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, IVIEMORTIA.L. To THE LATE GENEIti IL
NrILIA4M NAPIE,E,
At a Mer,ting held at' the Royal United Service Luau-
, tion oa tb.e 'Bth May, 1860,
His RAT al Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 8.G.,
' r G:C.B., in the chair,
It was -•droposed by his Gietee,the Duke o Riphinond,K.G.,
Anil Seconded by the Earl Of Ellenborough, G.C.8.,
TVA the late .Gentiral Sii- • Williani*Nsipier, as a soldie
and la military hieteriab, merited•the admiration and grel
tudi of his , - ;
relposed UT:General Sir John-Burgoyne, Bart., G.O .B,
and 'seconded ,by
,General Sir Thomas Broths' rton,
K.C.B:,'
'Tliathe'iminortalised the glorious deeds of our Army in
Sprein, Portugal, and' France. by his history of the war
those countries—a • history that no true soldier can reed
without instruction and advantage, and without being
spired by the heroic sentiments and spirit-stirring iangriage
of the author.
• Proposed by General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C, 6., and
seconds/d by Lieutenant-General Sir He rry Smith,
G.C.8., •
. That, a subscription be immediately opened for the erec-
tion 0.? a statue to the memory of the chivalroem soldier and
unsuiptaise'd military historian.
,t
A. LAWRLE, Hon. Sae.
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COMMITTEE.
6•"""' His Royal Highness the DUKE or Cs.m.nnipor,
K. G., G.O ;f3.
HM Grace *ate Duke of Somerset.
His Graces the Duke of Richmond, K.G.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
His G.race the Duke of Leinster.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G.
Tae Earl De Grey and Ripon •
The Earl of Ellenbomugh, G.C.B.
The Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B.
Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere,
Field-Marshal Lord 'Seaton, G.C.B.
Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Lucan,
General Lord Clyde, G.C.B.
The Right Hon. Lord John Rus,seit.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
The Right Hon. Sir Charles '4Vo•od, Bart.
General Sir John Burgoyne., E.4,.t•
G.C.8..
General Sir Hew Ross, G.(! 7;3.
General Sir George Browei..,;(-4n
General Sir Robert net,G.C.B.
General Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B.
General Sir Thomas 7eSr otherton, 8.C.8.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hs fry Smith, Bart. G.C.B.
Admiral Sir Charl'es 'Napier, S.C.B.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir 31.61 an Aitchison, K.C.B.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Rowan, K.C.B.
Lieut.-Gen. 5.4 aw Kennedy, C.B.
Lieut.-Gen. 'ef'ie Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.B.
Lieut.-Ge-a, Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B.
Lieut.-Creel Sir Frederick Love, K.C.B.
Lieut•-• Gen, Knollys.
lieu"...-Gen. Sir Charles• Yorke, K.C.B.
Cator, C.B.
-14ent.-Gen. Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart.
Major-Gen. Sir Richard Airoy, K C.B.
ALajor-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B.
/lajor-Gen. Sir Harry Jo•aes, K.C.B.
Major-Gen. Wylde, C.B.
The Chaplain-Gen. of tb.e Forces.
Lieut.-Gen. Beatson, K..S.F.
Major-Gen. Watkins.
Major-Gen. Willoughby, C.B.
Colonel Sir Jahn M.. Wilson, C. 8., K.H.
Colonel the Iron. James Lindsay, M.P.
Colonel Sir Dun'ean MacDougall, K.C.F.
Colonel Fitt Kennedy.
Colonel 'Harding, C.B.
Colonel. Y:fareey,
Captem Claxton R.N.
Lieu.c. -Colonel George Hall.
ISlP.frir Gavin, M.P.
George Jones, Esq., Royal Academy.
Andrew Lawrie, Esq.
Captain Burgess.
(With power to add to their number.)
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his Reyal High/less the Duke of Cambride . • £25 0 0
colonel Pitt lKennedyg
'General Sir John Atkinson, K.C.B. .. 20 0 0
General Sir 'Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. .. 25 0 Q olonel Sir John M. Wilson, C. 8., K.H. .. 50 0
General John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. 0 illeut.-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. 5 0 0
-••.,lent.-General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. . • 5 0 0
