The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The Irish potato crop is a third better than last
year.
The Duke of Saxe-Altenburg has received from the
sultan the Order r f the Osmanli In brilliants.
Galignani states that FAther Hyacinthe has finally
sbandnneil the clerical garb.
According to the Fret ch papers Dr. Nelaton has left
crrer 7,( ( 0 OWL
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The fortification of France is to be carried on a very
extensive, complete, and lasting vale.

A third death from cholera has occurred among the
crew of the Havre vesrel Rosaire, now lying in the Mersey.
The price of coal is rising in Manchester, and also in
North Lancashire.
A number of silver maps and a quantity of clothing
end other property were stolen from &ton College on Sunday
evening, while the boys were in the chspeL
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Every Paris newspaper announces it has made ar•
range sent., regardless of expanse, to publish the Bauble
Team is a "strike" among the doctors in one of
the Swiss cantons. The people are exceedingly rcjoiced, and
at last accounts all of them were In perfect health.

Sergeant Hoff, whose exploits during the siege of
Pasta have gained so much celebrity. has been appointed to
1,..he post et guardian or tie Colenue Vendome by the French

ovsesomvos.
In enumerating several railway accidents, the Pall
Mall Gazette says " Lwt Friday seems to have been a grand
" field day" with the railway companies."
The general assembly of French Freemasons has
resolved to abolish the office of gra, d master. The great
council of the united lodges la to take the supreme direction
of the order in France.
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Sir Richard Wallace bag made another gift of
25000?. to the Public Assistance of Pails, for the purchase o
winter clothing for the poor.
The Engineers strike at Sheffield, which Ime lasted
twelve weeks, was terminated on Monday by the acceptance
by the men of the offered increase of two shillings per week,
with • compromise on the question of overtime.
On Tuesday morning the Scotch limited mail ran
Into a siding at Motherwell, near Glasgow, and smashed up
• number of empty wsgwens. The stoker was killed on the
spot, and various injuries were sustained by the passengers
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At the adjourned nevi:wing meeting at Weymouth,
the magistrates refused to Morea.e the number of public-
houses, giving it as their oplukn that there were already
sufficient to meet tte requirements of the town.

It is announced that legal proceedings have been
taken agsiLat some tcbscconiets, residing in the Rue de is
Madeleine. Lyons, for emxising for male several pipes present-
ing in relief a representation of the Republic, ornamented
with the Phrygian sap, painted red.
A curious type of flint implement has been found b
the Earl of Antrim and Dr. Sinclair Holden, in certain parts
of county Antrim. These Implements are supposed to have
been used as fine saws, each having a semicircular notch
with delicately serrated edges.

A private meeting Of the Council of the Iron-
workers' Association was held on Monday at Wolverhampton.
It is stated that the South Staffordshire men will unbent.
bitingly resist the proposed reduction or wages, and will ask
for en Inspection or masters' books.
A new method of spelling, quite surpassing the pho-
netic, is proposed by a school -board enthusiast. It is as
follows :-80 you be—a tub; 80 oh ! pea—a top' be SO—bat;
see 80—Oat; pea SO—pat; are 80—rat ; see oh ! double you—
cow see you be—cub; see a bee—cab bee you double tea—
butt ; see n double ell—call.

It would seem that a great impresedon has been pro-
duced in the Austrian capital by the mutual cordiality dis-
played by the Emperor and the King of Italy, nod by the
expression 'brother and friend for ever," which occurred in
the Imperial and the Royal toasts.
A cultivator of Zurich recently met with his death
from lc cautiously handling 5 due guano while suffering from
a wound in one of LI. hands. The guano penetrated the
wound, poisoned the blood, and induced a state of suffering
which soon terminated fatally.

