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The most remarkable feature in this expedition is, 

 that Lieutenant Parry having been selected to 

 the command of it, for the purpose of carrying into 

 effect the instructions which Ross, from misappre- 

 hension, indifference, or incapacity, had failed to 

 do, should have been sent out as a Lieutenant only, 

 in which rank he continued for nearly two years 

 before he obtained that of Commander; while 

 the latter, for an unprofitable voyage of seven 

 summer months, was advanced at once to the rank 

 of Captain— why, is best known to those who con- 

 ferred it. Again, Lieutenant Parry proceeded on 

 this second voyage of discovery with the rank or 

 title only of Lieutenant commanding, and did not 

 obtain the next step till the 8th November, 1820, 

 being then absent. On the same day, and while in 

 the service of the expedition, Lieutenant Liddon, his 

 second in command, was also made Commander, in 

 which rank he still remains on the list of naval 

 officers. 



Lieutenant Beechey's services have already 

 been mentioned ; and Hoppner continued to serve 

 as lieutenant in the Hecla on Parry's second voyage, 

 and on the third was appointed commander of the 

 second ship, the Fury. 



Nias and Reid were promoted to the rank of 

 lieutenants on the second voyage, and served in 

 Parry's ship. 



Skene, Ross, and Bushnan were in the first voyage, 



