The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-20 00:00:00

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N a • wriair L.43,* exPigoiTSON.
In addition to the oommusicatios whieb appeared in the'llfort
treat Griae/le of the 17th ult. relative to the Arctic expedition,
under the orders of Lieutenant Franklin, we ate haupy to be
empowered urinate, upon the authority of more went arrivals
that the expedition had arrived at York Frotory, in Hudson's-
bay, and was about to embark for England.
It appears that the tuils'aud the sufferings of the expedition
have been of the most trying description, and that if they do
not exceed belief, they were at least of such suture as almost
to overcome the stoutest heart, and deter all future attempts of
a similar tendency. It was lilted out in the summer of 1819,
and, in the course of Ills, following year, it was enabled by a
liberal aid and reitifoircement from the North West Company,
to advance to the shores of the Great Bear Lake, which we
think, is situated in about 87 deg. north lat., where is encamped
sad wintered. In the ensuing spring, it approached the Cop-
per Mine River, which it descended until it fell into the ocean.
Hitherto the expedition was accompanied by Mr. Wintul, a
clerk to the North West Company, with ten of their best
hunters ; but the wide and open sea, which appeared at the
con/thence of the river with the ocean, elated the expedition
so much with the hope of ultimate success, that it was thought
proper to dispense with the further attendance of Mr. Wint-
eel and his bunters, who accordingly returned op the river,
leaving the expedition to proceed in two canoes to explore the
coast of the Polar Sea; eastward from the month of the Cop-
per Mine River, towards Hudson's Bay: But it seems, that
ie ereasequence of the approach of winter so early as the latter
mid of August, heavy falls of snow, dense as mists, and as
extremely hare sad ill-provided wardrobe, the expedition was
unfortunately prevented from accomplishing its end, farther
than exploring about 600 miles of the coast which lies to the
north-east of the Copper Mine River, and ascertaining that,
so far ea the eye could penetrate, the sea which lay before them
was quite open and perfectly free of ice.
As the expedition returned, its weals and its exigencies be-
came alarming in the extreme, and it anon required the whole
fortitude of the heart, sod the utmost exertion of the frame,
to heave the hardships which stared it in the face. In approach-
ing that part of the Comer Mine River from which it set eat,
it was necessary to double an immense point of land, which
would occupy a greater length of time than its emergencies
would well of admit of, and it was therefore deemed necessary
to set the canoes adrift, and cut a direct coarse over land to
the Copper Mine River. When the travellers arrived on the
basks of the river, they experienced acme puzzling difficulties
bow to get woos, but basing killed ten elks, with the skins
of which they contrived to construct a canoe, this hardship
was soon overcome ; bet the joy which it diffused was as tran-
sient as disappointed hope. In forcing their melancholy way
through the untravelled wilds between the Copper Mine River
and the Great Bear Lake, they fell completely short of provi-
sions, and were for many days ender the necessity of subsist-
ing upon sea weeds. and a powder produced from pounding the
withered home of the food which they bad already consumed.
In this struggle between the love of life and the dread of a
death that most be terrifying to all mankind, Mr. Wood, sine
Canadian, and an Esquinies, fell untimely and reglietted
victims ; and had not the survivors, who for several days were
driven to the necesaity at prolonging a miserable existence by
fee Bing upon the tattered remnants of their shoes, and we fear,
upha a more forbidding and unpalatable fare, exerted them-
selves by s gaper-Imam effort to reach the Great Bear Lake,
it is prultahle that they would have all suffered the most ex-
quisite and appalling martyrdom. Here they found the beads
and the bleached bones of the animals dallied served them for
lest winters provisions, which afforded them the melancholy
ingredients for preserving the vital spark, anti( their arrival at
some post belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company. It is said
that upon the arrival of the surviving party of the expedition
at Slave Lake, the Canadians there were very nigh breaking forth
into some alarming ontrage when they foiled that their former
comrades, instated of rotarniag with the expedition, had been
lost for ever ; bet we understand that no aerials injury has
transpired in consequence of this very natanddisappoinunent.

It will be seen by the following article of intelligence from
Lloyd's List of Thursday, that Lieutenant Franklin, mid the
rest of tlw gentlemen composing the above expedition, have
arrived safe
" Yarmouth, Oct. 16.
" Arrived in the roads the Prism of Wales, Hodson 's Bar
ship, Davidson, fame York Factory, all well ; bmogbt bane
Captain Franklin, Dr.Hiobardson, Lieutenant Beck, and the
gentlemen composing
singllte laud expedition for the purpose of
discovering a north west passage, was landed at Strontium*. A
gentleman also landed with despatcbes for the Company.

DULL AT Navis.—A few weeks ago we noticed
an unfortunate duel between Walter Maynard, Esq. President
of the Council of Nevis, and John Higgins, Esq. in which the
latter was killed. The trial of Mr. Maynard took place at
Nevis an the 7th of August last. The defendant was first in-
indicted for murder, but the Greed Jury ignored the bill;
whereupon an indictment fur manslaughter was framed, on
which charge he was tried. The case excited considerable
interest. Nearly all the inhabitants of Nevis. and many persons
from the neighbouring islands, were assembled. Sixteen pre-
fessional gentlemen of Nevis attended. The prosecution was
coodoeted by the Hon. John Woedley, Attorney-General ; the
Hon. John Stephens, Solicitor-General, of Nevis ; and G. W.
Mardeetwough, Erq. Sim St. Kitt's, and John Peterson, aq.
K. C. of Nevis. For the defence. Messrs. bong, Warning,
Woodcock, and' Smith, and Sidney Stephen, Esq. from St.
Kitt's. The details of the evidence would not be of much in-
terest here. 111 will be recollected that the fatal contest was
produced by certain offensi►e epithets applied by Mr. Maynard
to the father of Mr. Buggies, for which an apology was de-
manded and refused. The trial lasted until past-ten o'clock at
night, when the Jury, after sconsultatioe of about lire minutes,
brought ia a verdict of Nut Guilty. The usembied crowd
showed their approbation of the •erdict by kid cheers which
continued several minutes. _ _ -

ST. PAUL'S CAT/MORAL —Through the whole of
the entitling winterois. P 41.11.11 Cathedral wil be brilliantly
illuminated with gess lights, whenever it shall be neces-
sary daring divine service. The candlesticks and cantles
Hers by the help of which it has been hitherto partially
lighted sip, have been suffered to remain in case of ac-
cident, but no other use is intended to be suede of them.
—The pipes have been some time since laid down, aad
traversing the crypt, ascend into the choir and body of
the chards, where they are concealed by passing through
the center of eight elegant pillars of gilt brass. tho sum-
mits of which arc each furnished with three large burners.
Four inure pillars of • similar description, but of greater
magnitude, adorn the railing in front of the altar ; and
by the brilliancy of 'the light they will afford, supersede
the necessity of rout in the pair of tali was tapers
whitb hitherto bare 'teed upon the altar.