The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-09 00:00:00

.1 T I,!7'LR.IIIY 4 SCIE.VTIFIG 1 TELLIGEA cL. fcr:nrrinNs Is it2PLO*6 T:Ilt ISVftRIOn or AntlC.t. 'trough g-no. ..;ra2hy has mule an awns:A:sing panels in the course esflio lasi fifty or sixty years, tho:e are nt by ;warts of North America 1.41 toudly unknoitts bathe Europeans; and the c 0..: is the sonic in re gad to therm:stet part of Africa. The pecaliar caul:s which have eon t•ibutssl to our ;wettest it,morance of the Ltter ore, the great preval:nce of tit: slave trade, which has confined the attention of European isclusivelv '1 the coast ; the sinat temptation which the conti • tof .kfcica heir! out, during tic continume: of that trade, to internal es noserc., ; and the almost impenetrahle barrier raised up against En titans in mo.lern titnes by the savage intolerance of the Moors. To t':l above ?illy be added the t, cure of the climate, which, in many p1:14, is exceedingly prejudicial to the constitutions of I iIOSJ who have not been habituated to it from heir infancy. Some of those taus s hove now coas , ol; and. considering the spirit of emerprise by which the pre ant age is dis:immishul, there is rewion to hope that every other t;n:imlry may be col-mounted, and t.:iat the cows,: Oldie Ni:,ge which th oh;:ect of two c:cpeditior..slitelykt.4 out fruns thiscountry, m:sy at length be determined. As the statment of Ilerodoms, that ti:e river Nizer, pitrours an Vas two co u rse is eonAnned beyond all doubt, by the rev. arches of Along() rarh, it has becomc an object of interesting ; ; c1r , 0 ...ty to ascertain where it orminnt:s ; a pcin: ltit'...erto involved in obseorily. On this Ite;el %%t -rims, opinions have bc:n entertained : one of the oldest, Mooted not only by sox of the principal geographers of but by VA's rill: and Itennel antong them nt alerns, u, that rite Niger has an inland termination some where is the Eaocrn part of Africa ; and that it is partly ditatharg.s.l into inland fakes, which h :re no communication with sea, and ptilly spread over a wide extent or keel country, where it it !DSc hi sands. or evaporetal by the heat of the sun. This opinion re ceive: s certain dear:cot canfilination from the tam and most ant:tenth: ae:antti respecting that part of Africa in which the Niger it suppostd to disappear, and which is represented as an immens • tract of &Unveil country. having several . p.rmanent la'etts, and hein3 annually over:low. ad foe three montha during the rainy seawn. Aeanist this hyothesis, however, several objections have been ur;ed, *chid' art. well deserving of attention t thee- are founded chiefly on the consideration iif the va,t magaitede whirl: the Niger must have attained after a course of more th an tat e) rOpaphi:3l miles, end the difficulty of cones•iving w prodi ghats a stream to he disrliarged into hil;e3, or evaporated even by an African sun. To account for such a phenomenon. a great inland sea, bearing some resemblance to the Caspian or the .\raly appears to he no. cavity. But, besides that, the exist trice of wi vast a Laxly of water, srithotit any outlet into the ocean, is itself an improhable circumstance, sad nut lightly to be adtnitted : such a sea, if it really existed, could hardly have ramainad a secret to the ancients, and entirely unknown to the present day. The sivotel opinion respecting the Niger is, that it terminates in the Nile. In °thin• words this hypothesis identities the Niger with the great Western branch of the Nile, cailtal the White 'lien. which D'Anville traces from a sour:e very far South South-West to its junction with the Nile near Senraar. The principal. and apparently a decisive objection against this suppesed junction tie the Niger and the Nile. is gr.:under! unna a compar.son of the great OK:mince