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Oc t. 20 Tv qceoLIAT Oct:. 26 No - v. 16 INo - r. 12 ►Oct., is c(rt. :2 6 ov. 1 Oct.. 22 price 1 1 W — Oct. •22 l Oct. :26 Nov. 1 pct. 26 Oct. .1 2 Oct. 22 Nov. .1 'Nov. lt Lils will 06 India CO! atched tpe -__. ..;••-• Len, vi GO OD. 111/4 the wif e the wife ----- inly Eargare" n-parit Uri ' of LO' o Marl' for the 3 ris ter-at' Franc? Froxels 7artions; hdivt° o n o, 7th 843. roung or f 001), C.- )V N I 0 1 17' ROYAL 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 BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with STEW SONGS and NEW DIS S OLVING , CENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at Me. LEM:am—By J. H. Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustrations, Mornings and Evenings. By Pr. Rachhoffner On ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING.. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE and BATE'S IM PROVED FIRE ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily Open Mornings and Evenings. Idrrussiou, Is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age Half-price. BANK OF DEPOSIT, 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. Parties desirous of Investing Mon.y are requested to examine the Plan of this institution, by which a high Rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses free on application. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET MANTUFACTURERs UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET W AREEIOU,EME N. 69, 70 , 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge...road, Lambeth, London. ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LA CEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 71, 74 and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs Mantles, Family Mourning, &c. To LOVERS of FISH.-400 REAL YAR forwMOUTH BLOATERS for 6s , package includ e d. Th e abov e ruled to al, parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post °lnce order (preferred), !or the amount—Address, THOMAS L EWIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. IDARIS AND STRASBOURG RAILWAY. —Notice is Hereby Given, that the Deposit of 100 francs per share on the new shares of this Company will be received, from this (late to the 12th November next, inclusive, by Messr.. N. M. Roths childs and Sons, Bankers of the Company, New-court, Swithin's tane, London. The amount of the deposit in English money is 4/. Os. 6d. per share. The certificates of old shares, each of which shares gives a right to one of the new issue, must be wesented at Messrs. Rothschild% &Id is will be stamped in London w i t h ou t t h e nee d of transm i ssion to ra , . A receipt will be given for the deposit payment, to be hereafter e rekanged for a provisional certificzte of shares. Paris and Strasbonvis Railway Agency, 7, Tokenhonse-yard, Bandon, Oct. 20, 1853. PARIS AND STRASBOURG RAILWAY. MONTEREAUX AND TROYES RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by th e con diti ons o f a treaty passed beeween the above-named companies, ratified by de cree 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 REAUX and TROYES RAILWAY COMPANY are t ° be PAID OFF at the rate of 509 francs each bhare, during the Period of 18 months from the 17th August, 1853. Raring that period they will bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent. ts' annum, payable half-yearly at the office of the Paris and Sties . t irg Railway in Paris; and by Messrs. N. M. Rothschilds and Sons, aithites-lane, London. The first payment will be made on the i 7 th February, 1854. The certificates of the Montereaut and Troyes Company must be Zchanged at the Paris and Strasbourg Railway Ollce, rue de Stras °M. Paris, between the 15th November and 31st December next ensui ng. Paris and Strasbourg Rail way Agency, 17, Tokenhouse-yard, Oct. 22, 1853. PARIS AND STRASBOURG RAILWAY COMPANY. BLES and GRAY RAILWAY COMPANY. XOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the Shareholders of the praes and Gray Railway Company have the OPTION of EX 0-kNGING their SHARES fer BONDS of the Paris and Stras irnrif Railway Company, at the rate of one bond for two shares, Rl l' l ' 4l 7 250 francs paid on each share, or to receive for nose two inares an order for 560 francs, payable in 18 months, i.e., Ist April, 11 ' 55 , with interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum Share d °, 4l ers are, therefore, requested ti declare their intentions without z ,,`JaY, and to deposit their certificate% for which receipts will be '`,,,e,n. at the Paris and Strasbourg Railway oflice, in Paris. Alb shareholders who accept the bond will receive, in addition to Lie de 4e of osit ,9 rel7c., ceipt as fol and lows promise of bond for every two shares, the F. :— Ida. F. 90 00, b e i ng 45f . per s h are. 5 00, being 2f. 50c. per share, interest due on the said shares October 1. 3 1 ,1°. 4 17, interest due on the bond from Oct. Ito Nov. 30. Zenhose shareholders who choose to accept the reimbursement of . shares in money will receive an order for 560 f., payable Ist amides 1855, with interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, and "vsides a sum of 95 francs as follows : F. 90 being 45f. per share. 2 do. interest at 4 per cent., paid I s t O c t o b er . T he bond . 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 Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail way Officia!s, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, and Others. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN TEE COMPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated ender 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-.quare. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Berkeley-square. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—James Wyid, Esq., Chafing-cross. " The Times" Company affords guaraniee to persons requiring the time at the lowest possible rate, and divides four-liths of the profits hus, by applying the justly popular principle of mutuality to public harantee, the premiums, instead o being a tax upon honesty, be .7Ze a means of saving am l investment. el i Nte.s —From 78. 