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THE ARCTIC 1,

The following despatchel
the Admiralty, on Decembe
Straits division of ships i
Franklin. -

PEDITION.

It will be observed from
that the Enterprise was see'
summer of 1851, upon th
Investigator the preceding

have been received at
16 from the Behring's
i search of Sir John

the following reports
, by the natives in the
track pursued by the
year.

10EEDINGS.
Ihitrite, San Francisco,

" REPORTING- P
" Her Majesty's ship Ai
OCtober, 31.
"Sir,—L I have the honour to acquaint you that I
sailed from Honolulu in her Majesty's ship under my
command on the 16th of June.
," 2. It was my intention to have passed through the
Alentian Chain by the Amought* Channel, but the wind
headed us off, and on the 28th NV) made the Islands of the
Four Mountains. These islands are very remarkable,
having conical peaks from 3,000.t0 4,000 feet in height—
they were covered with snow fully three-fourths of their
height, and partially to the walor's edge. The weather
being moderate and tolerably del!, 'determined on trying
the channel between these islatds and the island of
Younaska ; it is 10 or 11 miles viride, and apparently free
from dangers. 'We stood throughlabout mid-channels, and
had no soundings at 15 fathoms ; that there was a rippling
of the water, but not any strength of current.
"3. On the '6th July we made King's Island, and the
same evening anchored off. Point Spencer, Port Clarence.
" 4. On the following day examination was made of the
caches of provisions and coals. Everything was found
as we left it last year, with the-exception of the Plover's
storehouse' which was partly knocked down by the snow.
" 5. On the 16th we sailed ; beat through the straits the
following day, and arrived off Cape Lisburne on the morn-
ing of the 19th.
' 6. To my surprise, the shore both to the southward
and morth-westward of the Cape was blocked with ice. The
southern pack extended from .the Cape as far as could be
seen, and about 15 miles deep from the land. The other
pack asfar as-could be. Seen to the northward and eastward
with a lane •of water between it and the land, the wind
being southerly, There was a large open space between the
two packs, into which we stood to within four or five miles
of the Cape and close to the edge of the ice - but there was
no appearance of any people or boats. A gun was fired,
and we remained until quite satisfied there was no one at
the rendezvous. We then stood out and worked along the
edge, of the southern pack until the weather became thick.
This continued the whole of the next day, with a fresh
southerly wind.
"7. On the 21st we .stood in and made Point Hope,
close to the northward of which we again observed the ice,
but much broken. _ _ _ _

"8. On the 22nd we stood for Cape Lisburne. The ice
was still off it, but moving fast to the northward; and on
the 23rd the shore to the southward of the Cape was free
from ice. Two baidars with natives came off; they had
buy
"9. a
The
seen nothing of the Plover's boats. A boat was sent to
o hang about the land to
the north-eastward of Cape Lisburne until the 28th, when
notice
ice a te
still
e continuedren dezvou s
t.
a stronc, southerly wind came on, which lasted till the
31st, and cleared it away.
"10. We cruised off Cape Lisburne till the Ist August,
on which day, the weather being settled, we anchored on
a bank to the northward of the Cape. This bank has
either grown up since Captain Beechey's survey, or was
not noticed by him. We had 5.1 fathoms, the Cape bearing
S.S.E. (Mag.), five miles.
" 11. We remained at anchor till the 4th, when I began
to fear S that some accident had happened either to the
Plover or her boats, and therefore determined to proceed
to Icy Cape, and thence to send a boat to Point Barrow,
for which purpose I prepared the pinnace of this ship. A
' cache' of provisions was buried at the western part of the
little bay of rendezvous previous to our leaving.
" 12. On the sth we made the laud about Point Lay,
and observed a stream of ice to the'N.B. The next day
we stood through large qiiantities of sailing ice, and as it
became much less open as we advanced to the northward,
and there being some streams of considerable extent, heavy
enough to have rubbed away our channels had we come in
contact in a breeze (which in thick weather would have
been probable), .I bore up again for Cape Lisburne, re-
solving not to send a boat at that time ; the ice being so
far to the southward at this advance, period of the season
appeared to me quite sufficient to account, for the non-ar-
rival of the Plover's boats. We had stood through the
loose ice about ten miles.
"13. On the 7th we were again off, o,lqx? Lisburne, but
the boats had not arrived. For two days the wind having
blown fresh from the southward, I littlte ice might be
cleared away, and, therefore, on the Ofh 4kain made sail
to the northward.
" 14. On the 9th it 'clew strong N.E., and we
stood off and on Joint Lay.,•in_the.ctraek of any vessel
coming from Point Barrow. At 9 a.m. of the 10th, a
sail was reported to the northwald, v/hich was soon
made out to be the Plover, and shortly after I had the
satisfaction of hearing that they were all well on board.
"15 The boats had been wrecked on the 13th of July in
attemping to come down, but the whole party regained
their ship in safety. Commander Maguire's despatch gives
the details of this accident. We arrived, in company with
the Plover, at Port Clarence on the 15th.

