The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-08 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1827.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOCTIi, OCT. have received, via
Leghorn, .letters from- Malta, dated the Ist of Sep-
tember, froin which we present an extract :

MALTA, SEPT. I.—We are looking wiih the
greatest anxiety for news from the Archipelago, in
full expectation that a blow will be struck, in one
shape or other, and, from the 'Sultan's natural bent,
it is thought here that it will be hostile. The most
peremptory orders are left here for 'all ships to re•
pair to the 'Archipelago.with all possible dispatch,
where all the combined forces now make a show of
one hinidred sail. What the. Grand Seignor has to
oppose to it is not well known. lt has been re-
ported here that Lord Cochrane had given lip the
Greek cause, but it not true;' he is about to try
them once more. At the date of the last accounts,
his Lordship was at Poros, with the frigate Hellas,
steam boat Perseverance, and Unicorn cutter. They
are a shocking set to have any thing to. do With ;
robbery and cutting each other's throats, and plun-
dering all descriptions of vessels,.appear to be their
principal employ. Our Malta Gazettes teem xiti,
accounts. of their atrocities, and, of the trials of
many of the captured perpetrators of them.---.lle
Sultan is amusing . himself with decapitati.lg his
abject miserable subjects, as a caveie to the rest, but,
depend on it, the storm is gathering, and will soon
burst over his head.

. The- Genoa, Albion, and Dartmouth, had. long
and stormy passages; the latter sprung three top-
sail-yards and several other spars; the rope. With
which they were fitted in England is miserably bad ;
it should be looked into.—The following is the dis-
position of our squadron :
At Smyrna and in the Archipelago—Asia, 84,
Vice-Admiral Sir . Edward Codrington, K.C.8.,
Capt. Edward Curzon; Genoa, 74, Capt. Walter
Bathurst; Albion, 74, Capt. Ommanney ; Cam-
brian, 48, Capt. G. W. Hamilton, C. 8.; Dart-
mouth, 42, Capt. T. Fellowes, ; Seringapa-
tam, 46, Capt. Fitz• Clarence.; Dryad, 42, Capt.'
Hon.- G. Crqfton; Talbot,. 28, • Capt. lion. Fred.
Spencer; Zebra, 18,. Captain Chas. Cotton ; Rifle-
man, 18, Capt. J. T. Mitchell ; Raleigh, 18, Capt.
J. W. Dalling; -Rose, 13, Capt. Lewis Davies;
Brisk, 10, Capt. Hon. William Anson;
,Philomel,
10, Capt. Hon. William Keith; Jasper, 10, Capt.
L. C. Rook(' ; Mastiff (surveying) Capt. Copeland;
and, the Racer tender. .

At the lonian Islands—Ariadne, '44, Capt. lion.
C. L. Irby; Pelican, 18, Capt. W. A. B. Hamil-
ton ; Alacrity, 10, Capt. R. L. Baynes.
At Alexandria—Glasgow, 501 Capt. Hon. J. A.
Maude; Gannet, 18, Capt. Lord Ingestrie ; Pelo-
rus, 18, Capt. P. Richards; Chanticleer, 18, Capt,
J.)3.- Maxwell (with convoy).
At, Malta—Camelion, 10, Capt. Wyvill ; Mus-
quito, 10, Capt. George Martin : both will sail in -a
day or two for Smyrna.

A French squadron, of three sail of the line;
passed this Island on the 28th ult. for the Archipe-
lago. A large French frigate (name unknown) has
just anchored here, bound thither. The Dutch
frigate Kenaw Haseelear, and brig of war Draak,
are lying here.

