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I malls 1,1 he Ind!! spatehe" ___, sell-sgo s* he Rev' TOO , lei* f the erS (;; Ug Lb ier 1 0 -10dg eY .oadSliltireb; ° 0 1 At er I;lll,l7iantOrl' sr Y 401 St. o p, er of the - 0 1 41 if i l ?ow' LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. Latin Era, Onslow-house, Fulham road). The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TUE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEI3ItA.TED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. LAST WEEK of the SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LEC • TITRE on " THE THAMES,," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCK LAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with NEW SONGS and NEW D I SSOLVING SCENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at Nine. LECTURE3.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustration', Mornings and Evenings. By Pr. 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TO LOVERS of FISH.- 100 REAL YAR MOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above forwarded to al parts on receipt of peony postage stamps, or Post office order (preferred), for the amount.—Address, THOMAS LETTIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. DARIS AND STRASBOURG RAILWAY. -a_ —Notice is Hereby Given, that the Deposit of 100 francs this date on th e new shares of this Company will be received, from date to the 12th November next, inclusive, by Messr,. N. M. Roths- Fhilds and Sons, Bankers of the Company, New-court, Swithin's lane, London. The amount of the deposit in English money is 41. Os. 6d. per share. The certificates of old shares, each of which shares gives a right to one of the new issue, must, be presented at Messrs. Rothschilds, and will be stamped in London without the need of transmission to is , A. receipt will be given for the deposit payment, to be hereafter tachanged for a provisional certificate of shares. Paris and Strasbon-g Railway Agency, 7, Tokenhonse-yard, London, Oct. 20, 1853. PARIS AND STRASBOURG RAILWAY, MONTEREAUX AND TROYES RAILWAY. , NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by the conditions of a Ltey passed between the above-named companies, ratified by de create of the 17th August, and approved by the general meetings of s hareholders of the 28th and 29th of September last, the SHARES of the MONTE READY and TROYES RAILWAY' COMPANY are w be PAID OFF at the rate of 509 francs each share, during the Period of 18 months from th, 17th August, 1853. During that period they will hear interest at the rate Of 3 per cent. t o e r simum, payable halt-y ear ly a t th e o ffi ce of th e P ar i s an d S tras . Urg Railway in Paris; ant by Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds and Sons, T w ithin's-lane, London. The first payment will be made on the 4 ' l l February, 1854. • The certificates of the Montereaux and Troyes Company must be Zehanged at the Paris aul strashourg Railway Office, rue d e St ras utg. Paris, between the 15th No v ember and 31st Dec em b er next ens uing. Paris and Strasbourg Railway Agency, 17, Tokenhouse-yard, Oct. 22, 1333. 1 - -)ARIS AND STRASBOURG RAILWAY COMPANY. BLESMES and GRAY RAILWAY COMPANY. b,XOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the Shareholders of the 7,2slnes end Gray Railway Company have the OPTION of EX -14-ANGING their SHARES far BONDS of the Paris and Stras rxrg Railway Company, at the rate of ono bond for two shares, ' r i ll , : 250 francs paid on each share, or to receive for those two a . .n order for 560 francs, payable in 18 months. Ist Aprl, "p with interest at the' rate of 3 per cent. per annum. Share des e therefore reqested t) decre heir intentt,,ns without 'a.r. an ar , d to deposit , their certificates la t for which receipts will o be gle n, at the Paris and Strasbowg Railway office, in Paris. Clio shareholders who accept the bond will receive, in addition to Bi le osit receipt and promise of bond for every two shares, the .r . n of .F.p9 17c., as follows :- 4mo. F. 90 00, being 45f. per share. ' d o. 5 00, being 2f. 50c. per share, interest duo on the said shares October 1. 340 . 4 17, interest due on the bond from he Oct. 1 to Nov. 30. ` T hose shareholders who choose to accept t reimbursement of AAril air shares in money will receive an order for 560 f., payable Ist 18.55, with interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, and "elide s a sum of 95 francs as follows no. F. 90, being 45f. per share. 2do. interest at 4 percent., paid Ist October. Ihe bonds will be delivered on the Ist January, 1854. Paris and Strasburg Railway Agency. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, Oct. 22, 1853. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO Secretaries of l'uYic Institutions; Clerks, Station Masters, Bail way Officials, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. P rIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN 're, COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth-house, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas, Esq., 11, Queen-square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. IL James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. i b trurr CHAIRMAN—James Wyld, Esq., Charing-cross. si b .The Times " Company affords guarantee to persons requiring the at the lowest possible rate, and divides four-fiths of . the profits. gtl k ,Z! by applying the justly popular principle of mutuality to public Co tn '. 4,l tee, the premiums, instead of being a tax upon honesty, be e means of saving and investment. ch,, a teB —From 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for stamrs or extra ltf e '!'s• An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a ass urance and guarantee are combined. Lif e LIFE ASSURANC E. b low assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken via2 ll Y as well as quarterly, &c. Policies indisputaMe, save in Of fraud. Arrangements can be made with this office to i e faiiT the loss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporary u4 rafisment, to keep up the payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. IR WILLIAM BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated " CHLORIDE OF ZINC."— Great Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented y Sir W. Burnett, M.D.. F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c. ; the prevention or Contagion ; the preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of Bilgewater, Ce.spoo , s, Drains, Water Closets. &c , are now so well known to the public as to render comment unnecessary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che mists, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingdom, In Imperial Quart Bottles at 23. 6d.; in Pints at Is. Id.; in Half- Pints at 9d.; and in bulk at Gs. per Gallon. CAUTION.-BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine DlsinfectinK Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription, " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting' yluid," and accompanied with nume reus Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use. SECOND EDITION.-WITS ADDITIONS. %St published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d. UN TRUE & FALSE SPERNIATORREECEA, 141, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors q„,.'ittion to the Treatmeat and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the —4 erative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD Sm i ,tar. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi tim,r)ntributions to German medical literature. This is the first kr, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nott-medi eteender. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any r equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct." thi s "neton Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. The tribe of Quiet Syma ekierNand Medical Friends;are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book I) 'i 1 4 1 its way into the hands of those who sailer fr,m the com it I '. of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would le 4 , 4 ,''ed much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of tel 4 , 4l Portance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— ,, —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the uh,„."eal system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat -1141:40n a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, Y to do much good."—Medical Circular. June 16. 1852. London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. M EDICAL ICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF bit . ~, YOUTH AND MATURITY. ke trIMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Edinburgh, of Medicine, and Matriculated Member cf the University of ~, uinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical 'eciety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. _. m AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on te em , the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, SeZting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro tete'. more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ck„, decay et all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of til t :g known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience t hee e treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist esiet:eeret c 'uses of self-acquired miseries and . disappointed hopes in beh„,nee, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervons lig et "nr, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri teilL Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their x t ',..