The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-25 00:00:00

THE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION.

We are happy to announce that letters have been re-
ceived direct from Colonel Chesney, dated " Port Wil-
liam, on the Upper Ettplirates,2lst July," all welt. The
following are extracts:—" You have probably heard of
our obstructions from the Pasha of Egypt, which were
overcome, when he fully understood the objoct of the.
expedition, but not without loss of time. We arrived
here four days ago, and the spot where we are at work•
has been named as above in honour of our earlieSt pa-
tion, the King. We are making efforts of no common
.kind to get afloat, so as to reach Bussora in time to sail
from thence upwards,.about the 30th of September. 1. pnt
up the little steamer at the Orontes, as a sort.of hint that-
we did not mean to be- stopped; but his higimess gave
way:, and, instead of 'making our steamer take the gear
up: to Antioch, we broke her into eight sections, and
Placed them on keelsons and other pieces, of.timber, with
wheels underneath, to make their way by land. Latterly
Amelia Depot was nothing but a-camp.of practical me-.
clanks, almost, every one racking his brains for.some.
tiring new and useful towardS our important object. We
contrived sixteen vehicles of ditTerent sorts, from the
ledge to a flat boat on wheels, sailing along- the
plain to the, infinite surprise of the people. The lower
Orontes could not be used much, owing to the difficulty
of•ascending it at this season; but this did not prevent
our using water transport from AntiOch for about four-
teen, hours through the lake, at the extremity of which
the cargo was disembarked, and carried over a little more
than one hundred miles of a. level fertile country, but
thinly peopled, to this place. Dr. Cleveland takes the
route from our depot through
.A'ntiocli and the lake,
whilst Caplain Estcourt goes airect.from this spot. Here
I have Lieutenant Lynch and the workmen, with some
three-foul ths of the materials, 'whilst two lines of wag.
gong- from.- the •extremities (If the watee, and a set of
pontoons an.l boats traversing the lake, are all employed

at the same :instant in bringing the engines, boilers, &c.,
which will be here asfastas „we. want, them. I do not
expect to finish the steamer before we sail downwards,
but she probably-will- be decked and in working trim as
a sheli,in which We. must rough it as is done here, where
there are a c:mpte of habi table. rooms, some sheds covered
'with branches, and tents around the working,place, and
the whole enclosed b'y a parapet and ditch, which were
thrown up, and just completed by one of the officers.
The people hereabouts are well disposed, and the Arabs
at some distance evince a disposition to be so too; and,
by way of increasing this good feeling, I am about to
send a mission of explanation almost immediately." We
way also mention, that letters have arrived from. Captain
Alexander, but, as he had riot left Graham's Town, they
are of little public interest. The spirit of geographical
research seems at this moment singularly active among
us. Mr. Davidson, the oriental traveller, has just de-
parted on an African expedition with the intention of
visiting Timbuctoo; and- Mr. Wolff, the missionary, is,
as it .appears, about to proceed forthwith on the same
route, and, after penetrating to this "mystery of' mys-
teries," (it would seem to be as easy. as stagecoach
travelling,) he. is to proceed through the interior to die
Cape of-Good Elope! The paperS, too, state that Cipi-
tain James Ross is about inunediately to start on another
Arctic expedition; that a vessel is fitting out for the
purpose; and that hehas delayed his departure only to
await the return of captain Rick. That Captain James
'Rtiss is ready to embark on that Or any other expedition
'where. honour is to be won, and that-a more active, en-
terprising, or deserving officer could not be selected to
command such an expedition, if contemplated, we readily
adMit; but we have no reason to believe that any such
preparations as. are here referred to have been: made.—
*hen* (ours.