The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-13 00:00:00

POLAR EXPEDITION. Froin the Literary Gazette.) In addition to the particulars which we last week f!orrimunicated to Our readers respectinfr Captniii Parry's Expedition, we have now the satisfaction of laving before them some details which may also be relied on as equally authentic. lAbout the middle of M a y last, the Hecla . r lowing her away thrutigh the barri er of ice'wla:ittell; commonly at thatseason a e zi d ios n e n s the passa ge o f s hi ps j to the northward, water, several lea gues w id e, betw e o e l: l ei t i ll spiiee of cl ear e ice and th e north' end of Ch ar l es ' s Foreland; and i sailed r oun d Haldnyes Headl an d i nto the northern entrance of Sinerenburg H ar b our, which was found closed by one unbroken line of ice, still tilis firmly i a h ttached to. he land ou ever y side. ri made fast, with the intenti on o f scaewi the the chip H ecl a was into harbo ur; a v i o l ent gale, however, from r the w otttli ward, b ro k e away the ice at the margin,' and th e ship d r if te d , b ut was fortunately run into a smooth place which present e d it se lf i n t h e pac k or main ice. Shortly after this, th e w i n d s hif te d to the . north westward, and the ic e c l ose d upon the land, pre venting the escape of the Hccla , drifti ng h er considerably to the eastwar d , near l' and tedi3each. Here the ship remained beset with ice for several days, at the distance of about five miles from the land, with- out any clear water in si g h t. 1 About the first week in June, a southerly gale drove the ice off the land, a d water off Waygatz Strait alter L ' the Reda into open ietug twenty-four days hemmed in. Anxious search harbour; but the whole coast was now made for a was perfectly inaccessi ble, on account of th e the shores in ever - ice bei ng fi rm l y attached to part. Captain Parry therefore Islands, hopin g to find sailed towards the Seven them more clear frue. ice, and to discover amo ng te l but on arriving at Waelnd'ensolns' i c ai s l h d elte h r for the ship ; thle theshores were there also found entirely blocked t; ob stacle. Capt. Parry now proceeded up by y same am o 1 the northward, among loose and very broken ice, min. 32 sec., being in long. 19 de to , at. SI deg. .5 and might have advanced some m g l . d t m i ll ' east 7 object Arteer to tile northward in the Hecla, but his was, if possi ble, to find a safe harbour for her, and h e aga i u stoo d to the sout h war d : no alteration in ch aracter , how ever, the was t o b e perceived, shores b e i ng st ill lock e d up b y an e impenetrable barrier e of land ice. A plac e of shelter was at l . aet discovered f or th e Hecla, ie. 70 deg, 55 min ,long. 16 deg. 51 min. cast, which appears to answe r to " William Toleka Bay" of th e o l d Dutchcharts ; and here, by sawing a canal for a quarter of a mile th roug h t h e i ce , s h e wa s Placed i n a secure situation. Captain Parry loft th e H ec la on the evening of the 21st e„ slt rtacted for the with two boats which had been con him- The purpose ; D r . Beverley accompanied other boat was under the command of le ieutenant Ross, who was accompanied by Mr. 114 d; and each ' boat had twelve men, with a supply 'f Pro v i e 'able ions for se venty-one days. On leavi ng th e I sland weath there was scarcely any ice in sight ;1 er was remarkably fine, and th e sea as I stnooth as a mirror. be e After Y of Proceeding about ten miles, th e y came to a i ce eom e , , through which, however, they sailed . etstance oy it at to the northward, but were stopped de g.. 1 21. noon on the 24th of June, being in lat. 81 over the 1nin..51 sec., from which time their journey th ey ~nr ,e , ice commenced. The ice across which of eal r/eeeded to the northward consisted entirely ' Para te ,' detached masses, sometimes just so far sc al' i ta '",as to render it necessary to launch the boats eno e , eh e.' theta up again—at other times, close ta a k i r for them to cross from one to the other by geth ' e 'S bridgess of the boats—occasionally joined to- gen e ra ' 0 as to enable them to step across, though all (. . ase "_Y with great risk to their provisions, and in allo w e s _ requiring the most laborious exertions to th e j ee nem to make ally progress. The surface of d ee : also was so irregular, and so covered with tri eBs "w, that even when they did meet with a bo at o f somewhat 044 _ longer extent than usual, the ete ro weee moved with difficulty, and it always re -4,448'4 tw o , and often three or four journeys, to by two, their baggage ; and these journeys were eo • , t 0 indirect a ro ute, 1... ~ that they had often of 'alk two miles to make good one mile . a ts ee diffi c " 41 Ward way. Such, indeed, were the tilti • trig the -es of this travelling, that, notwith s t an de te en f ' l _ rnost strenuous exertions of the officers an d no rth y'r- eleven hours daily, their progress t o th e n' a-e a 'lard did not at first exceed two or three mile s th e i ; Captain Parry, however, persevered, i n Whi te e Pe of soon reaching the main or field-ice, no rt h h as always been spoken of as occurring to the N of S . • b • - ir e pite eigen, and which Phipps (Lord I • 81ave1 Me ad / upon the same meridian, and even in a e at e 30 miles to the southward, described as an d unbroken." k " A N c a ° en. ° teats . Pr. Parry proceeded to the northward, he ionall 4 f ew m Y met with a small floe, and likewise with P a rt 01 rieiisw.holes of open water ; but the greater !basss : o h niy journey was over loose and rugged () fiats to be c few yards in extent, requiring the w hich consumed‘ c tautly launched and hauled up, exhausting to th-eonsiderable time, and proved very Water en the ice waste"' The quantity of fresh e laays wading throughS i gr eat, that they were almost saintly wet with snow r, and their feet were cone every 24, by w hi c h ex w ater for 12 hours out of Pirtire th e men su ff ere d muc h from chilblains, & c .