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London, England, 1848-10-04 00:00:00

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12th of July, at which time the ships were at opeiN
navick, Davis's Stntits
iigNnn etc° fromi'e I the ' ej xpediti&-:( to thol.4
Sir :I.a.'etmeidels Ross's Expedition, Uppernavick,
Davis's Straits, July 12, 1848.
"D@ar Sir,---I now forward lon a rough journal of
our proceedings from Whale Island to this date,
having sent you the forme:- portion from Lievly, by
a Danish brig, by way of Copenlelgen. This also
goes by the same route.
"'Tis a block game with rs at present. We are
now fast to an iceberg, off Uppernavick, a Danish
settlement, in latitude 73 north. A barrier of pock
ice prevents us from ineldng any further progress
to the northward. Tf:e wee ther lere is remarkehiy
fine, the thermometer rangieg from fifty to sixty
degrees.
"The whalers are aU gone to the southward, with
the exception of one ship, which is to beat amongst the
ice about twenty rinic-s to the northward of us.
"\Ve have had communications vvtli the following
skips:—True Love, of Hull, with iOur fish; Lady
Jane, of Shields, with four fish ; A!exander, of Dun-
dee, with three fish ; Horn, of Dundee, with four
fish; and Joseph Green, of Peterhead, with five fish.
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have nothing to do but to eat, and sleep, and
shoot wild fowl. The greatest comfort of all is, that
call to come.' At present we
unity and concord which exist amongst the officers
and crew. We are, indeed, a happy family.'
"It is impossible fur me to say how long we shall
remain here—perhaps a week, perhaps not an hour—
it all depends upon the state of the ice. lam rather
doubtful that we shall get to Lancaster Sound this
year. The season appears to be rather inauspicious.
" We have heard nothing of Sir John Franklin
and his gallant associates, neither from the natives,
among whom we have instituted the most minute
inquiries, and have endeavoured to interest them in
the object of our humane enterprise, nor from the
whalers that we have spoken. We have watched
most narrowly everything that has floated past us,
and have explored the coasts, and searched round the
bergs, but not a vestige of wreck have we seen, nor
anything to indicate the fate of the lost ones.
" It will, perhaps, surprise you when you hear me
state that it has been so warm during our stay here,
that the men have been all working in their shirts—
that is, without jackets or waistcoats, and with necks
bare, ala Mediterranean. I will now give you my
rough notes :
runningsa
" Friday, June 30—Weather fine; wind from the
eastward ; thermometer 49 deg. ; temperature of the
sea 45 deg. 6 P.M., weighed anchor from Whale
" Saturday, July 1 —Weather cloudy ; wind from
It\g%ls.iraleearadnSt d; twelve noon \Vhygate Strait right abeam;
number of bergs in sight ; appearance of the. shaping
„our u n courseie r all to
possible
the
northward.ii to the
north-
land high and rugged, partially covered with snow;
thermometer 45 deg.; temperature of the sea 46 deg.
" Sunday, 2—Weather cloudy; light airs from tine
eastward; stormy ; course along the land; number
of bergs in sight ; thermometer 44 deg.; temperature
of the sea, 41 30 deg. ; appearance of the laud as
yesterday.
" Monday, 3—Light airs from the northward,
reaching to the westward ; 10 30 A.M., tacked in con-
sequence of coming in contact with a lar,,4e body of
pack ice ; stood in towards the land; 12 noon, lat.
74 31, lon. 58 9; thermometer 39 deg.; temperature
of the sea, 39 deg. ; 7 33 r.ai., sounded close to an
iceberg; height by measurement 200 feet; no bottom ;
iceberg aground.
"Tuesday, s—Light airs from the north-west,
standing in towards the Women's Islands, bearing at
12 noon N.E., dist. 20 mile:, 10 15 A.M., sounded to
150 fathoms and no bottom ; thermometer, 45 deg.;
temperature of the sea, 44 deg. 30 min.
" Wednesday, s—Weather clear and fine, light airs
from the eastward. 9 30 A.M., hands to tow with
the boats. 12, noon, hoisted the boats up; thermo-
meter, 48 deg.; temperature of the sea, 44 deg. 5 P.m.;
observed from the mast-head five sail of whalers.
7 P.m., closed them, and found them to be the Princess
Charlotte, and Alexander, of Dundee; Joseph Green,
of Peterhead; Lady .Jane, of Shields; and Truelove,
of Hull; communicated by boats, and received infor-
mation that there was no probability of gettingfarther
northward for the present in consequence of pack
ice. 10 P.M., whalers bore away for the southward.
12, midnight, lat. 72 deg. 25 min.; immense quanti-
ties of icebergs and ice in sight.
" Thursday, 6—Finn weather, light airs from the
westward. 12 noon, ht. 72 deg. 40 min. 1 P;24.,
hands towed ships. 6 P.m., hoisted boats up. 11 P.M.,
made fast to an iceberg close in with the land ; In-
vestigator, to an adjoining iceberg; thermometer
during the day varying from 40 deg. to 48.; tem-
perature of the sea from 36 deg. to 44 deg.
" Friday, 7—Weather fine, and exceedingly warm,
thermometer varying from 48 deg. to 54 deg.; tem-
perature of the sea 44 deg. to 50 deg. 4 P.M., made
sail and loosed from the berg; towed ship 10
miles further to the northward ; communicated with
the natives of Uppernavick. 6 P.m., made fast to a
berg in company with Investigator.
" Saturday, B—Weather remarkably fine ; ther-
mometer varying from 52 deg. to 56 deg. ; tempera-
turenfp.
an 30y sec.
hav-
ing
of the sea from 60 deg. to 42 deg.; parties away
shooting wild fowl and gathering eggs ; five whalers
passed to southward this day.
"Sunday, 9—Fine weather; performed divine
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o tinh eet seer a a4t4 ;da
syhip 5,4 s c doe
steermvipceera; tituri e o
a run on shore at Uppernavick.
" Monday, 10 Weather fine ; thermometer at
noon 52 deg. ; temperature of the sea 44 deg.
" Tuesday, 11—Weather fine ; thermometer 56 deg.
at noon ; temperature of the sea 48 deg. ; sent a boat
to ascertain the state of the ice, that is the pack which
intercepts a passage to the northward.
" Wednesday 12—Weather rather cloudy ; ther-
mometer 52 deg. ; temperature of the sea 43 deg.
"I have now nothing more to relate to you
from this sombre region of rocks and snow; but I
have much to communicate to you viva voce, and I
think to interest you with, when please God I
return from the Arctic regions. I must close my
letter, as report says we make another attempt to-
morrow to get Au the northward. I don't think we
shall succeed, as there does not seem to be the least
alteration in the appearance of the pack. Should we
fail, I rather think the captain intends to return to the
southward as far as 71 deg. north, and then endeavour
to force a passage across.
" Farewell for a season."