"18. The Plover was recompleted according to the accom-
panying report, and sailed on the morning of the 22nd.
Very fortunately she met the Rattlesnake at tho entrance
of the port. Both vessels were anchored under Point
Spencer, and the additional supplies (a list of which I have
appended to the Plover's report of state and condition) were
put on board her. Some of the provisions also supplied
from this ship were exchanged far newer from the Rat-
tlesnake. The Plover finally sailed on the morning of
the 24th.

" 19. On the 25th, the Rattlesnake came to the upper
anchorage, and, having been lightened, two attempts were
made to take her into Grantley Harbour without success.
Commander Trollope then decided upon keeping her in.
Port Clarence. I quite decided with him as to the pro-
priety of his decision.
"20 During our absence from Port Clarence the
British schooner Koh-i-Noor, G. E. lievien, master, had
arrived on- a trading voyage, and had made a notation,
dated August 2, on one of the buried papers in Grautiey
Harbour.
" 21. On the 24th September, we dropped down to Point
Spencer to take in wood. The Kodiak, barque, belong-
ing to the 'Russian-American Fur Company arrived at
Port Clarence on the sth. We sailed on the afternoon of
the 6th.

"22. On the 16th, we passed through the Amoughta
Channel without seeing the land, and on the 16th arrived
at lat. 40 deg. 10 min. N., long. 150 deg. 30 min. W.,
where an island was reported to have been seen last year
by a Swedish vessel, and for which I had orders to search
from the Commander-in-Chief. We traversed between
the parallels of 40 deg. and 40 deg. 20 min. from 151 deg.
30 min. to 149 deg., the weather being generally clear
enough to see land from 12 to 14 miles, and always from
seven to eight, but none was seen, nor any indication of it
and I feel satisfied that there is no land within the above
limits. '

" 23. On the Ist of October we arrived at Honolulu ;
having procured refreshments, which were much required
by the people, we sailed on the 9th for San Francisco, in
prosecution of orders from the Commander-in-Chief. Ve
arrived at this port on the 28th, and it is my intention to
sail in a few days for the coast of Mexico, in pursuance of
my orders.
, 4 I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient ser-
vant, ,
"CHARLES FREDERICK,
_ _

" To the Secretary ofiKerdmiralty, LondOn."

"REPORTING PROCEEDINGS.

