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V. ! ilWel -117-or,i'.l r / or; Arew,6tf ih,444c00 ti ;o SUN. • Tit E ,/L/2 PnicE StvEliptlict: NUMBER 9858 SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1824. VICTILILLEVG•OFFIUL, March 2i, 1824. TIM COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY, ere. do hereby give iforice,that on Friday, the 9th April next, they will be reedy to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the 47 7 3 1ay of- all such quawities of SEA PROVISIONS, indult *. RUM, as may be demanded for the use of his Majesty's littrs and Vessels at Galway and Clifdcn, from the date of gibe Contract to the 31st December nest ; and also for the sup * °f what FRESH BEEF may be required for the use of Ine illajesty's Ships and Vessels at Belfast, Carrickfergus, L arne Harbour, and Newry, and also at Greenock, during the before-mentioned period. orate Tenders will be required to be made for the Sea Previsions and Fresh Beef Contracts. The Conditions of the Contracts ?nay be seen at this ()Ace ) sr by applying to the Collectors of the Cus' OM at Galway, beVeut, and Greenock, respectively. Each Tender must specify the Price in Words at length, "it 6 e delivered before One o'Cloch on the day appointed ; and Irretet,be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible Person s ( nag-I'llg to become bound with the Party tendering the penal SUM of 5001. for the due peiformatsee of, each of Ms Contracts. The Person who makes the Tender t or some Person vu his 6(140 1, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTOY. i• C7'UALL ING-OFFICL, March 40, 18'14 THE COMMISSIdNERS for VICTUAL_ LING His .114JES7'rs NAVY, 4•e. do hereby riiWATO - iice, that on Tuesday, the 30th Instant, they wiii Le ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and wart for Silty -one Tons - of IRON vATT, One Hundred and Eighty-five 'Tons of IRON VUT -eind One Hundred and Four Tons of STOUT IRON PLATE HOOPS; 71) be man u f ac t ure d from . the- best British Iron, and to be delivered in Nine Weeks, .by weekly proportiuns, into His Majesty's Victuall&e Stores at Deptford. rke Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, in which the length, width, and thickness of the Hoops are 4 Pecifted. Each Tender must specify the price. in words at length, and be delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed ; and the' Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. Al WALLER CLIFTON. CUSTOM HOUSE, LONDON, Mmtcu 20, 1824. HE COMMISSIONERS of His MA. JIL JESTY'S CUSTOMS, in pursuance of directions re ceived from the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Trea sury, dated the 19th instant, do hereby publish the following Resolution of the House of Commons, dated the 17th instant, eta.. . .. " That the following allowances shall be granted - On all Silk imported and warehoused within limited periods, in lieu of all Allowances now authorized to be granted thereon,' viz.:— 4. s. d. "'On Raw Silk imported from any part, except the British Territories in. the East Indies, and upon silk thrown from Raw Silk, so imported, the lb. 0 5 3 " On Raw Silk imported from the British Territories in the East Indies, and upon Silk thrown from Raw Silk, so imported, the lb. - - 0 3 9 "On Foreign Thrown Silk imported, not dyed, the lb. 0 7 2 "On Waste Silk, the produce of Silk thrown in Great Britain and Ireland, the lb. - 0 3 9" By order of the Commissioners, T. WHITMORE, Acting Secretary. PITY, COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE and PRO VIDENT LIFE OFFICE, REGENT•STREET, were the ORIGINAL OFFICES which effected Insurances upon the principle of combining the Security of an adequate and Permanent Capital (in addition to the fluctuating Funds aris• in g from the Premiums), with the beneficial rule of return iug, at stated periods, the Surplus of the annual Premiums to the Contributors, after paying Losses and Expellees. The impot.tance of this Improvement is acknowledged by extra urdivary public approbation,and by the numerous imitations LA it, which New Offices have lately offered, and which older ones have adopted, in changing their Constitutions,— The principle is of chief value, because, as it yields, by the Specific Sums insured, and the Return of the Surplus, the fullest Value for the Deposits, p ersons have no reasonable motive for venturing on the lure of reduced and insufficient Premiums proposed to them by Adventurers, and which has led'to frequent instances of dissappointment and ruin. CAPITALS, A MILLION STERLING and upwards. lIEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND' PERSONS bare sought protection in the COUNTY OFFICE, and have found it. CLAIMS have been paid to Sixteen Hundred Claimants: Exempt from the Expences of Law-suits, and also from the sacrifice of an enormous Commission to 'Agents, to which some New Offices submit, to induce them to canvas for !nisi. tress, great accumulations have been made. In these, per sons who now ,Insure participate equally with the original Members. RETIIIINS of 25 and 90 per cent. in consequence, have been invariably paid to all persons who have continued In *ured seven years, upon Annual as welt as upon Septennial Policies, and whether they have been Claimants for losses or otherwise. 