New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-30

THE FIRsr Arctic EXPEDITION AND ITS USroRruyar.
any account, undertaken by Sir Hugh Willoughby
1t is referred to by Fuller in his Worthes of England
and by Hackluyt. Sir Hugh was descended from dis
in the last year of the reign King Edward the 9th
employed in the discovery Of the North-East Passage
and, by the KING and merchants of London made Cap
tain of fleet for the discovery of regions and
places unknown.
Their eet consisted of three ships the Eserurlsa
Admiral with pinnace and boat 120 tons the Ed
.oa,d Bonareltua, with pinnace and boat Richard
Chancellor, chief pilot 100 tons and the Good Condsr
90 tons. large commission granted them. which
did not date from the year of Lord but from the year
of the World 1915, because in their long voyage they
might have occasion to present i to pagan primes ss
hundred ago. and after much foul weather seered
up N N u. But on the I'd August, tempest all
the vessels were much damaged, and the Bonaventnra
separated from the Others and they again
Sir Hugh holding his course, deserted land. which
for ice he could not approach. lying from Synam IAN
island belonging to the King of Denmark 16o leagues
being in latitude 72 degrees 1t received the name of
Wiloughby Land After the storm, the Bpnaventura
returned to England where she arrived in safety Pre-
vousy however this vessel had coasted along the Nor
thern shores of Russia Chancellor exchanged eourteses
with the Emperor and by invitation travelled 1906 miles
seds to the capital city of Moscow The other two
vessels OF the expedition not having heard from the
English 1857 dispatched vessels in pursuit of them
Their unfortunate fate revealed for it appeared
by will found in the Admrls ship in the pocket of
person Of quality, that in january 1854, Sir Hugh and
most OF his company were in good health although they
We're all soon after frozen to death in haven
called Arizna in Lapand. ..-i"
IL " appears tn3t tney
had with them minister chaplain Mr.. Richard Stat
ford of the twelve councillors manage the enter
prise who read constantly every morning evening the
English service to those who in the Admiral with
the Bible and the paraphrases thereon that this may
be termed the first reformed fleet which had the benefit
of English prayers and preaching The object Of the yoy
age was to discover some and expeditions route
Gathay or India either by overland and the
charter expresses it, for the glory of God and the in
crease of the revenues of the crown -4
The letter OF instruction which the naygators received
written in Latin Greek and several other languages
Chancellor made two other voyages to Russia and
ceeded in establishing commercial relations between thunl
and the English On returning from the third yoyag,
the Bonayentura with hIuscovitish embassy board
he sipwrecked at Pettsligo the coast OF Scotland
on which unlucky occasion he drowned.
1t appears from the above, that the first attempt to
reach the East by way OF he NeFsh was not by W.,
but n Il. passage. pEs
| AGRICULTURAL PRosPEcTs CAS,FoRSrA--rhe San
Francisco Herald of the 18th ult that emigrants
now come to farm well work in the mipes hat thou
sands forsaling the mines and taku. "a the c-v-
ton of the earth and atrapd progress ns been
in the interior in the settlement of agricultural rd
which have heretofore been known oy fu tlsr muer.
treasures immense quantity of land haa hs4n lake
up and improved Farms of 100 each have teeu
laid ou--ditched and fenced Neat farm houses ~.
springing up in every direction, and all The sss Of
Id settled ant well cultivated country are first Tnapl
heir appearance. An unprecedented ampuat u land
has been put in seed this season, giving promise thai
California will 10 depend upon othar cdhtTel
Tor the produce of the soil