Star.
London, England, 1825-11-04 00:00:00

NORTEI-WFST EXPEDITION.

PROM TOE PRESTON PiLor.
We are ha;•py t have the opportunity of lacing be-
fore our Readers the following account of the late-
ExpediCon, which has just been received by the Rev.
Heigh Ho-roby, Vicar of St. Michael's. It was written
by Lieut. Henry Foster, Astronomer to the Expedition,
ant the son of our respected neighbour, the Rev. Henry
Fusser, of Wood-Phiminon

" M. lima, Norte, OCT. 20.
" DEAR SIR—I trust you will excuse the latest), I
have taken in addressing ytau on this occas;on, but the
lively interest which-the North-west Expeditions have
heretofore gelerally excited, induces me to suppose that
you would be gratified to have some account of the
present proceedings. In order, however, to your form-
ing a correct idea of the voyage in question, I shall
briefly state the circumstances as they occurred, niter
our deo ature from fte Nore, on the 19th Mts., 1824.
In our passage from thence to the Whale Fish islaads,
nosh ng beyond the ordinary occurrences at sea trans-
pired, and the Espedition arrived safe on the 25th of
June. Here we rook on boa-d. from the transport that
accompanied us, provisions and stores to complete for
thrse years, and we sailed on the 4-h of July for SO
James Lancaster's Sound. The i• e, which at as tines
is found in D rvis's Straits, was unusually compact this
season. We enteted it on the 13 h July, in lat. 71i. N.
long. 58. W. and were declines in it u ail the 9:h Sep-
'ember follots log, by which the whole of the navigable
season in those climates wa- lost for that yoar ; and it
was not without much d tficulty that we afterwards
succeeded in gettisg into P Bassett, on tile eastern
side of Prince Regent's I let, on the 27th of September,,
where we secured the ships for the ensuing wilier. At I
Port Bowen we made a number of observaticrits on a
vat iety of subjects : those on magnetism. I think, will
prove highly interesting to the scientific world, inas-
much as a daily v rriati n in the horizontal needle was
found to the amount of 2i deg. which had not before
been observed. Darirg the winter, the men performed
masquerades occasionally, which wee found to aitause
hater than plays, since, as all %este actors, it rarely hap-
pened that somet• ing highly di v.rting did not transpire
before the evening closed. Nothing new that 1 am
aware of has been 'un-ni among the specimens in botany
which this voyage has afforded, or in natural history,
of which a few grows., a white fox, and twelve bears,
compose all that were killed during the seven winter
mon hs ; but on the return of warmer weather, towards
the and of April, the migration of birds from the south-
ward afforded amusement to our sportsmen, and fresh
meals for the Expedition. In the geological co:lec-
lions, a great vatisty was obtained, and a number of
fossil vegetables and shel's were found, as well as some
mineral ores. The lowest temperature of the win a 4
was 47 degrees below Zero, and the highest summer
temperature of 1825, was 51 deg. above Zero ; whereas
in England, I am informed that the th rmometer stood
at 93 deg. in the shade. On the 9th November, 1824,
we lost sight of the sun, and on the 2d of February be
made his re-appearance; but it was not ustil the 27th
of March that the effects of thaw were first seen, and
that only on the ship's side frau a black surface. Not-
withstanding that from this period daily indications
were given of an.approaching favoursble season to the
main objects a the Expediti, n, it was not berme the.
20th of July last that the ice broke up, and allowed
both ships to get clear of Port Bowea. It being Capt.
Parry's determinstion to proceed to the southward
along the weste a shor, s of this inlet, we got in with
the land about Cape Seppings on tie 24th, and made
tolerable progress until the Ist of August, when bo h
ships were forced on shore by the ice, and the Fury's
keel and stern-posts twisted out r.f their places, in cot.-
sequence of which she made about two feet water an
hour. The Heti+ esc aped without any damage, and
after the Fury was got off,we wsnt to the sotrhward, in
search of a place to secure the slips whilst mak ng the
repairs; but not finding any, we were under the neces-
sity of moving some icebergs that were aground toge-
ther, in lat. 72. 46i. N. and wins them forming a liar.
boor for the Fury. After having cleared her of the
stores and provisions, and the purchases rigged for
heaving down with, the spring tides fl rated the bergs,
and the strong north-west winds di it blew at the time
drifted the greatest part of the hat bour out to sea. In
this exposed situation both ships remained for several
days, during which time it was eventually found im-
practicable to repair the Fury with the means we pos-
sessed, under such ca-cumstatices. At this petit:oJ. all
I idea of making the North-west Passage was at an end,
although the present piuspects of success were more
promising than on any t tmer occasion ; dice was a
clear sea, and land continuous to the distance of nearly
thirty mi,es, yet it was not possible to take sufficient
supplies on•boat d the Hecla 'for the consumption of Bah
ship: companies througsout the coming winter and fol-
lowing summer ; and we the: efole abandoned the Fury,
and all our hopes in that quirtcr, on the 26th August,
and repaired to P..rt Neilla, a small harbour five miles
south of Bowen, to prepare the Ueda for crossing the
Atlantic this season. Our passage homeward was at-
tended with boisterous and unsettled weather, but all
arrived in ward health at Peterhead, in Scotland, on the
11111 inst. whtn Captain Parry and myself set off for
London, w 4;1 dispatches for the Admiralty."

We understand there is n it the slightest foundation
for the 1,-port which has been, for some days, circulated
in the City, that tt e Government of Colombia is about
to raise a new Loan. ally 200,000 dollars, out of the
money. for to Catthagena, have as yet been
applied to the public exie,enc,es, and this sum was some
time ago remitted to Peru. The remainder of the
money sent to Colombia from the last Loan, continued,
at the late,t dates, to be sealed up, by orJer of the
Eecutive Government at Carthagena. The Congress
had resolved, that one million of dollars out of this
rn..itey should be, by degrees, applied to agricultural
purposes ; but all the internal expenses of the Republic
weie paid out of the regular rases, and they were so
ptoductive as to be considered fully equal to tfte future
expendi we of the Stat The Republic of Col .nibia
owe a small internal debt, not exceeding half a million
sterling. It is payable three years after the ratification
of peace with Spain, and therefore no Loan of money
is immediately neces ary for its I clotidation.
The ATTORNEY-GItiNKHAL has given it as his opinion
that Trustees wallet ized to pave and k ep in repair tl e
streets of the metrop lis, may Macadamise them. Ihe
tollow.ng is a copy of his