42,000 have been returned in this way to about e 4,000 persons Insured, within the last nine years—an im portant advantage which no ether Insurance Office existiug has afforded. BONUSES of 181: Bs. and 20. I2s. per Cent. have been paid on Life Policies. 9 , 1 Xgents are appointed in all the principal Towns. CHILBLAINS, RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS, Sc.c : THE CAJ EPUT OPODELDOC.—Capput Oil, which is the basis of this Opodeldoe, has been long highly esteemed on the. Continent, as a remedy for Chronic, Rheumatism, Spasmodic Affections, Chilblains, Pal. ay, Stiffness, and Enlargement of the Joints, Sprains, Bruises, and Deafness; and the experienee of late years. in England, proves th a t i t merits the high Character given of it * by the most eminent i n th e profession, in those obstinate complaints. Being combined in the form of Opodelduc, it is rendered more penetrating, and consequently much more efficacious as an external application. Rubbed upon the skin by meant of flannel, or the warm hand, it allays morbid irritation of nerves, invigorates the absorbents, and aseelerales the eir• culatiun. Sold in Bottles, at Is. 14d. and 96. 9d. by Butlers', Cho- Mists, .4, Cheapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (near the Argyle Rooms), London ; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh Sa aville4treet, Dublin and by `the' Vend ers th roughout the Kingdom. pr incipal Medieine N. B.—Be careful to ask for " Butlers' Cajeput Op°. deidoc." TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONSIDERING the very extensive nature of the Canvais for a Seat in the East India Direction, and the shortness of period in which I have had an opportunity of entering upon that Canvass, and of becoming acquainted with the great and independent body of Proprietors of East India Stock, I feel no less gratified than encouraged by the result of the Ballot on the 23d inst. I avail myself of this the earliest opportioity to return my sincere Thanks to the numerous and kind Friends who came forward in my favour on. that occasion ; and at the same time gratefully to acknowledge the many flattering assurances I have received of that additional support on the next Vacancy, which previous engagements prevented my being honoured with at the last. Having already submitted to you the public grounds upon which I presented myself before you as a Candidate for the honourable situation of an East India Director, it onlyremains for me now to renew my exertions to secure your confidence and your support, and to repeat my pledge of going to the Ballot on the first Vacancy. I have the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and humble servant, ROBERT T. FARQUHAR. Bruton-street, March 24, 1824. NOTICE TO ARTISTS. ALL WORKS intended' for the ensuing EX HIBITION at the ROYAL ACADEMY of - ARTS, lowa be sent in on MONDAY, the sth, or by Six &Clock on TUESDAY, the 6th of April, after which time none can be received. The Regulations necessary to be observed may he obtained by applying at the Royal Academy, Somerset House. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Scc. To BRICKLAYERS, MASONS, and IRON FOUNDERS, and als'o CLOCK-MAKERS. THE TRUSTEES acting under an Act of Parliament for BUILDING TWO NEW CHURCHES or CHAPELS in the Parish of ST. MARY, NEWING TON, SURREY, will meet at the Committee-room of the Parochial Schools, near the Fishmongers Alms Houses, New ington, (being also the Committee-room of the Trustees), on TUESDAY, the 27th day of April next, at Six o'Clock in the Evening precisely, to receive Tenders from P ersons willin g to Contract to execute the Whole, or any Part, of the Works in the Walls and Inclosure round Trinity Church, now build ing in Great S u ff o lk -street E ast , near Bl ac kman -street. The Trustees will also, at the same time and place, receive Tenders from Persons willing to p rov ide and fix up a Clock in the Towe rs o f eac h or both of the Churches now building, viz.: St. Peter's Church, near Beckford-row, Walworth, and Trinity Church, in Great Suffolk-street, aforesaid. Each Tender must be sealed up and indorsed, and must contain the Names of Two responsible Persons as Securities, who will be required to enter into a Bond in double the amount of the Tender; and those for the Inclosure of the said Church must also contain a Schedule of the prices at which the same is made. The Trustees do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest, or any other Tender, unless the same shall be considered satis factory to them. The Drawings and specifications tor the Inclosure of Trinity Church, may be seen at the Office of Mr. Bedford, the Ar chitect, in Camberwell Grove, from Monday the loth to Mon ;day the 26th April, between the hours of Ten and Five, and wham any further information respecting the same, or the Clock for that Church, may also be obtained : and any in formation respecting the Clock for St. Peter's Church may be obtained of 111 r. Soane, the Architect, - , or of JOHN CLUTTOR, Clerk to the Trustees. 48, High-street, Southwark, March 25, 1824. Shortly will be published, BSERVATIONS on, and CAS ES inustra ties of,. the Successful Treatment of the Tuberculous Disease in Horses, called GLANDERS. Be WILLIAM SE WELL, Assistant Professor to the veterinary. College. To be had of Medical Molisellers. This Day was published, Printed uniformly with the former Volume, with IS Maps, Sec. and 46 finished Engraving's, by Finden,' after Draw ings of the most interesting Suhjeets, by Captain Lyon, 4to. price 41. 