The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-06 00:00:00

Ptuiscript, Triesday, December 5, 1520, Four o'Clech.

COI/CF.—Tit* market is very quiet, there leasamy horn to
public *Ale In-day, anti the only inquiry privately was fee
good ordinnt) Jamaica at 1205., which Ike holders refuse.
The 11. P. NUGA• wristlet still continues 11,1 try there
was, how, ver, ■ fair quantity told 10-irlsy at the former rates.
011FI41 Sl tiAll,-e•A public sale of Brasil to.day, eye-
Meting of line a llow, but soft, went about le. lower
IthAN DT •116. ptITCI.I browahl to our tiou last we. k wr• e
nearly all arikris to at as. 9d. per gallon; purchases may now
be smote at 34. 6(1.

TtA.—At flit F.. I. Conipaisfa sale. &ales his sold .boat
r lb..boee she pekes guild at the last sale.

TUE NORTHERN EXPEDITION.

r From " 77b Literary Gazette. "3

It wood appear, from the hardihood with which oer
einmirsoneu bore the exeessiire cold to which they were ex-
posed, that • good deal of ezarzeration must trel'iug to the
Al-comas previously given of the sistrerioes endured in (.o-
xen rep ..... s. IVe never read of isornan beings esi.ring at
24 degrees below zero; at more than 12 deg. below t►e
point at which mercer, Setimiti solid ; nor, indeed, eat se♦
thine like that temperature, Won't es peririscing far greater
inronvenumers than seem In have att. tided our navigators.
Cayt Sabine's servant, to be sure, lust most of his fingers;
and, o e snide istaird, that milker mass aloi was &foisted vf
all the cod joint. of one hand; alters on tlio face were the
efeeia of incaution% raposure; but or hear of an such fool
accidents as are eianiannis eves in Roasis. Oar brave fel..
lows stood 11. e eurrenser4 weather wish mufflers stir to their
noses and warm raps descendiug to thew eyes awl esmerieg
their ears; and alter a little rxperieute of she climate. they
avoided casualties by very simple memo Tne perm,. Niles
was himself unrourclosio of the attack; but each " looking
in his ueighbone's fare" as they went, *Anted Ina eonitni-
otiose whew he save hi■ nose grow white is. einistspieuee‘f the
frost. Turning from Ike wind, arid a few rassiotes gentle
friction with the hand (or if very much teajots.•il, with snow)
invariably restored the circulation; and the t.,tar of the part ;
sod unless allowed to go too far, lOU 114111 .loatee.•r wan ON.
Dot when seriously affected, the army of restoring the pit-
colattua was dreadful.

Beer, rime, and spirit■ I✓eamr ire; the beer wag de.
strayed, but the wi►e and arras were toler►bly pod ti ben
thawed.

The ship's timbers were of the temperature of the
rounding element, and who fever the iron bolts and fists's:-
lugs ran through, they became sionolleol with rosettes o'
transparent ice. The intuit comfortable sleep was ohoimed
by converting the blankets auto large bags drawn at tam
mouth. Into these the sluttiberer crept, and some comrade,
who kept the watch, elated him it+ by polling the strum..
The visit of the bear, which we have meoationed, was •
grand event. Ile came euselliag up to the Heel., when
Captain Parry got nut his teasel. m to di.pateh hie,. Owing
to WPM' misconception of tutu directions they bred in pie.
toot, and only wousith .1 the shaggy minister, who retired
growling and howdy. Rut the sport consisted in the true_
rat chase given by the crews of both vesieis, who ran after
him two or three mile', toll be secured himself by erosion;
some ire. The chase was famous fun fur oar jolly tars,
aud enlivened their spirits labia,' below zero.
We omitted the sootier of a very material fact its one
last, a Col which may be considered the most importaa:
of any ascertained, is so far as relates so proseentioo of
inquiries in these Peas. Thruorhont the year, the
wind blows almost esiostaaily,either from the North, or from
Northern points of the compass. And as soon as the sou
begins to produce as effect, • radiation of heat from the
laud ensues, wbiEb, by the height of summer, July and
August, becomes very powerful and ',five. The result of
these two operations of waterer, is the loosening and release
of the ice oil the Northern roast; and its coaseqneat drov-
ing towards the South. Thos., instead of the 'southern sides
of hays, straits, sod seas, where navigatoos would plausibly
look for ebanaels of open water (tinder the supposition that
they would be insist likely to be found is the milder latitude'.
it actually happens that the copmaiop exist on the norther
aides, where the radiation of heat, aided by the prevailing
north winds, detaches the frozen mass from the shore, and
blowing it off, leaves a passage betweea the ice and the laud.
On their return up Latieuter's Sound, the expedition reaped
the benefit of this discovery, sailing on the north side obey
the south was completely blocked up. Vessels hereafter .es. 2
to explore the arctic regions will, of costae, be guided with
reference to this principle; and theta, wo doubt nut, be en-
abled to reach more distant points, if not to achieve lb.
famed North west passage.
_ . _

It has heels suggested, that as Cunk rip.l.l not eviler Bch-
ring's Straits, no other navigator. coold thetitei sail
therefore, that though the Polar Sea .via :es flu,.
Bilin'a Hay, that lea most be she limit i.t she Oulu I a..y.
are. For the above reason., we are Inclined to 'pito.- 6. chit
theory, sod e.perially as Hearne and Maeltenaw toith•o.ok
of open Pe, on the northern coast of America, to w►tck,
supposing the Prince Regent's Inlet of Parry to lead, t►ere
will then he no impediment to a passage into the Pectic et•
ceps in Ilehring's Straits themselves; and we rue nuary..36
for thinking that thear,fullowing the game• rule. Of 1,/taefa.
tees Sound, may not he as prmtietble a. thit Suited his
been aseertaimil to be, though till now held to be Imp...
noble.