h4ptair, Claxton, R.N. . • • • • ".t0 0 0
Widow of Major W. H. Jackson .. • • 11 0
gybe
eDuncan MacDougall .. .. • • • • 20 0 0
Vtain Frederick Robertson .. • • . 11 0
VAjor-General Wylde, C.B. • 5 5 0
-ipe Earl of Ellenborough .. • • ~.20 0 0
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Grace the Duke of Leinster
Field-Marshal Lord Seaton G.C.B.
Mai--Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y a•• 10 0 0
Yorke Scarlett,K.C.B. 50 0 0
;,],ren, the Right Hon., Sir G. Brown, G.C.8.,K.H. 10 0 0
`,..010nel P. Araedwagan • .25 0 0
'eneral Sir Tho•ains Brotherton, K.C.B. .. 20 0 0
Bruce, TAsq. M.P. .. • • .. 25 0 0
?lOnel Rathl-Jebe
veutenant 10 10 0
-rjeneral Sir W. Rowan, K.C.B. .. 10 10 0
orittarl`b-General J. S. Kennedy, C.B. 0 0
ti eral James Ferguson, G.C.B. .. 10 0 0
Andrew Lawrie, Esq.
ila_t!trenent-General Sir W. B. Clayton, Bart. 15 0 0
Vsj,..,,tenant-General Cator, C.B. • • • • 1
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Li • to. Dobrie
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rtillery,
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tas, oned Officers
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4 tern Esq. •
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CI Assistant Adjutant-General's Office,
vanchester
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lotejitirionOt of Officers and Men, Ist Battalion
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loZira. T. and W. Boone •
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D• G. Freer. late 43d Regiment
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T„,k.o. R. M'Grigor, Bart. .
tite4. "-gilt Hon. Sidney Herbert ..
ejr,,,:6.-Colanel Brown, 4th Light Dragoons ..
Beatson, K.S,P
tiV,,ar Gavin, M.P. • •
s';'".-Colonel Hort, the Officers, Non-commis-
teled Officers, and Privates of 36th Regiment
~_°4sl Jeffreys C. 8., the Officers, Non-cora-
illissioned Officers, and Privates, sth Depot
Parkhurst' .. • •
ortescue, Esq. 00 00 00 00
Colonel George Hall, Durham, Artillery
'▪ Itt-General Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B.
)I,!kht lima. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. .• • •
11ia94 Hon. Lord John Russell .. • • • •
'.-Gea. the Hon. Sir Charles ol)tain Wilson, 55th Regiment. Gore, K.C.8..
6ajor-General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.B. • •
eterid Sir H. Rose. Royal Artillery, G.C.B.
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taaJor-General Watkins ..
esneral Sir John Bell, G.C.B.
Edward Coleridge
letain Burgess .• • •
Col Grace the Duke of Newcastle
tenant-General Macintosh, K.H.
Li ctel Brock
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4(4Y/tons.. • • • •
Li Carrick Moore, Esq..
'4••`tenant-General Knollys
N4elsal Sir W. Gomm, G.C.8...
~6,,51 Sir E. Blakeney, G.C.8., G.C.H.
A.el6.rsoant-General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.8...
• alle P. Graves • -
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"'•1171t Chabot .. •
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impot Battalion •
race five Duke of Richmond • • • •
%),,-,'e/lant-General Sir W• Codrington, K.G.B.
/3;:?,'riPlion of Non-Comm. issioned Officers and
Itla,'''att's of Army Hospital Corps .. • •
Ainild Lord Clyde, G.C.B. • • • •
goe"l',O'Leary late 55th Regiment .. • •
qo,ll.,,,reter Carey
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s'ite;',,llts, 2d Battalio 22d Regiment .. 1 14 6
otalir"' N.C. Officers. and Privates, let Bat-
-2 4 0
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NO. .04 .9. Officers, and Privates 91st Regt. 16 13 0
Osril.'l)Plions are received by—
Oara liox and Co., Craig's-court, Charing-cross.
Chui rlimmond, Charing-cross.
Ch.el 'McGrigor, Bart., and W. McGrigor, Esq.,
hsis St. James's-square.
Thnit4tB.l7 of the Royal United Service Institution,
• eit all.
•k4dre,,,,,Y,Bank, Threadneedle-street, London, andsQtrare ,
''',awrie, Esq., 10, Charles-street, St. Ja,raes s-
'qulit,-rion. Secretary and: Treasurer, to whom. cora-
klotte are invited.
A. LAWRIE, Hon. Secretary.
"°n, 28th November, 1860.

