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We have read with much interest the recent accou
of Captain Ross’s proceedings, and we-admire the reso-
lution and fortitude with which he encountered and over-
came the formidable dangers and difficulties which op-
posed his progress, and which had, apparently, com-
pletely stopped both the French and the American paige.
teve-
sr
Great and glorious as have been the military ac
ments of the British navy, they will not be looked upon}
by posterity with more admiration than the extensive
discoveries which have distinguished it in the present
age.—Science and civilization, and British power, have
been promoted as effectually, and as permanently, by
the discoveries of Cook, and Parry, and Ross, and many
others, as by the Héroie deeds uf Howe, St. Vincent, and
Nelson, afid their glorious companions. ‘I'he ‘Admiralty
ehave'always most liberally and patriotically encouraged
“those voyages of discovery: and in so doing they have
consulted the honour of the nation, avd honour is the
_ most valuable of all national possessions... |
<< The Erebus and Terror discovery ships sailed from
“Bagland about eighteen months ago, under the conm and
~ of Captain James Clark Ross and Commander Crozier.
their main and astensible object being to ascertain the
trae position of the South Magnetic Pole, and the explo-
* ration of the Antarctic Regions, of which a very imper-
_. fect knowledge has hitherto been obtained ; but a series
of magnetic observations were also directed to be made
‘at different stations on their route, and the first of which
“being at Madeira, they put in there and stopped several
days. They then proceeded to St. Helena and the Cape
of Good Hope, at which places they fitted up obscrvato-
ries, and left officers of sufficient scientific acquirements
*"to superintend them. be :
Kerguelen Island was the next spot they visited, where,
. and at Sabrina, further observations on the magnet were
made, and they arrived safe at Hobartown, Van Die-
“man’s Lard, about the middle of Iast August. There.
Capt. Ross met his old friend, Sir John Franklin, the
(governor, from whom he received every possible atten-
‘tion and assistance ; and there also having erected an
« fitted up an observatory, they proceeded on their voyage
about the 26ih of October, that being the date of their
last letters, at which time they were on the eve of their
~ departure.
——
Extract of a letter from Captain Ross of her Majesty's:
-0 ship Erebus, dated at Hobartowh. Van Dieman’s
~ ° Land, 7th April, 1841. :
Under all circumstances, it appeared to me that it
would condace more to the advancement of that branch
‘of science, for which this expedition has been more spe-
cially sent-forth, as well as for the extention of our geo-
“, graphical knowledge of the Antarctic regions, to endea-
-. our to penetrate to the southward, on about. the 170th
_ degree of east longitude, by which the isodynamic oval,
and the’ point exactly between the two foci of greater
magnetic intensity might be passed over and determined,
» and directly between the tracts of the Russian navigator,
Bellingshausen, and our own Capt. James Cook, and af-
~ ter entering the Antarctic circle, to steer south-westerly
towards the Pole, rather than attempt to approach it
© directly from the north on the unsuccessful footsteps of
_ my predecessors.
. Accordingly, on leaving Auckland Islands on the
“Wu of December, we proceeded to the southward,
touching for a few days at Campbell Island, for magne-
tic purposes, and after passing amongst many icebergs
pack-edge, and entered on the Antarctic circle on the
Ist of January, 1841. Bee
This pack presented none of those formidable cha-
racters which E had been Jed to expect from the ac-
~*eounts of the’ Americans and French; but the circum-
* stances Were sufliciently unfavorable to deter me from en-
tering it at this time, and a gale from the northward in-
-terrupted our operations for three or four days.
On the 5th of January) we 'sgain made the pack
~ about 103 miles to eastward, in latitude 66 deg. 45 min.
_.&., and longitude 174 deg. 16 min. E.: and.although the
, wind was blowing directly on it, with a high sea ran-
_, ping, we succeeded in entering it without either of the
». ships sustaining any injury; and after penetrating a few
miles we were enabled to make our way to the south-
ward with comparitive ease and safety. tr
On the following three or four days our progress was
rendered more difficult and tedious, by thick fogs, light
winds, a heavy swell, and almost constant snow showers;
but a strong water sky to the south-rast, which was seen
at every interval of clear weather, encouraged us to per-
severe in that direction,and on the morning of the 9th,
after sailing more than 200 miles through this pack, we
_ gained a perfectly clear sea, and bore away south-west
towards the Magnetic Pole. . ,
On the morning of the Lith of January, when in lat.
70 deg. 41 min. S., and longitude 172 deg. 36 min., land
, Was discovered at the distance, as it afterwards proved,
of nearly a hundred miles directly in the course we were
steering, and therefore directly between us and the Pole.
| Although this circumstance was viewed at the time
with considerable regret, as being likely to defeat one
ofthe more: important objects of the expedition, yet it
restored to England the honor of the discovery of the
southernmost known land, which had been nobly won
and for more than twenty years possessed by Russia.
» Continuing our course towards this land for many
i hours, we seemed scarcely to approach it ; it rose in lof-
_ ty mountain peaks of from 2 to 12,000 feet in heicht
»» perfectly covered with eternal snow; the glaciers that
» descended from the mountain summits projected many
a miles into the ocean, and presented a perpendicular face
"of lofty cliffs. As we neared the land, some exposed
Patches of rock appeared ; and steering towards a small
ay for the purpose of a landing, we found the shore so
-. thickly lined for some miles with,bergs and pack ice
,/ andwith a heavy swell dashing against it, we were obli-
ged to abandon our purpose, and steer towards a more
~~ promising looking point to ‘the south, off which we ob-
served several small islands; and on the morning of the
12th, I landed, accompanied by Commander Crozier
and a number of the officers of each ship,-and took pos-
._ Session of the country in the name of her most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria. : 5 §
. The island.on which we landed: is composed wholly of
- igneous rocks, numerous specimens of which, with other
imbedded minerals, were procured : it is in latitude 71
3 aes 56 min.'S., and longitude 171 deg. 7 min. E.
Observing that the east coast, of the main land trend-
As ed to the southward, whilst the north shore took a north-
_sowesterly direction, I was led to hope that by penetrating
to the south as far as practicable it might be possible to
pass beyond the Magnetic Pole, which our combined
observations placed in 76 deg. nearly ; and thence, by
steering westward, complete its circumnavigation, | We
“accordingly pursued our course along. this magnifi-
i
6
© |bee
S. and long.
| former occasion, e
Still steering to the southward; early
ing,.a mountain of 12,400 feet above the
was seen emitting flame and smoke in spleadid pr
tvalcano received the name ©
&
168 d
ra
This magnificen
Erebus. It is intat. 77 deg, 32 min. Ss,
deg. E.
An exti
ed by a barrier of ice,
ing eape-of the coast, directly t
This extraordinary barrier presented a {
face of at lénst 150. feet, rising, of course,
mast-heads of ‘our ships,
from ont view everything beyond it, except 0
of a range of very lofiy mountains ina Ss.
tion, and in latitude 79. deg. south.