The Army aryl Nary Gazette learns from Aldershott
that Cspidn his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, R G., Rifle
Brigade, has expreued a desire to take up the duties of
Brigade-Major to the Ist Infantry Brigade during the tem-
porary absence on leave of Captain Robinson.
At a public meeting held in Liverpool, convened
by the Mayor, a committee was appointed for the purpose
of collecting subscriptions for the establishment of a Fine
Art Gallery in that town. The estimated cost et the pro-
posed gallery is £25,000, and five Liverpool gentlemen have
already promised contributions of £l,lOO each.
A workman in the employ of Messrs. Broadwood
and Co. the pianoforte manufacturer,, was assisting at the
Foreign Office on Sttnrday afternoon In the removal of a
pianoforte, when he fell over the baluster from the top to
the bottom of the grand staircase, and was killed instan-
taneously.

A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg, says that
hie it,yal llighnew the Duke of Edinburgh has been ap•
pointed C ,mmander ol the Second Battalion of Marines of
the Black Sea Fle,t The battalion wlil brar the name of
Itn)al Highness the Duke of Edinbnrgh'a Second Black
Boa Matinee."

Mr. David Idn.cheeon, of the well-known fleet Of
Highland steamers, has received from her Majesty a scarf pin
lot with brilliants, and a earn of money has been sent for
Oistribmi a among the crew of the Gondolier, the vessel
In which her Majes y sailed through the Caledonian Canal.

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The Birmingham Religious Education Society, com-
posed of leading snembi rs of the League, proposes to ark the
Sebool Boer to permit such la 'notary tescntr gto be given
every Triursday anti Friday moving, from eleven to noon,
the society paying a rent for the rooms Co used.

A meeting was held at Brighton on Saturday to
further the erection of a school of art and ect-nce The
cost is to be about £5,C00, and when erected It Is Intended
that the institution, with the MS of the Government grant,
shall be ealf.supp,rling Many liberal donations have been
made, and there Is a falr prospect of success.

It is now probable that the two native West Indian
regiments will be employed 'biting the Aehantees. Both
corps are officered by Et glishmen The War °lnce having
sailed for voinnteers from the Royal Engineers to lay the
railway to Coomaysie, more than fitly at once miss forward,
and twelve of them were selected, rho new uniform for use
on the expedition appears to give great satisfaction.

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A telegram from Berlin to a contemporary reports
that tiara Mundt, a renowned German authoress, who wrote
under the nom de plume or Ludic, Mdhlhach, died upon the
WM Instant, from disease of the ltver. She wee born in the
year 1814, at Nenbrandenburg, and leaves a work, 111),11 witch
she was busily engag-d, entitled " Von liOnlggiatz na,ll
Chlslehurst," in an unitot.hed state.

The Manchester School Board have resolved to issue
a preropt upon tue City Council for E 1,5,0. It Ives resolved
to communicate to the Education Department the Board's
opinion that, to save expense to the ratepai ere, it was de-
sirable that the election of the new Board should be as
nearly as pmible coinalknt with the municipal elections.

"The Parisians, ever eager for a change, and having
elhau4,,il the novelty of esti, horses and mules, have taken
to buffa,o flesh ; 170 live buffalo s from Salonica, on their
arrival In Paris, were at once sold to the garrison botcher&
The mast does not smell of musk, and very much resemble.
hard beet, and Is • Id. to ltd. • ball kilo olteapor."
Grapkto.

isvailug

There are more than .ixty 'morning aad:
newspapers publisteal In PAIL
The.Dolgellv cho Plard have three erne/
er., • • flolt to me, 4.,:n.m at a mouth!, mails&

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Ssvon hundred p rsons are reported to -h. stricken
by the epidemic M yellow tem/ M Shrimped, LOdfiNli&
Sir Samoa and Lady Baker left Alexanclii...,” runt-
day for England.
Private advices from the Gold Coast, dating as late
as September 7, report that the sanitary condition at Cape
Coast Castle was still bad, and that stores were urgently
needed.

Earl de la Warr hag entertained a large number of
the tensatry on his Cambeidgeobire estatea on the (wades
of hit visit to his ancient family residence In that county.
The Khivan Expedition is estimated to have cost
Ru•als 4.500,000.

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Gambling•honses have been closed in Madrid by a
decree of the new Governor, Senor Perfume.

