The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-30 00:00:00

ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The Nautilus transnort, which accompanied the
discovery ships as a store-ship, is arrived olf Berwick
on her re: urn home, having left the Fury and Heda
ofi. Resolution bland, on the Ist, all well, and the
crews in the highest spirits. Having received on
board all 'lie spare adores, provisions, &c. with which
the Nautilus was loaded, the Fury and Heck; were
about to proceed to Southampton 1616nt1, in the pro-
secution of their voyage of discovery. Reiolution
Island, where they stopped to take out the cargo of
the Nautilus, is in the entrance of Hudson's &mit,
through which they were proceeding in• the prose-
cution of their intended voyage.
We Lave been favoured with the following extract
of a letter, brought by the Nautilus, which contains
nn 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 fur
a long period:—
His Majesty's ship Fairy, Ilud,on's straits,
north toast of America, June 2(i. lts2l.
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6, We bad a very fine oa:,7l;ie to this part of tile world, and
tbercfoie 1 am able to tell you but lit.le news. We reached tltc
ice about a week ago, since which time we have made two
attempts to take the heavy 13101V13 out of the IVaiildas tninspon,
which accompanied us; but, Com the wind blowing upon tile
ice, we were obliged to smnd oti; as the transport Intel no: beer.
'engiliened so as to resist the ice : we are now, however, making
a tin rd attempt, and we hope to ged till of her in shout a couple
of days or so. We made a pretty long stay at the Orkneys
(about a fortnight). dut Mg which time we amused ourselves iay
shooting grouse, plover, arc. or any th.ng that came in the way,
fur we were not very nice about the shooting 6ca.on.
4, We have got a famous supply of live and fresh movision on
board, that will last us till Chrisunas. There is a good deal of
ice about us, but not enough to obstruct our passage forwards, if
it was not for the tiansport; but, however, we hope to get her off
in about a day or two, if it is line weather. We made an island
about It weel(ago, called Evolution Island, where we expected
to see some Inabans • but there was so much ice between the
ships and the hin, that we were disappointed. 1 can hardly
give you an idea of our intended route without a chart, for two
reasons—Mg, because those in common use UM so inaccurate as
to be of little use, and berause our future COMA: will in a great
measure depend upon the state of the ice: but, however, it you

should ever fall in with a good chart, I will tell you lour most
prolxible course. From the Orkneys we first made Cape Eare•
well, the southern extremity of t.reenland, in lat. 60 deg. north;
front thence to I I talson's .traits, between Cape Chidlcy and Re-
, solution Island, which is about due west of Cape Farewell, and
here we arc at present ; and from hence we intend to steer about
north west (lime wind and ice will permit, !to try to get north.
wards through sonic inlets on the north side of Iltulson's Day;
from thence northwards to the sea, as seen by Herne, near
Coppermine river, where we shall probably winter; from thence
to the sea, as seen by Al•Kenzie; and from this to Behring'a
Straits. round Cape Horn to England.
We are all of us preparing our rifles for shooting deer, which
we most probably shall see upon the next land we fall in with, as
the islands here abound with then,. We arc, however, exceed.
ingly well MI in the ra !big way; plenty of fresh beef, mutton,
pork, poultry, egg., li,h, &c. on hoard, besides 14 or 15 sheep,
21 bullocks, and as many pigs on hoard the transport: we have
besidos preserved potted fresh meats of all kinds, so that salt pro-
visions we scarcely need taste till 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 wititcr very combinable to:.;etlicr."

COURT 01% EXCL)E.

Mr. William Weaver, a 4rocer, residing in Charles-
street, St. George's in the Last, was charged with hav-
ing had in his possession a quantity of coffee, pepper,
rice, and other articles, which had been removed front
the Docks 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, for a like oflence.
It appeared from the statement made by J. Calthorpe,
an &beer of the Excise, that on the 19th of June last
he went to the house of the defendant ‘Veaver, and
seized 323 lbs. of a mixture of coffee, pepper, rice, and
other ingredients, which would dely the skill of the
most able chemist to decompose or analyse. It appeared
to be the refuse of a ship's hold, which was iu process
of separation for purposes of profit. A quantity of coffee,
such as it was, had already been separated. The officer
gave it as his opinion that about 401bs. of pepper might
be got from the quantity seized. It was such stuff as no
merchant would pay the duty upon, although it might
he such as some 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 Weiver.
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 ott his premises.
Samples of the compornd were produced to the
Court, sonic in a &KWH and others in an ungarbled
caw. The greater quantity was composed of rice.—
There were other substances in it, which the witness
could not ascertain the nature.

Mr. Weaver, in his defence, disclaimed any intention
of using the articles found upon his premises to the pre-
judice of the revenue or of his customers.—He said he
merely had it Iron) Atkin.; for the purpose of trying
whether his pigs would eat it.
The Court asked the defendant how the pepper,
which the mixture contained in such abundance, agreed
with the pigs ?
Mr. Weaver made no reply.
Mr. Atkins, in his defence, declared that he had
bought 12 tons of the article, solely upon the specula-
tion that pigs would like the rice. Could the Court
think titat he would ',ass upon the town as pepper that
which contained so large a proportion of rat's dung,
about the nature of which substance the Excise officers
had been so pozz cd.
The Court could form no other conclusion hut that the
articles com posMg the mixture were intended to be separa.
led 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. observing, that
they would visit the Mil penalty on the first tradesman
they found repeating the offence.

A MIRACLE.—The town of Wurtzburg has just
witnessed a miraculous cure, v'hich has produced
the most lively impression. We all recollect that
unfortunate Princess of Schwartzen berg,who in 1 8 I 1
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 1)r. Dubois, who, after having attendedl
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 Huhenlohe, an
ecclesiastic, to the house of the physician at W urtz-
burgh, where the Princess's friends had placed her,
and who, after having repeated a prayer, and asked
the young Princess ii she firmly believed that God
had the power of working her cure, effected 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 before an im-
mense concoutse of the inhabitants, who flocked
thither to convince themselves of this astonishing
litct ! ! !

An officer of distinction, now in London, has just
received a letter front Bombay, from which the
Mewing is an extract :—'• A letter from Shiraz of
the I 7th March last, confirms the report of an attack
having been made upon General Smith immediately
on his landing. in which six officers were killed and
wounded."