Pursuing the examination of this sple
the eastward, we reached the latitude of 78 :
S., the highest we were at any time able to attain,
the 2d February ; and having on the 9th traced it
tinuity to the longitude of 191 deg.
deg. S., a distance of more than 390 miles,
progress was prevented by a heavy, pack, pressed clos
against the barrier ; and the narrow. lane of water,
means of which we had penetrated thus far, became so
completely covered. by rapidly forming ice, that nothing
bat the'strong breeze with which we were favoured-en-
abled us to retrace our steps.
less than half a mile from its lofty icy cliffs, we h
soundings with 318 fathoms, on a bed of soft blue mud,
With a temperature of 20 deg. below the freezing
point, we found the ice to form so rapidly on the surface,
that any further examination of the barrier in $0 eX-
tremely severe a period of the season being impractic-
able, we stood away to the westward, for the purpose of
making another attempt to approach the Ma
and again réaclied its latitude 76 deg. S., on the 15th
of February, and although we found that. much of the
heavy ice bad drifted away since ‘our former attempt,
and its place, ina great measure, supplied by recent ice,
yet we made some way through it, and got a.few miles
nearer to that Pole than we had before been able to ac-
complish, when the heavy pack again frustrated all our
efforts, completely filling the space’ of fifteen or sixteen
miles, between us and-the. shore,
in latitude 76 deg. 12
the dip being 88 deg.
24 mit. E.
Magnetic Pole.
Had it been possible to. have
this const, and to have founda place of security for the
ships,'we might have travelled this Short distance over
the land, but this proved to be utterly impracticable,
and although our hopes of complete attainment have
not been realised, it is some satisfaction to feel assured,
that we have approached the Magnetic Pole more near-
; ; ly by some hundreds of miles than any of our prede-
. to the southward of G3) degrees latitude, we made the|cessors, and from the multitude ‘of observations: that
have been madz in both ships, and in so many different
ditections from it, its position can be determined) with
nearly as much accuracy as if we had actually reached
the spot itself.
make stimultaneous
observers that wonld
tions appeared, and
much information as
morning of the Qist.
the 2
whose continuity we
ur own countryman, Capt. J. Weddell.
|. Although greatly impeded by strong southe
thick fogs, constant sndw storms, “we continues
examination of the coast to the southward, an
27th we again landed on an island in lat.
eg. 12 min. E., compose
alirely of igneous rocks.
act crater to the eastward of Moun
somewhat less elevation; was Called Mount: Terror.
“The main lard preserved its southerly
we continued to follow it until, when cl
land, our farther progress in that dire
We were, of course, 160 miles from the
It had ever been an: object of anxious desire with us
to find a harbonr for the ships, so as to enable us to
day of the 28th of February, as well. as for other scien-
tific purposes, but every part of the coast where indenta-
usually occur, we found so perfectly filled with peren-
nial ice of many, hundred: feet in thickness, that all our
endeavours. to find a place of shelter for’ our vessels
Were quite unavailing.
Having,now completed all that it appeared to me
possible,to.accomplish in so high a latitude, at so ad-
vanced a period of the season, and desirous to obtain as
the coast we liad diséovered, as also'to guide, in some
measure, our futare operations, I bore away, on the 18th
of February, for the north part of this land, and which,
by favour of a strong southerly gale; we reaclied on the
_ We again endeavoured to effect a landing on this part
of the coast, and were again defeated in, our attempt by
the heavy pack which extended for many miles from the
shore, and rendered. it impossible..,
For several days we continued to. examine the coast
to the westward, tracing the pack edge along, until, on
25th of February, we found the land abruptly to ter-
minate in lat. 70 deg. 40 min. S., and lon. 165 deg. E.,
trending considerably to the southward of west, and pre-
senting to‘our view an immense space occupied by the
newly formed ice, and so covered by recent snow, as to
present the appearance of one.unbroken mass, and de-
fying every attempt to penetrate it.
The great southern land: we have discovered, and
7%Hh degree of latitude, I am desirous to distinguish by
the name of our Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria.
outhern latitude that had ever
éeding navigator, and that by
herly gales,
1 the
d on the
76 deg. s min.
d, a3 on the i
the next morn-
level of.the sea
ofusion.
f Mount
and long. 167
t Erebus, of
trending,and |;
‘ose in with the
ction was prevent-
stretching away from a project-
o the E. S. E.
perpendicular
far above the
letely concealing |
nly the tops
S. E. direc-
and © comp
ndid barrier to
deg. 4 min.
on
$s con-
23 min. in lat. 78
our further
ely
by
When ata distance of
ad
gnetic Pole,
f We. were this* time!
min. S., and longitude 164 deg.,
44. min., and variation 109 deg.
‘approached any part of |
observations with the numerous
be at work on the important term-
where harbours on other. shores
possible of the extent and form of
have traced from nearly 70th to the
FROM PAPERS BY THE ACADIA.
cent land, and on the 23d January, we reached 74 deg.
Henry Pottinger, the new plenipotenti
+
_ The overland mail from India has arviyed in L 11
advices it brings are dated from rope em Oy Mabe
May-20; Caleutta, July 5; Bombay, July 19.
of Chinese was collecting in the neigbbourhood.of Canton
which city was, notwithstanding its great trade, ¢ ;
numbers ofthe inhabitants, whoappear to dea
soldiery as much as they do the foreigners,
Captain Elliot, whose great object: appears h
have been to secure the annual export of t ;
porising with the Chinese authorities; and
aving 11,000,000lbs. shipped be
there were hopes that an equal o
be on board before the end of th
was again occupied by the Briti j
| sioner busied hitnself daring Real a yaanl the cbs
for a city ; but, on the’
said he and several ships Were ab
Pechelee. and there to demand a
court. of Pekin, he went in the
Canton river, as if apprehension
attack by the Chinese on the
fevine and Modeste, stationed
feared that, ere this, a conflict ha:
of Canton may have’ been ‘subj
-order to give the Chinese a last
Tt is understood. that the
CHINA.
A large army
deserted by
d their own
had-sueceeded in
fore the 18th of May ; and
r greater quantity, would
at_month. Hong Kong
al ef commis-
ie time
18th of May, at the time when it was
out to proceed anew to
settlement from the very
Nemesis steamer up the
S: Were entertained of an
foreign factories. or on the
hearthem. It is, therefore,
S$ occurred, in which the city
ected to a conflagration, in
ing example.
ghe Colonial Mevale,
[15 min. S., the highest.
n attained by any pr
William.
ag possible t
acted upon
blockade of
immedia
is 4
taken to avol
the first have appea
siven, Wi
or the bl
deeply em
sland of
exchange
convoked by roy
assassin Pappart.
the three royal prince
the life of the
jurisdiction ©
case was not rete)
would appear as 7
feeling of the cou
a common jury.
assin is, that he
with the person, 0
of the bystanders to po’
The gene
ty, the mem
children, and
been, for t
great attention,
lives of any of the 3
attempts hitherto having
Philippe himself,
joined the iusurgents,
being on t
| find employment for the mi
19 ;"“Maeao, |
» hitherto to.
ea, was still tem-.
in laying out plans.
