The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-09 00:00:00

an y numbers, the difference of character.displayed by them when so, .and the reverse, is worthy of remark. In the former case they are bolder and overbearing, and, when meeting with parties, gather round them, and, apparently in a half playful way, commence shoving them about and feeling their clothes, when, if they fail in getting what they want given to them, they help themselves, and, with their knives, soon remove any buttons that happen to be bright This was all done, and the offenders, mixed up with the rest. enjoyed the thing as a good joke, before our people could look round them. On the contrary, when they are in small numbers, they are not like the same people, but seem quiet, harmless, inoffensive, and obliging. Even while display ing these good qualities, should their number become in creased, they lose no time in throwing off their assumed humility to join in any plunder going on. ' In landing our provisions I was very careful to point out to the chief and other leading men that nothing was go ing on shore the nature of which they could not see, except salt meat ; which was really the case, and this I knew they would not eat if it was given them ; and, on the day that all was landed and the house locked, I showed them the car ronade, pointed at it, and told them it was te keep thieves away, thinking that a show of preparation would have the effect of saving us from any attempt at robbery on their part. But I have every reason to believe that some of those on board at the time were leaders in breaking into it three nights afterwards, when, fortunately, three small sails (ship's) were the only things they succeeded in taking away. A case of flour, obtained in tins, belonging to the e officers, had been opened, but not found to be tobacco, as anticipated, arid not liking to go away empty-handed, they had taken the sails. I was quite unprepared for this theft, which was effected in the night, notwithstanding a strict watch had been kept from the ship, and the house was visited every hour, as I had been told by the officers of the ship acquainted with their character they world never attempt anything greater than pilfering small things lying about. This there was no remedy for except keep ing a good look-out. Now they had commenced on a large scale, I had to consider the best mode of checking them before anything of a more serious nature should be attempted. A slight show of firearms in the way of intimidation, in all our former cases, bad the effect of restoring the stolen articles, and, with a view to the same effect, I had a small brass 3-pounder mounted on a sledge, intending to threaten _ them with a visit if the sails were not returned. By the arrival of a native, who came every morning with dog's food, we were informed that during the time o sleep some people had committed the robbery, showing plainly that the affair was well known at the settlement. Our people had in the meantime tracked them on the snow to within a short distance of it, when the sails had been opened and most probably divided. About 9 a.m., tho chief came down, assuming a very determined air, with his musket slung across his shoulders, to offer his assistance, and go with us for the recovery of our sails ; but as ho proposed leading us to Cape Smyth, where he said they had been taken, and stoutly denied their being at Point Barrow, his services were declined. I must mention here that this was the common excuse with them; when anything was stolen, they invariably pointed to Cape Smyth, and said the things had been taken there. It became so well understood at last that no notice was taken of it, particularly in the present instance. • The chief, after some hesitation, came on board, when it was explained to him that we were quite aware where the sails were, and, if they were not restored, I should take the gun, which I showed him mounted, to their settlement to look for them ' • at the same time I thought the oppor tunity of having his musket in my power too good a one - to be lost, and took possession of it, telling him, that when he had brought back everything that had been stolen from us, it would be returned quite safe. This appeared to place him in a serious difficulty, and, after repeating the Cape Smyth story a good many times, he returned to the town, and we went on with our work as usual, intending to wait the result of his interference. In about two hours he came again with some evasive story that they were going to bring the sails down. He remained outside the ship, evidently much disturbed, but not mis trustful ; there were also a few others, women and children, and one sledge. We now observed with our glasses an unusual stir at the settlement. In the first place some women and children were seen moving across the bay to Cape Smyth, afterwards the men were seen advancing down towards the ship, in three single files, armed with their bows and arrows and quivers. I fancied at this time I saw spears also, but did not observe them afterwards. The leading men were dis charging their arrows ahead of them as they advanced, picking them up again as they reached them, which satis fied me their visit was not friendly, and my mind was soon made up to keep them in check at the distance of musket range, by firing over their heads, wishing above all things to avoid taking a life, unless under some ureent necessity. Our small force, forty-one in all, was placed under command of the officers appointed to guard the gangways, poop, and forecastle and previous to their getting within range, a blank charge was fired from our 18-pounder carronade and three from the gun, which had not the effect of dispersing them as I expected, and when within musket range we commenced firing over them from the forecastle. This had the effect of dispersing them under shelter of the spit, about fifty yards from the ship's bows. At this time one of the chiefs • who had been on board frequently and treated with great - kindness, made a rash down a head of the ship, followed at. first by others ; but when he found the balls whistling • over his head he dropped on his face to avoid them, run . ning a few paces closer to the ship, threw down his bow and quiver, containing 17 arrows, four of them with barbed iron heads. This man bad become very unpopular with the crew from some uncivil acts of his, and, I have been able to understand since that, although the order to fire over his head was carried out, this direction was very much infringed upon. A few now extended themselves under cover of the house, but, as a constant Ere was kept up-in that 'direction, not many attempted to reach it, and a round shot being fired so as to graze it had the effect of dislodging them. At this time a false alarm was given that they were breaking clown the house and carrying things away. I was on the forecastle, and, on hearing the report, ordered a man next me, a marine, to fire at a man then escaping from under cover of it, and from the sudden way he seemed to fall and kick out his legs, I thought he was killed. Immediately afterwards the report was found to be incorrect, and no more shots were fired at them, and I had the satisfaction to find out that the man fired at (the only instance) was not killed. As the chief, who had been lying concealed under an ice hummock, not far from the ship, and who, I suppose, now saw no chance of gaining an advantage over us with his numbers, showed himself and beckoned them back in a most energetic manner, causing a general retreat, and as our mast head afforded a commanding view, I was glad to find that they were all able to use their legs quite as well going home as they did coming out,. Although this affair would give them a poor idea of us as marksmen, not appreciating our motives, I considered that some of them heard the balls sufficiently close to their ears not to wish for a repetition. Hr. Simpson, the sur geon, counted 71, and allows himself to' have overlooked 10 ; he computes the number at 80, besides several stragglers, a computation I consider as near as could be obtained. The chief, with another man, stayed about the ship for some time, but as no compromise, short of the immediate return of our stores was contemplated, he was not allowed to remain long. My having his gun was an advantage I could hardly have expected, and as its value to him was far greater than anything they had stolen from us, I was content to wait the result of his interference, in the mean time not allowing any of them within gunshot until every thing was returned. On the following day we had a specific message to the effect that they were all asleep that day, but on the next all our things would be brought down. They had not left the spot they had advanced to when I took a party away from the ship to try the range of the gun on a sledge, and to find how it would answer. I was glad they saw us manceuvring it, and, as they still remained, after mo tioning them to go away, a musket was fired wide of them as a hint to be off and report what they had seen, which I hoped would have the effect of quickening their move ments in returning our sails. At 7.30 a.m. on the follow ing day, the chief, with seven natives and a sledge, brought down the sails—a main topmast staysail and mizen trysail, and a boat's cover—all much worn, and of no importance to us ; but the act was the same, and required checking, lest other things we might feel'tlie loss of might be stolen also. I was told the party seemed in evident trepidation ; the sails had been cut into several pieces, adapted in size for their U-mi-aka' sails, and had been served out among thepFty. This would account for the difficulty the chief had in getting them returned, without having a slight brush for them previously. All the pieces were most in geniously drawn together by the women, who had been employed the previous day and night about them, which occasioned the day's delay in their being returned. As it - was necessary, while we were settling matters, to have a full restitution of everything stolen from the ship and boats since our arrival, a careful inquiry was made to find out every missing article, and as these included almost all the ironwork of the launch, which had been cut almost to pieces in the most vexations way while turned bottom up on the adjacent island, I was the more disposed to push this point. When the fall extent was known, the chief was acquainted that everything must he returned previous to his getting his gun or the natives allowed to come near the ship. He then left, and returned next morning with every missing article, when his gun was restored to him, and the natives came about us as usual. I had the curiosity to examine the charge of his gun while it was in our hands, and found it as well loaded with ball as we could have done it ourselves although he had previously told us he had no ammunition. I made him a small present of tobacco for his trouble, as I believe he was not a partaker in the robbery, and I gave one of his wives a knife, as she had been very industrious in putting the sails together. Be made us understand that he h a d been obliged to use his knife as well as his authority to compel some of the t hieves to give up their sh are o f th e booty. I was glad to have g ot the u pper hand of them without any further tro uble on our p ar t , as, independent of the more important motives before mentioned, our own travelling parties might be seriously inconvenienced from being at variance with them. Notwithstanding these