% Modif e Aims owe their almost entire origin. AN , absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are lac e ci ples of personal management which cannot be violated without t he firing grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed erte„ i teYdaY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties to l d, e Mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, ill e ,'LfW the evil and its consequent es may be avoided, and above all, d er ' n ittere is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional );_ficinent to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure In life LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged lilei„ extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com- Of i;", and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless the , e taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had ett e , — ,n, lillence, through the medium of the public press, to direct tre e "on to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is r e , ~ .1 11 selecting this department of practice, he has been amply ire e tv t Lued by the great success that has attended his efforts in the eat e me et of these cases, which are too generally confided to the plU)l l „ ° nelquidifted and ignorant empirics , who , with their pirated of tf,,. 4 tions, assumed foreign names and titles , an d p r et ended virtues be ve s'ir Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who A t i. n induced to place faith in their pretensions. Si t i T i Onie for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, d from d bled'. Eight. All letters must contain the fee of H., and advice an ft 1 - r s ean be forwarded to any initials or address. mEnT h„,. 3 d rs e t si o r b a tain ble t a ha eo t p p y atients wishing to consult Dr. LA' la 11 k m of his work on SELF•PRESERVATION. the e 'cal Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and l'ibi o rai , i ve Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and desd exeetf detailthe v , arious disorders resulting from secret habits an ct ( les eri e st The perusal of this treatise will assist in the corre P, ene i,itioe o f their cases, and may be had, price 25 6d, in English, t o isPanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper kaeo tand Co., 23 Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-Street ; 'Cornbill ; , Storie Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free i for forty..two stamps,' to any address from the Author's TWA REDIORD-KMAILX, LONDOI. ON TE E SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. Ill itstr e a ° , N TAINING TRE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. e 4 bY One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Ist e . Ed' t, Cases. -.. arged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment. 3s. 6d. in stamps, rE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on tx.,,,5„• the e xhaustion and physical decay of the system,produced by ,raeteur'ye indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of i elve ct , t 's with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol Dreve4/ o bservations on Marrie, and the disqualifications which l'Etti t ,:; it Ill ustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. a tre t a nd CO Co ulti Su pons 19 Berners-street, Oxford e L o „,„ •, lIS ng rg t f and '_" -L ° ll . 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' I• treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in thei n 'arY or s r tre 4t► _ econdary form, and contains explicit directions for This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav pia for the Prevention of Disease by a I,nbsyawileniea hicht y he danger of infection is obviated. :, cau ses ' 'termed to th e cons id eration of marriage and i ts dut i es. unproductive union are also considered, and the whole 14 4allY and philosophically inquired into. treatte DIAL BAT, A OF sYRI AC UM is exclusively employed r b ot O nervous and sexual debility;impotene,e &c. 1 is and 335. ; I. ltted y. r The Concentrated Detersive Essence, ' an anti-syphilitic her _ Purifying tile blood in cases ot infection, secondary , J ~,, rilotons, and Vac abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per ?s' i r b ox, t_errY's Purifying Specific Pills. 25. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie. in,at ,eertaln remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and ti n 3 e a t t , i t op 4 o t f t t he bler, t ' 4 In Se II be eas ad e i d s required I sib ken. etY t 0 1 4 3 , b • !. I ackets, with advice, to be had at the Establish grc the fee, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, i tfrout dallY, At emt, Oxford•street, Lon tO 9n oi en till TWO, an d Five to Eight; on 1311nday from THE MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA EVER DI SCOVE RED. THE BEST and CHEAPEST DISIN FECTIN,3 FLUID is CREW'S IMPROVED CHLORIDE of ZINC, for the purification of Dwelling-houses Stablee, Dog Ken nels, Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Drains, Water-closets, &c. ; the Disin fection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, and for the Prevention of Contagion. Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying agent, is now established beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless in its application and innoxious in itself. The high price at which it has hitherto been sold bas prevented its general use • to obviate tkis obstacle to its universal application as a disinfecting and purifying agent, the present manufacturer, who was many years with Sir W. Burnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with concen trated Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price. It is sold by all Chemists and Shippinr. Agents in the United King dom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each ; in pints, Is. ; half pints, 6d. each ; and in larger vessels at 6s. per Gallon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution and use. Concentrated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with 200 times its quantity of water. • Orders executed by the Sole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bash-lane, Cannon-street. Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. Cheaper Editions, 3s. 6d. each ptonl No. 19,057.] THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS, Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., AILIEFORD : A FAMILY HISTORY. By the Author of John Drayton." "A work abounding in fascination."—Observer. "A delightful tale, full of affecting incident, brilliant description, and profound reflection."— Standard. " This charming novel is one of the autobiographical kind, told In a delightful y entertaining style." —John Bull. THE COLONEL. By the Author of " The Perils of Fashion." CHARLES AUCHESTER. Dedicated to the Right lion. B. Dis raeli. ELECTRA. By the Author of "Rockingham." Second edition, with Illustrations, by Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. Also, just ready, in 3 vols., THE ROSES. By the Author of " The History of a Flirt." Hurst and Blaekett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries, This day is Published, in 4 thick vols., royal Bvo., price 71. 7a. cloth CHITLEY'S EQUITY INDEX, Third Edition. By JAMES MACAULAY, Esq., Barrister. at-Law. London; Stevens and Norton, S. Sweet, and Mr. Maxwell. This day is published, price 10s., the Second Volume of MISS AGNES STRICKLAND'S L IFE of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, forming the Fourth Volume of her LIVES OF TILE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession. With a Portrait of Mary at the age of 25, from the Original Painting presented by herself to Sir Henry Curwen, of Workinton Hall. William 'Packwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. NOTICE. -DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, consisting of more than 700 Models, has Just re ceived another addition, IS NOW OPEN,- at the Portland Gallery, Regent-street, every day except Friday, from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10, for gentlemen only; on Fridays, however, the Morning Exhibition for gentlemen will close at 2 o'clock, when Ladies only will be admitted until 5 o'clock. Explanations for gentlemen. by Dr. Leach, and for ladies by Mrs, Leach. 31RSSRS. NICOLL, REGENT-STREET.- In England, or from France and Germany, the best talent in cutting, workmanship, and materials, are secured for the use of gentlemen by this firm, who combine exctllence with economy, es illustrated in the PATENT TWO GUINEA PALETOT, sold in the country and colonies by their recognised Agents, but in London ONLY at 22, CORNHILL, and the principal depot in the centre of REGENT-STREET, viz., Nos. 114, 116, 118, and 120. F REE TRADE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY, 86, St. James's•street, Pall-mall ; City Agency, 42, Poultry. Shares 401. each, Monthly payments, Cs. per share. At the FIRST GENERI.L MEETING of the above SOCIETY held at the Soclets's Offizes, ;September 29, 1853, Licut.-Col. DICK SON in the Chair, It was Resolved, " That a Public Meeting be held on Wednesday, October 2c, l 8 i 3, to ballot for priority Of Members, in which all shares ;Arcady taken, and which may be taken up to that time, will part ie;pate." Prospectuses and rules may be obtained at the Society's Offices. THOMAS SHE lb Wooll SM [TH. Secretary. The above Meeting will be held at the Whittington Club, Arundel street, Strand, on WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26. The chair to be taken at half-past 7 precisely. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, awl a*.. Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic arid invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRIN S " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimonia, is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : " Winchmore Hill, Mikllesex, April 16, 1851. " Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a ' , etter state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it. "I am, Sir, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE, To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Pill is a ' meciicine of long-tried efficacy for ,;orrecting an disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London,"on the Gwernment Stamp. PriCo Is. lil y d. mid 2s. 9d. per box. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine : _ "157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850. " Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. "About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout in my hands and feet. I bad previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro. cured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by these who know some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I lost no time its procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. _ "From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to me is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf fered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS .s towards its improvement. " I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " GARRET FOSTER GILL. "To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand." 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At 5.30 p.m. our course was nearly obstructed from the ice resting upon a point about two miles distant ; the studding sails were taken in, but almost immediately reset, as it gradually opened, allow ing just sufficient space for our passage by tipping up the lower booms ; the shore shortly treading more to the southward increased our water, but snow and thick weather with night coming on rendered the land not 200 yards distant barely discernible. Most anxious, however, at the close of the season to embrace every opportunity of getting to some place of security - our course was continued with easy oanvas, when, under other circumstances, we should have most assuredly secured for the night, and at 7.30 p.m., with the lead going, went front 15 fathoms upon a mud bank, having only six feet under the bow, and at the distance 10 feet from the stern, only 18 inches, while the st ern was i n five fathoms, the stream anchor and cable were laid out, which service was well performed by Messrs. Wynniatt, Sainsbury, and Court, it requiring four boats in consequence of the freshenin g N.w gale and pi eces . of loose ice with snow, which, caking as it reached the water, formed so thick a coating over its surface, and offering such resistance, that it was scarcely possible to pull through, which, with clearing the forehold and warrant-officer's storerooms, and bringing all the weight abaft the mizenmast at 10 p.m., we were enabled to heave off, and brought up with both bowers in six fathoms and a half. The remainder of the night was occupied in restowing the holds, weighing the stream anchor, &c., so that at daylight of the 24th we were in perfect readiness to move. On a view of our position we found that we were on the N.W. side of a large bay, whose eastern limit bore N.E. eight miles, which we sub sequently found formed the western point of " Bank's" Land, and running to the S.S.W. about seven which was rapidly filling up with ice flowing in before a fresh gale from the Polar Sea. Still wishing to see if any possibility re ma i ne d o f gett i ng down Barrow's Strait, we weighed, and stood as far as the ice would allow to the N.E., when, observi ng f rom th e crow ' s - nes t no water in that direction, I determined to make this our winter quarters, and, having remarked upon the south side of the bank on which we had grounded a well protected. bay, Mr. Court was dispatched to sound it ; and, shortly making the signal that there was sufficient water, we bore up, and at 7.45 a.m. we anchored in four an 1 a half fathoms, and that night were firmly frozen in, in what has since proved a most safe and excellent harlpur, which, in grateful remembrance of the many perils that we had during the passage of that terrible Polar sea escaped in reaching, we have named the "Bay of Mercy," thus finally terminating this short season's operations, being actually only five entire days under weigh. Preparations were now made for hous ing in, and everything was completed, except hauling over the cloth, by October 1, which was not done, that the daylight should be enjoyed as long as possible, and a saving in lights effected. On that day, as a precau tionary measure, the crew were placed upon two-thirds allowance of all species of provisions. Upon the 4th Mr. Court was sent with a travelling party to con nect our position with that visited by Lieutenant Cresswell in May last, from which we were only dis tant 18 miles. On the 7th he returned, which service completed the search round the entire coast line of this island; he reported open water a few miles from the shore, which, gradually extending, reached the cliffs of Bank's Land. Upon the 6th, as with two men he was examining a few miles to the south-eastward of his tent, that detached the heavy grounded land ice from their ' base, drifting the whole party off shore to the N.W., fortunately being unencumbered with the sledge, they succeeded, .with difficulty and by much agility, jump ing from piece to piece in regaining the shore, and that evening no ice could be remarked in the Strait, the whole being set into the Polar sea. On the 10th Mr. Sainsbury (mate), with a travelling party, went to examine an inlet, which appeared to run some distance to the S.W. from the south side of the bay, but, upon the following day returned, finding it extended only twelve miles, the water shoaling, until it finally terminated in a large marsh, which, from the numerous traces of animals and wild foul, may be considered as a favourite resort during the summer. As there appeared much game in the vicinity, and the weather continuing mild, shooting parties, under Lieutenant Cresswell, Messrs. Wynniatt, Court, and Piers, and the Marines, under Sergeant Woon, were established in different directions between the 9th and 23d, so that, with what was killed from the ship, our supply of fresh provisions on the commence ment of the winter, consisted of nine deer, 53 hares, and 44 ptarmigan, all in fine condition, the former having i been from two to three inches fat. ,-- • which entering behind e left shoulder, through the heart and t a t th e r i ght flank, 'dropping him dead at hie fe ; they are fine animals, wh ose gross wei g ht ar e ,3301b5., and yield, after deducting offal and hunter's perquisites, 6501h5. of excellent beef, %which providential supply is most opportune, as our rein /deer were expended last week. Two Esquimaux huts upon a small islet in the centre of the bay, and the site of an encampment on a peaked hill on the western shore of the mainland, are the only indications we have met with of that extraordinary and hardy people havin g , at some period l ong past, inhab i ted tins coast ; we have' now discovered traces of them upon all sides of this island ; but where are they gone, for certainly there is not one upon it at present, or why they shbuld have quitted an island so abounding throughout the entire year with game, except, as the Eequimaux interpreter observes, there may be a great paucity of seals, without which luscious food they cannot exist, and this may be the reason, as we have seen very few. During the month of July, the little thaw, which a temperature falling to 31 degrees every night, and rising only to 39 and 42 degrees during the day could effect, has not been much, but the water draining from the laid rotted the ice round the entire bay, and detached it from 100 to 300 yards from the shore, so that it has power to move, and only requires open water in the offing to allow of its going out, which joyful event we entertained hopes of realising, as upon the 10th August, some lanes of water were observed to seaward, and along the cliffs of Bank's Land there was a clesr space of six miles in width, extending along them as far as th e eye could reach from the north-west hills at an elevation of 1,000 feet ; and on the 12th, the wind which had been for Rome ti me f rom the northward veered to the south, which had the effect of separating the sea ice from that of the bay entirely across the entrance; but, shortly shift ing to the north, it closed again, and never after moved. On the 20th, the temperature fell to 27 degrees, when the entire bay was completely frozen over, and on the 27th to 19 deg., so that the whole aspect was cheerless ice bein g 2e inches thick, in the extreme, the youn g so that the whole bay may be safely - perambulated - indeed, the summer was fairly gone, for the upland; are all snow covered, the wild fowl all departed, and the flowers, which gave cheerful variety to this bleak land, are all withered. The very season may be con sidered as one long sunless-day, as since the latter part of May that luminary has been scarcely visible, or his influence felt, upon those icy masses which block "Bar row's Strait entirely across ; nor do I imagine that the Polar Sea has broken up this season, as not a drop of water has been seen in that direction. During July, and the early part of August, the crew were daily *em ployed gat