i s As•A NI

[PRICE SD.

LATER INTELLIGENCE OF THE

ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
A letter has been received at the Admiralty, from
John M'Caul, Esq,, British Vice Consul at Copen-
hagen, transmitting one from Dr. Rink, of which Ow
following is a translation :
rlony atl
Uppernavick, to fall in with the English expedition
sent, underhadfortune,on the command of Captain Sir JaMes
Clark Ross, in search of Captain Sir John Franklin ;
and I now take the liberty to send herewith three
packages, with letters, which on this occasion were
Greenland,ost
colony
delivered to me. I reached Uppernavick in the
afternoon of the 13th July, and saw the two
ships Enterprise and Investigator lying moored to an
icefield north of the island, whereupon I immediately
sscientific
c thjeounronretyhe in
m
repaired on board to visit Captain Ross. After
having spent half an hour in conversation with him
and the commanding officer of the other ship (Captain
Bird) I left them about seven o'clock in the evening,
the wind having become easterly, and Captain Ross
having given orders for getting under sail. They
both proceeded along the coast to the northward, and
next day were out of sight. Everything appeared
to be well on board up to the moment that they left
us. On the following Saturday and Sunday, the
lfith and 17th of July, we had a severe storm from
the S.W., which has certainly broken up the ice,
which in the early part of July still lay ten (Danish)
miles to the north of Uppernavick, and has thereby
removed the last hindrance to the expedition proceed-
ing further to the northward.
" As this will most likely be one of the latest ac-
counts received from this important expedition before
its return to Europe. I therefore thought that the
(Signed) " RINK, Doctor Phil.'
present communication might be of interest to the
consulate. " I am, &c.,

SPIRIT-DEALERS' AcT.—On Tuesday next, the
10th inst., the Spirit-dealers' Act (11 and 12 Victors,
cap. 121) will come into operation. It contains 30 clauses,
altering the laws and regulations of Excise, respecting
the survey of dealers in, and retailers of, spirits by permit.
Among the alterations made is one to the effect that
licensed dealers in spirits may take out an additional
licence to retail foreign liqueurs of not less than a bottle
nor to be consumed on the premises for which they are
to pay an additional duty of 21. 2s. to the Excise.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, OCT. 3.—The Spanish
brig Sirens, Captain Villamarcz, with sugar, coffee, and
runt, 47 days from St. Jago de Cuba; the Spanish brig
Jose Franciso, Captain La Peyra, with sugar, 51 days
f, om Matanzas; the American barque Constellation, Cap-
tain Flitner, with 2,118 boxes of sugar, 55 days from
Havannah ; and the American barque Hannah Sprague,
Captain Lunt, 2,901 boxes of sugar, 51 days from Tri-
nidad de Cuba, have arrived off Cowes for orders.

The alkali and glass trades are still in a very de-
pressed state. Several of the manufactories of crown,.
flint, and bottles, are closed, besides three of the princi-
pal alkali manufactories o❑ the Tyne, and those in t
istence we are afraid are scarcely obtaining remunerating
prices for their productions.—Newcastle Guardian.