14s. 6d. OURNAL of a SECOND VOYAGE for lir the DISCOVERY of R . NORTH-WEST :PASSAGE from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in the Years 1821, 22, 23, in His Majesty's Ships .Fury and Hecht, under the orders of Captain WILLIAM HOWARD PARRY, R.N. Printing for JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street. THE PATENT `EIS urz POWDERS. 911 . 17.H1S MEDICINE is p s il v pa o r i e n, t , I tlAsiou(s)ultal;: andby the Proprietors, Messrs: DAVIDSON, 136, New BoOd-street. To identify their Pre pafation, in future, a Label; on which the Arms of the In ventor are engraved, will be placed on each Box. and Bottle. The Medicine may also,be obtained genuine of their Agents, Messrs. Newberry's, 45, and Mr. Edwaids, 17, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Messrs. Barclay's, 95, Fleet-market ; Messrs. Butler's, 4, Cheapside; . Messrs. Sutton and Co., Bow Church. yard; Mr. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Mr. Hudson, 27, Haymarket; Mr. Richards, 11 . St. James's-st rCet ; Mr. Joh ston, 46, Greek-street ; Mr. It. Johnston, G. Combat ; Mr. Mackrill, 33, Whitechapel ; • Messrs. Ward and Co., 8 , 24, Holborn ; Messrs. Hastings and White, 17, Haymarket ; Mr. Stringer, 4, and Mr. l'rout, 236, Strand ; and Mr. Kid die, K 4, Russell-street, Covent -garden. Likewise at one or more respectable Houses in every principal Town. TIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS r have obtained the senction.and approbation of Gen tlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable Medicine, in removing obstructions, and relieving other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an early period of life frequently arise from want of exercise, and general debility of the system. They create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nervous head ache, and are eminently useful iii windy dis orders, pains in the stomach, thorium of breath, and palpi tations of the heart. Purchasers are requested to ream - 1%, that, as testimon♦ of authenticity, oath Bill of Directions is signed with the name of (9 if if , ~- .3 is wrising Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by IVright, No. 46, Fleet-street ; Barclay and Sons, Fleet Mtti ket ; bery and Sons, St. Paul's Church Yard ; Sutton and Co. Bow Chureh Yard ; Sanger, 360, Oxford-street. opposite Bond street; Evans and sun, Lung Lane, Smithfield ; Johnston, Greek-street, Soho; Bui.ler and Suns, Chropside; Godfrey and Windus, Bithopugete-street ; Macherill, tU, Whiteshapef: oud hr Mr, Francis Cupiss, Diss ; and ail Country Venders, at ,l2s. 9d par Bos. e,,* It is necessary to inform the public that lc F.A RILEY'S isltlie only oriCillttl.owl•Kitnitine Medicine, aniblias been pre pared by them for wore than thirty Yek>ra• LITERARY NOTICE: JOURNAL of a SECOND VOYAGE for the DIS COVERY of a NORTH-WEST. PASSAGE from the PACIFIC; performed in the years A lthi T l L -2 A 2 N -2 T 3, 1 C i n to the Majesty's Ships Fury and Heels, under the orders of Captain W ILLIAM EDWARD PAk_RY, R.N. F.R.S, and . Commander of the Expedition. Illustrated by numerous Plates. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Quarto, pp. 571. The above Work has this morning been pub lished, and we hasten to take such notice of it as the short period will allow ; and seldom Has. it been our lot to congratu late in all its parts. appearance of a Work apparently so late the public on thecom pleteThe Plates, from drawings made by the able and masterly pencil of Capt. LYON, of the costume, &c., of the Esquimaux, are highly interesting, and have been execut, • ed in a peculiar, cheste, and 'e ant manner by Er. Enw, • FINDER', whose abilities are,wei known. The Charts were drawn by Mr. Busty:A/real-Id also Sketches of the Land, under the immediate inspection of Capt. PARRY; anti there are copies of three Charts drawn by the Esquimaux. • In aneat Introduction, Capt. PARRY details the equipment of the . Fury and Hecla at Deptford. The ships were barque rigged, as in the former voyage, and the plan of "equalized" foremasts and mainmasts adopted. This plan was also pure sued with all the stores of both ships, and was of infinite ad vantage. Some material alterations were made in the interior of the vessels, which had a close lining of cork all sound the ships' sides, and on the under part of the decks, fore and aft. the shutters and plugs to the windows, &c., were also fitted in the same manner. An apparatus for conveying warm air, in vented by Mr. SYLVESTER, was placed on the orlop deck.