The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-23 00:00:00

NORTII.WEST PASSAGE.

The following are some Nether particulars of the new peo-
plellAill 10 have been discovered by Captaitt Ross
"The Jane, Captain Young, of Moistrose, sailed iu com-
p iny with the Isabella and Alexander. from Lerwick. and
I.•arrit from Captain Ross the following interesting portico.
tar; :Vier the last accounts front the expedition, op to
tee 274tii ofJely, when they had reached lat. 7 and lung.
6.1. 31. the weather eleereci, and the variatiun of the compass
ir ei eased so fast, Bost it heroine difficult to tioil out exactly
1.•. w the ship was steeling. The sea, with the exceptioil of
sone ice-hergs. being completely clear of other ice, they
reached Int. 76}, wise.. they were unexpectedly opposed in
their northern progress by /erre:firma. Here they met with
a new race of Esquimau, who, by their astonishments ap.
peered *meer to have seen a ship before. At first they were
touch aftnitl, and made signs for the vessels to By away, think_
lot they were huge birds of prey that had descended from
toe noun to destroy them. ♦ few of the natives, however,
were sour enticed on board, whets they expressed their awe
01111 wonder by hugging the toasts, and other extravagant
manifestations of imploraition, as inn superior beings; at other
lees. on attentively eurvryittg the ships, they laughed immo-
derately, They were entirelcunintrlligiUle to the Esquimau%
whom Captaiit ROSS took out with Min, althoegli they seem
to he of the 1•41111' Oligia, their physiognomy being phonier.
het of 'Allier a darker complexion : ht their general appear-
ance, language, and manners, approaching nearer to the me
titres orlienitseliatka, ur the mirth-raster* extremity of Asia.
mode of tiavelliug is on sledges, drawn by dogs, And
some of them welt! seen hr Reis way. going northward. They
were in possession of knives, whirls, it is eon jet his td, they
trust have loimed from the iron in its na;151.11 state, and
which nroy. perhaps, 111.1.0111 c fon. e period, become an object
of coulee ree with the natives of these hitherto unknown re•
g; nes. .1111' weapon. they used for killing the smaller species
et whales were the 1141E11% of the sea imieorn. Here then, at
the termination of this immense bay, which, till now, has been
supposed to ~tone Meal,. with the Polar Basin, un entire new
•r.tie of humus beinge its:. been discovered ; and the Idea of
reaching the Pule, or penetrating into the North Paeitie
Orean by Ilehring's Straitie tin ongli this supposed passage, is
.for ever at rest. Toe Isabelle curd Alexander traversed the
whole hay, having sailed up the eastern, and rettoned by the
westeni situ. e, thus proving that the whole of that vast and
unLolown country, from Calve Farewell to the Cape Walsing.
hunt of Davis, is attached to the continent of Aimo lea. After
all, the traditionary story, handed down among th southern
t%gnimatix, that there is a rapid and narrow river to the north.
ward, which may •ate with the Polar Basin, is per.
hips founded on reality. Onr navigators, in their progress
round this dreary bay, saw ituuterons u hales ; and rine ad von-
tage will no doubt be tekeu of thus valuable discovery by the
fishers next season."

SECOND SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE
of TuesdJy, No:A:it:kr 17.

THURSDAY, Nov. 19.
LORD CH A NIBERLAIN'S OFFICE, NOV. 19.

....
Orders for the Court's going into motwning on Sunday next, the
e2a inst., for her 110.3ltuesty the Queen, of blessed rtentory, viz.
The ladies to wear black bouthosius, plain muslin or long lawn
from, crane hoods. Fhantoy shoes and glucts, aud crape tans.
Undress.-- Dark Norwich crape.
'f he g.:titleinen to wear black cloth, widutut buttons on the sleeves
poeltas. plain mu slin or loo:: lawn (Timis aml weepers, shantoy
sioks and crape hatirools, and black swords and buckles.
Undress.—Dark gray frocks.
II b: LDS' COLLECIF.. Nov. 19.
THE DEPUTY EAU. X.III3IIACS TlB A GENERAL

MOURNING Toa HER M Wl:9 I'e QUELN CHARLOTTE.
In pitrittant.r of the commands of his local Illighne.; the Prince
Re,:,cat. :main,. in the nain,! and on the behitlf of his Majesty. these
ore to give public notit,:s that upon the present melancholy occasion
of the death of her late MAjeb!,, of blessed memory, all 'tenons do
put thenuelee:4 into deep mulatung.
HENRY HOWARD NOLYNEUX-HOWARD,
Deputy Earl 31arsital.

