The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-12 00:00:00

THE FXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1849.

Da PAMtog to the Wfir2 of the Fury he pitied cep iia
threads, and same back to the slip Her an absence of Mu*
weeks, hub, Pea ebs dey's *origins remaining. This
pony maw emu roam seals and lots of bean, but had no
time toe open or pursuit.
The third party, under Lieut. Barnard, consisted of him.
self, Dr. Anderson, and four mac (Investigator). They pro.
seeded to the north shore of Barrow's Straits as fee as Cape
Hurd. • fatigue party wrier Mr. Creswell (mate of fame
*peter) accompanied Mr. Barnard as tar as Leopold Island,
When they bivouacked for the aigtt. They endeavour+ dto
proems supply of fowl fee the sick, bat did sot succeed.
This par+y witness.d • very natural, and at the same time
as easy needed dement from a height of about 700 feet. •
bear squatted himself down an his hems, slid from leep
bottom at railway speed, steadying himself with great bags
meat by big paws is his rapid dement.
Lieut. Barnard fixed a hue= and notices at Cape Italds
sad then used to pub up a short distanas to the west
slug the shore ; bat as the weather was very bad, the mail
blowing very strong, and having only &week's providers.
they wen compelled to return at tin end of six days.
• fourth party, consisting of four men ander Lieut. Brown
(Enterprise) and a fatigue party, composed of Mr. Court
(seemed master)) and four seamen, accompanying them about
10 miles, set off in an easterly Caudal, MOM the lee, Irma
Me eastern mauloo shore of Prince Regent's Inlet.
They were absent seven days, and had exhausted all their
peonsfoas we. they returned. They bad very bad weather,
lethal that no nteervatioas could betaken, sad were obliged
to steer by compass (Captain Catotes). The sun was only
visible twice, yrest before midnight Lad jut before morning.
They went armee to a place celled the Peak, a remarkable
peaked hill in Pam's Mart. Hen they erected a cairn as
testespienoulp as possible, and made the nasal deposits. On
the sea out they found a remarkable difference as oom•
=with the west coast. Oa lifting the stance on the
most they fatted assail qualities of water. Half way
across the inlet the lee was neriectly smooth ; bat towards the
eastern shore the lea got so exceedingly rough and "hum-
mocky." that Mr. Brown was obliged to leave the sledges
abort seven MINS off sh in, and picked thus up again on his
return, after they erected the cairn, ere. la the passage back
they tuffaed from the swow-drilt, sad the tomparatare was
down to 12 below zero. They saw a dock of gulls, and se-
veral bear tracks, during their 4 spedition. During one night,
or day rather, a bear must have passed close to tear resting.
plus, do his tuck was fresh on the mow Round the teat when
the party awoke.
Sir Junes Ross returned to the ship ca the 23rd June, in
the middle of the night, with only one day's provisions life
They in re most glad to see him safe again, and all bands
cheered heartily from both ships sells neared them. Captain
Bird was beginning to be anxious about his worthy chief,
and a party was ordered to be got ready to premed to meet
him the day following, bad be sot returned. As it ass, a
detachment was sent out to hie relief ea his appearing in
sight. The gallant officer returned the same way he Went.
A little time was now devoted to rest, relaxation, and du
toilet, and as soon MUNI parties bad sufficiently recovered
the cutting of the canal was eotamenced, the ships having in
the mesa time been caulked sad refitted.
The preens cf cutting through the ice was a most arduous
ore. The libe bavieg been marked out by the officers,
16 fist and 18 feet ice saws were set to work with triangles,
and eat on an average 200 feet in a day ; foe saws, and
sometimes sin saws being employed at once, the ice being
from three feet to five feet thick.
The ships first 'Loved alittle down the canal about the Bth
August, and the,, watching and seising every opportunity,
they gradually got down to the entrance ; the ice in the inlet
having receded emedderably from the harbour, created a
little motion, which assisted in some degree in breaking
ep the it, at the entrance of the harbour. On the 28th the
snips got in open water, and stood out to the northward
with the intention al going to Melville Island (as we have
before stated) till the let of September, when on the momiug
watch of that day, thisk weather prevailing, and the wind
blowing hard, the ice gradually filled in all round, and
finally encircled both ship—first the Enterprise, then the
lanstigator, in spite of all her efforts to keep out. She at
test took up •b. rib as near as she could to her consort, at
about a mile. All communication was ken eat off, exc. pt
by signal, and from this time the ships drifted perfectly
heirless, until the 26th September, when they cleared the
pack off Pond's Bay, having drifted about 240 miles. The
aspect was *deed cheerless as they gradually spproached the
western shore of Beffin's Bay, a cast which has proved fatal
to so away whalers. On r.e 24th they bad a strati breeze,
sad on Me 26th open water was observed at a distance of
alma dsu at mix miles, and as soon lathe ice split ay sail was
made spas both ships, and on the forenoon of the 26th, after
crashing through the ice for about 36 hours, they succeeded
in getting quite clear. The ships now stood right seems to
the eastern shore of Baffin's Bay for the purpose of clearing
the middle ice, and first saw the land October 3, which was
the coast of Grit+ eland. called Sanderson's Hope, near Up•
pernavitk. With *filing winds and thick weather, the
snips now made the beat of their way southward, passing an
immense multitude of gigantic icebergs, varying from 100 to
300 feet high, and from a quarter to half a mile in length.
These tremendous bergs often cams between and threat-
ened the stips with destruction, and were a source of per.
petual harass, often eliciting much apprehention from their
c,lour, or rather their colourless appearance. It wu ba-
thed, a teak of no ceiling skill and ability sometimes to
steer clear of 'but. On tee 25th the two ships first coin•
municatad since they began to drift, and now joyfully
exchanged elt eis of congratulation at their narrow
escape. On the 18th they rounded Cape Farewell,
and from thence had a good pump with strong
westerly gales, till they made the Orkneys on the 29th ult.
act' Scarborough the 3rd November. On Sunday, the 4th,
they got a pilot, fresh beef, and vegetables—a great treat to
all on board—and picked up this steamer off Lowestoft@ on
Tcureday night, when from that time to Saturday they were
employed is dragging (they cannot tow) the Enterprise te
Puniest and the lemetigator to Woolwich, the latter reach-
ing Woolwich in the afternoon, and the former having been
towed up yesterday morning.
In the course of the voyage there were shot three bears,
two or three reale, many swans, geese, and ducks, and more
than 3,000 looms.
The Tussle will be inspected this day by Commodore
Eden.