h er i ng sorrel, o which there was a great quan tity upon the hills in this vicinity, and eaten as a salad, with vinegar or boiled, when it resembled spinach, was found a most desirable anti-scor'outie, and a great benefit to all, being exceedingly relished ; but that hardy and miserable herbage could not withstand this rigorous summer beyond the 15th of the month. For several days the ice had been perfectly stationary, and no water visible in any direction, that along the cliffs of Bank's land being frozen, so that I felt assured that the winter had fairly set in, and all hopes of any release this year totally annihilated, the young ice being five inches thick. having previously determined what course I should adopt, under circumstances thus unfavourable, upon the Bth of September I announced my intentions to the crew of sending half of them to England next April, with all the officers not in charge of stores, via Baffin's Pay. (taking the boat from Cape Spencer) and the Mac kenzie, detaining the remainder with the hope of extri cating the vessel during the summer of 1853, or, failing that, to proceed with sledges in 1854, by Port Leopold, our provisions admitting of no other arrangement ; although we had already been 12 months upon two thirds allowance, it was necessary to make preparations for meeting 18 months more—a very severe depriva tion and constitutional test—hut one which the ser vice we are employed upon calls for ; the vessel being as sound as the day she entered the ice, it wouldthere fore be discreditable to desert the ship in 1853, when a favourable season would run her through the Straits, and admit of reaching England in safety, where the success ful achievement of the long sought for and almost hopeless discovery of the North-West Passage would be received with a satisfaction that will amply compensate for the sacrifice made, and hardships endured in its most trying and tedious accomplishment. This statement was well received, and in its execution will, I hope, be carried out without difficulty,. On the 17th, the wind shifted to the S.S.E., and blew hard, which a few days earlier rni,flit have been attended with favourable results, but now it had no effect, the ice being eight inches thick, was too firm to be moved, the sails were consequently unbent, and preparations commenced for housing in. September 24. This is the anniversary of our arrival ; the contrast is very remarkable; we entered the bay with temperature at 33 secs. and not a particle of ice in it ; to-day, the thermometer stands at 2 degs. with ice which had never moved, and every indication of a severe winter. Upon the 25th of October, closed the hatch ways and housed the vessel over, it becoming damp and cold between decks, the vapour funnels, of which there are five, giving a sufficient ventilation, those over the hatchways being never closed, carry off all impurities, so we enjoy a clear wholesome atmosphere below. This has very much contributed to the excellent preservation of our healths, and the 26th being the second anniver sary of our discovery of the passage, and the last that we should all be together, the occasion was celebrated by a small additional allowance of provisions and an extra glass of grog, which had the effect of putting all in high spirits, so that the evening was passed most jovially in singing and dancing. On November 8 com pleted the banking up and other outside work, finally terminating our winter arrangements upon the 18th, by covering the upper deck with 18 inches of snow. The deer for the last few days have been coming from the southward to their winter quarters among these ravines and sand hills-90 have been met with at one time and 40 at another, but so very wild that few have been shot. Our two seasons' experience show that these animals do not migrate to the south as is generally supposed, but bear the extreme rigour of the climate and exist upon the scanty herbage, chiefly the dwarf willow, from off which they break the snow with their feet, which tapping can be heard at a considerable distance when the weather is calm, and frequently leads to their discovery. The hares and ptarmigan have also descended from the high ground to the sea ridges, so that a supply of game has been kept up during the winter, which has enabled a fresh meal to be issued twice weekly, and the usual Christmas festivities to pass off with the greatest cheerfulness ; as it was to be our last, the crew were determined to make it memorable, and their exertions were completely successful --each mess was gaily illuminated and decorated with original paintings by our lower-deck artists, exhibiting the ship in her perilous positions during the transit of the Polar Sea and divers other subjects ; but the grand feature of the day were the enormous plum puddings, some weigh ing 2611 A., haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made of the same, with ptarmigan and sea pies. Such dainties, in such profusion, I should imagine never before graced a ship's lower deck, Any stranger to have wit nessed this scene could but faintly imagine that he saw a crew which had passed upwards of two years in these dreary regions, and thrown entirely upon their own re sources, enjoying such excellent health, so joyful, so happy, indeed such a mirthful assemblage under any circumstances would be most gratifying to any officer ; hut, in this lonely situation, I could not but feel deeply impressed, as I contemplated the gay and plenteous sight, which the ninny great mercies which a kind and beneficent Providence had extended towards us. March I.—The most dreary and dark time is now passed, and severe and trying it has been. The cold of the last two months was excessive, January showing a mean of 44 deg.—being 17 deg. below the corresponding period last year ; and one day the temperature fell to 65 deg., and for 24 hours actuay averaged 62 deg. I should have doubted the correctness of the thermome ter (as np former experience shows so low a register), had it not been well tested the two preceding winters, when it only fell to 52 deg. ; but, independent of the glass, the feelings gave unmistakeable evidence of the extreme keenness of the weather, as for one entire week the tem perature never rose above 40 deg., the wind being about S.S.W., from which quarter during both winters we have invariably felt the greatest cold. I, therefore, imagine that in the interior the land must bo very lofty, as when the wind veers to the north, which is directly off the Polar Sea, the glass rises, showing the highest temperature when it is easterly. These low temperatures have caused much moisture between decks, and from e but, now happily t 0 allow a pfio o rv f te fi u d bp n eoi g nn counter- g t t o hecasseeus not being able act the effect of this damp atmosphere, it has been mate rially felt by the crew. The sick list at one period con sequently increasedsame ee t o seuf n r g i d n er e oe t np e , e ssy n r r — ; scurvy of the crew to-day, as to their general state and scurvy, and thaends condi • •as favourable as I could, under all tam, is re duced tto c ircumstances have anticipated. During the last month we have been employe d gravelling a distance of 800 yards sea ice, with the hope of weakening it, towards the our being able to move when the arrives. Upon the third told the season for navigation proceed to England next m men off that were to Baffin's-bay ;they month via Mackenzie and appeared extremely the arrangement, as I expl • well sati s fi e d w ith explained to send home all who had to them my o bj ec t was severity of the climate suffered th e mos t f rom t h e • , and to which anoth er y ear m i g h t prove exc ee di ngly t effective m en in rying, as well as to retain the most winter. O n the 15th the event of being detai ne d ano th er lowance of e the trav e ll ers wen t u p on f u ll al provisions, which I ha vo little doubt w ill, ' y • before the are rEqu' . red to start, get them good in condi tion. 21st.—The weather has been beautiful during the last week , • the temperature, which until the 16th, ti con nued almost daily to fall to-56 degs., on the 17th ~the rose to —27 d egs following day to —l4 degs., and on the 19th to plus 3 degs., which sudden and delightful change, after the excessive cold of the last three months is most . grateful. The invalids are rapidly improving, the majority taking a daily airing from two to three hours. The thermometer at noon to day exposed to the sun rose to plus 40 degs., so that the extreme severity of the winter is over ; in fact, to tlio present time, April 5, the temperature daily mounts ill the shade above zero, which, according to past expe rience is exceedingly mild, and may be considered indi cative o an early break up of the ice. God grant such may be the case. On the 15th it is my intention to start the parties destined to make their way to England, and from our good sanitary condition, I have but little doubt all will safely arrive. A fatigue party, under the command of Mr. Court, second master, will accom pany Lieutenant Haswell for a few days, while John Calder, captain of the forecastle, a trustworthy and zealous petty officer, w ill proceed with Lieutenant Cress well as far as the Princess Royal Islands, and from the depot there return with as many cases of potatoes and as much chocolate as can be brought on the sledge, which extra supply will give an ample allowance of those excellent articles in the event of being detained here during the ensuing winter, To this period we bay piTied LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1853. TEE NORTH- WEST PASSAGE. The following is