— For the first time a simple and ingenious contrivance .was used for melting snow for the consumption of water, and. that too without any additional fuel than that used in the galley fire. This was produced by means of a metallic vessel or tank, occupying a portion of the tube through which the- smoke ascends, .which passing freely up each side of it, a constant heat was communicated. In the top of the tank was a large hole for the purpose of receiving the snow from the upper deck, and at the lower _part was a cock for drawing off the water. This apparatus, so little in the way as not to be seen, pro duced, without any increase of fuel, and with the atmosphere nearly at zero, 65 gallons of water from morning till night. In the former voyage, bed places had been fitted both for the officers and men, but, from the accumulation of moisture, much serious inconvenience was felt; these were therefore re moved, and cots and hammocks substituted—an alteration that prove d of essential advantage. Preserved meats, in tin cases, with vegetable and concen trated meat soups, for a period of three years, were furnished at the rate of two pounds per week for each individual ; and spirits, at 35 degrees above proof, were also furnished, to be reduced when, used, by which means a much larger supply was obtained ; and similar measures were adopted in every article where it was practicable,, and anti-corbutics of every descrip tion abundantly ftirnished. Every thing being ready, the Fury, Captain PAnnr, the Reda, Captain 14YoN, with the Nautilus transport, left Dept ford 29tlt April, 1821. The latter vessel had on board a supply of coals, and twenty-five live bullocks, for the use'of the expe;. dition,. with Some tither stores, which-were to be rernored on reaching the ice, and the N autilus t hen to r eturn. On the Bth May the ships sailed from the Nore, and on the 30th finally bade adieu to the northern shores of the Orkneys, and on the 14thly t J he une Nautilus, were off the ,erniptrgandceditvoerDer She st t o r r a e i s ts ; le O ft n the th e e xp l e s! Ju dition on her retu rn to En g la nd. Mu ' t ' l e ice, and ' on l'Y l'ase'lie 2 erie frd July, in the ships in getting , in lat. 61 deg. 50 min. 67 deg. 7 mi n . 35 see., they fell in with some E squ i ma ux in their canoe s , b e i ng the first of those people they met. They bad many articl es f 15 se c ., 1111 i long. or ,barter, but were most exor bitant in their demands. Several o f them visited the ships, amounting in all to no l ess than 100 persons of both sexes.— Th eirdisposition was to ste a l every thing they. possibly could lay their hands on, and more th an once or tw i ce t h ey en d ea vo ure d t o pick pockets, in which art they appeared to be as great adepts as if they had been under the tuition of the most es:pert London thieves, and upon the whole. their conduct was of the most dis gusting description. The expedition continued its progress through innumerable patches of ice, drifting at times in all directions, and on the 84 deg. 40 min. 7sec , th ey entered deg. 20 min. 13 sec. longitude 18th August, in latitud . ,e entered Very large inlet, which occupied them until the 20th in examining. It was free froin ice, at the upper part. • Captain Pann-e says, " This magnifi cent bay, possessing so many advantages that would render it -invaluable in a more tea officers rate climate, the ocers ho noured with the name of the Duke of York's Bay, in conse quence of the expedition havin g clay of his Royal Highness. , e AC first entered it on the birth iter quitting this bay the expedition entered the Frozen Strait of Captain Middleton, and on the 22d entered Repulse B a y, and determined the non. e xistence of a passage in that di rect i on . Th e f o llowing days the ships were again minutely examining the Frozen Strait. Here they discovered a commodious cove, which was named n , voin Rouse, t c Duckett Cove, and continued the examination. Three islands and Georgiana, and a . remark heyne. On the 31st the ships were" os'a large island, which was ranted Vansittart Island. On the three first days of Sept em b er t h e y, were off a cluster'of islands, which were named after the Right Honourable remark able point named, j3 a was sbn called e ST u tioEs BOURNE ; anti on the two following days off South ampton Island. The remainder of this Month was occupied in the examination of a large inlet which was named Lyon Inlet, where several creeks were discovered. On the Bth October a canal was sawed between two and three hundred yards long through the ice near Winter Island, and, every precaution used for the preservation of the ships and crews. The ships were visited by sever 1 parties of Esquimaux, .who took up their quarters in the neighbourhood. WC have not room to narrate the occurrences that took place. On the 6th Nov. ‘, the people were employed in what they called rigging the theatre' and on:the evening of the 9th the officers performed the play . of the' Rivals' to the infinite amusement of the ship's companies. On the evening of the 23d was repre sented the " two farces of " Raising the Wind,' and The Mock Doctor !'—On the 18th Dec., Captain PARRY says " we hed light in the cabin, for reading and writing, for three quartere of an hour, without candles, and about five hours for convenient walking."