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EAST INDIA TIOUSE, 20th October, 1852.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY DO IIEREBY‘GIVE NOTICE, That a
Se lAL l; ENE RAI.. ('OUR fof the said CO M P.AN Y will be held
at their House in Leadenhall-street, WEDN'ESDAY, the 27th
instant, at II o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of laying
before the Proprietors for their concurrence the Lowing Resolution
of the Court of Directors, viz.:—
" That, as it testimonial of the gratitude with which the East
India Company must ever remember that the glorious career of the
Duke of Wellington commenced in India, and that the consolidation
of the British power there was greatly promoted by his brilliant
achievements, a Marble Statue of that illustrious Commander be
placed in the General Court Room."
A copy of the said Resolution, dated this day, is open for perusal
by the Proprietors at this House. . .

N°. 18,751.] LONDON,

[PRICE SD.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

GREA.T WESTERN an d cIFIC JU.NW.ION
RAILWAY CO
Provisionally Registered. Capital, 300,C00/.. in 15,000 Shares, of 201.

To-morrow, in Bvo , price Is.,
SPEECHES of the RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P., delivered at Stirling and at
Perth, September 1852.

- . . .
each. Doposit, 2/. per Share.
This Railway is intended to commence at a point adjoining the
Station of the Great Western Itailiv.y Terminus at Paddington, and
passing thence under the Grand Junctien Canal through certain
fields in the line, will cross the Edgware road upon an arch near the
Kilburn Turnpike-gate, then over the London and North-Western
Line near the Kilburn New Station, and proceed northward until it
forms a junction with the projected line of the North and South-
Western, Hampstead, and City Junction Railway, and thence by it
and the East and West India Dock Railway to the City, affording to
the traitic on the Great 'Western Lino direct communication with
the City by Railway.
The proposed line will afford railway accora a:iodation to the entire
large and ropnlous district lying to the west f the Regent s-park,
Including Bayswater, raddington, Malda-hill, St. John's-wood, and
Kil hum.
The survey of the ,ground has shown the line to be free from en-
gineering difficulties, au i can be constructed at a very Moderate
cost.
Application will be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for
an Act to authorize the construction of the line.
Detailed prospectuses of the ti Berta ing, with the namos of the,
Directors, e
are in course of preparation, and will be ready M a kw
days. In the meantime, applications may be made tlottrhweiScokl.isetirtorst:
Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, yce
Regent- street.
25th October, 1852.

London : Lowman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's,
Lessee, Charles Emele Lannant, Onslow House, Brompton-road,
Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, 25th of King George 11.,

Are Re-opened for the Winter Season.
During the recess the Ro qus have been entirely Re-decorated, by
G. S. tiryer, regardless of cost.
Laurent's Matchless Hand evory evening. Principal Cornet-a-
i'tsion, M. Boulcourt.
Admission—ONE BRILL'S°.
Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence et
vin. yin te-minAte at Half-past Eleven.

READING SAUCE,
For Fish, Game, Gravies. Hashes, Steaks, &C.
JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the. Sole P, opri, tors and Manu-
facturers of the celebrated R b:ADING SAUCE, beg to caution the
Public against the daily frauds practised by many persons, who are
offering their spurious imitations as the Genuine Reading Sauce.
This Sauce is patronised an recommended by most families in
the kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by
all respectable Fish Sauce Vendors.
Be particular in asking for " COCKS'S READING SAUCE,"
which is prepared only by John and Charles Cocks, at their manu-
factory, Duke-street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Ob-
serve the name, "J. and C. Cocks, Reading," on the seal and label
of each bottle without this none are genuine.

TO ARTISTS, INVENTORS, &c., &c.
The Directors of the

-ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
PATRON-11. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT,
respectfully give notice that Deposits of General Interest are received
and ably described to the public, free of expense.
The Exhibition, and all the popular Lectures as usual ; including
a Lecture by Mr. Crispe on Ballooning and the Prospects of Aerial
Navigation, illustrated by a beautiful Model of Puietvin's Parachute,
Green's Guide Rope, Diagrams, &c.
Last Week of Mr. Buckland's Lecture on Music, in which he will
sing the National Song on the Death of Wellington.
Admission, ls. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age,
Half-price,

GRAVErSc
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No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhlthe, and Purfieet Piers
The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting).
FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.

THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
No. 72 COMPANY,
, Lombanr-atreet, and 24, Connaught-terrace.

