The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-29 00:00:00

ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The Nautilus transport, which accompanied the
discovery ships us a store-ship, is arrived off Berwick
on her return borne, having left the t ury and Ileda
off Resolution Island, on the Ist, all leen, and the
crews in the highest spirits. Having received on
board all the spare stores, provisions, &c. with which
the Nautilus was loaded, the Fury and Ueda were
about to proceed to Southampton Island, in the pro-
secution of their voyage of discovery. Resolution
Island, where they stopped to take out the cargo of
the Nautilus, is in the entrance of Hudson's Strait,
through which they were proceeding in the prose-
cution of' their intended voyage.
We have been favoured with the following extract
of a letter, brought by the Nautilus, which contains
an accurate detail, up to the time that vessel left the
discovery ships, of the progress of the expedition, and
probably the last notice that can be received of it for
a long period:—His Majery's ship Fury, Hudson's Straits,
north roast of America, June X 6, 1521.
" We had a very fine passage to this part of the world, and
therefore I ant Ode to tell you but little news. We reachtal the
ice about a week ago, since which time we have made two
attempts to take the heavy stores out of the Nairtifenr transport,
which accompanied u,; but, from the wind blowing upon the
ice, we welt obliged to stand oft; as die transport had nut been
strengthened so as to resist the ice : we are now, however, making
a third attempt, and we hope to gut rid of her in about a couple
of days or so We made a Fent+ long stay at the Orkoays
(about a foitnight), during which time we amused ourselves by
shooting grouse, plover, de. or any thing that came in the way,
for we were not very nice about the shooting season.
We have got a tamous supply of live and fresh provision on
beard, that will last us till Christmas. There is a goal deal of
ice about us, but not enough to obstruct our passage forwards, it
it was not for thy tninsport ; but, however, we hope to get her off
in shoot a day or two, if it is tine weather. We made an island
abent a week ter:o, called Resolution Islend, where we expected
to see some Indians • but there was so much ice between the
ships and tl:c land, that we were disappointed. I can hardly
give you an idea of our intended route without a chart, for two
reasons—first, because those it: common use are so inaccurate as
to be of little uie, and because our future course will in a great
measure depend upon the state of the ices buts however, it you

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should ever fall in with a good chart, I will tell you four most
probable course. From the Orkneys we first made Cape Fare.
well, the southern extremity of Greenland, in lat. 60 deg. north;
from thence to Hudson's Straits, between Cape Chidley and Re-
solution Island, which is about due west of Cape Farewell, and
hero we are at present ; and from hence we intend to steer about
north west (if the wind and ice will permit; to try to get north.
wards through some inlets on the north side of Hudson's Bay
from thence northwards to the sea, as seen by Herne, near
Coppennine river, where we shall probably winter; from thence
to the sea, as seen by Itl'Kensier and from this to Behring's
Straits, round Cape Horn to England.
6. We are all of us preparing our rifles for shooting deer, which
we most probably shall see upon the next Lind we fall in with, as
the islands here abound with them. We are, however, exceed.
ingly well off in the eatitto way ; plenty of fresh beef, mutton.
pork, poultry, eggs, fish. atc. on board. besides 14 or 13 sheep.
bullocks, and as many pigs on board the transport: we have
besides preserved potted fresh meats of all kinds. so that salt pro.
visions we scarcely need taste all the time we are out, unless we
choose. All the officers are very agreeable, and Captain Parry I
like very much indeed; and I have no doubt but that we shall
spend the winter very comfortable together."

COURT ON EXCISE.
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I►Jr. William Weaver, a 4rocer, residing in Charles.
street. St. George's in the East, was charged with hav-
ing had in his possession a quantity of cotlee, pepper,
rice, and other articles, which had been removed from
the Ducks before the duty had been paid upon it, with
intent to defraud the revenue, whereby he had incurred
penalties to the amount of 2001.—There was also an in-
formation against a•man named Atkins, (ma likeoffenee.
1 t appeared from the statement made by J. Calthoipe,
an officer of the Excise, that on the 106 of June last
he went to the house of the defendant Weaver, and
seized 323 Ibs. of a mixture of coffee, pepper, rice, and
other ingredients, which would defy the skill of the
most able chemist to decompose or analyse. It appeared
to be the refuse of a ship's hold, which Was in process
of separation fur purposes of profit. A quantity of coffee,
such as it was, had already been separated. The facer
gave it as his opinion that about 40Ibs. of pepper might
be got from the quantity seized. It was such stuff as no
merchant would pay the duty upon, although it might
be such as sonic men might, by skilful management,
make money of. The witness and a brother officer dis-
covered a quantity of the same heterogenous stuff in a
warehouse, which belonged to the defendant Weiser.
They also discovered a quantity in some adjoining pre-
mises, which belonged to Atkins, who it was stated,
was in the habit of speculating in such articles, and who
had sold to Weaver the quantity found on his premises.
Samples of the compound were produced to the
Court, sonic in a garbled and others in au ungarbled
irate. The:greater quantity was composed of rice.—
There were other substances in it, which the witness
could not ascertain the nature.

Mr. NVeaver, iti his defence, disclaimed any intention
of using the articies found upon his premises to the pre-
judice of the revenue or of his customers.—ile said he
tnerely had it frosts Atkins for the purpose of trying
whether his pigs would eat it.
The Court asked the defendant hew the pepper,
which the mixture contained in such abundance, agreed
with the pigs ?
Mr. %reaver made no reply.
Mr. Atkins, in his defence, declared that he had
bought 12 tons or the article, solely upon tine specula-
tion that pigs would !Ike the rice. Could the Court
think that he would pass neon the town as pepper that
which contained so large a proportion of rut's dung,
about the nature of which substance the Excise officers
had been so pusz:ed.
The Court could form no other conclusion but that the
articles composing the mixture were intended to be separa-
ted and sold. But it being the first case of the nature that
came before them, they mitigated the penalty in the first
case to 251. and in the second also to 251. obsers lot!, that
they would visit the full penalty on the firat tradesman
they found repeating the offence.

A MinamE.—The town of Wurtzburg has just
witnessed a miraculous cure, which has produced
the most lively impression. We all recollect that
unthrtunatc Princess of Schwt..-tzenberg,who in I 8 11
fell a victim at Paris to her maternal love, when a
fire broke out in her dancing saloon. One of her
daughters, the Princess Matilda, has from infancy
been afflicted with a dreadful disorder which has
produced a carious of two of the vertebra dorsal
spine, and was pronounced incurable by the most
eminent physicians of Vienna and Paris, among
others by Dr. Dubois, who, after having attead,ai
her for three years, declared that she might live, but
would never be able to walk. A young man, how-
ever, has appeared, who has falsified the predictions
of the doctors, and who has said to the young Prin-
cess, " Rise and walk." He is a German peasant,
brought by Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe, an
ecclesiastic, to the house of the physician at Wurtz-
burgh, where the Princess's friends had placed her,
and who, after having repeated a prayer, and asked
the young Princess it' she firmly believed that God
had the power of working her curc, efleaed this
miracle ! On that very day the Princess Matilda
went down stairs to the family chapel in the house,
and walked a long time in the garden befge an im-
mense conceume of the inhabitants, who flocked
thither to convince themselves of this astonishing
fact ! ! !

An officer of distinction, now in London, has just
received a letter from Bombay, from which the
following is an extract :—" A letter from Shiraz of
the 17th Alarch last, confirms the report den attach
having been nude upon General Smith immediately
on his landing. in which six officers were killed and
wounded."