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21,349.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1860

I.ATviPEI), SD.
piclek, 4D. °

_:_ ...
BONDS of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE, of 500 fr.
each, withdrawable at par, issued at 312 fr. 50c., and
bearing an annual interest of 30fr., or 94. per cent.
By a contract concluded on the
29th Oct., 1860, between the
Turkish Government and Messrs. J. Mires and Co., and
ratified by an imperial firman, a loan has been effected.
The following is the explanatory statement which precedes
this contract:—
" The Government of his Majesty the Sultan. desirous of
contracting a loan, has proposed to a company of bankers and
capitalists to sell and cede to them by contract a sum of
If entes or Turkish Bonds, the interest on which at 6 percent.
would be payable in the different cities of Europe, and chiefly
1 at Paris •and London.
" The Imperial Government, desiring also to afford every
guarantee for this loan, and to ensure the payment of the in-
terest and the redemption of the nominal capital in 36 years,
engages and undertakes to effect regular and equable monthly
payments to the contractors or their representatives.
" To this end and in order to fulfil the conditions of security
the Imperial Government assigns as guarantee for payment
until the necessary annuities fall due, the general revenues
of the Ottoman Empire, and especially the farmed revenues
enumerated in Article 's."

PUBLICATION S.

Waterloo Gallery. The knights and officers of the Order
of the Garter had the honour of being invited.
The invitations to the banquet comprised, among others,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice,
Prince Louis of Hesse, the Princess of Leiningen, the Prince
of Leiningen, the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of
Sutherland. Knights of the Garter—The Duke of Cam-
bridge, Earl Granville, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke
of Newcastle, the Marquis of Exeter, Marquis Camden, the
Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Normanby, the
Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Har-
rowby, and Viscount Palmerston.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attendance,

wind. We here obtained soundings in 1,120 fathoms,
gravel and sand; and again on the 16th, Cape
Farewell bearing N. 56 W., 75 miles, 1,230 fathoms,
muddy sand.
From this date commenced a series of most vio-
lent gales, which blew without intermission until
the evening of the 19th, and during which time I
had on several occasions penetrated the ice, in order
to ascertain if the coast was sufficiently free to admit
of our carrying on surveying operations in the
southern fiords; and on the evening of the 21st of
September we moored to an iceberg for the night,
we then being 36 miles S., 29 deg. W., from Cape
Thorvaldsen on Desolation Island, having worked
through some streams of ice; and we took this op-
portunity of sounding. We got an unexpected
depth of 1,550 fathoms, but unfortunately lost the
bottom specimen from the line fouling the ship's
keel, and breaking at 300 fathoms in heaving in.
From the absence of ice in shore we had intended,
with daylight, entering the Torsukatak Channel,
and proceeding within the islands to Julianshaab
and southern fiords • but after midnight a furious
hurricane from SS.E. suddenly burst upon us,
tearing us from the berg, and compelling us to
scud before the wind and through the openings
in the ice, which now fast accumulated again
from the southward. A detailed account of
this hurricane will be given hereafter ; suffice
it to say that, after having frequently struck
the ice, got the water over our machinery, and en-
gines consequently stopped, ,"stormsail split, and
upper works damaged, we were by the mercy of
God's providence saved from destruction.
The northerly currents and continuance of stormy
weather prevented our reaching Frederickshaab
until Oct. 2, to which harbour I was obliged to go
to repair damage, refit, and obtain fresh water.
After seeing to the necessary repairs I organised
a boat expedition to southward, to examine the
coast, and to ascertain if free from ice, which had
hitherto constantly streamed northward along the
land. Davis, Rae, Shaffner, Zeilau, and Woods
accompanied me.
Having reached a good position southward, and
there finding that the ice seaward had almost dis-
persed, I immediately returned, with the view at
once to proceed on our voyage with the ship. We
sailed from Frederickshaab on Oct. 20, with strong
northerly gale, and on following day passed through
the Insakatak Channel, reaching Julianshaab on
the 22d, and on ascending the neighbouring hills,
from the height of 1,000 feet, not a piece of drift
oceanic ice was to be seen around the coast.
Having made all inquiries about Igalliko (Julians-
haab) fiord, I deemed it advisable at once to com•
mence a survey of this beautiful arm of the sea,
and acting upon the opinion of Col. Shaffner, that
were this fiord found practicable the electric circuit
from Reikavik would not be too extended.
We first sounded up to the head of the Fiord,
which gave an opportunity for our landing a tra-
velling party, under command of Dr. Rae, to
examine the inland ice and nature of the country.
A party also went to the Old Nordisker ruins at
Igalliko.