EES.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.RUST
P. I Richard Malin% Esq., Q.C., M.P.
J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Maddox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
_ The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of
Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered
CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU-
MENTS of SECURITY.
This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to
Ihe Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING
NSURANCE, Whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium are
combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on
attaining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age:
and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid,
althoul,h the payments should at any time be discontinued.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

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French naval officer who accompanied the e:
to the Arctio Seas in search of Sir John Franklin:—
" Monsieur le Ministre,L
search
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astibdhi ite
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Princeaser.e cdhfruitless,Albert,o
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form you of the arrival at Aberdeen of the schooner
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solution navigation
Ihnrsuett
sdoi d r
eupoltetpeewrmitiht
iunsteurnetaitl, rweceenatrley to
enabledascertain
at
vessels despatched from England and the United
in wt litoatgdiivreecatisoantiasnf
satisfactory
thoroyw
afoxorouonutr
opfrethdeocseesswoershhaavde
leas
, in Bar-
row's of-
left behind us engaged in so perilous an enterprise.
" Having encountered the ice on the 23d of June,
1851, we reached on the 10th of July the Danish es-
tablishment of Uppernavick, on the western coast
o
Greenland, where we procured a sledge drawn by six
Esquimaux dogs. The whalers we met on the Bth
and 12th informed us that three tombs, bearing names
andro w dates,
residency,estetsr,aiatns,dh aiotherdndbi
ne
indicated
do
n e that
of
t.unequivocalßteheenphwryoi
winter
Island
nf
quarters
a
perma-
nent
Sir John Franklin from 1845 to 1846. During more
than 20 days we endeavoured, in conjunction with the
American ships of war, to ascend northward along the
eastern coast of Baffin's Bay, opening for ourselves a
passage through the ice, sometimes by crowding sail
and directing the vessel as a wedge between the pieces
of ice, and at others by sawing the ice or blowing
open a passage with gunpowder.
"On several occasions the vessel was hemmed in
by immense fields of ice several leagues in extent, but
our light schooner, rising above it, escaped without
injury. Everything beside was ready, and provisions
constantly stored on the deck, in the event of the
vessel being broken to pieces by the ice. The wind,
which no doubt had not blown from the north as much
as usual, had left the extremity of Baffin's Bay en-
tirely blocked up. Numerous icebergs, or mountains
Of ice, from 100 to 150 feet in height, surrounded
as on all sides, and it was with difficulty we extri-
cated ourselves from that dangerous neighbourhood.
Having left the 74 deg. 45' N. lat., we succeeded at
last in crossing the principal mass. More to the
south, on the 2d of September, we reached the
entrance of Barrow's Straits, endeavouring to pene-
trate westward, where we expected to meet the Eng:
lish squadron. Fresh obstacles obstructed our passage,
and the interval was employed in visiting the eastern
coast of Prince Regent's Inlet. It was also of the
highest importance to call in at Leopold's Harbour,
where we might obtain the information we required.
" In the evening of the Bth Mr. Kennedy, with a
boat and four men, left the vessel, then distant a few
miles from the coast. During the night northern
winds and the current drove us southward, and at
break of day we found ourselves 20 miles further,
forced along by the ice, which thus separated us
from the boat we had entirely lost sight of. We
were accordingly obliged to take refuge in Batty's
Bay. The next day I endeavoured to repair by land
with three men to Leopold Harbour, not knowing
whether Mr. Kennedy had been able to reach it ; but
the quantity of snow compelled us to return on board
after three days' painful exertions, sometimes with
snow up to our knees, and having once employed
fourteen hours in walking five miles. It was quite
impossible to proceed thither by sea. The ice formed
every day a crust sufficiently thick to stop us, but
not strong enough to allow us to quit our boats. The
fate of our commander, moreover, was then decided,
for we knew that if be had reached Leopold Harbour
he had there found shelter, and an ample supply of
provisions, left by Sir James Ross in 1849. In the
first days of October I made a second attempt with a
sledge, but our impatience directed us more than our
prudence, and the ice giving way again baffled our
hopes. A third attempt was made with a boat, which
we drew 50 or 60 miles on the ice along the coast,
and on the 17th of October we had the good fortune
of again meeting our travelling companions in good
health, and having only suffered on our account, for
they did not know what had become of us.
" The rest of the year was employed in securing
the vessel in her winter quarters, surrounding it with
a thick snow wall, building on the ice with snow
workshops and stores for our provisions, and prepar-
ing for our winter excursions sledges, mocassins,