"Her Majesty's Ship Plover, Port Clarence,
August 21, 1853.
" Sir, I have the honour to report to you, for the infer-
mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, my
proceedings since
my list communication of
the 21st of
August, 1852, in as brief a form as I can, omitting the de-
tails of the necessary ship's duties and arrangements, and
beg to refer to the accompanying abridged journal for some
account of our intercourse with the Esquimaux, and other
incidental occurrences.
" Proceeding to sea from Port Clarence, early on the
mornin' of the 21st of August, we, passed through Beh-
ring's Str its by the eastern passage the following day at
noon, with a favourable breeze. A succession of contrary
winds delayed our progress to the north-east, so that we
only arrived at Point Barrow by the 3rd of September,
and were frozen in on the 24th of the same month.

t 0 tin
yT The
expectations,approach .
shoal aann,:fiorage sought was, contrary
I intricate, but when gained
it was secure, ,though difficult of access or egress.
" The commencement of our intercourse with the natives
was attended with many unpleasant circumstances. No
single boat's crew could be at any distance from the ship
without being pilfered from, and on the most trivial occa-
sions knives were frequently drawn on our men who though
armed with muskets, had strict orders in no case to make
even a show of them unless obliged by necessity. The
ship's decks were at times crowded, and in one instance,
their manner was so suspicious as to induce me to have
the crew armed ; those on deck going below one at a time
for pistols, and returning with them secreted in their
breasts. There was, however, no occasion for their use.
Soon afterwards, a house built on the Spit for the stowage
of our stores, was broken into and robbed. The next
mornings on the chief coming on board, I got 'possession of
his gun, and threatened to attack the village if the stolen
articles were not returned, which had the effect of bring-
ing them in force toward- the ship, armed with bows and
arrows; but some shots fired over their heads caused them
to retreat without loss of life. The following morning the
things were brought back. From this time we appeared
to get on better with them, and at length so good an un-
derstanding appeared to exist between us that I hoped we
had succeeded in gaining their confidence. This desirable
state of things was unfortunately put ail end to by a ca-
lamity which occurred on the morning or the Bth of June,
a gun. having ' gone off by accident in the hands of the
quartermaster of the watch and'killed a Dative man along-
side the ship ; but I am happy in the belief that the nature
of the accident was subsequently understood by them, and
that any feelings of ill-will on their part towards us in
consequence has subsided.
• " The 20th of September had arrived before the beha-
viour of the natives would allow me to turn my attention
the object of the ships being here, when, in order to erect
conspicuous' marks of our position, and to examine the
capabilities of Deese's Inlet as a winter station, should it
be desirable to move the Plover eastward. I made a boat
excursion, accompanied by Mr. S. A. Hull, second master,
and found the depth Of water at that plaCe insufficient..
To examine the coast still further, and to distribute no-

