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- sarew, who last year performed a voyage into the Icy Sea, in the 
ship Nowaga Serna, has just published an account of his pro- 
ceedings. The vessel was fitted out at Archangel. The crew 
consisted of fifty men, besides officers. The ship left Archangel 
on the 9th June old style. Her destination was the Strait of 
Waigatz, and from thence around the coast of Nova Zembla. 
After overcoming the greatest difficulties, owing to the enormous 
accumulation of ice, they reached the entrance of the Strait of 
Waigatz, on the 27th July ; but the same cause prevented them 
landing on the coast. The perpetual fog and intense cold had 
a most pernicious effect on the health of the crew. Not a trace 
of vegetation could be seen, the land every where appearing deep- 
ly covered with snow. It seemed as if the ice was now more ac- 
cumulated here than in former times, because the Russian hunts- 
men have for several years abandoned their pursuit of the white 
bear in Nova Zembla. The vessel, after having reached 73'^ 2' N. 
Latitude, and 58° 8' E. Long, from Greenwich, and determined 
some points in the coast, was forced to return to Archangel, as the 
season for sailing in those dreary regions was at an end. Several 
of the crew died on the way; and on their arrival in Archangel, on 
the 4th September old style, only six of the crew were able to do 
duty, — the officers being obliged to assist in navigating the ship. 
40. Eoepedition of Discovery m America. — Messrs Roberts and 
Henry, both Welchmen, and well acquainted with the language 
both of North and South Wales, have undertaken an expedi- 
tion to the country comprehending all the southern ramifica- 
tions of the great river Missouri; for the purpose of ascertaining 
the existence of a race reported to be the descendants of certain 
Welch emigrants. Gazette St Louis. 
41. French Expedition of Discovery. — ^^The French ship' of 
discovery Urania, under Captain Freycinet, was wrecked on 
the 14fh of February 1820, by striking against a submarine 
rock at the mouth of French Bay, Falkland Islands. All the 
crew, and all the papers, and objects acquired during the expe- 
dition, were fortunately saved. M. Freycinet has, no doubt, ar- 
rived ere this in France, and we look forward with much inter- 
est to the publication of the account of his voyage. His mag^ 