considerations, it is most neces sary for our preservation, with such a people, to establish respect from them by a moderate resistance, upon any un due encroachment on their part. Had we not been employed on a service essentially of peace, I should have taken a party up to their settlement in the way of retaliation, on finding they had broken into our store. lam not certain that it would not have been the better plan in the present case, as kindness and for bearance is not understood by them, particularly after being fired upon once or twice without receiving any injury they are likely to form an erroneous opinion as to the power of firearms, many of the present party including the chief, being the same who followed Commander Pullen so perti naciously along the Return Reef of Sir John Franklin, when the system of avoiding firing at them was adopted until the last extremity, and with the same good fortune, in not sacrificing any lives. As an instance of their ingra titude, I found many who were engaged in the robbery of the house were of those who had been allowed on board every day, and had received considerable presents with the view of making friends of them, in the event of our re quiring a kindness in return. While our misunderstand ing was unsettled, a further enclosure was marked out, to include the ship, house, and observatory. Round this a stout hawser was supported on small triangles, and in no instance during the remainder of our stay was this boun dary, which necessity had given us good excuse for estab lishing, allowed to be infringed upon. A few troublesome characters, suc h as will be found in all lar ge commun i ties, gave annoyance occasionally for a month or two, by shoving each other purposely - i ns id e the b oun d ary, w h en, finding their tricks provoked hard blows, little more trouble was given in this way. Our intercourse from this time went on smoother, and the Esquimaux, •feeling themselves in error, seemed to make many friendly overtures to regain our esteem. Some of these consisted in bringing clown their tambourines alongside and dancing and singing in, large numbers. In this they had' in some degree anticipated my intentions, as the officers were at the same time engaged in printing a notice for the lower deck of a " native deem" intended to be given in three days' time, with tge view of showing them we bore no ill-will, and wished fora friendly intercourse; THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1.8540 land. floe._.Although the weather was very severe, so per fect is their clothing that the only injury they received were some frost bites about the face. As they were with out food a description of their sufferings would be one of thrilling interest, if we could understand their language sufficiently to appreciate it. A short time afterwards, on a general break up of the ice, one man was carried away and lost. Finding he had left a wife and two children, I sent a message to her to come to the ship, and, on making her some useful presents I endeavoured to have explained to a party assembled that our business here was looking after other people who were also in the ice, hoping it would have a tendency to gain their assistance and friendship in favour of any of our par ties travelling along the coasts they frequent. Several stratagems were tried to find out if we were on the look-out at night : small parties, generally two or three women, came alongside, and, on being sent away, would make some excuse of going out sealing, or some such pretence, to keep in our neighbourhood, but our watch was always too vigilant for them. One man was caught in the middle watch coming out of a tent erected over a theodo lite on the ice close to the ship, and was broUght on board a prisoner. As ha had not been able to steal anything, the case was not strong enough to inflict any punishment on him, and he was permitted to go away the following day at noon, with the promise of a good thrashing if he was caught again. While he. was on board only four of five women and the chief came near us. I was glad to see the latter, as he witnessed our leniency on the occasion, butlie seemed indifferent as to whether we had punished him or not. This detection put a stop to their nightly excursions, and left us unmolested. A few of them from the first showed disinterested par tiality to us, which was appreciated, and they were in vited to; sleep on board on a few rare occasions. For some time they were nervous about it, but mustered courage enough after a little while. My object in allowing them to do so was to give them confidence, and let them see some more of our habits, which I thought would raise us in their estimation. In the early part of February we were startled by a na tive report that a large ship, with a great many men, was wintering to the southward at Point Hope. A party be longing to Cape Smyth had lately returned from Point Hope (a journey frequently made by them in the winter), and had, it was said, been on board the ship; but, know ing it to be an impossibility for a ship to winter there, not much attention was paid to it beyond thinking there gene rally exist some grounds for such reports, and, when well sifted, they can sometimes be traced out. The present re port seemed to be a forerunner .of a party of natives be longing to Point Hope, who arrived at Point Barrow about this time, and soon afterwards visited the ship. The in formation received from them was that there was a large ship somewhere to the south with verylittle men onboard. Whether we mistook their " little" for " few," most likely it was one of many such stories these people have among them, from the habit of repeating from one to the other, without reference to date, as in this case, if the story men tioned was traced to its source, it would most likely prove to be some whaler visited by them in the summer. This circumstance is mentioned to account for the way reports are carried along a great extent of coast by natives meeting for a short time for the purpose of barter, and at considerable distances from their respective settlement( when, as may naturally be supposed, an interchange df news takes place, and, thus becomes extended onwards, subject to such. change of version as the repeating tribe are likely to give it ; making it necessary to consider their re ports well before taking much notice of them, unless ac companied by some token of their authority. The chief of this party was a pleasing, spirited man, about 35 years of age, and was accompanied by his two wives, who were good-looking young women. He bad c ome on a barter ing expedition to obtain some copper kettles, giving glut ton skins in exchange. Ho recognised Mr. Simpsdn, the surgeon, as having seen him at Hotham's Inlet, and he was also familiar with the name of Captain Moore, and some of the former officers of the ship. He described his jour ney to us, of which I was anxious to get the particular ; he had slept 15 times, eight of them on the snow, but he showed no signs of having suffered from cold. He de scribed the sea as being open all along the coast to the southward, but he was not familiar with ships, which I accounted for by the lowness of the land about Point Hope deterring the whalers from closing it, otherwise there are many in that latitude in the summer. He seemed to be a poet, and favoured us with an extempore song of some length, which included the name of the ship and some 'of our own. He afterwards passed his hand down his stomach several times expressive of great friendship, and then fixed his forehead against mine, and used it as a fulcrum to rub noses several times—a ceremony not very agreeable in his heated state from singing. A chief of this place was of the party, which made him feel quite at his ease ; other wise they are mistrustful on the first visit. He described his people's barter with the Asiatics of the opposite coast (the Tchnk-chi, or as they call themselves Tsau-chu) to consist of the martin (sable), fox, wolverine, wolf, and I bear skins, and sometimes whale oil and fish, for which they get in exchange kettles, tobacco, beads, knives (Ros siya), and walrus teeth. While we remained he was a welcoine and constant visitor. The southern natives are far more agreeable than those to the northward, who have been rarely visited. The officers speak of the former as more grateful and modest, particularly the women; while the latter are thought impudent and ungrateful. On leav ing, he sang of the good name he should give the ship on his way down the coast, which will be of benefit to our boats on their expedition to Cape Lisburne. About the middle of February a great many of the na tives removed into the interior to hunt the reindeer, found very numerous on these vast plains, which form the north western termination of America. As I was curious to see something of the country and their mode of living at this inclement season, I thought my making an excursion to their hunting-grounds would show we placed every confi dence in them. I accordingly left the ship on the Ist of March, accompanied by Mr. Gordon, mato, two seamen, with a native guide, and a sledge drawn by six dorrs, car rying a tent, guns, and provisions. Our route into the in terior was S.S.W. (true), across snowy plains, differing little in appearance from the bay ice, except on the ap proach to a lake, when the rise became more sudden, and, being exposed to the sweeping winds, grass was occasion ally seen in spots through the snow, offering, with deer, of which we saw great many, the only thing worthy of notice. Three and a-half days heavy travelling brought us to an encampment on the bank of a river; they had a hole through the ice, which we found to be seven feet thick, and reaching within one of the bottom. Their houses dif fered from those described by Captain• Parry, being exca vated in the snow lodged on the river, the ice of which formed a perfectly even floor. Their position from outside was only observable by seeing the implements of chase be longing to the owners in a group over the top. We found thorn in no instance wanting in kindness, but their char- acter for begging had not Men off since leaving 'Point Barrow. Their mode of killing the reindeer is novel, and such as nature has pointed out. The country is so open that they have no means of approaching the animals under any cover ; they therefore dig deep pits in the snowy ravines, selecting places where the surface is even, and cover them lightly over with slabs of snow ; the moment the animal puts his feet upon them, he is precipitated into the pit, the depth of which is too great for them to leap from. Having effected my purpose of visiting and going among them, I returned to the ship, after an absence of seven. days. The position of the place, by astronomical observa tions, was S. 40 W., 38 miles from the ship. Nothing further worthy of remark occurred in our inter course until I was setting out on a journey along the coast to the eastward; when some of the worst disposed tried to deter a young man from accompanying me as guide, by threatening to follow and murder us when we slept—the guide among the number, among whom it appeared to have no effect, beyond his repeating the story, and advising that the men should not be allowed into the ship during my ab sence. This report made it evident that the fact of our force being divided had been talked of, and I felt sorry our residence among them for so long had produced no better feeling; but I considered it necessary to show we were capable of defending ourselves, and