The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-25 00:00:00

ARCTIC LAND r.,A.L'ILIJI I 'Uri.

At a meeting of the committee for managing this ex-
pedition, held yesterday, Admiial Sir Charles Ogle,
Bart., in the chair, the following letter from Captain
Ross was read :

" TO THE COMMITTER FOR MANAGING, AND SeESCRIBERS TO,

THI: ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION.

" London, October 20! 1833,

" Garcrr.emEN,—Of the many circumstances of high gratifi-
cation which have welcomed the delivery of myself and my
companions from four years of severe sufferings, there is no-
thing (next after a deep sense of the merciful Providence by
which we have been surrounded in such great perils,) which has
excited so strong a feeling of gratitude as the humane and
generous sympathy of a number of persons who, at the chance
of being instrumental in our preservation, contributed, with the
assistance of his Majesty's Government, a sum ample fur the
purpose of paying the expense of an expedition which was so
promptly, and with so much judgment, put in motion by your
committee, and so wisely confided to the guidance of Captain
Back, whose known intelligence and intrepidity gave to the
committee a certainty that all would be done which a sagacious
mind and unflinching perseverance could accomplish.
" It is my wish and duty to make the earliest acknowledg-
ments of this instance of wide-extended compassion towards us,
an.l I venture to rely on the favour of the committee to receive,
with allowance, this imperfect expression of my feelings to-
wards them, to his Majesty's Government, to the contributors
to the undertaking, and to the Hudson's Bay Company, for the
efforts which might- have proved, as designed, the means of
snatching myself and my faithful companions from the further
sufferings which, almostto the last moment, we seemed doomed
to encounter.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very
humble and grateful servant,
" JOHN ROSS, Captain Royal Navy..,
To which the following answer was directed to be
sent :

" 21, Relent-street, October 22.
" Slll,-1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 20th instant, addressed to the committee for
managing the arctic land expedition, and returningyour thanks
to its members, to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all the
subscribers towards the equipment of that expedition, for the'
exertions made by them in hopes of rescuing you and your
brave companions from your perilous situation.
" In reply, I beg, in the name of the committee and of all the
subscribers, to offer you our warmest congratulations on your
safe ret,lrn • and, although the main object of Captain Back's
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expedition is thus attained, without his assistance, yet we feel
much gratified that it should have gone, inasmuch as it proves
to all-future adventurers in a like career, that their country will
not be unmindful of them. 'While, on the other hand, your
return also shows, that no situation should be considered too
desperate to be beyond the reach of a similar exertion.—l have
the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

" (Signed) CHARLES OGLE, Chairman,
" To Captain John Ross, Royal Navy."

And at the same time a despatch was agreed to, to be
forwarded by a written express to Captain. Back, ac-
quainting him of Captain Ross's return, and directinc,
him to turn his attention now entirely to the second .ob-
ject of his mission, namely, completing the coast-line of
the northeastern part ofAmerica, of-which little more
than one hundred and fifty miles remains to be traced.—
London Paper.

THE SOCIETT OF FRlccus.—Since the passing of the act, in-
troduced by Lord Morpeth in the late session of parliament,
rendering the affirmation of Quakers of the same effect as an
oath in ad cases where an oath is or maybe required, it has been
generally supposed that they were eligible to serve on juries at
sessions and assizes, and, in consequence, some members cf that
body were summoned to attend at the sessions for the West-
riding held in Leeds during the present week. The first gen-
tleman called on did not answer, and the clerk of the rieace, C.
H. Elsley, Esq., said that it was not necessary that he. should
answer, as Quakers were not liable to serve; they had been ex-
empted by au old act of parliament, and the new act left the law
in that respect in precisely the same state as it was before. We
are not aware whether the exemption applies to coroners' juries,
but we know that in the borough of Leeds several memberi of
the Society of Friends have recently been summoned and have
served with great credit to themselves and advantage to the
public, and we think that the sooner this old statute is repealed,
the e tter. —Leeds Intelligencer.
WESLETAN METtionisT MissioNs.—The twentieth anniver-
sary of the Auxiliary Methodists Missionary Society fur the
Leeds district, has been celebrated during the past week. On
Sunday morning, at seven o'clock, a missionary prayer meet-
ing was held in the Old Chapel, and at subsequent periods of
the day sermons were preached in all the Methodist Chapels;
namely, in the Old Chapel, by the Rev. Robert Carver,
missionary from Continental India; by the Rev. Joseph
Roberts, late missionary at Celon; and by the Rev. Valentine
Ward from Newcastle. In Brunswick Chapel, by the Rev.
Robert Newton of Manchester; by the Rev. John Ely, minis-
ter of Salem Chapel; and by the Rev. Thomas Galland, A.M.
of Halifax. InAlbion-street Chapel, by the Rev. Thomas
Galland; by the Rev. Robert Young; and by the Rev. Robert
Newton. In Wesley Chapel. by the Rev. 'V. Ward, by the
Rev. Joseph Mortimer from Bristol, and by the Rev. Robert
Carver. The annual meeting was held on Monday morning,
in Albion-street, Chapel, and was attended by a very numerous
and highly respectable -auditory, consisting chiefly df ladies.
According to previous announcement, the chair was taken soon
after eleven o'clock by the much respected James Montgomery,
Esq. of Sheffield; and after he had delivered an appropriate
address to the auditory, the Rev. F. A. West read the 'Oth
annual report. It gave a comprehensive view of the origin
and- progress of-the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society,
commencing with the year 1769, when the lato.liev. John
Wesley asked at the conference held in the Otd:rChapel ut
Leeds who. would go to Amerrca. The amountof public col-
lec.tions„ during tine anniversary (intkulit2g. £26 lls. proceeds
of. tickets for the hieak(ist) f:243, being an• increase of
!Mils. 6d:wan, last year's aasiiversaly.— Leeds Istalirmter•