Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-01-11

| account will, perhaps, afford us some Certain
data on which 10 ground our opinion. His
| account OF his voyage will be aDxiouslv eA-
pected, aud cannot fell TO be extremely To-
tterestiug Whether he has been farther TO
the west~aid than where he is said 10 have
wintered, we kaow Dui as Yet; bat that rs
fully 500 geographical miles iIom lev Cape
the extreme poinl OF Cocks navigation north
ward.
We have been politely favored, by a gem
tleman IA Glasgow, with tue following letter,
which he received yeS,eIds, (Friday. Novom-
Der 81:
| Griper, at Sea, 22d sept. 1920.
| Lar. OS, I4-Long TO, 90 " BafhnS' Bay.
am quite weil, aud have eujoyed petiect
health all the voyage, although il has been a
hard Juggling piece OF service Tor all hands.
| Alter having euCoantered the usual DELAYS
| OF az icy sea, aud got through the ice la Bat.
| ii"s Bay by the first week of AUGUST, 1919
/ We got into Lancaster Sound BY the second
| week We got beyond where the ships had b. eu
| in The former voyage (they having reached 81
ue:. on IS deg w and were stopped Us land.
| we are now a. idr AS 90 deg. nothing TO stop
| us but ice Which DELAYED Us some time-bnt
| alter repeated trials we atiast succeeded in
| gtuihs through passage in the long locke If
| Tor Polar oea-our course was as much 10 the
west a. the ICE would admit Of. III the first.
week OF Sept. we had reached az tar as ll3 If, u
| W. when we weie completed, stopped bS ice
| winter set IN about the middle OF Sept A
| harhur was then most auNiousiy looked Tor
| winch we were fortunate enough To put the
1 Ships into By The 10th Sept. Ii was a close
| S"aVe DIS so tIm"....Ihe sea, or the lanes OF
| water amongst the ice, which we had hiIher-
| 10 naNisatrd, we're now entirely frozen over.
| lhe SHIPS we're housed over aud ali th,n.s
| prepared for the winter, which. thank (iod
| we passed pretty Comfortably thou Il cold
| we hVedOD board the ships. Our greatest
degree oil cold was IN January, so degrees
| below zero. Our mean temperature tor ~
| months Il deg. above zero Fahrenheit On the
4 pEn ~ nj A, "A
| resumed oui eXertoHs TO get 10 westward :.
| reached III deg. w. ian the latitude of "a n
| bu' all our expectations ended on the 23d of
! September, 1870 when winter re.appear,d
| and no hopes lett. We turned our heads to
| tue eastward, and bav. got thus far on our
| passage home. Onr discoveries are many; in
| geography, magaei birds, beasts, fishes, &c.
sc. but no Inhabitants in the PoIar Regions
| Tue iatttude we wintered al is "a deg. II min.
| N;-ilO deg. 40 niiu. W.--dt si.nated Mel.
| wig ts'dh" Glasgow Courier.
he di.covery ,hips under Capt Parry,
saied az Lancaster Sound. After passing ,hro'
| H. ia az cn'n sea, they reached Is deg. W
| long. art 7j degrees y lat which i, obvious
| ~ Tue SEA seen by MIR. Hearne. They -
t"f"ed to w lon. no, being unable TO pro-
Geec owing 10 the iempestuous weather. Ia
long ITO ihty pun tn vessel into CT By, X,
| "here She Ice was 80 feet thick. Here theV
renamed during the wiutei Tor 81 days.
INC carknes' Was such, that al noon they
could scarcely Sc the letters It book pratt
ed With large types
Tie Maguetic % ole apppared 20 he about
iVO oeS. OF west longitude, as the needle in-
| uIcateu PecuiiaTity OF condition When they
were !" that meridian I he dip however
uId not exceed &c degrees SO Thai they were
not above The Magn, TIC pole
| ADMIRALTY OFFICE, Nov.
Cory of a letter from Lieutenant William
Edward Parry, commanding his maie.t,'s
SNIP hecia, (laieiy employed with The GU
per gun brig, on wage of discovery, in
! the A,ctic Seas,) T. John Wilson Croker.
ESQ dated his maJesiys ship Hecla, west
coast OF DAVIS Strait, lat. 20 deg II min.
n long. 90 deg, "a min. W. Sept5
SIR avail myself of an unexpected oppor.
| tunitS by the Lee, OF Hull, whaler 10 ac-
! quaint YOU, tor the Information of nv lords
COMMISSIONERS OF The admiralty. that his ma
- 49, SHIPS uuueI M! orders. succeeded in
| discovering passage through LancaSIeTs
| Sonnd INTO the Polar Sea, and penetrated
curing The summer OF 1919 as far as the lon.
| gttude OF il23 degrees west at Greenwich he.
| tween The parallels OF ~ deg Is deg. y laI
| In THIS space tw:.Ve islands have been dis
| covered, AMI naned the islands Of New
! Georgia, Ia honor of his majesty The expe
| nltien wIntered IN harb0r n the south side
| OF the largest nj these islands (calied Melville
! Island J IN lat. a deg "A min. and lou, 10
! deg. 20 mn. w and proceeded 10 the vest,
! ward immediately oil the brea king TN of the
! nc" 81 tue commencement Of the present sea
! son, the sHIpS being III perfect condition the
I otiicrr' aud mem IN excellent health and with
( every respect Of the fiual ACCOMPLISHMENT
b, OF OuF euteIpTiEe
Al the south west end of Melville island
however, the quantiiy and ma .nttnde of the
zee was found 10 increase so muC hat Tor
SiXtesn days (being alb M one thiTI of the
Whoie ha'ienhie season IN that part OF the
ROAR sea- II wds t0uud impossible to pene.
TRACE 10 The Westward beyond the meridian
OF ll3 deg ~ MIN w in order therefore
mat LINE may be lost, / Determined 10 trv
what could be done in more southern lai
a9u lor mat purpose, Iap back along the
edge OF the ice. which had hitherto iorms d
continuous barrier 10 the south ofus in order
10 look out for any Opening which might fapor
The plan had in view in this endeayor
was also disappointed, and The season being
so 'aT advanced as to make il a matter OF
question Their. with the remaining re.
sources. Ike object OF the enteIprize could
now be persevered IN with any hone of suc>
cess, consulted tue principal officers o the
tNpeuIuOh' VINO were unanimously OF opinion
that nothing more could be done and that n
WAS, on that account, advisdble TO return TO
England
IL this opinion it was impossible for me.
hnder exiting circumstances, not TO concur,
and trust That The detailed account of ouT
proceedings. which slaU shortly have me
hoDor To lay before their L0rdSIps will prove |
hghiy satisfactory. and that though our ex
eriions have not becu crowned with complete
success. they will not be found discreditable
10 Tie naval llonsur of our country.
beg YOU will be pleased TO acqnsint their
bpIhShlpS, mat. having proposed to sutvey
'he west coast OF Davs's Straits, pre- yions TO
MY return. aud being DESTROYS OF losing az lit |
We as possible OF the remaining part OF the |
present season which ~ favorable for The |
navigation at these seas have not consider
eu ~ right to hethin the expedition for the |
purpose OF transmitting by the Lee, a more !
iHH account Of This voyage. / shall oniy there. |
'"ie' a"d that having accomplished the object |
row ~ view, hope 10 reach ENGLAND NV line |
hTSt we X ~ November
have lbe honor 10 he
W T. PARRY, Lieut.. and Com,