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ARRIVAL OF A FORTY-PIVE TOY
CUTTER FROM YEW YORK.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.
Many of the readers of The Sun will doubtless
remember the arrival at Liverpool, in July, 1857,
of a small craft named the Charter Oak, only 23
tons burden, from New York, her owner and
builder having: performed the perilous passage across
the Atlantic in this frail bark with a single com-
panion. The adventurous navigator, whose name
is Charles R. Webb, has now accomplished a second
enterprise of the kind, having arrived at this port
on Saturday evening in a small cutter named the
Christopher Columbus, this time accompanied by
two boys, both 18 years of age, neither of them
previously acquainted with nautical pursuits. The
cutter sailed from New York on the 19th of August,
and has occupied 45 days in the 'voyage. She is
only 45 tons burden, 53 feet in length over all, 45
feet keel, 16 feet in width, and the mast is 50 feet
6 inches long. She has no raised bulwarks, the deck
being protected by a stout rope sustained by iron
stanchions. Her greatest draught of water is 6 feet.
A more frail-looking bark in which to cross the
stormy Atlantic it is scarcely possible to
conceive, and as she lies off the town quay, sur-
rounded by the larger craft built for the purposes
of our river and coast, few would imagine, or scarce
believe it when told them, that this miniature
vessel could have travelled over such a wild waste
of waters.

The Christopher Columbus was built at Stam-
ford, Connecticut, in seven months, every part of
the work being executed by Webb himself, except
th: stepping of the mast and the rigging, even to
the cutting down and shaping of the timber with
which she is constructed. Webb is a native of
Stamford, 29 years of age, and a shipwright by
trade, his nautical knowledge, as he tells us, having
been gained while working as a carpenter on board
a Liverpool packet-ship. This is the 17th voyage
he has made across the Atlantic,----nine out and
eight home. The two boysby whom he was accom-
panied in his daring adventure are named George
Colles and Sam. Scofield. The voyage has been
conducted throughout on strict temperance princi-
ples, and the stores of provisions were of a very
modest and un-epicurean character, comprising
only biscuit, mackerel, and hams, with a little salt
beef. The vessel is built of oak, and sloop-rigged.
A plain cabin, with sleeping recesses on either side,
in the centre of the vessel, the stores occupying
either end, constitutes the whole internal economy
of this remarkable craft. She arrived off Cowes on
Saturday at two o'clock, and came on here in the
evening.
Not the least curious part of the whole affair is
the log, kept in a very rough manner on a few
sheets of foolscap paper stitched together, the en-
tries all made in pencil, ink being evidently an un-
known commodity on board. We subjoin a copy
of the log for the benefit of nautical readers who
may feel interested in the daily progress of so very
remarkable a passage :
" Aug. 19th.—Passed the Hook Light, 8 a.m.
Wind, N. 12 noon, lat. 40 31 ; distance sailed, 26
miles.
" 20th.--Noon, lat. 40 11 ; 112 miles. Wind,
N.W. 8 p.m., spoke ship Aurora, bound to Liver-
pool. •
" 21st.-10 a.m., passed full-rigged ship bound
west. Noon, lat. 40 26 ; 83 miles. Wind, S.W.
" 22d.—Light air of wind to the southward ;
cloudy ;no observation ;43 miles. Passed three
vessels.
" 23d.—Fresh: breeze, N.W.
miles.

Lat. 40 51; 122

" 24th.—Fresh breeze, N.W. Lat. 41 6 ; 158
miles.

" 25th.—Light breeze, W. Lat. 41 33 ; 120
miles. 10 p.m., light breeze N.
" 26th.—Light breeze, N.E. Lat. 41 39 ; 94
miles. 4 p.m., passed a large ship bound west.
8 p.m., N.E. •, hove to.
" 27th.—Wind, N.E. 6 a.m., passed a large ship
bound west. Lat. 41 25 ; hove to.
"28th.—Wind, N.E. Lat. 41 32. Hove to.

