The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-27 00:00:00

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CAPTIAIN PARRY'S LAST VOYAGE.
We havg timely stater that at the dine when the ult.
fortunate aecident heppenttl to the Fury, in the last some
of Captain Piny, the leaders of the expeditien entertained
strong hopes of succeeding in the object of it. They
were separated from the open sea by a harrier of id of std*
very formidable width, and had aseerlainad that the ties
remained open to a very considerable distance. The!,
were deterred from endeavouring to enter upon it by a cone
sideration that all the provisions which could be stowed ott
board the Hecla, would only last the united crews of the
Hecla and Fury twelve itiohtha, and that the voSetze to
Behring's Straits would probably last twenty-four. They
saved as much of the stores of the Fury as they could; but
a great part of them were left on the beech, *heel they
they Were first landed, for the purpose of lightening her;
along With the luggage and clothes of the different official'.
It is said that many officers were obliged to abandon in thin
manner, property which had cost them three or four bud-.
dred pounds at their outset on the voyage. We trust thigt.
they will hot ultimately lose it, but that the Admiralty
will indemnify them for it, even though such a proceeding
be contrary to the general practice of the service. At th 4
time when the Fury struck, the Heels was aground, and
consequently the situation of both ships was most distress.
ing. In this condition, which was almost hopeless, not a
murmur of discotiterit was heard among the men, but evert
order was performed with cheerfulness and alacrity. The.
cold was intense, and yet during the night, risen and officers
were obliged to sleep on the shore, with no ether protection
from it than mere terns. These, on their derarturc, were
left standing, for the benefit of any atm), tequimaux,
who ,may happen to pass that way. 'Outing this voyage
the expedition did not see any of these wansiering tribes;
and of course was deprived of the amusement which it de-
rived on its last from their trickery and gluttony. The Men
resorted,however,tO all their old, and also to seine new mode!
of whiling away the tediuM of their 9 inonthenight of winter,
and upon the whole succeeded in it to admiration. Art
observatory was erected on shore, in which the officers
spent much' of their time in making amid recording ebserva.:.
1 norm The garden was attended to as before • but the
herbs reared iii it did 'rot at all compensate for the trouVe ,
bestowed upon them. Souse cucumbers were grown
glasses in the summer, but not of a very la.ge description.
The winter was Milder than any which the expedition pre-
viously experienced ; and one proof of it is, that the ships
were not laid up in their winter quarters till the Bth of Oc-
tober this time, though in their former voyaces they had
been laid up about the 24d or 2311 of September. There
have been no new discoveries made in any branch of nate..
rat history. Several collections of insects, &c. have beets
made, but few which V.-ere not known before their last
voyage. The ptarmigans were plentiful, and some fine
specimens of them have bean brought home. Grouse were
also shot occasionally, and formed a delilit ful change in
the messes of the ships' companies. Grua: attention was
paid to their diet, and the good effects of it were visible ha
the healthy state of the crew. Only two m n were lost in
the course e.f the voyage. One died of t.I lease. and the
other was dtowntd whilst on a shooting party. It up-
',cared a at n the twilight a p riy of three bad gone to a
narrow cl antkl of water which ran between the ship and
the shore, to shoot certain birds which tame to drink there.
Two of tie party made a circuit to !set round it, antiin clo-i .
log so separatel from their companion. They then amused
themselves with shooting for some time, and thought that
their comrade was doing so too. On their return to the
ship they had to get across this channel again, when to
their grief and surprise they found thetr companion's
corpse floating on the surface of it. The men in general
s em uninjured by the harsh climates they have left, and
are confident that they shall succeed, if another attempt
be made for that purpose.
The Hecla tnay be expected hourly at Dzptford, as the
Comet swam packet was ordered to proceed from Chatham.
on Tuesday morning, and tow her up the river. Captain
Parry is on board of her. Captain Huppner left Slicerne-s
in a post-chaise soon after the breaking up of the COurt-
Martial.