having proved per fectly useless ; it was one which I had known, from many years' experience of it. to be the most defec tive belonging to the department. September 2.—Resuming an easterly course for 16 miles—the first six across an open plain covered with grass and triodia, and the remaining portion through steep granite hills of 300 to 500 feet ele vation above the plain—beyond this to the east ward was a wide expanse of flat country, covered with very remarkable ridges of water-worn red sand, distributed in straight parallel lines, at the distance of several hundred yards apart, the sand being piled by the wind into acute ridges 30 to 60 feet high, their direction being uniformly N. 100 deg. E. The next morning we entered one of the valleys leading to the E.S.E, and traced it up for 18 miles, when no water being found, and the ridges con tinuing for at least 15 miles further, we were ob liged to commence a retreat, as several of the horses again failed us. We did not get back to the last waterho!e till two the next day, leaving three horses behind, unable to move; two of these were, however, recovered the same night, by carrying water to them; the third one, belonging to Mr. Brown, we were obliged to abandon. The deplorable condition of many of the horses after this last repulse, was such as to render it ab solutely necessary to form a depot to refresh them ; while, with six of the best, I made another attempt on the 6th, accompanied by Messrs. Brown and Harding, taking 16 days' rations and six gallons of water. September 6—Entering the waste of sand more to the southward, we penetrated over 30 miles, when the want of water and the low condition of the horses, compelled us again to fall back, leaving behind a portion of onr equipment:and two horses, none of which were afterwards recovered, as they were at too great a distance from water to be reached without risking further losses; and had it not been for the activity of Mr. M. Brown, who performed, in one day, a march of 32 geographical miles, over a heavy sand and under a hot sun, to bring aid from the depot camp, we probably should have lost two or three more; we were, therefore, for tunate in getting four of them into camp by the evening of the 9th. The horses lost were the pro perty of Mr. S. P. Phillips and Mr. D. M'Pherson. The reduced number of horses and their increas ing inability to carry loath, had now dismounted half the party, and 24 hours was the longest time that the strongest horses were capable of carrying a rider without water. I was, therefore, with great reluctance, compelled to relinquish the attempt to proceed further eastward, although everything in dicated the existence of a large river within 40 or b 0 miles, which, from the gradual depression of the country that had been observed in the last few days' journey, its geographical position, and the vast beds of erratic sands blown by the S.E. trade winds across the plains that had baffled our attempts in that direction, tended strongly to support the opi ❑ion that has long been entertained—that in this position would be found a large river, carrying off a great portion of the waters of Central Australia, the discovery of which would solve one of the most important questions that now remains unanswered, in connection with the physical geography of this continent, and upon which so many conflict ing opinions have been hazarded by some of the most eminent geographers—a question, the solu tion of which has been to me one of the prin cipal incentives to undertake the present expedi tion. Nothing, therefore, but the extreme proba bility that any further attempts would not only end in losses, but also seriously compromise the safety of the party, could outweigh my anxiety to accom plish this most interesting part of our undertaking• Having, however, carefully weighed all the circum stances of our position, I eventually decided upon falling back, and attempting to fill up as much as possible of the blank that remained between this and Nickel Bay. With this view, we returned on Owl 11th to a pool in a tributary to the Oakover, named the "Davis," and the day following to the latter river, having been obliged to shoot a horse belonging to Mr. J. S. Davis, which had received injuries that rendered it unlikely to recover if left behind. The most promising field now left open to us for discovery, appearing to be to the northward, we commenced the descent of the Oakover on Sept, 12, rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSOAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1.862. following its windings in a north .westerly direction, through a grassy country, tolerably well wooded near the banks of the river, up to the 18th, where it formed a junction with the De Grey, in lat. 20 deg. 41 m. 30 sec. S., long. 12 deg, 21 m. E. From the junction the united channels of these two