Itices of a ship being at Point Barrow,
with a view of their
fallingintothe hands of parties retreating in this direction
from the missing ships, or those engaged in the search for
them, I made a journey on the ice,. accompanied by Mr. T.
D. Wright, midshipman, as far asPoint Drew, a distance of
,60 miles.to the eastward, and there deposited a small cache
of preserved meats in the month of November, This ex-
cursion occupied only 13 days, but the temperature was
i.'
Nearluyabe
low,l and some frost bites were the consequence,
but
experience in ice travelling was gained as 'a set off
against these evils. Occupying a position which on
look-
ing
at the chart, seems so available as a point f departure
for exploring parties advancing towards the north-east,p I
hail hoped to attain some considerable distance inthat I' rection, but the existence of a water sky visible from
the
'ship throughout the winter, and the unexpected break u
of the ice to within a few yards of us, at the solstice,) s',owed that travelling on the sea ice in this re.ion is too
hazardous to be contemplated at any season. r was there-
fore competed, reluctantly, to limit myself to a journey
along the coast to the eastward. The vicinity of a. popu-
lous native settlement, together with a debilitated state of
the crew and the absence of travelling, equipinent, were
serious impediments to distant travelling ;• yet, it seems
necessary that the Colville River should be visited, not
merely with the *vague hope that intelligence of our ships
might be obtained, and to visit the shores of a bay the
boats in 1849 could not examine ; but also, in order
rightly to understand the information given us by the
people of Point Barrow, by being able to identify the
rivers and points of. land mentioned by them with those
delineated on our charts. An attempt was first made to
construct a sledge on the plan recommended by Captain
M'Clintock, which failed only for want of proper wood for
the runners; but the object was ultimately attained w th
native sledges and dogs This journey, a detail of which
would be necessary to give on this occasion, but may be
'described in the concluding remarks of my journal, was
performed between the 4th and 29th of April ; and, al-
though its result has been unsatisfactory from the lowness
of the land preventing the coast line being traced, and the
want of success in gaining information relative to either
of the expeditions for whose benefit the Plover is sta-
tioned at Point Barrow ; yet, it has the advantage of en-
abling us to interpret the native accounts of the coast, and
to establish the fact of these people being acquainted with
the Mackenzie River unclx the name of Ko-puk, which I
hitherto supposed to apply to the Colville. This, if ne-
cessary, would determine the position alluded to in the
report received by Captain Moore at this place in 1850 of
boats' crews having arrived at the Ko-puk and being
murdered. (Vide Parliamentary Papers, sessions 97,
7th March, 1851, page 33.) It has also shown us that
the coast from Point Barrow to Sir • John Franklin's
Extreme (Return Reef) contains no winter huts, and, by
unquestionable native report, there are none to some dis-
tance beyond Barker Island, so that parties travelling in
spring or autumn could receive neither assistance nor hin-
drance from the natives for an extent of at least 250 miles
from Point Barrow. From the native accounts here it
seems certain that both the Investigator and Enterprise
were boarded at the time of their passing along this part
of the coast at the distance of 50 and 150 miles east of this
place, some of them accurately describing peculiarities
about the ships by which they could be known, such as
the large ice chocks and diagonal decks, &c. ; but the only
actual trace of either of them we may be said to have dis-
covered is a portion of a paper from the Investigator,
dated, " Off Point Drew, Bth August, 1850," together
with the canvas bag that had enclosed it. With reference
to the progress these ships may have made to the eastward,
it might be expected that the movements in the ice at
Point Barrow would give some idea of the set of the cur-
rent in that part of the polar sea; but our observations can
go no further than confirm the belief in the existence of a
current to the north-east to a distance of only a few miles
off the land ; beyond that a line of hummocky ice, from
10 to 20 feet in height, has existed all the winter, appa-
rently aground in six fathoms. B, yond this line scarcely
a day passed through the winter without a water sky being
visible between west-south-west and north-east (true).
" When easterly winds prevailed a large space of open
water was indicated by the extent of water sky, and, when
visited,-the vapour rising from its surface obscured the
view beyond a few hundred yards; but within that distance
heavy ice was seen drifting in the direction of the wind.
The natives informed us that the ice was set off the coast
by the easterly, and packed upon it by westerly winds, and
that the greatest clearance is effected by the south and
south-west (true) gales. They point to the north (true) as
the direction in which the ice goes ; but we have not been
able to understand whether they consider this the effect of
a prevailing current. While treating on this subject, it
seems worthy of being remarked, that the natives s ate the
whales to make their appearance off Point Hope in April
and May, when the ice breaks up into fields, and that most
of them have disappeared by the time the ships arrive.
These animals appear about the same time at Point Barrow,
and aro pursued by the natives in their ' o-mi-aks,' which
they carry to the open water for that purpose. In June
few are seen, and in July none, and the people believe they
retire northward, to return again in August and September.
The masters of whaling vessels have informed me that
whales are less abundant in the open water in July and
August than in June. The tides have been registered
hourly for nine months, and the result is that the flood
makes from the west, and the mean rise and fall in Elson's
Bay is seven inches. The high water, at full and change
is 1 p.m., but great irregularities occur from the wind, the
• rise being scarcely perceptible with fresh east and north-
east breezes, when, with south. west gales, it amounts to
feet. • Of the latter case a remarkable instance occurred on
the 18th of December, when the water rose from the usual
depth of 14.4 feet to 17 feet 10 inches, with a gale at south-
west (true), the force of which was registered for 14 hours
at 3,9, and 10. The llummucks which had been grounded
along the horizon and in shore by northerly and north-
westerly winds in September were floated by this rise and
blown off the land, taking with them all the ice that had
formed outside the spit and islands, together with a large
portion of the floe within the anchorage, which brought
the open water within 40 yards of the ship. On the follow-
ing day, December 19th, at noon, instead of the usual
unbroken field of to the northward, we had none in sight
from the masthead, and the view of an open sea was as
little agreeable as it was unseasonable. Iu a few days it
was again frozen, and' after a time the lino of hummocks
was again formed, and remained fast when we passed in
the ship, on the evening of the 7th of August. The lateness
of the present season, compared with every one since 1848,
seems to me to be accountered for by the winter gales
having been heavier than usual this last year, and by rais-
ing higher tides, the heavy masses have grounded more
firmly along shore, where they im•iede the current in
clearing the shore of the last winter's formation. The
months of June and July were remarkable for the ab-
sence of strong winds, which alone assist in driving
the ice off shore. The mean temperature for the 11
months at Point Barrow was, about six degrees higher than
that given as the result of Sir E. Parry's 12 months at Mel-
ville Island ; but the highest and lowest temperatures have
had a more limited range, being 50, and 43, or 18
degrees above the 'freezing point, on the warmest day of
July, and 75 deg. below it on the coldest day in January.
The prevailing winds have been east-north-east, north-east,
and northerly (true) during the winter and spring, inter-
rupted occasionally by those from the opposite points, and
after May they were moderate, and more variable.
" The fall of snow was not great, and did not exceed one
foot in depth, but the air throughout wa: loaded a good
deal with clouds and vapours, and during the summer the
dew point was high. The climate may, therefore, be con-
sidered humid, as might be anticipated from its maritime
situation.