* 4 great deal of rain, more addition, they experienced rif two or three days only thy's:l'g fallen in the course eight 'previous summers vozduring the whole of Passed in the polar regions, b -1 Captain Parry had 3 , which boats, and provision-bags, wer e c their clothes, 4 Wet state. constantly kept in They soon found that, notwithst eed - valence, at first, of southerly winds,mg t pre , flue ice decided a tendency to drift to the southward had so they sometimes lost nearly as much 'vile tile , that 1 ,resting as they had gained by the precedingydwere l abour. In consequence of these united obeteaeY:6l lior . ts, they had, on the 10th July, only reached thc. i?a3 tude of 82 deg., b e i ng t h en i n the meridi an of I. I deg. east o f G reenwich. Even suc h discou aging circumstances as these did not damp the zeal of Captain Parry and his perty, and they still used c , v ortery exertion to push to th e it h in ward, the con fident hope of at length meeting with the tie ld ice aiel of th en ma e e king progress ine som e degree pro ' - Portioned with their exertions; for although it became bite too evident that the attainment of his whole , ..,.., enole ()eject was ,no longer within the scope ° 1 his resources, Captain P arry b a d determined to r each the highest latitude which his means would a llow, and, if possible, to extend his journey beyond th e eighty - thir d de g r ee. As they proceeded, , 1,1 the any improvement was found in th e na t ure '1 th e • . • indeed, some of the light est an d most i ice , w oken which wa s met with during t h e i r progress, e v eurred in lat. 82 de g . 40 min. In t his parcel, as b k. 4 s the eve could reach, nothing at one time could e seen but detache d p ieces of ba y ice, so thi n and brayed as to render it extremely dangerous to trust bi provi s i on s upon them. In p assin g from p iec e to ' -e ee of thi s i c e, only on man could he allowed to - t ell rure near the edge ate time, for fear of breaking 1 . ' and alth oug h every care w as taken, there was a s t it st ant but unavoidabl e risk of losin g their provi tle;:s, it being often necessary to leave, for a time, !i t ' whole means of existence on a surface of ice . ': ) e ) full of holes, and so thin and decayed that the 1 1 . 41 0 " 1 1 Lest motion among the surrounding masses th ' e t "' in an instant, have broken it up, and sent i r e Previsions to the bottom. On one occasion, the e eve v er which the boats and sledges were travelling, l'e lei W ILY under them, by which accident they nat.- % Y escaped the loss of all their meat, and also % l i . ti r lve s '—one of the men was saved only by his 4 g - '• brim attache d t h e 0 belt brin e to s led ge. er e 11 the 22d of July, the northerly rind, from t e h j ail ed t hey had been hitherto remarkably free, pre 'lle,,e' for several days together, giving the ice so a led a drift to the southward, that they could Oii . ?he t' • y . tinglin g sensation which was experienced when t . h t pat x on' the dry stocking • was even more painful than ( ti z e , tt P_Ntre to the' snow water.—See the Literary c of last Saturday. make little or no advance, even under circumstances in other respects favourable for travelling. In more than one instance Captain Parry found, by observa tion, that after ten hours' labour, in travelling north ward, he had scarcely gained, or rather had not re tained, a mile, and had sometimes even lost ground. From the 2lst to the 26th of July, they had only gained one m il e o f northing, though they had, at least, travelled twenty-three miles in that direction ; so that a southerly set, exceeding fcur miles a day; had prevailed during that interval. Under such circumstances, it was evidently in vain to struggle any longer to so little purpose ; and therefore, on the 9 6th of July, having travelled northward thirty-five days, Captain Parry came to the conclusion, that it would be only incurring use less fatigue to the party under his command, to Persevere any longer in the attempt, which, on such ice as they had met with, was altogether hopeless. The highest latitude reached by Captain Parry was 82 deg. 45 min. 15 sec. upon the meridian► o; . 20 deg. East of Greenwich; to attain which, he and his party had traversed 292 miles; but taking into account the number of times they had to return for the boats and baggage in the course of every journey over the ice, in consequence of its broken and rugged surface, the computation of their actual ' travelling up to this point is 580 geographical or 668 statute miles. If the ice had been of the na ture anticipated, they could easily have accomplished the average of 15 miles a clay. In returning, the party experienced' precisely the same kind of travelling as in proceeding northwards; but they now not merely retained whatever distance they travelled, but daily made several miles more, especially with a northerly wind. They reached Little Table Island on the 12th of August, having been actually upon the ice for forty eight days; and gained the Heda on the 21st, after an absence of sixty-one days. Captain Parry's entire party, although they had undergone such con stant exposure to wet, cold, and fatigue, returned to the ship in excellent health, there being only three individuals ailing, one from accident, and two from swelled legs; but even these were convalescent in a short time. . come to speak of the results of this voyage :—A continued series of magnetic and me teorological observations was obtained. The mag netic dip was found gradually to increase in going , northwards, from about 81 deg. at the Heck s station, to 82 deg. 22 min. in the latitude of 82;1 deg. The westerly variation decreased in going northwards from 19 to 15,i deg., and in going to the eastward it became still less ; but any change of position to the westward caused the variation quickly to increase, which it did to 22i deg. in the longitude of 174 deg. east. All these phenomena would appear to favour the theory of two magnetic poles in the northern hemisphere of the earth, as suggested by Professor Hansteen. In the meteorological phenomena observed in the course of Captain Parry's progress northwards, there is, perhaps, nothing so remarkable as the extraordi nary frequency of rain in so high a latitude. In one instance, when in lat. 82 deg., it rained hard for thirty-one hours, and on another occasion for twenty one. On the 23d July a very beautiful natural ap pearance was observed, consisting of six distinct fog-bows strongly tinged with the prismatic colours. No appearance of land was seen to the northward at the extreme point of Captain Parry's journey ; and as the birds had almost entirely forsaken the party as they proceeded in that direction, mid no bottom could be found with 500 fathoms of line, it is probable that there is no land within a very con siderable distance. No driftwood was met with after entering the ice, nor any whales during the voyage, except on the ground already frequented by whalers on the western side