streams formed a fine river, from 230 to 400 yards wide, con taining pools and reaches of water, some of consider able depth, in which were abundance of fish of seve ral varieties, amongst them eels, which I had not before seen in any of the rivers in Western Australia. The De Grey was followed downwards in a west-north-west direction 75 miles, receiving se veral streams from the southward, amongst them the Shaw and the Strelley. From the confluence of the latter, in long. 119 deg. 5 m., and lat. 20 deg. 16m., it turned northward, and 16 miles further disembogucd by two channels, one into Breaker Inlet, and the other towards the west side of Spit Point ; the greater portion of the country from the bend northwards being an alluvial delta, much of which is fertile, and yielding a large quantity of luxuriant grass. Several days having been employed in examining the country to the east and west of the Inlet, we returned to the junction of the Strelley, and on the Ist October commenced ascending it to the south ward. Four days, through open plains of rather in ferior pasture, brought us to the foot of the granite hills, in lat. 21 deg. S., from which point we took a westerly course through the hills to the gorge of the Yule, making our camp of 13th August by the sth October. The country passed over between the Strelley and the Yule being intersected by several stream beds, flowing to the N.N.W., some of them more than 100 yards wide, with good grass on their banks and in some of the valleys. At the Yule we left hid in a rock a pack-saddle and 601 b weight of horse-shoes and nails, as another horse had given in, and was hardly able to come on even without a load. Our time not admitting of our waiting long enough on this river to restore the strength of the over-worked animals, we continued our route towards Nickol Bay, nearly on our out ward track, to ensure finding water, reaching the Sherlock by the 11th, having been obliged to leave another horse behind, near abundance of both feed and water. It was one sent by Mr. T. Burges. On the Sherlock we were met by a party of 10 or 12 natives, who came boldly up to us, which was the first time that any of them had done so since our leaving the bay. From them, by the help of Mr. Walcott's vocabulary, we obtained several mat ters of information relative to the vicinity, but their inveterate habits of thieving very soon compelled us to keep them out of our camp, which they resen ted by setting fire to the long grass, to try to burn us out. Resuming our homeward movement on the 13th, we, by easy stages, travelling only early in the morning and late at night, arrived without much difficulty in the bay. On the morning of the 17th, finding all going on well, the watering of the ship having been kept up to ensure an ample supply for our horses on the return voyage, as it would have been useless and dangerous to attempt the passage of them overland in their present condition, more particularly as this was the driest period of the year. The distance travelled on this trip was 985 geo graphical miles, making a total of 1,765, or 2,040 statute miles. Giving the horses a day or two to rest before swimming them off to the ship, I availed myself of the delay to examine the N.E. shore of Nickol Bay, with a view to the selection of a suitable site for a settlement, Mr. Walcott having reported a good anchorage in that quarter. I accordingly, on the 19th October, stated in the life-boat with Captain Dixon, and ran across to Cape Lambert, taking soundings, and landing at several places to procure bearings, and ascertain, if possible, the existence of fresh water, The result, however, was unfavour able, although more than one excellent anchorage was found, yet no water was procured, the coast being rocky, and intersected by many mangrove creeks. A portion of the land shown on the Admiralty charts as belonging to Cape Lambert, we found to be an island, which I have accordingly named after the captain of the Dolphin, The weather having proved unfavourable, we did not succeed in returning to the ship until noon on the 21st, when we weighed and stood in for the landing cove, for the purpose of shortening the distance we should have to swim the horses off. Light winds, however, prevented our getting in near enough that night, but the following morning the Dolphin was anchored in 11 feet water, 11 mile off a point from which we towed off 8 horses the same afternoon. The remaining 6 horses and the equipment of the Expedition having been safely shipped by 4 p.m. on the 23d, we finally got under weigh, with a westerly wind, and stood out to sea through the passage between Hauy and Delambre Islands, in 9 fathoms water. From this time to the 3d of Nov., contrary winds carried us to long. 101 E. and lat. 31 deg. S., where we met favourable winds, which brought us in sight of Mount Williman by