—" On the evening of the 24th, being Christmas eve, the ships' companies were amused 'by . the officers perform ing the two farces of A Rowland for an Oliver,' and the • Mayor of Garrett.' On Christmas-day Divine Service on board the Fury was attended by the officers and crew of both ships. A certain increase was also made in the allowance of provisions, to enable the people to partake of Christmas festivities to the utmost extent which our situation andmeazai would alloW; and the day was marked by the most cheerful hilarity, accompanied by the.utmoSt regularityand good order. •• Arneng the luxuries which our Christ mas dinner afforded, was that of a joint of English roast beef, of which a few quarters had been preserved for such occasions by rubbing it with salt, and hanging it on the deck covered with canvas. ' The warming apparatus was of the most essential service, for at this time the thermometer on the ice was from 27 .to 30 below the freezing point. On stated evenings, much recreation was afforded by musical patties which, alternately took piece -in the cabins of Captain PARRY and Captain LYON. CAptain.t s Attity says, " more skilful amateurs in music might well have smiled at these our humble concerts ; but it will not make them think less of the science to he assured that in these remote .and desolate regions of the globe it has -often fur nished us with the most pleaeurable sensations, which our situation was capable of affording; for, independently" of the mere gratification afforded to the ear by, music, there is.per haps scarcely a person in the world really fond of it in whose . mind its sound is not more or less connected` with " his far distant home." • • In this situation did the ships remain until early in July. 1822, and numerous and highly entertaining are the incidents. tha_toccurredclu officers ri were this.lroe pe ngp rf e o ri nn od e, period. d J gr ou e rn xt ly adesbdyinW. toaptain tloli and other the ge ographical knowledge that had been acquired. To attempt a recital of them is impossible ; but we must not omit to mention that schools were established on hoard both ships, in, w hi c h suc h persons:as could neither write or read made very: great proficiency, and which Captain PARRY states, at the,end. .of the voyage that ." there was not one person but what could read his bible on his return to England.”.— We can now only briefly state that the several Situations of the expedition, from the 3d to the 16th of July the ships were on the eastern coast of Melville Peninsula, and then, until the 24th of August off the eastern entrance of the Strait of the Fury and Hecla. On the 25th, 'after much labour and great danger, the expedition succeeded in entering this Strait, which seems, if possible, to be more interesting than any other part of the coast, and through , which there is now doubt o f a pas sage existing to the Polar Sea. Several attempts were made to get the ships further up, but without effect, from the solidity of the ice. Several journeys were also ,undertaken which are fully detailed, and are highly interesting; that p er f orme d by Lieut. ItErn of the Fury, accompanled by Mr. BUSHMAN, who drew a plan of the Strait, w e subjoin : " LIEUTENANT REID'S ACCOUNT. "_At day-light on the 10th, the weather being remarkably fine, I left the Fury with my party, and on our journey towards the land found the walking extremely good, the late frost having filled up all the holes and 'Pools uporr , the ice. After-the first four miles the-,character of the ice changed groin the. rough and hummocky kind to a s mooth level floe, and this, continued the whole way to the land, except that in its immediate neighbOur2 hood it was much broken up and detached; which occasioned us much difficulty and some wetting in getting to the beach.—, One of the Hecla's men having been taken ill about this time , I determined to send him back to the shipS without delay, and directed one of his shipmates to accompany'and take care of. him. This reduction of our number considerably increasing the loads of the rest of the party, one day's provision was depo sited at the landing place, and with the remainder we set out to the westward.. " From one till four P.M. we walked nine miles over excellent ground fortravelling l and then obtained sights for the chronome.: ter, giving the longitude 03 deg. 58 min. 30 sec.; after which we again moved forward, and ving advanced six miles in a direction a little to the northward of west,• halted and pitched' the tents for the night. The land over which we had this daY travelled is principally conposed,of sandstone, with here and there a piece of granite. In the course of the day we passed the stones of an Es9uimaux habitation, arranged as usual in a circular form, but it did not appear of a recent date. The ice in the Strait still presented, the sante unbroken surface as that seen from the ships, except quite clOSe in-shore, where it was de tached by the action of the tides. We also observed a few narrow lanes of water here and there cunning into the floe, but they extended only a:short distance froni the land. " At five A. aL on .the 11th, we re-commenced our walk to the westward, and at seven came to,a ravine with a rapid run of water, which we crossed after a litile:detention, and stopped to breakfast one mile to the westward of it.. Again proceeding at nine o'clock, we continued our walk till noon, when we halt ed to obtain the meridian altitude, which gave the latitude 70 deg. 5 sec. and soon after setting forward again, pitched our tent for the night at half-past six r. it. our day's journey being estimated at 13 miles in a W.3N. direction. We could here perceive that the opposite or mainland gradually tended to the southward, leaving a broad entrance into the western sea, though covered with even and apparently unbroken ice. The weather being clear, ailbrded us an extensive prospect to the westward, and we could now perceive that a bluff near the north shore, which had befbre appeared insular, formed in reality the northern point of the entrane.e; and I named it Cape Hallowell, eut of respect to Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell. This