The Sheffi.ki Town Council are propoeing to spew]
£2,000.000 upon street improvements.
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Anew air-line railroad ia in contemplation between
Baltimore and Philadelphia

There were 88 deaths from cholera in Paris last
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week, end liii -des—thi-liTii; Pre—villa- -wee—lir

The goods guards and 'hunters on the Great
Northern Railway have resolved to apply to the dlractors tor
• reduction in their hours of labour.

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Geneva is to have a new park. The authorities
have purchased the fine property of cropettee, which Is
beautifully situated on the wooded slope on thenortb side of
the city at 11 onttortilant.

"Another railway accident. It - might be more
appropriate If, when nothing of the kind occurred on any
day, we wed a note of exclamation to express Lupin at our
esc.pe."—Daiiy TelegrapA.

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The custodian of what has been essrfbaldra straw-
stuffed bed In Ischia was heard to matter, on seeing • lady
carrying away a few straws as a relic, "They will dolt ; rye
stuffed It Mx time. already Mace the general left."

The number of summonses taken out at the West.
minder Pollee-court against parents for neglecting to seed
their children to school has been no numeroua of late sa to
Interfere with the ordinary business of the court. Oa one
day last week there were no less than 67, and the average is
stated to be about 20 a day.

A Washington telegram states that the Anglo-
American Commission has concluded its work, having dh
allowed all the American claims, and awarded 2800,000 dole,
to the British claimants.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prinee and Princess of
Wales will leave Abergeldie for the south about the 111th of
October. On their way they will pay several Thad
The Imparcial states that new silver mime, yielding
90 per cent, of pure metal, had been discovered in the
neighbourhood of Coplapo in Chill, and have attracted a great
influx of fortune-bunters.
The widow of the gallant commander who refused to
give up Vincennes to the Allies in 11114 la expected al P6ri-
gueux for the inauguration of her husband's statue. The
lady's age is 84.
The transit revenue of the Stirs Canal Company
in the first ten days of September was, in round
figures,
fd,ooo, and in the second ten days L 18,450, theata
sum being derived from the passage of 24 ships.
TM statement which has obteinedcurreucy inseverel
of the metropolitan Journals, that • meeting of osalfastda
In the Wrexham and Rusbon district had taken piaos, ii
which a resolution was pissed advancing the price of opal Is,
per ton, la contradicted on the part at lead of some of the
largest colliery firms in the limbon district.
A memorial, signed by sixty of the principal inhabit-
ants of Cambridge, was presented to the Licensing Mafia
Mates on Monday, praying that the hour for dosing public
houses be eleven instead of twelve o'clock p.m., as tibia
been for the past twelve months. The bench, after a long
discussion, decided not to alter the ending arrangement.
Rome le particularly jubilant at the fraternal rela-
tions which have so suodenly sprung up between Italy and
the two German Powers, the event was celebrated on Sun-
day night by a demonstration in the Plana Colons., during
I which the German, Austrian, and Italian national hymns
were played.
The notice-board at the Bow-street police station, in
London, records no fewer than ten cues of "found deed*
within the lest five days. This melancholy list Is made up
of three females and seven male., and, with the exception of
I two cues, they were all described as "unknown, and as
marks."