travelling when we found it necessary. If this was not established, our position, confined to the ship by a tribe of unarmed sav ages, would not be very flattering. With these feelings I set out on my journey, well satisfied with the resources of my party, and with the judgment and discretion of the officer, Lieutenant Vernon, in whose charge the Plover was left. On my return, after an absence of 25 days, I was glad to find everything going on as favourably as possible. The natives were returning from the interior in large num bers, and the day previous, April 27, as many as 40 sledges, with 93 people, crossed the bay to the village from the hunting grounds. From thia time we procured an abundant supply of venison, the only instance during our stay of receiving any benefit from our proximity to them. It lasted nearly two months, and had the effect of restoring, for a time, the health of the crew, previously much debilitated and ex posed to scurvy. The season for their whale fishing was now approaching, and commenced on the' 7th of May. The distance to the open water was about four miles W. (true) of Point Bar row. On the 11th, hearing they had caught a whale, I made an excursion to the scene, with the hope of being in time to witness its distribution ; but, on arriving, the only remains we could discover were about half-of-pound of blubber, to so good an account do they seem to turn every part of the animal. We found the open water extending E.N.E. and W.S.W. (true), and no bottom with 10 fathonis. The ice to the southward seemed open, and I supposed the water was free in that direction to Behring's Straits. It would be interesting to be able to conjecture its north-eastern extent, the wind blowing, it may be said, constantly from that quarter ; if the ice should happen to be broken it must clear a large space of water. This pursuit occupied them until the 21st of June, when most of their " oomaiks" were brought to the land to be prepared for their summer journey to the eastward, previous to which they seem to allow themselves ten days' enjoyment, which are passed in eating, smoking, and danc ing ; then they commence the work of preparation. While treating on this subject, it is worthy of b e i ng mentioned that the natives state the whales make their appearance off Point Hope in April and May, when the ice there breaks up into fields, and that most of them have disappeared by the time the ships arrive. About the same time these animals also appear at this place, and are pur sued by the natives in their " ooniaiks, as mentioned be fore, until June, when few are seen, and in July none in this neighbourhood ; and the people believe they retire northward, to return this way in August and September. The masters of whaling vessels have informed me that whales are less abundant in the open water in July and August than in September. A month previous to this time we received, quite by ac cident, some very useful information. Two of the officers, Lieutenant Vernon and Mr. Simpson (surgeon), conversing with one of the chiefs more intelligenttand communicative than the rest, asked him if he had ever seen any boats like ours along the coast, when he said he had, near the Colville River. Finding that Mr. Simpson, by turning over the leaves of Commander Pullen's journal, was able to describe the occurrences that took place, the man unwittingly gave a detail of the whole affair, which corresponded with the written account, even t o the wind, by which it appears that the chief of this place, with his Hudson's Bay gun—Barn e tt, 1843 (vide evidence taken before the Arctic Committee, questions 1,384-5-6 - is the person deseribed by Commander Pullen, and he appears to have taken a large number of men with him to follow the boats. The man afterwards. seemed uneasy, and was pe r h a p s th rown off his guard so mac& ; but the officers supp o sed th a t he thought, if the book told so m uc h, th e y mus t a l so b e wh v e e n r7 he told acquainted with every circumstance by the same means, and that he was doing no harm in acknowledging the facts. He was very anxious from the first to learn the names of Commander Pullen and his companion, Lieutenant Hooper (a prevalent habit with them), but he was not told until• he had identified them in the most minute way. In fur ther conversations connected with the foregoing circum stances, we were enabled to identify this people as the - western Esquimaux, anci the same man traced out for us the different stages of the journey. This point had been one of doubt with us ; supposing the distance from Point Bar row to Barter Island to be 240 miles of an exposed coast, it could not be accomplished by them in the abort season of open water, as their skin boats, when deeply laden, are not adapted for a seaway. These difficulties were explained by saying they took the boats away on sledges a month before the i broke up, and the exposed parts of the oast and large bays are avoided by an inland navigation through rivers and lakes, of which we were ignorant. The first stage ofithe journey is the Colville, and occu pies 10 days, where they meet a. friendly tribe of Esqui maux, called Nuna-tag-miutes (supposed by Messrs. Deese and Simpson to be a name for the Russians), but there is no doubt of - their being Eiquimaux, and wearing the lip ornaments peculiar to them. They cobfine themselves to the river and land, from which the name " Nuna" (land) is derived, and have a communication through the rivers of the interior to the coast about Hotham's Inlet. As our informant told us; he had met a woman two successive seasons at the Colville, who had been frequently aboaid this ship in Kotzebue Sound in the winter of 1849, and had travelled thence through the interior without having touched upon the intermediate coast. The journey to the Colville is anticipated by them with much pleasure, particularly this, year, as they frequently spoke of telling of the wonders seen on board this ship, in addition to the pleasing thoughts of feasting and dancing which they were to enjoy with their friends. Thence a select party extend themselves to Barter Island, the women accompanying them to within a day's journey of meeting the eastern people, when the men advance and conclude their business as expeditiously as possible. They give an amusing account of the mutual distrust that exists between the two parties. The western people never sleep while they are in sight of the eastern, and all bargains seem to be made knife in hand. The articles and system of bar tering appear to .be as described by Sir John Franklin; but I think later writers on the subject have supposed that Russian goods find their way to the north coast from posts on the Colville, which we nave not been able to verify. This tribe receives Russian (Siberian) articles from the Point Hope people, previously alluded to, which they con vey to the eastward, and exchange for English knives pro cured from the Hudson's Bay posts, but there is no inter mediate supply from the Russians that we could hear of. The journey east from the Colville takes them 10 days, and they describe it as being always against the wind, and the return to Point Barrow and Point Berens occupies little more than two, during which they speak of sleeping in the boats, and allowing them to drift before the wind ; this would make it appear that easterly winds must be very prevalent in the early part of August. Mr. Simpson, who has token much pains to inform himself on the subject, considers the 25th of July the time of their departure from the Voiville. This has beef' further established by the fact of the party who attacked Commander Pullen on the 9th of August at Return Reef being then on their return from Barter Island— , the time of their annual visit never differ ing, probably, three days, as we have found them generally as accurate in that way as if they were acquainted with dates. From this information .it may be concluded that the Esqnlmaux make one-third of their summer journeys by carrying their boats over the ice, before a ship or her boats become' available, which gives them a season so much longer at a. time when the weather is very favourable. This will have been pointed out to them by necessity, from the shortness of- the season of open water, which, if they confined themselves to it, would limit their excursions to a very short range. Their return for the winter takes place, as we have seen, about the 10th of September, and seems to end their labours for the year. Two *lays after receiving the above information (May 20) a native man- was observed outside the ship wearing a small canvas bag with an address written on it—" To the Chief Trader of the Russian Settlement, North America," which caused considerable curiosity on our parts, and, on making further inquiries, he told us he had the paper in his hut that was - originally in it, on which he was des patched with the promise of a large reward of tobacco if he brought it to the ship. Some hours afterwards he re turned with two torn pieces of paper, complaining that his little girl had destroyed the rest ; fortunately, the most important part was preserved, which has been enclosed. This information is so far satisfactory, as it shows Com mander M'Clure to have been 'making his passage along shore, which has been further confirmed by natives here, who were on board her at Point Berens'or Return Reef, where they describe her to have had an easterly wind, with no ice in sight. The Enterprise, it has been mentioned, was visited the year following, not so far to the eastward. by 80 miles. From these positions it is reasonable to in fer they. had not again communicated with the shore to the westward of the Mackenzie, as the natives of the place, who are in yearly communication with the _Esquimaux who frequent the mouth of the river, have, to our repeated inquiries as to whether they had heard if the ships had been seen by the other people, answered they had not, or they would have heard of it. It will give some idea of the difficulty of making the Esquimaux comprehend the mean ing of our notions, when it is considered that the Investi gator had an interpreter on board, who explained the ob ject of the letter given by Commander M`Clure, and we had been eight months constantly making inquiries for such things ; and endeavouring to explain our business here without the persons charged with the paper knowing what it was for, and if the canvas bag had not been found useful its contents would never have been known. In order to impress upon them the value of such things as papers and messages, I gave the man a considerable pre sent of tobacee, very much to his surprise and that of his companions, which had the effect of producing 'an old American song book, the only article of paper remaining in their possession. . I have now to mention the occurrence of a native man being shot by accident, which at the time caused us consi derable trouble and uneasiness ; but eventually I have had reason to believe it was viewed by most of the Esquimau% in its time light. On the morning in question (Juno 8) the quartermaster of the watch, David.Dunstall, came into my onion and in formed me had had a dreadful misfortune and, to my horrer, I learnt he had shot a native alongside of the ship, and, on hurrying outside, I found the man was shot through the head, ancrmust have died instantaneously. The man who had been the cause of the unlooked-for event showed by his manner that it was an accident, and, on making some further inquiries, I found that several natives had arrived