the Bth, and the following day came to anchor in Gage's Roads, after a passage of 17 days. It had been my intention to have called at Champion Bay, and land the gentlemen and horses belonging to that district; but having been driven so far to the westward, I deemed it advisable to land the whole party at Fremantle, and make ar rangements to forward the horses belonging to the northern settlers overland, by Mr. Maitland Brown, enabling me at once to terminate the charter party of the Dolphin. Adopting the course which I have found most convenient on similar occasions, I now proceed to offer a few remarks on the general feature, produc tions and natural capabilities, &c., of the country traversed by the expedition, which could not, with out disadvantage, have been - introduced into the foregoing narrative. Commencing with its geographical and geologi cal peculiarities, that portion of the country that came under observation consists of a succession of ter races, rising inland for nearly 200 miles, more or less broken up by .volcanic hills towards the coast. The first belt averages from 10 to 40 miles in width from the sea, and is a nearly level plain, slightly ascending to the southwards, with an elevation of from 40 to 100 feet, the soil generally being either light loam or strong clays, according as it is the re sult of the disintegration of the granite rocks that occasionally protrude above its surface, or of volca nic rocks of black scoria that frequently interrupt the general level. Hills of this nature also consti tute the greater portion of the more elevated islands off the coast, Cape Lambert, and the promontory that shelters the western side of Nickol Bay. The generality of these rocks do not, however, yield so rich a soil as might be expected from their origin ; this is owing to the absence of actual lava, the erup tive heat having only been sufficient to convert the superincumbent primary and tertiary rocks into a vitreous scoria, having a specific gravity of 3 . 2, and is highly indestructible in its texture. Proceeding inland for the next 50 or 60 miles is a granite country that has been originally cropped with horizontal sandstones, and has an elevation of about 1,000 feet; this range terminates to the south ward in level plains of good soil, the produce of the next series of more elevated country, while towards the northern edges the granite and sandstones have undergone great changes through the action of nu merous trap dykes that have greatly disturbed its surface, producing metamorphic rocks, some resem bling jasper, and others highly cellular and scoriace ous. In about latitude 22 degrees on the meridian of Nickol Bay, we come upon another and more ele vated range, trending away to the S.E , having an altitude of 2,500 feet above the sea. This, unlike the last section, has a southern escarpment of 500 or 600 feet, and consists of horizontal sandstones and conglomerates, which have comparatively un dergone little change, and has an average breadth of eight or 10 miles, the southern flank being bor dered by fertile valleys of strong loamy clays merging gradually to the southward into strong ridges and hills, some having an elevation of nearly 4,000 feet, the culminating point being attained at Alount Bruce in lat. 22 deg. 30 m. From this point the country gradually falls to the Ashburton, the bed of which river, in the same meridian as the bay, is about 1,600 feet above the sea, and the adjoining ranges not above 2,200 feet, or about the same as the country on the Gas coigne, Lyons, and Upper Murchison. On minerals, I was unable to discover any traces, except iron. Quarts reefs occasionally traverse the country in a N.N.E. and S.S.W. direction, or nearly the same as the mineral lodes at Champion Bay, but I could not find any instance in which this rock offered much to indicate the probable existence of gold, it being far surpassed in this respect by the rocks on the Upper Murchison. Coal does not ap pear likely to be found within the limits of the country passed over, unless towards the eastern-most pint attained by the expedition. With regard to the harbours on the coast, I c9n only speak of Nickol Bay and the anchorage under Rosemary and the adjacent islands. The former I consider only second to King George's Sound, as it can be entered in all weathers, either from the north or ❑orth-east, and there is reason to believe that a safe passage exists between Legendre and Dolphin Islands, leading into Mermaid Straits, where there appears to be an excellent harbour at all seasons of the year. The soundings towards the eastern and western shores of Nickol Bay, taken at low water, shows sufficient depth for vessels of considerable tonnage to lie within a cable's length of the shore, the bottom being fine sand and soft mud. Towards the head of the bay the water is much shallower, not carrying