" 29th.—Wind, E. Hove to. No observation.
" 30th.-4 a.m., got under way. 6 a.m., light W.
winds. Noon, lat. 41 4. 4 p.m., wind S.W.
" 31st.—Wind, S.W. 10 a.m., passed a ship
bound west. Noon, lat. 42 32; 143 miles.
" Sept. Ist.—Light winds, foggy; no observation.
6 p.m., wind N.W.
" 2d.—Dead calm. Lat. 43 54. On the Banks ;
4 p.m., two vessels in sight to the southward.
" 3d.-2 a.m., wind, N.E., foggy, rainy. 6 a.m.
dead calm. Noon, lat. 43 52. 4 p.m., light air
N.W. S p.m., calm.
" 4th.—Light air from the south. Lat. 43 52.
Made sail, 2 p.m., ship in sight bound west.
" sth.—Wind, S.S.W. Lat. 44 45 ; 132 miles.
Afternoon, wind W., foggy.
" 6th.—Wind, W. ; foggy, rainy, and squally.
No observation. 131 miles.

" 7th.--Rainy ; fresh westerly gales. No obser-
vation. 128 miles.

" Bth.—Fresh gales, west. 10 a.m., ship passed
us steering east. Lat. 46 46 ; 158 miles.
" 9th.—Heavy westerly gales. No observation ;
123 miles ; hove to. 12 p.m., gale broke, leaving a
tremendous cross sea running.
"10th.-Light breeze, west ; made sail ; com-
menced raining. No observation ; 60 miles. 6 p.m.
wind shifted to N.E. ; still raining ; 8 p.m., hove to
again ; 10 p.m., blowing hard ; 12, made sail.
" 11th.-4 a.m., hove to again ; 6 a.m., blowing
hard by N.N.W.:; i 0 a.m., saw two ships under
close-reefed top-sails. Noon, lat. 47 25 ; 6 p.m.,
hove to, still blowing hard ; 8 p.m., made sail.
" 12th.—Wind, N.W. Lat. 47 40 ; 139 miles.
"13th.—Wind, N.E. 8 a.m., sail in sight, close-
reefed. No observation ;88 miles. 6 p.m. Wind,
N.N.E. ; 8, hove to ; 10, wind E., blowing hard.
" 14th.—Lat. 47 14 ; blowing hard, E.
" 15th.—Light breeze, E. ; lat. 46 55..
" 16th.—Strong breeze, N. ; 6 a.m. made sail ;
noon, lat. 46 47.

17th.—Wind N.W., squally. Lat. 47 16; 144
miles.

" 18th-6 a.m., saw a large ship steering west
Noon, lat 47 58 ; 121 miles ; very squally.
• " 10th.—Beautiful day; very little wind. Lat.
47 38 ; 40 miles. 4 p.m.; light breeze, E. ; 8, blow-

ing a gale ; hove to ; 12,4 ship passed us steering
west.

" 20t1.-8 a.m., blowing a gale from the east-
ward ; noon, let. 47 10; hove to. 4 p.m., a brig
passed us steering east, under close-reefed topsails.
8, blowing hard and raining.
" 21st. —2 a.m., made sail, light breeze W. ; 8,
wind dying out. Noon, lat. 47 1, dead calm ; 4
p.m., wind N.W. and squally; 8, rainy.
" 221—Wind, N., blowing hard, rainy. 10 a.m.
spoke the brig Fordmill, of Swansea, lat. 48, long.
1.8 12; 6 p.m., passed a piece of floating wreck. 10,
wind N.W.

" 23d.---Wind, N.W. 6 a.m. spoke the ship
Courant, of Bath, bound to Pembroke, lat. 48 15,
long. 15 10; 167 miles. 2p.m., spoke Hermaphro-
dite brig Pallas, P. E. Island. _ _ _

" 24t11..---Dcad calm. tat. 48 39 ; 80 miles.
p.m. spoke the ship Robert Cushman, bound to
Charleston, lat. 4920, long.-1215.
" 25th.---Wind S.W. Lat. 49 40, long. 10 W. ;
85 miles.

