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Various have been the attempts-dihi


cuties of every sort contended with, anc


many lives lost in lruitless efforts to pass


from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, by
way of the Artic. The New-York Sun
gives the following account Of late discov-
cries:


"THe North Western Passage, so lond
sought bv English navigators, has been
found. We do not mean that a practical
BILE passage to the North of this continent
has been discovered, but TINT a part, of
the EMPLOYERS of the Hudson's Bay Com
panv, under Messrs. p w. Dense and
Thomas Simpson, have traced the north
ern shore ofNorih America, from Frank
Inns "Return Reef" on the Eastern, to
Beechey'S ''Cape Barrow" on the West
ern side of the continent. Now we shall
soon have map, and the Atlas will no
longer grow into unknown lands and seas
at the n lrth of America. The gran pre-
blem is solved, and the question of the
of the Atlantic and Pacific O.
ceans settled. Farther than speculative
Or geographical purposes, the discovery is
not uselul; but all praise for its accom-
nlishment is due TO the IIudson's Bav.I
Company, and their hardy mariners"