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NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

GUARANTEES.
By a firman of his Majesty the Sultan, the farmed revenues
assigned as guarantee, and specified in Article 9 of the con-
tract, are confirmed.
These revenues, assigned for the payment ad the interest
and tbr the redemption of the loan, amount

CAPTURE OF PEKIN.— In ZADKIEL'S
ALMANAC, p. 46, we read : "I deem it clear that
some great deed of war shall bring fame and hem Jur to the
standard of Old England!" The Almanac for Ib6l, price 6d.,
at Berger's, liolywell-street, Strand.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l am directed by the promoters of this
undertaking to hand you the preliminary reports of
the surveying expedition in the Fox, under the
command of Captain Allen Young, and to state that
detailed and final reports are now in course of pre-
paration, and will shortly be made public.
I am also requested to call your attention to the
enclosed interesting letter from Sir Leopold M'Clin-
tock to Sir Chas. Bright.—l am, &c.,
Old Jewry, Dec. 17. WM. BEVAN.
Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1860.
My dear Sir Charles,—You are very welcome to
my opinion respecting the North Atlantic Tele-
graph route ; it has been formed solely upon what
',have receutly seen, and upon the local informa-
tion I have gleaned, whilst employed in 'sounding
and surveying along the projected route in com-
mand of her Majesty's steamer Bulldog.
As for the short lengths of cable between
Scotland and Faroe, and from thence to the
east shore of Iceland, no difficulties need
be encountered ; there are certain channels
between the Faroe Isles where the tides are very
strong, but there are also still-water creeks, and
these I presume will be selected for landing the
shore-ends,
Like most of my countrymen, I was profoundly
ignorant of the climatic condition of Iceland be-
fore I went there • and being desirous of obtain-
ing authentic information respecting the ice
movements in the adjacent seas, a scientific
gentleman to whom I had an introduction kindly
met my wishes by hunting up for me such facts
as I required from the celebrated " Icelandic An-
nals," which date back as far as the 9th century.
Briefly, then, the shores of Iceland are only visited
by drift ice about seven or eight times in each
century, and it is only upon two or three of
these occasions that the drift ice is sufficiently
extensive to reach the south side, and surround the
whole island. True icebergs are never seen; the
heavy masses often so called are small enough to
float freely in comparatively shallow water, so
that a cable would remain undisturbed at the bot-
tom, the shore endlbeing carried up a fiord.
I trust you will adhere to the original inten-
tion of a land line across Iceland to Faxe Bay, as
by so doing you will avoid the only part of the
sea where submarine volcanic disturbance may be
suspected. Faxe Bay never freezes over, and I
find no record of drift ice within it since 1683.
Merchant vessels come and go throughout the
winter.

To 141,081,543 Turkish piastres,
Or £1,282,500 pounds sterling,
Or 32,064,0001 r. in francs.
The sum required for the payment of the annuities due for
the interest and redemption of the loan, only amounting to
27,360,0001 r., the surplus will be delivered to the Ministry of
Finance of the Ottoman Empire (Art. 11).

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THE SCIENCE OF LIFE : or, How to Live,
and What to Live For ; Explanatory of the Mysteries
of Man's Existence, and the various Phenomena of Life.
With Instructions for Securing Health and Strength ; and
Remarks on the Treatment of Disorders incidental to Seden
tary Life.

COLLECTION OF THE GUARANTEES.
On the Ist (13th) March of every year, the farming of the
revenues of the Ottoman Empire is publicly awarded by the
Minister of Finance.
In order to be admitted to compete for this farming the
candidates must be guaranteed by bankers resident at Con-
stantinople.
It is on account of this situation that the folio ving clause
was inserted in the contract :
Art. 12. The annual amount of each farmed revenue as-
sierned Its guarantee sbatl4bedb7ided Into twelve p,4te; twelfth par, Owl De represented by a bill to order, signed
and paid at Constantinople by the farmers and their guaran-
tees. These bonds, guaranteed in every case to the total
amount by the Imperial Government, will be delivered in
advance against receipts to the contractors, to their assigns,
or for the latter to their agents.

