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ARCTIC OVERLAND EXPEDITION.— Accounts have been received in this country from Captain Franklin, dated 6th September, on the Great Bear Lake. It is stated, that during the summer three several expeditions, under the Captain himself, Lieutenant Back and Dr. Richardson, had been out, preparatory to the main attempt in the ensuing year. Captain F. had penetrated to the mouth of the Mackenzie River, which he found to discharge itself into an open sea. Here was a single island, (now named Garry Island,) and of considerable altitude, from the summit of which the sea, to the northward, appeared quite clear of ice. To the westward, the coast was visible for a great distance, the view terminating with a range of high mountains calculated to lie in about 139°. W. longitude.

The expedition was in the full enjoyment of health and spirits, well supplied, and looking sanguinely forward to the approaching campaign. Dr. R. had tra velled all round the Lake.

Mr. P. F. Robinson, Architect, is preparing for publication a New Vitruvius Britannicus, comprehending Plans and Elevations, drawn from actual admeasurement, and accompanied by Scenic Views of all the most distinguished Residences in the United Kingdom, remarkable for their Architectural Features, classing with Buildings of the first consequence. Some Historical Notices will be added to each.

PAPER CLOCKS.- Among the recent inventions which have arisen out of the ingenuity of our Parisian neighbours, is a novel one, of making clocks of paper.

These cartologes, ou pendules en carton, are asserted to be an improvement on metallic machinery.

They are said never to require oil, are wonderfully light, very simple in their movements, and possess (according to the manufacturers,) many other advantages. Persons who have seen them perform,

report that they are really good things, going well for a duration of about thirty hours after winding up; their cost is about thirty francs.

SURVEY OF SOUTH AMERICA.-The Adventure, and Beagle sailed a short time since on their voyage to survey the coasts of South America, under the command of Captain King, whose talents and qualifications for a service of this kind are well known; the vessels are well provided with chronometers and philosophical instruments. Of Patagonia and the Terra del Fuego, we have but an imperfect knowledge; the only intelligence worth notice respecting these parts, within the last half century being furnished by the Journal of Captain Weddell, lately published.

Mr. Ackermann has nearly ready for publication, a translation from the Spanish of the History of Ancient Mexico, originally written in Italian, by the Jesuit Father Llanvigero. This work, which is not so well known in Europe as it deserves to be, contains not only a complete and accurate Description of the extensive regions composing New Spain, but also the Annals of the Mexican Nation, from its establishment iu North America, to the overthrow of the Empire of Montezuma; also a narration of the Conquest of Mexico by Cortez, and Dissertation on the Natural and Political History of that interesting Country. The translation is by Mr. J. J. Mora; it will form two quarto volumes, and be illustrated by about twenty engravings.

The second part of Simpson's Anatomy, for the use of Artists, is in a very forward state, so that it may be expected almost immediately. A specimen of a ha graphed on the prospectus, conveys a favourable idea of the prints.

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IN THE PRESS. A Concise Historical View of Galvanism, with Observations on its Chemical Properties, and Medical Efficacy in Chronic Diseases. By M. Le Beaume, F.L.S.