Lest year there were 1,455 coroners' inquests en
suicide or self-murder-1,067 men and 398 women. Acme&
bag to °field tables recently Issued there were last year 749
case, of attempted suicide, or one to 31,181 of the estimated
population. In the metropolis there were 406 eases.
Wednesday (Oct. 1) was strictly observed as a fad
by the Jews, according to the commandment in Levifises
xxlll., 27. On Tuesday evening the mnagognes of Loadve
were attended by crowds of wonhippers clothed In the Tall*
or scarf of prayer, the more ceremonious of whom removed
their shoes from their feet to signify that the spot whereon
they stood was holy ground.
Turnpike/ are getting fewer year by year, but we are
as yet far from being rid of them The Local Government
Board have issued a return for 1871, showing 768 turnpike
trusts in England and Wales. with an income amounting to
3.830 743. The expenditure was still larger. At the end of
the year the amount of debt exceeded 2/ million, sterling,
besides £307,000 unpaid interest. But the treasurers load
balances to hand exceeding £220,000 in the sggregate.
A mighty windfall has just dropped into the coffers
of the Armenian Church, Calculi.. It appears that a few
months back a native lamoroker called on the wardens, and
' told them he knew of a large sum of money bequeathed to
their church that was lying uncialmedl, ft they would give
him one-fourth of the amount, be would assist them in re.
covering the legacy. The wardens, however, succeeded in
recovering it without his aid for themselves, and thus gained
possesaion of 170,000 rayon.
Lewes Second Sheep Fair was held on Monday,
Rather over the average number of sheep were penned. The
quality were not equal to last week's fair, and pricer ruled
lower accordbigly. Business coromenced briskly and males
were effected as good prices, but towards mid-day buyers
were less eager, and for some time very little was done.
Ultimately seller, gave way a little, and a good number
changed hands. The highest for lambs, was 41a, ewes, 601.,
second wethers, Ms., rams, 10 to 15 guineas. Store stock
was offered at easier rates, and was in excess of the demand
Very few hones, chiefly poor, but very dew.
On Monday morning a serious boiler explonke oo
carved at the Great Western Cotton Works, Belated Ides
boiler 11 00 the tubular principle, and ins of the tuba sad.
den], exploded with a loud report, last before breakteell
time. A stoker named Osborne was attending to the fire as
the time, and was so fearfully scalded and otherwise htjazed
that he died soon after his admon to time inAsuisry. The
engineer of the works, Mr. Hurst, was also scolded, but not
seriously. The reuse of the accident he not known. The
decea.ed was • married man and leaves several children.
Anlinquiry has been held at Weed-green Tampa:tine&
deatn of Richard Jordan. The de ceased eosin the employment
of the Alexandra Palace Company as night watchman. Oaths
day of the fire he was seen near the orgsn, with a pall of wet*
in his hand. Shortly afterward• the dome fell in, after whisk
he was not seen. Human remains were discovered a few daps
ago near the spot, together with a bunch of keys. Mr bison,
the Secretary, f 'entitled the keys as those lotruated to lords*
The jury found that the remains produced were thole of
Richard Jordan, who died through suffocation.
The Times, on Monday, in its second edition, pubs
lished the following telegram, undated, from a correspondent
at Kingston i—ti The British frigate Niche has bombarded
Omoa, Honduras, became tritish subjects had been Impel-
woad, the flag Insulted, the Consulate gutted, and British
warehouses sacked. The authorities were obstinate. The
Niobe being challenged, the bombardment Ida a necessity.
The prisoners were delivered, and compensation has been
guaranteed. The honour of England has been maintained."
A Conservative indignation meeting was held at
Blackburn on Monday night for the purpose of protesting
against the wholesale objections sent out by the Radicals.
It was stated that the objections numbered 6,175. A reads.
tien protesting against the coodect of the Radicals was
carried, and also • motion pledging those at the meeting to
appear in the Revision Court to meet the oblection&
The lacemakers of Nottingham, numbering nearly
one thousand, have been on strike now eight weeks, and
there are m yet no signs of settlement. The dispute Is sir to
whether the men shall receive be. instead of, as now, Is, 44.
per day during the making of alterations. The mayor IMO.
posed, and the men consented to • settlement by abed el
arbitration of men and masters of their own deputment,bel
the latter insist on submitting the question to the existing
board, which consists of all sections of the trade. This
slight difference., to the mode of procedure is keeping idle
one thousand men and more than double that number of
women and children whose labour depends on them.
On the 4th of September two Lyons washerwomen
hung out at their windows to dry a couple of red petUcosts.
They were prosecuted on the ground of having displayed