ig as nearly
mandant of the forces; hitherto
‘ker, the com! the 1once
pee eve that which | has » ia A ateiet
and with such signal ill success: hata
2 southern and western pee
reé; the mouth of the a S F
ffectually guarded, and the utmost pee ge
d unnecessarily irritating the native z Sse
red to be favourably dispose hee
hich a very_ promising ses eed
be occupied as soon as the d poe
aré completed; and, from 118, ae: =
the mainland, and nearly opposite | pete
“it is expected that it will be an exce
ntial. Chusan.
ve
the whole of th
tely to be put itr fo
sto be e
Pp
sland of Amoy, of w
ockade.
bayed 1n
Formosa, it}
for the pestile
, = eers hasbeen
te trial of the
f shooting at
teks
as tranquil. The Chamber of PB
yal ordinance a the ee
® allezed crime is that 01 ig 8
Ss ie ask that' the case, as ea ade
heir to the. erown, should come are aI
f the Peers. Some: persons regret 1 aft ot
ferred to the ordinary Court of Assize, Dt at
f the French goverment, 1n the acer a
ntry, does not deem it prudent to ah: i a
Ail that has transpired respecting t e i #
is asawyer by trade, and so little acquaiw ed |
f his intended victin, that he aked some
nt him. out. the Duke .d’. Aumale.
is, that he belongs toa secret SOCle-
bers of which are sworn to kill the king or his
that he was chosen by lot, as others have
; “hb. The crime, however, attracts
it is the first time ‘that the
~been thus endangered, all
w directed against Louis
Paris remai
ral supposition
he work of death.
tion at Paris, because
princes have
bee
Lyons states that nearly one hundred per-
wounded at Clermont by grape-shot,
ighbouring. villages had
The Censeur de
sons were killed or i
and that the inhabitants of the ne
An84-gunship, called the Vasco da Gama, a novelty in at
Portuguese navy, has just been completed at Lisbon, aftet
“on the stocks for 15 years. ‘The King and Queen
esent at the launch. : :
An Egyptian frigate is said to be prepdring to convey a
cargo-ot wheat for the Pacha’s account to Liverpool, where
the pfofits are to be expended im docking and fitting the yes-
sel out in proper English man-of-war style, that she may
serve as a model vessel on her return. : é
Tue Britis QUEEN, Spram-suip.—This splendid steam-
er sailed from Bristol on the 5th Sept. for Antwerp... A se-
lect party of géentletuen went ‘in her ona visit to Belgium.
The British and American Steam Company have, it is said,
received for her the sum of £90,000 from ‘the Belgium go-
yernment. Forthe President the same company received
above £70,000 from the underwriters. - ‘The losses sustained
by. the company, since its establishment, are supposed not
to be less than £80,000 normore than £100,000.
A petition has been presented to the House of Commons
against the return of Mr. Dyce. Sombre (the ‘coloured man,)
onthe alleged ground of his not being a British subject,
he having been born in India ARSE (his ta8
The extremely depressed state of the timber trade at the
present moment, furtiishes a convincing proof of the insuffi-
ciency,even of the highest protecting duties to ‘preserve
particular interests in-a, state of prosperity whilst the country
generally is suffering. The decline: in the price of most
descriptious of timber has been from 20° to 25 per cent.
This, we believe; is entirely owing to the cessation of build-
ing throughout the kingdom, which. is always a certain and
imniediate consequence. of public, distress. There. have
seldom been fewer houses building. in Liverpool than» at
present. inthe manufacturing districts it is too difficult to
lis which are already erected for
The ‘present miserably low -rate
were to be pr
any new ones to be built.:
value of ship property already in existence, also acts most’
injuriously on the timber-trade and on shipbuilding. We
have already alluded to the depressed state, of shipping ;
and we may add, that although there is no interest in the
kingdom of more importance than this, there is none which
is more héavily pressed upon by impolitic legislation.. The
duties on all descriptions of timber greatly enhunce the cost
of building British ships; the duties on corn and provisions
add greatly to the expense of navigating thém ; and. the ex-
clusion of foreign corn, except -by fits andi starts, deprives
the British shipowner of the ,carriage of the bulky article,
greatly needed in this country, and to be obtained in, greater
or stvaller quantities in all those parts from which there is
at preseut the greatest difficulty in procuring cargoes.—Lt-
verpool Times. — ates Saas eae
n the House of Commons, the Speaker announced that
he had received a Jetier from Mr. Daniel O'Connell, stating
that, having been elected to'serve in parliament forthe coun-
ties of Meath and Cork, he selected the latter place, as-that
which he wished to. represent. The Speaker concluded by
observing that, a petition having heen presented against the
return for Cork, the bon. gent. could not, according to the
rules of the house, make the selection he had stated. —- ...:
The: new ‘Lord. Lieu'enant of Ireland, the’ Right Hon.
Karl de’ Gray,‘arrived at’ Kingston in H. M. Steamer
Medinaon Wednesday Sept. 15, and proceeded to Dublin
the samie day at 11 o’clock. His Lxcelleucy, was received
with marked réspect. A procession escorte him to. the
Castle, the neighbourhood of which, was thronged to excess,
by well dressed persons.—The noble earl took the caths in
the Council Chanrber, and the ‘ceremony of sweating in
having been gone through, held an undress levee, when a
great number of distinguished personages, noblemen and
gentlemen, had the honor of being presented.
Donnysrook Farr.—On Thursday, Aug, 26th, the fair-
day, the proprietors took measures to ascertain an average
of the number of persons who entered the town of Donny-
brook between the hours of nine, a. m. and six, p: in., the
period specified by the police regulations. The result of
this calculation: was the almost incredible number of 74,-
792, an enormous proportion of the adult population of Dub-
lin, The. manner in which this was ascertained was as
follows:—A person was. stationed at’ the entrance of the
town for one hour by a stop-watch, who counted accurate-
ly the number of individuals who passed: him: during that
time ;.an average was then struck for the nine hours before
mentioned ; and the result) was the number already given.
The quantity of cows, heifers, sheep, pigs, &c., which en-
Hi oth Mies Ssisipin gap’ was very considerable.’ The num-
ite present. was supposed.to be upwards of 2,500.
They were mostly adapted: for the-saddle' or draught of the
lighter deseription. ‘This fair is one of the most ancient ei-
te: - see Britain-or Ireland ; having been instituted by
pan John, in the year 1205, when he empowered. Myles
itz Henry (then ‘Justyce of Irelande’) to institute ‘one fair
at John s Well, and the other at Donny Bourne.” -,
cn eager UNITED STATES. ce
On the 25th of September President Tyler issued a pro-
clamation, “warning all persons. against meeting together
openly or in secret with fire arms, under the pena ty of con-
digh punishment; and giving notice that in case of any lawless
incursion into Canada, by American Citizens, they will not
be reclaimed, nor any interference made in their behalf,
_Courtesies to the Prince de Jeinville-—The Prince de Tein
ville lauded at the Battery, New York, from his fiigate. L
Belle Poule, which is anchored in the North Riv. ey ce
Castle Garden, at half past 10 o'clock, Wednesday mornin
accompanied by one of his officers: He visited Mr. de Bassutt
the French, ‘Ambassador, who had: come: from’ Washin: js
epi oabectakion of his arrival ; and-he also.visited Mr. de
La » the Consul General. . These. visi ing. strie
private, were attended with no pense amd some 2 Sono
he nae oa aes a hisfrigate. (1° alent,
kt Lec o-clock on Thursday His Royal Hignness' received,
= ee ‘La Belle Poule, the French Aniiasendioe atid the
ries hee al,who presentea her Britannic Majesty’s
ul Mr. Buchanan; Le Chevalier Martucelli, Consul,
General” of © OR
anion oe Naples; Baron Lederer,’ Consul General of
policy to be pursiied by Sir
ary, and Admiral Sir
- Atone o'clock
steamboat, chart ag eae diate
ered for the purpose, le despatched a
to conduct the Com-
mittee of F
meeting at
other of his ¢
themselves 0
with hin’ on
a
turn here
wh
Union.—
gate par excellence, belonging to the Czar
ready for s
Cronstadt.
