The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-16 00:00:00

RUSSIAN VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

The last account received at St. Petersburg!)
Of the voyage of discovery under the command -of
Capt. Lutke, holds out the prospect of great ad-
ditions to our geographical and nautical know-
ledge. The expedition had instructions to sail
to the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul,
Kamtschatka, and thence to visit, in the winter,
the Carolines, and in the summer to examine the
regions in, and at the other sde of, Behring's
Straits. The first pact of this expedition has
been happily accomplished, during a cruize of
seven months near the equator, between the first
and tenth degrees of north latitude. A letter
from Dr. Martens, botanist to the expedition,
contains the following particulars:—
" Our ship, the Siniavi n, sailed from the
harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul on the 19th
of October last year, and arrived on the 22d of
November off the island of Ooalan, which was
re-discovered by Captain Dupeyrey, in the
Coquille, in 1824 ; where we had the pleasure
of becoming acquainted with a people, in the
purest state of nature, who had remained hither-
to unknown, and were wholly unacquainted
with Europeans; who differed even in language
from all the other inhabitants of the Carolines ;
who, to all appearance, never had any inter-
course with the other islands, and have hitherto

lived in such patriarchal simplicity, that not a
single weapon, nor any thing resembling a
weapon, was met with i* the whole island. This
was the more surprising, as it soon ap-
peared that! the Government of the place was
aristocratic, and several chiefs considered them-
selves as masters of the island ; and who, there-
fore, must constantly live in peace and harmony.
Their complexion is of a bright brown, the arms
and thighs tattooed, their hair in a buneh
braided together upon the head, and adorned
with flowers ; their features resemble these of
the Malays. Every thing proved that they
did not know what hostility was. Cur natu-
ralists found them the most faithful guides ou
their excursions, and the most careful keepers
of the insects and plants which they collected.
One of their chiefs, named Sipa, offered them
his dwelling for their residence ; and here
also they had an opportunity of making them.
selves acquainted with the domestic arrangements
of the inhabitants. The Ooalanese are particu-
larly distinguished from the inhabitants of the
other Carolines, by being entirely free from the
propensity to stealing. They treat their women
with great kindness and affection. We could
not obtain any clear notions of the religion of
these people. Their diet consists of bread, fruit,
banyans, sugar-cane, cocoa-nuts, fish, snipes,
pigeons, and some wild fowl. As far as we
could learn, the island is divided into between
4.t) and 50 districts, each of which contains
several villages, and belongs to a chief. Several
of these chiefs live on a small island, separated
from the rest of the inhabitants. One of them
was treated with particular reverence ; he might
be considered, in some measure, as the king of
the whole. We could not discover how he canny
to enjoy this honour; it certainly was not for hi-;
wealth ; for his Majesty possessed only two vi!-
lages, while another chief had eight."
After remaining three weeks among these
people, whose natural innocence is so amiable,
the Siniavin continued its voyage on the 20th
of December. On the 2d of January, 1828,
they discovered a new group of islands, the
highest and also the largest of all the Carolines,
except the Pellew Islands. The ship cruised
eight days among these islands; but no attempt.
to land was made, because the inhabitants ap-
peared very hostile. When the Siniavin put out
a boat to look for an anchorage or landing-place,
it was immediately surrounded by other boats,
the crews of which used very menacing gestures.
They carried short spears, headed with teeth of
the saw-fish, and a sling made of plaited rushes.
When pistols charged only with powder were
fired at them, they made no impression on them,
and yet every thing indicated that these natives
had never before seen Europeans. Their hair
was rather short, and beautifully curled : they
wore about their waist a girdle, with very deep
dark red fringe ; this girdle covered a part of
the breast, and was fastened on one shoulder.

" Notwithstanding the beautiful appearance
of these fine lofty islands, the humane Captain
Lutke would not attempt to Laid ; because it
was evident that it could not be done w•ithou-
bloodshed. The naturalists were, therefore, dist
appointed of their expected harvest, and the Si-
niavin proceeded on her voyage. A dog was
all that they carried away." The letter con-
tinues—

" On the 13th January we descried Los Va-
lientes—low, miserable islands ; the wretched
inhabitants of which did not appear even to pos-
sess boats. On the ISth we arrived off the Na-
muricks ; and on the 23d, ofF Mortlock islands
(discovered in 1796), the natives of which ap-
peared very amiable and civilized, which is pro-
bably to be attributed to their intercourse with
the other Carolines and with Manilla. Their
ships are calculated for long voyages, and are
provided with compasses. An unexpected sight
here was an • English three-masted ship, the
Partridge whaler, which, like many others of
that class, has since 1823 visited the coast of
Japan in pursuit of the spermaceti whale. As
this ship had been almost as long absent from
Europe as the Siniavin, the crew could not give
us any news; however, mutual visits were paid ;
which could not be otherwise than agreeable in
this distant part of the world.
" On the 2d of February we discovered the
island of Rug : and on the Bth, Union Island.
On the 17th, the Siniavin arrived in the har-
bour of Caldera de Apra, where she remained
till the 7th of March, during which .time the
Spanish Governor showed us every kit of at-
tention and politeness. On the 30th of March
we cast anchor off' the island of Or; .pick, and
this was the termination of our voyage, after five