of Spitzbergen. During the absence of Captain Parry, Lieutenant Foster, besides completing some surveys, made an interesting series of experiments on the diurnal changes of variation and intensity in the magnetic needle, by which an amount was discovered in these phenomena not before suspected to exist at Spitz bergen, and which will form valuable data in this department of science. A complete collection of specimens of natural history has been made, sufficient to furnish the Bri tish, Edinburgh, and Dublin Museums. Having laid before our readers these farther in teresting particulars of this Expedition, we will add a few remarks, which, we may say, belonged to our last number. After expressing our admiration at the manly perseverance displayed by the whole party engaged upon the ice, we cannot withhold a pecu liar and public tribute of that feeling from its gal lant commander, whose conduct has been described to us in terms of the most unmeasured eulogy. Cap tain Parry not only shared every toil with his men, but animated them by his example, and encouraged them by cheering words, when almost sinking under exhaustion. He raised their hopes, and stimulated their exertions, ;u recalling to mind what would be expected of them by their country; and we are as sured that the greatest hardships of their situation were lightened and brightened by the address and skilful management of their leader, whose spirits never flagged, and whose good humour never failed him. We believe we ought to have mentioned, that be sides the two boats which moved on sleds, or skates, adapted to their keels, and were heavy drags through the sinking slush, four very clever sledges were contrived, each made of four snow-shoes, fas tened together by transverse bolts, and drawn by two men. These carried the pemecan and other provision. Of the former, the pemecan, our notice may not have been sufficiently explicit. It is meat prepared in the same way that the Indians prepare their provision of buffalo or deer. The flesh (beef in this case) is cut into stripes, and dried, according to a particular process, by the smoke of wood (the root of the ash, we believe.) It is then beaten into a powder, and an equal proportion of fat being melted, th e w h o l e is mixed up together int o a so lid m from mass. It is ev id e nt that more of real sust enance animal matter cannot be combined in any l ess bulky or burdensome compound. It makes an ex cellent andvery When cal)t. nutritive soup. Parry's volume appears, there will be some eel o f which, amusin g stories of adventures with bears, seals, &c. some though we have heard, we do n ot at liberty to repeat : in the mean time, we will occurs to us, only submit a speculation which already published. reconsidering the statements of all former voyages is known by the experience the end of the toseason, the Arctic circle, that to wardsheat radiating from from the shores of these s d e e a t s a the in consequence of the and, the ice is detached f l r c e e m , ? b e e r e e f o o a r a e t ,. does Tak , and floats southward. Taking this principle with us, when ch from other ice, but we find that our exp e di t i on some hundred miles, we if traversed a surface of conclude, w h atever was l t e h f e t e a x n tez e it gl o ta f l th e a x t tent mass drifting so u th, i t must h ave place i n th e nort h . W e also waternfer, that there must be land at the north pole, from which this body was separated; and that, if it could hav e b een en tirely,id hfaveotd a clear crossed,i n Captain Parry for the rya hiscompanions Aioil boats, and had little difficulty in reaching Polar Land.. THE LATE MAYOR OF INEWCASTLE-UPON- TrxE.—(From a Correspondent. )—The following minute has been entered in our Corporation books :—" At a Meeting of the Common Council of Newcastle-upon-Ty ne . held on Monday, the Ist of October inst., that body, in voting the necessary sum to defray the expences of receiv ing, with proper honours, his Grace the Duke of Welling ton, added their unanimous thanks to the late Mayor, Archibald Reed, Esq., and to Mrs. Mayoress,.for the very handsome and proper manner in which they carried the wishes of the Body into effect." This very flatterinc , com pliment the late Mayor was certainly justly entitled to, on the score of the specific festivity above named ; in our humble opinion, however, his late Worship is further deserving of the greatest praise for the strict attention he paid to the duties of his office, for the watchful carefulness with which, on all occasions, he attended to the interests of the town, and for the liberal and oftentimes splendid hospitalities he I m— • utliori~ persons' irder of cor-Oe- gaged iu the sutr as Was Ilead out the: p con- cretary, pArnied :pet In orations by the fur the ocacy of liou3 to eh was " etbateir ice was, I matter • ie found, d. The , and at possess lave'not scribers, at thou' in Tip- ate pro ne of ity to go and the penalty t. Nod' )unt up [ad I~ll'. vard for Id have add, the pperarY greater Id have , broken Zen pre' The" , eful ant in rant' id, in 9 0 iterature ie zettc.• PaP e : ill Seri e !, hanging 0 3 " expl where on r had t ° in action Seido lll built of creatut:et )n aWal , his fee t ' e Clue"' Th e i'mics ss believe , the Lily IoN! with he r ( b er ties° n inflarseti g f book 0 ,1 :etely ba rhos o °' ;!rning ° I/ 1 to he t r, I per it were T ; " 101 , no bare., Kelaime°' no phar tai‘ eo od ,o° go cap, no a oily, lead be. VEA OS i s , vrit P ,)eecl Inumb 5 r ioo Pe fro th°l a fe ° ,nd o ' l° Arfor ° e i s 10a.: 21. t° FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Whitehall, Sept. 24, 1827. The King has been pleased to give and grant unto Mary_ Elizabeth Austin, widow and relict of the late Reverend Robert Montague Austin, Clerk, Rector of Rolston, in the county of Wilts, and only surviving child of the late Samu e l Warren, Esq. and of Mary-Domett his wife, sister of the Rev. Thomas Puddicornbe, Clerk, Vicar of Branscombe, in the county of Devon, in behalf of her only child Samuel Warren Austin, an infant, of the age of ten years and upwards, his Royal licence and authority, that he the said Samuel Warren Awstin may, in compliance with an injunction co n t a i ne d in a codicil annexed to the last will and testament of his great uncle the said Thos. Puddicoinbe, take and hence florth-use the surname of Puddicombe only, and he called Samuel-Warren Puddicombe," and that the said sur name of Puddicombe only may be taken, used, and borne he his