6d. upwards. No charge for stamps or extra li f . a tges. An allowance made in the guarantee premium, where a 'assurance and guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Life assurance, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken eai 4 au ' t1,1 3 7 as well as quart4l4&c. Policles indisputable, save in ot frd. Arrangements can be male with this office to pre the loss of a policy where the assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. SECOND EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. ' ru st Published, Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, s s. 6 d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, rei with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors Q.„ Won to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the s'erative System, or Sexual Elypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFOED Pickford hi known to English readers by his frequent practi v„,contributions to German medical literature. This is the first ca l'e, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi of,,Nader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ietect any equally flagrant evil which it may be in his r-'wer to correct." ndon Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851. The tribeof ' Quiet Syma pV..rs,' and M edical Fri ends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book `u find its way into the hands of those who sal cr frDm the corn -4'41 Of which it treAts, we are satisfied that miny hundreds wou'd sa ved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of gi 4 , „,'fiaPortance, tboogh it is that which the quacks most prize — Inoney......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the system of treating Spermatorrhcsa, and to place the treat fiTion a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, ``Y to do much good."—Medical Circular. June 16. 1852. Lendon: H. BaMere, 219, Regent-street. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. TYP i , •••• SAMUEL LA ' MERT , 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON , u ottor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. N [ AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on 4 8 ,,, the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, 4 11 ,:n ti al/ from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro tut:7i Mere misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema eo„..decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ; k, known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist-'' secret slums of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in jj el ence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous s ge : li fY, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri e„„,:. Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their - Tless Modif e ttions owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are tit' G aming grie p vous penaltie e nciPles of ersonal management whicwi sdom h cannotand be violated without ~ ti l b : aeyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties ii r ZY be miti ga t e d, h ow th e stin g of their bitterness may he removed, th how the evil and its con,equenc es may be avoided, and above all , at there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional dera ngement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure 1,, D OCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate eatcorn- hl.and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless t , l. unts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had at tention to through the medium of the public press, to direct tb7tion to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is r e ,": In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply tr "'arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the k rtment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the k k e t of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated ()rf:cations, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues b. their Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who -7 ,e been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from it.,„ w lEight. All letters must contain the address, of 1/. and advice and '^u eines can be forwarded to any initials or )4 4 la desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT °4l,l nrat obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A. At r , en ical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and r,enrative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des -,,,,...bing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and ds esses • The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct p; - cription of their cases, and may be had, mice 2s 6d, in English, /1,,.._ ch, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or Ger Man, of Messrs. Piper ii-,iiers and. Co , 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Inn, 39 . Cornill ; Storie, Titchborne - stree t, Ha y market ; or free for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest , 1 RaDFOISD-SOTIARY, LOWDOr. SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY Foa PasVENTION of DISEAS E. USt rated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engraving s and Ne W Cases. Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps, SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhau.stion and physical decay of the system,produced by iteeti,Hve indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of i b , e urY, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, 1.)1 , ir"ed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications whie L h ent it. Illustrated by , loo Coloured Engravings. By R. an f d d . t,. 11 , 1 tY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox or - 1 1 . 0 ;et, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Patern . os o er r : „_. and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150. Oxford- street ; 146 all-street ; 95, Farrinacloa-street "; Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cori - it. ' 0 ,22vr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive ,7" 3 , and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. d,LAar 11, treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in ,Z4enee, and their lamentable effects on the system , prod uc ing ine n a tal and bodily weakness. nervous excitement, and generative 1 , Putty. IlluStrated by 10 Explanator) F.ngravings. in th e 4 , 1 ,4 'r 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either theii".l 4l4 arY or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for ay. Ina.. treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engr „, P 4 atr Iv . contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a a Pplivation, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Pri..