the Prince nvi c
Von Schantz and the Russi
to-day opened int
ding in. the
home, (Coop
Bench with Judge Gridley.
ested in the trial.
ing in the Jurors emp
the first case called w:
Alerander MiLeod, int
Durfee, at Fort Scllosse
cember, 1837.
of the People. ¢
summoned on behalt of th
by the'crier.
tral. ‘The Attorney General replied t
of the people was ready now.
ceed.
‘reasons for oppos
Gardener, of Roc
of freights to all parts of the world, besides depreciating the | _
er stream, off |.’
rench citizens an
Delmonteo’s on 2
ountrymen as.
f the opportunity to
rest quarter ap Ret
is Ro’ Highness Jeft this city ;
ace the Prosilat of the United States, o1
the French Ambassador, and
in the course of next week, i
his proposed
anied by
ich he will, proceed. on
Nv Y. Heralds ~~
Sream Fricate Kamscnat
Russian
ea, and will sail probably.ea
two and three o’clock,-Wed
de Joinville paid a snot e |
an steam
yids CASE OF MIHOD:
‘Phe Cirevit- Court for the Fifth ui
he Court House
absence ©
erstown) by protracted 4
County Courts: a
‘The Court Ho
nd persons
_ Between
Three Judges. of the
n good part with the witnesses a
ities of opening a ter
annelled, &c. baving
as that of The People
licted for the Wilful
r, in the County o
"Thro usual formal
Attorney General,
d to the, Court:
e» People, which
on only auswered t
d when the ease y
Mr. Willis Hall,
He hande
A porti
The Court enquire
He moved |
Mz. J. A. Spencer, Counsel for the prison
ing the motion. . His ass
hester, and Mr. Bradley, of
both still absent in Canada collecting testi
nesses had since 1837 become scattered
North America, from Lake St. Clair to the
rence.—Many of them had been foun
taken, (of which three. large package
Court,) but others whose evidence was
yet responded. © He could ‘not feel jastified 1
in this state of the ease, and he’ moved of tl
down for Monday next, (October 4th,) wh > Rob
day that he could feeb certain of being the
Judge Gridley :eserved the: question » witt
with the right to the Atto niey Genieral nee
on the latter day of this week should he to x
so. He then mide a brief and approp pate
jurors empannelled, reminding them of th ledg
b lity resting on them, of their sworn ¢ td
grounds of-bias or prejudice on the qu mis:
ofthem would be called on to decide, to wor!
influence them by rumortrs ard indire liar
as otherwise. He directed them, should an mea
so to approach one or moré of them, to coin
the Court, by whom the offence. woul (he,
sete :
with.
‘The case then. drop
ped, and the C
trial of civil causes. sic
bes : ; ’ end
CANADA, & Ashe
S CIPI RE A: time
_\ “Eretsuative Cou CH nava
Kingston, Saturday, Ss can,
This day-at twelve o’¢loek, Major Ge ; Eng
Governor, proceeded.in state to the Chamber
Council, in the Parliament Buildings, ‘and | AY
Sanction in the usnak terms. to seve-vral Bills new
Session of the first . Provincial Parhament_ hel zens
: : SP Esky GH: any
Honorable Gentlemen of the Legistative Council, rea
4 Gentlemen of the ‘House of Assembly.” ‘abs
In consequence of the severe indisposition of th res
ral, I have been ‘deputed by him ‘to signify t pen 6
ty's pleusuré_ on the “several Bills which you ties
ing tais'Séssion,-and to relieve you.(ffom furthe wie
Parliament. In , performing this duty 1. beg to vee
you on the many important, measures which you es és
abled.to perfect, and .on the general barmony,w tre
Standing the difficulties incident to the first meeti Tat
Legislature, has niarked your proceedings. oe fle
: Gentlemen of the House of Assembly; fis
[thank you in the’ tame offer’ Majesty for the” a a
with which you liave voted the Sapphes necessary oohiy
lic. serviee, and for maintaining the eredit of the Prd fire
; “ Honorable Gentlemen, and Ge ; cot
x
Lan confitent thar you will, ze witha
Sorrow which I feel, for.the illness of the, Governor.
in.my, hope that the sufferings with Which it
nighty God to afflict him may be bat tempor
time T Wotld urge on you the propriety on
homes of endeavoring to carry out tle’ grea im
in progress; and. of inculeating on those’ by whol
surrounded as Well an eblivion.of past diffe
spirit of entesprize and contentment for tie fi
you will ibest-qiromote the permanent inter
an{ entitle yourselves to the gratitude of ¥
—and may that Providence which has he
pro‘ected this land prosper your endeavours
Until further instractions shall have’
homevthe asimtaistration of the Government
Excellency Sir Richard. D.. Jackson, -the
Forces in this Province. — ae
KinestTox,
THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE LORD
The last act of respect has been paid to the
General of Canada, and his mortal remains
in the silent dust.” At the suggestion 0
ties, notified some time previous, the
been made a “ day of mourning,” and
solemnity of the Sabbath. The shops
ness have beew entirely closed, and, al
nical operations were stopped—the fii
the harbour drooped mournfully at hal
ple,of.the town, every where, put on,
ments, the “spirit of heaviness.” “The
was appointed to leave Government Hi
a.m. The bells commenced tollin
continued to dio so till one o’clock, w
over. Soon after ten, all the troops
consisting of the 14th Regiment, the Te
the Royal Artillery, (on foot) Kingst
and the two troops of the King’s Dragoon
jor Magrath’s Lancers. These lined |
Street, at double. distance, extendi
Church, a long way up the road by the
to pass. The only military features in tm th,
sides the attendance of officers, were gh
Regiment, giving to the distinguished d fo,
TF ed shoo 5? iit} For dls passages On
“The soldier’s musi bed Qu
and the gun-carriage upon. : hy
six black horses of the Artillery, in mM
their riders in mourning. ‘At elev de
from Government House, ‘its jllustrious °C
journey, the bells all the while “switl i
roar,” and minute guns. firing whe
Bek of the town. The followimngwé
ral -—.
. Escort of goon Guard: :
ot 14th Regi
red with black
The
‘the King’s Dra
On a gun-carriage, cove
lery horses, also covered.
: ; j
~ with black silk ve
PALL-BEARERS.