the conclusion of Captain McClure's dispatches : The first indication of open water occurred to-day (July 7th), extending some distance along the shore of Prince Albert's Land, about a mile in width ; the ice in every direction is so rapidly decaying, being much acce lerated by sleet and rain, with a thermometer standing at 45 deg., so that by the 14th that which for the last few days had been slightly in motion, with large spaces of water intervening, suddenly and noiselessly opened around the vessel, leaving her in a pond of 40 yards; but seeing no possibility of getting without its limits, we were compelled to secure to the floe which had for ten months befriended us, and, with the whole of the pack, gradually drifted to the southward, towards the Prin. cess Royal Islands, which we passed on the eastern side within half a mile. Upon the 17th, at 10 a.m., being among loose ice, we cast off from the floe and made sail, with the hope of getting upon the western shore, where the water appeared to be making, but without slipping the rudder, in consequence of _being in the vicinity of several large flees, and at 2 p.mL again secured to a floe, between the. Princess Royal and Baring's Islands (we passed over a shoal having 19 fathoms). On the 20th, at 11,30 a.m., a light air from the S.W., which, slack ing the ice, gives hopes of making progress to the N.E., in which direction I was anxious to get for the purpose of entering Barrow's Straits, that, according to circum stances, I might be enabled to carry out my original intentions of proceeding to the northward of Melville Island, as detailed in my letter to the Secretary o the Admiralty of July 20, 1850 ; or, should such not be practicable, return to England through the Strait. The ship was cast off, and a mile gained, when the wind died away, and we were again beset. On the morning of the 22d open water appear. ing in the N.E., the rudder was shipped in expectation of a 'start, which was not, however, realised until the afternoon of the 23rd, when a light S.W. wind set the ice to the N.E., carrying us over a shoal upon which there was much ice, and we grounded in 13 fathoms ; the corner of the floe, to which we were attached, coming in contact with some of these masses, gave way, throw ing pieces of 12 feet and 14 feet square completely out of the water. It grazed the hard bottom with a sound not unlike distant thunder, as it crushed, crumbled, and upheaved, throwing an enormous mound up in its centre, as if under the influence of volcanic agency, and then rent asunder ; the part we were secured to remaining firmly grounded, while the other and lighter portion, being forced onwards with accelerated speed, came direct for our unprotected stern. To let go warps and anchors was but the work of a minute, and mast fortunate were we in accomplishing it ; as, ere they could be got on board, it struck the stern, forcing the ship ahead at the rate of two knots. A small space of open water, occa sioned by the grounding of the floe, allowed of our ad- , vance ; when, by warping and towing, we speedily got beyond its influence. Had our position been less fa vourable, nothing could have saved the vessel from momentary destruction, and at 11.30 p.m., with a breeze from the S.E., made sail through large leads of water towards the eastern side of the straits, and by the after• noon of the 24th had nearly reached Point Armstrong, upon which the ice was resting, and our course checked. There was much driftwood on the beech, mostly Ameri can pine. The cutter was consequently dispatched for a load, and some of the pieces appeared so fresh, that Mr. Ford, the carpenter, was of opinion that two years is the extreme of their quitting the forest. The wind verging to the westward during the night, set large bodies of ice into the water we occupied, which was filling rapidly. To prevent being forced on shore, we were obliged at 8 a.m. of the 25th to run into the pack, where we drifted, according to the tide, about a mile and a half from the beach ; but during the 24 hours made about two miles and a half to the N.E., from which, I am of opinion, when taken with the quantity of drift wood that is thiokly strewed along the beach, that on this side of the strait there is a slight current to the north-east, while upon the-opposite one it sets to the southward, upon which there is scarcely any wood, and our progress, while similarly situated, was in a southern direction. We continued drifting in the pack without meeting any obstruction, until 10 a.m. of the Ist of August, when a sudden and most unex pected motion of the ice swept us with much velocity to the north-east, towards a low point off which were several shoals, having many heavy pieces of grounded ice upon them, to which we were directly setting, de creasing the soundings from 24 to 9l- fathoms. Destruc tion was apparently not far distant, when, most oppor. tunely, the ice eased a little, and, a fresh wind coming from the land, sail was immediately made, which, as sisted by warps, enabled the ship to he forced ahead about 200 yards, that shot us clear of ice into 161 fathoms, in which water we rounded the shoals ; the ice then again closed, and the ship became fixed until the 14th, when the fog, which since yesterday had been very dense, again cleared, and discovered open water about half a mile from the vessel with the ice loose about her; at noon commenced warping, and at 3 p.m. passed into it with a light breeze from the north-east that carried us some distance along the eastern shore. At 11 p.m., the fog was so thick that we were compelled to make fast to a floe, having, while standing in shore, stirred up the mud while in stays, shooting from no soundings at 25 fathoms to a quarter less 3, which convinced me of the impracticability of remaining under weigh, as, had we been set on the beach, the ice, which came in before a freshening north-easter' out of Barrow's Straits, would most effectually have detained us there. Previous to quitting the floe, I was desirous of trying what effect blasting would have upon such a mass. A jar, containing 361bs. of powder, was let down 12 feet into the water near the centre, the average thickness was 11 feet, and its diameter 400 yards. The result was most satisfactory, rendina- it i n every direction, so that with the greatest ease we could effect a passage through any part of it. Aug. 15.—At 8 a.m. the fog cleared a little, which showed the base of the cliffs very close, although we were in 42 fathoms. Having water to the westward, we instantly made sail in that quarter, and at 11 a.m. being unable to see in any direction, again made fast, having carried away the spankerboom in breaking through a neck of ice, which forced the vessel from the wind, causing it to jibe. Our soundings increased to 62 fathoms, and the ice was as certained to be setting bodily a mile and a half an hour to the west-south-west, so that upon the weather clear ing, at 30 minutes a.m. of the 16th, we found the vessel had been drifted 15 miles to the south-west. As there was, however, water to the eastward, every exertion was made to reach it by warping, and at 3 a.m. succeeded, working along the eastern shore to ascertain what pro bability existed of being able to round the pack, and thus get into Barrow's Straits, from which we were not distant more than 25 miles. At nine a.m. all hopes disappeared, as a clear view from the crow's nest dis covered the ice to be closely packed, resting upon Point Lady Ross, extending in one unbroken line to the oppo site side of the strait. This determined me to give up all idea of prosecuting our search in this direction. Having been foiled in attempting this passage the latter end of one season, and at the commencement of another, I considered it not practicable, except under the favour able circumstance of a continuance of south-westerly winds, which would drive the ice into Barrow's Strait, but I imagine there would be little difficulty in coming from the north-east, from which quarter we found the winds prevail. Our greatest advance in that direction was lat. 73 13 43 N., long. 115 32 30 W. Accordingly, at 9.30 a.m., we bore up with the intention of run ing to the southward of Nelson's Head, and continue our search along the western side of Baring's Island, with the hope of reaching the entrance of Barrow Strait by that route ; as, from the report of Lieutenant Cress well, I felt convinced that by Banks' Land there is a passage from the Polar Sea. At 4 p.m., passed the Princess Royal Islands with a fine breeze ; not a particle of ice to be seen in any direction, which only a month previous had presented enormous floes, and heavy grounded masses lying against their base and upon the shoal connecting them, which he considered had been there for years, and likely to remain for many more ; even the huge pieces which had been thrown upon the eastern shore had vanished ; so that every vestige of that formidable element had passed away, w hi c h f or nearly 11 months had held us in its trammels. Upon the 17th, while near Nelson's Head, with a fine breeze from the south-east, we experienced a heavy swell from that direction, causing the vessel to pitch the hawse holes under, and send the sea as far aft as the fore hatchway. A circumstance so unusual was hailed as a favourable omen, being a convincing proof that we were in much open water ; and, at 11.30 p.m., rounded the headed. The land, for about 25 miles to the westward, is remarkably bold and lofty, where Cape Lambton, jutting out and rising perpendicularly 1,000 feet, pre sents a grand termination to it in that direction, whence it gradually