AN I RTHQUAKE. —A smart shock of an earthquake was
frit in this place, and to a consiolei able distauce round the
tow ti, at abont 20 minutes past twelve. on Tooesday night. We
have not yet learned bow far it may have extended; but we
understand that it was felt with peculiar violence along the
banks of Loch Ness. The noise seems to have been greater
Or ie.S4 according to local eiremustances; in sonic places it was
very loud, in others wore gentle, but et cry where a tremulous
motion was, ter a few seconds, communicated to moveables.
The night was iincoo tttttttt oly serene, with clear moonlight ; and
%%bile not a breath of wind was souring 011 the surface of the
ground, in the higher regions of the atmosphere, the cl
were dri• lug rapidly from south to north. Lighter sharks:
are said to have urea •felt at nine in the evening of 'Tuesday,:
and at tut' in the morning of Wednesday. We have heal
of tiro accident or damage from this visitation.—/neernosa
Courier.
At-errant of that extraordinary production of .Store, the Rua,'
slam /Arab.-- I lie most es traoortsinio y of tlit, curiosities of !Atilt'
Tartary is, the Lamb of Muscovy, which grows bolero" Inv
two great rivers the Don anti the Wolga. This plant is rt.
mai kaiak tor nossessing a :neat portion of the anemia oaths.
It is for this reason called the animal plain; as also Zoo-
it,h)tes ; and in the Russian language, Boohoo ets.—The fruit i•
of the size or a gourd, or melon ; it lit 111 t• fizure of a sh„ei,.
all the Hallos of which are diseoverable. It Is fastened to the
earth by the navel. upon a stalk of two let t It iii.
mats leans towards the glass, moil the plaits ill it grow rimilil
it. &HI Changes its place as much as the stomp will stiller.
Witt.4l 114 e ii nit conies to maths ity the stalk site. ; it is covered
vlUl,a hairy skin, tainted like that oh a latiili.lii•l
and this slits seri...it it ass 1.111" to tlereort it t :he cold. 11
it ;of ther ohsert ed thot 111111 plain never dies till it ran ,„
longer find 101011,11 11. 'llll. I.lllil
.)jelolS
like blood, when it is taken to 3111 the stalk ; has the t :sir
of 'mitten. The wolf is as fund of tbi. plant astir real mullion ;
mot the Muscovites make use of it, in order to suiprise !host
animals.

Tl►e inhabitants of (l.ttlittztoo are nnW hhooring ander a
painful idea of Ito esteitt bringis.nrd 414:4111Ist thrnt, fin nit.
atrard• of 40031. for iiicniso Tait, entlected by Ilu• prism; al
pointed b too Co .s.tottcrt of lior T.l%ett. In yrar 1813.
on which ti.s) the Vrithly Collretur fur the county wan ns
11111111g1 ~,,, and It etitittt the:4l4lunit, of list• lorniserly tax tints'
the Collo.t.!or of it. At lilt' .. • lime Int 3,9301. for the In.
eou►r't.►x aas Lalin: in Mowbray and Or.. hank. *illicit
thr JOAO 'if Jat►, 181:a. If this !blew be pot in
•, agiih•l ilir inhabitants, It will he a grievous lust d.
r► say an !,.; •1 entreme

4:•1

TUr NATIONAL BECTSTETt

11U0N,411.1117'E.

A letter, dated St. Helena, Sept. 22, Jays:—" The reason
assigned at Lumps owl for the departure hence of Gen, Gnus e-
gaud. is a quart el between him mud Den, Ilumtholou. thou-
gaud had been eballcng"•d by tile latter, bat Ilitunaparte for-
'Miting them to fight, Gaurgitied quitted. It is confidently
said, Buoitapai te has recently obtained the sum of 15,0001. ill
dollars; through what means this weighty bulk could have been
carriedelatidestinely to Long.% ood, is still a matter of sill prise.
Tilt' discovery of the plot has also brossglit to light where
the whole of Buotiapa:te's treasure is deposited. Bertrand
some time since asserted, he could ut any time COlnillaild
million sterling. Of the three t: iitimissionet 5, one only re_
mains on the islastil ; those or Bessie and Austria are gone to
Rio to take up their abode some time, II anal te will 110 i
alfalfa either one of them to his presence ; the Austrian Com-
missioner. Huron de Shunter, who returned some weeks
since to his Court, did not, during the long period he remained
on the island, once sew llannaparte. This island is not
healthy for It en:rtistited residence : it is fur many boars
every day,coveredwitlo vaaours and dem& fogs, and it does not
yield a sixth part of sulfieteut vegetable substances for the
• lase of the tool's and seamen. The inhabitants are wildly
eseladed from all means of livelihood ; uo ships are allowed
to remain here longer than necessary ; all supplies come from
the Cape. but they are very scanty, ■nd what fresh meat is
afforded from this chrionel is wholly engrossed by the troops ;
the ships never got a meal of it ; and during the last five months
they have had only one third breath, no cocoa and on peas ;
the deficiency is wholly made up of rice. Dvsentry, conse-
quently, prevails notch ; and all the Vessels have lost many
melt ; the Mri.quito has lust 23 in three months, and the
Comptes or has scarcely staimm I.llolloml board to work the
ship. But, toot withstatoling this wreak state the squadron has
fiernislied 301 noun to assist in building a new humse tin. Boo-
naparte, of the twist erpacious dimensions. The seamen,
alter the day's work is over, ate mart heti to another part ot the
island, to be eon:sinned for the sight. livery ship turnishes
guard boats, which row mood the island, anti, as they ap-
proach to the various points, are always challenged by the
sentinels. A short time since, one of the sloops of war, iu
v larking to windward of the island, discovered Iwo owls in is
cave on the shore ; tdiu aura, dingly scot a boat, and lit might
off two Yasostork (nailer) Ncgto/s, bit . had been fishing ;
and who, it appeared, used to get to the beach from the top
of the COI by a secret but dangerous path. A new battery
WaS Con•egnen)ly imoviliately elected ; and it was by this
unknown outlet, it is said, that the Great Man was to be
caroled off. %Ve are constantly amused with stories of
schooners hovering off the island ; the cruisers certainly
sometiuses see such, but never hoard them. A transport
flout the Cape lately passed one close, lying to, to windward,
about 89 miles ft 0111 the island, whirls took no notice of her ;
she might, however, have been laying, or looking out for
Spanish or Portuguese Intliamen f she was a long schooner,
or lM gums, and apparently Nil of men. The hoops are
more healthy than the seauten are ; many easitalties, how-
ever, occur among the throster—several sentissels have been
lost by falling over the cliffs."