issue : And also to command, that the said ROyal concession and declaration be registered in his Majesty's College of Arms. Whitehall, Sept. 25, 1827. The King has been pleased to give and grant unto the Reverend John-Francis-Thomas Hurt, of Beeston, in t h e county of Nottingham, and of Allen-bill, in the parish of Matlock, in the county of Derby, Clerk, and to Mary his wik, eldest daughter and co-heir of Adam Wolley, late of Matlock aforesaid, Gentleman, d e _ ceased, his royal licence and authority, that they and their issue may take and use the surname of \Volley only ; and that the said John Francis Thomas Hurt and his issue by the said Mary his wife may also bear the arms of \Volley, in compliance with a direction contained in the last will and testament of the said Adam \Volley; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and re corded in the Heralds' Office, otherwise his Majesty's said licence and permission to be void and of n one e ff ect. • And also to order, that his Majesty's concession and de• clarition be registered in his Majesty's College of Arms. Commission in the Huntingdon Regular Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Huntingdon. Thomas Wright Vaughan, Esq. to be Colonel-Com mandant. Sept. 25. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Henry James Ebsworth and William Badham, Nun's court, Coleman-street, wool-brokers, from the 19th to the 23d Oct., at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. \Villiain Collins, \Vitney, Oxford, blanket-rnanufizetuter. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Ord, Regent-street, silk-mercer, to surrender Oct. 16, 23, and Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Scargill, Hatton -court, Threadneedle-street. William Morris, Rockingham-Works, York, potter, Oct. 30, at nine, Nov. 13, and 23, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Jacobs, Crosby-square, City. Thomas William Collins, Witney, blanket-manufactu rer, Oct. 19, 26, and Nov. 23, at the Court of Commis sioners. Phipps, Weaver's-hall, Basinghall-street. Gsorge Burgess, Eton, Buckinghamshire, currier, Oct. 19, 26, and Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Poole and Co. Gray's Inn ; Riches and Co., Uxbridge. John Gee, Nottingham, pawnbroker, Oct. 23, 24, and Nov. 23, at twelve, at the Punchbowl tavern, Notting ham. Enfield and Son, Nottingham ; Holme, Frampton, and Loftus, New Inn. Edward Bootle, Back-road, St. George's in the East, Middlesex, builder, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, and 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Wright, Goodman's-fields. Peter Duval, jun., Minories, carpenter, October 30, at nine, November 9, at ten, and 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Evitt, Price, and Lucas, Haydon-square, London. John Pluck-nett, Thornhaugh-street, grocer, Oct. 16, 21, and Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Brough, Shoreditch. Samuel Stone, Derby, ironmonger, Nov. 3, 5, and 23, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Law & Co, Man chester; Adlington and Co. Bedford-row, London. Charles Cox, Newcastle-under-Lyme, brewer, Oct. 30, 31, and Nov. 23, at two, at the Roebuck: Inn, Newcastle under-Lyme. Clowes and Co. Temple ; Tomlinson, Staffordshire Potteries. John Taylor, Manchester, timber-merchant, Nov. 5,6, and 23, at one, at the King's Arms, Manchester. Red head, Manchester ; Milne and Parry, Temple, London. DIVIDENDS. Joshua Taylor, Gomersal, Yorkshire, merchant, Nov. 3, at ten, at the Black Bull Inn, Gomersal—Lionel Knowles, Lionel Knowles, jun., and Stephen Hartley Knowles, Go mersal, Yorkshire, merchants, Nov. 7, at ten, at the Black Bull Inn, Gomersal—William Bell, Fenchurch-street, mer chant, Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners— Thomas Jones, Ynismarchog, Breconshire, cattle-dealer, Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Bear Inn, Llandliofaur, Car marthenshire—William Gray, Birmingham, nail-factor, Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham__ Robert Robinson, Hastings, grocer, Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Hastings—William Bryden and Duncan Mackenzie, Cornhill, druggists, Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Buckland, Billiter street, ship-insurance-broker, Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners--William Stor, Somer's-town, bookseller, Nov. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commissioner, —William Hopkins, Gower-street North, plumber, Nov. 2, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Aun and Mary Brown, Hull, straw-hat-manufacturers, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Thomas Forster, William street, Newington, builder, Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Gimmissioners—Sam. Higginbotham, Macclesfield, silk manufacturer, Nov. 2, at ten, at the Court of Commis- • sioners-- I .Villiam Rumball, Upper Park-place, Dorset-sq., coach-maker, Nov. 9, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners—James Pitt, Edvine-Ralph, Herefordshire, corn dealer, Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Star and Garter Inn, Worcester—John Bishop, Eastham Park, Worcestershire, tanner, Nov. 10, at ten, at the Crown Inn, Ludlow— Wm. Smith, Bath, carver, Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Grey hound Inn, Bath. CERTIFICATES—Nov. 2. George Walbaucke, Red Lion-street, Clerkensvell, gold smith—William Walker, Worcester, hop-merchant—Joshua Braman, Manchester, hatter—Charles Warwick, Kenning ton-lane, Lambeth, braid-manufacturer—Samuel Smith, Manchester, engraver—William Seagrove, the Common Hard, Portsea, draper—Sarah Smith, Hastings, innkeeper —Timothy Britton, Penstbrd, Somersetshire, dealer—John Robinson, Calversike-hill, Yorkshire, worsted stuff-mann , - facturer—Domingo Garese, Hackney-road, merchant—T. H. Skelton, Southampton, bookseller—William Bennett, Kennington, victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Edward Cope and Thomas Newton, Cheltenham, builders —Gilmour and Co., Glasgow, merchants--Juliana Pearson, Jane Pearson, and John Pearson, Rathbone-place, linen drapers—James Sandford and Thomas Raudall, Alfred place,-London-road, pork-butchers—John Riley and George Taylor, Derby, joiners —Henry Bonham and James Lloyd, Coventry-street, Haymarket, shoemakers—Wm. Mitchell and John Godwin, Bristol, cornfactors—James Worsley and Ralph Worsley, Lowfon, Lancashire, cotton-spinners --James Hamilton and John William Underwood, Cecil street, Haymarket—Mos. Miller and Charles Frederick Green, Great Marylcbone-street, butchers—William Bran don and Henry Soper, Spital-square, silk-manufacturers — James Strancornb and John Morgan, Lunningtou, Somer setshire, spinners--William Burrell Par and John Wade, Norwich, drapers—Thomas Fountain and William Bird, Dudley, Worcestershire, hatters —John Rolph and Thomas Hamper, Clement's-lane, coffee-dealers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John Meek, Glasgow, perfumer, Oct. 10 and SO, at one, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. THE WEATHER.