We have wut wisoy tidier particular. hi stste.
Parry, whew out from the ships fur three weeks, went *mitt Iv
scrota Melville Woad, and beheld the era oil the other aid,.
It is evident, that the icy ocean here toulai nit a mighty arch,.
pelago of blonde, of w►ich Greenland is probably the great.
est. When travelling un Mad, oar gallant countrymen Mint-
ed, and rested in tests like Giese of huckster, at ■ villat.
fair. They were formed of hosrdilig piker, Ste. and covrrtd
with sails and blankets. Sometimes they tried to tat the
prothice of their guns; bat the fuzes were very disgusting,
mad the the musk-ox resenabk-sl the toughest beef stewtet n.
a musk miner. The cause of the foxes being so meth mote
distaatilnl than we have been told they are about Sporber .
gen is, we presume, the want of shat almadance of food tl,llll

vs ,wt are written and staled ap.
t was on their way home, when far down Davis's Straits,
that Captain Parry fell in with two families of Eriquimaisx,
••t residence he wartapprised by a whaler. He accord-
them, and Hoy in hurt visited the ships.
'I tira betrayed none of the terror which filled the trifle seen
y Captaisi Huss; but accepted the beads and knives pre.
vi to them with incoaceivable joy. Indeed their rap.
rot. s oere so excessive' that it was with the utmost dila-
.•ulty ime id* them cools be made to sit still while hie pun.
tarn was sketched. He was continually starting and jump.
iiic uo.sl 00000 ling " Aug's, aught." still playing off the must
• itti..l.l CC/1110111011S of jvy ; which were participated in by
bir. comrades when they witnessed the picture.
Several of the Officers accompanied Captain Parry to their
buts, where they saw the winners and children. The former,
metro( t,tl by their husbands, who bad learnt it from the
ou their visit to the ships the day Is fore, rues out
:old shook hands with the %staggers. There ass cone rally
6... king girl of 12 or 13 years of age. The children were
too fiighteniel, and roared Moldy in spite of beads aunt
toys. The whole 'somber of natives was ahnsit ?O. They
Lad probably seen or heard of Europeans hr fore. ISo arms
verve observed among them; but oue of the little boys had
a miniature bow and arrow, which %hewed their orquaint•
7.11.11. with this weapon. The skins of the 11111111314 they hail
killed, seemed to he pierced with arrows as well as spears.
Taking leave of them about the cud of the brat week in
Sepirlither, she expedition steered homeward. The ship,
s.rre separated by a tempest, and the Griper waited wllll
days for the Hecht at the reuslezvous in Shetland; huh the
suffered so murk damage, as to he compelled to steer
directls fur Leith. Th. y are puss both at Deptford
We bear that a vessel fit for the service has already gone
into dock, tu be made ready fur another voyage of diseuvely
next season.

SOUTH AMERICA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE WATERFORD MIRROR.

" Huss, November 30, 10'20.
.6 Stn-1 have just received a letter from my ,on, who is
in the South Anserican Frivicr. Although it is evidently
written in hastr, 1 imagine it may contribute to du justice
to a cause twllich has been unjustly condemned, and to illus-
trate • character which bus been outattly stigmatised; 1
:kr,. fur.. awn x a copy of it, which, if you think it of suffi-
elm. importance, I should be happy to see Married io your
Lai rilent Paper.
" I ant, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
" ANTHONY FFHISNCH."

