The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-19 00:00:00

Atom THE LONDON GAZETTE, 0cr..17.

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Whitehall, Od. 14
His Royal Highness the Princi Regent balls been
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of. 'l4
„piety, 10 nominate and appoint Francis Marquis of
liastings, Ike Governor-General of India, antf Cos.
matider.in-Chlk of his Majesty's .Force. t 'errs arse
,of•rbe Forces Ist the East Indio Company, Knight of,
the Most Noble Order of the Gaiter, and General
b. *he Army, to be a Koight Grand Cross of the
,b4.ott Honourable Military Ogler of the Bath.
His Royal Highness the Prince It hath been
pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Meje.ly, ,
o nominate and appoint Lienteriant-Geueral Sir
Thomas 'Beloit, Bart. commanding his Majesty's
troops in the Ptesirlency of Port St. Georg, in the
East lor:ies, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of
the East India Company in the said Presidency, and
Knight C..mmander of the Most Honourable Mili-
tary Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross
of the said Most Honourable Military Older.

We on Saturday announced the failure of (be
Arctic Expedition of Diacovery in the unexpected
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return of the Dorothea, Cipt. Buchan, and Her cwo-
sort, the 'cp.'', sloop, lieut Franklyn, wlthoet bet-
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War-Office, Od. 17. ing accomplished the object of their mission. ,It op._
:d Regiment of Life Guard., Lieutenant Capel Sampson Dan. pears that the highest latitude the ships ever alighted
bury, from half-pay or the hit Foot, iii be Cornet and Sub- was about SO. 30. longitude 12. &ill. They attempt-,
Lietitetutai, vice Wyatt, who exchanges, receiving titedif- .
Pll proceeding to the westwartT, but, -es in ifie case
Prelim
I. th Regiment of light Dragoon., Captain Robert A rtitild„ of Capt. Phipps, late Lord *Ogres-, in the RaCe-
from the SSilt Foots to be Captain of a troop, vice Shake- horse, in 1773, they found an impenetrable barrier of
spear, woo exchanges.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. Ensign Sir John ice- The ships proceeded newly over the same space
'Montagne Burgoyne, Bart. from the hall-pay of the 71st as Capt. Phipps did, end met with similar impedi.
Foot, to he Ensign and Lieutenant, vice Ntontagu Chambers ' •
f•• Who exchanges. mettle as experienced by that . Of.firee. Fisher is
ht Regitnent of Foot, Lieutenant Edward Babington, from the name of the Officer beliongenv to the Doro-
half pay of the ll,gitnent, to he Lieutenant, vice J. D. thee, who arrived at the Adristralty With the dis.-
Mortis, who eschews. witches containing the ungrateful. Intelligence. He
end Ditto, Lieutenant Charles Berkeley, from the half-pay of
the 9id F 01, to be Lieutenant, vice tieurge Richardson, left the vessels on Tuesday off Flamboroogh Head.—
who exchange* On Thursday they were off Yarmouth, and are
13th Ditto. Gentleman Cadet William Francis Marlton. from . . .. .
the Royal-Sadism College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vire probably now in the River, on their way to Dept.
Jervis, appointed to the tith Dragoon Guards. ford. These are the ships, which were quipped
Slat Ditto. Assistant-i Surgeon thigh Caldwell, from the half-pay with v
m_ew to their
reaching the Ville, and entering
of ibe 91,1 Font, to be Asostant-Surge.ot, vice Maurice t'..
ii Quill, who retires upon half-pay of the9lst Foat. the Pacific Ocean by the North-east. Their failure
43d Ditto. Captain lidward Auriel 'Hay. from the half-pay of will probably be a much greater disappointment to
the 73d Foot, to he Captaiu of Company, vice John swin-
the Puhlic.thati.tbet ef;the other Expedition will be,
hurtle, who exchanges.
.48th Ditto,lientenaut John Brook to he Captain of a Company, supposing the crew to return sorely ; their success
without purchase. vice :Whoosh, deceased. was expected with moo interest ; for surely a clear,
Ensign Willi. lin Kenwonhy to be Lieatersosa•. vire Beelike.
William Grove White, Gent to he Eu-ion, vice Kew/earthy. knowledge of the many circumitances which must
56th Ditto. Captain Frederick *terve,' Filler. train the half- have been learned during a passage over tile Pole, is
pay of the urt Foot, to he (*piano of a Company, vice Heil- more important than
liam 0' B kn, who exchanges. to the world a possibility. of
Lieutenant Stephen Rice, from the Wm of the 12th Light finding a NW:lb-weft passage to Chia*. The latter,
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice John Shea, who exchanges, as a mailer of curiosity, is little, mud, as an affair of
receiving the difference.
68th Ditto. Lieutenant Henry Read, from the half pay of ebe Commerce, is nothing: since.* passage, effected in a
81st Font, to be Paymaster, vice John Lewis White, who_ season chosen for its acknowledied peculiarity, and
exchanges by vessels prepared et lire PUblic Patience, on that
76th Ditto. Assistant7surgeoo Thomas Montgomery Perron,
from ite• h ilf-pay of the 4Sd Foot, to be Assioant.Sargeon, service alone, will NeWnlikely to become a beneficial
vice John Denay,. who retires moots half-pay of the 49d k'rrot. example to any commercial adventurer. The chalice
99th Ditto, Captain Arthur Shakespear, from the 10th Light
succes
of
, it would seem, was also greater in the
Dragoons, to be Chinni° ors Compatty, vice Arnold, who
exchanges. I cue of the Polar Expedition than of the other, as it
3d West India Regiment, Lieutenant• Alexander Tamer to be I would be 'Mr' no necessity to diverge from the
Adjeiont. vice aloode, whose appoiunneut to the Adjutaucy
has not taken place. widest, end therefore, the freest sea it could find.--s-
Royal Wen India Konen", James WNicali (kat* 10 be Ensign, The failure of the Polar Eipeditiow, then, is a
without putative, sic Stevenson..lareased. greater disappnibtmeat than that of the other will
BREVET'. be as its success would have been more useful, and
The undermentioned Cadets of the eloarierable East India Cent-
,
1 • patsy's Service, to have the temporary rank of Second Lieu- was less improbable.
tenants during the period of their being placed soder the This ii welbilievel the 171 h or ISA failure to
command of lateateatin•-Colowei.TawleY. Or tie Anal lin- . • ~
gweer,,,„ chatha„,, for i„u„weeinso 4, the an /*if? "and accomplieh iheilaling project of penetrating to the
mining : North POW. They first• Espedition of this kiwi
Cadets fhomas Priasep anti,George Jogureep Viggilarvrood. which history records,' was made between the years
STAFF.
Samuel Palmer White, gent. to be Bammeit-Mtrater at New 1553 and 1556, by Sir 11(41t Wil!nilliby.
founditind, vice J. T. Andrews. superanapated• _. Chandlert and Stephen Burroughs, in quest of a north.
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M E MDR ANDV M. . east Onstage to India. They reached Nova Zembla
The Christian names of Cornet Ramsay, appointed to !boa:fa I, .
VraguaaLiaards, oa ilto so ef4lll.lll4BlaraticorrNisoa, mid the Strait afirtyptss bat afield proceed so
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MILI TA R Y PROMOTIONS.