" 26th.—Wind to southward. Lat. 49 50 ;42
miles.

" 27th.—Light airs. Lat. 49 56; 37 miles. Calm.
"28th.—Light breeze from N.E., with rain ;
foggy. No observation. 18 miles. Hazy at night.
" 29th.—Thick and hazy. Lat. 48 30. Sun.
shine at noon. Wind, N.E.
" 30th.-8 a.m. • Scilly bore N.N.E. 10 a.m.,
split scudding sail. 2 p.m.' wind N.W.
Oct. 1st:8 a.m. made Start Point, bearing E.
by N."

..,.THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISBERIES.

The following despatches have been published in
the St. John's Ledger : •
"To his Excellency Sir Alexander Bannerman,
Governor of Newfoundland, &c.
"The petition of the inhabitants of the Bay of
St. George, in the island of Newfoundland, humbly
sheweth :

" That your petitioners were thrown into the
greatest consternation by reason of a notice officially
and peremptorily given on the 9th day of August
inst. to Mr. H. H. Forrest, as resident magistrate,
by the Baron Clement de la. Ronciere-le-Noury,
Commander-in-Chief of the French naval division
on the coast of Newfoundland, -whereby your
petitioners were given definitively to understand
that the concurrent right of fishery enjoyed by the
planter of this district without molestation or
question for a period of 80 years and upwards
would be interfered with and disallowed by the
French Government.

" Your petitioners humbly represent that by far
the greater part of the inhabitants of the Bay of
St. George are natives of the soil, while all are
British subjects, loyal and devoted to their Queen,
and, therefore, in this emergency your petitioners
respectfully approach your Excellency, and claim
and solicit such support and protection as will
maintain • them in the occupation of the land of
their birth, and in the enjoyment of their fisheries.
" Your petitioners further humbly represent that
the threat of interruption held out by the French
is already. attended with most serious evil, from the
fact that • trade is paralysed, and will wholly be
prostrated until a fair and equal participation of
the fisheries be secured to the planters, up to which
time your petitioners unhesitatingly declare that
great distress and famine will reign paramount
through the settlement.
" As the' settlement of this Bay for a period ex-
ceeding 80 years is a fact patent to the Governments,
both of England and France, through their cruisers,
whose duty it was, as appears from their practice,
to gather statistics in relation to the French
shore, and report thereon, your petitioners
humbly conceive . that if not supported in the
privilege of fishing they will be at least entitled to
raise the claim of indemnity for the very great
losses they will necessarily sustain consequent on a
removal, as the only alternative open to them under
such untoward circumstances will be emigration by
those who can possibly remove, or, more properly
speaking, involuntary exile to another clime.
" Wherefore your petitioners respectfully submit
the foregoing premises to your Excellency for
favourable consideration, and, as in duty bound,
will ever pray.
"Dated at the Bay of St. George, in the
Island of Newfoundland, this 20th
day of August, 1858.
" H. H. FORREST, " HENRY LIND, E.M.,
" JAMES MESSERVEY, " SAMUEL M'KAY,
" JAMES K. CRONLIN, " JOHN RENOUFF,
" PHILIP PIERWAY, " WILLIAM H. BAGG,
" And 119 others."

"1 Government-house, Sept. 7, 1858.

" Gentlemen,—When I had the pleasure of seeing
you here on Saturday I mentioned that on the 12th
of August last I despatched her Majesty's ship
Atalanta to St. George's Bay and the westward to
obtain information for me upon the subject of the
fisheries ; and on Friday morning last her Majesty's
cutter Netley sailed on a similar errand, carrying
despatches from me to Mr. Waddell, Magistrate at
Channell, and to Mr. Forrest at the Bay.
"I have carefully read over the petition of the
inhabitants there. As Mr. Forrest's name is at the
head of it, you will be pleased to acquaint him, for
the information of the petitioners, that I consider
their petition to be of great importance, and that I
will lose no time in transmitting it to her Majesty's
Government, for they were informed in 1857 that
peace would prevail provided the convention fell to
the ground.
" By official notices given by the French Commo-
dore it seems very probable there will be no
peace ;' and I have no doubt, when the Secretary of
State is duly informed of the intentions of the 'Go-
vernment of France, the Queen's Government will
adopt such measures as they may consider necessary
to support and protect the fishery rights and privi-
leges which her. Majesty's subjects possess in this
colony.