———————
We have read with much interest the recent accou
of Captain Ross’s proceedings, and we-admire the reso-
lution and fortitude with which he encountered and over-
came the formidable dangers and difficulties which op-
posed his progress, and which had, apparently, com-
pletely stopped both the French and the American paige.
teve-
sr
Great and glorious as have been the military ac
ments of the British navy, they will not be looked upon}
by posterity with more admiration than the extensive
discoveries which have distinguished it in the present
age.—Science and civilization, and British power, have
been promoted as effectually, and as permanently, by
the discoveries of Cook, and Parry, and Ross, and many
others, as by the Héroie deeds uf Howe, St. Vincent, and
Nelson, afid their glorious companions. ‘I'he ‘Admiralty
ehave'always most liberally and patriotically encouraged
“those voyages of discovery: and in so doing they have
consulted the honour of the nation, avd honour is the
_ most valuable of all national possessions... |
<< The Erebus and Terror discovery ships sailed from
“Bagland about eighteen months ago, under the conm and
~ of Captain James Clark Ross and Commander Crozier.
their main and astensible object being to ascertain the
trae position of the South Magnetic Pole, and the explo-
* ration of the Antarctic Regions, of which a very imper-
_. fect knowledge has hitherto been obtained ; but a series
of magnetic observations were also directed to be made
‘at different stations on their route, and the first of which
“being at Madeira, they put in there and stopped several
days. They then proceeded to St. Helena and the Cape
of Good Hope, at which places they fitted up obscrvato-
ries, and left officers of sufficient scientific acquirements
*"to superintend them. be :
Kerguelen Island was the next spot they visited, where,
. and at Sabrina, further observations on the magnet were
made, and they arrived safe at Hobartown, Van Die-
“man’s Lard, about the middle of Iast August. There.
Capt. Ross met his old friend, Sir John Franklin, the
(governor, from whom he received every possible atten-
‘tion and assistance ; and there also having erected an
« fitted up an observatory, they proceeded on their voyage
about the 26ih of October, that being the date of their
last letters, at which time they were on the eve of their
~ departure.
——
Extract of a letter from Captain Ross of her Majesty's:
-0 ship Erebus, dated at Hobartowh. Van Dieman’s
~ ° Land, 7th April, 1841. :
Under all circumstances, it appeared to me that it
would condace more to the advancement of that branch
‘of science, for which this expedition has been more spe-
cially sent-forth, as well as for the extention of our geo-
“, graphical knowledge of the Antarctic regions, to endea-
-. our to penetrate to the southward, on about. the 170th
_ degree of east longitude, by which the isodynamic oval,
and the’ point exactly between the two foci of greater
magnetic intensity might be passed over and determined,
» and directly between the tracts of the Russian navigator,
Bellingshausen, and our own Capt. James Cook, and af-
~ ter entering the Antarctic circle, to steer south-westerly
towards the Pole, rather than attempt to approach it
© directly from the north on the unsuccessful footsteps of
_ my predecessors.
. Accordingly, on leaving Auckland Islands on the
“Wu of December, we proceeded to the southward,
touching for a few days at Campbell Island, for magne-
tic purposes, and after passing amongst many icebergs
pack-edge, and entered on the Antarctic circle on the
Ist of January, 1841. Bee
This pack presented none of those formidable cha-
racters which E had been Jed to expect from the ac-
~*eounts of the’ Americans and French; but the circum-
* stances Were sufliciently unfavorable to deter me from en-
tering it at this time, and a gale from the northward in-
-terrupted our operations for three or four days.
On the 5th of January) we 'sgain made the pack
~ about 103 miles to eastward, in latitude 66 deg. 45 min.
_.&., and longitude 174 deg. 16 min. E.: and.although the
, wind was blowing directly on it, with a high sea ran-
_, ping, we succeeded in entering it without either of the
». ships sustaining any injury; and after penetrating a few
miles we were enabled to make our way to the south-
ward with comparitive ease and safety. tr
On the following three or four days our progress was
rendered more difficult and tedious, by thick fogs, light
winds, a heavy swell, and almost constant snow showers;
but a strong water sky to the south-rast, which was seen
at every interval of clear weather, encouraged us to per-
severe in that direction,and on the morning of the 9th,
after sailing more than 200 miles through this pack, we
_ gained a perfectly clear sea, and bore away south-west
towards the Magnetic Pole. . ,
On the morning of the Lith of January, when in lat.
70 deg. 41 min. S., and longitude 172 deg. 36 min., land
, Was discovered at the distance, as it afterwards proved,
of nearly a hundred miles directly in the course we were
steering, and therefore directly between us and the Pole.
| Although this circumstance was viewed at the time
with considerable regret, as being likely to defeat one
ofthe more: important objects of the expedition, yet it
restored to England the honor of the discovery of the
southernmost known land, which had been nobly won
and for more than twenty years possessed by Russia.
» Continuing our course towards this land for many
i hours, we seemed scarcely to approach it ; it rose in lof-
_ ty mountain peaks of from 2 to 12,000 feet in heicht
»» perfectly covered with eternal snow; the glaciers that
» descended from the mountain summits projected many
a miles into the ocean, and presented a perpendicular face
"of lofty cliffs. As we neared the land, some exposed
Patches of rock appeared ; and steering towards a small
ay for the purpose of a landing, we found the shore so
-. thickly lined for some miles with,bergs and pack ice
,/ andwith a heavy swell dashing against it, we were obli-
ged to abandon our purpose, and steer towards a more
~~ promising looking point to ‘the south, off which we ob-
served several small islands; and on the morning of the
12th, I landed, accompanied by Commander Crozier
and a number of the officers of each ship,-and took pos-
._ Session of the country in the name of her most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria. : 5 §
. The island.on which we landed: is composed wholly of
- igneous rocks, numerous specimens of which, with other
imbedded minerals, were procured : it is in latitude 71
3 aes 56 min.'S., and longitude 171 deg. 7 min. E.
Observing that the east coast, of the main land trend-
As ed to the southward, whilst the north shore took a north-
_sowesterly direction, I was led to hope that by penetrating
to the south as far as practicable it might be possible to
pass beyond the Magnetic Pole, which our combined
observations placed in 76 deg. nearly ; and thence, by
steering westward, complete its circumnavigation, | We
“accordingly pursued our course along. this magnifi-
i
6
© |bee
S. and long.
| former occasion, e
Still steering to the southward; early
ing,.a mountain of 12,400 feet above the
was seen emitting flame and smoke in spleadid pr
tvalcano received the name ©
&
168 d
ra
This magnificen
Erebus. It is intat. 77 deg, 32 min. Ss,
deg. E.
An exti
ed by a barrier of ice,
ing eape-of the coast, directly t
This extraordinary barrier presented a {
face of at lénst 150. feet, rising, of course,
mast-heads of ‘our ships,
from ont view everything beyond it, except 0
of a range of very lofiy mountains ina Ss.
tion, and in latitude 79. deg. south.