-On Sunday the Athol, 28, Captain James
Arthur Murray, arrived here, from a three years'
service on the Coast of Africa, the East Indies, and
the Persian Gulf. She was employed in the last-
named place, in company with the Tamar, 26, Capt.
James Gordon Bremer, C. 8., and Pandora, 18,
Captain Jervoise, in adjusting some differences which
had arisen between the Whabee Pirates (or Arabs);
and the Persians and Native traders, which being
accomplished, with no prospect existing of any acts
of rapacity or hostility being renewed by either
party, the ships rejoined Admiral Gage, at Penang;
and, subsequently, on the 9th of June, the Athol
departed for England, calling at the Mauritius, St.
Helena, and Ascension ; and the Tamar, for the same
ultimate destination, calling at Madras, to embark
the Governor, Sir Thomas Munro, as a passenger.
The remaining ships of the squadron were thus em-
ployed :—Java (flag ship), and Fly, 18, Captain
Panne!, about to proceed from Penang to Calcutta;
the Rainbow, 28, Hon. Capt. Rous, had sailed on a
visit to New South Wales; Success, 28, Captain
Stirling, on passage thence to Trincomalee; Cham-
pion, 18, Captain Studdert, and Pandora, at Madras;
Cyrene, 18, Captain A. Campbell, had been sent to
Sincapore, and to run round the neighbouring islands
which merchant vessels frequent. The Athol left a
Dutch frigate at the Mauritius, and a Dutch line-of-
battle-ship at the Cape, on their return to the Texel,
from Batavia.—The Owen Glendower, 46, Com-
modore Christian, C.B. had lately left the Mauritius,
to return to the Cape; the Semarang, 28, Captain
Dunn, was cruising off Madagascar ; the Helicon, 10,
• Captain Acland, was refreshing her crew at the
Seychelles, they being affected with dysentery. All
was quiet in India, as regarded our Presidencies.
On Tuesday the Duke of York ,steam-passage
vessel returned here from Malaga, in foUrteen days,
Gibraltar in twelve, Cadiz in ten, and Lisbon in
seven days, having experienced the Equinoctial
gales in the Bay of Biscay, where she, in pulling up
to round Ushant, with a N.N.W. wind, left a long j
line of vessels beating up, to get round. The steam-
vessel
rounded Ushant on Sunday evening last, and
passed close to five sail of the 'Experimental
Squadron, under easy sail, standing to the S.W. A
French frigate from Brest, supposed to be the Pearl,
and a steam-boat, had arrived at Cadiz, on their way
to Algiers and Toulon, having stores on board for
,the French blockading squadron, which had cap-
tured a vessel, laden with guns and ammunition, for
the Dey, and sent her into Toulon. The English
brig Lord Rawdon, which was recently cut out
from under the batteries of Gibraltar by the Spa-
niards, upon the plea of her being engaged in
smuggling, had arrived at Cadiz. This is the fifth
vessel which the Spaniards have had the audacity
thus to capture, which ought to be characterised as
acts of piracy, and to be treated as such by our Go-
vernment. Such is the wretched state of the Spa-
nish Government, that redress, when once the ves-
sels are stolen, is considered as quite hopeless. The
Governor of Gibraltar has requested, we understand,
that a steam-vessel might be placed under his com-
mand, which, there can be no doubt, would render
most important services to the country, in numerous
ways, where calms and strong tides are so prevalent.
The Duke of York, in a fornor trip, left a transport
at Gibraltar, bound to England, which could not,
from the strength of the current and strong westerly
winds, get throtkh the Straits; the steamer, on her
return thither legrn England, found her in pre-
cisely the same sitliation. Had a steam vessel been
stationed there she could thereby have been released
from the restraint in a few hours, and the hire of
the vessel for that period, would have been saved.
Such is the superior accommodation of steam-navi-
gation, that one half of the number of the Duke of
York's passengers are French officers, gentlemen,
and merchants, returning from Spain to Paris, which
latter city, by the connecting steam-boats, between
Southampton and Havre, they are enabled to reach
with greater facility, more comfort, and le'ss
danger, than they could by travelling through
Spain. General Castalana, who has been re-
called from the command in Andalusia, was
to have returned in the Duke of York but she was
too quick in her movements to wait whilst tha.Ge-
neral packed up. Unusual good health had pre-
vailed this season throughout the neighhourhbod
of
Gibraltar and the Morocco side. The Duke id
York brought the first cargo of fruit-from Malaga --
muscatel grapes, 100 tons, in the finest order acid