recedes to the north-west where it loses this bold character, partaking more of that remarked in the Prince of Wales's Strait, being ranges of hills, gradually sloping from the interior to the shores,having fine valleys and extensive plains, several small and one considerable river, the water from the latter discolouring the sea two miles from its mouth, likewise many small lakes and har bours, which, however, would be only of utility for boats, as a heavy surf was breaking across their entrances; much driftwood strewed the beach, and the land was well covered with verdure, upon which were large flocks of geese feeding, while ducks were flying in great numbers, and have little doubt that a walk a short dis tance inland would have discovered herds of deer and musk oxen. Nothing that was on the coast could escape observation, or could' anything be more favourable for the object we had in view, as, with a fair wind and fine clear weather, we ran along it from one to two miles distant. At 4 p.m., of the 18th, being off a very low spit of land (Point Kellett), which extended to the west ward for about 12 miles in the form of a horseshoe, having its sea side thickly studded with grounded ice, while its interior was exempt from. any, I sent Mr. Court (second master) to examine, who reported an ex cellent and commodious harbour, Well sheltered from N.W. to south, varying five fathoms within ten yards of the beach, which was shingle and covered with drift wood. A set of sights were obtained, and a cask, con taining a notice was left there ; its position lat. 71.56 N., long. 125.29 W. From this the land turns abruptly. N. by E., and a great change takes place in its general aspect, gradually becoming low and flat, so that near the beach it is scarcely discernible, resembling separate sandbanks, but, upon closing it, a low spit, barely above the level of the water, was remarked, connecting them. The lead may be considered an infallible guide along the whole of this coast, as the soundings are regular from 3 to 30 fathoms, at from one to four miles offshore. Upon the morning of the 19th we left this low coast, and passed between two small islands lying at the entrance of what appeared a deep inlet, running E.S.E., and then turning sharp to the N.E. It had a barrier of ice extending across, which prevented any examina tion. Wishing to keep between the northernmost of these islands and the mainland, to avoid the pack, which was very near it, we narrowly escaped getting on shore, as a reef extended from the latter to within half a mile of the island. Fortunately, the wind being light, we rounded to with all the studding sails set, and let go the anchor in 2i fathoms, having about four inches to spare under the keel, and warped into four, while Mr. Court was sent to find a channel, in which he succeeded, carryin g three fatho ms , through which we ran f or one mile, ancithen continued our course in eight, having from three to four miles be tween the ice and land. At 8 p.m. were near two other islands, the ice resting upon the westernmost, upon which the pressure must have been excessive, as large masses were forced nearly over its summit, which was upwards of 40 feet. Between these and the main we ran through a channel in from 9 to 15 fathoms, when an immediate and marked change took place in the general appearance and formation of the land ; it became high, precipitous, sterile, and rugged, intersected with deep ravines and water-courses, having 65 a quarter of a mile and 15 fathoms 100 yards from the cliffs, which proved exceedingly fortunate, as the whole pack, which had ap parently only just broken from the shore, was within half a mile, and in many places so close to it that, to avoid getting beset, we had nearly to touch the /and ; indeed, upon several occasions, the boats were compelled to be topped up, and poles used to keep the vessel from off the grounded ice, which extends all along the coast ; nor could we round to, fearful of carrying the jibboom away against its cliffs, which here run nearly east and west. The cape forming its western extreme I have called Prince Alfred, in honour of his royal highness. There wore two apparently good harbours about twenty miles to the eastward of the Cape ; the westernmost had a breakwater half a mile in length, 20 feet high, facing the north, with entrance on its east and west sides about 60 yards in breadth ; the other was circular, about three quarters of a mile in diameter, with its entrance on the west side. Our critical position would not admit of any detention, otherwise they would have been sounded, being very anxious to find a secure retreat in the event of having to winter on this coast. The weather, which had been fine, with a S.E. wind, veered to the W.S. W. bringing fog and rain, so that on the morning of the 20th our further progress was impeded by finding the ice resting upon a point, which formed a slight indenta tion of the shore, and wasithe only place where water could be seen. To prevent being carried away with the pack, which was filling up its space, we secured to the inshore side of a small but heavy piece of ice, grounded in 12 fathoms, 74 yards from the beach ; the only pro tection against the tremendous Polar ice (setting a knot per hour to the eastward before a fresh westerly wind), which at 9 p.m. was placed in a very critical position, by a large floe striking the piece we were fast to, and caused it to oscillate so considerably, that a tongue, which happened to be under our bottom, lifted the ves sel six feet, but, by great attention to the anchors and warps, we succeeded in holding on during the conflict, which was continued several minute; terminating by the floe being rent in pieces, and our being driven nearer the beach. From this until the 29th we lay perfectly secure, but at 8 a.m. of that day the ice began suddenly to move, when a large floe, that must have caught the piece to which we were attached under one of its over hanging ledges, raising it perpendicular 30 feet, presented to all on board a most frightful aspect. As it ascended above the foreyard much apprehension was felt that it might be thrown completely over, when the ship must have been crushed beneath it. This suspense was but for a few minutes, as the floe rent, carrying away with it a large piece from the foundation of our asylum, when it gave several fearful rolls and resumed its former posi tion ; but no longer capable of resisting the pressure, it was hurried on with the drifting mass; our proximity to the shore compelled, as our only hopes of safety, the absolute necessity of holding to it ; we consequently se cured with a chain stream and hemp cable three six and two five-inch hawsers, three of which were passed round it. In this state we were forced along, sinking large pieces beneath the bottom, and sustaining a heavy strain against the stern and the rudder ; the latter was much damaged, but to unship it at present was impossible. At 1 p.m. the pressure eased, from the ice becoming stationary, when it was unhung and laid upon a large floe piece, where, by 8 a.m., owing to the activity of Mr. Ford, the carpenter, who is always ready to meet any emergency, it was repaired, just as the ice began again to be in motion, but as the tackles were hooked, it was run up to the davits without further damage. We were now setting fast upon another large piece of broken floe, grounded in nine fathoms upon the debris formed at the mouth of a large river. Feeling confident that should we be caught between this and what we were fist to the ship must inevitably go to pieces, and yet being aware that to cast off would certainly send us on the beach, from which we were never distant 80 yards, upon which the smaller ice was hurried as it came in contact with these grounded masses, I sent John Kerr (gunner's mate), under very difficult circumstances, to endeavour to reach it, and effect its destruction by blasting. He could not, however, find a suffici en t space o f water to sink the charge, but remarking a large cavity upon the sea face of the floe, he fixed it the re , w hi c h so far succeeded that it slightly fractured it in three places, which at the moment was scarcely observable from the heavy pres sure it was sustaining. By this time the vessel was within a few feet of it, every one was on deck in anxious suspense, awaiting what was apparently the crisis of our fate ; most fortunately the stern-post took it so fairly that the pressure was fore and aft, bringing the whole strength of the ship to bear ; a heavy grind which shook every mast, and caused beams and desks to complain as she trembled to the violence of the shock, plainly indicated that the struggle would be but of short dura tion. At this moment, the stream cable was carried away, and several anchors drew ; thinking that we had now sufficiently risked the vessel, orders were given to let go all the warps, and with that order I had made up my mind that in a few minutes she would be on the beach, but, as it was sloping, conceived she might still prove an asylum for the winter, and possibly be again got afloat, while, should she be crushed between those large grounded pieces, she must inevitably go down in 10 fathom; which would be certain destruction to all, but before the orders could be obeyed, a merciful Providence interposed, causin g the ice whi c h h a d b een previously weakened, to separate into three pieces, and it floated onwards with the mass, our stern tightly jammed against, but now protected by it. The vessel, which had been thrown over 15 degrees, and risen bodily one foot eight inches, now righted, and settled in