Pursuing the examination of this sple
the eastward, we reached the latitude of 78 :
S., the highest we were at any time able to attain,
the 2d February ; and having on the 9th traced it
tinuity to the longitude of 191 deg.
deg. S., a distance of more than 390 miles,
progress was prevented by a heavy, pack, pressed clos
against the barrier ; and the narrow. lane of water,
means of which we had penetrated thus far, became so
completely covered. by rapidly forming ice, that nothing
bat the'strong breeze with which we were favoured-en-
abled us to retrace our steps.
less than half a mile from its lofty icy cliffs, we h
soundings with 318 fathoms, on a bed of soft blue mud,
With a temperature of 20 deg. below the freezing
point, we found the ice to form so rapidly on the surface,
that any further examination of the barrier in $0 eX-
tremely severe a period of the season being impractic-
able, we stood away to the westward, for the purpose of
making another attempt to approach the Ma
and again réaclied its latitude 76 deg. S., on the 15th
of February, and although we found that. much of the
heavy ice bad drifted away since ‘our former attempt,
and its place, ina great measure, supplied by recent ice,
yet we made some way through it, and got a.few miles
nearer to that Pole than we had before been able to ac-
complish, when the heavy pack again frustrated all our
efforts, completely filling the space’ of fifteen or sixteen
miles, between us and-the. shore,
in latitude 76 deg. 12
the dip being 88 deg.
24 mit. E.
Magnetic Pole.
Had it been possible to. have
this const, and to have founda place of security for the
ships,'we might have travelled this Short distance over
the land, but this proved to be utterly impracticable,
and although our hopes of complete attainment have
not been realised, it is some satisfaction to feel assured,
that we have approached the Magnetic Pole more near-
; ; ly by some hundreds of miles than any of our prede-
. to the southward of G3) degrees latitude, we made the|cessors, and from the multitude ‘of observations: that
have been madz in both ships, and in so many different
ditections from it, its position can be determined) with
nearly as much accuracy as if we had actually reached
the spot itself.
make stimultaneous
observers that wonld
tions appeared, and
much information as
morning of the Qist.
the 2
whose continuity we
ur own countryman, Capt. J. Weddell.
|. Although greatly impeded by strong southe
thick fogs, constant sndw storms, “we continues
examination of the coast to the southward, an
27th we again landed on an island in lat.
eg. 12 min. E., compose
alirely of igneous rocks.
act crater to the eastward of Moun
somewhat less elevation; was Called Mount: Terror.
“The main lard preserved its southerly
we continued to follow it until, when cl
land, our farther progress in that dire
We were, of course, 160 miles from the
It had ever been an: object of anxious desire with us
to find a harbonr for the ships, so as to enable us to
day of the 28th of February, as well. as for other scien-
tific purposes, but every part of the coast where indenta-
usually occur, we found so perfectly filled with peren-
nial ice of many, hundred: feet in thickness, that all our
endeavours. to find a place of shelter for’ our vessels
Were quite unavailing.
Having,now completed all that it appeared to me
possible,to.accomplish in so high a latitude, at so ad-
vanced a period of the season, and desirous to obtain as
the coast we liad diséovered, as also'to guide, in some
measure, our futare operations, I bore away, on the 18th
of February, for the north part of this land, and which,
by favour of a strong southerly gale; we reaclied on the
_ We again endeavoured to effect a landing on this part
of the coast, and were again defeated in, our attempt by
the heavy pack which extended for many miles from the
shore, and rendered. it impossible..,
For several days we continued to. examine the coast
to the westward, tracing the pack edge along, until, on
25th of February, we found the land abruptly to ter-
minate in lat. 70 deg. 40 min. S., and lon. 165 deg. E.,
trending considerably to the southward of west, and pre-
senting to‘our view an immense space occupied by the
newly formed ice, and so covered by recent snow, as to
present the appearance of one.unbroken mass, and de-
fying every attempt to penetrate it.
The great southern land: we have discovered, and
7%Hh degree of latitude, I am desirous to distinguish by
the name of our Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria.
outhern latitude that had ever
éeding navigator, and that by
herly gales,
1 the
d on the
76 deg. s min.
d, a3 on the i
the next morn-
level of.the sea
ofusion.
f Mount
and long. 167
t Erebus, of
trending,and |;
‘ose in with the
ction was prevent-
stretching away from a project-
o the E. S. E.
perpendicular
far above the
letely concealing |
nly the tops
S. E. direc-
and © comp
ndid barrier to
deg. 4 min.
on
$s con-
23 min. in lat. 78
our further
ely
by
When ata distance of
ad
gnetic Pole,
f We. were this* time!
min. S., and longitude 164 deg.,
44. min., and variation 109 deg.
‘approached any part of |
observations with the numerous
be at work on the important term-
where harbours on other. shores
possible of the extent and form of
have traced from nearly 70th to the
FROM PAPERS BY THE ACADIA.
cent land, and on the 23d January, we reached 74 deg.
Henry Pottinger, the new plenipotenti
+
_ The overland mail from India has arviyed in L 11
advices it brings are dated from rope em Oy Mabe
May-20; Caleutta, July 5; Bombay, July 19.
of Chinese was collecting in the neigbbourhood.of Canton
which city was, notwithstanding its great trade, ¢ ;
numbers ofthe inhabitants, whoappear to dea
soldiery as much as they do the foreigners,
Captain Elliot, whose great object: appears h
have been to secure the annual export of t ;
porising with the Chinese authorities; and
aving 11,000,000lbs. shipped be
there were hopes that an equal o
be on board before the end of th
was again occupied by the Briti j
| sioner busied hitnself daring Real a yaanl the cbs
for a city ; but, on the’
said he and several ships Were ab
Pechelee. and there to demand a
court. of Pekin, he went in the
Canton river, as if apprehension
attack by the Chinese on the
fevine and Modeste, stationed
feared that, ere this, a conflict ha:
of Canton may have’ been ‘subj
-order to give the Chinese a last
Tt is understood. that the
CHINA.
A large army
deserted by
d their own
had-sueceeded in
fore the 18th of May ; and
r greater quantity, would
at_month. Hong Kong
al ef commis-
ie time
18th of May, at the time when it was
out to proceed anew to
settlement from the very
Nemesis steamer up the
S: Were entertained of an
foreign factories. or on the
hearthem. It is, therefore,
S$ occurred, in which the city
ected to a conflagration, in
ing example.
ghe Colonial Mevale,
[15 min. S., the highest.
n attained by any pr
William.
ag possible t
acted upon
blockade of
immedia
is 4
taken to avol
the first have appea
siven, Wi
or the bl
deeply em
sland of
exchange
convoked by roy
assassin Pappart.
the three royal prince
the life of the
jurisdiction ©
case was not rete)
would appear as 7
feeling of the cou
a common jury.
assin is, that he
with the person, 0
of the bystanders to po’
The gene
ty, the mem
children, and
been, for t
great attention,
lives of any of the 3
attempts hitherto having
Philippe himself,
joined the iusurgents,
being on t
| find employment for the mi
19 ;"“Maeao, |
» hitherto to.
ea, was still tem-.
in laying out plans.