‘"T P. is devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. of u nproductive union are also considered, and the whole ,±7.a. critically and philosophically inquired into. rrniz, for purifying :ttng°nßeprvloAuLs a ß n A d L s M exual oF d S e Y b ß ill lACllM is exclusively employed . s. i . en, :little. The Concentrated Dete rsive D in er tr i ty rar l e m ,, p_ ,. o ss te en nee ce: the blood in cases 1,1 infection, secondary an allti•syphilitic b oi tie er uptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. Dor pe r Perry' s Purifying Specific Pills, 2?. 9d., 45. 6d., and 11s. ehr_tx, a Certain remedy for gonor r h oea , g l e et, stricture, and II, u ", b ramrastion of the blaMer. consultation fee, if by letter, tlr!ute detail el the case is required age, habits, and p tie nt e f, ° CletY• 5/. Packets. with advice, to be had at the Establish ar, by which the fee, I/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeon?, 4 ,„_ 0 11, fr n a „, tte .. nd ancei daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon 41e ""a 4 devell till Two, and Five to Zight; on Stuiday from vex% to oue. —..-------.............e...—.—..... ~.~! 1 ~_..~ . tE 1 No. 19,057.] THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HISTORY. A ILIEFORD : A FAMILY By the A•ithor of "John Drayton." '•A work abounding in fascination."— Observer. `• A dt lightful tale, full of affecting incident, brilliant description and profound reflection."—Standard. " This charming novel is one of the autobiographical kind, told ii a delightful y entertaining style." - John Bull. THE COLONEL. By the Author of" The Perils of Fa.hion " CHARLES AUCHESTER. Dedicated to the Right Hon. B. Dis• raeli. ELECTRA. By the Author of "Rockingham." Second edition, with Illustrations, by Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. Al-e, just ready, in 3 vols., THE ROSEB. By the Author of "The History of a Flirt." Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Greer Marlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries, This day is Published, in 4 thick vols., royal Bvo., price 71. 7s. cloth CIHITLEY'S EQUITY INDEX, 'll} Third Edition. By JAMES MACAULAT, 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 THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND, and Engl'sh 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 Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. OTICE.-DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL I MUSEUM, consisting of more than 700 Models, has just re ceived another addition, Ii 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. Admission—One Shilling. MESSRS. 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 excellence 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, 6s. per share. At the FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the above SOCIETY held at the Society's Offices, September 29, 1853, Lieut.-Col. DICK. SON in the Chair, It was Re, olved, " That a Public Meeting be held on Wednesday, October 2s, 1853, to ballot for priority of Members, in which all shares already taken, and which may he taken up to that time, will participate." Prospectuses and rules may be 4btained at the Society's Offices. THOMAS SHEItWoOD SMITH, 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. QIRWILLIAMBURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID.—The best Concentrated " C HUM IDE OF ZINC."— t;reit Reduction of Price.—The malts of this Fluid, invented Fy Sir W. Burnett, M.D F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c. ; the prevention of Contagion ; the preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification 0, Bilgewater, Ces3pools, 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 King& m, .n Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d. ; in Half- Pints at 9d. ; and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon. CAUTIOY.--- BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine D'sinfecting Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription, " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," and accompanied with nume rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for Its use. THE MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA ETER DISCOVERED. THE BEST and CHEAPEST DISIN FECTING, FLUID is CREW'S IMPROVED CHLORIDE of ZINC, for the purification of Dwelling-houses Stables, 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 puttying 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 has 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 Shippin, Agents in the United King 'tom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each ; in pints, Is. ; half pints, 6d. each ; and in larger vessels at tis. 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 APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE JUI SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and a'.. Foast Meat Civvies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors. Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by .liessrs. Barclay and Sons. Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; And genwally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. JRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testinionia, is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : " Winehmore Hill, Middlesex, 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 nubile 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, nut a friend having induced me to mate 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 pre,erence to any other medicine; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better ste",e 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. Front, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Plll is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting ail 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 me. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London,”on the GOvernment Stamp. Price Is. I)6d. and 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 had 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 -;ured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by th,.se 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 in 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 pot that the days of magic have zeased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. - ,:loreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf ered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS 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. Front, 229, Strand." 