—The weather is now greatly changed from what it was only a few weeks ago. The air, in the mornings and evenings, is chill and piercing__" the sear and yellow leaves " are falling from the trees—the feathered songsters are silenced for another season, except the red-breast, which, again seeking the haunts of man, faintly enlivens the garden, or barn-yard with his solitary warblings. The grain crops in this quarter were fortunately safe from the wet weather we have lately had, but it has postponed the commencement of the last, but not the least, important work of the barvest— the digging and pitting of the potatoes. It will be the end of next week before much be done in this way in our neighbourhoed.....Solsman. MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY. The First Meeting of the eighth Session of this highly important and interesting Institution took place last night at the Society's Room, Sackville street, Piccadilly ; the President, Sir JAMES APGREGOR, in the Chair. Th e minutes of the last Meeting were read by the Secretary, which recapitulated, - among other matters, the election Of his Majesty the King of Wurtemberg to be an Honorary Member; of the Marquis of Conyngham, and other Noblemen, to be f e ll ows ; and of Sir Anthony Carlile, Mr. Swine, and other' gentlemen, to be Members of the Society, or proposed for such. The Most Noble the Mar quis of Lansdowne (by acclamation). Admiral Earl Northesk, and the Marquis of Donegal, Ayer. admitted Fellow's instanter; and the Brazilian Am bassador, and his Majesty the King of Bavaria,were elected Honorary Members. The lists of Donations of books and plants were next read, after which se veral new Members were formally introduced and received. • Mr. FROST (Director and Lecturer of the So ciety)then proceeded to read an address,in whij!ht , took a comprehensive view of the objects, formation, and progress of the Society. Sir JOHN LILLY moved that the address should be printed, and that the thanks of the Society be given to Mr. Frost. Both of which resolutions were unanimously agreed to. Letters and donations of seeds, &c. were the» read from the King of Bavaria, the Brazilian Am bassador, and various individuals. The announce ment of a donation by a Mr. Weston of a book, cap taining an account of the plants existing before the Deluge, excited a general and long-continued laugh. Other routine business of the Society was then de spatched, and the Society, after a few words from the President, adjourned over to Friday, the 12th of November next. The room was decorated with some very fine palms, plantains, the tea-tree, and other rare shrubs and plants. The table was strewed profusely with specimens of most of the flowers and flowering shrubs now in bloom,—together with some very fine evergreens from the gardens (as we were informed) of the Lord High Admiral and Prince Leopold. ATROCIOUS CASE OF VIOLATION. The Magistrates for the division of Marlborough (Ful war Craven, Esq., and the Reverend Edward Goddard), have been. lately engaged in investi gating one of the most atrocious cases of assault and violation on record. The wretch charged with the commission of the offence is 28 years of age, and the complainant his own aunt !—a married woman, with three children, and 58 years of age!! The parties are of the labouring class in life, are both named Martin, and reside at Marten, in this county. According to the statement of the complainant; about seven o'clock in the evening of Sunday, the 16th ult., she was in search of her sons, when she was met by the prisoner on the turnpike-road be tween the Nag's Head and Wexcombe Marsh, who, after crossing her backward and forward, to prevent her passing, at length took hold of her, and vio lently threw her on the ground the poor woman's resistance proving ineffectual, he succeeded in effecting his purpose ; after which he remained with his aged victim for nearly half an hour, using her in a manner too disgusting and horrible to relate. The poor woman's screams at last brought one of her sons (who had been lying nearly asleep on a dunghill at the Nag's Head, about ten lugs from the place) to her assistance, and who rescued his mo ther from the fangs of the prisoner. Both the com plainant and her son swore most positively as to the person of the prisoner ; and her husband corrobo rated her testimony as to the very deplorable condi tion she was in on her return home. The prisoner produced several young girls to prove that he was with them at the Nag's Head door when they heard the screaming, and that he ran with them to see what was the matter. These witnesses agreed as to this particular fact; but they differed very ma terially as to the hour—some of them stating it to have occurred at nine o'clock, when, if the united testimony of the complainant, her husband, and her son be credited, she must have been at borne and in bed at that time. The evi dence of the girls was also at variance in many other respects. The magistrates committed the prisoner for further examination until Saturday last, in order that the landlord of the Nag's Head might be exa mined. This witness then deposed, that he was at supper when he heard the screams; and that before he went out, to ascertain the cause of it, he took the precaution to look at his watch to see what o'clock it was, " in case (he said) any thing should be the matter hereafter." It was then a quarter past nine, and a quarter of an hour previously he had seen the prisoner standing with the girls outside his door. When he came out, the son of the complainant was accusing the prisoner of having committed the out rage upon his mother; witness advised him not to make a disturbance there (it being Sunday even ing), but to go home with his mother, which he immediately did, leaving the prisoner with the girls. Thus this case, scarcely to be paralleled for the atro city and violence attending it, remains, after two long and patient investigations, involved in some perplexity. There is not the slightest doubt in any one's mind that the poor woman was assaulted, un der the very aggravated circumstances she de scribed ; and unless both she and her son are most egregiously mistaken, as well regarding the hour as the person of the offender (whom they must have had full opportunity of seeing and knowing), the prisoner must have been the person who committed the assault. He is committed for trial at our next assizes, and the witnesses for the Crown bound over to give evidence. The magistrates, conceiving that it would be conducive to the ends of justice, have also availed themselves of the power recently given them by one of Mr. Peel's acts, and have taken the depositions of the prisoner's witnesses, in order that the Court and Jury may be hereafter better inform ed as to the credit due to their evide nce.