The Morning Chronicle has been fortunate enough to contri- bute
to the newspaper reading of this flat week, a very interesting account of an expedition undertaken to explore the North-western coast of America, by persons in the employment of the Hudson's Bay Company. From the Governor's instructions, which also have beeu published, the expedition appears to have been ad- !nimbly planned. After surmounting extreme hardships, with the skill, courage, and perseverance for which the fur-traders are distinguished, the party succeeded in reaching Point Barrow ; having completed the survey of the entire line of coast between the extreme points laid down by Captains BKECHEY and FRANK- LIN. The expedition occupied sixty-four days. The party re- turned to Fort Norman, one of the Hudson Bay Company's settlements, on the 4th of September last ; and in the ap- proaching summer they are to proceed in an Easterly direction, with the hope of connecting the discoveries of FRANKLIN and BACK. The result of what they have accomplished is to prove the insularity of the American continent, and the possibility of a North-west passage. The value of the discovery, in a scientific point of view, is great : that it will be particularly advantageous to commerce, is not to be expected, as the navigation of the Northern Ocean can only be attempted during a few weeks of the year, and with extreme peril.
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