Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-12-03
FOREIGN.
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
Rising of the CARLIsrs in Spdn--Return of Captain


Deano arrived at New York from Liverpool. whence she
sailed the 24h Of October BY this arrival the editors
OF the Commercial Advertiser have their usual supply OF
London papers TO the 23L OF October and Liverpool the
2hh, both inclusive.
RETURN OF CAPTAIN ROSS.
Arctic Discovery most Interesting item of intel
Ggence furnished by this arrival, relates to the
pected return OF Captain Ross, from the Arctic Regions
This intrepid navigator, after an absence OF three years
aud half has returned 10 England in safety, when all
reasonable hope had fled, OF his existence. The
petition OF Captain Back, forth Tor his possible
be termed the Jorton hope, has been superseded in its
purpose by this gratifying inelhgence-and
aud mpa,hies may be directed TO him who has been
sent to succor the returned
Capt. Ross, with the whole of his party, except three
two OF whom died the passage out, aud one at later
PERIOD arrived Hull the morning Friday the 18th
OF October.
The hardy veteran (says the Hull Advertiser) was
dressed in seal skin with the hair
which he faded naval uniforms; aud the Gather
beaten couneDances OF himself and his companions bore
evident marks OF the hardbps they had undergone al
though they appeared i'm excellent health On andiDg
half past yesterday, Friday morning from the GAzelle,
the Captain and his comrades Commander j. Ross, Sur
geon Dearm, aud Mr.. Thorn, the second officer of the
expedition, with Capt Humphreys, proceeded the Vic
toria Hotel Within few minutes after his arrival the
spread rapidly through the town, and crowds pro.
ceeded to congratulate the advvnurers The M,yor and
Aldermen waited Captain Ross in procession aud con-
Quoted him TO the Mansion House, where he pariook of
some rereshment The Wardens aud several Of the Ell
der Brethren OF the Trinity House, deputaon from the
Commissioners OF Pilots, aud several other public bodies
also waited on him TO present their congratulations The
bells rang merry peals-he coors hois,ed all the
shipping in the port, and public daner be given
at o'clock to Captain Ross by the principal inhabitants
He was 10 start Tor London at in the evening. The
freedom of the Corporation was presented to him in sill
yer box.
TWAS in 1929 that Capt Ross fitted out his expedition
to determine the pracicabiliy OF passage, which
had been confidently stated to exist particularly by Prince
Regents Inlet but III consequence OF the loss of the fore
of his vessel, the Victory, he obliged re at
Wdeord in Greenland The accounts of his departure
from the 9th July 1922 formed the last au.
theniic intelligence received Of the expedition BY the
subsequent details will be perceived that he was picked
up by the Isabella OF Huthe very ship--by a singu.
lar coincidence in which he made his first voyage 10 the
Arctic regions.
BY Captain Ross account it appears that the first sea-
son-ihat oil lS29-was the mdest that had ever been
recorded and the clear Office than had been
experienced during any preceding voyages On the 18th
oil August Capt Ross reached the spot where the stores
OF the Fury landed, without experiencing any diff.
Guilty. and there he found the provisions &c. but not the
wreck, which had totally disappeared Having supplied
all his wants at this depot he advanced the
round Cape Carey, from whence the led him,
in s. w. direction, TO the lat OF ~ deg. N.
Here he for the first time seriously impeded by ice;
but after examining inlet he proceeded to urge his
way the southwark aSnear the shore shallow
OF the water permitted and occasionally landed
possession OF the newly discovered region for the British
crown, with the usual ceremony. Owing to the rapidly
OF the tides and currents the stubborn quality the ice
and the rocky character OF the coast the voyage
tremey peIlous Having experienced almost mi
raculous escapes from shIpwrecks, they ultimately sue.
ceeded in reaching the 10 deg OF lat, con ne ar
ly due south OF Fury Point where their course was ar
rested by mpenetrabe barrier of ponderous ice 10
barbor which they found a, i, point they win.
tered.
In January $780, they opened a communication with
tribe Of natives who had before held
with strangers. Friendship soon formed between
them and the ars and the first winter which was not
ry severe, was spent very pleasantly. Having learned
from the natives that the east divided from the
by neck of land, the point examined, and all
hope of eGecting dpdSSdge in that direction COMPILE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ross, (nephsw Of
Capt Ross) who sent to survey the coast of the west
sea- leading Cape Turnagain, succeeded in getting
IN off ahnrd ~
where Capt Back expected Fish River to Join the sea-
They also determined that the land contiguous 10 that
which forms Repulse Bay.
During the autumn of $780, the voyagers waited in vain
for the ice to dissolve, as it had done the preceding year
They had not with great exer,on, proceeded than
four miles Getracng their course,) when they
rested in very dreary position, by the approach of
winter unparalleled in severity-tbe lowest
being 81 degrees below the freezing point The summer
proving less rigorous for the little hope en-
ertaned OF release, and further progress Of fourteen
miles was all they could accomplish.
In October 1881, the ship laid up in the harbour
in which she present lies moored and where the party
endured the gors OF another winter not less than
the preceding year Their provisions being consumed,
they had alternative but TO abandon the vessel
and proceed 10 the spot where the Furys provisions still
remained-a direct distance Of 200 miles, which
creased by oDe-hal in consequence OF the circutous
route which the ice obliged them take. They accord.
ngly left the Victory in May 1892 and after journey of
of uncommon labor and hardship, reached Fnry Beach
in The month Of July During this journey, thew had moi
only carry their provisions aud SICK but also supply OF
fuel for without melting snow, they could procure
They repaired the Furys boats, and attempts ed 10 ape
but it September before they reached Lcopolds Is
land which they have fully established TO be the NJ E.
point OF America Here they vainly waited for the ice
TO break Ii presented mpenerabe mass; extending
across Lancaster Soun and png The progress of
the fishing ships, which could advance no further than
Admiralty Inlet, where remained late as the 10
OF September the same year. Winter, set ia and thew
had choice left but TO rSrace their steps, and spend
another ncement season in canvass huis covered with
snow. They had no beds, clothing, animal food. Capt
Ross that their suiferDgs cannot be completely sub.
miiled to the puslic for il could be believed What
they had Undergone. The carpenter perisbed and Sc
yera others OF the much reduced that thew
had to be carried TO Baty Bay, where the boats had
left.
The spring and summer Of the present year afforded the
desolae party more cheering hopes. The ice opened on
the 18th OF August and the same day that Can't Hum
phreys, in the Isabella, tried 10 reach LeoooIps leland
they arrived there The former could not cross the leo
aud was driven by a n. w. gale to the southwark up
Prince Regents Inlet.
The party remained until the gale had denarfed AMI
having crossed when the Isabella to the soubysrJ
they passed 10 the Dorbward of her, having gained b
shore Of Lancaster Sound they reached its entrance befo
the Isabella overlook them. IL is impossible for any de-
scnpon do justice TO the feelings either side meet
ing None but those who have been in similar situation
can form any idea OF what passed in the minds OF
cued from such misery by the hand Of Divine Providence
nor can The feelings OF him who was selected az the in
strument oil mercy be fully appreciated.
The party were net more reduced by their suGernes
than might have been expected They have now recover
ed from the effects OF those sufengs The circumstances
,hat capt Ross was rescued by the ship commanded in
1918, curious and happy conclusion of the vovaoe
The result OF which has been 10 establish that there IL mo
new IN. WI passage south OF ~ degrees
The country discovered, which is larger than Great
Britain has been named Boothes after Felix Booth Eso
ohern o. London IN 1929 who much assisted Capt Ross