of level between tire bids of the two rivers; an objection iir,,tted with great force by Major !tunnel, who considers it entirely decisive of the question. A third minion respecting the termination Or the Niger. is that of a German geteirapiter. named Reicard, which was published in the Geo. eraphisnt: A/At/writ! s fur the month of August, two. Mr. Iteimrl's typothesis is, that the Niger, after reaching Wangara, takes a direction towards the South, and being joined by other rivers from that part of Africa. makes a great turn Pence towards the South-West. and pur bib.% its course till it approaches: the North-Eastern extremity of the arialph of , :itinea; when it divides, and discharges it ,elf by different channels into the Atlantic, afier having formed a great delv, of which the Rio del Rey constitutes the Eastern, and the Rio Tornaeo or Benin River the Western brunch. A mare recent opinion. which at present engages a considerable share of attention. is, that the Niger terminates in the river Congo, or , as it is sometimes alled. the Znyr. This conjecture was adopted by Mr. Park in coneervienee of the information and suggestions of Mr. Nina well. an experienced African trader, who appears to hay,: been a man of observation and intelligenee. In support of it the following facts arc afledged :-Ist, the great magnitude of the Congo River; Yntlly, the probability that this river is derived f: au remote sources, and those -considerably North of the equator; idly, the feet that , there exists a grsat river North of the equator (the Niger), of wide! the tennination is unknown, and which perhaps may Finn the principal branch of the Coney.; ithly, this hypothesis derives seine additiorud probability from the statement of the guide whom Park rook down the Niger from Se tnanding. Park, in a letter to Sir Joseph Ranks, spy iks of this person as one nt the greatest travellers in that part of A fries, s e al represents him as stating, ••• that the Niger, after it posses Krishna, errs eircetly to the r;glit hand, or the South ; and that he never heard of any person who had seen its termination. and is certain that it does not end any where in tlvz vicinity of Xashna or llornou, having resided some time in both these kingdoms. In re e m - trd to the Congo, it appears that Mc. Afexwell, some time prior to the discoveries of Pat k, had formed a plan for ex- Outing its course. His scheme was, to cratry mn with him from Eng land six supernumerary boats adapted for rowing and smiling, eachi be ing of such a size as to be easily carried by thirty poople acre,' the cataracts, with which the course of the river is impeded. On his arrival at the coast, he meant to hire about thirty or forty black rowers, and to Wail up the Congo. with propai arms, provisions, and merchandise in the dry season:calculating upon an absence from the coast of about ten weeks. Mr. Maxwell considered this scheme as perfectly practicable, but was prevented from carrying it into execution by the war of IM.ex, which made it inconvenient and unsafe fur Mato encumber the deck of vessel with supernumerary boats. A ,:ittilar plan is to bet:Mowed by the expedition which lately sailed fitaiusf.is country, under the direction of (7aptain Tuts :g'. of the navy. At the same time another expedition, under the wool: el of Alajor Peddle, is to pursue the same course as tire tinfortumee l'ark; and if thp opinion of those who suppose that the Niger and t h e Congo arc the same river be correct, there is +nine reason to hope the.: the two expedi tions may meet. Should this really he the result, in-eh curious infor mation may be obtained respecting countries hitherto uncap:tired by Firopeans; and which, no doubt, contain many prothictions. unknown even to - dose who have made geography' and natural history the princi pal objects of their enquiry. fiIiDttOPITOBIA.7—At Udbia, in Friuli, a poor man. ing un der the frightful tortures of the llydropbohia, was cored with some draughts of vin , gar, given him by mistake. instead of ano ther potion. A skim of Patina got intelligence of this event at lithos, aw l tile d the same rentrtly upon a patient at the hOspital, administering to kiln a pound of inegar in the morning, another at not a. and a third at sunset, and th, man was speedily and 1 ••••! . ....'