months' cruize in Lite tropical regions. On the obliged to content themselves with somewhat re-
18th we discovered the bleak and barren roclis duced prices. Some of those gentletru-n, however,
stlnd out boldly for the hi!z!iest prices, ttiii refuse to
of the island of Rosario, or Disappointment ;
and on the followin sell for less. The arrivals during the week have
o• day we were fortunate
b . been toting, but some of the earlier arrivals still re-
enough to see the beautiful islands Of Bonin'
main unsold:
which had been previously discoveted, nut whose Rve continues very firm. The arrivals have been
ext,tenee was afterwards doubted, as Krusenstern very. inconsiderable, and several persons were dis-
couLl itot find them. The Siniavia had been posed to purchase on speculation.

anticApated in this re-discovery by the English
sloop the Blossom, which had been sent to
meet Captain. Franklin in Behring's Straits : a
board which it had left, showed that Captain
Beechy, the commander, had taken possession of
the islands the preceding year, in the name of
his Britannic 'Majesty. in one of these islands,
which was otherwise wholly uninhabited, Cap-
tain Lutke found two Europeans, living in great
distress ; a Prussian, Charles Wettrin, of Ko-
nigsburg ; and John. Peterson, a Norwegian,
who had served on board au English ship which
was wrecked on this island in 1826, but the
crew of which happily got on shore. Another
English ship, which, arrived six weeks after-
wards, took the crew on board ; but left Wettrin
and Peterson behind, who ‘rished to save from
the wreck as much as possible, but received a
promise that they should be taken off by the
last ship in its return from the coast of Japan.
This promise, however, was not fulfilled ; and
Captain Lutke took them with him.
" These islands may become very useful and
important to Kamtschatka. The climate is ex-
tremely fine, and the plants and fruits of the tor-
rid And temperate zone flourish equally well. A
few hogs, which had been left by the stranded
ship, have increased to the amount of several
hundred;. The turtles were so numerous and
close together in the bays, that the strand looked
as if it were paved with them. There was also
an abundance of the finest fish. Fourteen days
that we spent here afforded the naturalists an
ample harvest. On the 28th of May, the Sini-
avia arrived again in the harbour of St. Peter
and St. Paul, where the trees were still without
leaves, and a few spring flowers were hut just
beginning to appear. The collection of natural
curiosities of e,ery kind is very considerable ; we
have speeimens and drawings of 140 new species
of fish. The whole excursion was highly for-
tunate. Not a single individual of the crew was
attaeked by sickness during the seven months'
voyage. In June the expedition sailed for Beh-
ring's Straits."—Literary Gazette.

With respert to Barley, the same observations
may be made as to Wheat.
Oats maintain their price, with but little business

Aioing.

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Weight. Riz dollars.
Dantzie Wheat 124 to 130 185 to 210
Pomeranian - !25 to 13-) l7O to 185
Anh.ilt, white ll9 to ISO to 105
••—••-•••-••- NeJ 122 to 132 18, to 05

Danish 120 to 130......135 to 160
Dvitzic Rye 118 to P 22...... itil to 95
Magcleurgli Barley 10) to 108 S2 to 86
Anhalt 100 to 109 B2 to 56

Upland Oats
Holstein Rapeseed
Important transactions have taken place in bills
upoß St. Petersburgli.—Discount, 2 per cent.

End of January.
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BERLIN, JAN. 9.—Letters from Odessa, of 24th
.December, say that the preceding day several trans-
ports had arrived, in two or three days, from Varna.
The snow in the vicinity of Varna had wholly
disappeared, and the weather had become very fine,
which facilitated the communication between thi,
Russian corps and Varr.a.
Accounts from Tiflis of the 27th November say,
that General Paskewitch had ordered most of the
troops about Khol to proceed under General Park-
ratjevitz, to reinforce the detachment in the pachalic
of Bajazie, at which place the General arrived on
the 23d November, and took the command of the
left wirg of the army. The arrival of these fresh
troops had induced the Turks to retreat to Erze-
rome and Nitro!). It was supposed that, as the
cold was becoming more severe, they would go into
winter-quarters. The most satisfactory accounts arc
received from the other provinces, which have sub-
mitted to the Russian arms. Perfect tranquiliity
prevails there.—Prussian State Gazette, Jan. 9.
F.,xcuANces ox LONDON.-Ilamburgh, Jan. 2. 13 7i.,
two months, 13 6i.—Christians, Dec. Qi. Three
months, 6 20.—Berlin, Jan. 6. Three months 6 20i.—
Amsterdam, Jan. 13. 11. 90. ; two munthe 11. Ste.

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