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The following is the conclusion of Captain M'Clure'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 floes, and at 2 p.m. 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, gaves 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 awaSiTind we were 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 most 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 thickly 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 91 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 be forced ahead about 200 yards, that shot us clear of ice into 16i 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 dcrivn 12 feet into the water near the centre, the average thickness was 11 feet, and its diameter 400 yards. The result was most satisfactory, rending it in 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 int( ) 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 entranee of Barrow Strait by that route ; as, from the report of Lieutenant Cress well, I felt convinced that by Banks' Laud 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 enormo us floes, and heavy grounded masses lying against ti:neir base and upon the shoal connecting them, which 12E. considered had be-en 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, which for 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 experien:cod a heavy swell from that direction, causing the vessea to pitch the hawse holes under, and send the sea as far aft as the fore hatchway.. A circumstance so T 2nusual was hailed as a favourable omen, being a convir icing 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, wwqr;Kked. 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 lei go the anchor in 24 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, carrying three fathoms, through which we ran for one mile, and then 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 g quarter of a mile and 15 fathoms 100 yards from the cliffs, which proved exceedingly fortunate, as the whole pack, which bad 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 land ; 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, featful 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 were 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 aides about 60 yards in breadth ; the ether 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, ctherwise 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 was: i the 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 smelt 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 vemfy 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 sev era l minutes, term i nat i ng b y 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 fl oe , t h at must have caught the piece to which we were attached un d er one o f 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 a l wa y s ready to meet any . emergency, was repaired, just as the ice began again to be in motion, .but as the ta c kl es were hooke d , i t 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 thi s an d what we were fast 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 thesegrounded 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 sufficient space of water to sink the charge, but remarking a large cavity upon the sea face of the floe, he fixed it there, which 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 decks 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 b e on th e 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 fathoms, which would be certain destruction to all, but before the orders could be obeyed, a merc if u l Providence interposed, causing the ice which h a d been previously weakened, to separate into three pieces, and it floated on wards with the mass, our stern tightly jammed against, but now protected by it. The vessel, w h ic h 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 evrything 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 inches in girth, and 7 in length : these 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 has I walked inland, evidently washed down by the thaw from those ligneous hills. The country has fine valleys, well cowl c daou o ehrnre v gi 1 r e cpeph r aaa e wnrt d r eiothe w edevys i e t .bs h bywa Tdverieoa justr. i everywhered d nda u i To-day which ,u , tkhher a i itlbeenl disturbed i h:t a i mat t some period of the year must be frequented by large herds of animals, as the heads of musk oxen:and the well-picked carcasses of ~ipt but i n h etr e h a a e n a to y u c ne t rlff cl ey o If twoeiftt r e oo m f f finishin grmuskesasoh. ci a oh sfaoTas change were seen, besides a few hares and ptarmigan shot by of wind to the southward, rose. to 29 degrees, ac companied 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 w a t c h and quarter master were examining the tide polo fixed on the beach, through a hole cut in the ice, about 40 y ar d s f ront the shore, which puzzled them both, to find that they 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 have been achieved, and saved us from being set against the thick grounded ice, which was resting upon Point Colquhoun hav we should having barely time to make sail and shoot the vessel , e been hurried (certain b d y e destruction), five ruc t i minuteso n ), into , without rudder, clear of the piece we had been so long frozoa to, into the water, cutting the hawsers, which longer which canted us, just as it entered the solid mass, upon the 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 Iship that the anchors began to draw and hawsers carry away ; the stream chain luckily held until the pressure ceased by the pack giving way, and 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 which were attached, and which was 67 feet thick - on the outer base, land 35 on its inshore edge, asunder, without the con cussion being very much bit 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 •n 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 had 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 in 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 p warping being brought to a termi na ti on. A t 1 p.m., having . reached the Cape (C roz i er ) , upon the south-east ern. side of which the ice was resting, therefore securing to a ridge 20 feet in height, layi ng a t i ts