the water ; the only damage sustained was several sheets of copper ripped off and rolled up like a sheet of paper, but not a fastening had given way, nor does any leakage indicate the slightest defect. By midnight the ice was stationary and everything quiet, which continued until the 10th of September ; indeed, from the temperature having fallen to 16 degrees, with all appearance of the setting in of the winter, I considered our further progress stopped until next year. The crew were employed collecting ballast (of which they obtained 55 tons), and other arrangements making for such an event. Shooting and other parties made daily excursions inland, in which rambles an exceedingly old Esquimaux encampment was met with, and a most interesting discovery of a range of hills, composed of one entire mass of wood in every stage, from a petrefaction to a log fit for firewood ; many large trees were among it, but, in endeavouring to exhume them, they were found to be too much de cayed to stand removal ; the largest piece that we have been able to bring away being 3 feet 10 inche s i n g i r th, and 7 i n l eng th : th ese were found by Messrs. Swains bury and Piers, at an elevation of 300 feet above the beach (in lat. 74 27 N., long. 122 13 15 W.), which is strewed with chips and small bits of wood, as are the water-courses and ravines as far as any person bas walked inland, evidently washed down by the thaw from those ligneous hills, The country has fine valleys, well covered with verdure, and at some period of the year must be frequented by large herds of animals, as the heads of musk oxen and th e we ll- p i c k e d carcasses o f deer are everywhere met with, many quite fresh. Two large wolves were disturbed in the act of finishing a fawn which they had just killed, but only two musk oxen were seen, besides a few hares and ptarmigan shot by our parties. To-day the temperature, from a change of wind to the southward, rose to 29 degrees, ac companied by rain, which had the effect of so lessen ing the ice that the main pack separated from the ship, opening a lane of water, about 16 miles to the east. ward, varying in breadth from 50 to 200 yards, which, however, did not promise any release to the vessel, until 11.50 a.m. (while the officer of the watch and quarter master were examining the tide pole fixed on the beach, through a hole cat in the ice, about 40 yards from the shore, which puzzled them both, to find th a t th ey could not keep the guage erect, as it slipped from their hands while endeavouring to do so), it noislessly opened, and drifted towards the pack, which it was impossible to avoid, and were carried to the N.E. a knot per hour, at the distance of half a mile from the shore, in soundings from 107 to 134 fathoms. All methods by warps and saws to extricate the vessel from her perilous position proving abortive, having masses of ice frozen to her bot tom, recourse was had to gunpowder, which fortunately effected her release by the expenditure of 1501 b., in charges of from 31b. to 201 b., according to the distance from the vessel, which by any other means could not haie been achieved, and saved us from being set against the thick grounded ice, which was resting upon Point Colquhoun (certain destruction), into which we should have been hurried •by five minutes' longer detention, having barely time to make sail and shoot the vessel, without rudder, clear of the piece we had been so long froze,, to, into the water, cutting the hawsers, which canted us, just as it- entered the solid mass, upon th e weather edge of which we twice grazed as we worked into the land, when at 7 p.m. of the 11th we again se cured to a large grounded floe, seventy yards from it, in ten fathoms. At 10 p.m. our position was hazarded by a portion of the main pack, which had extended itself over the open water, coming in violent collision with the corner of our floe, turning it partially round, while the smaller ice pressed with so much strain upon the ship that the anchors began to draw and hawsers carry away ; the stream chain luckily held until the pressure ceased by the pack giving way, aid our being pushed a few fathoms nearer the shore. At 2.50 a.m. of the 13th a lane of water opened about sixty yards from the vessel, and towards noon a rise in the temperature of 45 deg., with heavy rain, created hopes of liberation, an object of the highest import ance, not only with respect to the views with which the expedition was fitted out, but for the safety of the ship, at present in a most exposed position, being upon the eastern side of a large bay, open to the whole pressure of the polar pack, and surrounded with masses of ice 16 and 18 feet thick, while the grounded floes were from 30 to 67 feet in depth. To remove these impediments, or at all events endeavour the formation 'of a dock, blasting was had recourse to, with charges of from 161 b. to 651 b. ; those made little impression, except near the explosion, therefore a 26-gallon rum cask, containing 2551 b., was now sunk five fathoms among these large masses, at 30 yards from the vessel. Its effect was most conclusive, shivering them to atoms, rending that to w hi c h were attached, and which was 67 feet thick on the outer base, and 35 on its inshore edge, asunder, without the con cussion being very much felt on board. All hands were employed in floating the loose ice into the water, having vainly attempted to force the ship through, aided by a strong wind, and a nine-inch hawser brought to the patent capstan (such resistance from merely this sludge is incredible), which work was continued until the after noon of the 14th, when all was drifted away, leaving a snug harbour, 40 yards in width, flanked by heavy grounded floes, forming an excellent protection. The rudder was now hung, in anticipation of a start on the following morning; but at 11 p.m. the wind freshened from the W.N.W., bringing the whole pack down upon this coast, filling our little harbour with loose and small ice, its entrance being too narrow to admit the large pieces ; an enormous floe, however, carried away one of our flanks, but without disturbing the vessel in the slightest. At daylight on the morning of the 15th these expectations were sadly blighted, it blowing hard from W.N.W., with sleet and snow ; nor was a drop of water to be observed in any direction, and the ice apparently was again unhung, which, with the thermometer at 14 degs. scarcely afforded any probability of its being reship ped this season. In the course of the day Messrs. Court (second master) and Newton (ice mate) were sent to examine the - coast and state of the ice to the eastward of Point Colquhoun ' distant about four miles. Their report was such as to confirm the opinion previously entertained' with this consolation that the position which we occu pied was better than any they had seen, .as the ice to the eastward was much larger and more massive than that we were encompassed by. The soil on the coast is com posed of gravel and limestone, and in the valleys near the beach the quantity and richness of the moss is quite surprising ; but on reaching the first range of hills, about a mile distant, a more sterile landscape never met the eye. The whole country appears nothing but one mass of limestone, without the slightest vegetation ; the traces of animals so numerous 15 miles further west, are not in this barren ground to be met with. On the 17th the westerly wind ceased, and was succeeded by one from the eastward, with a rise of temperature from 11 to 21, which, by daylight of the 29th, had increased to 32, with water extending along the coast three miles in width. We immediately cast off, and at 7 a.m. rounded the point, whence the land falls back E.S.E. • our progress was slow from many causes, the copper being torn and projecting from four to twelve inches from the bottom, light winds, and an ice-encumbered sea, so that at 3 p.m. our further advance was arrested by the pack touching the land, and extending with unbroken line to the northward as far as the eye could reach. Our day's work did not exceed 15 miles, when we were compelled to make fast to the land ice which along the whole of this coast is of the most massive and terrific dimensions I have ever witnessed ; there was little selection of berth on a coast line nearly straight, but a slight inden tation, protected east and west by two large pieces of a broken floe 30 feet above the water gave hopes of some shelter, when at 6 p.m. the water and loose ice, which was before perfectly still, suddenly rushed forward at the rate of two knots an hour, and striking against the ves sel forced her from her anchors with such violence that she was driven astern upon a hard point of the floe, which rose her 12 inches ; but, fortunately held until the rush was over, which swept our eastern bulwarks, but did no other damage ; we then warped to the western side of the floe, where a small space was blasted for the bow, in which we quietly remained during the night ; at daylight of the 20th, finding the ice loose and drifting though a perfect calm a mile and a half an hour to the eastward cast off, and, laying hold of a large floe piece, was dragged along close by the grounded ice, which with some diffi culty was avoided by shifting round the floe as it canted towards us. At noon, having a light air from the west ward, made sail, but soon had reason to regret it, as it shortly failed, and the ice filling the land water it gra dually forced the vessel into this pack, which hitherto we have been so anxious and careful to avoid, as the only hope of navigating this sea consists in keeping close to the shore, it