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CONTENTS.—The Physical Education of Early Life—The
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Stomach and its Difficulties--The Cultivation of the Affec-
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Am. (to.

THE COMMISSION FOR THE LOAN.
According to the terms of Article 12 of the contract the con-
tractors of the loan have the right of deputing representatives
who will be able to communicate with the Government. The
contractors can also receive direct from the hands of the far-
mers' guarantees the consecutive payments of the revenues
specially farmed for the payment of the interest and the re-
demption of the loan.
For the carrying out of this arrangement the Government
of his Imperial Majesty has authorised the constitution of a
special Commission of twelve members, resident at Con-
stantinople, Paris, and London, who will be empowered to
supervise—
I. '['he receipt of the farmed revenues assigned as guarantee.
.2. The regular pay/tient of the interest and the redemption
of the loan.
This Commission is composed as follows :
MEMBERS RESIDENT AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
M. David Glavany, banker.
Mr. Ch. S. Hanson, one of the Directors of the Bank of Turkey
at Constantinople.
31. Arland, of the firm of Arland, G. Court, and Co., of Con-
stantinople.
MEMBERS RESIDENT IN LONDON.
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Turkey, composed of
Russell Ellice, Esq., of the firm of Robarts, Lubbock, and Co.
William Gladstone, Esq., of the firm of Thomson, Bonar,
and Co.
H. G. Gordon, Esq., of the Oriental Bank.
31. L. Rodocanachi, Esq., of the firm of Rodocanachi, Sons,
and Co.

MEMBERS RESIDENT AT PARIS.
Count Simeon, Senator.
Donors, Consul-General of Turkey.
31. Lichtlin Vice-President of the Societe Generale de Credi
Commercial et Industriel.
Isidore Fould (de Saint Denis).

-Returning with the Fox to, Julianshaab, Oct.
27, we then surveyed the estuary of the Fiord, and,
from the soundings obtained, I am of a decided
opinion tbitt a depth of not less than 150 to 160
fathoms can be carried from the middle of the
Fiord, abreast the settlement, out to sea, with a
general muddy bottom. This depth of water will
effectually preclude injury to the cable from the
largest icebergs ever seen upon the coast.
Although many bergs lay along the coast we
saw none aground in this valley of the Fiord, nor,
according to information obtained from the resi-
dents, have they been seen grounded in that
channel.

REPAYMENT OF THE CAPITAL.
(Extract from the Contract.)
Art. 6. Every half-year and at least one month before the
1 end of each period, that is to say, in June and December, a
committee, composed of the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte
or his delegate, the representatives of the Contractors, and a
Public Notary, shall proceed, at Paris or London, to the draw-
ing by lottery of the bonds to be redeemed.
An official statement of the numbers drawn shall be imme-
diately published and communicated to the Minister of
Finance at Constantinople.
These bonds are redeemable at 500 frs. in 36 years by half-
yearly drawings. The first drawing will take place in the
month of June, 1861, and the redemption of the bonds drawn
with the payment of the interest will be effected from the Ist
July, 1861.

From here the cable to Greenland will proceed.
During the spring of the year South Greenland
is usually enveloped with drift ice and icebergs,
whilst in in the autumn it is for the most part free;
it is however liable to be more or less obstructed
throughout the whole year; the present, for in-
stance, has been an extremely bad one, probably
the worst for 30 years, and yet the Bulldog (paddle
steamer), the Fox (screw), and the Danish sailing
vessel have visited Julianshaab in September, Oc-
tober, and November.

TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE REDEMPTION OF
THE BONDS IN THIRTY-SIX YEARS.