't sedition' emblems, and on Saturday were tried before Ms
Tribunal of Correctional Pollee. the issue raised was
whether the red petticoats were to be considered as nage or
as petticoats merely. The court, after • long dellbeention,
could not agree on this knotty point, and the women were
committed to take their trial at the Assizes, when this petit•
coat question will be decided by a jury.
Mr. Disraeli's visit to Glasgow will take place In
November. Ills address as Lord Rector of the University
will be delivered on Wednesday, the 19th, a fortnight ale
the opening of tho winter session of the College. In the
course of his visit the ex-Premier will be entertained to a
grand banqnet either in the City Hall or in the Corporation
Galleries, and he has also been invited to present the presto
the students at the Athezream.
About 7,000 sheep, chiefly Darset horns, were peen
lied at the sound Ponndbury fair on Monday. The hlgi
twice realized for Dorset ewes was 741. per bead—abed is.
less titan that at the corresponding t4ir last year. Ti.,
general run of ewes ranged from 50s. to 695. p.r head; hore
wetherr, from 50s. to 51s. 61. Sat.hdown ewes sold Nadi*
at 615., snd wethers at his, to 615. ; horn lambs made 38s. to
375. 6J, Sales were not so *Mk as usual, the attendance of
dealers being smaller, but the fair was cleared at two o'clock.
The Rev. Stephen Gladstone, eon of the NM
Minister, preached the harvest thanksgiving sermon at
Thurgoland, on Tuesday. He spoke of the present angst
cedented wealth and prosperity. fibs country, and said that,
although he saw nothing he could disapprove of In 0110 lOW
earnings of working men, still It was necessary they should b•
warned against temptation to luxury, seitindultense, Ind
extravagance.
"On the occasion of the late pilgrimage to Pimple.
Mould uo fewer than 8,000 pilgrims helped themselves to a
twig from the small thicket of not trees surrouuding the
statue of the 'Blessed' A gendarme dationed to keep guard
over these trees permitted moderate thefts. but set his nee
against the abstraction of what might be called gened gird
trees *tended for distribution among ilarge family. A Malt
wart pligrlmess, probably blessed with many devout relation,
went so far an to climb up one of the largest nudes, orair
, deaf to the entreaties of the gendarme, who conjured her to
descend, bore away a branch of no ordinary dimensions.
After the deportees of this pious nutting party, the thicket*
which 'shoe Marla AlaCoque dreennd and prayed was as bare
, of leave. within Mx tent of the ground as if aflid of goals
had W,eien toned into is. "—Conic Journal.
At Hy the, on Monday a Martell° tower was blows
; up with a charge of 150Ibr. of Walton Abbey gan-cottoe.
. The experiment was made by Royal Regimen, to astertda
whether three-fourths of the charge used at Hastings winSi
a similar structure would demolish the tower. T is it nld
to do, arid only threw the walls out of the permnelinists
' making seven rot Le in the masonry. Wet cotton was they
placed ound In half.pounds, with dry primers, and Arad bi
' electricity 150 yards distant. The expl .sion was heard dia-
Monti y ten miles off.
The funeral of the Rev. Dr. Sale, who has been vicar
of 'Plata i for 21 years, and who had died very sudden*,
was eolemized in that town last Friday. Not only wain I
' attended by the clergy in the She Meld tura' deanery, but 57
almost all the Dimptiting minister. In the town and PeliP
' bourhood, by the Corporation of [Duffield, and by 111051 of
11l
public bodies. The funeral cortege consisted of upwards of
I 100 carriages, and there were many who walked on foot.
liusinees wes entirely suspended during the time the cortege
t was passing through the town, endue intik was allowed, o
I pass along the principal streets. There has not been such
funeral In Sheffield since that of the poet Montgomery. It
is
not vet known who will be Dr. Sale's auccemor. The Mktg
to a valuable one, and it has the patronage of many of its
Sheffield churches.
Monsignor Cape', preaching on Sunday night at
Stockport, told his hearers that it was only Catholicher
which kept the Trish loyal to England. Fenianiam had 105
root deeper than people thought. How bad it been rip
pressed in this country and in Ireland? They need not think
It was by any edict from the Houses of Parliament, or char
Ii
had been the result of in y•puolic opinion surrinnillne RON
who had bound themselves by solemn oath. It had been de.
stroyed by the action of the Church Catholic upon her own
children. She excommunicated those who had bound theme
selves by oath to any secret society, and she tied up thlt
hands of her priests to nrevont them absolving any ma or
womsn who doe aced that they were mixed op with Feohn
id.. The great ocuonl of toe Criatch of God that last as
sembled even produced a new edict condemning such 1.334
societies. It was icy the consciences of the Catholle=
by reminding the members f their Church that all a
t was of God, and by pointing oat to them the duty of obet
' dience, that that which Windowed to ills Wale of a 1617
pave kind to Ibis mike was supprersd.