—Devizes Gazette. UNBRIDGE ' NVELLS.—The Master of the Ceremonies' Second Ball at Mr. Neal's Rooms, on Tuesday se'nnight, was very brilliant and full, nearly a hundred and fifty, of (air fashionables were present. So great an as semblage was never before known at this late period of our season ; indeed, it fully demonstrates how highly the ser vices of our active Master of Ceremonies are appreciated.— Brighton Paper. On Monday morning his Royal Highness the Duke o f S usnex left K ens i ng ton Palace in his travelling carriag e f or R aby Castle, the magnificen t seat of the Mar quis of Cl eveland, in t h e coun ty o f Durham. Hie Royal Highness was detained an hour at Hatfie ld, by the snapping of one of the spring bolts of the carriage, and consequently did not reach Alconbury Hill until seven o'clock. His b n e s 3 o ,, n t t 1 1 e ; aeat when, o Royal Highness dined and slept at the Wheat Sheaf, and proceeded. the next morning on his route northwards. We Daufntuednie.drassta,nhde that lvni his Royal Highness will remain at Raby Castle, where great preparations have been snaking to re ceive the royal visi:r o , ce u: d ti f l o th isi e e 2 : s t t l e s a o d f this Ab paying short visits to Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Colonel Wildman, where his Royal Highness will pass the month of November. There are , o n an average, ab ou t 4 , 00 0 con victs consta n tly e mployed by Govern ment at Woolwich arsenal and the different dock-yards ; it is said that the Lord High Admiral has recommended that this number should be considerably reduced, and their places supplied by industrious labourers of good character, thousands of whom can obtain little or no work. The expence of transporting men beyond the seas is certainly a serious burden upon the country, but probably the public money cannot be more advantageously expended than in getting rid of characters, who on their being discharged from the Hulks are almost certain to return to dishonest practices, and who, after another course of crime, again put the country to the expenses attending their conviction and transportation. There does not appear to have been any return made of the number of criminals who have been more than once under sentence of transportation; but it is leilevel! that the. inafantutg are. yap. .... . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INGLEWOOD HUNT AND PENRITH RACRS. TIIIIRSDA V, OCT. 11. Our first day's Races have gone off very well, and there is every appearance of a good meeting. The Course was fashionably attended. Sweepstakes of lOgs. each, p.p., and 20 added, four-yr s 9st. 41h. five, lOst. six and aged, 10st. tilb. 'Heats, two miles. Mr. Howard's Yanwath Lass 2 1 1 Mr. Brotherton's Sister to Tavepy••• 4 2 2 Mr. Williamson's b. e. by North Star 1 4 S Mr. Blain's Johnny Mr. Parker's Paul Pry 3 5 dr A Sweepstakes ol sgs. each, and 20 added, four-yr-olds, list, five, list. 91b. six and aged, 12st. Heats, two miles. Sir C. Musgrave's Mystery, 5 yrs I Mr. Marshall's Miss Haggerston 2 2 Mr. Howard's Harriett 3 3 Mr. Hudson's Miracle dis. A foot race for five guineas, given by the Steward, was won by Atkinson beating Ivison and Glee. PERTH RACES..--THURSDAY, Ocr. 4. Sweepstakes of 10 sova. each, with 50 soya. added. Mr. Dawson's Triumph air. Davidson's Cromarty 2 dr ::3, , eitley's Peacock 3 dr Plate of 50/. Mr. Bagley's Pea coc k ..: Mr. Davidson's Blu e Bonnet .... 2 dr FRIDAY.-Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, 7ith 50 added , Mr. Davidson's Cr•Jmarty Mr. Dawson's Triumph 2 dr Mr. Davidson's Prime Minister The company wag fashionable, but not so numerous as on former occasions. The balls and ordinaries were well attended. THE RING. RANDALL AND DICK CURTIS--The sporting world is quite full of the expected match between the Nonpa reil and the Pet. Randall offers to fight him for any money up to a thousand, but will not limit himself as to weight he feels that now in the autumn of his life some indulgence, on that score, ought to be granted to him. The Pet says he is " nothing loth ;" but, as far as we have yet heard, he objects to giving Randall the advantage of being • much over him in weight. The Pet at the same time declares his readiness to fight any man in England, and give him a stone in. For our parts, with the recollection of what Jack Randall once was, and the suspicion of what he must now be, full upon us, we would much rather never sec him enter the ring again. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. H. Mille, Esq.'s Fox-hounds will meet on Monday at the Kennel ; Wednesday, at Boxhill ; Thursday, at Wind mill Walton ; Saturday, at Chipstead—at 11. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Hornsey Green; Thursday, at Limpsfield ; Saturday, at Pratt's Bottom— half-past 10. The Surrey Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Sa turday, at Sanderstead-10. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Croome Perry Wo©d ; Friday, at Monkwood-10. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Monday, at the sth milestone from Hereford on the Frome-hill-road ; Wednesday, at Tib berton Village ; Friday, at Aconbury Priory-10. The Shropshire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Condover ; Thursday, at Cound Village; Saturday, at Battlefield-10. I'he Conoek Harriers, on Monday, at Catterley Banks ; Friday, at Haskings's Pennings—at 11. The Compton Harriers, on Monday, at Yatesbury Cope-11. Sir Arthur Chichester's Hounds, on Tuesday, at High Bickington ; Friday, at Traveller's Rest, on the Chittle h am pton-road-10. Mr. Long Wellesley's Forest Stag-hounds, on Satur day next, at the Kennel, Woodford Wells, Essex-10. THE ARMY. On Saturday last the first division of the 58th Regiment were conveyed from this city to Cove in one of the steam boats; this day the remainder will follow, to embark on hoard the transports now in the harbour, which brought over the 64`b Regiment, and will be conveyed to Ports mouth.