bloom, water=melons, lemons, raisins, and almonds,
with 116,000
,dollars; from Gibraltar, for British
trierchvits, and.4o passengers, amongst whom were
Mr. Barbosa, first Secretary to the PortugueSe Le-
gation, and the Emperor of Morocco's banker.
Extract of a private letter, dated Lisbon, Sept. 24:
_" Our squadron now looks respectable in the eyes
of-the Portuguese, having here the Spartiate, 74,
Vice-Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Captain Fre.
derick Warren; *Wellesley, 74, Captain F. L. Mait-
land, C.13'.; Warspite, 74, Captain the Hon. Robert
S. Dundas ; the Pyramus frigate, Capt. 'Geo. Rose;
Sartorius, and several tenders. The detachments of
Marines are landed twice a week, Tuesday:, and
Thursdays, at day-light, for exercise, and to be ready
to take the• field, under Sir Wm. Clinton. The
senior COmmander, Captain Fuller, R.N., of the
Wellesley, commands the whole brigade, consisting
of eight companies. .They are a 'fine body of men,
having been well drilled under Captain Patten, R.N.,
of the Spartiate. This country is in a sad distract-
ed state ; the prisons are full of persons of all par-
ties, who have become ohnoXious to the Minister of
the hour."

Yesterday afternoon the ship Westbrook passed
byfor the river, from Jamaica, in forty days having
left the. island on the 21st of August. We regret
to learn that a malignant fever made its appearance
among the 84th regiment, on the 14th of that month,
which had destroyed from 10 to 15 men daily. Sir
John Kean had, in consequence, ordered the remain-
der of the regiment to move directly from Port Royal
to the mountains. The Scylla and Harlequin were
the only ships in port; they were healthy. The
Westbrook brings unfavourable accounts of the
crops; many of the shipS, called the First-of-August
ships, which have left the island (none of them 'are
yet arrived), are coming home with only half-car-
goes. The greatest failure was in sugar, but the
coffee is a very poor crop. •
The Isis frigate, Commodore Sir Thomas Staines,'
K.C.8., -will sail to-morrow morning, to join the
squadron in the Archipelago. We' understand that
the high approbation expressed by the Lord High
Admiral to Sir Thomas Staines,:of the efficient and
seaman-like manner in which this fine frigate was
fitted for service, and the nal and alacrity displayed
therein, was most especially the gratifying reward
of the meritorious exertions of the officers and ship's
company, whose zeal in the equipment could hardly
be restrained within the hours limited daily for the
executive duties of the ship. From being taken
out of dock, With her bold swept clean, up to the
period of her being reported ready for sea, with her
foreign stores, five months' provisions, two hundred
and eight tons of water, twenty-three tons of cop-
per coin for Malta, and two tons'and a half or silver
for Gibraltar, all on board, under hatches, twenty-
eight days only elapsed. This is a gratifying proof of
what may be effected by calling the energies of our old
experienced officers of last war into active service.
Letters from the Experimental Squadron, dated
on Tuesday last, state the ships had had only one
day's trial since they left Spithead, which was on
Saturday last. At starting there was little wind
and the sea 'smooth, when the Coluinbine fore-
reached the squadron, until the breeze freshened
considerably, with squalls, accompanied with a head
sea, when 'the Columbine carried away the iron
gammoning of her bow-sprit, and stove in two of her
half-ports : she was not, therefore, included in the
trial, which concluded thus:—Acorn beat, to wind-
ward, Satellite, mile; Challenger, Wolf, 1 ;
Alert, 31-. The Sapphire was not present, having
parted company. The trial lasted eight hours. The
Challenger arrived at Scilly on Tuesday, to fish and
secure her bowsprit; which was very badly sprung.
. The Tyne, 28, Capt. James Kearney White, went
out of harbour this morning; she is ordered to rejoin
the Experimental Squadron. At Spithead—lsis and
Tyne. In the Harbour—Victory; Revenge, Mel-
ville, Maidstone, Athol, Primrose, Myrtle, Sylvia,
Starling, and Arrow. . .