now became evident that every exertion must be made by warping to regain the land, which, under the circumstances of the ice being in motion with much that was small and loose filling up the intervals between the larger pieces, which allowed a secure foot ing for the men, was difficult, laborious, and anxious in the extreme, as with every precaution they frequently fell in. After seven hours' incessant work we succeeded as the night closed in reaching a huge and solid floe that bad just been upturned, three of its sides being 25 feet perpendicular, grounded in 29 fathoms on the outer edge, and having 10 and a half upon the inner one, around which was scattered much debris part of its ori ginal self that had crumbled from the pressure against a cliff, up which it had been been forced full 70 feet, and where a large mass was still remaining about a mile to the westward of a cape (Austen) 400 in height, which is stratified, and of the same description as Nelson's Head, where we secured for the night. At daylight of the 21st a thick fog, with hail, permitted a very circumscribed view ; but, as the ice appeared loose in the direction of 'the Cape, at 5 a.m. started, and grazing round it with in 15 yards found ourselves in a large bay, entirely covered with ice, formed by another cape three miles S.E., compelling us at 6.30 a.m. to make fast imme diately beneath the cliff, whose summit nearly plumb ing the hatchways rendered our position very safe, many fragments appearing so loose from the action of frost and water that a slight concussion would have brought them down. At 11 a.m. the ice eased a little from the land, when we again endeavoured to force to wards the S.E., aided by a westerly wind and warping, but iu the afternoon the fog became so dense, with an easterly breeze, that we made fast to the land floe, in which a small dock was formed with the assistance of a little powder about a mile from our forenoon's position, remaining until the morning of the 22d, when a little progress was made towards the S.E., our operations by warping being brought to a termination. At 1 p.m., having reached the Cape (Crozier), upon the south-east ern side of which the ice was resting, therefore securing to a ridge 20 feet in height, laying at its base, I pro ceeded with Mr. Court to its summit for the purpose of examining the coast line towards the S.E., a deep bay extending 30 miles in that direction filled with ice, which was commencing to move bodily to the westward, and of a much less formidable :character to that we had been subjected to, while what was laying along the shore f was small and widely detached, well repaid the toil of ascent ; indeed, since rounded Cape Austen, it inference that much of its terrible aspect, which led to th n e d in that the that we were fairly in "Barrow's " Strait, t m i o a n i main d polar oapo t pack h take e Es . a E. direct and l t i h n as e t rem which tah fills t -m theseen bays and is carried down " Barrows com paratively small ice which drift a ea s s w te e rl have current, i invariably i a b w l y h remarked o impels that r th there e iSt o st o rs . a o i oi s r ut m a ti hs o d e u tr e h s n c e i decidedly floes on that course, wind, is oftentimes This cape (Crosier) is F2ewseitOnhtlai:nfleneegreistith:Pi sandstone, glisegtenhoodtn lighter , influenced opposite l hc l a n aa r fl v i i u s P np de r g n e i e r c c s e if e e m c o d n t s t i es o i ni b n n is y g i fermis shells imbedded , dt.n,t l a wsoithVwecheastofhacsoableaenndmpeettrwifaitch tlaipmt°ol:i ssn goc o fo l t h i "vs e :d r ooesdb p :r a di r is tosienfnaolnifu lim e this large island, and upon the u"-Prnincess Royal " Isles. At 130 a,m, of the 23il The weather during the winter has been much more boisterous, but in each month several degrees more mild than was experienced in the Prince of Wales Strait, nearly a degree and a half further south, last year, which, in conjunction with the animals remaining in numbers in this locality the entice winter, must, I sup pose, be taken as a proof of its mildness, although laying exposed to the north-west winds, direct from the Polar Sea, which, upon our first being frozen in, led to the anticipation of having to encounter a severe season. In consequence of our favoured position, the crew were enabled to ramble over the hills almost daily in quest of game, and their exertions happily supplied a fresh meal of venison three times a fortnight, with the excep tion of about three weeks in January, when it was too dark for shooting. The small game, such as ptarmigan and hares, being scarce, were allowed to be retained by the sportsmen as private property. This healthy and exhilarating exercise kept us all well and in ex cellent spirits during another tedious winter, so that on the Ist of April we had upwards of I,ooolb. of venison hanging at the yard-arms. All wearing so fair an aspect, and being desirous of visiting Winter Harbour, Melville Island, with the hope of meeting an officer there with whom arrangements might be made in the event of any accident occurring which would render it necessary to quit the ship, I proceeded on the 11th with a Mr. Court (second master) and a sledge party for that port, but in consequence of thick weather coining on a few hours after leaving the vessel, and continuing unintermittingly for several days, we did not reach until the 28th. Upon the 15th we observed a very lofty cape bearing N.E. by E. 30 miles, which I have called Queen Victoria in honour of her most gracious Majesty (th e same which had been remarked last autumn from the high land near the ship), the land to the north-east forms the bottom of Syddon Gulf, while that upon its western side stretched to the N.W. in one unbroken mountain line as far as the eye could reach. At Winter Harbour we obtained a set of sights for the purpose of testing our chronometers, which were ascertained to be going exceedingly well ; and having deposited a notice of our visit under the same cairn that Lieutenant M'Clintock left one last year, upon a large fragment of sandstone, bearing this inscription, viz., " His Britannic Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, Commanders Parry and Lyddon, wintered in the adj acent harbour during the winter of 1819-20, A. Gisher, sculpsit," at 6 p.m. commenced our return, travelling upon flat ice nearly the entire way, accompli s hi ng i n 10 days what occupied 18 upon the outward trip, and reached the ship upon the 9th of May, when I h a d t h e gratification of receiving the most satisfactory reports concerning our sanitary condi tion, and likewise that the supply of venison continued abundant, having 20 head of deer on board. In conse quence, the ration of venison was increased to lilb• thrice a week, as the crew were hard at work, clearing the holds, collecting and bringing off ballast ; the latter a very laborious occupation, from the large space they had to search over in picking up a sufficiency of stone to complete 100 tons, which was not accomplished until the 25th, after which we commenced watering, obtaining it from a lake about a mile from the ship, by boring through 7 feet 10 inches of ice, and cutting a reservoir to receive it : this forming a species of Artesian well, which gave a bountiful supply, enabling the water ing to be completed by the 13th of June, previous to the commencement of the thaw, which was a great advantage to the crew, as it kept them dry footed. About this time flocks 'of wild fowl, consisting of swans, geese, and all descriptions of ducks, began to arrive, but finding no water, merely took a flight round the north-west extreme of the land and returned to the southward, from which it would appear that the. season is with snow is late ; indeed, the land is as much co vered ntil the 25th of as in the depth of winter, nor was it u the month that any alteration took la sunny e , when small slopes of streams commenced trickling with one the upon the ice. On the ravines, and little ponds fo d r o m w e n d the 30th we had an entire day of ;11l heavy yr snow, witn witnessed at so of the most severe northerlyecolens and upon the Ist of advanced a period of the had s increased its thickness four inches found that the ice inches during the last month, being seven feet two inches, a t unusual circumstance , as . both at Port Leopold most • of Wales Strait we found a very con siderableand in the Prince during the month of June the decrease ; tem perature likewise was very low, showing an average of 31-4- deg. The appearance of the crew at their monthly inspection elicited a more unfavourable report from the surgeon than I have hitherto received • evident toms of debility among the generality o ' f . them, a s n y d n3 l l3 6 - having a decided scorbutic tendency, plainly the effect of the late heavy labour in ballasting and watering ; but as all our work is now on board, their gradual return to perfect health may be anticipated without encumbering the sick list. On the Bth of July, Sergeant Woon, of the marines, while in pursuit of a wo un d e d d eer , unex pectedly met a couple of musk b u ll s , w hi c h h e succee d e d in killing, evincing the most soldi er lik e coo l ness an d intrepidityduring the entire transaction ; having ex pended his ammunition as one of the wounded and in furiated monsters rushed towards him, he fired his worm when at a few yards, but without much effect; as he continued his advance, evidently, however, weak from loss of blood, till he had reached within six feet, when putting his head to the ground previous to his final rush, the Sergeant, as his last resource, fired his iron ramrod, l o ct. 0