" Bsratiquilla, August 28, 1820.
" DLLS FATNItilt is with the greatest pleasure 1 in•
Corm yon of my arrival here with General DT • • ix and
his Staff. 1 left Rio Hackie, discusied at the manner in
whiff% the men behaved, with a full tleiermination never to
return: bat meeting with that most excellent man, General
ilTEvereax, at Jamaica, I changed my mind and came back
spin with him. He has behaved uncommunly kind to me, and
to every individual under his cinonsaad. We had a rough im-
pact. over from Jamaica, but the very kind reception we met
• with Isere, rewarded es sufficiently fur the hardships we bad
betore undergone. The General was very cordially received
by Admiral Brion, who is the head man bele. The Piesi-
dent, Bolivar, arrived here a few days ago from head•quars
tees. He was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the
inhabitant.. Ht• entry was very splendid; lie appeared
with Admiral Brion on his right, and General Devereux on
,his tell; hie Staff, which consists mostly of Irishmen, fol-
lowed, all most splendidly dressed. They dallied at the Ad.
usairal's. The health of General Devereem sod his faithful
followers way drank while three time, three. Ow the arrival
of the detachment here from Jamaica, we were formed tutu
a guard of honour, to mount over General H'Everran. On
the Versidenry Al !iv:o we gave a guard over hint she Ha
Ness highly pleased at the appearance we made. Gement •
-D'Rweresix has been so kind as to get us presented to him,
and wa have had the honour of shaking his band.
" Every thing goes on very well here; the General has
get otansiammis front Bolivar for all the Cadets since
'our trenval. The President is to be here in a few days again,
'when we are all to gu tip with him to join the grand army.
411 the fueeigw troops iu the service of the Republic are to
ler placed under General D'Ercreux, with an addition of 400
Creoles to every 100 foreigneic Our destination as fir as
I understand, against the Carucci's, a must delightful
country. We are wiry fortunate in being placed under
such a man as D'Evert tax, fur his greatest delight is in ail•
van pug mu sit and doing good. 1 shall instance myself. Ou
um arrival in Jamaica from Rio Backe, I bad nut a second
shirt to pot so ; he gave me every thing I wanted, jac-
•kets, Aires, &c. far. and not only to me, but also to several
others.
Give my love to my mother, &c. and believe me,
dear father,
• •a' Your fiery dutiful and affectionate Son.
" CHARLES FFRENCH,
" Lieutenant Columbian Legise."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

the seal, mew, &R. which Hari.. species find in the latter the nation in the Cortes should be elected wiliest die-
C 4) 0 rwtry. tinction from the general gram et the Ration; and thipit
11
During their perhiematiun, the Aurora Borealis was but i to obtain this end the same . flame be /allotted as are
once or twice slightly visible to the voyagers towards the
north. Towards the south it oas more vivid; hut about the Sited by the SPanish Coostitafion, only damaging it in as
iat,torte of 60. seems to be the seat of this phenomenon ; much as relates to the population, because this is lbs wish
sad its appearance is not only much more brilliant from of the enlightened lovers of their country, corroborated by
Neafinindlawal, but from the northern Scottish Wes, than
Arctic Circle. Only one huh of lightning was ob- the experience of the good result in Spain itself; and const..
from the
our sailors. quently any idea onght to he rejected of a convocation such
a.a red by
When the fine weather set in, several of the Officers cm- as was formerly practised, the effect of which would reader
piny, A themselves in attempting I. puha". raweing wader I useless the honourable efforts gloriously made to obtain a
en .ts as well ma grnwiug in the free air, was tried. Out enc.
free Constitution, snitsble to the ideas of the age and to our
r•riliel in getting pease to shoot up eight ur ten inches; sod
;acre green stalks were the only green raw they devoured waists; and they urgently request the worthy Junta to lake
“ti vegetables. Radishes got to the second leaf on the soil into serious consideration the present wish as representing the
• f Jieleilte Island. Onions and leek. refused to grow. In desire of a considerable number of citizens belonging to the
tto. ships small Ballad was produced for invalids; happily, I
said Corporations,
lover* of their Sovereign and of thug coon-
i he scurry nevi r got the ascendancy.
ilttbei Officers were engaged in electing monuments upon I try, whom they desire to profit by the fortunate moment,
"hr heights to commemorate the extraordinary dieumstauces and unite for its happy political regeneration.
.. f the expedition. Hugh cairns, by three minor, crown the ~Signed).Signed) " VERISSIMO JOSE DA TEIGA,
di .niet 'vine's hills, and remain the rude, but proud ninon- " Cheek (ffecrieche)."
,el.t, of British during, with inscriptions to sell the date,
:r., ,et enrhisioe bottles, in which the principal events of the And tile represents:ion of the garrison of Lisbon

was 10110./9 :••••
" The military corps of the garrison of Lisbon, knowing
by the snits xed certificate (oide anion) that the people of
this capital had already made knownto the provisional pre.
paratory Junta of the Curies that it desired our first Na-
than's! Congresa to be convoked in the manner fixed by
the Spettivh Constitution; uniting in the general *lab atlas
nati ~,, they respectfully tntreat the same wise Junta, by the
medium of the Officers whose names are hereunto nonrated,
to cuovider the wish expreased in the represootstion of the
people ax their own, since they find the above method of
convocation in the only one which can conduct us to the
attainment of a 'ducal Constitution.
" Lisbon, Oct. 27, 1820."
(lucre follow the Signatures )
The proclamation of the Government to the Por-
tuguese Nation, with the scheme proposed for the
election of the Coder, was dated the 31st of
October, and the circular letter with instructions to
the Magistrates who were to preside at the election,
was dated the eth of November.
The Judge Joao Alves cocumunicated on the c2Blii
the above documents to General Theirs, request-
ing his concurrence, and it is to these same docu-
ments, hitherto unpublished. that the same Judge
alludes in his other letter to the General, where he
says, that the preparatory Junta had not acceded to
the wishes of the people and the army.—(Oporto
Papers. novemi.er 18.)

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