The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-18 00:00:00

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Iseir`is• far, alter the int.* .1114 eiowed and warped'
the ship for rapt,' or fourteen hours, she would be
adrift again, and at the percy of the ice, if yen could
'not anchor in security to one of these enormous
,oessees, which rests upon the ground, and perfectly_
secures you from ever danger, except that (which
less onto or twice Deterred to üb) of drifting oil with
'II high spring thle inert -deep water. A ship is almost
twrfettly wore from going on shore, when well an-
. ehored to them, for the smallest of them draws so
inuch more ester than soy ship, that if must ground
Anise before the skip-, unless the chore immediately
Mint it is very steepindeed. A very email ice-bere,
to which we anchored oh the Dth of June,was grated-
+'d in 5% fathoms, and was so firmly moored, that the
)evels of the dipping needle were not in the slightest
degree affected.
*6 We have new got es far as Four island Point,
tear which I observed, to-day, in 70. 40. N. lat. It.
is evident, from all we hate yet -,,en, that there is no
getting op the Straits, with the ice in its present state,
but by titling it along dote to the land, for there is
not one drop of clear lister to be seen thy where
else, and if we did not snthbr to our friends, the
bergs, every tide, we could not gain an Inch. Thel
weather has been so calm; that the lee, as far as We,
can see from the mast bead, remains in one solid, on.
broken mass. A good brevets would scatter and help
to dissolve it, for it is chiefly what is called young
ice, which they say has been booed during the month.
of April and the beginning of Msy of the present
year. The season has certainly been severe, fur some
of the Greenland Masters say they got to t 4 degrees
loogbefere this time, last year.
" July 3.
" Since I last *rote, we has been incessantly oes
Copied in ittempting to get through the ice to the
earthward. The first stage we made was into North
East 118 y, where we have been detained several
days, which could only be occepied in settling the
peiition of the several points of land, &c. and the
variation of the compass, which, by.the-bye, cats
*ever be done on board a ship with any tolerable de.
gree of accuracy,' difference of thirty degree:arising
from a change in the ship's head, on board the Isa-
belle. On board the Alexander this difference is
eery apparent also; but in a much smaller degree. I
' do not, however, cobsider the experiments we have
yet made to be sufficiently numerous, or sufficiently
delicate, to enable us to draw any satisfactory con-
elusion from them, On this very interesting point, till
!butter and better opportunities offer.
" We had rather an interesting visit from two Es-
eeitnsue families the other day, but with the details of
which I shall not now trouble yen. In truth, I hate
se few moments to spare from the immediate duties
Which now press upon us, that I fear you will think
my letter but a shabby one. These last two days
have given us a run to the northward beyond oar
Most sanguine expectation, as we are at this moment
within seven miles of the northernmbst of the Woo
neitt'tlstands, and passed Senderson's Hope, yester.
day evening. Our latitude (by account) to-day at
noon, was 73. 10. N.— Isabella's, 78. 15. long.
67. 14. W. Some of the Esquimaux from theft
Islands were, I understand, on board the Isabella,
to-day, and report, that the place in which we now
are has been clear of ice during the whole winter
(is this possible?), that no whales have been
here during this season, and that they think there
plenty of clear water to the northward. If
this be true, it is delightful intelligence for us. As
far is we can ourselves see, there is no reason to
question the securey of their statemeht ; foe;
though the number of bergs is here, as at Riskoli;
and et Wsygatt Leland, and Black Hook, almost be-
' conception or belief, the fields of ice appears to
no means so close as to stop our progress. How
this fsir prospect may continue, it is impossible
Age, bat the voyage begins to acquire extreme
interest, and all are auxibusly• looking out to the
'iward.
I om anxious now to put my letters on board the
.behelle, that they maylgo to England with the del-
patettes iu the Msjestio; end as the weather is rather
fiaggr, I ,am afraid et losing the opportunity; rid
will therefore delay uo"leoger sending theta* to lid
Believe me to remain, my dear Sir, 11,0100
fritbful and obliged
.serrint,
P. S.—Jute 6.-1 have just niesourid the
it of an ice-berg, which is 123 i feet;'ind it Is
ground in 125 fathoms! This is literally a small
compared with some hundreds that we have seen.
above water, and fathoms under, seem to be the
`general run of their specific gravity."

11IISCHISF4m) DXSTROCIION WO
MAD DOG. Ar ICNIGIitSBRIbbit:

,bout ten o'clock yesterday morning this neigh.
rhood was thrown into serious and too-well
aided alarm, by the appearance of a mad dog,, at
le Park-corner. He first;snapped at horses in the
k ; but at the Piccadilly gate he too successfully
mid a Mr. Cress, son of Mr. Cross, the gatekeeker,
the leg, arid making his way down on the right.
fide ,of the Kiightsbridge road, snapping at
.y person and animal he met, he filed upon a Mr.
,ards, whom be bit severely ; he then attacked
Richardson, of Hammersmith, whom he fell
ipon mostieiociously, in consequence of his deter.
fined resistance with his umbrella. This gentleman
pod,' we understand, without anyscutaneous
althdegh his coat and troWsers were lite.
117 torn to pieces.. In the mean time.ilse, dog was
rated by a labourer, of the narne:er Denford,
rio overtook him at the coach.stattd at Sleane-
street; bet tanfoitunately missing his &it aim with a
:h.fork,.,the dog dew at his uncle, and made five
isions; Ittrgeired the whole strength of the poor
an's broiler 'to extricate him while the courageous
ilTerer dispatched the animal. lie is now in St.
urge's Hospital, with Mr. Edwards and the boy,
here they are undergoing the extraction of the bitten
)rts. Denford (whoa is an assistant to his brother,
milkman, at Knightsbridge) deserves the .thanks
' liberal consideration of the inhabitants and pas.
sOugess.
With'sthe-Int twelve swabs, at least too per-
is, chietlymensisting of farmers, their soesi and
there, employed in apiculture, .have;left their yeti-
•nres.in Ore neighbourhood of 'Abersevenoy, and
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