ABRAHAM THORNTON.—The following is an extract of a
letter dated the WIIs bast. from Liverpool : --" An interesting
discovery has been mode here within these hew days, lint it
Is not yet mode public, as I understand a printer here is to
stoke is penny of it. Yen no skein saw it in the papers that
Abraham Thorsit ))))) the vitlain who was tried for the murder
of Nlory AsliMvil, had emisas ked at this port on board the
Shamrock, for Americo. It is true he did so ; tit during his
reinandug here lie became acquainted with a young WOlll3ll
who la Oil lilt. (OWllOl'llOlll he waisted toaccomproy I • abroad.
He told this young trot:tan that soon after he load voiled, it
worth! he !stems% who destroyed Mary Ashford. Now it
happened a hew nights before he sailed. as he was lying j 3
lied at her lodgings, that she searched his pockets, took all
there was is them, and left him. It seems alter he had
soiled she showed a friend the papers she had taken, awl
ontsingst the rest a letter directed to the Constable of Bir•
'Hingham. This letter the girl opened, and took it to Mr.
Illeekstock, the clerk to the magistrates, and he went to the
Cllalolll House and cumpoi ell the wilting with 'Fluornton•s
there, and lone' it correspond, and he roused the girl to lie
sworn to the truth of her statement. Mr. fllaceetock, In
whim' 1 QM known, sheaved me the letter, but would not let
me copy it ; hut Thornton mtt•goivorally declares, (saying,
when you receive this, I shall lie upon the wide ocean)
" that he slid violate the person of 31ory Ashford, but did
" not then intend to istursle7 her ; but that as she persisted
in saying she would expose him, he shagged her to the pit,
" and held her heels sip, with her !semi to the water till she
" was dead." And this, the wretch says, lie communicates
for the satisfaction of the neap's, of England. This will be
all mottle public in the curse of a few days.
The trench (Hiker, whose arrest has been reported, is
Gen. Gutogoisd ! lie was served with an I trier to quit the
kingdom miller the Alien Act, and two officers were sent to
enfoice his obedience. From the eagerness with which lie
entleiivoured to secure his papers, if from no other circum-
stence, the order may be considered a very lenient measure.
He received i', however, with the ingrsititude whims his
master mid those of his school show on every similar occasion.
When 3fr. Capper of the Alit•u Office, with one aseissant,
entered Gout-good's bed room, and stewed him their &lithe •
rite, be emleavonred to resist then'. Ile pretended to ',ap-
pose that they came to rob and mender him He called out
hells, and attempted to seise a brace of pistols. After
some scuffle, this Wolal prevented, tad hr Was then permitted
to dress himself. While his resistance WAS supposed to be
over, he went. to a drawer fur his papers; lint the Other's
had direetious to seize them, and a violent contest eo•ued tot
them. Reins( overpowered, hr was coudurtwd down betas
to the front parlour, where he broke several pones of g
loud the people in the street that he W. 13 in !.nutter of twin...,
fiutrde•red, and endeaveared to excite a mob to rt acne him.
tie was taken in a cat riage to the 'mese of Mr. Capper ; aid
being told that he world be Cached limber, u•flt!r aas
'mule to have his clothes brought him frees his lostgiegs bin
this lie 'acetified. He was abets removed, with Iris pipers, to
the ogler of Pie Home Delimitate:ll, where a 'etc questimis
same lint to ; after witless he was sent tali in a post
for 11.si ids. On his its stsal at Rumford, being market Hay.
mid tins inn yaid trill, the horses were thilllgeli in the ispsda
street, *lsere there were merry pereoes vissetouled. He then
ratted out—' Thieves— -tler—l ate 61.11t.1al Goorgand—
they art• g )slg to rub ant1,1111(1er nu•.' A less mite. former
on he wished to be taken 61101-t a NI Agisilgill•. On Isis
ur-
nerd at Harwell, lie OA.; pet on im.sial the packet, whiest i.
said to hoer sassed In, t.nxlieven.

flivinioghom goods aie at tint time idling in tie United Stags of
Aticaic4, tit 30 rye cut. tal,ier tile pica in Lug