alongside the ship before the time allowed, and although desired on that account to go away Feversl times, they could not be induced, to do so, when the quaifermae ter of the watch took out a fowling-piece in his hand in order to frighten them, and, on motioning with it for them to go away,. it went off and lodged the contents of the bar- ref in the back part of the poor man's head. The remain der of the party, five or six, ran away so speedily that there were .no means of overtaking them, and, the body being left, it became necessary to consider the best moans of disposing of it. We soon afterwards removed it to such a distair.ss from the ship that the natives Could ad vance to 'it. without fear of us, and at the same time it gave them no pretext for coming any nearer to the ship. When this had been clone, and a large quantity of tobacco left with the body as an intimation of our friendship, all that we could do was to hope that some of our friends among them would still have sufficient confidence to come down and give us an opportunity of explaining the aff;.dr. In this expectation we were not disappointed, as two of the chief men came to the ship at once, having, before leaving the settlement, exerted their influence to quiet the people in their first outbreak. One of these men, who was remarkable for his intelligence, was made to comprehend the possibility of such an accident ; and great pain& were taken to show_him that the charge shot was intended for birds, not men. When this impression was established we requested -them to go back and explain it to the people. By the time they had arrived at the place where the body had been left, a great many had collected, among them the wife and friends of the unfortunate deceased, who I was glad to find had left no children. They sat round, and appeared deeply engaged in conversation for about two hours, listening, as we supposed, to the explanation. Then they seemed to examine the body ; and, his own deer skins having been brought down, he was wrapped in them, and placed on a'sledge, which was drawn by, his wife (leading) and four inen, ono following, across the bay to the, ceme tery near. Point Barrow. Nene of the others accompanied the procession.. A. few of them came; as usual, alougside the ship ; but as they consisted for the most part of those known not to be friendly to us, our people were kept on board to. Avoid apy treacherous retaliation. During the day I was gratified to find the wives of the principal chiefs come on board and express their sorrow at the absence of their husbands, who were at the open water looking after whales ; but they had been sent for, and were coming on board as soon as they returned. They told us, also, that all work was stopped among them for five days, the women not being allowed. to sew for that time (which seems to be a general custom on the occasion of any deaths), and re marked that we ought not to have any hammering on board for the same time; and, as I was anxious to show every sympathy in our power, the caulkers at work outside were ordered t 0 cease work, and the ensign was hoisted half mast—the meaning of which was explained and understood by them. In the evening one of the chiefs, who had been the first down after the accident, visited us with his wife, and brought the intelligence that a division existed in the camp as to avenging themselves on us ; but, as the chiefs were unwilling to favour it, it seemed probable nothing of the sort would be attempted. However, proper precau tions were taken to avoid any surprise, particularly as a thick fog at the time of sleep favoured such a design. On the following day the four chiefs with their wives came on board, when, with the assistance of the officers, the whole affair was again explained, when they seemed to comprehend, and appeared to entertain no fear of - going below, as usual, when asked. We were quite aware of their inability to control individuals; but they have, to a certain degree, a good deal of sway, and recommended us to make presents to all the people who lived in the same house as the deceased, and cautioned us not to stay away from the neighbourhood of the ship, as the feeling of a great many of them was uncertain. On their leaving they received presents, and were desired to bring the house party to the ship at the expiration of five days— the time they strictly confine themselves to the house, during which, I believe, they are seldom, intruded upon. They arrived at the ship in due time, numbering as many as ten accompanied by the chiefs. The widow v-as young; anj seemed in unaffected grief, which the large present she received did not dissipate ; but time and a continual course of kindness on our parts brought her to forget her loss so far, that she regretted to me, and I believe in sin cerity, the thoughts of the ship going away. Our inter course from this time, as might be expected, could not be conducted with the same satisfaction it had previously been, although-no trouble or inconvenience was spared to do away with their unfavoUrable impression. The views they entertained of the case very much assisted a recon ciliation. As they had no idea of any such thing as a ge neral control existing among us, the act was set down as purely an individual one, and the whole fault of it attri buted to the man as an act of his own, while they seemed to consider the remainder not in any way concerned in it. About fourteen days after the occurrence a large callec tion of people had assembled at Point Barrow to witness some dancing festival previously to setting out to the east ward. purposes, as hi gun, when in ottr possession, was found well loaded with hall cartridge. I accompanied one party a short distance on their jour ney to see if I could gain any useful hints for o ur own boats. The " somiaks" were secured on small sledges, and I seemed to be easily drawn by these people. The principal part of their barter, whale blubber and seal oil, was carried on small truck sledges drawn by women and do g s, the men seeming to confine themselve s t o th e c h arge of the , boats ; but as fanes of water and difficult passages they mutually assist each other ; the style of travelling, while moving, was expeditious, but they made frequent halts to smoke, and before I left them, although near their place of en campment, they eat a hearty meal. Between the 4th and 7th of July as many as 27 to 30 " oomiaks," accompanied by 150 people, passed to the east ward, much to our satisfaction, as it left us with eompara tively few to trouble us in sur prepurations for sending away the boats. On the 7th I made an excursion across the bay to ob serve the state of the sea ice, and walked two miles to the westward in the offing, without being able to get a glimpse of the open water in any direction from the highest hum mock. This made me form the idea of taking the boats over the ice to the southward until we fell in with it. On the morning of the 9th I left the ship with the gig and whaleboat, intended for Cape Lisburne. They were placed on two strong sledges, drawn by their own crews and officers—Lieutenant Vernon and Mr. Gordon (mate) —assisted by an auxiliary party of 10, including myself and the carpenter, making up 20 in all ; 31 days' provisions for the boats' crew, clothing, ammunition, he., were car ried on two native sledges, drawn by dogs—a third con veying provisions for the auxiliary party. Parts of the transit over the ice were attended with difficulty, and the whole was very laborious, requiring the utmost strength of all the party, assisted at times by natives, and for two days by a strong and favourable breeze, enabling us to make sail on the boats, which lightened the labour very much. Tra velling to the southward for three days, the open water ap peared within two miles of the beach, at what seemed a most eligible place for launching the boats. I walked, ac companied by Lieutenant Vernon to the open water, but the humm, .cks intervening seemed to offer too great an obstacle to the transit ; however, on the following morn ing, July 12, as the weather was favourable, I decided on attempting it, and succeeded in launching the boats safely at noon.. They soon after shoved off with a favourable breeze, which they held for eight hours only. °lithe 15th, while calculating on the progress they might have made, a party of people.were observed coming down at eight a'clock in the evening tracking an " oomiak," and on making out some of our people among them, our, astonish ment was so great we could hardly b e li eve our own eyes . I went without loss of time to meet them not in a very agreeable state of mind, but wh en I counted, the full number Of the party I was comparatively easy. It appears that on the night of the 13th, finding the ice closing on them, they managed to get the boats on to th e floe, and fancied themselves safe, although drifting to the northward. The ice continued to press in towards the land, crushing the floe, and piling it up to nearly 20 feet in height, and at length the floe gave way beneath them, mid the gig was partly filled .with pieces, and could not be withdrawn fur ther towards the land. The whaler, a lighter boat, was also stove, and, as she could not be brought further, the whole party were obliged to make the best of their way to the' hore before the ice should ease off, as it seemed in clined to do, and leave them on detached pieces. Fortu nately, the danger so imminent, was of that slow but over whelming nature that they had time to provide themselves With three days' preserved meats and their arms and am munition, with which they, Were enabled to reach the ship. I have forwarded Lieutenant Vernon's journal, which will show their lordships how that officer and his companion, Mr;Gordon, acquitted themselves on the occasion, and I have much satisfaction in mentioning the high terms in which he spoke of the' conduct-of the crews, not a man of whom expressed his opinion until he had decided on de serting the boats, when, from their manner, he concluded they thought it high time to do so ; and he further de scribes them as obedient, cool, and intrepid from the com mencement of the danger until their return on board. The loss of the ship's boats was a heavy misfortune, but when itwas considered the whOle party had found their way safely to the ship, we were too much rejoiced to give a loOk of regret atter the boats, which could- nothave been • •- • saved. - • ... ' Two days after the return of the boat parties I had seri onti.thoughts of despataing another in a native oomiak, to keep our appointment 'at Cape Lisburne, but on weighing the matter maturely I gave up the idea, as by no means in our power could it reach the rendezvous by the appointed time ; and as the ship would be obliged to wait for the re turn of the party, the delay would render it impossiblo to regain this place as a winter station, in the event of ,its being so ordered. With those considerations,.and a p.esent prospect of an early release, I thought it better not to divide our small force at a time when the services of every one would be required to extricate the ship, and to take the earliest opportunity of going' to the south, in order to re: cruit the health of the ship's company. As early as July 25 we were enabled to swing the ship for local attraction, an d the ice,having be en cleared •aaivaY for a considerable space in our neighbourhood, we moved into the fairway, to be ready for the first opening in 'the offing.. The natives brought us a report this morning- that our deserted boats had been seen drifted near the shore at the Seahorse Islands, and their contents made n prize of by a small party, who succeeded in .bringing the gig to the land. On our passage down, beating close along, shore, some, na tives brought the shell of the boat off, exchanging her readily for a native oomiak we had provided ourselves with in the meantime. In watching the dissolution of the bay ice, had flat tered ourselves this season was 14 clays before, the last, which it really was in the thinness of the ice, but, from the absence of strong winds, it remained stationary at a time when the sea was open the preceding year. Every day at this period (the end of July) seemed to effect a Marked change in the ice, and on the 30th a perceptible motion to thO northward w as o b serve d i n some of the heavy hum- . mocks in - the- offing, and a lace of water, anfidaient for the ship, was found by Mr. Hull (second coaster), whom I sent to observe the state of the ice to seaward. In consequence of this report, I set out in a boat on the following day to trace its extent, preparatory to moving •the ship,. and to sound along .shore to find how close we could -approach in case of necessity. . ' Everything - seemed favourable to our purpose, and I fully expected to return in- the - evening and g:et under, way, but, ow approaching Cape Smyth, I had the mortification to find the lane of water terminate so close with the shore that a Mitivp oomiak could not have passed. This was one of'the disappointments of ice navigation whicfli teaches one patience, and reoires to be borne with in addition to others we are liable to even under favourable circum stances. 