" During the winter the officers took much interest in
making astronomical observations, and by a mean of 390
lunar distances the longitude of Point Barrow was found
to agree with that given to it by Mr. Elson, the discoverer.
A series of magnetical observations wore also made under
the superintendence of Mr. Hull, the second master, who
also registered the tides, and whose zeal in these occupa-
tions was highly praiseworthy. The departure of a large
portion of inhabitants of Point Barrow and Cape Smyth to
the eastward in the early part of July, relieved me of all
anxiety about receiving any hindrance to the transport of
the boats to the open water, and on the 9th 'I accompanied
Lieutenant Vernon and Mr. Gordon, mate, with an auxi-
liary party, to assist in dragging the boats on sledges over
the ice, 12 or 13 miles to the southward of Cape Smyth,
where I left him with a favourable breeze, confidently
trusting in his success. I enclose Lieutenant Vernon's
account of the loss of the boats in his charge, and merely
remark that lam perfectly satisfied with the manner in
which that officer acquitted himself, and to express my
feeling of pleasure that he was able to save the lives of all
his party, whose conduct on this occasion was most praise-
worthy.

" Fi:om the Ist of August I had kept up a daily commu-
nication with Cape Smyth by sending an officer across El-
son's Bay to report any opening or movement in the ice, and
on the 7th, seeing open water round Point Barrow, and a
favourable easterly wind blowing, I went in a boat to ex-
amine the state of the ice. I found the lane of water along
shore to terminate a mile north of Cape Srnyth •, but since
the day previous another had been formed by the easterly
wind outside the land floe and first line of hummocks to
the S.W., as far as could be seen on a clear d iy. Return-
ing on board at 8 p.m., and finding the wind steady at
E.S.E., with no change indicated by the barometer, I pro-
ceeded to sea, hoping to keep the breeze until clear of the
ice, and to make my way to Cape Lisburne, to receive
orders, or to make arrangements for returning to Point
Barrow, in the event of being ordered. The wind shifted
to S.W. in the night, with heavy rain and dense fogs. To-
wards the morning of the 9th a N.E. wind gave us every
prospect of soon reaching open water ; but the land floe in
the depth of Pearl Bay was found to extend nine miles off
shore, which, as the weather was still thick, seemed to offer
an impediment to the ship's further progress, but by 10
a.m. the open water was gained through close ice, in which
some shocks were sustained, but not more severe than the
ship was well able to sustain without injury. On the follow-
ing day, at 11 a.m., I communicated with her Majesty's
ship Amphitrite, and repaired in company with her to Port
Clarence, to prepare for another winter at Point Barrow.
Having been completed to 16 months' provisions and fuel
by that ship, and there being a probability of the arrival of
her Majesty s ship Rattlesnake, being now ready for Sed,, purpose sailing hence at 4 a.m. to-morrow, the 22d inst., to
take up my winter quarters again at Point Barrow, where
I shall remain until released from ice iu 1.1.54. I sh 11 then
return to this place to meet her Majesty's ship, Rattle-
snake, in pursuance of their lordship's instructions.—l have
the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, • ROCIIIORT MAGUIRE, Commander."„

