Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-11-29
GAZETTE.
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.

arrived az New York, IRON lhserpOoi, whence |
she sailed on the Gath Of October. By this arri-
val the Editors oi the Commercial Advertiser
have their usual SUPPLY Of London papers to the
Esd Of October, and Liverpool to the cath, both
inclusive.
RETURN OF CAPTAIN ROSS.
ARCTIC DIscovERY.-The most interesting
item of intelligence furnished by this arrival. re.
lates to tHe -uoexpected return OF captain Ross'
from the Arctic Regions. This intrepid nasiga.
torsaf,er Am absence of three years and halt,
has returned to England 10 safety. when oil rea-
sonabie hone had fled, even oil his existence. The
expeditiun Of Captain Back. sent forth for his
noss;ble rescue and relief, and which in every
sense Of the phrase might be termed the torIorn
hone. ba. been superseded in its purpose BY tins
gratifying intelligence-and our concern and
sympathies may now be directed to him who has
been sent to succor the returned.
Captaip. Ross, With the whole Of his party ex.
cen, three, two of whom died on the passage out,
and one at later period. arrived at Hull on the
morning OF Friday, the 18th OF October Il
The hardy veteran, (says the Hull Advert
ser,l was dressed in seal-skn trowsers, with the
hair outwards, over which he wore faded naVaf
uniform; and the weather-beaten countenances
of himself and his companions bore evident marks
Of the hardships they had undergone, although
thew appeared in excellent health. On landing,
at half past 9 yesterday friday morning, from
the Gazelle, the Captain and his comrades, Com.
mander ]. Ross, Surgeon M'Dearin. and Mr..
Thorn, the second officer Of the expedition, NTH
Captain Humphreys. proceeded to the Victoria
Hotel. Within q few minutes after his arrival,
the news spread rapidly through the town, and
crowds proceeded to congratulate the adventu-
rers. The Mayor and Aldermen waited on Cap
tain Ross, in procession, and conducted him 10
the Mansion House, where hs partoOk OF some re-
treatment. The Wardens, and several OF the
Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, dePuta'
ton from the Commissioners OF Pilots, and sese'
raj other public bodies, also waited on h'm TO pre-
sent their congratulations. The bells rang mer:
nv peals-the colors were hoisted on all the snip
ping in the port. aud public dinner was to be
given at 2 o'clock to Captain Ross, by the pr'nci'
pal inhabitants. He was to start for London at
4 in the evening. The freedom OF The Corpora
tion was presented to him in a silver box.
1t was in 1899 that Capt. Ross fitted out mis-
expedition to determine the acticability OF new
passage, which had been confidently stated to
exist. particularly by Prince Regents's luet, but
in consequence Of the loss OF the Tor emast OF his
vessel, the Victory, he was obliged to rent at
W,deford, 10 Greenland. The accounts OF his
departure from thence on the 9Th July. lS2S.
formed the last authentic intelligence received OF
the expedition. By the subsequent details 1t
will be perceived that he was picked up by the
Isabella of HalI,-the very SIMPLY singular
coincidence, in which he made his first voyage TO
the Arctic regions.
By Captain Ross's account it appears, that the
first season-that Of l8a9-was the m'idest that
had ever been recorded, and the sea was more
clear Of ice than had been experienced during any
preceding voyages. On the l4th OF Angus!
Cant. Ross reached the spot where the stores oil
the Fury ~ere landed without experiencing any
diff guilty, and there ne found the provisions, &c.
but not the wreck, which had totally disappeared.
Having supplied all his wants at this depot, he
advanced TO the southwark round Cape Cary,
from whence the west coast led him. in a 5 w.
direction, to the lat 72 deg. N. Here he was
for the first tine seriously impeded by ice; but,
after examining an inlet, he proceeded TO urge
his way 20 the sou Inward, near the west shore
"a the shaliowness Of the water permitted, and
occasionally landed to take possession OF the new
~ discovered region for the British crown, with
the usual ceremony. Owing to the rapidity OF tbs
tides and currents, the stubborn quality OF the
ice, and the rocky character of the coast, the voy
age was extremely psr'l,us. Having experienced
several almost miraculous escapes IRON snip
wreck. they ultimately succeeded IN reaching
the 20 deg. o! lat 10 Oil ecuoh-oear'y uue souu
of Fury Point, where their course was arrested
by an impenetrable barrier Of ponderous ice. Ia
aharbor which they found at this extreme pon
thev -wintered.
In Japuary, 1880, they opened comnunlca
ton with tribe Of natives, who had never before
held intercourse with strangers. Friendship wa'
scou formed between them and the tars, and the
FIRST winter, which vas not very severe, was
spent very pleasantly. Having learned from tht
natives,.tbst the east sea was divided from the
west by neck OF land, the point was examined,
and al hope of efscfing passage IN that direc
tion coMPLErELY ExINeuIsHED. Commander
Ross tnephew Of Capt. Ross who vas sent tt
survey the coast of the west sea. leading to Cape
Turnasaiu, succeeded in getting within $50 miles
of It, and left of within short distance OF where
Capt. Back expected Fish River to join the sea.
They also determined pat the land was CONT
gious to that which forms Repulse Bay.
nnripv thp autu m IN 0f 1850. the vOVagers " al