clothes, and snow shoes.
" A detachment of four men, of whom I was one,
under the orders of Mr. Kennedy, repaired on the sth
of January to the spot where the Fury was wrecked
in 1825. The sun disappeared from the 30th of
October to the 15th of February, and it was princi-
pally by moonlight that our short excursion was
accomplished. The result of the visit was the dis-
covery of a great quantity of provisions, carefully
landed there by Sir Edward Parry amid the perils of
a shipwreck!. We also ascertained that nobody had
visited those shores since 1849. Towards the end
of February we again left the vessel for the same
coast, carrying our provisions by small quantities in
the direction we intended to traverse, and amidst
the incidents inseparable from a temperature which,
on the 14th of March, fell to 44 deg. (centigrade)
below the freezing point.
" The interminable delays of a journey along a coast
lined with ice, and where we were often obliged to open
a passage for our sledges with axes through the snow,
prevented us reaching Brentford Bay before the 6th
of April. Eight men, commanded by an officer, then
returned to the vessel, while Mr. Kennedy, four men,
and myself continued our journey in two Indian
sledges drawn by five horses. Having found a pas-
sage to the west at the bottom of that bay, we pro-
ceeded in the same direction to the 100th degree of
western longitude (from Greenwich), travelling over
plains of snow so uniform that it was only by digging
holes we knew that we were on land, and not on the
ice of the Polar Sea. We ascended then to the north
and east, in the direction of Cape Walker, to which
we attached the greater importance as we considered
it to have been the point of departure of Sir John
Franklin for the unknown regions of the north. It
had been for some time found impossible to travel by
day, on account of the reverberation of the light on
these eternal snows. After each of our marches
we built a hut with snow, which offers the surest
and most comfortable shelter against the rigour of
the climate. On the 24th of April, the thermome-
ter rose to the freezing point, and we were then
sufficiently inured to cold to sleep in the open
air, which we repeated as often as possible, in order
to save time. On the 15th of May, we at last
reached Leopold Harbour, having crossed Cape
Walker to the east. Scurvy bad for some time
avail
itself among us, and we stopped there tol
d our.
. The
selves of the means of combating the
doctor had, during our
on the 31st of
Bay; and, on our return
hadattacked
that the scurvyalso the
May, we found atbnsetnncee,
vessel, examinedmaa
Cress well
rest of our men. The doctor himself, and the noble
Hepburn, former companion of Sir John Franklin,
were among the sick.
" Thanks to the intelligent care of our surgeon, we
quickly recovered, and at the end of July we com-
menced sawing a passage through the ice for our vessel,
On the 6th of August she was at last released from her
prison, not having had an inch of water under her keel
during the winter. On the 18th of the same month
we met, in the Bay of the Erebus, the North Star, one
of the fine vessels sent by the English Government at
the beginning of this year. The comniedore, Sir
Ed-
ward Belcher, with a steamer, bad four day
shle two
others northwards to Wellington Chnanntf
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ontfh eisrisel
vil were Melville the direction
w
out of hat
operation unavailable,
new expedition rendered odurocro-
f England. From the
and on the 23d we
Island,saile the road to the north and
summit of Beeeby
The winter was comparatively
west appeared free.
which prevent the forma ilia ales,
Ispiraoncde.eeiTnghe wsuepstewriarord
mild, with contin g
coast. The ice we en _ countered
lion of ice along the
in
Baffin's Ba
in Lancaster Sound and
it
must have
shows, by its
unusual thickness, that
remained for
several years in the numerous
. inlets from which it
emanated. Everything, in short, seems to promise
brilliant success to that squadron which reckons
names so celebrated for energy and ability in the
English navy. flitting
I shal lhave the honour, Monsieur le •
Ministre, if
you desire, to address to you a more detailed account
of our journey the moment I have put in order
the notes I took during my incessant occupa-
tions. PL.. Kennedy was pleased, in the dispatch
to the Lords of the Admiralt
pub-
lished in the English journal?'which has been
h , to. mention in the most
.
flattering terms the part I "
_took.. the
. expedition in
the name of our navy. It is impossible not to per-
ceive in the act the same feeling of
actuated him, as well as the officers and crew of the
Prince Albert, during the entire journey. May Ibe
permitted, M. le Ministre, to direct your attention to
that fact ? I could have easily forgotten tbat I was
the first and only representative of the French
nation in an arctic winter, but for the unretnittirg
attention, and the marked respect of my shipmates,
which I must attribute to my quality of French
officer.
" The reception I experienced from Lady Franklin,
and from the Lords of the Admiralty, will render tne
ever proud of that period of my career ; and may I
add to those testimonials the certainty of having re-
sponded to your expectations, M. le Ministre, and
becomingly upheld by my conduct the honour of our
navy ?
(Signed) BELLOT,
Lieutenant de Vaisseau."

THE DAUGHTER OF GENERAL ROSAS, ex-diotator of
Buenos
Romanueno
sAYreswas married to a Spanish
.gentleman at
the Catholic chapel in Southampton on Saturday
3415.