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ENGLISH AND SWEDISH POLAR
EXPEDITIONS.
will be recollected that the serew-steamer Diana, be-
ing to Mr. Lomond, was chartered for a Polar Piped'.
by Mr il L. smith, of London, .cl , hat she sailed from
se in May last The vessel ratueoed to Delude,' on
morning, somewhat earlier than was anticipated.
eh and the par, y who accompallect him are all well,
. no accident of any cousegnence occurred on the voyage,
narks I A,. Nears, from whom we take the following account
:the voyage :
The Diana left Dundee on the 10th of May lad,
ving on board Mr. B. L. Smith, the head of the ex-
ition ; the Rev. A. E. Eaton, naturalist; Mr. li,
Chermside, R.E.; Mr. R. E. Potter, eon of Mr.
Her, M.P. ; Captain Fairweather, and a crew of 21
oda Nothing eventful oecorred on the voyage out,
d the ice woo reached to the eastwszi of Jan Mayen
land. Along the ice edgo A passage was forced till
t 75. There the ship got into an open sea. A few
ale were encountered. About 79.30 there is ttsually
Large hay of water, but the ship was unable to pens.
rote in that direction. Intimately, in consequence of
heavy gale, the Diana was obliged to seek one of the
arbours no the Spitzbergen coast, and on the 7th of
one got into King's Bay. It may be stated that the
iions had an a tender Mr. Smith's own sailing yacht,
ae Samson, which carried Cont,, provisions, &c., and
no rendezvous for the meeting of the vessels was
:obbe Bay. Finding the Samson bad not arrived, Mr.
rah proceeded in the direction of Almell Bay. On
1 way a smack was spoken, and she communicated
intelligence that the Sweetish expedition was lying
et in the Bay. Mr. Smith hail always been of
,nion that in this locality the missing squadron would
found, as may be seen from the letter he addressed
The Times in the course of last vrinter. Mr. Smith '
• anxious to get to the expedition with all possible
, and immediately the Diana was put under full
a. Soon the Swedes were descried, and when
observe'! the Diana bearing down upon them with
ler flags flying they ran along the ice to met her.
Swedish vessels were lying close inshore, and be- :
en them and the Diana there was about 4 miles of '
floe, in many placed 7 feet thick. The unfortunate
orers were soon on board the Diana, and the
'cent they experienced from Mr. Smith excited
deepest thankfulness. The situation of Mosel'
is such that no one would select it for anchorage,
t under circumstances of necessity, and this was
• the predicament in which the Swedes had been
Of late years this hardy race have been ex-
ri zealous in their exploration of Spitzbergen
the l'olar seas around it, and recently there have
n four expeditions. From their observations chiefly
beet charts of Spitzbergen have been prepared, and
: have also more than anybody else provided the
ns for the classification of the fauna and flora of
, country, and contributed much towards the deter-
nation of the geological and physical features of
it land and sea. The present expedition was
ailed by Professor Nordenskiold, and was supported
the Government, Arrangements were made for
le expedition leaving Sweden in the summer of
-2, and it was a part of the plan that dredging
the collection of specimens of various kinds
dil be prosecuted during the northward journey,
or other of the Seven Islands being selected
winter quarter,. The vessels engaged on the vas -
,e were the Polhteni as, iron screw steamer of 200 tons,
le Government sailnig brig aladan, and a Gothenburg
earner which was designed to transport stores and
Drimions. By the non-arrival of this latter vessel the
aedition was delayed at Fairhaven in August last.
e chip, however, arrived on the Ist of September,
the Professor, being desirous to get north, left
haven. Mosel( Bay, the first point of cbstination,
, reached on the 6th, and the following day the
madron got beset, Finding that it was impossible to
t out of the position in which they were placed, it
' resolved to set about the preparation of winter
'ere without delay. A large wooden house was
~ and an observatory was set up. The crews of
other two vessels lived on board the iron steamer.
ere were two observatories, containing small transit
truments, sextants. artificial boric no. &c., an an-
rattle for observing atmospheric electricity, a Thom.
's electrometer, a magnetometer, indicating the
I and vertical forces and the intensity of the
..... current. Observations with the latter Matra-
air and tidal observations were hourly taken, and
the lot and sth of each month every five minutes,
correspond with those at Stockholm. the party
• in complete darkness In November exceiit
light was obtained from the aurora and the
a. Severe and continuous gales were experienced,
except in the Bay, there wan open water during
whole of November, awl for many days in De-
aber. But for the darkness, there was nothing to
event the vessels proceeding homwards. By the enil
the month the new ire began to form, and the cold
'rne excessive. The crew, which consisted of sixty
I, had been on half rations during the winter,
for the help afforded by Mr. Smith they
deeply grateful. At the end of April a large
,ing party started north, the int ntion being to
as near the pole an possible. Four boats were
men to Hinloper Straits, and as soon as the party got
es the passage two were left on the north s de,
made their way to Parry's Island, crossiog from
North Cape on the ice. The whole extent of the
, from the northward was so hummocky I hat the idea
an ext nsive journey in that direction was out of
ae question. Leaving a boat at Phipps bland, they
' across the land floe to the north-east land.