ig as nearly
mandant of the forces; hitherto
‘ker, the com! the 1once
pee eve that which | has » ia A ateiet
and with such signal ill success: hata
2 southern and western pee
reé; the mouth of the a S F
ffectually guarded, and the utmost pee ge
d unnecessarily irritating the native z Sse
red to be favourably dispose hee
hich a very_ promising ses eed
be occupied as soon as the d poe
aré completed; and, from 118, ae: =
the mainland, and nearly opposite | pete
“it is expected that it will be an exce
ntial. Chusan.
ve
the whole of th
tely to be put itr fo
sto be e
Pp
sland of Amoy, of w
ockade.
bayed 1n
Formosa, it}
for the pestile
, = eers hasbeen
te trial of the
f shooting at
teks
as tranquil. The Chamber of PB
yal ordinance a the ee
® allezed crime is that 01 ig 8
Ss ie ask that' the case, as ea ade
heir to the. erown, should come are aI
f the Peers. Some: persons regret 1 aft ot
ferred to the ordinary Court of Assize, Dt at
f the French goverment, 1n the acer a
ntry, does not deem it prudent to ah: i a
Ail that has transpired respecting t e i #
is asawyer by trade, and so little acquaiw ed |
f his intended victin, that he aked some
nt him. out. the Duke .d’. Aumale.
is, that he belongs toa secret SOCle-
bers of which are sworn to kill the king or his
that he was chosen by lot, as others have
; “hb. The crime, however, attracts
it is the first time ‘that the
~been thus endangered, all
w directed against Louis
Paris remai
ral supposition
he work of death.
tion at Paris, because
princes have
bee
Lyons states that nearly one hundred per-
wounded at Clermont by grape-shot,
ighbouring. villages had
The Censeur de
sons were killed or i
and that the inhabitants of the ne
An84-gunship, called the Vasco da Gama, a novelty in at
Portuguese navy, has just been completed at Lisbon, aftet
“on the stocks for 15 years. ‘The King and Queen
esent at the launch. : :
An Egyptian frigate is said to be prepdring to convey a
cargo-ot wheat for the Pacha’s account to Liverpool, where
the pfofits are to be expended im docking and fitting the yes-
sel out in proper English man-of-war style, that she may
serve as a model vessel on her return. : é
Tue Britis QUEEN, Spram-suip.—This splendid steam-
er sailed from Bristol on the 5th Sept. for Antwerp... A se-
lect party of géentletuen went ‘in her ona visit to Belgium.
The British and American Steam Company have, it is said,
received for her the sum of £90,000 from ‘the Belgium go-
yernment. Forthe President the same company received
above £70,000 from the underwriters. - ‘The losses sustained
by. the company, since its establishment, are supposed not
to be less than £80,000 normore than £100,000.
A petition has been presented to the House of Commons
against the return of Mr. Dyce. Sombre (the ‘coloured man,)
onthe alleged ground of his not being a British subject,
he having been born in India ARSE (his ta8
The extremely depressed state of the timber trade at the
present moment, furtiishes a convincing proof of the insuffi-
ciency,even of the highest protecting duties to ‘preserve
particular interests in-a, state of prosperity whilst the country
generally is suffering. The decline: in the price of most
descriptious of timber has been from 20° to 25 per cent.
This, we believe; is entirely owing to the cessation of build-
ing throughout the kingdom, which. is always a certain and
imniediate consequence. of public, distress. There. have
seldom been fewer houses building. in Liverpool than» at
present. inthe manufacturing districts it is too difficult to
lis which are already erected for
The ‘present miserably low -rate
were to be pr
any new ones to be built.:
value of ship property already in existence, also acts most’
injuriously on the timber-trade and on shipbuilding. We
have already alluded to the depressed state, of shipping ;
and we may add, that although there is no interest in the
kingdom of more importance than this, there is none which
is more héavily pressed upon by impolitic legislation.. The
duties on all descriptions of timber greatly enhunce the cost
of building British ships; the duties on corn and provisions
add greatly to the expense of navigating thém ; and. the ex-
clusion of foreign corn, except -by fits andi starts, deprives
the British shipowner of the ,carriage of the bulky article,
greatly needed in this country, and to be obtained in, greater
or stvaller quantities in all those parts from which there is
at preseut the greatest difficulty in procuring cargoes.—Lt-
verpool Times. — ates Saas eae
n the House of Commons, the Speaker announced that
he had received a Jetier from Mr. Daniel O'Connell, stating
that, having been elected to'serve in parliament forthe coun-
ties of Meath and Cork, he selected the latter place, as-that
which he wished to. represent. The Speaker concluded by
observing that, a petition having heen presented against the
return for Cork, the bon. gent. could not, according to the
rules of the house, make the selection he had stated. —- ...:
The: new ‘Lord. Lieu'enant of Ireland, the’ Right Hon.
Karl de’ Gray,‘arrived at’ Kingston in H. M. Steamer
Medinaon Wednesday Sept. 15, and proceeded to Dublin
the samie day at 11 o’clock. His Lxcelleucy, was received
with marked réspect. A procession escorte him to. the
Castle, the neighbourhood of which, was thronged to excess,
by well dressed persons.—The noble earl took the caths in
the Council Chanrber, and the ‘ceremony of sweating in
having been gone through, held an undress levee, when a
great number of distinguished personages, noblemen and
gentlemen, had the honor of being presented.
Donnysrook Farr.—On Thursday, Aug, 26th, the fair-
day, the proprietors took measures to ascertain an average
of the number of persons who entered the town of Donny-
brook between the hours of nine, a. m. and six, p: in., the
period specified by the police regulations. The result of
this calculation: was the almost incredible number of 74,-
792, an enormous proportion of the adult population of Dub-
lin, The. manner in which this was ascertained was as
follows:—A person was. stationed at’ the entrance of the
town for one hour by a stop-watch, who counted accurate-
ly the number of individuals who passed: him: during that
time ;.an average was then struck for the nine hours before
mentioned ; and the result) was the number already given.
The quantity of cows, heifers, sheep, pigs, &c., which en-
Hi oth Mies Ssisipin gap’ was very considerable.’ The num-
ite present. was supposed.to be upwards of 2,500.
They were mostly adapted: for the-saddle' or draught of the
lighter deseription. ‘This fair is one of the most ancient ei-
te: - see Britain-or Ireland ; having been instituted by
pan John, in the year 1205, when he empowered. Myles
itz Henry (then ‘Justyce of Irelande’) to institute ‘one fair
at John s Well, and the other at Donny Bourne.” -,
cn eager UNITED STATES. ce
On the 25th of September President Tyler issued a pro-
clamation, “warning all persons. against meeting together
openly or in secret with fire arms, under the pena ty of con-
digh punishment; and giving notice that in case of any lawless
incursion into Canada, by American Citizens, they will not
be reclaimed, nor any interference made in their behalf,
_Courtesies to the Prince de Jeinville-—The Prince de Tein
ville lauded at the Battery, New York, from his fiigate. L
Belle Poule, which is anchored in the North Riv. ey ce
Castle Garden, at half past 10 o'clock, Wednesday mornin
accompanied by one of his officers: He visited Mr. de Bassutt
the French, ‘Ambassador, who had: come: from’ Washin: js
epi oabectakion of his arrival ; and-he also.visited Mr. de
La » the Consul General. . These. visi ing. strie
private, were attended with no pense amd some 2 Sono
he nae oa aes a hisfrigate. (1° alent,
kt Lec o-clock on Thursday His Royal Hignness' received,
= ee ‘La Belle Poule, the French Aniiasendioe atid the
ries hee al,who presentea her Britannic Majesty’s
ul Mr. Buchanan; Le Chevalier Martucelli, Consul,
General” of © OR
anion oe Naples; Baron Lederer,’ Consul General of
policy to be pursiied by Sir
ary, and Admiral Sir
- Atone o'clock
steamboat, chart ag eae diate
ered for the purpose, le despatched a
to conduct the Com-
mittee of F
meeting at
other of his ¢
themselves 0
with hin’ on
a
turn here
wh
Union.—
gate par excellence, belonging to the Czar
ready for s
Cronstadt.
