56-59 The first Lecture of the present Session, at this institution, which is dedicated to objects of science and the arts, and generally for the promotion of useful knowledge, was delivered on the evening of Thursday last, by the Rev. Wm. Scoresby, F.R.S., and Member of the Institute of France, on Magnetism; and notwithstanding the […]

107-112 Report of a Joint Committee of Physics and Meteorology referred to, by the Council of the Royal Society, for an opinion on the propriety of recommending to Her Majesty’s Government, the establishment of fixed magnetic observatories, and the equipment of a naval expedition for magnetic observations in the Antarctic Seas, and to report generally […]

564-565 (From the Inverness Courier.) We have been favoured with the following private letter addressed by Mr. Thomas Simpson, one of the leaders of the expedition for the discovery of the north-west passage, by a friend in this neighbourhood. Our distinguished young countryman writes in high spirits, and with that enthusiasm and devotion to his […]

576-577 (From the New York Daily Express.) Copy of a letter from Lieut. Charles Wilkes, commanding the exploring expedition, to the Secretary of the Navy, dated U. S. Ship Vincennes,Orange Harbour, Terra del Fuego. Feb. 22, 1839. Sir,— I have the honour to advise you of my arrival with the squadron at this harbour, all […]

577-578 The French frigate Artemise, 62 guns, Capt. La Place, left Hobart Town, on the 20th of February; her destination is not given, in the Colonial Papers.—The following is from the Sydney Herald:—The French corvettes L’Astrolabe Commodore D’Urville, and Zelee Capt. Jacquinot, touched at Vavau and Hapai, and surveyed the group. The Zelee and L’Astrolabe […]

704-710 The preparation of the two vessels intended for this important expedition which we have noticed from time to time being now completed they are on the point of departure from Chatham and of course have attracted visiters from all parts to witness the proceedings. The vessels selected for this service are the Erebus, commanded […]

734-738 Under the above title, we hope to be able hereafter, to record the result of the well-directed energies of British Navigators, attended with the same degree of success as is displayed by the maps of the Arctic regions; and while we await accounts of the expedition which has recently departed from our shores, under […]

758-762 Extract from a letter to the Secretary of the Navy, from Lieut. Wilkes, commanding the United States South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition, dated on board the United States Ship Vinceunes, Harbour of Rio Janeiro, November 27, 1838.[1] I proceeded with the squadron for Madeira. We continued our cruise with light, favourable winds, without […]