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Several points of importance being settled by obeerva-
lion, the journey to the eastward was continued.
Off the land patches of open water, also reindeer and
bears, were seen along the north coast, but the opera-
tions of the party were considerably hampered by
the fact that they lost a herd of reindeer which
they had taken with them. From this most eastern
point they took inland- scram the country and suc-
ceeded in making their way over Hinlopen Straits.
Thence they travelled by Shoal Point, where they left
two boats, and then made the passage to Verleger
Hook, twelve miles from Mosel' Bay. This may be
considered a eery memorable expedition. The exact
distance travelled is not known, but the party, which
only numbered about a dozen, had to encounter very
assigns weather, and were actually sway from the chip
for sixty days, Before Mr. Smith left the Swedish
vessel it was found that the previsions they bad prei
served would, In all probability last till the ice broke
up. On the 30th of June the ice broke. and the brigs
patine at once bore up for home, the Politeen going in
searciii of the boat and other things she had lost. The
vepaige of the Diana my be briefly Hummed up as
follows : A &accession of gales was experienced,
the weather on almost all occasions when the ship
was in the open sea being such that, al-
though there was complete apparatus for sounding,
deep-sea temperatures, itc., not nearly what was
&tended has been accomplished. ()wing to the un- '
favourable nature of the ice, little in the way of ex-
ploration has been practicable. The time had, how-
ever, been very fully occupied in dredging, trawling,
photography, surveying, and making as perfect collec-
tions as circumstances permitted of the flora of Spitz-
bergen. Specimens of rare birds have been secured
and entomological collections made—probably the first
of any value. The collections of marine plants and
animals are likely to prove especially interesting, and
It has been discovered among other things that some
parts of these seas hitherto reported as almoet destitute
of futh abound in cod of excellent quality. In the way
of geology everything possible was done in the parts
unexplored by the Swedes, and numerous specimens of
fossils have been brought back from the hitherto
unvisited parts of the coast on the north-east
land. From the appearance of open water seen in
the expedition beyor d Cape Platen, and also reported
by the Swedes as exieting—ascertainel during their
sledge journey—it seems to be by no means certain that
the route further northward, which, on the Diana
leaving England it was hoped to reach, does not exist,
and the question still remains open—were it possible
to reach this early in the season—whether a means of
reaching a higher latitude to the north-east of Spitz-
bergen is not available. Mr. Smith has ascertained
that the North Cape is situated on an island separated
by • sound from the mainland, and to this extent a
knotty p tint has been determine I. The expeiliti en
never got beyond 81, while Mr. Smith in his expedition
of 1871 got to 81.24. Ile states that the Diana behaved
admirably, but he did not realise his anticipations as
to the advantage which would be achieved by the sub-
stitution of steam for sailing power.

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