base, gpro ceeded with Mr. Court to it s summ i t f or t h e purpose of examining the coast line towards the S.E, a deep bay extending 30 miles in th a t di rect i on filled with ice, which was commencing to move bodily to the westward, and of a m uch less formidable character to that we had been subjected to, while what was laying along the shore was sm. ill and wid e ly d e t ac h e d , well repaid - the toil of ascent ; indeed, since rounded Cape Austen, it had lost much of its terrible aspect, which led to the inference that w s were fairly in "Barrow's" Strait, and that the main Polar pack take a direct line from the last-men tioned cape to the E.N.E., and that which fills these bays and is carried down " Barrow's" Strait is the coin paralivnly small ice which drift from its southern edge, as we have invariably remarked that there i s a decide° ay I easterly current, which impels the en?rinou n s N l b ; floes cm that course, while the lighter, influenced nfl e_ ce wind, is oftentimes setting in an opposite udirection. p r esenting This c ape (Crosier) is 25 0 feet perpendicular, among; its debris many interestinog_geological specimens. having fossili- It is composed of lime and d ferous shells imbedded, ? .1) i s e a c e s o l tions c f wood, identicatlhilwas Auarge wha island, and upon the has been met with L upon other pary ,ofides At 3.30 a.m. of the 2 3d " Primeess Royal • which entering id the left shoo , past 44 7 through the ' . out at the right fl k, droppireg him dead at 4,, feet ; they are fine animals, whore() gross weight ge 1,3301b5., and yield, after deducting offal and hunter's perquisite; 6501b5. of excellent bee, which providential supply is most opportune, as our rein - deer were expended last week. Two Esquimaux huts i 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 having, at some period long past, inhabited this coast ; we have _.........e.ea5e. now discovered traces of them upon all sides of this island ; but where are they gone, for certainly there is althouh not daylight, open water was ascertained not . one upon it at present, or why they should have to begat hand, from the dark appearance of the quitted an island so abounding throughout the entire horizon to seaward, the vessel was cast off, and ear with gam e , except, as t h e E squ i maux i nterpreter 0h standing in that di rec ti on , f oun d we had not • Y serves, there may b e a grea t p auc ity of seal s , w i t h out from been deceived ; the wind enaduring the forenoon running coming which luscious food th ey cannot ex i s t, and this may be the westward, bled our along the shore, on which still r es t e d a lisle of thin the reason, as we h ave seen very f ew. ice, rendering the entrance of what appeared three good During the month of July, the little thaw, which a harbours inaccessible; the land was much l es s rugge d, hav- temperature falling to 31 d egrees ever y n i g ht, a nd ri s i ng ing small hills gradually sloping to the beach, and large only to 39 and 42 degrees during the day could effect, valleys well calculated for the pasture land of animals, has not been much, but the water draining from the I'llo rotted the ice round the entire b a y, an d detached it but no particle of driftwood could be observed, which article has not been seen excepting the small chips near from 100 to 300 yards from the sh ore , so th a t it has. the ligneous hills since rounding Point " Kellett," or power to move, and only requires open wa ter in the the western shore. At 5.30 p.m. our course was nearly offing to allow of its going out, which joyful event we obstructed from the ice resting upon a point about two entertained hopes of realising. as upon the 10th August, miles distant ; the studding sails were taken in, some lanes of water were observed to seaward, and along almost immediately reset, as it gradually opened, al but allow- the cliffs of Bank's Land there was a clear space of six ing just sufficient space for our passage by tipping u p miles in width, extending along them as far as the eye the lower booms ; the shore shortly treading more to could reach from the north-west hills at an elevation of the southward increased our water, but snow and thick 1,000 feet ; and on thel2th, the wind which had beer.% for some ti me f ron i th e nor th wa rd veered to th e sou th , weather with night coming on rendered the land not 200 yards distant barely discernible. Most anxious, wh ich had the effect of separating the sea ice front that however, at the close of the season to embrace every of the bay entirely across the entrance; but, shortly shift opportunity of getting to some place of security our ing to the north, it closed again, and never after moved. course was conti nue d w ith eas y canvas, when, under On the 20th, th e t emperature f e ll t o 27 d egrees , w h en other circumstances we should have most assuredly the entire b a y was comp l ete l y frozen over, an d on th e secured for th e n ht , and at 7.30 m 27th to 19 de g ., so th at t h e w h o l e aspect was c h eer l ess going, went f rom ig 15 , fathoms upon a p. mu ., with the lead d bank, having in the extreme, th e young i ce b e i ng 2 inches thick, only six feet un d er the bow, indeed, the summer was and at the distance 1 0 feet so that the whol e b ay may b e safely peram b u l ate d ; from th e s t ern, only 18 inches, while the stern was in fairly gone, for the uplands five fathom s , th e stream anchor and cable were la id are all snow covered, th e w ild f owl all departed, an d out, which serv i ce was well performed by Messrs. the flowers, which g ave c h eer f ul variety to this bleak w in nse y eoquence o f th e f reshening N.W. gale and pieces pnniatt, Sainsb ury , an d C ourt, it requiring four b oats land, are all - withered. The v er y season may b e con sidered as one long sunless-day, as s i nce t h e l atter part of loose icewith snow, a coating over it s sur f ace , and which, caking " as it reached the o f Ma y that luminar y has been scarcely visible, or his water, formed so thick influence felt, upon those icy masses whi c h block 00 Bar offering such resistance, that it was scarcely possible to row's Strait entirely across ; nor do I i mag i ne t h at t h e pull through, which, with c l ear i ng the forehold and Polar Sea has broken up this season, as not a drop of warrant-officer's storeroom s , an d b ringing all the weight wa t er h as b een seen in that directi on . During Jllly, abaft the