The'Lord High Admiral was pleased to promote
the following Otlicers on the 29th ult.:—Com-
mander Philip IL Bridges (1816), of the Prince
Regent; and Commander John Foote (1813), of the
Britannia, to the rank of Captain.—Lieut. John
James Hough (made in 1805), commanding tlae
Cracker cutter ; Lieut. James Pearl, of the Starling
(1808), Lieut. David John Dickson, of the Sylvia
(1809), and Lieut. Thomas Favell, late of the Bram-
ble (1811), to the rank of Commander. Lieut.
Samuel Bromley is appointed to the Cracker ; Lieut.
John Moffatt, to the Starling; Lieut. John Morgan
to the Sylvia.
PLYMOUTH, OCT; I.—Arrived the Blanche, 46,
Captain W. B. Mends, from Portsmouth, to be paid
off and laid up in ordinary ; Royal Charlotte yacht,
Sir Charles Malcolm, from Deptford, and sailed
again for Dublin ; also the Bramble, Lieut. Haswell,
for Falmouth, with a relict of troops for Pcndennis
Castle. The Victor, 18, Capt. G. Lloyd, is ordered
to be fitted for the Mediterranean station; and the
Plumper gun-brig, Lieut. Medley, for the coast of
Africa.—Remain, Britannia, Ocean, Windsor Castle,
Romney, Blanche, Victor, Weazle,Bittern, Plumper,
Royalist, Plover.--Came in, the Amphitrite and
Maria transports, with Me depot of the 18th Foot,
and to take the 9th Foot to Liverpool.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.
The Lord High Admiral promoted the following
Officers, between the 25th of June and the 25th of
September, 1827:

lo be Vice-Admiral of the Blue—John Bazeley,
Esq. To be Rear-Admirals of the Red--Richard
Dacres, Shuldham Peard, Man Dobson, Esqrs. To
be Captains—Hon. C. L. Irby, Rich. Hoare,
G. J. H. Johnstone, 0. H. C. V. Vernon, Fs. Brace,
W. R. A. Pettman, T. Boort:hien To be Com-
manders.--John Powney, R. L. Baynes, Jas.
Marshall, Hon. W. Keith, W. Lake, H. D. C.
Douglas, S. M. Coiquhoun. To be be Superan-
nuated Commuider—J. S. Moreincourt. To be
Lieutenants--J. N. Gladstone, A. H. C. Cape],
W. H. Goddard, P. Lecount, G. V. Hart, J. W. D.
Brisbane, J. Burnett, J. W. Wakefield, E. Lake, W.
Stuales, J. Heysnam, H. T. White, J. V. Fletcher,
J. Duffield, E. B. Sutherland, A. Milne, Jr A.
M‘Donald, H. Schomberg. To be Masters—Jas.
Drysdale, D. Taylor, Rich. Davis, Rt. Troughton.
To be Surgeons—R. J. Dallas, John Gannon, T.
Bell (c), Wm. Cannon. To be Assistant. Surgeons
- Moore, .A. Sanderson, J. Gibson, A. R.
Bradford, P. R. B. Hopley, J. A. Mould, J. M‘Bain,
J. Watson, A. Millar, E. B. Rowley. To be Purser
—IL Brenton. To be Chaplains—M. H. G. Buckle,
John Baker, George Fisher.
ROYAL MARINES.—To be Lieut.-Colonel—S.
Clapperton. To be Major—Lß. Bunce. To be
Captains—J. Morgan, R. Gordon, A. Burton. To'
be First Lieutenant—J. Meares. To be Second
Lieutenant—John Chambers.

UNATTACIIF:I) PAY.—To be Captains—W. S.
Dadd, J. Whylocke, J. Wilson (2), J. Hamby,
H. L. Vine, H. Hunt, G. Thompkins, W. Starke,
L. B. J. Halloran, C. A. Whiting, D. Campbell, J.
Uniacke.

On Wednesday last, the Egyptians, who were
intrusted with the care of the cameleopard, lately brought
to this country as a present to his Majesty, were forward-
ed in a carriage from the Royal Lodge, Windsor, to Lon-
don, and on Friday afternoon embarked at Deptford, on
their return to their native country. They expressed great
regret on leaving England, as the most kind attention has
been paid to them since their arrival in this country, par-
ticularly during their residence at Cumberland Lodge,
where they fared sumptuously every day, being allowed
wine for dinner and supper, as they would not, or could
not, drink beer.

PRICE 7D.

SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS.

