The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-27
NORTH WEST EXPEDITION.
authentic Particulars.

NORTH WEST .EAPEDlllON.
authentic Particulars.
The London Courier of the 18th Octo-
ber says" Capt. Parry arrived this morn
ing at the Admiralty, having landed at
Whitby, whence his Majesty's ships Fury
and Hecla were continuing their way to|
the river Thames.
The public regret that Capt. Parry has
not been able to accomplish the North I
West passage, will be amply compensated
by the general pleasure which will be felt
ut the safe return of this gallant officer
and his brave companions.
In 1891, the expedition explored Re.
pulse Bay, Sir Thomas Roe's Welcome,
Middleton's Frozen Strait, and that neigh
borhood, and finding no passage to the
Northward and Westward, wintered in
the southern bay of an island, called Win
ter Island, in lat. 66, II. long. SO.
| In 1929, the expedition, guided and en-
Icouraged by the information they had re-
.lceyed during the winter, from party OF
with whom they had establish
ed a friendly intercourse, pursued their
|. attempt to the Northward, and examined
!. all inlets towards the West, till they arri-
we'd at a straight which separates the
North West Coast of America from what
Capt. Parry considers to be cluster OF
islands, extending Northward towards the
= scene of his former voyage.
. The great object of ascertaning tht
e northern limit of the Continent being thus
accomplished, Captain Parry penetrated
! two degrees to the Westward. with con-
: siderable expectation of final success; bu
Elm narrow part of the strait, they tount
= the ice fixed in that peculiar manner
u which indicates that it is perpetual, ant
not separated in any season, or under an.
,, circumstances. The expedition was there
o,fore obliged to winter in latitude 69, 2O
!. !. longitude 81, SO.
n In the summer Of this year, finding tn
ice still fixed to the shores, in such man
'glner as precluded all hope of any furthe
. progress in the neighbourhood in which h
o,'Iwas, Capt. Parry thought it advisable t
:, u,Igive up the attempt and return to Eng
;" and.
r. The expedition has lost by illness. onl
le Nr, Fyfte, the Greenland Master. an
as three seamen, and one man killed by a
u" accident"
r. MONTREAL, Nov. l.
~ A strange accident took place in Che
-, ~ |mst's shop few days since. A perso
I,or r|having put gallon or two of Alcohol W
- on a stove in tin vessel, the liquid too
= n fire and exploded with violent shock
:" 1.-The whole room was filled with flame IN
;. "a person endeavouring to escape by tn
"t 'nt shop door, had opened it partly, and mere
wv ly put his head out, when the sudden e.
;, pansion of air in the room closed the doc
,a i" caught him by the head, and held him f
.al several seconds, until the contiagratio
~ ceased. No other injury than the loss
y" the liquor, and the fright suffered by tt
:, persons present, was sustained.
,.h From Poulson's American Daily Advertiser.
in PISTAREENS.
Of Mr.. Poulson,
her In your paper of the l4th inst. it W
ey- mentioned, that profitable speculate
he|had been made by the remittance OF Pist
to reens from the North to New Orleans.
Now Sir. it has always been the opini
of myself as well as of many others. tn
this coin has been unjustly deprecated.
1th 1t is found in many instances that Fl
se- Pistareens are equal in weight to doll
rict and that FIVE of those stamped with
.bcr head invariably outweigh dollar, son
old, times by as much as a sixteenth. 1t W
yer-lbe seen therefore that the loss of the CO
ut a munity on this coin has been upwards
This 6 per cent. while the Banks and Broke
"a have had the opportunity by shipping thu
lths'to the South. Of gaining upwards of4l 7