" Her Majesty's Discovery
Ship Plover,
Port Clarence, Aug. 23' I"3th:3 infor-
Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you,
of my Lords Commissioners of thoeul
oration
sailed from the upper anchorage at Port Clarencelty, that
at 4
(if::
am., on the 22d of August, and previous to
clearing the
head, I had the good fortune to
ship Rattlesnake, whose number I was meeet her Majesty's
enabled to repeat
to her Majesty's ship Amphrite.
" With Captain Frederick's permission
I have returned
and stores he had pro-
to the Rattlesnake the provisionso,,,nLeonvenience, and taken
vided us with, much to
in an adequate proportion of the liberal supplies sent from
England. assistance istance from Commander
" Having received evr
be ivent lam now on the point
Henry Trollope that departure for Point. Barrow, where
of again taking
earlyzny in September, if not stopped by
I hope to reach
the ice.
"I cannot
meeting
express my satisfaction at thus
° 13"tuneL
v the Rattlesnake, nor tooup° much ad-
re the Judgment' and expedition with which the passage

[1)R10E SD.

out has been effected.—l have the honour to be, sir, your
most obedient servant;
" ROCIIIFORT MAGUIRE, Commander.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, Londqp.
(No. 5.)
" REPORTING PROCEEDINGS.
"Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Port Clarence,
Sept. 1853, received Dec. 16.
" Sir,-1. I beg to acquaint you, for the information
of my Lords, that ber Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake,
et h. a 533 adr
or
gi esdo.
rul
iVue.
entered the Fogs
ltnotovsret
tnbtt
,yh -oas
ne vtdre :Idel daysoduo ,
A. fromu2g4u s
mt Honolulu,
in, o
sutl,
•on the llth in 40 deg 30 min. anal 169 deg., but were, not-
withstanding, fortunate in getting observations' the day
withoutich e did
obieutgw
theee n
sheogfoorneamweaupdassAtotultikeu
land. Although the course was not' partienlai ly in-
fluenced by it, and there is said to be no race in this
ever-
falls,chan-
nel.
Szc.
on board us several times. The fogs still continued, with.
Ale
(16thnt nag' uws th)
heel .
ri neveryol
fts awwlasssi
heusec:_hi
oaautcle(oion
fftuthhseeerdegft:uur
empbvlaiyn
sgulsceaay,
,with
strong
passed :between St.
George and St. Paul's. The channel is broad and free from
sunset onw °tshtee r2IYI sbt ,r eaenzdeB. on We
ee
following ne
danger, but reefs extend off the south-east end of St. Paul's,
and a boiling surf breaks on the long , low-level 'island
re
it
tkehree
called Morjovi, or Morse Isle From the 'appearance Cif
the water, I should say no ship,oUght to approach unne-
cessarily within five miles. We sighted Cape Rodney at
satisfaction of seeing her Majesty's ships Plover coming
from Grantley. She had just parted company with her
Majesty's ship Amphitrite, and was o n her way to Point
Barrow. Captain Maguire pulled out to d
us, and arrange
that we should both anchor under P • oint Spencer and
transfer the provisions and stores (of which I inclose' the
lists). We had two bullocks and 16 pigs for hire. The
:nmuloarnm6ntagn:helas
former wore killed, and would give fresh meat for heiere
for 11 or 12 das ; but of the pigs they would only take
sr
in addition too others received from the Amphitrite. She
was, in fact; terribly crowded. Five of. our men volun-
teered for her, and 5 from her were transferred to the Am-
phitrite, so that she has left with her crew in good health;
and I believe our arrival, besides the good things we
brought them, cheered up in a manner and to a degree
that is better felt than described.
"2. The Plover sailed at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, 24th
August, with a nice breeze from S.E., which continued for
full 36 hours afterwards, so that I have no doubt she got
through the Straits, and as she is only three days later in
starting than she was last year, I anticipate that her arrival
at Point Barrow will be equally favourable.
"3. After staying another day at Point Spencer to col-
lect 'drift wood for building the house, we went up to
Grantley harbour and commenced lightening to enable her
to enter the. narrow and somewhat intricate channel, in
doing which we have great reason to thank Captain Frede-
rick and the Amphitrite for the most cheeiful and valuable
assistance.