more than two fathoms two miles from the shore. No reefs are known to exist in this bay except quite close in to the land. In making the running survey of the western promontory, I found that all to the north of Slop ing Head was an island, having a boat channel, be tween from half a mile to a mile wide, to the outer portion ; I therefore gave it the name of Dolphin Island. The tides are tolerably regular, and average 16 feet, but at the spring they rise 21 feet, on which occasions the whole of the western promontory, including the high lands for several miles to the westward, are entirely cut off by the sea, the other opening being under Enderby Island—a circum stance that greatly detracts from the value of these otherwise fine harbours, as it would require two miles of causeway to connect the best landing place where water is to be found with the mainland. The average declination of the needle through out this district I found to be one degree east, the result of many amplitudes and azimuths ; there is, however, in the vicinity of many of the voleanichills great local attraction. Of the climate I can only say that during the five months we remained on the coast we never experienced the same inconvenience from it that we frequently have done within the limits of the settled districts of the colony ; the weather was, however, principally fine, and the sky clear dur ing our stay, only two showers having occurred, one at the latter end of May and the other in June; the meteorological register kept at Nickol Bay shows the following results, from observations taken at all hours of the day and night Thermometer. - Maximum. Minimum. May .. 80 .. 65 June • • July 7B .. 56 August September B3 .. 65 October Under the peculiar circumstances of the thermo meter being placed on a sand-bank in the sun dur ing the hot days in October, it rose to 178 deg. of Fahrenheit, whilst the lowest it ever fell to was up the hills in July, when it was 2 deg. below freezing just before sunrise. The winds continued to blow almost uninterrupt edly from the E. and S.E. during the first four months, veering to the S.S.E. and S. and occasion ally to the N.E. Latterly the wind was alternately S.E. in the morning, and N.W. or westerly in the afternoon ; the sky becoming frequently overcast, and every appearance of the near approach of the rainy season, which it has been observed by former navigators and explorers to do about the beginning of November and continue to March. Amongst the natural productions, I would first briefly refer to the beds of pearl oysters, as they are likely to become of immediate commercial impor tance, considerable numbers having been gathered by the crew of the Dolphin at their leisure time, the aggregate value of which, I am told, is between £5OO and £6OO, besides pearls, one of which has been valued by competent persons at £25. The limits of the bed are as yet undefined, but there is good reason to believe, from the position of it, that, with proper apparatus, ships could soon be loaded with them. Sandalwood was found in small quantities, very highly scented, but too widely scattered to become of much importance as an article of export. Of indigenous fruits, &c., we observed the adan sonia, or gouty stemmed tree of Sir George Grey (nearly allied to the boabab or monkey bread-fruit of Southern Africa.) Sweet and water melons, simi lar to those formerly seen by me on Lyon's River, but of much larger size ; a small gourd ; a wild fig, well tasted, and a sweet plum, very palatable, were found in tolerable abundance. I have already spoken of the palms which grow on the banks of the Fortescue ; they are very handsome, and grow to the height of 40 feet, but not having brought in any specimens, it has not been yet iden tified as to its variety. Tobacco does not grow so luxuriantly here as on the Lyons River, but the natives collect it, and after preparation, chew it ; but we did not on any occa sion observe them to smoke. Many beautiful flowers were also collected, which will be forwarded to some of the most eminent bo tanists, to be described and classified. It now only remains for me to give an opinion on the capabilities of the country for colonisation. It would be almost impossible to particularise the po sitions or define the limits of country adapted for grazing purposes, beyond the reference already made to them. The total amount of land available for this purpose within the limit of our route I should estimate at not less than two or three mil lions of acres, and of this I may safely say 200,000 are suitable for agricultural purposes, the greater portion of which lies on the two flanks of the Ha mersley Range, on the banks of the De Grey and its tributaries, and on the lower Sherlock. Of the fitness of this district for the growth of wool, which, on account of its being an intertropical country, it is gf-nerally