—This day the first division of the 26th Regiment will arrive from Fermoy, and the remainder will follow in a few days, for the purpose of embarkation.—The Std Re giment is expected to arrive in Cork from Boyle, and will be stationed for the winter in this garrison. —Cork Southern Reporter. WINDSOR, Ocz•. 12.---During the first clays of the present week, the KING has been prevented by a slight indisposition, and the very unfavourable state of the weather, from taking his usual recreation in the Great Park. His MAJZSTY, we are, however, happy to state, is now quite recovered. This day be took a drive in his pony phaeton, accompanied by the Lord Steward, in the Great Park for two hours,, and appeared in excellent health and spirits. Despatches were received at the Admiralty yesterday from Sir Was. Hostig, the commander of the Royal Sovereign yacht, which were immediately forwarded to the KINC, at the Royal Lodge, in Windsor-park. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassa dor, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Bishop of LONDON and Lon! MELROS visited Viscount GODERICH yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. On Sunday last, the Right Worshipful BEN- N Sortsais, Esq., Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gave his first entertainment at the Mansion-house in 'that town, to a select party of between fifty and sixty ladies and gentlemen. The dinner was elegant, both as to viands and wines, and gave the greatest satisfaction. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.-The Duchess of Rutland, at Melton Mowbray, from Belvoir Castle ; the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Newmarket, from their seat, Goodwood, Sussex ; the Marquis and Mar chioness of Exeter, at Newmarket, from Cromer, Nor folk ; Sir Robert and Lady Browurigg, at White Knights, Berks, from Monmouth ; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., at his seat in Berks, from Ireland ; J. R. Vivian, Esq., at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Wales; G. Fox, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; J. Sparkes, Esq., at ditto, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; Colonel Benyon, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Yorkshire ; R. H. Larpent, Esq., at ditto, from Wales; the Rev. P. Bastard and - Taylor, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; George Cary, Esq., and Mrs. Cary, A Pladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Tor Abbey ; A. Harrison, Esq., and Mrs. Harrison, at ditto, from a tour; Mortimer Ricardo, Esq., at Nerot's Hotel and Baths, Clifford and Cork streets;, o ß o e t h r l e i , n at ; t John ite Ba K t n Hotel, i° ck E A s Tlin a g.t t o d n i - t s ta t f from rom Aßi s ii t ir r it.i e .tgo e ba t s ;nt o , sdni f Ar r ; Lady Phillips and family, at ditto, from a tour ; from Burnard, at ditto, from their seat in Hants; Rev. P. Moneypenny, Mrs. Moneypenny, and the Misse: Dering, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Charles Thiselton, Esq., at ditto ; Sir Edward Cholmley Dering, Bart., Rev. Edward Dering, and Captain Her rington, R.N., at ditto; Thomas Curtis, Esq., at ditto; Andrew Knight, Esq., at ditto; Charles Minet, Esq., at ditto. DEPARTURES.—The Duke and Duchess . d Clarence, for Bushy Park ; the Marquis of Hastings, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork .streets, for Cambridge; Captain Snow, from ditto, for Berke; Robert Colquhoun, Esq., from ditto, for Paris ; Mrs. Fitzherbert, from her house in Tilney-street, for 'Brighton ; the Earl of Besborough, and the Hon. William and Lady Barbara Ponsonby, from Edinburgh, for Earl Grey's seat, Howick, Northumberland; the Earl and Countess of Brad ford, from their seat in Shropshire, for Castle Bromwick, Birmingham ; Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., for his seat in Berks ; the Hon. Thomas Grenville, from the Marquis of Stafford's seat, Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, for Earl Spencer's, Althorp, Northamptonshire ; the Hon. Miss Grimston, for her seat in Herta ; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, for Leteharn, • Berks ; Captain Byng, for York shire ; the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Hare, and Miss Ash, from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's -street, for Dublin; the Earl and Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molynenx, front their house in Arlingten-street, for Newmarket ; Mrs. Clayton and the Miss Claytons, from Nerot's Hotel and Baths; - Angerstein, Esq., from ditto; Mrs. Barnett and Ladies, from ditto ; Baron Sereira, Le Compte de Soubeyran, and Mons. Oppenheim, from Marshal Thomp- S m or e r j 's er H e o e t d el A , fe a . v o en r d el is e h n - d s , q u fi a e r m e; th S e . B V e . th Su H rt e ees tel , , from Aril e d g i t t e to n ! street, for the Continent; Mrs. and Miss Pemberton, from ditto, for Herts. A few days ago, a. live scorpion, five inches long, was discovered among some madders of the Broomielaw, while unloading a Swedish vessel direct from Marseilles. The scorpion was secured by a Custom -house officer, and put into a bottle with rum, for preservation.