"4. I propose to leave Grantley Harbour about the
middle of July, and then to skirt the ice between Asia and
America as far as we can go with safety ; and to lie off Icy
Cape, Wainwright Inlet, or Point Franklin, as the case
may be and the ice determine, about the first week in
August, there to look out for the Plover, and return with
her to Port Clarence. This course has been agreed upon
with Captain Maguire, and will, I trust, meet their lord-
ship's approval, as the most likely to be of service to the
cause. No benefit would be derived from our being off the
coast of America until August, it not being possible that
the Plover could leave Point Barrow before that time, and
the sooner we have some change after being released from
winter quarters the better it will be for the health and
spirits of the men ; and we may, perhaps, do some good, or
obtain some information by skirting the pack. Besides,
the Plover's condition not being particularly good, if any-
thing happened to her we should be able to find our way to
Point Barrow and receive her crew.

" 5. On our falling in with the Plover, or receiving her
crew, I proposed returning to Port Clarence, to meet the
vessel their lordships' orders give me to understand will be
depatched from Admiral Moresby's squadron ; or, in the
event of our not receiving further orders, to deposit our
spare provisions in the house, and proceed to Honolulu.
"6. Since writing the above, I have twice, without suc-
cess, attempted to take the ship into Grantley Harbour.
After sounding and buoying the channel, and finding, as we
thought, 17 feet and 16 feet 6 inches throughout, we
weighed with the wind at E.N.E., but took the ground in
the narrowest part. The tide ebbing an hour afterwards
left us with only 14 feet, although we had 17 and 19 feet
within a ship's length. We laid two anchors out astern,
but could not start her an inch, therefore commenced
lightening her. After taking about 80 tons out, being
favoured with remarkably fine and calm weather on the fol-
lowing day, after having been 20 hours on shore we hove her
off without difficulty ; in fact, from the tacit strain there
was upon the hawsers, she wont off almost of her own
accord. The bottom is soft clay, thereforeshe sustained no
damage ; but I do not think it advisable to take a ship of
this class into Grantley Harbour. We might, indeed,
lighten her much more, but with great risk of damaging
the stores and dry provisions, which must necessarily be
much exposed ; in fact, aided as we were by the Amphi-
trite's boats, and during unusually fine weather, I was
most anxious about it. The channel is extremely narrow
and intricate, and the bottom evidently goes in ridges, so
that it might be possible to carry a line of soundings of 17
feet in, and then go over the same ground and have 15,
and even 13 feet ; and if a ship gets on shore in the pas-
sage, and a south-westerly wind comes on, the sea gets up
so rapidly that the consequence might be serious. There
is a certain risk of having the ship in Port Clarence when
the ice breaks up, but, as far as I can judge, not so great
but, that it may be encountered. On Thursday, the Ist
Repteratier;:arrnrade a fresh atterript, rising greater caution
than before, warping in with hawsers both a-head and
astern, but, although under peculiarly favourable circum-
stances, from a southerly wind having raised the water
considerably, we again stuck fast and were obliged to haul
her off. I have now determined not to attempt it again,
and I can only hope that the result may prove that I have
not judged improperly.