(From the Literary Gazette.)
By one of those curious coincidences which,
in affairs of greater importance, might he con-
strued into miracle, Captain Parry from his
Arctic, and Captain Franklin from his North
American expedition, arrived at the Admiralty
on Saturday last, withi►► half an hour of each
other !

Of the failure of Captain Parry's attempt,
brief and 'incorrect accounts have appeared in
the newspapers ; but as that genti men left town
on the evening of his arrival, with the intention
of remaining in the country for some weeks, we
have bad no opportunity of acquiring much far-
ther information. We can only sly, that if he
may himself be taken as a specimen of the health
of his crew, he looks as well when he set out
on his bold undertaking.
The jum of the intelligence which has tran-
spired is, that the Hecla having arrived at Ha-
merfest (as stated in the Literary Gazette some
time ago) took in the rein-deer meant for drag-
ging the boats, snow-shoes, and other articles re-
quisite for the journey over the ice. .Having
reached the coast of Spitzbergen, a heavy gale
drove the ship among packed ice, where she was
entangled for several weeks, to the Gth of June.
Here the first effort to proceed in the manner
projected was tried -in two boats commanded by
Captain Parry and Lieutenant Ross ; but the
ice bro* up, and it was speedily relinquished.
The Hecla then wrought to the north as far as
Seven 'lslands, where finding no harbour, she put
back. All along the shore the ice was close
packed, the harbours frozen up, and the season
more than usually inclement. By the 19th of
June, however, having cut through a formidable
barrier, to the Wratskel of Van Henloopen, a
second attempt to get forward in the ice-boats
was strenuously made. Unfortunately the ice
was what is called rotten, and (as we originally
feared) so irregular as to render success impos-
sible. Nothing could exceed the fatigues and
difficulties of transport : the boats had to be
loaded and unloaded many times in the course
of a few hours;' and no field-ice was met with,
to any extent, over which they might glide on
their way. On the contrary, it was • rough in
form, hummocky, and dangerous ; and inter-
sected by channels of water, which ever and anon
rendered new arrangements necessary. By con-
tinued. perseverance, the party at last attained the
lat. of 82 deg. and three quarters N., or to between
four and five hundred miles of the Pole. Heavy
rains prevailed, but a still more formidable anti
indeed insurmountable obstacle was soon ascer-
tained to exist. The ice over which they were
travelling so laboriously towards the north, was
itself drifting more rapidly to the south than the
distances which they could accomplish. Thus,
the last three days having been spent in this dis-
heartening and fruitless toil,--thalf the provisions'
being exhausted, some of the men falling sick,
and being reported unfit for ex4on,—the scurvy, j
threatening them,—and no hope of any 'favour-
able change remaining—our brave countrymen
were compelled to abandon their impracticable
design. They accordingly returned to the Hecla,
and on the 24th of September put into Long-
hope, in the Orkneys, without having experienced
any loss by death, and with only Mr. Craufurd,
the ice-master, much indisposed, on the sick list.*
The whole period occupied in these exertions on
the ice is stated to have been sixty-one days.
[Having thus weeded the reports afloat of their inaccu-
racies, and given the amount of their substance, which we
have ascertained to be more correct, the following particu-
lars are stated on the authority of the Literary Gazette,
and may be relied on as strictly true.]
CAPTAIN I'ARRY'S EXPEDITION.

The highest latitude to which the Hecla
reached was 81 deg. 6 min., which is believed
to be the farthest north that ever a ship made her
way ; so that all that was made in the boats vas
1 deg. 39 min. Lord Mulgrave got to 80 deg.
and some minutes (we do not remember exactly,
but think about 20). At the farthest point
north, no barrier of ice was seen, as in the case
of that noble Lord and elder voyagers ; so that
the idea of such a barrier always existing may
now be dismissed. The ice found by the pre-
sent expedition was of a very chaotic form. For
about a mile, perhaps, it might be tolerably
smooth ; but at every interval huge ridges were
crushed up by the action of tides and currents,
and presented the most formidable obstacles to

