The night is still, and the moon hath set-
And men, in the stillness of sleep, forget

To dwell on the cares that must come to-morrow,
Or remember the thoughts that awaken sorrow.
Age, and youth, and beauty's prime

Rest in peace, while hurrying Time
Smiles to view, how calm and sweet

You may mark the Lover, with sigh sincere,
Wipe from his sleeping eye a tear,
And tenderly tell his tale of feeling

To the form of love o'er his fancy stealing:-
You mark the Mourner, his friend embrace,
And dwell with delight on that well known face,
Which is now perchance but a form of clay,
Entombed in a sepulchre far away-

Or reposing deep in the coral grove,

Where the herds of the ocean delight to rove :-
You may mark the Murderer wipe the stain
From the hand that is dyed in the blood of the slain;
While his ghastly grin--and his sudden start-
And his quivering lip-and his beating heart-
Betray the truth his lips would not tell,
That a guilty soul-is a cruel hell!
You may mark the Mother assay to bless
The child of her love with a dear caress;
Then waking-weep, that her tender care
Was bestowed on an object that was not there:
For its form is cold-and its grave is green,
And her smiling babe-was a pleasing dream!
HENRY.
(To be continued.)

INTELLIGENCE.

RETURN OF CAPT. LYON'S EXPEDITION.
THE Circumstances which have led to the

Are the scenes of slumber his footsteps greet;
And he thinks, while viewing the reckless throng,
That the hour of his triumph must come ere long-failure of this branch of the North-West
The hour when beauty and youth shall fade,
And both in their couch of repose be laid,
Enwrapped in that sleep which shall know no waking
'Till the hoary pillars of earth are shaking.

The stormy feelings of man are at rest,
Like a fathomless sea with a peaceful breast;
With not a heave of their boisterous motion,
Save the sluggish swelling of past commotion,
Breaking perchance in a groaning dream,
Or a stifled sigh, or a frightful scream-
Then sinking again in that mystic deep,
Where human passion is stilled in sleep.

My heart would stamp on this page some thought,

more

expedition, are attributed to stormy and
severe weather, which prevailed in a
intense degree than the oldest
northern navigator remembers, and to the
extraordinary bad qualities of the ship for
the purpose required. It appears that the
Griper left Stromness on the first of July,
and made Cape Chudleigh, on the Labrador
Coast, on the second of August, having
fallen in with the icebergs three days pre-
viously, and from which time she was beset
with drift ice. In this passage she was

That is worthy of Him, who such wonders wrought-found to make so little progress, that the

Of Him, whose wisdom and might divine
Taught order to worlds, and bade them shine ;-
Whose word went forth- and the universe stood,
Whose power commanded-and all was good!
Ye twinkling fires, that seem to lie
As gems on the skirt of a spangled sky;
Ye glorious systems of upper air,
Which seem to whisper that God is there;
Ye worlds of beings, whose souls perchance
Are pure as the light of the sun's bright glance,
As he lifts his head from the murky cloud,
Which but for a moment appeared to shroud
The glories which God, in his power, hath shed,
To illumine forever his dazzling head :-
Ye heavenly host! may your beams inspire,
And lift the soul of a mortal higher,
And teach his heart what it ought to feel,
When horrors like this o'er his bosom steal.

It is sweet to think, on a lonely night,
When all are sleeping, and stars are bright-
When the Kate-a-did cries from the vale and hill,
And the murmur is heard of the cooling rill-
When the Cricket chirps in his lonely cell,
And the Whipperwill whistles his last farewell;
It is sweet to think, what a happy number,
Now lost in the silence of peaceful slumber,
Rest sweetly on in their downy bed,
Like the silent forms of a world of dead.

Yet oft doth the spirit of those who rest
Awake from its sleep in the placid breast,
And breaking the shackles of Earth's control,
Roam freely and safely from pole to pole!-
For this is the hour when Fancy roves
Over friends departed, and youthful loves-
And deeds of darkness and scenes of guilt,
Where sin was committed or blood was spilt.