!c cored. Cunt: FOIL THE P. 1F - ;11 rtuMll.--Among the various on. sent for visitant• tint home:: ti tialisbnry Whitson fair with their presence, was ••.a..•, his petition were to be believed, l cu t boon de. f •i•, : ! .n Isis childhood. Pursuing his huilest caPhir. !:, • • in the Iligh•street, where a aon of Volt.ao. • s:•••1 on him, 'tipped his hand into bis porky. • t . • • . 7sineersiand applied them to the WWI i!{l Mynl testa, ; W 1 . 1 c-•i - .d the effect of immediately i..vravity of mail !• his tint As, but the loud vociferation qt 'KOR I A & ntdrAITICI .SI'OI2TING. --go The Queen and Princesses are expected at Windsor nest wee' ,„$11111114! the ascot-heath 'laces. The Prince Itet:ent is ill be At 1111 1 . 11:1i1.21 . , and the Pt invess Charlotte and l'rinre Leo pold at Craii'murn.ledge. 1 is swop...ell, by the beet judges on the Turf, that 200,000 guineas Oil' re Wl l ll :111 1 .1 111 st at Epsom last week, and which were paid at Me , srs. Tomei sall's on .Nun lay. l'eursratrusts NI.-- Eaton who, in the course of last slimmer, undertook to walk the Barclay match on Mackin-mit, has andel taken a new match of rre:iter magnitude and difficulty, upon which he started oil Tut silly night, at ...If minutes after six, from the Hare and liiilct. Vie nature of his present under taking is this :—he is to walk 1100 miles in 1100 successive hours, to finish every mile at precisely 20 minutes after each hour has struck, ,a) that he can at no one time get above three quarters of an hour's rest. The ground chosen for the task is the S111:11' ou w hich Wilson stalked. The odds are greatly ag:iinst hint. An immense crowd was collected to witness the commencement of Isis lahaurs.—We saw Eaton yesterday, and lie putt sue, hi* new and nu exainpled undertaking With unaba ted sig.itir and preeission.--'letting still is mach against him, in consequence of the necessary deprivation of his rest.—His ' ft leads, howeser, continue most sanguine ; and he is hourly cheered by perambulating timfibers, amateur beholders, and ilisiuti rested well wishers; whose interest in his labours gives Min no small share ofeneonragement in his portentous task. His dress, whirl' is daily varied, excites a good deal of risibility anumg his spectators. few days since, nt ‘Vrotham Heath, near Maidstone, a person of Om 11:11111. of Miller, undertook to walk I , :0 miles iu 21 hours, whielehe completed within the time allowed him. Li consequence of this feat, another pc,•son has, for a bet of 101. urri•cil to start at Farleigh, near Maidstone, to go 100 miles in 22 hours. A eirenovelance truly shocking to humanity, and highly dis graceful to the parties concerned, occurred on Wednesday.the 29111 ult. Two yalualile horses, carrying 12 stone each, were matched to run from Elstow, near Bedfoid, to the l'earmek Inn at Islington, and bark (106 miles) in the shortest possible tune. They were so cruelly urged beyond their strength, by the nit feeling inhuntattit:, of their riders, and other barbarians who accompanied them, some on relays of horses, that nu their re turn one of them dropped and died; having gone about in miles ; mid the. other, having gone about Mt miles, failed and died the next day at Ilitchin : the inhabitants of which place, at the same little that they expressed their titter abhorrence and de testation of such a cruel and disgraceful transaction, regretted exceedingly that the parties concerned in it were cot amena ble to the laws of the country for their conduct. Co teieltaersti.