1583; .7011,..
tfott,o berklat h. .
mneth, of 35.1005.; heidisetipesed st*. Strait which
bears his name, bot was obliged to return after being
enclosed bet viten Gelds of Ice .off Greenland. The
highest latitude be reaeited was 68. 63. In 1603,
tile King of Denmark sent set Joh* Coneinghaen, i
icetchman, and James Hall, an Englishman: they
only reached the latitude of 61. 33 and -etre ilia.
bred many perils from immense shoals dif levii—d.
In the same year, a company of London aver.
-I:llants sent out Henry Hodson, who reached the
very high latitude of 814, where bit preeress• wee
cimpletely barred by a frozen sae.. to 1612, Capt. •;.,:A
'homas Batton reached the latitude of 65.. when he .-
ties finally stopped by a barrier of ice. +About' 'the- '' '
inane period the M tiocoey Company end • est Jabal
Poole, %Ito couldunly reach the latitude of 800: ala
tie same year Capt. Hill pushed nnrihnarde :to that
'parallel of 82. 1n1614, Robert Pothsellyesosiroti.
!bayed in ice in the Istiiiide (if 72. 54.., 1ni11616., Ku.
bert Bileth and 13a4(in were stopped in Ihriasltude
of 79. 11. In 1616, Baffin penetrated lit the hati.•
tads of 81.; ha 1751, Capt. 1114Catialsoallad•nithoot .
obstruction from •11-ckluyts Headland,: as MO es ..
the latitude of 834. It, -is remarkable-then ebodt •
ibis period the sea was very ,epee, fa., baab+fippt. •
4ffeCallaut and Capt. Wilsotqhseoltigiugsliblkrisond
.the lea open, end were deterredifrewiewillest'flettier
"Ititil'i-by their reepetteibility to nit* oeitottiovii theist
deittination was inertly 46 Gr0e1116016,41*-67411,1101*.
I attempts wets itreffeetnaby matievilintushatentelgatort ..
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rebut rind' in II udsoilakeryi* Dr.' 14aaltistirse atatosnat
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' &Wt. Stephens, in 1754, reached siciathosktot6444
IgiraVritottempts were stage to tonatiallotattfar Istiaorte
Pitgeetirliet,tiet nee* 103Cfes1 MO, c hie ly *YON ..
ruilsoni gay enmpolty. In 1720; Knigetscesad
Saito* *ere set nut,but thel. *ere Bever afteraterthy
heard of. In 1776 and 17/T,,sbe Adattralty•severout.
Lieutenants Pickersgili sad lane; but thenciapeal
officers made very little -privies', and eifeemol no
discovery whatever. Captain Cook ekpiored'tho ex.
wise beyond Behring's Strait, hetwien.tba perallels
lif 70 and 71' degrees, where they ems !Upped bye
tbe ice. ou.r; i i;%. ~,L. •
In the different years the Chintnilind Willti*Altv. -4
Advanced in the latitude of 81. and 82. and an tile as
1806, the elder Me: scdre.by ascended to the latitude
of 81. 50. It. itenOW clear, we think, that all lisps
of taping to the Pule is at an end. The son ofiNtr..
licoresby lately suggested the bold plan of lipProach.
fng the Pole over the icy continent froni Spitsberlten...
.Adopting the mode which the Russian hunters have
employed with such advantage in nsOloritig the
employed
Sea, from Nova Zembla to the• shuiles of
.lliiniachatka, he proposes to pass the 'whiter in' the
Island of Spitzbergen' and startisig is the spring with 1
"aledges9 drawn by doga, to pursue a direct journey
4'o or 700 mile's to the Pole. He m'ght then expect i
to find a continuous sheet of ice, stretching throve* i
his 'ibolntrack.