" I'pointed out to you, and I think you quite
acquiesced with me, that I attached much import-
ance to acquiring correct information; and I trust
that the petitions and statements which may be
sent to me will be such as that the information
they contain can be substantiated, anticipating, as
I do, that much evidence will be required by those
whose province it will become to investigate the
claims set up by the parties who place different
constructions on the terms' of existing treaties.
For instance, I notice in the St. George's Bay
petition the following allegation—' Whereby your
petitioners were given positively to understand
that the concurrent right of fishery enjoyed by the
planters of this district without molestation or
question for a period of 80 years and upwards
would now be interfered with and disallowed by
the French Government.'

" It is quite clear that 75 years ago the French
had no right, concurrent or otherwise, to fish or
occupy any part of St. George's Bay. At that
time the boundaries were from Cape Bonavista to
Point Richie, but in 1783 His Majesty the Most
Christian King, in order to prevent the quarrels
which have arisen between the two nations, re-
nounced his right to the fishery between Cape
Bonavista and Cape John, and the King of Great
Britain, on the other hand, assigned to French sub-
jects the fishery beginning at Cape John to Cape
Ray.' The English, therefore, until 1783 had un-
disturbed possession of St. George's Bay. In the
year 1792 the French War broke out and with the
short interval in 1802 continued until the Peace of
Paris in 18,14, when ' the French rights of fishing
were replaced upon the footing which they stood in
1792.' Upwards of 40 years have passed away
since 1814, and, in my opinion, it will be of vast
consequence to establish that during this period, or
a great part of it, our fishermen have prosecuted
this fishery in St. George's Bay without causing
interruption to the French fishery. You will ob
serve that I seek for information, and will be happy
to receive it from all quarters, as I understand the
same notice which was given to St. George's Bay
on the 9th of August by the French Commodore
has also been announced by his Excellency and the
officers under his command generally throughout
the coasts of this colony commonly called. the
French shore.'

" I have the honour to remain,gentlemen, your
obedient s er cant, " A. BANNERMAN.
" To C. F. Bennett, Esq., and F. B. Carter,
Esq.,

" By his Excellency Sir Alexander Bannerman,
Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Island of Newfoundland and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
To her Majesty's subjects, residing on and pro-
secuting the Fisheries along the Coast of New-
foundland and its Dependencies.
" Before the close of the present fishing season I
am desirous to warn you not to interfere, or in any
way to meddle with the huts, stages, structures,
or any materials left during the winter on the
coast called the French shore. If you wilfully de-
stroy or commit damage on property which does
not belong to you you will not only be liable to
prosecution and punishment, but you will incur the
pleasure of your Queen, And throw impedimenta

in the way of her Majesty's Government affording
you protection, and upholding and maintaining the
fishery rights and privileges which you possess.
" Should you have any grievances to complain
of, you will 'state to the honourable the Colonial
' Secretary, who will report them to me, and should
ou fall in with any of her Majesty's ships cruising
on your coasts the officers commanding them are
instructed to report to me any interference you may
have met with in pursuing your lawful occupa-
tions, or any complaint you may have to make in
consequence of intimations which have been
made or may be mado to you by officers command-
ing the ships belonging to his Imperial Majesty the
Emperor of the French.
" Given under my hand and seal at the Govern-
ment-home, at St John's, in the aforesaid island,
the 31st day of Aug., in the year of our Lord, 1858.
"By his Excellericy's command,
" J. KENT, Colonial Secretary.
" God save the Queen. "

THE azai? AND THE NOBLES OF

I?USSIA.

