Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-21
FOREIGN.



ARCTIC EXHIBITION
LONDON, March % Yesterday ahout
",cioch. Niscount Melville, accoauanl-
cd bl si' George Marrcnder and Adam lis
Sir Il. Moore, and Sir J. lUrkc. Barts.
arrived a. Deptlord dock yard, " here tLey
were rec SINed by Comnl!ssi ncr Cunning
ram, ihr Officers Of tie dock-, ard. and
(Aplams ttoSs, anJ Burtan, ana imuieCi-
ateiy went OH board the ,ess els bound TO
the arctic regions. They u ere rccei,c,, viii,
The usual honol>, aud proceeded 10 in
sptci HE equipment ot ihe vessels IN eve
ry part. Tie ESqulBaux went through
ms various exercise with his canoe, and
displayed his dcNieriiy IN throwing lis
darts, &C.-Ni>couni Melville and tie
other gentlemen returned To town i'm the
evening. he vessels are expected TO
crop onun Tie river Tomorrow AZ the
More, 0Ouble wages 10 the officers and
men VIII be pail; after which thew pro-
cced I" Shetland. In the equipment ut
these ships no eXprncr las brrn spared
Ill providing for the comfort and convent
ence OF ali on board. 7 he interior and
exterior of each vess have been render
ed as strong as the union OF IRON and
wood can effect. The windows in the
CABINS have been doubled, and al tie
bottom OF each hatchway sliding doors are
placed. From the gallery, copper pipes
can be extended between decks Ter diiiu-
sing warmih through every part, by IN, ans
ol lie steam arising from Culinary opera
lions. lac usual practice OF sleeping IN
hammochS Is departed from, and, ln hcu,
each person has filled up small Dlace
VIM sliding doors, containing ted. so
that It NAV be said each individual has a
separate cabin; these places are so con-
trlved, thai they can be taken oui entire.
Tor removal on shore, should unforeseen
causes render II necessary The ballast
consists entirely of Goals, and Tie Isabella
ana DorCtliea have each nearly lCu cbal-
irons on board; and the others as much
as ibey can STOW away. Meats of every
description, that can he preserved. are on
board, az also large supplies OF portable
soups; together with extensive aSsorf-
meals OF wool!ens, Jerseys, and all sorts
OF warm clothing. The vessels are. ,5r0-
yided wilh ice-bodts, and fishing grcr t,.r
catching whales. Captain Ross gnps I'D
DaviS's Stats as high as y Wi.en be viii
endeavor 10 proceed 10 the wesfwar!, by
whichever direction circumstances nav
point out as most practicable. Capfain
Buchan goes direct 10 tie Pole; ailG. If
lie reaches there, will take such course "a
events will allow him for Bherins's Straits
winch Is also the object ct Captain Ross.
some experienced naylgaiors of the
Greenland seas are on board 20 act rs M
lots IN tie ice as also astronomers and
oIher SClcnliilc geililemcn, TO assist Tie
naval officers. In the event of The slime
returning, they are 10 bring home each
cargo ui blubbcr Tor The owners. in iron
tanks, by which saving TO government
on the hire OF Tie vessels 10 nearly < lO oOo
will be Effected. Sir Joseph Hanks bas
daily commuuit aiions with the Ministers
on the subject of the expedition. On
Friday he Was al the Admiralty nearly
two hours.
Wednesday person named Coleman
undertook, for wager Of one hundred
guneas, 30 run ig0m tie Fountain iun.
Dover, TO Deal Ma6ket- place, and back
again, distance % eighteen miles, two
hours and Three quarters; he ACCOMPLISH
ed lie distance IN IwO hours and a hali.
having hiteen minutes to spare, and went
at tie rate OF seven miles, one furlon0.
and tweniy.luur poles ap honr.
Tie prlyatelciters from Paris contradict
the report that tie Pope had renounced
the new COncordat, in consideration of
the opposition which il has encountered
from public opinion III France. Ills Holt
ness, on the contrary, il is said, has decisr-
ed that he must refuse his consent TO any
MODIFICATION OF this treaty which NAV be
proposed by the temporal power.
A Mail arrived on Friday from Holland.
The King of the Netherlands, with view
TO reducing the public expenditure, has
prescribed new regulation with regard
to- tie appointments TO vacant Offices.
From Brussels il is stated, that The ne
goclailon respe ting The Austrian claims
on France IS on the eve q termination.
Tie Recruiting act will begin 10 he car
Rcd into elect IN France early in next
month. TIE half pay officers. WHO serv-
ed ~ So. Domingo aud Egypt, are 10 be
called INTO active service. Aiihe Foreign
Ambassadors at Stockholm have either
personality. or in writing, congratulated
Charles John upon his accession.
Preparations arc making AZ Dussel-
dorit tor the reception Of the Allied So
vCTeigns.
Letters from Copenhagen notice rn.
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