'roria the Ist to the 6th of August an officer was sent each day to Cape Smyth to bring the earlim ct intelligence of any change in our favour, but each day brought the same unwelcome report that the ice was still c :lose with the shore, and•no 'open -water to be seen. It sec :ms a strange complaint in ,these• latitudes, but the fineness of the pre sent season was,the • cause of our detention. During the month of July the wind was registered one .day from 5 to 6 in force, for few , days 4, .and the remaining 26 barely averaged 2, proviiag the extreme of fine weather to be a greater obstacle in removing masses of .ice than the reverse state of it. • . • . . On the 7th a fresh breeze from, the eastward gave me some hopes of a change• in our favour, and on visiting Cape Smyth I observed a narrow lane. of . water extending as far as the eye could -reaoh. to the. southward. On getting on board at 8 p.m., we-left our anchor ag e, w here we had found shelter for 11 months and four days, seven d.sy s later in the season than Captain'Parry had been enabled to leave Mel vdlle Island. We •carried a- favourable 'breeze for eight hours, and had made considerable progress, when the wind' shifted to S.W., with thick weather and hear ) , rain, which made it diffiiiiit to avoid Coining in contact with the ice from the narrowness of the channel we had to beat in. A continuation of thick weather and light contrary winds on the following day prevented our making any progress, and in the afternoon finding we were losing ground, I ma d e fast to a large floe piece, when we found the drift to be :one,mile an hour ea t, being very nearly i a the opposite direction to our course. After a few hours we were ena bled to cast off, on a light wind springing up from the northward, and run along shore to the S.W., but the ice hadibecome gradually closer during the few hours of wes terly winds, and we had much difficulty in picking onr .way during the night, as a thick fog prevailed. On the following morning, August 9, the outer edges of the land floe, in the depth of Peard Bay, was found to extend, un broken, from the land to a distance of nine miles, and the ice outside seemed too close to offer us a passage in the desired direction; but as the wind was fresh and favour able the ship was forced into open water by 10 a.m., hav ing sustained some severe, but unavoidable, shocks in doing so. I was now anxions to keep close in with the land, in order to stop any boats that might be making their way to Point Barrow, in consequence of onr failing to reach Cape Lisburne ; and at 2 p.m., in passing the Seahorse Islands, we got into three fathoms in endeavouring to close the shore for the purpose of sending a boat to put up a mark, which we were not able to accomplish, as the wind was found to blow rather on shore, and was too strong to admit of the ship lying off and on with safety. I accordingly bore up to run for Cape Lisburne, and on `the following (lay, August 10, at 11 a.m., communicated with her Ma jesty's ship Amphitrite, Captain Frederick, from, whom I received their Lordships' orders directing me to remain at Point Barrow ; but the health of my crew would have pre vented my doing so had I received the order previous to leaving, and as there seemed no difficulty in returning `during the, present season, I repaired, in company with the Amphitrite, to Port Clarence to await the arrival of the Rattlesnake, and to obtain the changes found. necessary ,iii the crew, with an increased supply of provisions •and feul for another year. Our return seemed the more necessary as their Lord ships' instructions direct provisions to bo left in the neigh bourhood of Point Barrow, which I had not d one, con sidering at the time I left it was probable I should return. A reference to Sir E. Belcher's instructions relative to the north coast seemed, also, to make it desirable that the Plover should return to the station she was known to oc cupy -by that officer, in the event of any of his parties advancing with the certain hope of succour at Point Barrow. A party from Cape Smyth afterwards endeav oure d t o ge t up a united force to attack the ship without bei ng a bl e t o succeed. However, the chief and a good many of the Point Barrow people wishing to make a merit, for which to be rewarded, of their not joining our enemies, I was , obliged to tell them I should be very sorry if the people came down with bows to the ship again, but if they a good many would be killed. This appears to have put an end to it, as we were next told of the departure of the hostile party, and were not troubled with any more reports of that de scription. We now watched with some anxiety the preparations for the departure of the natives, as the time was approach ing for the departure of our boats from Cape Lisburne, and their transit over the ice could not be effected without some risk of interruption until their numbers became de creased, so that wo were much .pleased to see them in a ROCHFORT MAGUIRE, Commander, Her Majesty's ship Plover. Port Clarence, A ug . 21, 1853. Gig.—Lieutenant C. E. H. Vernon, George Stocker, coxswain ; Edward Sutton, John Bright, John Magra. Whalen.—Mr. G. T. Gordon, acting-mate ; Alexander Kew, coxswain ; Robert Macfailane, Walter Daw, Edward Clarke. Tuesday, 12th July, 1853.—At noon, after returning three hearty cheers given by Captain Maguire and party, we started from the edge of theice, with every prospect of a. successful cruise to the southward, there being no ice to seaward with the exception of a few small pieces ; wo fol lowed along the edge of the land floe under oars and sail,' with a light breeze from E.S.E. making a S.W. course for about 30 miles. In the evening the wind fell light and variable, then veered to S.W. with showers of rain. By 10 p,m. we had apparently reached the extreme of the open water where the main pack was close in with the land floe ; but we continued to pull, taking every opportunity ' of getting the boats through any lanes that opened to the southward and eastward. At midnight, seeing no passage and the men being much fatigued, stopped to give them I some rest. state of forwardneis. On July 4they commenced leaving, and continued to follow for three successive days. Each party halted to sleep near the ship, to have an opportunity of begging from us till the last moment, and, as I had pre pared-some printed papers for them to distribute among the eastern Esquimaux at Barter Island, they were treated with every indulgence, and those intrusted with the printed papers received a present of tobacco, some butto ns prepared in Engl an d, b ear i ng information concerning the Arctic search, and some other small trifles to keep them reminded of their charge, and they faithfully promised to pass on. I redeemed a long-made promise to the chief— giving him some gunpowder. I think it had the good effect of showing we had no fear of them, and I was fully aware that he had a sufficient quantity for inischievious Wednesday, 13th of July, 1853, 2h. 30m, a.m.—Ob served the ice in motion setting north about two knots an hour; took advantage of some lanes to the S.S.E., and made but little progress, having to haul the boats up oc casionally to avoid being nipped; continued till noon, when the main pack setting in shore broke up the land floe into small pieces, which were wheeling round and packing up in all directions around the boats. By using our ut most exertions we succeeded in hauling the boats up on a h e avy floe, which was driving in, not, however, before the whaler had received considerable damage (one plank being split fore and aft, and several butts started), and the gig slightly so (some butts having started and several nails drawn.) We now thought ourselves secure, and at 2 p.m. i dined. Fuel all expended, extremes of land N.N.E. anti i Nothing was to be seen now but closely packed ice, and as it was to be the commencement of our winter festi vities, and headed Great Novelty," it had the desired effect of producing amusement among the crow. At 4 p.m., October 28, our visitors were admitted to the number' of 70. After they were made to seat themselves round the deck, the entertainment commenced by serving each with a little tobacco ; then our musical instruments (a violin, cornopean, drum, and triangle) played a lively air, which caused a general exclamation of wonder and pleasure, most of the party now hearing them for the first time. This was followed by a request for them to dance, and being sup plied with a drum they willingly complied. Our seamen danced in their turn, and in a little time the natives entered fully into the spirit of the amusement, stripping off their skin coats, and dancing naked to the waist with the temperature at, 6 deg., showing the state of excitement they work themselves into. As the male performers shout in a wild triumphant manner, and all the lookers-on join in a chorus and become as much excited as the performers, their appearance makes a scene as savage as can be well imagined. By 10 p.m. the party broke up, all appearing to have had dancing enough, the whole company seemingly pleased with their evening's amusement. When we came to take down a few flags that were hung under the housing for ornament, it was vexing to find several large pieces cut out of them, as if in handfuls. The chief, and some others remaining, appeared sorry, and promised the pieces should be returned, which was faithfully done the next morning. On the following day I paid a visit to the village, accompanied by Mr. Simpson, the surgeon. We were fol lowed by several idlers from about the ship, who, as we neared the huts, spread the report of our arrival, which soon caused a great crowd to gather round us, following to the chief's hut, where we found him on his housetop ready to receive us. The winter huts were now covered with snow. The chief's stood about five feet above the ground, with a square opening at one