The Emperor Alexander on his journey to War-
% saw, had to pass through the governments of Tver,
Kostroma, laroslav, Nijni-Novgorod, Vladimir, and
' Moscow. - In most of theSe his Majesty addressed
the representatives of the nobility, speaking chiefly
on the topic of the day, the situation of the peasant
class,
,The Moscow correspondent of tile Nord
transmits one of the Emperor's addresses, which
-we translate. To the nobles of the government of
Tver the Emperor said :
" Gentlemen,--I am happy to embrace the op-
portunity of expressing to the nobility of Tver my
gratitude for its devotedness and zealous readiness
to contribute, like all my other governments, as far
as possible to the public weal. This you
proved to me during the late war, when you formed
your militia ; and I have not forgotten the sacri-
fices then made. I have now confided to you a
work—one of the most iMportant for you and
myself—the improvement of the condition of the
peasants. I hope that you will justify my confi-
dence. It is for your delegates to occupy them-
selves with this important affair. Weigh the
matter well, deliberate yourselves, and seek the
Means of regulating the new condition of the pea-
santry according to each locality, and in con-
formity with the principles announced in
my rescripts, in order that the results may not
entail inconvenience either upon them or your-
selves. You know how much I have your welfare
at heart ; but I hope also that the interest of your
peasants is dear to you. I have, therefore, the
conviction that you will strive to have everything
regulated in a manner useful to the common inte-