These operations occupied us till November 2,
when winter had fairly set in. The temperatures
were lower than usually experienced in midwinter,
and the Fiord, which seldom freezes, was already
covered with thin ice for sixteen miles from the
head ; nevertheless, I had intended, had we been all
on board, to have proceeded with the last of the
moon to Parmiedluk, in order also to examine Illoa
Fiord, but our anxiously expected travelling party
from the inland ice had not returned, and I imme-
diately left the ship with boat and sledge in search
of them, and found them at Igalliko. We all re-
turned on board on November 6.
All surveying operations for this season were now
at an end, the moon had gone, and the new ice
forming fast inside the islands put a stop to further
navigation upon the coast, and, as it was also too
late to get into Hamilton's Inlet, I determined at
once to proceed to England, and accordingly, on
November 8, sailed from Juliannehaab, passed
through some drift ice in the night, and, after a fair
run under canvas across the Atlantic, anchored in
Portland Roads on November 23.
I much regret that the unusual severity of the
season, and the consequent uncertainty of the navi-
gation, prevented my carrying out our earnest de-
sires to meet Sir Leopold M‘Clintoek.
This report, and my previous letters, though
necessarily brief, will show that my decided opinion
(so far as we have been upon that route) is favour-
able to the practicability of the undertaking; and
that Juliannehaab will under all circumstances be
well adapted for the reception of the cable. With
regard to the operation of laying the cable, I consider
that no apprehension may be felt on that point, for
the sudden disappearance which we witnessed of
the ice from the coast, and from the ice usually dis-
persing from the southeast shores of Greenland in
the autumnal months, opportunities will always
occur when a ship having the cable on board and
lying in readiness in Julianshaab may depend
upon having a period of clear and open sea. The
cable once laid, no drift ice can in any way injure
it, if the proper precautions are taken in securing
the shore end.

Years.

Years,

Years.

Ist 6,718 ! 13th - 13,513 125th
2nd .... ..... 7,119 14th
3rd .... ..... 7,546 15th
4th .......... 7,998 16th
sth •
6th .. ..... ... 8,987 11Bth
7th .. ..... ... 9,527 ; 19th
Bth ..... ..... 10,098
9th ..... .... 10,704 21 st
10th
11th
12th

My humble opinion is that in two years out of
every three the ice will be too inconsiderable to
obstruct the laying down of a cable during the
autumnal months, whilst in my official report to
the hydrographer of the navy I have expressed a
confident opinion that the shore end may be car-
ried into a fiord where it will be secure from ice-
bergs or drift ice.
It only remains for me to notice Labrador. The
landing place for a shore end there his yet to be
sought for. The interior, I was told, would pre-
sent no difficulty whatever for a land line.
The contour of the sea bottom and depth of the
ocean throughout the route is d.ecidedly favourable,
and here let me inform you that my report is mis-
quoted in the F,ngineer of Friday last, the writer
stating that I mention the soundings in one part as
being "very irregular," whereas I reported them us
" very regular."

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YOU cannot have failed, to derive much encourage-
ment from the explorations of the Bulldog and Fox.
There are difficulties, of course, in so great an
undertaking, but they are not by any means insur-
mountable. To me it will always prove a source
of real gratification to have been actively employed
in the advancement of an object of such vast na-
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You mint take my opinion for no more than it is
worth ; you are well aware of its chief merit—an
entire absence of prejudice or bias of any kind.
Should you desire it, I will be happy to explain
to you in detail my grounds for every opinion, and
authority for every fact which I have stated.
I am, my dear Sir Charles, faithfully yours,
(Signed) F. LEOPOLD M'CLINTOCK.
To Sir Charles Bright, &c.

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Steam Surveying yacht Fox, Southampton,
Nor. 28, 1860.
Sir,—l beg to report the arrival of the Fox in
Southampton Docks, at 4 p.m. yesterday, and as
my last communication with you was from Iceland,
I now,hand you a preliminary sketch of our pro-
ceedings, and report of survey, combined from the
observations of both Mr. Davis and myself since
leaving Reikavik.
Having rated chronometers and swung ship for
local deviation of compasses, we left Reikavik Aug.
31, and on following day were in position off the
headland of Sncefells Jokul, in north-west extreme
of Faxe .13ay.
I had then intended making a course so as to
strike the coast of Greenland in the same parallel
of latitude, and carry the survey from that point
down the coast to Cape Farewell. Our object being
to examine the inlets and outlets upon the coasts,
we did not delay for the purpose of deep sounding,
but took advantage of every opportunity to obtain
a cast and bottom specimens. At a distance from
60 to 160 miles, in a direction S. 57 deg. W. from
Sncefells Noes, we obtained soundings of from 175
deepening to 1,100 fathoms, the bottom being mud,
specimens of which, and of the water brought up
by Six's thermometer cases, were on all occasions
preserved.