the progress of the enterprise. No B°ollWwas
one of these rugged and precipitous masses over-
come, than another'appeared ; and difficulty after
difficulty seemed lengthening as the party ad-
vanced. There was plenty of fresh water on the
surface, but towards the.end of the attempt, when
the rains fell, the ridges we have described sepa-
rated, and between them the salt sea flowed in
divisions like so many canals.
Owing to the condition of the ice over which
they had to travel, it was found impossible to
make any use of the rein-deer in dragging the
boats ; and as there were no means of feeding
dogs (as once proposed), the whole work was
performed by personal labour. - Officers and
men, twenty-eight in number, were alike har-
nessed to the tackle, and wrought in common at
the exhausting toil. Their time for starting in
the morning (their morning being the beginning
of the night), was chosen when the light was
least injurious, to the eyes; for though the. sun
shone upon them during the whole period, and
there was no darkness, yet when that luminary
Nit some
cuit was lowest in the' horizon, the reflection from the
bright white surface of snow was more endurable.
O with
powdersetting
mixit, served to every p of cocoa,with
individual for breakfast, which, ,being finished,
the whole number yoked to the boats. About
seven hours of constant exertion brought them
to the hour of their spare dinner meal
; which
consisted of a piece of peniecan,t about the size
of an orange, and a few ounces of biscuit-powder.
These ingredients, scraped into cold water, made
a cold soup, and a miserable sustenance for men

• Another still more singular coincidence marks the re-
turn of Captain Parry. In the facetious poem entitle
" May Fair," published by Mr. Ainsworth five or Si,
months since, in speaking of that gallant officer's undertak-
ing, and predicting its probable want of success, the folkiy-
ing prophetic couplet appears :
" Quarter-day you'll have him back,
With his volume in his pack ;"
And lo !on quarter-day, the 29th -of September, did Capt.
Parry make his appearance at the Admiralty ! ! Such ;
passage would make the fortune of Francis Moore : lit
wonder " May Fair " has reached a second edition !

This individual, however, remained with the ship
and was in bad health when he left England.

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1,;
• ".
whose strengths were so s ely t ed. -In
fact,. they, could not beargip: tnder .tbeifatigue.
During their whole march they were soaking wet
to the knees, and benumbed by a temperature
always at or near the freezing point. At the close
of twelve or fourteen hours thus occupied, when
they came to seek rest by laying down ; the
change of their wet for dry stockings and fur
boots caused such a reaction, that the tingling
and smart were insufferable, and the comparative
comfort was more difficult to be endured than
the preceding cold.
When Captain Parry found that the men
could not support their toils on the allowance,
(of about nineteen ounces per twenty-four hours,
way of luxury, a pint or hot water night.
a little' of the dintie,..k° had
of pemecan and biscuit-powder),
This was found to be very
iatnrdnaidfe a broth of great relish
.and
Spirits were not drank; 'and the reason
tb,h,aeeeltillsey.stetn
saved,
why even hot water was scarce, was, that it took
so large.a stock of their spirits of wine to boil it
and the cocoa, that the quantity consumed could
not safely be increased.
.The consequences of the haul life we have
just faintly pictured were soon obvious. The
men became weakened, their limbs swelled, and
disease began to thin the number of active
workers. Tifere needed no other obstacle to
stop their progress ; but observriticw de-
monstrated that alt theft strenuous efforts were
vain. The ice itself was drifting taster to the
south than they could make their way over it to
the north : thus, during. the 'last three days of
their struggle, instead of gaining a higher latitude,
they were actually two. miles farther south than
when they set out. This put an end to an ex,
pedition where every thing which human energy
and perseverance could do, was-done so fruit-
lessly ; but the nature of the- ice, so different
from what was 'anticipated, rendered the accom-
plishmentw i thoef
toh
nsbejse.iercrtettilaiteltarsyl,yh
aombittclangers. She had been wrotralat
the Hecla was
ienxteomap tsnufr
Jew places which afforded this shelter. je-headore, in one of .
there was about three miles of ice-; and a heavy
gale coming. on, detached this prodigious mass,
and drove it 'wit"; terrible violence against the
still). The cables were cut. asunder, the anchors
lost, and the poor Hecla forced high and dry
upon the coast, by the irresistible pressure. To
get her again to the water occupied a considerable
time, which was, of course, lost to the surveying
party. Having effected that, however, they pro-
ceeded to Weygat Straits; and considering the
short period they had to employ, made, we are
informed, many valuable observations. •

A publication containing the account of these,
and the details of Captain Parry's adventure,
will, we believe; very speedily appear ; and as the
facts are few, we presume it will be of a moderate

size.