--thi Saturday the Old Blue, and titian Oppre-ition, Winilsor'emiehes, act MI at the tame time from the White Horse Cellar, Piceadillyp when the Old Blue bad the lead ; but when the Opposition coach reached the turnpike, the driver made n dash, and got the start ; having stopped, how ever, at the half-tt av hoti,e at Kensington, to take up a passen ger be was plating on at an increased rate to overtake his com petitor; when the conch ran against a bank and was oe et turned, with I: outside passengers: one of whom had his thigh broke, and was votive . ) eil to the hospital—We hope a strict investiga tion Of the circumstance will Like' place; and that the gentlemen of the whip will at length he taught, that the lives and limits of his Majesty's subjects are too sacred to be hazarded, fur any competition the, may choose to engage in. A fatal duel lately took place at Brinell', near Crunbrav, be tween Captain H—K--, it. P. and a Surgeon of the British Artery ( Mr. 0-- -1. The parties took their ground at twelve pares ; the first tire beims without effeet,the seconds interfered, and used every argument and csertion they could devise to prevent farther hostilitie, but unrortiniately without success, the Captain &elm int that our or both should tall. The pistols Acing once wore liven them, the second discharge proved fatal, strt•tellin...• both these unfortunate young turn on the ground, Captain It. K. to rise uo mo re, and Mr. 0. so desperately mounded as scarcely to leave the •lightest hope of reCO V 1.1 y. This fatal duel originated in a peenniary transaction as long since as when the allied troops occupied Spain. Euravouen.---Dorine the late contested election for Devon, between Mr. Bastird and Lord Lbrington, Mrs. and her daughter were walking in the Cast te-yarri ; when Miss having slily mounted a little bit of blue, in oppo,dtion to the vote and interest of papa, was sreosted by a young friend with," Dear nv.! von are not a Ita,tard, ore you ?" when the former re plied, Indeed Miss lam , ask Mamma if I an't."--" Yes, my dear," replied Mamma, 1 believe you arc, but Papa must not know it." The customer of II brewer, the other day, said to him, "So Sir, I perceive you have been or good av your word, and lowered your beer." 0, uo ! not yet, but I intend it very shortly." •' I did not mean the price," rejoined the other, '• I allude to the strength, which yon have materially lowered /Way." Vauxhall Gardens opened on Monday night for the season. The Concert was a judicious selection from the principal Masters ; and, besides the usual strength of the company, was enriched by the full and insinuating notes of Miss Mathews, who executed . several airs with her customary sweetness, force, and judgment. Between the acts of the Cuacert, Madame Sachi danced on the tight rope ; but, however adrairublesappeared her exer tions at that time, they were alt Nether mlipsed after wards by the wonderful activity and courage shd displayed in ascending an inclined rape, of very considerable height from the ground, and of great length, and which she ran up and down with amasing rapidity, amid a blase of fire-works. The tiro-works exhibited great ingenuity of device, and were played off with the most brilliant elect. The Gardens were crowded with persons of ain tinetion, and di'plaved an assembhwe of beauty and ele gance Neldum equalled. A eelebre+ed jeweller had the honour, a few days ago, of an introduction to Princess Charlotte of Wales, to show a met beautiful and ingenious ornamental article of jewellery, which her Royal Highness greatly