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but brought up again with three anchors ahead, in quarter less four fathom water. When the tide fell, the sea was so heavy that the rudder continually struck the ground, and was lifted almost out of the gudgeons. This was on the 1st of September. On the weather moderating, the Griper proceeded up the Welcome, but a northerly gale of wind springing up, the ship was driven into Hudson's Bay.

However, by perseverance, and taking advantage of every favourable breeze of wind, she reached Cape Fullarton, the larboard entrance of Wager River, and within about sixty miles of the spot (Repulse Bay) where she was intended to winter. The coast on the American mainland was found so rocky and extremely dangerous, that she was obliged to stretch off for Southampton Island, whence she endeavoured to make for Repulse Bay, but was driven by the tide directly to the southward and westward, against what was supposed to be Wager River. Here strong breezes and a heavy snow-storm set in, which made it necessary that the ship should be broughtto with three anchors a-head and made snug. The sea rose rapidly, and broke over the ship with tremendous force, forming thick coats of ice in an instant, so as to connect the shrouds together half way up the rigging. The snow also fell so fast that the men had much difficulty in keeping the decks clear. The ship all this time pitched so dreadfully, that the cables came over the bumpkins, one of which was thereby broken. During the night, a large stream of ice was discovered coming down upon the ship, but, most happily, it parted before it reached her, and some small portion of it struck against the bows, which did no damage. The wind continued to increase, as well as the snow; at five o'clock in the morning the starboard cable parted, and, on the ship swinging to the other three anchors, she was struck by a sea and parted from them all! Her situation at this time was the most perilous that can be imagined: every individual momentarily expecting that she would drive on shore. Means of preservation, however, were not neglected; the trysails were got on her, though it was so dark that no object could be discerned, and they did not know so much as which way the ship's head lay, from the compasses having ceased to act, the ship being, as it is supposed, directly over or near the Magnetic Pole.

Snap, her provision tender, was frequently obliged to take her in tow. From Cape Chudleigh, the Griper was obliged to stretch to the northward, to Resolution Island, the field ice prevented progress up Hudson's Straits; they were, however, enabled to make slow advances to the Westward, close to the Savage Islands, until they made Salisbury or Nottingham Island, but which place could not be ascertained, from the impossibility of making observations off the Upper Savage Islands. Some canoes of natives came off to them, who appeared to be of the same description of Esquimaux with which our navigators were before acquainted. They were dismissed with liberal presents, and appeared much gratified. From Salisbury Island, the Griper proceeded to the south point of the Southampton Island, in which they were assisted by a strong current setting down Fox's Channel; but on their sounding Southampton Island this current, which then came down Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome, (up which they wished to proceed,) was directly against them, and nearly caused their shipwreck. Southampton Island was found to be laid down with tolerable accuracy. Off the southwest end of the island, the Griper was obliged to anchor, in consequence of sudden shoaling her water: in a gale of wind she parted one anchor,

Whilst presuming, in this distressing dilemma, that the wind had shifted off the land, as the water deepened, a sight of the sun, and subsequently of the other celestial bodies, was obtained (of which they had no view for some days), and the ship was found to have been drifted out of the Welcome, after having attained lat. 65° 30'. There was at this moment no anchor left in the ship. Notwithstanding, it was determined, if possible, to winter about Chesterfield Inlet, or even to the southward of that spot. The persevering efforts of all on board were accordingly directed to gain the American shore, but finding that the ship

in the hope of communicating with the
Griper.