supposed it would be un suitable, I would remark that its elevation above the sea appears likely to obviate the objection, and render it probable that sheep may not de generate in the same way they are found to do in other tropical countries ; at any rate, flocks are now being pushed over on the same latitude in Queensland, and we do not hear of the wool-grower complaining that such is the case there. As to its fitness for the growth of cereals, it is quite possible that wheat and barley may not come to the same degree of perfection they do in the more temperate latitudes of Australia, but there is no rea son to doubt its capability of growing sufficient grain for the support of a numerous population. What it appears more highly qualified for than anything else is the growth of cotton—a question which at the present juncture cannot be lost sight of. From my personal observation of the cultiva tion of this plant in Egypt, and the attention I have recently paid to this subject while in Europe, I feel confident that a very considerable portion of the arable lands on the De Grey and Sherlock are precisely the soils adapted for the production of this valuable commodity. As, however, I purpose to make this the subject of a more lengthy paper at a future period I will not now venture to enlarge upon it. _ _ _ 'As the number and disposition of the aborigines is likely to have some effect on the first settle ment of a district, I would give it as my opinion that these people will not prove particularly troublesome to the settlers, if properly and fairly treated. They are not numerous, and appear very willing to take employ under Europeans, and will no doubt soon be made as useful as in the other dis tricts. In stature they rather exceed the usual stan dard, some of them measuring two or three inches over six feet. In bringing my report to a close, I w ould wish to observe, that although the results of thn expedition have fallen short of my sanguine hopes with regard to geographical discovery, and will, I am afraid, in some degree disappoint the anticipations of the eminent geographers who have lent their valuable aid in promoting the undertaking, yet I cannot but hope that the large amount of additional fertile country it has brought to our knowledge will com pensate in some degree for the deficiency. I am however unable to refrain from expressing my opi nion that had not so many concurrent circumstances combined to retard the departure of the expedition until so late in the season, and it had arrived on the coast at the time originally recommended by the Geographical Society, it would, in all probability, have resulted in the full accomplishment of the ob ject they had in view. It now devolves upon me to perform the pleasing duty of recording my entire satisfaction with the manner in which the whole of the members of the expedition put forward their best energies in the performance of their respective functions. To Mr. Turner I am indebted for the care bestowed on the management of the store department, which came under his immediate charge. To Messrs. Brockman and Hall, J. M'Court, and James, are due my ac knowledgments for tLe cheerful alacrity with which they performed the duties allotted to them. Of Messrs. Maitland Brown and J. Harding I cannot speak too highly. Accompanying me on all the extra services upon which I was engaged, they had to endure privations of no ordinary de scription, which they met with a spirit of steady fortitude deserving of the highest praise. Of the valuable services rendered to the expedition and to science by Mr. P. Walcott I have already had occasion to refer, and I sincerely hope that his talents and zeal in the pursuits of botany and na tural history may meet a more substantial reward than the thanks which are justly due to him and those gentlemen who have given their time and talents gratuitously in the service of their fellow colonists. To Captain Dixon and the officers and crew of the Dolphin every praise is due for the assistance which on all occasions they promptly afforded in aiding the expedition, and for which I gladly avail myself of the present opportunity to return my best thanks. In conclusion permit me to tender to your Excel lency my acknowledgment for the readiness with which you have acceded to my various suggestions in carrying out the arrangements of the expedition since the passing of the vote of money in aid by the Local Legislatnre,—l have the honour to be, your Excellency's most obedient servant, F. T. GREGORY, Commander N. W. A. E. His Excellency Govornor Kennedy, &c., &c. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(Feb. 26.) COURT OF CHANCERY. IN BANKRUPTCY-IN RE SCOTT RUSSELL. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bacon, 11Tr.Rox burgh, and Mr. Garth (of the common law bar) ap peared in support of a petition against the adjudi cation of Mr. John Scott Russell, of No. 20, Great George-street, Westminster, and of Millwall, ship builder, pronounced by Mr. Commissioner Goul burn on the 22d inst. ; Sir Hugh Cairns and Mr. Bagley, for the petitioning creditor, appeared to support the Commissioner's judgment; Mr. Cotton appeared for the official assignee. The Solicitor-General stated that the decision of the Commissioner was disputed on two grounds— namely, that there bad been no act of bankruptcy; and, secondly, that there was no valid petitioning creditor's debt. Mr. Scott Russell was under con tract to build the Great Eastern steamship, and he made a sub-contract with Mr. Lester (the petition ing creditor) for the performance of works to the upper deck for £5,500, and time was to be an im portant ingredient in the contract. The sub-con tract was not performed in time, but all the money except £5OO was paid. There were other cross demands between Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Lister for materials, labour, &c. After the happening of the accident to the Great Eastern disputes arose between the company and Mr. Scott Russell, and an action was brought by the latter, and finally the matter was referred to arbitration, in which an award was made in favour of Mr. Scott Russell for £lB,OOO, but that sum was given after striking out all items relating to the works Mr. Lester had un dertaken to perform, amounting to £2,000. Mr. Scott Russell was obliged to appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench to enforce the award, and he pro ceeded for the £lB,OOO. Mr. Lester pressed Mr. Scott Russell for the payment of the balance due to him, and on the latter demurring to pay more while there was the claim unsettled between the company and their contractor, an action was brought by Mr. Lester, and that action was itself a subject of arbi tration, which arbitration was proceeding, but no arbitrator had been appointed. The Lords Justices required the question to be argued whether in such a state of things the credi tor had a right to proceed in bankruptcy, which was accordingly done. Sir Hugh Cairns and Mr. Bagley addressed the Court on the point, after which The Lords Justices ordered the remainder of the case to stand over until next Wednesday. The advertisement is stayed until after the petition is disposed of. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-CARLISLE, Feb. 25. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) Robert Robinson, blacksmith, 50 ; William Ro binson, blacksmith, 22 ; and Hugh Earl, blacksmith, 40, were placed at the bar upon the charge of the wilful murder of Edward Atkinson, water-washer, on the 14th of January last, at Brocklewath. Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. Maule appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Campbell Foster and Mr. W. C. Gully for the prisoners. It appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution and from the evidence of the witnesses called that the prisoners were engaged in catching salmon (poaching), and that the person called Edward Atkinson was at tempting to apprehend them for what they were doing. By an Act of Parliament passed last year (the 24th and 25th of Victoria, cap. 961 there was a provision that if any person should • attempt to take fish in any private property in which any per son had a right of fishery it was an illegal act ; and the Act further provides that if any person was so found doing any person had a right to ap prehend him and take him into custody. The learned counsel said that these three men were en• gaged in attempting to take fish at a spot which was the private property of a person who has a right of fishery ; and that the person who was killed was lawfully going there to take them into custody, and at the time he was attempting to ap prehend them he was killed by them, which by the law was wilful marder on their part. It appeared that the Earl of Carlisle is Lord of the Manor of Cumwhitton, and has there the manor and the fishery in the river Eden at a place called Brocklewath, and it appeared that this Brocklewath is a place to which salmon resort very much to spawn. On the 13th of January the de ceased, Atkinson, who had been a watcher for a long time, with another watcher called Bowman, a policeman named Cowman, and a labourer named Irwin, went in the direction of Brocklewath for the purpose of watching during the night. They ar rived at Brocklewath about one o'clock in the morn ing. There is a little island in the river there; and their object being to conceal themselves, Atkinson took off his stockings and carried first one and then another across the small stream which separated it from the river bank. They concealed themselves among the willows till between six and half-past six in the morning, when they heard a dog bark in the direction of a house occupied by