esis of all. When your preliminary labours shall
have terminated the prepositions of the committee
will be presented to me by the ministry, and I have
already arranged for two members elected by this
committee to attend the deliberations that will take
place in the general committee assembled at St.
Petersburg, for the purpose of examining all the
propositions emanating from the several committees
a the empire. It is impossible for us not to pro-
ceed harmoniously in our acts, since our sole desire is
the general welfare of Russiz. I leave you with the
firm conviction that you will justify my expectation
and confidence, and remain persuaded that you will
aid, and not impede me."
At Kostroma the Emperor spoke as follows
:
"Gentlemen,—The government of Kostroma is
connected with my family by historical reminis-
cences, and we regard it as our cradle. I rejoice,
therefore, thit after an absence of 20 years I again
find myself among you. The reception of yester-
day touched me deeply, and I thank you for the
zeal with which you have anticipated my desire to
improve the condition of the peasants. This ques-
tion, so seriously affecting Russia's future, moves
me to the heart. I hope you will justify my expec-
tation in this question, which is in a manner a vital
question, by adapting to the local wants the funda.
mental principles enunciated in my rescripts, and
by terminating with God's aid this work without
detriment to yourselves or the peasants. To pre-
sent the result of your discussions, I give you per-
mission to choose from among you two deputies,
who will repair to St. Petersburg when the labours
of the committee shall have ended, with a view to
revise your propositions definitively. I hope you
will justify my confidence ; and I reiterate my gra-
titude to you for the devotedness you displayed for
me in the late war, as likewise for your present ser-
vices and for all your sacrifices."
To the nobility of Nijni-Novgorod the Emperor
spoke as follows :
" I rejoice, gentlemen, at being able to thank you
in person for your patriotism, a sentiment by which
the nobles of Nijni have ever distinguished them-
selves. At every call from our country you have
always been found by her among the foremost ;
thus, in the late and afflicting war you were the
first to respond to my call, and loyally did you ad-
vance; your militia troops were among the best;
and I have also again to thank you for having been
the first to respond to my expectation in the grave
question touching the improvement of the lot of the
peasantry. This is why I desired to distinguish
you, by receiving your delegates Cheremeteff and
Potemkin, whom I commissioned to convey to you
my thanks, when acquainting you with my inten-
tions and wishes. I have no doubt they performed
this their mission. As for me, my object, you know,
is the public good. Your task, in the grave ques-
tion now pending, is to balance private interests
with the welfare of all. Yet, I hear with regret
that egotistic opinions are sprung up in your midst.
I regret this, gentlemen. Selfish views spoil every-
thing that is good. Abandon them. I depend
upon you. I hope they will no longer make their
appearance, for then only will the common cause
make progress. I know you have made real efforts
and considerably advanced the work. Continue !
This day the term fixedfor your labours expires, but
as I know that they are not yet ended, I have con-
sented to prolong it to the Ist of October. But by
the Ist of October you will have completed them,
will you not, gentlemen ? I reckon upon you ; I
trust in you, and you will not deceive me. The path
is traced out ; do not abandon the principles laid
down in my rescripts or the programme I gave you.
Your labours will be revised in the general commit-
tee, and I permit you to delegate two members
elected from your body to supply all necessary ex-
planations, and these ought to be made so as to
harmonise with the welfare of all. Act, gentlemen,
in such a way that it may be well for yourselves
and not ill for the others. I do, indeed, wish you
to consult your own interests, but do not forget those
of others. Confiding in you, I hope you will justify
my confidence. If you prepare this great work con-
scientiously and bring it to a happy issue, you will
give me a frezli proof of your attachment, as like-
wise your devotedness, and especially of those dis-
interested efforts for -which the Nijni-Novgorodians
have ever distinguished themselves, the public weal
being their end and aim. lam happy, gentlemen,
I repeat, at finding myself among you after an
absence of 20 years."
At Moscow, where the measures proposed by the
Emperor had not been very favourably received,
his Mejesty said
Gentlemen —Pam always happy at being able
to address thanks to the nobility ; but it is not in
my nature to speak against my conscience. I always
speak the truth, and, to my regret, I this day can-
not thank- you.- You may remember, two years ago,
in this hall, I spoke to you of the neeessity of pro-
ceeding, sooner or later, to the reform of those laws
which regulate servitude—a reform that must come
from above, that it must not come from below. My
words have been ill understood. Since then, this
reform has been the object of my constant solicitude,
and having invoked the Divine blessing on my un-
dertaking, I have commenced the work. When, at
the request of the Governments of St. Petersburg
and. Lithuania, my rescripts appeared, I expected,
I confess, that the nobility of Moscow would have
been the first to answer my appeal. But it was the
nobles of Nijni-Novgorod who took the lead, and
the Government of Moscow figures neither in the
second nor the third rank. I have felt great sorrow
at this, because I am proud at having been born at
Moscow, because I always loved this city when
heir apparent to the throne, because I still love it
as my native city. I have fixed for you the bases
of the reform, and I shall never swerve from them."
Here the Emperor explained the fundamental
principles of the abolition of serfdom, as contained
in his rescripts, and continued as follows :
" I love the nobility ; I regard it as the first
support of the throne. I desire the welfare of the
people, but have no intention that it should be
effected to your detriment ; but you yourselves
in your own interest, ought to endeavour to im-
prove the condition of the peasants. Remember
that all Russia has its eyes fixed on the govern-
inent of Moscow. I am always ready to do for
you all that lies in my power to do ; give me, then,
the possibility of espousing your interests. Do
you understand me, gentlemen ?, I have been told
that the committee have already effected much; I
have read the minutes of its sittings ; I have ap-
proved several of the regulations. Once again, I
repeat to you, gentlemen, that you so act as to

PRICE fit)• STAMPED, SD:

enable me to take up your interests. It is thus
that you will justify the confidence I have placed
in you."

THE FRAJVKLIN 147.-YPEDITION.

