18.>1.] Literary and Cr 



of novo) and exotic sccnciy, Tlic prin- 

 cipal specimens ofllie laltcr arc, "Views 

 of tiic Great Desert — the Spliinx and 

 Pyramids — the Ruins of the Great 

 Temple of Apoljinojiolis Magna — the 

 Colossus of Rhodes — the Bay of Naples 

 ■ — Mount Vesuvius in a state of Erup- 

 tion— the City of Babylon, and tlie 

 Fails of Tivoli, with the Hanginij Gar- 

 dens. Tiie beauties of these, together 

 with the excellent acting of Arciicr in 

 Zoroaster; the Magician, Wal lack, as 

 Gebir ; Harley as Trismegistiis ; and 

 Mrs. West, as Princess Pamina ; have 

 <irawn crowded audiences, and answer- 

 ed every hope of the ingenuous and 



itical Pro'emium. 



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active lessee and manager. At tiic other 

 house, " The Spirits of the Moon, or 

 the Inundation of the Nile," shines in 

 all the splendour of appropriate cos- 

 tume, and all tlie attractions of scenic 

 exhibition. The display of Ihe Rise 

 and Fall of the Inundation— tlie Descent 

 of the Lunar Spirits — the Royal Gar- 

 dens by Moonlight — the Polemporerc- 

 moporokinetikon, or March of a Cara- 

 van across the Desert of Egypt, and 

 the Festival of the Moon, are samples 

 of pictorial and diorainic art, not less 

 calculated to surprise than delight; 

 and, in our opinion, entitle Ihe repre- 

 sentation to all the applause it ebtains. 



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J^.-fPT. Parry's Journal of his Second 

 ^-^ royugefor the Disconerij o/a North-west 

 J'assnge jfrom the Atlantic to the Pucif.c ; 

 jnrformed in the Years 18J5-22 23, !w his 

 nJajesty^s Ships Fury and H^cla, lias at 

 ieugtii appeared. The exertions which 

 JiHve been made to discover a passage 

 alone the northern coast of America into 

 the Paeiiic ocean, are perhaps more credi- 

 table to the enterprise and science of the 

 age than any oiher thing wliich conld he 

 mentioned. We have heie the transac- 

 tions of an expedition, consisting of two 

 ves.seLs, with about sixty men in caeli, 

 which dared to enter by an nnknown 

 route into the icy seas, whirh remained 

 two successive seasons locked np, indeed, 

 dnring ihe greater part of eacli year, in 

 ice, and in a denree ofcold utterly incon- 

 ceivable to an in!iabit;;nt of tiie coldest 

 part^of onr i.^Iand ; and yet the health of 

 Ihe crew wa>i prcicivcd ; and the expedi- 

 tion, after two years and a half, returns 

 widi the loss of only five men, a degree of 

 Bioriahty a little below what might have 

 been expected in the most favoured situa- 

 tion in our own counlry. SVe (iud tiie 

 moral influence of mild but tirm and judi- 

 ciouH command, preserve t.'ie lust order 

 •mder circunistaiices so hkely to destroy 

 it; and Ihe comfort, and liappiness, anil 

 spirit.*, and courage, of the crews pre- 

 served, where they were .so hkely to be 

 Josl. Such is the real triumpli of this 

 second expedition. In a geographical 

 point of view, it has done veiy liiile, ex- 

 cepting to show that, in the (fireclion in 

 which it was sent, there is no hope of the 

 passage ever being eftVcicd. This is, 

 however, so far serviceable, as futuie 

 etTorts will be directed to places where 

 there is belter hope of siiccess; and, by 



exploring in an equally careful maimer 

 the remaining places where an opening 

 may be obtained, the object will either 

 bn effected, or the quesiion of its practica- 

 bility will be for ever set at re.st. The 

 expedition entered Hudson's Straits, and 

 proceeded on to Trinity island, and then 

 to Southampton island, in latitude about 

 C.5° W, Various inlets were now ex- 

 plored, l)at totally witliout success, the 

 expedition never reaching beyond 8S° \V . 

 The vessels were soon obliged to he 

 secured for the winter; and tiie officers 

 v.'ere engaged in providing for the em- 

 ployment and amusement of the crew, 

 during their long dreary confinement in 

 the ice, which continued until the ad of 

 July, 18i'2. The vessels then proceeded 

 about four degrees northwards, e^plorint,- 

 a peninsula which is denominated Melville 

 Peninsula, to a large opening about lati- 

 tude 70° N. called in the chart the strait 

 of Ihe Fury and Hecia. This strait, from 

 its great breadth, seemed to promi.se to 

 admit the vessels into the Polr.r seas ; but 

 unfortunately, on nioceeding farther up, 

 it was found to be blocked u|) with islands 

 of ice; and, from ihe direction of the cur- 

 renls, and of tiie prevailing winds, Capt. 

 Parry entertains no hope whatever of ships 

 ever being able to pass through it. The 

 short seai^on of navigation soon pi-issed 

 away, and the vessels were seemed for the 

 following winter by the end of Septem- 

 ber. On the breaking np of the ice in 

 18'^;J, the chiefs of the expedition wisely 

 decided against exposing the lieallh and 

 spirits of their crews to the hardships of a 

 third winter, and returned to ICngland. 

 The vessels were never able (o set so far 

 to the westward as in the foinicr expedi- 

 tion by about ^^l". Sii far as the ic! per- 

 mitted, 