end, into which we followed through a low dark passage sloping downwards for five or six yards, when we stood beneath the openinc , in the floor of the inhabited part of the hut. It is circular in form, just large enough to admit orie person at a time. Passing through it, we stood upon a smooth boarded floor, about 16 feet by 10; the roof was seven feet high, and in the centre was a small square skylight covered with trans parent whale membrane. The transition from the daylight and glare to the dark passage was sudden, and in some degree prepared our eyes for taking in at the first glance the appearance within. We were placed in the centre of the but ; the chief, with a wife on each side of him, sat opposite to us. There were four or five young men and two women with children lying about the floor, all naked to the waist, the children perfectly so. The first breath o f the interior was rather offensive, but we soon got accustomed to it ; and as the temperature was alread high, being followed by a number of men whom it seemed impossible to accommodate in so small a space, it soon became insufferably hot, when the temperature was easily reduced by cutting a hole through the skylight, which made a very agreeable and necessary change in the air .we were breathing. .t Our visit seemed to give great satisfaction, and was com menced with a' smoke, aecordiwi to their method of doing everything, For the remainder of the time, about an hour, I endeavoured to find out from them how far the nearest winter settlement of natives was east of this place, with the view of communicating with them before the severity of the winter set in, but I could not make out anything very clear from them. We have a great difficulty in making them understand that our business is not barter ing, as their ideas do not extend beyond that, although, from our constant repetition, they appear to be aware that we are waiting for two ships that have gone far away into the ice. The chief's was the only house we visited, and returning across the bay to the ship, we were accompanied by a young man and a boy, who talked a great deal more than we could understand ; but the former, in explaining to us the sort of tobacco that had been given him on board a ship, twisting his fingers together to describe American twist (or negrohead), led us in the description of the vessel to believe it might have been the Investigator or Enterprise leaving the ice this last season, but we were afraid of giving way to our credulity in supposing it to be either of them. As they willingly accompanied us on board, I was glad to avail myself of Lieutenant Vernon's knowledge of the lan guage to sift their story more thoroughly. He allowed them most patiently to describe all they had seen in their own way, and eventually ascertained that the ship they were on board 'bf had diagonal decks, and an ice chock larger than the Plover's. The illuminators in the deck, they remarked, were square ; these are the points which seem to have caught their attention, and were sufficient to show tfiat they had been on board one or other of the ships, but when the cap tain was described as wearing spectacles. Captain Collin son was identified. The remaining point of importance was, that she was gone to the eastward the summer before last, 1851, agreeing with the time the Enterprise passed. In the spring of this year I stood on the point from which she had been boarded, with the native who gave this infor mation. It is Cape Governor Simpson, and forms the western point of Smyth's Bay, distant about 45 miles to the eastward of Point Barrow. The Enterprise seems to have been delayed off it with light winds, but on a breeze springing up she was lost sight of to the eastward, two U-mi-aks got alongside of her, and the people speak with pleasure of the presents they received, and it is worthy of notice, that a particular kind of tobacco with which we knew the Enterprise to have been provided, led to a volun tary description of their having boarded a ship, affording more information in a few minutes than all our inquiries of the chiefs and others in several months had done. After some experience with them, we found more infor mation was obtained by casual observations of their own, brought about by something they might happen to see or have shown them, than by asking direct question, as it seems difficult to lead their thoughts from the passing events round them. On the evening of the sth of November, the crow had a little recreation with tho immolation of Guy Fawkes, and the natives being told that he was a " big thief," were at great pains to get an opportunity of expressing individually that they were not thieves, which was very amusing, and seemed as if they expected to be treated similarly. Tho ceremony concludediwith a rocket, on which they retired to a distance in dismay, and were evidently much impressed with the whole proceeding. They were afterwards gratified with a dance on board, which seemed to restore their con fidence, and closed the amusements for the day. As some of the crew had expressed a wish to see the Esquimaux vil lage, and understanding that there had been an invitation from one of the chiefs to witness a dance, I gave eight men leave on the afternoon of the 21st of November. All went well with them until one of our party, a quartermaster, who had been obliged to handle one of the natives rather roughly on his attempting to force his way into the obser vatory, was recognised by his old antagonist, who became furious with passion and immediately attacked him, but was prevented by others from using his knife. He then endeavoured to get some of our people to his hut, who, seeing he had some weapon concealed in his sleeve, declined, when several of the Esquimaux huddled and tripped up our men, who still hadprotectora sufficient among the crowd to bring them away in safety. One man (the carpenter's mate), who by some means got left by his companions, was seized round the arms by two men, while the man who at tacked the quartermaster picked his pockets of some tobacco and beads he had taken with him for the kind pur pose of distributing among them. The chief was very much put out by the affair, and tried to get some of our people to his but ; his great aim being to get gunpowder, I suppose he fancied this display of feeling would not be favourable to his wishes. After this attempt at a friendly intercourse we all ceased going to the village for upwards of two months, when, seeinc , no inclination on the part of the men to renew their visit,l found, if we pursued the system of holding back, a valuable opportunity would be lost of acquiring a know ledge of their habits, which it would be interesting to be come acquainted with ; and for this purpose the officers again went occasionally to the settlement, taking care to go with some influential man, whokept away thoseinclined •to be troublesome. This was again very soon put a stop to by our not allowing the man to come to the ship who had behaved so badly when our men were at the huts ; and in enfqrcing this mea sure we went near to having another affray with them. He had been to the ship several times since the occurrence took place, and, on beingtold always went away. On the occa sion in question he evidently intended to remain and to get up a disturbance, if possible. The chief who was on board, seeing this, went out and tried to get him away, to no avail ; and another chief tried also. The title of "chief" given here is merely nominal, as, in a community where every man has to provide for his own wants, the most in dustrious, bold, and successful hunter becomes, from the property he p‘ossesges, of more consideration than those not possessing -those qualities; but this does not extend beyond his own bo it's crew or hunting party for the time being. Seeing this man was resolved to remain, whether we pleased or not, I thought it necessary to have our own way as to who should visit the ship or not, and, as his conduct was well known to his countrymen, and con demned by many of them, his case was a good one to en force. The great objection to any sort of disturbance was the difficulty of making the well-disposed understand our motives, or the separation of one from the rest as bad ; and these cases rarely occurred, except when they were collected in large numbers , which made them imagine they could do as they pleased. While the altercation was going on outside, the natives on board, of whom there were sev eral, began to leave the ship, although most of them had been visitors and declared friends, without, as it appeared, possessing any confidence in us. I then directed Lieuten ant Vernon to go out and once more tell him to go away. The natives, thinking he was the leader of an attacking party, two-thirds of the men, and all the women and chil dren, walked straight away for the village, leaving the bad character in the minority, which he had sufficient tact to discover, and followed the others. When quietness was again restored, those who had made such a hasty retreat out of the ship were now anxious to return again, but others were chosen in preference from those who had re mained as spectators, and were apparently indifferent. The crew were at dinner at the time, and they were not disturbed, as our state with regard to arms is one of con stant readiness. The chief afterwards told me very im pressively not to go to the village, a privation very little felt personally, but showing the absence of control on the part of the chiefs where oar being at variance with one bad character put an end to a friendly communication between us and a whole tribe. He continued to make us visits at intervals of two or three days, when, to put a stop to there, on one occasion, when Lieutenant Vernon had, with great good nature and patience, walked with him a con siderable distance from the ship, and left him to return, he followed him back leisurely, when I saw there was no means of dealing with him by kindness, I ordered two marines, with muskets, outside on the ice to prevent his further advance to the ship. On seeing them he seemed to fly into a great state of excitement, and presented his breast to be fired a t , w h en one or two well disposed per sons took him away, and he did not repeat his visits again for some time, when, being told by the chiefs that he was now " good," I was glad of an opportunity to come to terms with him, seeing that disputes would do us no good, however much we had right on our side; and, as I thought we had establed our point of keeping him away to as great an extent as could be expected with a savage, it was explained to him by one of the chiefs that he was to go away, and when we intended that he should remain a message would be sent to him. Understanding this, he went away much pleased, and on being sent to in a few days, he came down in his best clothes and behaviour, and was allowed to remain, which put an end to all dis putes between us. During this day, which was fin e and clear , with a tem perature at 23; we had 18 native s on bo ard , and 72 were counted outside, or in sight of the ship, making 90 i n all, men, women, and children, a number not unfre fluent in the depth of winter, when they were not engaged in hunting. No temperature was too severe to keep them away ; with the thermometer at 30 ° or 40* below zero, they commenced arriving alongside as early as - 6 a.m., three or four hours before daylight, and those not ad mitted on board sat on the snow, laughing and play ing about as cheerfully as we should have done in sun shine. A party of six at this time had a narrow escape from being starved in the ice, on which they were adrift for six days. They went _out to hunt the white bear, when the floe became detached and drifted into the open water. They were saved from their perilous situation by the chance of its being brought in contact with the at this time the weather was fine, but every app earance o f a strong breeze from the sonfhv6.lcr. The land floe, un able to resist the pressure, gave way, the fragments piling up to the height of 15 feet, within a few yards of the boats ; after some time the floe on which we were cracked across in several places ' • at 9 p.m. the pieces se p ara ti ng ; and drifting to the northward at the rate of two or three knots an hour, left us but one course to pursue, which was to abandon the boats, and it was only to ensure the safety of thd lives of the party under my command that I could prevail on myself to take this step ; each man taking his arms, ammunition, and three days' supply of biscuit, pre served meat, and spirits, prepared to leave. At 9.30. p:m. cleared and launched the whaler into a small pool of water which had opened ; throttgh this we forced our way to a small detached field of ice, hauled her over that, and. crossed the land floe. We walked towards the land in an ' E.S.E. direction, uncertain whether the linos of hummock, might conceal any channels, which would cut off our re treat to the shore. This, however, wo found was not the case. Wind from the southward, with mist. Thursday, July 14th, 1853.