The following is a copy of a letter from. Captain
M•Clintock, addressed to Mr. H. Collinson
" Fox, commenced at Sea July 3 ; closed
off Cape Burney, July 26.
" My Dear Collinson,—You will be glad to know
that we are, at length at sea, clear of Melville Bay
and the Greenland coast, and Cape York is about
60 miles to the E.N.E. of us.
"At Upernavik I put a letter on board the
Emma, Capt. Parker, informing you of the supply
of coals, &e., he so. generously afforded me. As soon
as it was all stowed away and the weather permit-
ted me, I steamed onward, leaving behind me there
all the sailing part of the whaling fleet (4th June).
" On the ith of June we ran on a rock near Bu-
chan Island (the Cone Island of the Admiralty
chart), and stuck fast. As the tide was ebbing, the
water fell about 4 feet, and left the poor Fox with
a rock under her foremast; and iffathoins under her
stern. 'She heeled over to starboard 35 deg., and
laid the starboard gunwale abreast the .mainmast
underwater. ,I greatly feared she would tumble
over altogethef, or that
„theloose ice, which lay all
round us, would drift doVn upon the ship and com-
plete the catastrophe. Altogether my cogitations,
when balancing myself upon the weather gunwale,
wile the wafer- -steadily rose above the lee one,
on
nez
deck or
nota
in the hold, I think
Had
anything
sh y thien ngrafesttchhaedve atNuvny
.bled over. I did not allow the fellows even to move
along the deck. Three steam whalers were in sight;
but as they could ;not have helped me, I did not
make any signal to them. As the tide rose the vessel
regained her upright position, and came off quite:
easily after being 11 hours upon the rock. It lies.
a mile off a very steep bluff; and at the time 'was
capped with ice, and being only just past high water
could not be seen until just within a ship's length,
and then only from the masthead. No injury what-
ever resulted from this accident, and by next even-
ing it even ceased, to be thought of, as we had come
up with the steam whalers Tay, Chari, and Diana,
and got from them April newspapers and some po-
tatoes. A few days afterwards a steamer arrived
from Peterhead, with newspapers up to the 14th of
May. Up to the 18th of June we were in company
with some of these vessels ; on that day we lost
sight of the Tay in a fog off Sabine Island, and
since then have been groping along by. ourselves.
I regretted parting company very much, as from
their greater steam power and stronger crews they
often forced a passage where we could have done
nothing, besides which their greater experience re-
lieved me of all anxiety.
" On the Titli we (...111-rwanieltei with the Cape
York natives, and learnt that two steamers had

passed several days before. Kane's Esquimaux
dog driver, Hans, is well, has taken a wife, and
lives in Whale Sound. They told us he was very
anxious to get away to the Danish settlements, but
although he has a sledge he has neither dogs nor
kayak. They also said the Advance was still lying
on the beach, at her winter quarters. They asked
for Kane, but not for their own countryman, Eras-
mus York, who came home with us in the Assist-
ance. They were all fat and well, and bad not
suffered very much from hunger or disease since
Kane's departure ; Petersen sent news of his rela-
tives to poor Hans by these natives.
" The same evening we ran on past Cape York
about 15 miles, where fog, ice, and a south-east gah
detained us for a couple of days, and then grounded
bergs and pack kept us prisoners until yesterday ;
during our detention we shot large numbers of
rotchers, perhaps 1,500 altogether—they arc good
eating. I am bound for Pond's Bay, to see what in-
formation can be gleaned from the natives.
" Captains Patterson and Parker speak of one of
Belcher's ships as bring on shore to the north of
the bay near Cape Burney (from Esquimaux report).
Capt. Deuchars says the natives still adhere to the
report of ships visited in 1849, but he says their' re-
port refers to two ships, and not to four ships, es
was understood in England A the time. He under-
stands from their, that there is one on shore now
near Cape Kater, in Prince Regent's Inlet, and that
the other was lost previously, further north. Of
course he only guesses at Cape Kater as being the
position referred to by the natives. Capt. Todd has
also heard from them of a ship being on shore on an
island in Eclipse Sound, and which he says is not
more than 20 or 30 miles up it. Both reports 'think
refer to the same wreck (probably. the Fury), and
the distance between the assigned positions
:hews how difficult it is for persons not conversant
with the language to obtain a correct idea of dis-
tance from the Esquimaux. I also hope to get
more coals from some of the whalers when we
meet at Pond's Bay.