headland was joined to Cockburn Island by a piece of low land', not visible at any great distance, and receding considerably so as to form a fine bay, which I named *after Capt. William Antridgc, of the 'loyal Navy. To the southward of Cape Hallowell are several small rocky islets, and near these, as well as in every other part of the entrance of the Strait, the ice preseqted the same unbroken appearance as before. " At half-past Five on the 12th, we again set forward, and continuing our. walk till nine o'clock, - pitched the tent upon a rising-ground, from whence we command ed a good view around ue, and being near the entrance of an inlet running up to the north-eastward. The open ing of the strait into the polar sea was now so decided, that 1 considered the principal object of my journey ac complished ; but being desirous of obtaining. observations at this spot, and the weather being cloudy, I determined on re maining a few hours for that purpose. In the mean time Mr. Berihnan walked up . the bank of the inlet, which I named after my friend Mr. Thomas Whyte, and found it to extend five or six miles in a north-east direction,its general breadth being from a mile to a mile and a half. At the head of the inlet we found two ravines running into it, and the vegetation was here more abundant than any I had seen during the voyage. We saw also the remains of two Esquimaux huts, which were old, and ap peared to have been winter habitations. " The sky being still clouded on the morning of the 13th, we set out on our return to the eastward, from which quarter the wind soon after freshened up with constant snow and sleet. At one 44., st. on the 14th we reached our landing place, when we found that a great alteration had taken place in the state of the ice, there being now a considerable lane of water running off' in the direction of the ships, while near the shore some pressure appeared to hate taken place.' On the following day, when the snow ceased falling for a short time, a still greater change was perceptible, there being in-shoie a space of clear water extending three miles from east to west, and more numerous marks than before o f re cent pressUre. Upon the whole, the change of the state of the ice since our outward journey was very striking, and seemed to afford a hope that the passage of the ships might still be favour ed by some more extensive movement.' " At half -past eleven, A. 51., the tide being so out as to fa vour our getting upon tle ice, we set out for the ships, steering by a pocket compass, as the weather was too thick to allow us to see them. Passing several lanes' of water, one of them of considerable breadth, and observing several places in which the ice bad been throwing up pressure, we came at half-past one, p.u. to a broad lane, with the ice in motion on the opposite side. As the direction of the ships was . still uncertain, we halted here to dine, and obtaining a sight of them soon after, in a clearer interval, a,gain set out. At four, the Fury made the signal of having discovered us, and at seven o'clock, being met by a fresh party, we arrived on board." A very fine view of the " Western outlet of the Strait of the Fury and Hecla" is then given. On the 19th Septetnber the expedition left this strait and proceeded off Igloolik, where it remained during the winter. The occurrences were numerous, but our decreasing limits warn us to a close, and prevent our, noticing any . of the events. On. the 4th August, 1823, the operation of cutting a canal to extricate the ships commenced, and by the 6th one of 1,100 yards in length was completed ; and on the Bth the Fury, in consequence of a breeze springing up from the northward, gra thially got into open water; the Hecla still remaining in the middle of her winter floe. On the morning of the 9th she was observed moving out of the bay, wren she drove to sea in the middle of the floe, an event for the first time perhaps which ever occurred. To follow the details of this highly interesting Work is now im possible, and we therefore hasten to state the reasons assigned by Captain PARRY for his belief that a passage into the Polar sea is practicable. His words are as follows :—" Having thus concluded the narrative of this, our second attempt to discover a North-west Passage, it may be proper for me to offer a few remarks on its probable existence and practicability. That such -a passage exists, and that ita outlet on the western side' will be found at Bhering's Strait, the discoveries of the last six years, combined with the previous researches of Coos, HYARRE, and AlabxksiziE, have scarcely left a doubt ; indeed, the various points at which the northern coast of America has now been satisfactorily laid down, from.lcy Cape on the west, to . the shore of Melville Peninsula on the east, afford a strong pre sumption in favour of the opinion that this Continent does not in any part extend far beyond the 70th or 71st parallel of latitude. " While the probability of the existence of a passage has been greatly strengthened by the efforts of our various expedi tions by land and sea, as well as those of the Russians about Icy Cape, the hope of its ultimate accomplishment has, not withstanding our late failure, received no inconsiderable en couragement. That the sea is sometimes navigable upon the northern shores of