- 7 7 • , 7.r -o- JOURNALS. SPIRIT OF THE F. The Third Report of the EmiArstion Com mittee now lie! before 11. nn its first appearance, we thougla we ought some thing about a work on whfish s e mu , , ha , been bestowed, and yet we cannot. gt. - ~. ‘4 5 ; 73e to approach it more closely, the magnztude is , so formidable. Thrice we have opened it, an- 1 gun : as often our hearts have Ailed us, ant. have shut it up. At last, as one method of est mating the gravity of the work, we sent it out s to tee a ly n a e r i d g said the man, when he brought it back ; " it h o b r ou rn rin e g at- b sc u a t l c e l s ie . r, i b t e ,s w v el e g ry hed he i a n vy hi! , weighs exactly five pounds and a half." Very heavy, indeed ! And we really think this is all we can say of it. It is very heavy ;it weighs five pounds and a half! Very heavy! Very heavy, indeed ! But a few words on the subject. Is it to be supposed, if a district were cleared of what may be called its redundant labourers, by sending them abroad, that the vacuum would remain a vacuum, ,and never be filled up ? The fact will prove to be quite the contrary : there is nothing which Nature replenishes with such ra pidity as these unnatural lacume made in society; and growing children of fourteen eat more food and destroy more clothing, than staid persons of forty or forty-five : so that, on that account, we 4 4d better retain our old population. It is clear, a l so , that if the work of deportation (for we would avoin i ,sci odious term) be once begun, it must be continn;qd or repeated ; and if it were continue would d ewt a oh t uel s d ta c t to e hn d esree i e nb u ce t z ie gi; rt ve a nvi in ho p y e tl ri oe o l liy s n , crt n ie:g h t a ea t stimulus of population ; and the augmentailon by natural means would grow upon and exceed theAiminu tion by artificial and expensive ones: the work of the emigration gentry would increase upon their hands. We do not mean to say, but that, if, as in days of yore, there were an ardent and lusty race of needy adventurers determined to burst through the narrow confines of their country, and seek their fortune elsewhere, it might be wise to provide them with the means of removal, and point out a place for their reception ; but our poor labourers, if not rendered desperate by want, being of a much more tranquil temperament, it is more wise, more humane, and will prove less expensive, to maintain them in their present; abodes.—.Zimes. It is with the unions of parties as' with the unions of nations ; old associations and old re collections separate for a time those who are in every respect politically ideiztified. We are hot,' therefore, surprised that associations of gentle men, agreeing in certain political _opinions, should shrink from the idea of anniliiliton on the arrival of a period when the entertainincut of those opinions ceases to be distinctive. Sonie-' thing must be allowed to feeling and habit ; for man is .not in all his actions governed by pure reason. There is no conceivable distinction et . ' this moment between the principles of Whigs and Tories ; but we live in the past as well as the present ; and those more particularly who hare arrived at a period of life which indisposes to fresh exertions, may well be pardoned for an attachment to names which recall to them event ful struggles in which they bore a part, proscrip tions from which they suffered, and acts on which they look back with satisfaction. But. associa tions of this kind cannot long exist on a mere historical foundation. They require the support of a public, warmly sympathising with them, and taking a lively interest in their proceedings. As all political associations have the public in view, they necessarily require that the public eye should be directed towards them: But when the public see no distinction between the principles of bodies of men, they can talk little interest in the preservation of the mere names of the bodies, and thereforeoshould no fresh cause for separa tion arise, we cannot be far wrong in predicting that the Associations will graduaDy wear out.— The struggles which await us are a a very dif ferent kind from those of the period which is past. No man thinks now of making war' riZt Jacobinical principles—of expending millions in supporting old thrones and pulling down new Republics. This war, however, was so popular in the higher ranks, that Mr. Fox withdrew, for a time, in despair of doing good from his place in the House of Commons.— Many of the most distinguished Whigs were carried away by the alarm of the period, and it is but justice to Mr. Pitt to admit that the impression is almost universal, that the union of Tories and Whigs drove him into the war of the Revolution, to which he was personally disin clined. But though the feelings in which the war originated'no longer exist, the consequences of it furnish the materiel for the chief differences of political men in future. The grand question must now be economy ; for without a rigid at- - tention to the manner in which 'the revenue of the country is expended, we are in imminent danger of a financial explosion ; but in this country it is much easier to speak of economy and retrenchment than to practise them. A vir tuous and economical Government has difficul ties of the most formidable kind to encounter. The Money raised from the nation is viewed by is th d an epe t t h id e e y n i t i , av a e s n as fu e n it d ize f l o l r s them. They h ave a muc h those, on whose v i o , ic t e h s e in di t v li i e si N on ati o o f nal Coun c il s prosperity of the country . fund distributed among the dig rmd t n h ei oes distribution .. ei k ecehytr dm ni aotei t eontf i rer i n s aorg t elai r nsm a tt le o n: m n eg great ei,po er ne s nt y s e ( s to increase )fministers th e ; atidnluvemkbielrmotvhfferfoamc public toexu Every i p s e r t i h e t a r t c that of is s a n ll hn th a e t f Lact h i o y n t s h e t!i p e n re m osspt spirit Of selfishness. Ministers must work with' the in struments placed by the Constitution -In - their hands. It i s use l ess to i nq ii re now what the Constitution wasintended to be ; it is now essentially aristo e r a ti ca l With a popular sprink ling. Minist ers canno t a fford: to throw them selves entirely on th e people s for though the sup port of the p eo pl e is of infinite importance when the Aristocr ac y is divided' it would a v ail nothing against a coalition. They have, therefore, t o steer between the rocks of a profuse expendi ture, which must infallibly involve us in finan cial ruin (not to speak of other consequences), t y o the property of again this country recovering is it. q ues tionably iw e and of a factious Opposition , banded together by rage at having the prey torn from their mouths, and im eitndhge cause of much of th e political b corrup tion under which we suffer. In one port i on of of the island (Scotland), one half the land is satrullaatt locked up in strict entail ; that is • eldest son receives the whole' estate, and the younger chil dren receive, in most cases, a ll ) iter y nothing. As the children of the gentry. o havelofty ideas, it be comes necessary that a large - p or e n of the pub lic money should be allotted to them, and that expensive offices should be multiplied for their sakes. In the r : cage, tor instance, of the last Marquis of Twe dd 1 • * ft e a (tin arge estate was e t 0... _