In the event of their lordships requiring the Rattle-
snake to return to the northward from Honolulu, or to re-
main hero during the winter of 1854 and 1855, I beg leave
to enclose demands for provisions and stores for another 12
mouths, dating from November, 1854
•` 8. I enclose a state and condition of this ship.
" I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient
servant, "HENRY TROLLOPE, Commander."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16.

At the quarterly examination of officers, who have
been practically studying the marine steam-engine, with
the view to their being the better able to command Her
Majesty's steam-ships, at the Royal Naval College, be-
fore Professor Maine, M.A., R.A.S., and Mr. Brown,
chief engineer, R.N., the following were declared quali-
fied, and received certificates this morning :—Captain
Moorsom ; Commanders Luard and Hickley ; Lieu-
tenants (R.M.) Williams, Morris, Ley, and Halliday :
and Messrs. Singen, Arthur, Battiscombe, and Robin-
son, Mates, R.N.
The Rifleman steam schooner, Lieutenant-Commander
Christian, received her sailing orders this morning for
Rio, and has since left with a mail for the squadron on
that station.

The Basilisk, 6, paddlewheel steam-sloop, Commander
the Hon. F. Egerton, came into harbour from Spithead
this afternoon to have a slight refit.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 16.
APPOINTMENTS.

Master Robert Wilson Roberts (1846), from the Blen-
heim, 60, screw steamer, guardship, to command the
Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate of 320-horse
power, commissioned this day at Sheerness, to be em-
ployed on particular service.
Mate Richard B. Foster (1851), borne on the books
of the Herald for service in the Torch steam-vessel, both
vessels being employed under Captain Henry Mangles
Denham in surveying the Gejee Islands, in the South
Seas, to the Medea, paddle-wheels team-sloop, at Ports-
mouth.
Master's-Assistant D. 0. Burdwood from tqe Bosca-
wen, 70, flag-ship, for the North America and West In-
dies station, to the Banshee steam-vessel, at Woolwich,
preparing for service on the Mediterranean station. The Tyne storeship, Master-Commander
by James B.
Tucker, left Woolwich this forenoon,
towed
of
the
Monkey steam-vessel, and will proceed to
thelsland
Ascension and Rio 'with the large supply of stores she
has on board for these stations. .
r,- te commissioned
It is expected the Cyclops steani-o—nrian'der Robert W.
this day at Sheerness by
ter-
Roberts, will proceed to Master-Commander
Mediterranean
stores or troops
for the pur-
pose of being employed
in
that station, the service for
from the different places on w
which the Rhadarnanthusas intended, but subse-
quently
_countermandt
The Cuckoo and ean steam-vessels returned to
day that they brought the Me•
Sheerness on the same
Woolwich.
to
lampus, 42,' frigate _
0 crew steam-ship, had a great por-
tion .. ,g , s
The Hannibal
'timbers converted at Woolwich, it being
tion of her shipeci that she should be built at this port.
_ intend .
original) y
Corder was issued that she should be built
A subseqnen
and her timbers were sent to that dock-
at DePtibrcbsi
has been built under the superintendeiice
yard, whe!!
li recently master shipwright ; and, being
„, iv' cox,
of ly-tr• ready for launching, that interesting
for some time past
January 31, 1854, under the
will take place on ,
scene
superintendence of Mr. Henry
Chatfield, the present
master shipwright of Deptford dockyard.
doing
duty in the
It
Serjeant Forbes, for many
years
Woolwich dockyard.
metropolitan police, division,
at
has been promoted to the rank of inspector, and to do
duty at Deptford in
Palmer,n resigned on a pension ; according to his ser-
v;c:ss.

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