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FRI3hGli PAPERS.

OCT.; 14.—;r hit &apt Tor of floods snd the'
of Prussia will atom set off for Valenciennes. It
atipears that die EMOtbt of Assarior will not be prevent
at the reviews Malt witt-tvlnr ptace iu tint direction

as well as et Sedan and Maabeage.

During the time of the ,and reviews, there will he
an open table for 300coests. Each Gommsoder will
bits ssigned a rebidincr, Which will 'stalk-of his keep.
ing an open table for 100 persons.
'kappa's certain that the troops of Austria, Els..
'varier god Wirteasherg will not be:Mei-wed; they
will commence their route immediately.
From Dunkirk it is stated, that the Ilanerverists
artillery, and a part of the baggage, wlll-be embarked,
at that port on the 20th inst.. 1;*
The Captain of a vessel MIN* linked from
Alexandria reports, that at Mt diftartore.there were
200 merchsnt.shiprin the harbour. The Pacts was
building a frigate.
- It is said that M. Vandenberg has porclutled 20,000
horses belonging to 'the foreign troops.
French Finds, Oct; It —Five per Cents. PO. 5c.;
Bank Stock lefrif. 30c. •
Pains, OcT. 15.—Yesterday, before Mass, his Ms.
jesty transacted bookies. ;with the Minister of the
Marine, and et one o'clock presided in a Council of
Ministers..
In the. morning Baton Vincent, the Austrian Am*
bassador, had an audience of the King.
The Duke of Fernan Nunez, Ambassador front .
Spain, gave a splendid fete yesterday evening in cele.
bration of the birthAlry of his Soyeteigni Ferdi!
nand VII. .tr Irma. •-.41(14..

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