mizenaste at 10 p.p.m., y we were enabled t o h eave and the early part of August, the crew were dail em off, and brought up with both bow ers i n s i x f at h oms ployed gathering sorrel, of which there was a great quan and a half. The remainder of the night was occupied tity upon the hills in this vicinity, and eaten as a sales -, in restowing the holds, weighing the stream anchor, with vinegar or boiled, when it resembled spieace was &c., so that at daylight of the 24 th we were in perfect found a most desirable anti-scorbutic, audit great benefit readiness to move. On a view of our position we found to all, being stetisjetiftrigesiiihsel • but that hardy and that we were on the N.W. side of a large bay, whose miserable herbage coula nerisiiihstand this rigorous eastern limit bore N.E. eight miles, which we sub- summer beyond the 15th of the month. For several days sequently found formed the western point of " Bank's" the ice had been perfectly stationary, and no water Land, and running to the S.S.W. about seven visible in any direction, that along the cliffs of Bank's which was rapidly filling up with ice flowing in before land being frozen, so that I felt assured that the winter a fresh gale from the Polar Sea. Still wishing to see if had fairly se t i n , an d all hopes of any release this year any possibility remained of getting down Barrow's totallya annihilated, the young ice being five inches thick. a B n th op , under circumstances thus unfavourable, upon the Strait, we weighed, and stood as far as the ice would Having previously determined what course I should sending September I announced my intentions to the crew allow to the N.E., when, observing from the crow's-nest of half of them to England next April, with all no water in that direction, I determined to make this the officers not in charge of stores, via Baffin's Bay our winter quarters, and, having remarked upon the (taking the boat from Cape Spencer) and the Mae south side of the bank on which we had grounded a well protested bay, Mr. Court was dispatched to sound it ; kenzie, detaining the remainder with the hope of extri cating the vessel during the summer of 1853, or, failing and, shortly making the signal that there was sufficient water, we bore up, and at 7.45 a.m. we anchored in four and a half fathoms, a n d th a t n i g ht were fi rm ly frozen that, to proceed with sledges in 1854, by P or t L eopold, in, in what has since p rove d a mos t sa f e an d exce ll en t our provisions admitting of no other arran gement ; harbour, which, in gr a t e f u l remem b rance o f th e many although we had already been 12 months up on two thirds allowance, it was necessary to make p reparat i ons perils that we had during th e p assage o f th a t t err ibl e Polar sea escaped in reachi ng , we h ave name d th e for meeting 18 months more — a very severe deprive " Bay of Mercy," thus finally t erm i na ti ng thi s s h or t tion and constitutional test — but one which the ser season's operations, being actually o n ly fi ve en tir e d a y s vice we are employed upon calls for ; the vessel being as sound as the day she entered the ice, it would there under weigh. Preparations were now m a d e for hous ing in, and everything was completed, except hauling fore be discreditable to desert the ship in 1853 , when over the cloth, by October 1, which was not done, that a favourable season would run her through the Straits, and the daylight should be enjoyed as long as possible, and admit of reaching England in safety, where the success a saving in lights effected. On that day, as a precau- ful achievement of the long sought for and almost tionary measure, the crew were placed upon two-thirds hopeless discovery of the North-West Passage would be allowance of all species of provisions. Upon the 4th received with a satisfaction that will amply compensate Mr. Court was sent with a travelling party to con- for the sacrifice made, and hardships endured in its most nect our position with that visited by Lieutenant trying aid tedious accomplishment. This statement Cresswell in May last, from which we were only dis- was well received, and in its execution will, I hope, be tent 18 miles. On the 7th he returned, which service carried out without difficulty,. On the 17th, the wind completed the search round the entire coast line of this shifted to the S.S.E., and blew hard, which a few days island ; he reported open water a few miles from the earlier might have been attended with favo urable results, but now it had no effect, the ice being eight inches thick, shore, which, gradu a lly ex t en ding, reached the cliffs of Bank's Land. Upon the 6th, as with two men he was was too firm to be moved, the sails were consequently examining a few miles to the south-eastward of his tent, unbent, and preparations commenced for housing in. that detached the heavy grounded land ice from their September 24. This is the anniversary of our arrival ; base, drifting the whole party off shore to the N.W., the contrast is very remarkable ; we entered the bay fortunately being unencumbered with the sledge, they with temperature at 33 secs. and not a particle of ice in succeeded, with difficulty and by much agility, jump- it ; to-day, the thermometer stands at 2 degs. with ice ing from piece to piece in regaining the shore, and that which had never moved, and every indication of a severe evening no ice could be remarked in the Strait, the whole winter. Upon the 25th of October, closed the hatch being set into the P o l ar sea . O n th e 10th M r . S a i ns b ur y ways and housed the v e s se l over , it b ecom i ng damp and (mate), with a travelling party, went to examine an inlet, cold between decks, the vapour funnels, of which there which appeared to ru n some di s t ance t o th e S.W. f rom are five, giving a sufficient ventil a ti on , th ose over the the south side of the bay, but, upon the following day hatchways being never closed, carry off all impurities, returned, finding it e x t en d e d on ly t we l ve m il es , th e so we enjoy a clear wholesome atm os ph ere b e l ow. This , water shoaling, until it finally terminated in a large has very much contributed to the excellent preservation marsh, which, from the numerous traces of animals and of our healths, and the 26th being the second anniver wild foul, may be considered as a favourite resort during sary of our discovery of the passage, and the last that we should all be together, the oc cas