America is no longer a matter of speculation or conjecture, but stands recorded upon the authority, the honour of Captain Franklin and his brave co m p anions. A single View of' the drawings, accompanying h is descri p tion of their xtr aor di nar y canoe -navigation along these desolate shores', must at once convey to the minds of t and to hose who are interested in the accomplishment of this long-sought object a degree of encouragement 'which the most sanguine could scarcely Dave experieneedjoefore. And although there can be no doubt that the 'Various changes of wind and tide would occasionally block up with ice the shores surveyed by Captain Franklin, yet the open water, he Observed, is a proof that the ice has a considerable space to move in ; and I. cannot, there- fore, but entertain a very confident hope, that if a ship could once be got upon that coast; she might, by patience andpirse verence, ultimately complete the desired object. " The report of the Russian ships that lately visited Icy Cape is also', as respects the state of the ice, as favourable as the most sanguine mind could wish ; for their description is precisely . 'that of a kind of navigation through which our ships have. already held their course, uninjured; for hundreds of leagues, and through which, therefore, they may, under Providence, be again conducted, by similar exertions. When, indeed, fr body of ice hai been once detached from the land, and has acquired • some room to recede from it; which appears to be the case in the summer about Icy Cape, it is seldom that a ship need despair of making progress, unless the season be too far advanced to allow her to take advantage of the occasional openings. " Reports so favourable as these of the state of the ice during the summer upon the central and western parts the north twist of America, certainly combine to offer a new view of the enter prise in which we have lately been engaged. From these arid the late failure of the Fury and Ilecla in endeavouring to force their way into the Polar Sea, it would appear that the principal difficulty lies' on this eastern or Aden- , tin side ; and it becomes, therefore, a matter of more interest than ever to inquire by what route a ship is most likely to reach that part of the coast lately discovered and surveyed by Capt. Franklin. " The opinion I have before given as to the advantages of o an ly d continuous three inuoitslantf seasons;in the navigation of the Polar seas, has been considerably strengthened by our subsequent experience for.the la a a y m i n n a ' ' o h r i e c li t an ship ever can, n impressed; h e tolerable s ewit the belief, that the only certainty, succeed in penetrating any considerable distance-is by watching the openings occasionally produced by winds and tides between a body of ice, when detached and moveable, and some land continuous in the desired direction. I have here adverted to this only for the purpose of further remarking, that, however unsuccessful have been our late endeavours, they were unquestionably directed to the right place, and that, with the limited geographical information we then possessed, no other route than that pointed out in my instructions could possibly have been pursued with Any reasonable hope of success. " Circumstances, however, beyond the reach of any previous speculation, have combined to oppose an insurmountable barrier to our entrance into the polar sea, by the route lately pursued, and consequently preventing us from reaching the northern shore of the Continent of America, along which it would have been our object to proceed. The state of the ice for two suc cessive summers in the Strait of the Fury and Hecla, seems to indicate, that the obstruction we there met with is dependent rather on locality than on season; for the phenomenon of two consecutive winters of extraordinary severity is one of extremely rare occurrence. It is more than probable that the obstacles which finally arrested our progress in the Strait are to be niskinlyut tributed to the current we found setting through it, and which coincides with that observed by Captain Franklin, and by the Russians to the westward. This stream, in finding its way out through the Strait, would undoubtedly have the efiect of keep ing the ice close home upon its western mouth, so as to prevent the egress of a ship in that direction ; and I cannot help think ing that, on this account, the navigation of that Strait will seldom, if ever, be practicable. " Being thus unavoidably shut out from the northern shores ,of the Continent, it remains to inquire by what other opening there may be the best chance of approaching it the nearest; for the principle of coasting it, whenever it can be reached, must still in my opinion, be carefully kept in view. There is no known opening which seems to present itself so favourably for this purpose as Prince Regent's Inlet. This leads me to ob serve, that, had we even succeeded in fairly entering the Polar Sea by the strait of the Fury and Heels, the geographical in formation obtained from the Esquimaux, and on which . I con. , ceive the greatest reliance may be placed, would probably have induced me so far to depart from the strict tenor of my instruc tions, as to attempt the passage across the mouth of the great bay lying in the south western side of Melville Penin sula, instead of coasting its winding