" July 12th, near Cape Warrender.—lt was not
until this morning at an early hour that we suc-
ceeded in reaching Lancaster Sound; we have had
to contest every inch of the way from near Cape
Dudley Digges with loose ice and pack. When I
commenced this letter we were making fair pro-
gress into Pond's Bay, but soon afterwards we met
the pack, which led us back up to Wolstenholme
Island, and from there we crossed to the north of
Cape Horsburgh. This morning, when passing the
Ross Inlet, a party of eight natives were communi-
cated with, the same formerly met with near Cape
Warrender by Captain Englefield. They have spent
the last two winters at their present position (on
Point Beatrice); have not seen any ships nor heard
of wrecks upon their shores, near Pond's Bay, or
anywhere else. They know very little of this coast
indeed. I think Croker Bay is their limit to the
westward, so Beechey Island house remains un-
known to them, One piece of information was most
unwelcome—Lancaster Sound still frozen over. I
am now testing its truth, and intend to examine
the ice across it before going into Pond's Bay.
" July 17.—We found Lancaster Sound full of
pack, and easterly winds pressed in more of it, so
that for two days we lay to ; land ice westward of
Cape Osborn. Thence we got to Cape Warrender,
close along shore, and the calm of yesterday ani
last night has allowed the ice to spread, so that now
(4 p.m.) we are about 15 miles only from Cape
Castlereagh, but still picking our way through the
ice. There is not any fixed ice remaining as far as
we can judge, and certainly none across Barrow
Strait. Thr summor seems forward and warm, but
easterly winds have caused us all this detention ;
fortunately we have ample time to spare. . . .
Through the kindness of Capt. J. Simpson, of the
Heroine, of Dundee, we have added a maintopsail
to our little craft.

"July 24th (Possession Bay south 10 miles).—
Since the 17th we have been almost constantly be-
set. The ice carried us about 40 miles N.E. of Cape
Castlereagh. Last night it opened sufficiently for
us to steam pirotigh, and now, although not in clear
water, ware free to move upon our course; the wind
for the rast four days has been westerly, so that 1
hope a vast clearance has taken place in Barrow
Strait. Three days ago, just as I had succeeded in
making an advance of half a mile after seven hours
steaming and blasting, and was thinking myself
the most unfortunate individual in the Arctic world,
the Tay was discovered in the north-east struggling
through the ice ; from her greater power she was
able to make better progress, and 1 midnight
seemed to have reached some water to the eastward
and was soon out of sight. I determined to regain
the land, and now esteem myself fortunate in hav-
ing done so. Our coals have been sadly worked
since leaving. Upernavik, but even if I fail to get
any from the whalers at Pond's Bay I can fill up
at
Beechey. We have not quite 35 tons on board
" July 26 (off Cape Burney,. 15 miles north of
Pond's Say)--Yesterday we joined the Diana, and
as she is likely to go to England before the close of
the season, having already killed 12 whales, I in-
tend to finish this long letter and put it on board
her. This evening we are both fast to a loose floe,
and drifting with the current about 15 miles a-day
to the southward, and along the edge of the land
ice, Bor 9 miles off shore. The Diana reached the
north water off Cape York a few days before us,
but although she went up to Whale Sound, could
find no place to cross the middle ice to greater ad-
vantage than where we did a few days after her.
She made the land off Jones' Soundland her subse-
quent track has been prteisely similar to ours. She
affords no additional information with respect to the
state and position of the pack. There appears to be
water off Ponds Bay, and as the land ice is still fast,
we may expect still to find the natives at Button
Point. Time flies rapidly, and still no kind west-
erly winds. If I was independent of Beechey Island
it would be as good as a week's addition to the
length of the season. The Diana is, like ourselves,
anxious to get to Pond's Bay. There is no wind and
much loose ice about. I • think we shall certainly
get there to-morrow, and, if necessary, I shall de-
vote a week or even a fortnight to the business of
extracting information from the natives. . . .
" The weather continues unusually warm and
calm, and the land looks as if it had already expe-
rienced a hot _summer. For the present adieu.—
Sincerely yours,

F. L. M'CLINTOCIi."