—At 12h. 30m, arrived at the mainland in Peard Bay, where the cliffs were high, and a small creek running in to the southward of them. The distance from the place where we had abandoned the boats could not have been less than six miles, as we had walked very fast. Thanked God for a safe deliverance from the dangers to which we had been exposed. Then proceeded on our journey to the ship at 3h. a.m. All feeling tired we lit a fire and lay down till 9, sleeping but little. Then had breakfast and started. Passed two inlets. In the first there was , a good deal of driftwood. Beath' , of point of land, N.W. At 9.30 arrived at a river called by the natives " Shin Rai" where there were six native tents. Hired a sledge and four dogs, and, accompanied by two natives, we continued on our road, passing several encamp ments. ,At 11 p.m. passed the inlet, where a post had been erected by the Nancy Dawson. On it were the words Nancy Dawson, 25ft. south. There were several huts at this place-; the native name was " Iglis-lu-i ;" they ap peared to be well supplied with food, as we could see 15 seals lying on the beach, and a great number of skins stretched out to dry. Walked on till 6 p.m., when we stopped at a native hut and had a good sleep till 10h. 30m. the occupants leaving to make room for us, and earning tobacco by drying our mocassjns, &c. Packed the sledge and proceeded, taking something to eat before arriving at Cape Smyth; and at 1 p.m. passed the village. Natives very quiet. We overtook some Niaowook natives, who were living at Pergnack, who offered to take us to the ship in a baidar. On our arrival at that place at 4h. 30m, p.m. some of the natives of Cape Smyth were inclined to be troublesome, and wished no assistance to be given us ; besides, I heard them talking about knives. On uncover ing our sledge they saw our arms, and became very civil, offering us another boat. Hired the boat belonging to our Noowook friends, and tracked up to the ship, arriving at 8 p.in, all regretting the loss of the boats, so invaluable to us, at•the same time delighted that no lives had been lost. " I feel bound to mention in terms of the highest praise the assistance rendered to me by Mr. Gordon, and the good conduct and willingness displayed throughout by all the men. C. E. H. VERNON. ~.vg, Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Plover. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE'. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 7. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lily, from Villa Viciosa ; Thomas'Henry, Demerara ; Legunda Dolores, Santander ; Argunda, • Buenos Ayres ; Mary, •New 'York ; Hudsons, Mauritius; Queen of Sheba, New York ; Templar, Dun kirk; Baltimore, Calcutta; Melliedgar, Palermo. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—fie Pandora, for Tobago; Daniel , Lubeck ; Melaine, Melbourne ; Caroline, Calais ; Speedwell, Dunkirk. ethiRED.OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, -- The Jacomima, for Amsterdam • Catharina, Ant werp ; Ceylon, Sydney ; N.S.W.; Charlotte Jane, Adelaide • Royal Chairie, ditto; Caroline, Abbeville ; Water Witch, Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7, , • - The Emperor, repotted as having been seen off the Kish Light, was in contact with a large American ship on the 4th inst., at 2 p.m., during the gale. The steam-tug, Dreadnought, proceeded from- this port last evening, in search of the Emperor. The Argus, which ran - into Cadrant Creek, Beaumaris, for safety, is discharging, being neaped and leaky. The Britius, from Dalhousie to Liverpool, put into Beaumaris yesterday. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 6.—The Garland, from London to Newcastle, has been assisted in, with loss of mainmast, Sze. The Varwarts, of Amsterdam, from . Charlestown to Nickerie, has been assisted in, dismasted, &c., and making a little water. MELBOURNE, Oct. 10.—The Portuguese brig ,t.malai Primeira from Oporto, has arrived, with loss of masts and bowsprit, and part of cargo thrown overboard. The Hero,' from -London, arrived here 28th Sept.; o n 2d A ug . disco veretr two crates of felt to be on fire, supposed spontaneous combustion, which were thrown overboard. The Mar chioness, from the Cape, struck on the reef entrance of the Heads, made water, and was run on shore. Is discharging her cargo, partly damaged, and there is but little hopes of the vessel being got off. VENICE, Dec. 30.—The Stambonl, from Yarmouth to Venice, in making this port, 27th inst., went on shore at St. Pietro, Malamacco, where she now lies, with several feet of water in her hold — cargo expec t e d to be saved, and the vessel: got off, if the weather moderates. WISBY, Dec. 22.—The Sir Chas. Forbes, which was on shore near Faro, Dec. 12, has come off waterlogged, and much damaged, and it is feared will be condemned. The Juno, of and for Hull, which was assisted i n t o Stit o h amn , Nov. 10, after being on shore off Aja, has b een con d emne d —cargo discharged in good condition. . HELVOET; Jan. 3.—The Hendrik, from Batavia to tot terdam, which was on shore on Renesse, Dec. 30, leaky, has six feet water in her hold, is discharging, but expected to be a wreck. A brig, lost on the Hinder, is said to be English, and the crew to have been saved by a fishing boat. SHIELDS, Jan. 6.—The Agehoria, of this port, struck on the bar, and is leaky. The Princess Victoria, also of this port, is lying at the south side of th e N arrows, di smas t e d , and with lwarks carried away. The Coolock came off the ground last night in the Narrows. The Helen aria (American ship), from Hull, was, in collision last night, stove in her bows, and sustained other damage. Jan. 7.—The Minerva (schr.), of Wisbeach, was towed in here last night derelict. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 3.—The Emma, from Baltimore to this port, which was stranded near Kamperduin, Dec. 31, has gone to pieces —six men drowned. HOLYHEAD, Jan. b.—The' James (brig), is on the rocks near the Head, has sunk, and is likely to go to pieces: Jan. 6.—The Duchess of Kent (s.) has arrived from`Dub lin with damage to her larboard quarter, having been in contact with a large ship, an d left for Liverpool. The Countess of Elgin, from Bombay for Liverpool, with con siderable damage, having been in contact with the Robert Kelly, from New York to .Liverpool, which put in here yesterday. - SCARBOROUGH, Jan. 4.—The William, from Gravesend, on entering the harbour, came in contact with the Veracity (brig), which was moored near the West Pier, carrying away her main topmast, and damaging her stern. DANzre, Jan. 3.—The Amalie, honce for Liverpool, which was on shore at Hela, Dec. 21, has been condemned, nearly half of her cargo has been landed, and the remainder is expected to be saved. WYK-AAN•ZEE, Dec. 31.—The Dart is on shore on Ber gen—five of the crew supposed t o be lost. LEITH, Jars. 6.—The Zephyr (brig), of and from Hartle pool for London, put into the roads this morning, where she has been burnt, and is a total wreck. The Laurel (brig), of Hartlepool, took fire early this morning, near Inch Keith, burnt to the water's edge and sank ; crew saved. The Alexander Campbell, of Blyth, went on the . Ox Carr Rocks, and sank ; crew saved. The Tinamara, of and from Liverpool for Newcastle, has been brought into the harbour, very leaky, cargo washed out, and loss of bul warks, &c.; two of the crew sick, and another disabled. SUNDERLAND, Jan. s.—The Albatross went ashore at the South side of the North Pier in endeavouring to make this port, on the 3d, and was abandoned by all but her master; and was afterwards brought up the harbour. The Robert and Margaret (brig), the Plover, the Elizabeth, the Effort, the Theresa, and the Clara, were driven on the Potato Ground, on the 4th. The Harrington and the Guard came ashore opposite the Polka Hole ; some of these vessels are damaged, but are expected to be got off. The Medina (brig), of Cowes, went ashore opposite the North Deck— crew saved. HARWICH, Jan. s.—The Emily Ann, of Goole, while lying at anchor in the harbour yesterday, was run foul of by a schooner and received so much damage that to pre vent her foundering she was run on the mud. The Traveller, London to Shields, lost bowsprit by colli sion with the Adeler, both being at anchor. The Gratitude, London to Seaham, lost bowsprit, &c., by the Comet (smack), of London, driving athwart hawse. AUSTRALIAN MIFFING. SYDNEY. Arrived—The Ann Mary, Sept. 19, from Calcutta ; Elizabeth Wilthew and Lady Flora, Melbourne ; Alster, Hamburgh • Monarch and Sabelita Hayne, Melbourne ; Lizzie Webber, Sept. 23, Launceston; Balkan, Shanghai ; John Lugars, Sept. 26 ; Walter Morice, Sept. 22 ; Thames and Gipsy Queen, Sept. 23, all London ; Sporting Lass, Sept. 26, Melbourne; Vulture, Sept. 29, Melbourne; Ma thilde, Oct. 1, Melbourne ; Abbott, Oct. 2, San Francisco ; Daniel Ross, Oct. 3, Melbourne ; Jessie Byrne, Oct. 4, San Francisco ; Star of the East, Oct. 4, Melbourne ; Adele, Portland Bay ; Palembang, London ; Hugh Walker, Oct. 6. Glasgow ' • Constitution, O c t. 8, London ; Ellen borough, Oct. 12, Southampton. Sailed—The F. C. Clarke, Sept. 24, for Calcutta ; Helen Baird, Sept. 30, London ; Trent, Oct. 1, India, ; Ann Holzberg, Oct. 4, Calcutta. MELBOURNE. Arrived—The Ballara7,Sept:YB, from London • Aries, Ceylon ; Hero, London ' • Glentanner, Jamaica ; Be rmuda and Cape Cha r l es , S e pt. 29, Liverpool ; H.M.S. Electra, Sept. 28. Geelong ; Highlander, Oct. 2, Liverpool; Wm. Miskin, London ; Pride of the Sea and Ann Hood, New York ; Selina, Singapore ; Loyal, Jersey; Nautilus, Mau ritius ; Admiral, Oct. 2, Statesman, Oct. 5, Northumber land, Oct. 12, London ; Frederick Huth, Oct. 4, and Hel vellyn, Cape ; Hannibal, Manilla, ; Ino, Oct. 5, Mauritius; Durham, Oct. 6, Cape ; Margaret Paynter, ow Oct. 7, Glas g ow Thomp son , O ct. 8, New Orleans ; ' London (s), Oct. 12, Dundee. GEELONG. Arrived—The Anna, Oct. 1, from London. Sailed—The Undaunted, Sept. 30, for London. PORTLAND BAY. Arrived—The Oithona, Oct. 2, from London and South ampton. FARM LETTING IN ROXI3URGHSHIRE. —The land owners, recently so alarmed at the cessation of protec tion, are now beginning to reap the fruits of free-trade. Every farm out of lease at Whitsunday next is bringing a great i ncrease o f rent. An arable farm , l e t at 255. has brought 37 5 . 