and probably much indented shores. indeed I consider that the spirit of my instructions was fulfilled, as far as regarded my close examination cf the coast of America, from the moment that I had discovered the strait which terminated that coast to the northward ; and that had I been. fortu nate enough to succeed in entering the Polar sea, that very business then was to get to the westward in the shortest way was able. It being therefore no longer necessary to follow the continent on western side of Melville Peninsula, it appears to me of very little importance, whether a future attempt be made from Cape hater, which lies near the bottom of Prince Regent's inlet. or Cape Engefield at the western entrance of the strait of the Fury and Hecla. Indeed the chance of success is rather in favour of the former of these two stations, both on account of the shorter distance to Point Turnagain of Captain Frank lin, which from thence does not exceed four hundred and fitly miles, as well as from the probability to which I have be fore alluded, o f th e i ce being almost constantly pressed by the westerly current against the western mouth of the Strait. The view which we obtained from the southern part of Prince Regent's Inlet in 1819 was not, indeed, very incouraging as to the state of the ice at that particular time ; but our businesteat that tune lying in a different direction, we remained only a few hours on the spot, and could not therefore judge what favourable changes might have been produced by the carious alterationain wind and tide. The ice was, however, certainly detached from the shores, and in motion ; in which case a hope may always be cherished of occasional openings in our . favour. " In estimating the probability of success in this attempt, it is proper for me here to remark that the difficulty of giving any decided opinion upon it arises, not simply from the general uncer tainty attending a navigation of so precarious a nature, as that to which we havelately been accustomed, asbecause there is nothing in our late experience which can properly be considered analogous to it. To enter a body of heavy ice, of great and uncertain ex tent, without any known land stretching in the desired direc tion, is an enterprise differing in character from almost any hitherto attempted with success. In 1819, indeed, the Heck and Griper crossed the barrier of ice occupying the centre of Baffin's Bay for a distance of about ninety miles,' and succeed ed in reaching the open water off Sir James Lancaster's Sound, and since that time numbers of whalers have done the same; - but this distance is small in comparison with that which ships would have to traverse, from the bottom of Prince Regent's Inlet to way part of the navigable channel discovered by - Capt. Franklin, and which it would be their first object to reach. it is, however, by no means improbable that some intervening lend may be dis covered in this interval to assist a ship's progress to the south westward ; and that by patience and perseverance, she might succeed in gaining the shores of the .continents, where it. may be expected that - only the ordinary difficulties of this naviga tion would once more present themselves. It is possible at the same time, that, in so vast an expanse of sea, channels of open water may occur to assist a ship's progress to the westward. • " It appears then; that the chief difficulty to be anticipated in the accomplishment of this Passage. will consist in getting the ships upon that part of the continent, which, from the very best authority, we know to be navigable. 1 trust that the en deavours of the two expeditions lately employed under my orders, have at least served the useful purpose of shewing where the Passage is not to be effected, and of thus bring. ing within very narrow limits the question as to where any future attempt should be made. In submitting, which I do with very considerable diffidence, the foregoing view of the subject, it has not been my intention to create or magnify dif ticulti2s, but to suggest, as well as I am able; the best mode of of overcoming them. For my own part, I never felt more sanguine of ultimate success in the enter p rise in` which I have lately been engaged, than at the present moment; and I eau not but entertain a confident hope that England . may yet be destined to succeed in an attempt which bee for centuries pest engaged her attention, and enterested the wholeciatillied world." In the perusal of thenbove work we have been highly grati fied, and cannot withhold our praise at tire splendid man ner, in which, so ace a technical phrase, it has been got up. No doubt can now scarcely remain of the existenee of a communication with the Polar Sea, and sincerely do we hope that Captain, PARRY may be the means of ascertaining its position. Of its utility for mercantile pursuits it will per haps be unavailing, but it must be allowed by all parties that the putting at rest for ever a question so important, is every way - worthy of the first maritime power in the 'world, whose brave arid intrepid officers no dangers can appal. Much valuable information of the Esquimaux,has thus been obtained, and•we refer the reader to the work for some very curious accounts of their manners . and'customs. To abridge any part of the detaikt. would be improper, and to give the whole impossiblr..l , a 3e ty to