the Prince nvi c
Von Schantz and the Russi
to-day opened int
ding in. the
home, (Coop
Bench with Judge Gridley.
ested in the trial.
ing in the Jurors emp
the first case called w:
Alerander MiLeod, int
Durfee, at Fort Scllosse
cember, 1837.
of the People. ¢
summoned on behalt of th
by the'crier.
tral. ‘The Attorney General replied t
of the people was ready now.
ceed.
‘reasons for oppos
Gardener, of Roc
of freights to all parts of the world, besides depreciating the | _
er stream, off |.’
rench citizens an
Delmonteo’s on 2
ountrymen as.
f the opportunity to
rest quarter ap Ret
is Ro’ Highness Jeft this city ;
ace the Prosilat of the United States, o1
the French Ambassador, and
in the course of next week, i
his proposed
anied by
ich he will, proceed. on
Nv Y. Heralds ~~
Sream Fricate Kamscnat
Russian
ea, and will sail probably.ea
two and three o’clock,-Wed
de Joinville paid a snot e |
an steam
yids CASE OF MIHOD:
‘Phe Cirevit- Court for the Fifth ui
he Court House
absence ©
erstown) by protracted 4
County Courts: a
‘The Court Ho
nd persons
_ Between
Three Judges. of the
n good part with the witnesses a
ities of opening a ter
annelled, &c. baving
as that of The People
licted for the Wilful
r, in the County o
"Thro usual formal
Attorney General,
d to the, Court:
e» People, which
on only auswered t
d when the ease y
Mr. Willis Hall,
He hande
A porti
The Court enquire
He moved |
Mz. J. A. Spencer, Counsel for the prison
ing the motion. . His ass
hester, and Mr. Bradley, of
both still absent in Canada collecting testi
nesses had since 1837 become scattered
North America, from Lake St. Clair to the
rence.—Many of them had been foun
taken, (of which three. large package
Court,) but others whose evidence was
yet responded. © He could ‘not feel jastified 1
in this state of the ease, and he’ moved of tl
down for Monday next, (October 4th,) wh > Rob
day that he could feeb certain of being the
Judge Gridley :eserved the: question » witt
with the right to the Atto niey Genieral nee
on the latter day of this week should he to x
so. He then mide a brief and approp pate
jurors empannelled, reminding them of th ledg
b lity resting on them, of their sworn ¢ td
grounds of-bias or prejudice on the qu mis:
ofthem would be called on to decide, to wor!
influence them by rumortrs ard indire liar
as otherwise. He directed them, should an mea
so to approach one or moré of them, to coin
the Court, by whom the offence. woul (he,
sete :
with.
‘The case then. drop
ped, and the C
trial of civil causes. sic
bes : ; ’ end
CANADA, & Ashe
S CIPI RE A: time
_\ “Eretsuative Cou CH nava
Kingston, Saturday, Ss can,
This day-at twelve o’¢loek, Major Ge ; Eng
Governor, proceeded.in state to the Chamber
Council, in the Parliament Buildings, ‘and | AY
Sanction in the usnak terms. to seve-vral Bills new
Session of the first . Provincial Parhament_ hel zens
: : SP Esky GH: any
Honorable Gentlemen of the Legistative Council, rea
4 Gentlemen of the ‘House of Assembly.” ‘abs
In consequence of the severe indisposition of th res
ral, I have been ‘deputed by him ‘to signify t pen 6
ty's pleusuré_ on the “several Bills which you ties
ing tais'Séssion,-and to relieve you.(ffom furthe wie
Parliament. In , performing this duty 1. beg to vee
you on the many important, measures which you es és
abled.to perfect, and .on the general barmony,w tre
Standing the difficulties incident to the first meeti Tat
Legislature, has niarked your proceedings. oe fle
: Gentlemen of the House of Assembly; fis
[thank you in the’ tame offer’ Majesty for the” a a
with which you liave voted the Sapphes necessary oohiy
lic. serviee, and for maintaining the eredit of the Prd fire
; “ Honorable Gentlemen, and Ge ; cot
x
Lan confitent thar you will, ze witha
Sorrow which I feel, for.the illness of the, Governor.
in.my, hope that the sufferings with Which it
nighty God to afflict him may be bat tempor
time T Wotld urge on you the propriety on
homes of endeavoring to carry out tle’ grea im
in progress; and. of inculeating on those’ by whol
surrounded as Well an eblivion.of past diffe
spirit of entesprize and contentment for tie fi
you will ibest-qiromote the permanent inter
an{ entitle yourselves to the gratitude of ¥
—and may that Providence which has he
pro‘ected this land prosper your endeavours
Until further instractions shall have’
homevthe asimtaistration of the Government
Excellency Sir Richard. D.. Jackson, -the
Forces in this Province. — ae
KinestTox,
THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE LORD
The last act of respect has been paid to the
General of Canada, and his mortal remains
in the silent dust.” At the suggestion 0
ties, notified some time previous, the
been made a “ day of mourning,” and
solemnity of the Sabbath. The shops
ness have beew entirely closed, and, al
nical operations were stopped—the fii
the harbour drooped mournfully at hal
ple,of.the town, every where, put on,
ments, the “spirit of heaviness.” “The
was appointed to leave Government Hi
a.m. The bells commenced tollin
continued to dio so till one o’clock, w
over. Soon after ten, all the troops
consisting of the 14th Regiment, the Te
the Royal Artillery, (on foot) Kingst
and the two troops of the King’s Dragoon
jor Magrath’s Lancers. These lined |
Street, at double. distance, extendi
Church, a long way up the road by the
to pass. The only military features in tm th,
sides the attendance of officers, were gh
Regiment, giving to the distinguished d fo,
TF ed shoo 5? iit} For dls passages On
“The soldier’s musi bed Qu
and the gun-carriage upon. : hy
six black horses of the Artillery, in mM
their riders in mourning. ‘At elev de
from Government House, ‘its jllustrious °C
journey, the bells all the while “switl i
roar,” and minute guns. firing whe
Bek of the town. The followimngwé
ral -—.
. Escort of goon Guard: :
ot 14th Regi
red with black
The
‘the King’s Dra
On a gun-carriage, cove
lery horses, also covered.
: ; j
~ with black silk ve
PALL-BEARERS.