The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-10 00:00:00

NEW POLAR EXPEDITION.

The Hecht is to be prepared for Captain Parry early in
the ensuing spring, and in that vessel he is to proceed to
" Cloven Cliff'," in Spitzbergen, latitude 79. 52. (or about
six hundred miles from the Pole), which he is expected to
reach about the end of May. From this point he will de-
part with two vessels which are capable of being used as
boats or sledges, as water or ice is found to prevail. They
are to be built of light, tough, and flexible materials, with
coverings of leatber and oil-cloth, the latter convertible into
sails. Two officers and ten men are to be appointed to
each, with provisions for 92 days, which, if they only tra-
velled, on the average, 13 milts per day, and met no insur-
mountable obstacle, would be sufficient to reach the long-
desired Pole, and to return to Cloven Cliff. Dogs or rein-
deer (the former preferable for drawing the sledges, when
nee( scary, but the latter better for food, in case of accident
or detention) are to he taken on the expeditizin. It is anti-
cipated that fish may he met with to feed either animals.
Captain Parry himself is sanguine of .access, as the water
is generally quite smooth. The summer temperature is
far from being severe; there is perpetual light, with the
sun continually above the horizon, and he knows from ex-
perience that the men on such occasions are always very
healthy. During his absence, the boats of the ship are to
be engaged in exploring the eastern side of Spitzbergen ;
and the officers and men of science in making philosophi-
cal experiments with the pendulum, on magnetism and
meteorology, in natural history, &c. The reward of suc-
cess, besides the personal glory and general advantage at-
tending the exploit, will be 6,000%
On this subject Captain Weddell has published a small
but extremely important pamphlet, bearing upon all the
interesting points connected with expeditions to the North
and South Poles. He maintains the probability of the
Polar regions being temperate, not only in consequence of
the actual presence of the sun for several months, but also
in consequence of the properties of matter at and about the
Pole. lie observes :
" There are only two states of the Polar Regions which seem to
afford a hope of their being accessible. The first anti most flatter-
ing supposition is that of the extremities of the globe being clear of
land, and having a clear expanse of ocean reaching from the Polar
Circle, some degrees towards the equator anti the other state is that
of having land immediately about the Poles, consisting of matter
capable of retaining through the winter part of the caloric absorbed
during summer.
" As we know of co land nearer to the South Pole than 20; de-
grees of latitude, or 1230 miles, and as I have ascertained that
within 1155 miles these is neither field-ice, nor land, the supposition
that the South Pole may be covered with an expanse of water is at
least probable."
Captain Weddell seems to attach considerable regard to St.
Pierre's idea of the annual melting of the polar ices; though in-
sufficient to account for his fanciful theory of the tides being occa-
sioned by that increase of the waters of the ocean. Ile adds—
" I am inclined to bazard an opinion, that the effects of the sun,
as caused by his alterna:e presence and absence on the two simple
elements of earth and water, will be periodically the same. Water
unconnected with land will undergo no greater conversion into ice
during the absence of. the sun than can be again destroyed by his
prurience. No part of visible matter exhibits a tendency to progress
its any one state indefinitely."
It seems probable that Captain King may have more easy scce.s
to the South Pcle than can possibly be had to the North ; for Cap-
tain IVeticiell points out to us—
" By a glance at the map of the polar parts of the two hemi-
spheres, it will be seen how many more points of access there are to
the South Pole than to that of the North. The only openings to
the northern polar regions are by littering's Straits, and by the
Spitsbergen Sen., forming together not more than one-ninth of the
circle of the 70th degree of latitude.
" The Antarctic Regions are differently circumstanced ns regards
land, for we know of none to the south of 69. k : and that is reported
to be an island of small extent, and Is proliably a part of the Ar-
chipelago of South Shetland.
•• The difficulties attendant on the navigation of the Antarctic
Sea, so far as I have seen, consist in having to pass through chains
of ice islands floating between the latitude of 110 and the Polar
Circle. Within this portion of both hemispheres, probably, the
principal ice will be met with."
Ile thus also anticipates a polar basin for Captain Parry ; and
Captain Parry says that if he finds water, bin excursion will be
much shortened, and much more easily performed.

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AMMUNITION CARRIAGEC—By order of the French
Minister of IVar, a committee of Officers, appointed•by
the Governor of the School of Artillery at Toulouse, has
been making a variety of expo iments, which lasted for
twelve days, over an extent of fifty leagues of ground, with
two ammunition carriages, on a new model ; and which
(as Owir report states) were conducted, very successfully,
over the most difficult and mountainous tracks.

In those prevailing maladies which are considered
bilious or stomach complaints, it is certain that the admi-
nistration of much mercury is never necessary, and
always hurtful. A little calomel of blue pill, for example,
one grain of the form( r, or four or five grains of the latter,
given every day, or every other day, is frequently of great
s:.rvice, but beyond this they are seldom safe ; and now,
that calomel is so frequently and largely administered, to
the great injury of those who thus take it, this is a point
wonky of serious attention.—Grshant's Domestic Medicine.
On Friday last the new Ballad of Bridgenorth, W.
Coley and Charles Clarke, Esqrs., were sworn into office,
and on that (lay gave a most sumptuous entertainment to a
numerous party of friends. The two Members for the
borough were present ; also W. L. Childs, Esq , Major
Bridgman, Thomas Whitmore, jun. Esq., James Foster,
Esq., Counsellor Ryan, and a great number of other highly
respectable gentlemen, many of whom, with several other
persons, were made Burgesses on the above day. A ludi-
crous event took place in the course of the evening:—Mr.
Coley, as Chairman, having called on Mr. Alderman
Boucher, the Vice-President, to send up a toast which had
been given by a gentleman who sat near the Vice, hut had
not reached the car of the Chairman, the President, after a
short time had elapsed, sent a young waiter down to the
Vice, requesting him to send up the toast. The waiter,
mistaking the purport of the message, hurried down to Mr.
' Boucher a house, which is no small distance from the
Guildhall, and, almost breathless, addressed Mrs. Boucher
with—. Madam, I'm come for the toast." Mrs. Boucher
—" What toast, lily boy ?" " I comma say what toast, hut
the Bailey sent me down for it, and it must go up in a
minnit." Mrs. Boucher" Surely, my boy, you have
made a mistake." " Indeed, Madam, I hanna, for I run
a/I the way." Mrs. Boucher—" I am fearful you are mis-
taken In your errand, my boy, and would advise you to run
back." " Well, Madam, I'll go back and see." It is
needless to observe the toast had passed long before the
waiter returned.--Couentry Herald.