a farmer named James Milburn, which is situated about 50 yards from the river side. Waiting for a short time they heard footsteps in the main stream, and presently they saw a man in the river, evidently fishi Ng . They kept quint, and presently he came nearer to them, and went on fishing by the side of the island. The men went side by side with him for some 20 yards, and then, for some reason or another he sud• denly gave a whistle. Immediately on his doing so the deceased, Atkinson, jumped into the water and seized him, and then called to Bowman, "Come in, Bob, and help me." roundwith a pc Accordingly Bow man went in, and Atkinson said, "P u t the twitch on him." A tw i tc h i s a small \h handle ich of pu wood,t it' v more eff e ctually. the e ie ar e of string arm and ding secures attace hadperson to Accordingly Bowman and he were engaged in put ting the twitch on when the man said " Thereis todothat Ithat will go quietly." Cow imnsolaann occasion h wase t told by Atkinson he need not come into the water; and while he was going along the hought h e h eard, a little noise of some persons a ward and Met two persons Pl)rQ with sticks hing. l He w i e n n t theirfor hands and with arms upliftedon a ct co l t n lim a t a h re b a t r e e ; i c zi o a r t t t h i tude. Cowm an sa i d, e peace, lam a police °tith er." However, instead of desistin g , th e smaller of the two, who would be identified as t h e younger Robinson, struck him the OhOtilder, on and after that th 9 other struck him a severe blow and knocked him down. He then re ceived more blows, but he did not know from whom, and they left him insensible. It appeared that a blow was made at Ir win, but his foot slipped, and ho went down ; but he had an opportunity of seeing the man, and his evidence was ma terial. Bowman suddenly saw two men coming upon them in the direction where Cowman had been, who struck him a severe blow which knocked him down into the water. The next thing Bow man recollected was that ho found himself crawling out of the water on to the land. The last thing he recollected abc ut Atkinson was that these two men were close upon him, and one of them, without a stick, had got his arms round him. So that it would appear that the man, instead of going Quietly, immediately atter his companions came, turned round upon Atkinson. Irwin had escaped, but he saw men going in that direction, and, although he did not see, he heard heavy blows upon something— whether on Bowman or Atkinson he could not tell. Bowman was tha first man who came to his senses. He went forward and met Cowman, and these two, not seeing or hearing anything of their companions, thought they had gone off somewhere, and went away towards Corby. Irwin then got up, went along the island, and found Atkinson lying by the river side, the upper part of his dress was dry. He had been dragged out of the water for some dis tance, and left on the shore in a state of insensibi lity, with his clothes pulled over his face. After a little time Milburn showed himself in one of the fields. Irwin called out and told him there was a man in a bad condition, upon whioh Milburn got a cart and horse and conveyed im up to his house and placed him upon a sofa. He was attended by a medical man, but he died about 1 o'clock. At the spot where Atkinson was found lying there were evident marks of a person having been dragged out of the water, and the suggestion on the part of the prosecution was that he received his injuries while standing in the water, that he never got absolutely down in the water, but had been dragged out and left lying on the side. Close to the place where the man was apprehended in the water were found a pole and a net, with a salmon in the net, and this might be the reason why the whistle was given. About the place were found marks of two pair of shoes and a pair of clogs, and these marks were traced across the fields and up a lane in the direction of Cumwhitton, where the prisoners were apprehended and identifi e d. It appeared that a short time after the affray the prisoners had passed Milburn's house, and old Robinson said, lam afraid we have kilt or done for old Atkinson." In using that expression he acknowledged himself a party to the act. The younger Robinson was taken into custody said that they were using his father very badly before they went into the water to get him away. That was an admission that he was present, and the father recognized the statement as true by saying, " You can see the marks on my head and on my cheek." The fishery where this took place was the private property of Lord Carlisle, and the prisoners were unlawfully there attempting to take fish. Atkinson and the others were lawfully, according to the Act of Parliament, attempting to take this man into custody. On the part of the prosecution it was contended that if persons com• bined together to