As soon as the detail of the survey, with astrono-
mical observations, has been worked up, and when
our meridional distances are ascertained, a further
report, with charts, drawings, meteorological regis-
ter, &c., will be submitted to you.
Although this is only a preliminary report, I
cannot refrain from expressing my gratitude to all
the officers attached to the expedition, who have
exerted themselves to their best ; also to those in
the Government departments, from whom I have
received the most valuable assistance, and to whom
I shall again refer in my detailed report. I have
brought home an Esquimaux hunter, and hope to
teach him the English language, in order that we
may have a direct interpreter in the future opera-
tions in Greenland.

I am thankful to say that, on arrival in England
we had not a case of sickness on board, although
severs! accidents occurred during the heavy
weather we experienced. I have not lost one of my
fine crew.

I have the hunour to be, sir, your most obedient
servant,

- A series of gales with heavy sea now drove us
from the desired course, and precludEd us during
the following days from making observations on the
depth of the ocean. During these days every care
was taken to ascertain the set of the Polar current,
but by which we were not sensibly affected. In
these gales we lost a portion of our bulwarks,
stanchions, and deck gear, and although two of our
men were seriously hurt we fortunately lost no lives.
Our next opportunity for deep-sea sounding was
on approaching the east coast of Greenland, when,
at 130 miles N., 75 deg. E. from Cape Bille, we got
bottom in 1,135 fathoms ; and again 1,052 fathoms,
with good specimens of mud, at a distance of 63
miles ; we then carried in soundings to 170 fathoms
ten miles from the land, Cape Bille bearing N. 40
deg. W.

ALLEN YOUNG,
Commander of the North Atlantic Telegraph
Expedition.
J. R. Croskey, Esq.
Captain Young having submitted the above sketch
of our voyage from Iceland to my consideration, I
perfectly share in the opinions expressed therein
as to the practicability of the route.
J. E. DAVIS, Master and Surveyor, R.N.,
Steam Surveying Yacht Fox, Southampton, N0v.30.

London, Dec. 14, 1860.
Gentlemen,—Having engaged to take charge of
the land portion of the expedition for the examina-
tion of the North Atlantic Telegraph route, and to
report to you my observations, I have now the honour
to inform you that my full and detailed report is
drawn up and subject to your order at any moment.
I have only awaited the completion of the enlarged
maps of the respective lands traversed, which
have been requested since my return, and
which are still in progress of construction. For the
present I will confine myself to a very brief sum-
mary of the results of my own observations, and of
such reliable information collected en route as may
in future be of use to the enterprise.
After a tedious passage of fourteen days from
England we reached Thorshaven, the capital of the
Faroes, on the 3d August. The three following
days were spent in travelling over the island of
Stromoe, in a north-westerly direction, from Thorshaven to Halderoig, a distance, by the route we
followed, of about 27 miles.
The results of this short journey were very satis-
factory, and showed that there would be no great
difficulty in carrying a telegraph wire over the line
of route by which wewtss-ed.l)
the termini of the Two small bays at
land journey seem well fitted for
of a
the landing cable , and the sound which
separates Stromoe from Osteroe offers great facili-
tiesfor the transport of materials.
The
. mode of transport, overland is by pack
ponies, which are extremely sure-footed,
and can
carry a load of 200114 , or more. Footpaths already
exist, which could be much
.improved at a very
moderate expense.
The inhabitants of the Faroes are hospitable,
well educated and intelligent, and would give all
the aid in their power to carry out this great
undertaking, in which all whom I conversed with
took a deep interest.
The journey across Iceland from Bernfiord on the