STATIONERS AND BTANPB.—Up to the 10th of
October last any one hating • stamp seller's home scald
buy at the proper dile. at Somerset-house any amount el
stamps, from U. worth upwards, end receive (the stamps
being always paid on the spot) a discount of 71 per Nat.
upon recaps end 4j upon bill stamps. On the 10th of
October a new regulation came into force, under which MSS
less than 301. north of stamps con be bought at the ease,
and the allowance upon receipt stamps is reduced to 11 per
cent., while that upon bill stamps remains as before. In
ausequenee of this change a large number of stamp dealers
save dirsontinued Vs, oar of receipt stamps, end the public
have been put to considerable inconvenience. It is
easy to understand why the allowance on receipt should
be larger than on bill stamps. The majority of re-
ceipt stamps are of much smaller amount; the money
upended upon them is logger is being return d to the
dealers; the sale of them requires more time and trouble.
Practically the 71 per mat. left but a small profit to the
seller. la say purchase be might make he would be allowed
6 per sent. fur east, so that, in feet, the entire margin loft
Sur tredisg profit on the ale of stamps was 2j per mint.
This, however, wee sallicient to compensate for trouble, and
they were kept for the convenience of customers. The
Ssamptiffice, or more probably the Stationer's officio, seems
to have takes up the opinion that, for the future, shop-
keepers will he glad, for the convenience of their customers,
to sell stasepswithout say profit, or even at a be.. Ti.
shopkeepers see so more nation for laying out their money
on stamps sad selling them without a profit, than for
Belling note paper, or suing-wax, or pens, or ink, without
a profit; many of them here, therefore, ceased to sell stamps.
The nonsity of writing up " Liceased to sell stamps, '
and going for stamps to Sowerset-houv, and paying
ready money for them, whilst travellers call to alien his
orders for other articles, and they are sent home, end he boa
credit for them, makes no difference in favour of stamps.
The stationer does aot keep big shop open be the husesr of
dealing with Somereetthouse. His business as a id=
is to make a profit on everything ha sails ; and the
donne of Stamps and Taus have no mows light to imps*
that he will vend their gouda gratuitously, then Mardis and
Co. have that he should sell their patent or Arnold
his ink gratuitously. It is, doubtleas, for the advan-
tage that all public banners shall be as Amply as
poseible ; but there is no reason that the pmegal public
should expect a particular section of tie pats to do
say work for them, however email, fee **Mtog. Bat
this attempt to have stamps sold gralhitualy, or, in
fact, at a lost to the seller, for it uses to that, must
—it persevered in—work its own cure. Every difficulty
thrown In the way of getting a receipt stamp is a pre-
mium upon such ingenuity and mutual osofidence as may
avoid their use. And no doubt the ingenuity and confidence
will get themselves to work soon and busily. Stamps are
not • necessity of honest bonnets—they are a hindrance to
it ; and it is by so masse impriasib:e, and that too in almost
every rose without risk, to do without them. Customers
will become cutest to see their aeounts marked " paid" in
the shopkeeper's books, in proems of a witness: and a wit-
tiest can Lko the place of a stamp in a thousand instances.
Then is nothing people are so unwilling. to undertake es
trouble. If there be any trouble in procuring receipt
they wiliest their wits to work do with them, sad erre%
✓isk. It is not to be expected that grocers, henna, drapers,
bakers, and iron mourns, will keep • 301. stalk of gossip
stamps in their desks, and be content with 11 pee mats
for their mossy, whilst they might nuke lb of it.
Shopkeepers will sot sell stamps for the Mistiest of h—
and if people cannot have them for use just as they want
them and near at hand, they will manage to do witheatthem.
We do aot believe that math • poor attempt at auks will be
persevered in after the feats really become known to soy
member el the govethineat. Whoeverievestsd the idea of
getting stamps sold for nothing but the mere suasoment of
sallies them, will, or we are griov.ussy asiseshen, Ise that
eves • single gutter villainy a greater teduedeaetrinewee
am receipt stamps than he our ululated ea saving from
the Matsuda& of the per outage to the dealer. A real re-
form is the matter of receipt stamps that would at ones be
an increase of protection and of revenue it Is sot Lamle to
make. Let every neap up to, my 20e., males a pommy
stamp, sad add mother peony for every additiosal I0L;
stamped receipts would then be unineselly used, eve* it
stead of the commas receipt at fort of small accounts. But
the proem attempt to deprive the dealer in stamps of tie
fair profit of that brush of trade is hot • Stamp ten rano,
het an their, sad is not each a aeries as finentsial Mermen
either look to or will manias.— Weskip Chronicle.

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Tae EIPELLID WINLITAN MINISTZIL—A meet-
ing of dm Meads of the Bay. IL sue. Evora, Griffith, and
Done, was held at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on Friday
evening, whin resolutions amdentnatury of the rowdier
of the conference la the mum of them gentians. was
anted swam*.