6d. per acre ; a bill f arm , keeping 1,500 sheep, has brought a rise of 2501. rent ; and these may be taken as specimens of the common course of farm letting in this county.—North _British, Mail. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway ' s Pills, for the Cure of Debility, Bile, and Liver and Stomach Complaints.— This inappreciable medicine is so well known throughout every part of the civilised world, and the cures that are daily performed by its use aye so wonderful, that it now stands pre-eminent above ail other remedies, more par• - titularly for the cure of bilious and liver complaints, dis- ! Orders. of the stomach, dropsy, and debilitated constitu tions. In these diseases the beneficial effects of this admirable remedy are so permanent that the whole sys tem is renovated, the organs of digestion strengthened, ! and a free respiration promoted ; therefore sufferers should have recourse to it to ensure a safe and certain cures. Sold by all vendors of medicines, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON-JA N. 6. The supply of all kinds of grain was larger than in last market, except barley. Sales quick, and an improvement in prices. 1110 following are the vices of grain at our market _ WHEAT. I BARLEY. First B2s Od 43s Oct Second • 76s 5d 1 40s 9d Third... 63 s Od I 32s Od Total quantity of wheat in market ; , barley „ oats Pt - beans OATS. BEANS 32s 6d 56s Od 30s 7d. 470,10 d 27s Od 46s Ocl 534 qrs., 475 sold 698 qrs., 559 sold 454 qrs., 430 sold 93 tin., 79 sold PP ~ DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET-JAN. 5. Wheat on the top 2s up, current price 3s 'per qr. up, and lowest same as last week. Oats on the top is 6d up, current price is 8d up, and lowest 1s 4d up. Barley on the top same as last market, current price 6d up, and lowest is up. Peas and beans is down on the top, current price is up, and ad down on the lowest price. Qrs. Best. Current,- Inferior. 375 Wheat 84s 0,1 1624 Oats 32s 4d 2ss Od .... ..... 18s 8d 1122 Barley 42s Od 36s Od 69 Peas St beans 53s Od Average of wheat, 31. lls Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-JAN. 4. Wheat on the top 2s, and-the average 3s 5d up. Bar• ley on the top.ls 6d, and the average is 6d, up. Oats on the top .Is, arid the average Is 7d, up. Beans on the top 6s down, and the average is 3d up. Top of Wheat 64 lb 84s Barley 5741b 44s Oats Beans . Total Supply and Sales. 1 Wheat BOl qrs sold • 690 qru ' , Barley 1784 qrs sold 1176 qrs Oats 1278 qrs - sold 1176 qrs Beans 197 qrs ' said 183 qrs , Average of wheat -.£3 14 10 10-12 tbs, Ditto of Barley ' 2 0 `'o 0-12tlie Ditto of Oats -12thi' Ditto of Beans ................. Oct Oct Oct oa • ABERDEEN—JAN. 6. Considering the state of the weather and roads there was a good attendance at market to-clay. A good many sam ples were shown, and trade ruled brisk at the quotations. In the provision market the attendance limited, and little business done. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 26s Od to 27a Od; 401bs per bushel; , new oats, 26s Od. to 26s Gd, 401ba per bushel ; bere, 36s Od. to 36s 6d, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 358 Od. to 008 Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 608 Odio 00a Od, 621b3 per bushel ; wheat, white, 76s Od to 78s Od, 621bs per nushel ; oatmeal, 21s 6d te 22s Od per boll; flour, 60s Od to 008 Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 5d to 8c1; mutton,' ditto, 5d to Su ; 'veal, ditto, 5d to 8d; pork, per ib, Os m to Os 7d ; per. lb, Os Od to.Os Act ; rabbits, each, Od to Od. • tallow, per stone, 5s 9(1 to Os Od ; potatoes, per peck, 8d:to 9d ; Litter, per lb, 9d to 10d ; eggs, per doz, is Ocl. to 18 6d ; hens, per pair 3s Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Oil to 2s 6c f; ducks, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 01 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 4s 0.1 to 5s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od butter for exportation (present cure), per c w t, 82 s t o OOs Od ; ditto (summer cured), 008 to 008 Od. ' • eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 10d ; 41b loaf, 8(1; 21b loaf, 4d ; ,pork, fine small, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os'Od ; lamb, per lb., Oa 5d to 8d ; cheese, per imperial stoAes 58 6d to 78. DIIBLIN,TAx. 6. We have to report a very excited mar,ket at the Corn exchange to-day, and an advance of is on wheat, 6d to. Oct on barley, and 6d on oats. Indian corn was held for a eon• siderable advance, and so high as'sls 6d was realised - for good. The following were the prices:— White wheat, 41s Od to 44s Od; red ditto, 39s to 43s Od barley, 17s Od to 22s 6cl; oats, 13s 6d to 16s 6d; rapeieed; 27s 6d to 29s 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 15s Od to 17s Od ; bakers' flour, 23s Od to 27s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 45s Od to 51s 6d per 4801bs. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-bfilee by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what When COUNTRIES. .in General Post- Port. due in Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(byßrit.pack)N EveryYriday Liverpool,.. Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N,Jan. 15 Liverpool Arrived America (by U. States'. packet) ...• • • ..So N Jail. .. • • Southampton, Australia (via uth-). am ton jan. 20 ....•..... Southampton Feb. .4 Ditto (via Marseilles) NJan. 8.. • • Dover ••• • • . Ditto (via Cape of (wood! Hope) ............NlFeb. 4 . Liverpool ... Uncertain. Africa (West Coast) ..N'23d of the month.. Plymouth .. Dec. 28 A1exandr1a.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover Jan.' 16 Alexandria 4th & 20th a mon. Southampton-I,Jan. 20 Bahamasof the month Southampt94l4an: 16 Belgium ..N1 Daily .... ........ Doter pally Btazil of the month.. Southarnpton:Jan.`lB Buenos Ayres of the month.. Southampton IJan; 16 Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the Month Plymouth ..lArrived Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde ......NT9th of the mo n th,. - lymouth .. Jan; 16 OeYloit ( See India) Ceylon ...... ........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Channel 151e5........N Mon.,Wed.,&Pri.d. Southampton Tn.n.Sat. Chlli —.ld 2d &17th of month Southampton. Jan. 16 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofrn. Dover .Jan. 10 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th o f mon. Southampton. !Jan. 20 Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .. Dover ...... Twicedaii9 Egypt (see India) France . ..... M& N Twice daily.— , . Dover ...... Twicedaily Gibraltar ..........M 4,7, 17,20-, 27 ofm. Southampton Jan. 16 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of rnon. Southampton l Jan. 16 Hamburgh ..........NlTuesday & Friday London Elavannah .......... 51 2nd of the month Southampton Feb. 1 Holland •••• • Dover .......I.oally Honduras 51 17th of the month Southampton Jan. I G India (viaSonthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon Southampton Van. 21 India (via Marseilles)sl Bth&24th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, &27 of mon D0ver...... • Ireland- & N'Twice daily Holyhead .. Twicedalii Lisbon .. .....• • • ....M,7, 9, 17, & 27 of w. Southampton 'lan. 16 Madeira 9th of the month Southampton i Jan. 16 Madeira ............N 23d of month Plymouth .. 'Dec. 26 Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Jan. 10 Mauritius (see India) .Mauxitius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Mexico of the month,. Southamptonyeb. 1 Naples •-• • • N isthisth2sthof mon. , Dover .. 'Jan. 12 New Granada ......1112d & 17th of month Southampton 'Jen. 16 New Zealand ...... —By private ship Various ports 'Uncertain Papal States ..N Isthl sth2sthoftrion. Dover '.. •... Jan. 12 Peninsula, M 7thl7th2Bthnibion, SouthaMptoq'jspi. IG Peru .. • Id & 27th of mon Southampton Zan. 1G Port Natal 14th of the month Plymouth .. ' Sicily '......." N,sthlSth2sthofrno n , Dover Jan. 11 Tuscany sth 1 5th25 thottnon. Dover 'Jan. 1 1 2 Venezuela & 17th of month Southampton'Jan. Van Diemen's Land (see ' Australia) .. West Indies M 12,1 gr 17th ol month Southampton Jan. 16 * When any of these dates fa7l cm a Sunday, the mails sVai be dispatched on the following day. with the exception of the India i via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatchei the day preceding. A MARRIAGE PREVENTED BY THE SNOW.—IiIVBR• POOL, Jan. 5.—A lady residing at Liverpool waz s this morning to have been married to a gentleman from town, who was expected to join the guests assembled at the marriage feast this morning. Instead of his bedil y pre• sence, however, the bride received a telegraphic TV essage conveying the intelligence that her intended was " 8 snowed up" at Stafford. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Fifty thousand Cures hal e been effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabic: t Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies).— " Twenty-fi veyears nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery; and which x,o medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectual tly cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time.. W. B. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton.' , " Eight ye ars' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with 'cramps, spa! ;ms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted tl2 e advice o imany, have been effectually removed by Dr I, Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Fla vel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." 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On the 6th inst., at No. 5, Upper liarleys-street, the Lady Caroline Gamier. On the 4th inst., at the Parsonage, Bridling ton, York shire, the wife o f th e Rev. Henry Frederick Bs rnes. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 30th ult., at Camisky, Fortvrilliam, -the w if e o f Mr. John Cameron MacPhee, of -Upper-terrace, Cloudsley square, London. On the Bth ult., at Barbadoes, the wife o f Captain Deshon, A.D.C. On the 7th inst., at 16, York-terrace, Regent's -park, the wife of Ch ar l es T. Ashmore, Esq. MARRIED. On the Cth inst., at Swanscombe Church, Bernard Way mouth, Esq., assistant-surveyor of Lloyd's, to "lane, eldest daughter of Captain Umfroville, R.N., Greenhithe, Kent. On the 7th inst., at West Hackney, John' Silas, second son of Mr. James Lane ' of King s l an d , to Emma, second daughter of Mr. James Careless, of Epsom. • DIED. • On the 6th inst., Thomas Tipping, Esq., of ifockley-hill, Birmingham, aged 65. On the 6th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of George Sawyer, Esq., M.D., at 22, Guildford -street, Russell-square. On the sth inst., at No. 1, Gl oucester - Crescent, West bourne-terrace, Thomas Parsons, Esq., late bf Newport, Shropshire, aged 68. On the 6th inst., at Carshaltoa, Surrey, Ann, relict of Joseph Estridge, Esq., aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by mußpo YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The - Sari Office, No, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, January 9, 1854. ~-=..~ mar IA BD gin tak and Mlt bet' of 9 3no row -Con pnb the feet itICT for brit] trac fore bar Pam bee btu, tan blir, Tb cot: is 4