We had previously passed through some light
streams of drift ice, and on this day, Sept. 12, I
filled up fresh water from a floe-piece, and then
Approached the land, the ice being close and heavy
under the land ; and in the evening, being sur-
rounded with loose pieces, I kept away to south-
ward along the shore until daylight, when I stood
in to about three miles off the high island called by
the natives Ourenarsuk. Some closely-packed ice
lay here along the coast, the easterly wind keeping
it upon the land; and seeing no opening to enable
us to get in at that time, with no prospect of an off-
shore wind to disperse it, I continued following the
trend of the land and looking for an open harbOur.
Views of the land, angles and observations for fixing
positions, were obtained as we coasted along.
A dark water-sky off Lindenow Fiord led mo to
hope that I Should there be able to obtain anchorage;
hut in the afternoon of September 13 the wind
freshened from SS.W., and the weather began to
threaten a repetition of the violent gales we had
already experienced, and to bring back fresh ice
from about Cape Farewell ; and as the floe-pieces
were very close around the ship, and I saw no
prospect of reaching a harbour on that evening, I
had no alternative but to stand off for the night to
the south-eastward. Two Polar bears were seen on
this day, one of which I shot.
On the 14th we were in lat. 60 N., long. 4.10 W,
60 miles east from the entrance to Prins. Christian
Sound, having been led off by the trend of the ice,
which now gave us the first indications of an unusu-
ally great accumulation around Cape Farewell, and
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east to Itsykiavik on the west coast com`menced on
the 15th Aug., and occupied fourteen a:
distance travelled Mr being little, •if at all, ~abort
of 450 miles. During this journey, although we
by no means followed the shortest route, or ths..t
best adapted for telegraphic purposes, no obstacles,
as fares I could notice, presented themselves to thus
erection of a telegraph wire. As we kept well to'
the northward, all the streams of any size crossed
by us (with one exception) flowed in that direction ;
and high, well-defined banks which showed no
indication of ice action or of shifting their position,
as I am told, is a peculiarity of the rivers flowing
into the sea on the south coast of the island. •
By information received from some of the moot
intelligent and respectable gentlemen at Reykiavik
am led to believe that Portland, on the south coast
of Iceland, although not a harbour for vessels, is
well fitted for the landing of a cable, the beach
being of fine sand. There is frequently a -heavy
surf, but this I am told would not injure a strong
cable laid upon a shore of the nature described.
The modes of transport of stores over Iceland are
by ponies, and in some places waggons and sledges
may be used.
The lowest temperature experienced during win-
ter is 13 degrees, or 14 degrees below zero of Fahren-
heit, and this is of rare occurrence.

I regret to say that our visit to Greenland, as far
as regards the land part of the expedition, was very
limited, in consequence of the lateness and unusual
severity of the season, and other causes.
1 had no opportunity of examining the inland
1 ice to any extent, so that I cannot give an opinion
on the practicability of • carrying a wire or cable
across any part of South Greenland, nor do I think
this of much importance, as I believe the doing so
will not be found requisite or advantageous.
From my own observation, and from information[
obtained from the most reliable sources, I do not
believe that the ice, either in the form of floe or
bergs, can injure a cable if once down, and that in
ordinary seasons a cable may be laid without much
difficulty.
That the dangers to ships from ice are not gene-
rally considered very great in the South Greenland
seas may be inferred from the fact that vessels
sometimes numbering ten or twelve in the season,
visit this coast, and generally return laden to Europe
in perfect safety and uninjured. Most of these
vessels are not strengthened in any way to protect
them from ice.
To the former for
_ Col. Shaffner and Lieut. Von Zeilau (one of the
ocorutnhseellaninguaangyescasofe
tOhfe
sense
eisohf
ocbolmigmatiisosnionlearsm) accompanied_ meanth
journeys across Stromoe and Iceland, and I cannot
his zeal and energy in 'gene
close this brief letter without expressing the deep
a
his excellent practical advice and.
underl to these gentlemen..
._
valuable services arising from
people among whom we
general, and
t. the latter
the
mirespecially for
. is perfect knowledge
travelled.

I have the honour to be gentlemen,
Your very obedient servant,
JOHN RAE.
Messrs. Croskey and Co., King William-street,
City.

The undersigned, appointed as delegates from
the royal Danish Government to join the North
Atlantic Telegraph expedition, steam yacht Fox,
commanded by Captain Allen Young, hereby state
that we made the voyage with the Fox, and one or
the other of us took part in the land and sea expe-
ditions respectively.
We concur in the opinion that it is practicable
to submerge on land telegraph cables at the places
selected on the Faroe Islands, and also to construct
a line overland there, and that in our opinion cables,
when landed, will remain undisturbed.
We have the same opinion in regard to the land-
ing and maintaining cables on the coast of Iceland,
and also that a line can be constructed across Ice-
land with all reasonable prospects of permanency.
As regards Greenland we give it our decided
opinion, based upon our own observations and re-
calved information from the best authorities, that
cables can be safely laid from Greenland during
the autumn months, for instance, at the Igalliko►
(Julianshaab) Fiord, where cables can be submerged
beyond the reach of icebergs.
London, Nov. 26, 1860.
ARNLJOTER OLAFSSON, Member of the
Icelandic Diet.
TH. VON ZEILAU, Royal Danish Army.