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makes his lather of hot or cold water At
breakfast Sir Walter asked for roll in
preference to toast; and it is curious fact.
that he drank two cups of tea and only one
Of coffee. We have also been informed, up
on undoubted authority, that he said to the
amiable Miss Ann Scott, but with much gen
tleness, you have given me rather little su-
gar" We cannot afford room at present
for any more of these extracts, but any
such anecdotes which we may meet with,
if equally instructive, we shall be sure TO lay
before our readers.-Edinburgh Observer.


1t is intended that the Iiccla shall leave the
Thames on the 1st of May next, and steer her
course pretty directly for Spitzbergen Here
she will be left IN charge of a small portion of
the crew, while the rest of the company, in two
divisions, will pursue the main objects OF the en-
terprize, with boats constructed for that Pur..
pose. Capt. Parry, and Lieutenant Ross VIII
proceed directly towards the Pole, and get I'M
der il if possible; while Lieut.. Foster, in com
mand Of another party, will branch out in dif-
ferent course, TO find out, if he can, into what
part of the northern seas the whales, which of
late years have become scarce in those places
which they formerly frequeated, have now liked
their abode. At Spitzbergen, the boats will be
placed upon sledges, and drawn along by such
animal as may be met with (Shetisnd PONIES, as
we have stated, will probably be used IN the first
iDstance) and in case offalure Of animals for the
purpose, the crew will drag the boats until they
come to open water, when the barks will be
launched from their sledges and rowed in their
proper element; and thus alternately serve the
purposes of land carriage and aquatic barges.


When the respective parties have made such OBJ
scrvations and researches as they may be ena-
bled to accomplish, they will return in similar
way to the Hecla, and the objects of the Expe-
dton being completed they will sail direct for
England. Paper.