admired, hut declined to purchase, thanking the.artist t/ir a view of the superb work. She added, in the most be%vitching manner. " Indeed, Sir, I am tee poor to purchase such a valuable article, anti too proud to be indebted l'or it." .1. Watson, Esq. has been proposed. by the Recorder of London, and elected Chairman of the Middlesex sebsious, rice Wm. Mainwaring, Esq. resigmxi. its) Irma the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, June Ir4flchnU, June 4, 1815. His fthyal Highness the l'rince Regent has been pleased, in tilt( name and on the behalf of his Majesty. to constitute and appoint the Right lion. George Canning; the Ri.tht Hon. Sir Robe r t Stewart(commonly called Viscount Castlereaglz), Knight of the Most Noble Order (if the Garter; the Right lion. Henry Earl Bathurst; this Right lion. Henry Viscount Sidmouth, his !Majesty's three Principal Socretaries of State; the Right Hon. Robert Banks. Earl of Liverpool, Knight of the Most Noble Oilier of the Garter; the Right Hon. cholas Vansittart, Chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer; the Right lion. John Baron Teignmouth ; William Lowther, Esq. (commonly calh-t Viscount L owt h er); t h e Ri g h t l i on. John Sullivan; Henry Bathurst, Esq. (commonly called Lord Apaley ); the Right Hon k Tholuie4 Hamilton (cosnmonly called Lord Binning); and the Right lion. William Sturges Bourne, to be his Majesty's Commissioners for the Affkirs of hubs. BANKRITPTCIES ENLARGED. W. PARSOW. of Attleburgh. Norfolk, gruccr, from June 8 to July rt, at the White Swan Inn. Norwich. If. of Nrw ishhourn. Sussri, from April to June 15, at the White Hart Inn, Chichester. BANKRUPTS. W. Cocurtrr.f., of Kingstain-Urion-11;11,inucher, June la, 21, July 16. at the Do and Duck, Kingston-upon-Hull. Ants. Rosier and Son, Bartlett's-buildings. T. %Yatronti, of Mahlon, Essex, brarier. June 15, la, July 16, at' CA. Red Lion, Colchester. Atts. Pocock and Co. Ely-Place, Holborn. W. linowNixo. of St. Mary-axe, wine-merchant, June It, 18, July 16, at Guildhall. Arts. Fothergill and Co. Austin-Friars. J. HILL. of Rending, Berk*, barge-builder, June 11, 18, July 16, at Guildhall. Mt. Mr. Ilannam, Piatta-chambers, Covent-garden. VI. BuIERLEy, of Halifax, York. grocer, June 17, IS, July 16, at the White Lion. Halifax. Mt. Mr. Ma-on, Bread-street-hill. J. Ilut.• isr, of High Wyconth. linen-draper, June 11, 18, July 16s, at Guiidliel!. Mt. Mr. Davies, I.othbury. J. GlNferox. of Perrival-street, clieesetnonger. June fl, IS, July 16, at Guikihal!. Att. Mr. Bugby, St. John-,treet. n. nolt ateox anti J. A tent' tws, of A v:iinhter. druxests, June 26,, 27, July 16, at the G.:vive, Axminster. Atts. Bleasdale and. Co. New-inn. W. Noun. of NTanehest•?r, bookseller, .tune 21, TZ, July 16, at the , flog, Manchester. Att. Mr. Ellis. Chancery-lane. C. BLIT', of Exeter, brush-maker, June 18, IS, July 16, at the Hot , l. Exeter. Atta. Mike and Co. Princes-atreet, lledfortl-row. J. Moca E. of Corentry, watch-case-maker. June 11. 15. July It, at the King's Head, Coventry. Atts. Long and Cu. Gray's-inn. W. Wool), of !NI onythualoyne, Monmouthshire, grocer, June 11, it. July it;, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Atts. Price and Co. A. Swint, of Bedford, Lancashire, muslin-manufaztttrer, .lime 24. 27. July 16, at the Buck i tle Vine, Wigan. Att. Mr. Waken% Wigan. D. S.uau.txr, of Whittlmy, Cambridgeshire, money-scrivener, Jul, V. J, 16, at the Rose and Crown, Wisbeach St. Peters. Aus. Jen kins and Co. New-irn. A. .11Anct.ttyr, of Swansea, grocer, June 14. 13, July 16, at the Bosh, Bristol. Au. Mr. Thompson, Gray's-inn-square. Jox ES, of Dudley, iron-manufacturer. June In, 19, July 16, at thtr White Hart. Stafford. Att. Mr. Thomas, Hind-court. C. To strt so N, of Winterton, Lincolnshire, coal-merchant, June It, 13, July If,. at the White Swan, Burton-upon-Humber. Au. Mr. hicks, Gray's-inn-squarc. A. St st cox, of Bristol, tunbrella-maker. July 5. 