i on was ce l e b rated the summer. As there appeared much game in the by a small additional allowance of p rov i s i ons an d an vicinity, and the weather continuing mild, shooting parties, under Lieutenant Cresswell, Messrs. Wynniatt, extra glass of grog, which had the effect of putting all in high spirits, so that the evening was p asse d most Court, and Piers, and the Marines, under Sergeant Woon, were established in different directions between jovially in singing and dancing. On N ovem b er S corn s th Ileted the banking up and other outside wor k, fi na ll y e 9th and 23d, so that, with what was killed from the Iship, our supply of fresh provisions on the commence- terminating cur winter arrangements upon the 18th, by ment of the winter, consisted of nine deer, 53 hares, and covering the upper deck with 18 inches of snow. The 44 ptarmigan, all in fine condition, the former having deer for the last few days hove been coming from the been from two to three inches tat. southward to their winter quarters among these ravines The weather during the winter has been much more and sand hills-90 have been suet with at one time and boisterous, but in each month several degrees more mild 40 at another, but so very wild that few have been titan was experienced in the Prince of -Wales Strait, shot. Our two seasons' experience show that these nearly a degree and a half further south, last year, animals do not migrate to the south is is generally which, in conjunction with the animals remaining in supposed, but bear the extreme rigour of th e c li ma t e numbers in this locality the entire winter, must, I sup- and exist upon the scanty herbage, chiefly the dwarf pose, be taken as a proof of its mildness, although laying willow, from off which they break the snow w ith exposed to the north-west winds, direct from the Polar their f e et, which tapping can be heard at a considerable Sea, which, upon our first being frozen in, led to the distance when the weather is calm, and frequently leads anticipation of having to encounter a severe season, to their disc every. The hares and ptarmigan have also In consequence of our favoured position, the crew were descended from the high ground to the sea ridges, so enabled to ramble over the hills almost daily in quest that a supply of game has been kept up during the of game, and their exertions happily supplied a treh winter, which has enabled a fresh meal to b e i ssue d meal of venison three times a fortnight, with the excep- twice weekly, and the usual Christmas festiviti e s t o p ass tion of about three weeks in January, when it was too off with the greatest cheerfulness ; as it was to be our l dark for shooting. The small game, such as ptarmigan last, the crew were determined to make it memorable, and hares, being scarce, were allowed to be retained and their exertions were completely successful—each by the sportsmen as private property. This healthy mess was gaily illuminated and decorated with original and exhilarating exercise kept us all well and in ex - paintings by our lower - deck artists, exhibiting the ship in her perilous positions during the transit of th e P o l ar romf voeunsipsehpauresdirnegass,tesdo,maenwd esioguhp cellent spirits during another tedious winter, so that Sea and div r e e r t s h o e t en e e r subjectsl z ; but puddings, grand fe a t ure o f on the Ist of April we had upwards of I,oo o lb. of venison hanging at the yard-arms. All wearing so the o dy hs we fair an aspect, and being desirous of visiting Winter ing l' sl • haunches • h • made of the same, with ptarmigan and sea • pies. Such Harbour, Melville Island, with the hope of meeting an , , , suchprofusion,lshould • in dainties, in the thre with whom arrangements might be made a ship's lower deck. Any stranger to have wit itthe event of any accident occurring which would render graced this could but f • the 11th nessed scene that he saw necessary to quit the ship, I proceeded on a crew which had passed with a Mr. Court (second master) and a sledge party f o r dreary regions, and thrown upwards of two years in these that port, but in consequence of thick weather h oming , . . wn entirely upon their own re sources, enjoying such excellent • on a few hours after leaving the vessel, and continuinghealth, so joyful, so unintermittingly for several days , w e did not reach t reach until happy , indeed such a mirthful circumstances would assemblage under any the 28th. Upon the 15 th we obser ved a ver y lofty cape but, in this lonely be most gratifying t o an y o ffi cer ; bearing N.E. by E. 30 miles , which I have called Queen situation, I could no t b ut f ee l d eeply Victoria in honour of her most gracio us Ma j est y (the impressed, as I co n t emp l ate d the gay and plenteous same which had been remarked last autu mn from the sight, which the many great mercies which a kind and high land near the ship), the land to the north-east beneficent Providence had extended toward s us. forms the bottom of Syddon Gulf, while that upon its March I.—The most dreary and dark time is now w estern side stretched to the N.W. in one unbroken passed, and severe and trying it has been. The cold of mountain line as far as the eye could reach. At Winter the last two months was excessive, January showing a Harbour we obtained a set of sights for the purpose of mean of 44 deg.—going 17 deg, below the corresponding testing our chronometers, which were ascertained to be period last year ; and one day . the temperature fell to going exceedingly well ; and having deposited a notice 65 deg., and for 24 hours actually averaged 62 deg. of of our visit under the same cairn that Lieutenant I should have of the th r o . doubted the correctness e m me- M'Clintock left one last year, upon a large fragment f o ter (as no former experience shows so low a register), had sandstone, bearing this inscription, viz., " His Britannic it not beenwell testedpreceding winters, when Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, Commanders Parry it onlyfell 52thetsvo independentef the glass, the feelings to deg. ;but, and Lyddon, wintered in the adjacent harbour during evidence of the extreme the gave unmistakeable the winter of 1819-20, A. Gisher, sculpsit," at 6 .entire week the tern commenced commenced our return, travelling upon fiat ice nearlyp keenness perature o f rite weather,ee above a: o fordeg., one the wind being about the entire way, accomplishing in 10 days what occupied 'w, from