use violence, and resist to the ut most any person who should lawfully attempt to take them into custody, and inflict serious injury, which resulted in death, the offence was murder. If it were not so, police officers and others lawfully taking persons into custody would have no protec tion. It was for the jury to say whether these three men combined to resist in that way. If they got into confiiet, and blows were given, no doubt it would be manslaughter; but if they went for the purpose of resisting any person interfering with them, if they carried out that purpose and inflicted blows which resulted in death, then murder must be the verdict. It was elicited in the cross-examination of the witnesses that Milburn was tenant to a gentleman named Clark, a considerable landowner, whose estate was on one bank of th e r i ver, and that Mr. Clark claimed a right to fish in respect of his land, and Milburn, as his tenant, had asserted that right and fished, and his claim to do so had been allowed. The island in question where the deceased was killed was a part of Milburn's farm, whose house was close by. The watchers had not been appointed conservators of the river under the provisions of the Fishery Act of last session. At the close of the case for the prosecution the learned counsel for the prisoners submitted that there was no case. The watchers, not being appointed conservators according to the requirements of the 33d section of the new Salmon Fishery Act, had no right to apprehend persons infringing its provisions. Then, the 24th section of the General Larceny Act of last session did not apply, as the dwelling-house and lands adjoining were in the occupation of the tenant, giving a license to fish by authority of his landlord, and Mr. Clark, the landlord, claimed a private right of fishing at that place, which ousted the jurisdiction of the justices to inflict any fine if the parties so acting were brought before the justices, and was not an offence within that section of the statute. There was, therefore, no authority to apprehend the prisoners under the provisions of the last mentioned statute, and their attempted apprehension was illegal, and they had a right to resist the assault made upon them. His Lordship said that when it came before Court which had power to determine the right the objection to the jurisdiction was gone. The e bjee• tions raised by Mr. Foster might materially affect the question whether it was a case of murder or manslaughter; men were not to be convicted of murder upon fine point s o f l aw ; b ut there was eV? dence to go to the jury on the charge of mall" slaughter, M - r. Foster then addressed the jury for the Pr i ' senors, contending that the common object o f the prisoners was to fish for salmon, and the evidence failed to show that they had any common object to resist all persons who might molest them to e%' tremity and at all risks. As to the elder prisoner , evidence failed to show that he had taken any part in the attack upon Atkinson ; and as to the other two prisoners, there was no direct evidence that they had struck Atkinson, bat evidence that Bowman had used a baton, and had struck wildly when knocked down by the two younger prisoners , and when close to Atkinson, and could n o t tell whom he had hit ; and Atkinson himself was armed with a kind of short flail, which he called his baton , having a loose piece of wood swinging by an iron swivel at the end of it, and it was sug" gested that in the struggle of these strong men in in the water it was not improbable that, figh tswingingthe swivelthish instrument struck head, h n is the blow w hi c h had produced concussion of t h e brain, which res u lt e d i n hi s death, ha d b een thus received and was not struck by any of the pri soners. At a n y ra t e, i t was a matter left in doubt , and that in the head which would not warrant a conviction. His Lordship having summed up, The jury retired, and after an absence of tsve hours returned into court and requested his lord ship to read a part of the evidence as to the e pression used by the elder Robinson to Milburn , I'm afraid we have kilt Atkinson." His lordshiP having done so, they shortly after found all the prisoners guilty of manslaughter, recommending the elder Robinson to mercy. His lordship sent ence d t h e e ld er R o bi nson to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour, and the other two prisoners to 10 years' penal servitude each. Throughout the day the court was densely crowded, and the case was not concluded till e ight o'clock, when the business of the assizes terminated• Mr. Justice Mellor went early to-day to Nevi' castle to open the commission. BIRTHS. St. BENNET.—On the 24th inst., a t R ougham Bury Edmund's, the lady of Philip Bennet, late Royal Hors Guards Blue, of a son and heir. 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