The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-04-30
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE UNICORN
CAUSE OF HER DELAY.

lhe New York Sun is indebted to passenger
In the Unicorn, for the following account of the
last voyage of the Unicorn from Liverpool:
" The leviathan propeller Great Britain i'm
mortalIzed herself by her voyage of discovery tn
Holmes Hole, as did the Boston Company's boat
the Massachusetts,, and now the Unicorn had
rendered her name illustrious in the annals of
brilish navigation, by similar voyage of dis
covery, to the arctic regions, while performipp a
trip across the Atlantic Ocean 1t appears that
this " superb vessel" which John Bull offered to
sell us New Workers year ago for ga mere
song, took steam at Liverpool on the 10Th of
March for Halifax and Boston. having on board.
among other passengers. Mr.. Whitney, the Brit
ish Mail Contractor for the North American
PROVINCES. IN whose service the vessel is en-
ployed. Captain Delemoie, the commander of
the Unicorn, was hired at Liverpool by Mr..
whitney, for whom he had once taken lumber
vessel TO Liverpool from St. John, and was there
Iore judged competent, of course, to take the
Unicorn to Halifax and Boston On getting ont
OF Liverpool harbor, it was found that the heavy
load OF fuel on board, being for twenty-three
days, kept the axes of her paddle wheels within
TWO feet OF the water, and so slow was her pro-
gress that on the night of the fourth day out she
had not passed Cape Clear. After tea days of
head winds and tempestous weather, the officers
Halifax, and they steered for St. Johns in the
Island of Newfoundland, bot no examination or
estimates were made to support the guess
On the eighteenth day out from Liverpool,
Monday, 9th April, she arrived off St. Johns.
but the bay appeared full ofsod ice, extending five
miles from shore that is, such was the appear
ance of the bay to the Captain of the Unicorn,
who would not approach within three miles of
me ice, being content with telescope observations
OF the Sc Yankee merchandise afloat" The ow-
ner, Mr.. Whitney, begged him to approach the
sight OF 1t was enough for him Anything but
ice for Captain Delemoie. OFF he started to sea
again, where he lay to all night, "outside the
Ice, as he said, and fearful night it was, by all
accounts. The vessel having but little ballast,
was nearly capsized by the wind. At five A.
M, April Itn, the passengers got him TO approach
the ice, and they all consented TO work at the
oows, to break way for the vessel, for which
purpose booms were rugged over the bows, and
the passengers worked necessarily for fifteen
hours Instead of getting into St. Johns, the
harbor OF which was closed by solid ice, they had
to put into the Bay of Bulls, small cove thir-
teen miles below, whence the passengers proceed
ed overland on foot, TO St. Johns The sheet of
Ice extended out from the Island of Newfoundland
IN all directions, to distance of from three TO
seven miles. The passengers enjoyed themselves
on shore, eating Goldfish suppers and drinking milk
at the cabins of the natives.
way having been cut through the ice to St.
Johns, the vessel proceeded thiiher on Friday,
10Th April, to take in coal, when it was found
that she had some days supply on board, more
than sufficient to have steamed TO Halifax The
vessel was all ready to start at two O'Clock, A
M. of the llth, but was delayed until seven
o'clock, the Captain refusing to get out of bed
Mr.. Whitney reused him at last by declaring
that they would leave him on shore if he did not
get up and perform his duties This had the
desired effect, and he got up, grumbling at the
hardship of being deprived of his natural rest
They arrived at Halifax Tuesday evening, at six
O'Clock; three days and half from St. John
ook in fresh supply Of coal, and left at eight
O'clock on Wednesday morning, arriving at Bos
on Friday afternoon, 18th April, at half pas,
hree O'Clock, twenty nine days from Liverpool
This voyage Of discovery among the ice fields OF
Newfoundland, has resulted in announcing the
xact size of those fields in the vicinity of ST
j ohn's.
eve are indebted to Mr.. Cornall Bradley =
nssenger IN the Unicorn, for the use of his notes
o { the voyage.
We observe triumphant editorial in A distant
CT ,uniry paper upon the successful experiment o.
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