got into the shallows of Hudson's Bay, they
were reluctantly compelled to edge away
for Salisbury Island, still hoping that a few The Griper communicated with the Es-
fine and favourable days would restore to quimaux, natives of the Upper Savage Isl-
them their lost ground. The bad weather, ands, all of whom had frequently seen Eu-
however, still continued, and there was ropeans. They were less savage in their
much difficulty in watering the ship at habits and manners than their more north-
these places, from a stream of ice. A num- ern brethren, but they showed a strong
ber of natives came off to them in their ca- thievish disposition; they endeavoured to
noes, and trafficked their clothes for iron steal the oars and iron-works from the
and spears.
At length, the hopeless con- boats. The Griper also communicated with
tinuance of bad weather, the wretched the natives of various parts of Southamp-
condition of the ship (from her incapaci- ton Island, who had never seen a ship be-
ties), the officers and crew having suffered fore. They, however, expressed but very
more hardships than on any previous voy- little surprise; they evinced more gentle-
age, the advanced stage of the season, withness in their manners, than any other of
numerous other concomitant miseries, com- the Esquimaux tribes, and were much better
pelled Captain Lyon to consent that the looking and cleaner in their persons-the
ship should be got out of Hudson's Straits women were rather pretty. All those
(an extent of eight hundred miles of dan- people reside in the Walrus-hide huts,
gerous navigation), which place they had which are described in Captain Lyon's last
scarcely cleared, when a southerly gale voyage.
drove them up to Davis' Straits, one hun-
dred and fifty miles to the southward of
Resolution Island. Providentially a change
of wind enabled them soon after to proceed
on a southern passage homeward, and the
Griper arrived here in six weeks, in the

state we have described.

Though little has been effected towards solving the geographical problem of a northwest passage by this voyage, yet some most interesting elucidations of the deviation of the compass have been brought to light. The compasses began to waver and contradict each other when abreast of the Savage islands; and, as the ship got to the westward, the compasses got unsteady and useless. Whilst the ship was in Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome, they frequently would not traverse at all, but stood in whatever position the card was placed. Should a passage be discovered by Captain Parry through the Prince Regent's Inlet, it is considered more than probable, from the irregular movements of the ice, that it may never be entered again. The Griper spoke several whalers, all of which

had been unsuccessful in the fishery; no ship had more than two fish, and many none whatever. From the Captain Phenix whal

own accord, one thousand pounds a canto for Don Juan, and afterwards reduced it to five hundred pounds, on the plea of piracy, and complained of my dividing one canto into two, because I happened to say something at the end of the third canto of having done so."

Lord Byron's Letter.

“ Ravenna, February 7, 1820. "DEAR MURRAY,-I have copied the third canto of Don Juan into two, because it was too long, and I tell you this beforetween you and me, these two are only to go hand, because in case of any reckoning befor one, as this was the original form, and in fact the two together are not longer than one of the first; so remember that I have not made this division to double on you, but merely to suppress some tediousness in the aspect of the thing. I should have served you a pretty trick, if I had sent you, for example, cantos of fifty stanzas each. Captain Medwin, p. 169.

The Griper is ordered to be paid off, and sold out of the navy. A vessel better adapted to the peculiarities of the service, will, no doubt, be provided for Captain but it seems inevitable. I had no reason to "I don't wish to quarrel with Murray, Lyon and his meritorious officers and crew be pleased with him the other day. Galion the opening of the season, for further gnani wrote to me, offering to purchase the investigation. Captain Franklin, we understand, is to leave England, on his land copy-right of my works, in order to obtain an exclusive privilege of printing them in expedition, in February next. France. I might have made my own terms, and put the money in my own pocket; instead of which I enclosed Galignani's letter to Murray, in order that he might conclude the matter as he pleased. He did so, very advantageously for his own interest; but never had the complaisance, the common politeness, to thank me or acknowledge my letter."

LORD BYRON.

The European press is teeming with publications, occasioned by the death of this distinguished character, in the form of elegies, monodies, biographies, recollections, &c. &c., and he has even been already made the subject of fiction. Somebody has published a "Narrative of Lord Byron's Voyage to Corsica and Sardinia in the summer of 1821," full of events as remarkable and as well authenticated as those of Sinbad the Sailor, Baron Munchausen, or Lemuel Gulli

ver.

ray,

Lord Byron's Letter.

