Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-25
From Me london Courier OF October 1877
NORTH WEST EXPEDITION.
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Capt Parry arrived thls niuruing AT the Adj
miraity, having Landed at Whiiby. whence MS
Majesiy's ships Fury and Hecla were conlinu-
ing their way 10 the river Thames.
The pu3!c regret that Captain Parry has
not been able Ia aeconpiisl; the North West
passage, Will be amply compensated by the
general ,iieasur. which will bc felt 1T the safe
return of this SaiiAui officer and his brave com
paniDrs.
la 1891 the expedition explored Repulse
Bay. SIR Thumas tSoe's Welcome, Middle
tons Frozen Strait aud tina; neighborhuod
anu lnJ!nS uo passage Ia the Nurthward aud
Westward, wm'rred in the southern bay Ofau
Island, called Winter Island, in la,. CO, IL, long
80
la 1899, the expedition, guided and en-
conrased by the information they had recei,
Ell during the Wiater, from party of Esuui-
mauA, with whom they had established Il
friendly intercourse, pursued thelr attempt To
the Nurihward, aud examined all inlets to-
wards the West, ill they arrived at IA strait
which separates the North West Coast of A
merica f"m what Capt. Parry considers 10
be clusters OF Islands, extending Northw ard
towards the scene of ms former voyage.
The great object of ascertaining the north
plished, Captain Parry penetrated two degrees
to the Westward with considerable expec,a-
tou ui snai success but IN "A narrow part ,,T
me STRAIT, they found the ice fixed in that Pc
cuiltr manner which Indicates thai Il is 1,erpc-
fnGi, and not separated IN any scGson or IN
der Gny circumstances. Tie expedition was
therefore Obliged 10 winter IN latitude 60 90
longitude 81 30
tntlie summer ofihis year, folding the ice
In tIt,,s SIN ia,
rrecluded all hope ofany further progress in
NE neishbourlfood in which he was Capt
Iarry thought il advisable Ia give up the at
tempt and return To England
The expedition has lost by illness, only Mr..
Fyne, the Greenland Master, aud three sea
hieu, aud Que man killed by an accident.
CoNsrANrINosLE, Sept. 6.-Bad news is re-
c@i'ed from Thessaly aud Epirus. The Greeks
nave every where had the advantage For
some days past there mas beea IA report odds
turbances at Nissa, but this wants confirms
ton. THaDburU Poner Seuf eo
bRusaELs, Oct. IA letter from Gambia
OF the Is; of Aug. says II assam pacha, Lieu-
tenant of AieIieniet All Pacila of Egypt, sur
named the terror Of The Christians Of Crete.
has been carried of by the plague in the for
tress ~ Sada. The Cretans lose in him an a.
trocl"us enemy, whom none bat tae Juurna !
of Smyrna could praise for It is well known
nict the most cruel punishment on him. The
Stake, the fire, boiling oii--such were the
means OF eXtsrulinatOn employed by him.
Besides the death OF this Chief, the Chris
lians have To- congratulate thcD,riyes on that
OF Dermish Pacila, Governor of Gambia. WIN
nas iikewIsr been carriad OF by The plague :
we also buried two other Pachas. victims 10
The plague, IN 'iie last week of The month
The mortality sin proportion 10 the strength
IN f,,.
destructive 10 The baybarians as this year,
while the district inhabited by the Christians
are exempt from the contagion. There is
not Tsrkish ship AT SEA this year that il free
from II. However certain persons may prais.
ihp Turks and their Government, the plague.
OF WHICH they preserve the nucleus, would be
sufficient cause for all Europe TO unite against
them, and drive them 10 the extremities of the
hab able world"
appointment Of C0nSaIs TO the Spanish .4meri-
caa .Simes.
The following is copy ofthe official COM
inunicalion, WI ich was yesterday issued upon
this subject:
FOREIGN OFFICE, Oct. IL.
GENTLEMEN-I au, dire cted by Mr. Sc
cretary Canning, IN acquaBt you, in re lerrnce
10 your application for protection to the Trade.
OF his VI iesty's subjects with The Provinces
or Spanish America, that his Maiesty's Co
Sernment have determined TO send out forth
with Consular 4 gents 10 the several ports and
piares in those Provinces, in which, as they
have learned from The best inquiry, British
Interests are at present most extensively con-
cerned.
subjoin list of these ports and places
[ nave The honor to be, sc.
JOSEPH PLANTA, Jun.
"Messrs, Joseph Maryatt s. Sun, &c. &C.
MEXICO Mexico Consul Gen
Vera Cruz Consul
Acapulco Ditto.
COLOMBIA Santa fP de Boz -ta Consul Gen