mer whichro quarter during both winters we 18 upon the outward trip, and reached the ship upon the have invariably felt the greatest cold. I, therefore, 9th of May, when I had the gratification of receivin a the imagine that in the interior the land must be ver y lo fty , most satisfactory reports conce rn i ng our sanitar cogndi-when the wind veers to the n orth, which is directly tion, and likewise that the supply o f venison co y ntinued off ff the Polar Sea, the glass r ises, showing the hi g h es t abundant, having 20 head of d eer on b oard. In conse- temperature when ' it is easterly. These low temperatures quence, the ration of veni son was increased to 11Ib- have caused much moisture between decks, and from thrice a week, as the crew were hard at work, clearing not being able to allow a sufficiency of firing to counter the holds, collecting and bringing off ballast ; the latter act the effect of this damp atmosphere, it has been mate a very laborious occupation, from the lax ace th riall felt bthe crew. The sick list at one period con had to search over in picking u a suffici ge ofstone to Y tl increased to nineteen five being cases of p ehcy . sequen y same ,of dropsy ; but, now happily re complete 100 tons, which was not accomplished until the scurvy, and the upon the scurvy and the surgeon's report 25th, after which we commenced • . . . watering, obtaining it duced to ten, to their general state and condi from a lake about a mile from the ship, by boring of the crew to-day, ble a a s s I could, under all circumstances through 7 feet 10 inches of ice, and cutting a reservoir tion, is as favoura d During the last month we have been to receive it : this forming a species of Artesian well, have anticip at a distance of 800 yards towards the which gave a bountiful supply, enabling the water- employed g ithrathe hope of weakening it, in the event of ing to be completed by the 13th of June, previous sea ice, w to move when the season for nevi • gate:in to the commencement of the thaw, which was a our being a ble Upon the third told the men off that were to great advantage to the crew, as it kept them dry- arrives._ ped to En land next month via Mackenzie and footed. About this time flocks of wild fowl, consisting Pr" • the a neared extreme] -n a m e s-bay , yP. , y well satisfied with of swans, geese, and all descriptions of ducks, began to es arrangement, as I explained to them my object was arrive, but finding no water, merely took a flight round the send home all who had suffered the most from the the north-west extreme of the land and returned to the steeverity of the climate, and to which another year might southward, from which it would appear that the season I rove exceedingly trying, as well • h snow Pr , is late ; indeed, the land is as much covered with of i effective men in the event of be' as in the depth of winter, nor was it until the 25ethreau , ! winter. On the 15th the ing detained another travellers went upon full al the month that any alteration took place, when es of lowance of provisions, which I .have little doubt will, streams commenced trickling dos n the sunny slels On before they are te the ice qu red to start, get them good in condi the ravines, and little ponds formed upon With one tion. 21st.—The weather has been beautiful during the the 30th s"w of the most we severe northerly gales had an entire day I ever of heavy w itnessed at so last week ; the temper a t ure, w hi c h until the 16th, cons : the Ist of tinued almost d advanced a period of the season ;and P,? its tnickness four rose to —27 d ~, ally to fall to-56 degs., on the 17th degs., the following day to —l4 degs., and July found that the ice had increased seven i feet two inches, On the 19th to plus 3 degs., which sudden and delightful inches during the last month, being both at Port Leopold , change, after tile excessive cold of the last three months a most unusual circumstance, as found a very con- • s and in the Prince of Wales Strait we of June the tern- is most . grateful. The invalids are rapidly improving, siderable decrease ; during thew month showing an average of ae majority taking a daily airing from two to three perature likewise was very of o the crew at their monthly hours. The thermometer at noon to day exposed to 31 deg. The a ppearance the sun rose to plus 40 degs., so that the extreme unfavourable report inspection elicited a morehitherto received ; evide from the , severity of the winter is over ; in fact, to the surgeon than I have of l andp- present time, April 5, the temperature daily mounte in the Yenerel . t of debility among. Is ' 1 y them, l6 the shade above zero, which, acsording to y sat expo toms decided scorbutic tendency, plainly having a in ballasting i the effect , rience is exceedingly mild, and may be considered indi of the late heavy labour _ and watering ; but ' cative o an early break up of the ice. God grant such as all our work is now on board, their gradual t i to re urn to i may be the case. On the 15th it is my intention . perfect health may be anticipated without encumbering start the parties destined to make their way to England, the sick list. On the Bth of July, Sergeant condition, I have but little Woon, of and from our good sanitary the marines, while in pursuit of under a wounded deer, unex- doubt all will safely arrive. A fatigue party, pectedly met a couple of musk bullswhich t second master, will accom i he succeeded ' the command of Mr. Court second in killing, evincing the most days, while John soldierlike coolness and pan Lieutenant Haswell for a few intrepidity during the e • trustworthy and entire transaction ; having ex- Calder, captain of the forecastle, a trustw pegged his ammunitiond with Lieutenant Cress as one of the wounded and in- zealous etty officer, will proceed and from the furiated monsters rushed Royal Islands, towards • him, he fired his worm well as far as the Princess y es of potatoes and when at a few yards, but s, on the sledge, continued his advance chocolate as can be brought evident] had reached y, however, weak from as much give an ample allowance of loss of blood, till he had reached within six feet, when which extra supply . will . the event of being detained putting his head to the round previous to his final rush, those excellent articles in • ter • To this period we hay the Sergeant, as his last fired his iron here d • the ensuing win . resource, ramrod, during I PRICE SD. 42 125% 12534 53 53%