6. 16, at the Pune% Bowl. Nottingham. Albs. Hurd and Co. Temple. W. SWEET. ill St. George, Gloucestershire. dealer, June Hl, 11, .Tuly 16, at the house of Jrnitist Janis, Bristol. Atts. Sir S. Whicombo and Co. Serjeont's-inn, DIVIDENDS AT GUILDHALL. June 23, B. Williams and IT. Crakenthorp, of St. Switheres-lanta merchants. June 49,W. Barnard and 13. Arum, of Spencer-street, draper/ June es, T. Eastman. of Clement's-lone. merchant. June 29, S. James, of Bloonishury-lace, boarding-schoolmisrets. June 25, S. Ainhurst, of klerket-street. Westminster, and elf West Farleigh, Kent, brewer, and of Uxbridge, copper and iron-infrnufart. June 23. T. White, jun. and Co.of Great Winchester-sueet, merchants. June 29. W. Aburrow, of East Al'ems. hoots, r. June 29. J. Hodgson. of Lime-street , wine. • tent. June 29, J. .1. Richardson, of Meet-market, fishmonger. June 25, .1. Asbliev, of Boastead, Hertford, fanner. June 2.1, 11. Rohilison, of Little Saffron-MU, more-manufactuter. Jun: 29, A. M. Sandman, of Lothlntry, Scotch fortor. June 29, W. Scene. inn. of Littlington, Canibridge, Juice 29, T. Egger, of Holybourn, Hants, tanner. lime 25, J. II cold, of Cateaton-strcet, merchant. June 2S, C. Trovey. of Makla-liill. Paddington, builder, and of Itaf ward-otroot. St. Mary-le-bone, milliner. June 29, E.. Ackerman, of New Broad-acetaiews, merchant. July 2 - , A. Cole , of I'ortlaml . 'trcet , arch-maker. June 8, W. Stokes. of Ohl Rea.'-street, merchant. June 5,.5. Bird, of Norwich. jeweller. June 29„.J. Wheatley, of New Windsor. Becks, grocer. June 29, W. Slade, of St. John-street. Brick-lane, baker. June 29, .1. Mavor, sen. and J. Mayor, jun. of Leadailiall-street,, insurance-brokers. June 8, W. Althorn, of Token-how-yard, booker. June s, .1. Kennion. sem and J. Kennion, jun. of Nicholxf-lene:broktiros June 8. A. Nl•Craith. of Lower Brook-facet, wine meroliants . DIVIDENDS IN THE COVNTRY. June f.. 9. G. Lander, of Ilinpingham, jeweller, at Bimangham. June ift. 1, S. Clarke, of ilintilngt,am. perfumer; at liirminghatis. Janet-tn. J. King, of (korort. timplate-worker, at Gosport. June YS, W. Potter, of Walsinghom, Norfolk, currier. at..V-orivich. CERTIFICATES, JuNE V5.+S. Campbeil, of I.iverroel. ulllO/- steree—.J. 1)chell, of Plymouth. grocer- 11 . Hammond. of Carter , court, 11mi/ugh-market, carpenter—R. Joy, of Cuckahutt o innkeeper. PARTNERSHIPS nrs's()Lvr.n. J. Head and F. Bet, Cateiton-street, lace-manufa l eturera. J. Iligginsnn and J. Hult, London, cionmon-carriers, J. Gregory and Orchard-house, Blackmail, shipicrights. W. Sandenton and J. Giti , on, Warduur-street, Fxrmn -mak*, J. Ilanci.xi. and I'. Sheldon, Ranieri. Seafordshire. pacts. ' W. and J. Dunn, Winton-under-Edge, taoca,Lashin. , , tailors. J. llolthrta and J. and T. Cshorne. London. merchants. R. Goodall and J. Mackenzie, DowgaieJlill, Rea], a Frenchman of great literary acquirement% and ofeonisdertble celebrity duringthe re vul u tionary epoch, embarked lately with his fiunily 3t Antwerp, for the United States, where it is said he has pmehased a large tract of land on the banks of the Ohio. Under the Imperial system, he was Menberof the Council of State ; and was Prefect of Police on the return of Buonaparte. The emigration of so ) many men, possessing both talents and property, cann.st fail to add to the power and-wealth of the American Republic. I3y a late Report from the American Treasury De partment, the whole Exports of the United States for the last year exceed 52 millions of dollars, of which near mill:ons were domestic' articles, aid six millions ands half were of timeign pioducts.--"i ..c imyurts to New York alone amount to a similar aunt.