• We do not hear of any intercourse with natives.
Seventy deer were shot by the hunters.
It is vexatious to belorced to the conviction
that any attempt to reach the North Pole is but
too likely to end in disappointment ; but every
fresh enterprise seems to lead to this conclusion.
In our opinion, the southern hemisphere presents
a far more tempting field for speculation ; and.
most heartily do we wish that an expedition were
fitted out for that ivarter. The sea is much
more open (as Captain Weddell observed, in his
interesting voyage), -and•riery object of com-
inerce, as well as of-seienee, might be sought to-
wards the SOuth Pols with prospects fat superior
to any that are offered in the impenetrable North.
Hudson, whose--name is perpitUated in the
bay, reached lat. 82 (as is laid down) in the year
1606 ; and a Scottish 'journal- states, that the
Neptune whaler, in 1816, got as high as 8.
deg. 20 min. ; but of the accuracy of this fact
we have great doubts.
THE LAND ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

About the end of June, 1826, Captain Frank-
lin arrived at the last of the Hudson Bay Com-
pany's posts, named Fort Good Hope, in le.
67 deg. 28 min. N., long. 130 deg. 53, min. W. ;
the expedition under his command in excellent
health and spirits ; and, so far as depended on
personal exertion, the equipment of their boats,
and the supply of stores and provisions, the most
sanguine hope of success were entertained.

0 f ThreeJtil days' journey
July,
he
despatched
froma h
party
rttye thence, on t
t, h
e the 4th i
eastward,
under the command of Dr. Richardson, and pro-
ceeded himself, in command of another party, by
the western channel of Mackenzie's river, which
flows at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and
completed a survey of the Coast from long. 113
deg. W. to 149 deg. 98 min.. W. Captain
dflaoft
as
sthtoe
Franklin was accompanied by. Captain Back, who
had been his companion on the. former expedi-
tion. He was much impeded in his progress by
die constant obstruction of ice, unbroken from
of fogs—and by the nature
the shore, in many parts, until the 4th August
lt
yh el.
loss
westward
a 1
of a few yards
be unapproachable, even in boats, nearer than
two or three miles. Indeed, beyond the 139th
."
—o1f401:1 ty' he t sheeap
degreerc prevalence
list: sonwc eheixe ti ri atm° e
degree it was found impossible to land on the
main shore, except at one point ;. and there they
were most vexatiously detained eight days, in the
best part of the season, by a fog so dense, that
any objects beyond the distance
were obscured, and during all which time it blew
a strong gale.

On every other occasion they had to land on
the naked reefs which front the coast, and on
which it often happened no fresh- water was to be
obtained, and but little wood.
'Before Captain Franklin had reached more
than half way to Icy Cape, most of his party ',E-
gan to have swellings in their legs, and
showed
other symptoms of extreme suffering,
.frOrn their
unavoidable •exposure to wading in the water, for
the purpose of dragging • the:- boats where they
were under the necessity °Handing tn rest or to
get fresh water, or when they *ere compelled by
the recurrence of strong gales to seek the shore.
The - coast
human
north-westmwestwardatl
e on tr
pas-
sage uoi f
The temperature of the water was generally about
the freezing-point, whilst that of the air seldom
uesn.der any circumstances, was
exceeded 36
rdiveegrr,e
extremely hazardous to navigate ; but under the
difficulties which Captain Franklin experienced,
farther
etilllaetdttiole roebot
usntmr his
n:
ni
oparttnhse
wereweoo nn
vlidiheethui aorvntue, been
insurmount-
able, nwt
unpardonable rashness. The whole party being
comnapvleigtealtyionbeoyfontdhe
ewao
vbfeel
roere,:iticbsnhoeioamiotpn;g the
open.
.

A novel feature has occurred in this expedi-
tion in the violence exhibited by the Esquimaux.
Both Captain Franklin's and Dr. Richardson's
parties were attacked on the stuns day by great
numbers of these people, who had stationed
themselves in the eastern and western outlets of

The Indian food ; meat eoinprased into the smallest
compazo".