"Ravenna, 9bre 4, 1820. "I have received from Mr Galignani the enclosed letters, duplicates, and receipts, which will explain themselves. As the poems None of these publications appears are your property, by purchase, right, and to have excited more attention than Med justice, all matters of publications &c. &c. are win's Conversations of Byron; and it would for you to decide upon. I know not how far seem that they have been proved to contain my compliance with Mr Galignani's request a good deal of either accidental or wilful might be legal, and I doubt that it would not er, Captain Lyon heard that Captain Par- is reported to have stated certain facts not with him, I enclose the permits to you, and misrepresentation. In this work, Lord Byron be honest. In case you choose to arrange ry's Expedition had been seen, in the middle of August, in latitude 71°, beset with very honourable to his publisher, Mr Mur- in so doing, I wash my hands of the business ice. On the whole, the season has been the manner in which he had been treated you to exert the power you justly possess and to have made some complaints of altogether; I sign them merely to enable more boisterous, and, consequently, the sea by him. Mr Murray has thought proper to more properly; I will have nothing to do less clear, than it has been known for thirty circulate a small pamphlet relative to these with it further, except in my answer to Mr years. It was very questionable if Captain statements, in which he shows the utter Galignani, to state, that the letters, &c. &c. Parry would be able to reach Lancaster groundlessness of every syllable imputed to are sent to you, and the causes thereof. If Sound. Had the Griper effected a winter- Lord Byron, and refutes most completely you can check those foreign pirates, do; if ing at Repulse Bay or Wager River, or every particular item of these injurious not, put the permissive papers in the fire. I Chesterfield Inlet, Captain Lyon with a and scandalous insinuations. Mr Murray's can have no view nor object whatever but strong party, would have made a land jour-pamphlet is very honourable to him. It to secure to you your property. ney to Point Turnagain, near the Copper- labours at no reasoning, but simply states mine River, a distance of seven hundred miles; for which expedition they were fully equipped. Captain Parry, if he succeed in passing the Lancaster Sound and getting to the southward down Prince Regent's Inlet (by which Captain Lyon was next year to communicate with him), he will send a land expedition, if possible, in the same direction, as well as to Repulse Bay,

Note by Mr Murray.-Mr Murray derived no facts, and produces Lord Byron's own let-advantage from the proposed agreement, which it, ters to confound Lord Byron's Conversa- by no means of the importance here ascribed to it tions with Captain Medwin. As these are into effect: the documents alluded to are still in his and therefore was never attempted to be carried of very considerable interest, and illustrate his lordship's character and life, we think it worth while to insert them entire.

possession.

Captain Medwin, pp. 169, 171. "Murray has long prevented the Quarterly from abusing me. Some of their bullies “Murray offered me [Lord Byron,] of his have had their fingers itching to be at me;

Captain Medwin, p. 167, (Eng. Ed.)

"Genoa, 10bre 25, 1822. "I had sent you back the Quarterly without perusal, having resolved to read no more reviews, good, bad, or indifferent; but who can control his fate? Galignani, to whom my English studies are confined, has forwarded a copy of at least one half of it, in his indefatigable weekly compilation, and as, like honour it came unlooked for,' I have looked through it. I must say, that upon the whole,—that is, the whole of the half which I have read, (for the other half is to be the segment of Gal's next week's circular), it is certainly handsome, and any thing but unkind or unfair.”

Note. The passage about the admiralty is unFounded in fact, and no otherwise deserving of nozice, than to mark its absurdity; and with regard o the Quarterly Review, his lordship well knew hat it was established and constantly conducted on principles which absolutely excluded Mr Murray from all such interference and influence as is implied in the Conversations.

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on my temples, no difficult matter, but the
blood could not be stopped till eleven at
night, (they had gone too near the temporal
artery for my temporal safety) and neither
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