red-hot Radical.  They send whalers from Halifax to the South Seas.  Opposite Halifax is Dartmouth, a town of 15,000 inhabitants, whence they send plaster and rum to the States.  We passed St. George’s Island, a battery, and the Thumb Cap, where the Tribune was lost.  We also passed the Curzon and Devil’s Island Beacon, and were much gratified by passing a fleet of men-of-war, the largest of which, the Illustrious, 74 guns, 700 hands, was in full sail, with a band of music playing and singing “Home, sweet home,” which went to my very soul.  They were bound for Bermuda, West India Islands.  Their Admiral, Sir C. Adam, was on board, with sixteen officers.  At five P.M. we were out of sight of land, steaming it along at ten knots.

PASSAGE HOME PER ACADIA.

Nov. 1st.—­Light westerly winds, with fine clear weather.  All sails set.

Lat. 42 deg. 57’; Long. 66 deg. 57’ 87”.

2nd.—­Westerly winds, steady, with clear weather, and smooth water.  Passed the Hibernia at eight A.M., from Liverpool, bound to Boston.  At four saw Seal Island, bearing north:  distance about seven miles.  At daylight made Halifax harbour.

Lat. 42 deg. 20’; Long. 71 deg. 4’.

3rd.—­At seven landed the mails.  At eleven cast off from the wharf, and proceeded to sea.  Light winds, westerly, with smooth water.  All sails set.

394 miles.  Lat. 44 deg. 39-1/2’; Long. 62 deg. 33-3/4’.

4th.—­Winds from S.W. to N.W., light, with hazy weather, and small rain.

231 miles.  Lat. 45 deg. 17’; Long. 58 deg. 0’.

5th.—­Wind N.E., light, with fine clear weather, and smooth water.  At eleven Cape Race, 10 miles distance, bearing to the east.  At four exchanged signals with the brig Mary and Martha.  Wind standing to the southward.

241 miles.  Lat. 46 deg. 30’; Long. 52 deg. 47’.

6th.—­Strong easterly gales, with dark cloudy weather, and a heavy sea running.

202 miles.  Lat. 47 deg. 10’; Long. 47 deg. 56’.

7th.—­Moderate breeze, and clear weather:  wind easterly, with a head sea.

178 miles.  Lat. 48 deg. 12’; Long. 44 deg. 17’.

8th.—­Strong S.E. gales:  dark gloomy weather, and heavy N.E. swell.

214 miles.  Lat. 49 deg. 0’; Long. 39 deg. 0’.

9th.—­Winds strong N.E. breezes, with drizzly rains:  dark cloudy weather:  heavy northerly swell running.

238 miles.  Lat. 50 deg. 19’; Long. 33 deg. 12’.

10th, Sunday.—­Light baffling winds, and clear weather, with a heavy northerly swell or sea.  Performed Divine service at eleven A.M.  This put me in mind of the pilot’s song—­

    “Fear not, but trust in Providence,
      Wherever you may be.”

256 miles.  Lat. 50 deg. 31’; Long. 26 deg. 30’.

11th.—­Strong southerly winds, with dark hazy weather, and a heavy sea running.  Saw a vessel in distress.  Hove-to, and found she was the John and Mary of Dublin, a perfect wreck, and deserted, the sea running over her, and for some minutes out of sight, except the masts.