The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-10 00:00:00

iTivr. 13. 1.17'Ell.11t1" 4. sCIENTIFPG I .V7'ELLIC; EA(' E. - r -- LNI.EDITION.i 'I'D EXPLORE TILL INTERIOR OP Aratc.%. r at ea . f t gal ropily hat mull an a-vanishing progrcir in tit.: mars: nr the lAit, tiny or Si at y yearh leo m 4 1 5, parts of So:th Am:rico sting totally noknown to the E:tropmets ; and 012 C.lie is the sane in le g trtl t. 3 the graites past of Africa. Tow pzeuhar o.1.1:3 W'Alle!l have con tributed to our present i;tnoraitre of the latter arc, the great jrevalmee of the slave trade, which hat condatal the attention of European ;elven toren exelti avid ) , to the coast ; the shrill temptation which the conti. rwnt of Af.dra held out, tlarin:g the cantintiance of that trade, to in:entail toStninerce ; and the alinott impenetrable barrier raised up against Eit- I i rant in modern times by the savage intolerance of tit? Ntoors. To oho shove may bo added the nature of the climate, which, in many pins, is exceedingly preiuhicial to the conantations, of thaw who hare no: been habituated t 3 it fmln their infancy. Soot: of those causes here now ceased ; and. con.idering Cit.:spirit of onterprire by which the resent ago is diatinguishol. there is reason to hops that every other th.lieulty may be and t'sat the cour.: of the Niger, which it the oli:e:t of two expetlitionslatelytitted out frost titian:may, may at length be detenotintal. At the statont nt of Ilenalotitt, that the river Niger purairs an Eas tern court is confirmed beyond ail doubt, by the riactirchrs of Ntungo Park, it ha; be:o n? an object of interesting curio.ity to ascertain wh e r,, it t:nniwit ; a point hitherto involve lin obscurny. On this hen 1 va. rimy; °Anions have beain entertaimal : o.le 10 the oldest, adoptch not only by so it: of the prinzipal goog,apiteea tai ant:linty. but by IVAn rille an 1 Rennet among the modem 3, is, than the Nige: lass on inland f:nnin tint *3".113 where in the raisnirt part of Africa ; and that it is partly ditoharged into inland lake.t, which have no communication with tie s:a. and partly apread air a wide extent of level U)ltntry, where it is lost in sand ;, or c:c.poratal by the heat °fele sun. This opir.ion re c i -:3 3 certain he a t:et:of con:irm ttion front the best arid most authentic sr:louts resp ...clog that part of Africa in which the Niger is supposed to ilhappettr, and wideli is represented as an immense tract of aaluvial country. having swcral kennatient lakes • and hc:mr oral:tall/ overdo... el fin three months during the rainy season. Against this hypothesis. however, several ohjections have been urged, which are itch deserving sr atte nti on thev are founded chießy on the cans:her:Mon of the vest magnitutl: the Niger must have attained after a cours: of more titan g,xigcapitieal miles, and the difficulty of conceiving so prodi gious a stream to be discharged into la . .nes, or evaparittol even by an African sun. To account the meth a phenontonon, a great Miami sea. bearing some reaelif.ilmee to the (ymnal or the Aral, appears to be tie errat,. But, b:sides that. the existen:: of so vast a body of water. without any outlet into Ow ocean, is itself an improbable ciontotstance. and not lightly to be admitted : sigh a sea. if it really existed, nada hardly hava rentaiwal a ancret to the ancicuss, and entirely unknown to tae present day. oe second opinion respecting the Niger is, that it terminates in the in other words this limit:wait identities the .Niger with tile great Western branch of the Nile, called the White )liver, which I /*Amine traces from a *tune VC7V far South Sotitli-Wost to ins junction with the N 113: tear Settnaar. Tfu: principal. and apparently a decisive objection against this aupposed junct.on of the Niger and the Nile, is amounted upon a companaon of the great diiiierence of hovel between the beds of the two rivers; an ohje.ition urged with great 104'4 by Ala jur Rental, who coasiden; it entirely decisive of the ( t itration A thi rd opinion napeetim the termination of the Niger, Is that of a G:/1111111 (4:04:40e. ualval Iteicard, which wits publid led in the (;.,a re i:h r.ph for the month of Augltit, Tenet. Mr. licieartro litypothesit is, that this Niger. after reaching Watigara, takes a direvtion towonts the Sout`i, and twing joiael by other ricers from that port of Afri a. makes a grerri torn thence towards the South-11'0n. nod pur- Ales it: course till it' al-prow:lms the N,trdi-Ea:;tern extremity in the galph of (lithos: when it and discharges itself by difliirent almonds into the Atlantic, after hissing thrilled a great delta, of which the Rio ti-A. Hey constitutes tile Eastern, and the Itto Tunnoso or Benin River the Wa...tera branch. A !nor: ranit opinion. whisit at present engages a considerable share of attention, is, that the Niger tat:anat.% in the r. Cony. or, as it it soloc-iniet the 'l:9-r. This eonjocture 1.0 adopted by )'ark to consequence of the infomiation and suggestions of Mr. Max aryl], an experienced African trailer. who appears to have been a man Of observation and intelligence. In support or it the following facts Are allialgerl :--ist, the great magnitude of the Congo linty; godly, Pe pmhahility that this river is derived front remote sources, and thorax ron,ideraLlr North of the equator; 3.1 y. the fact that there exists a great river Rordt of the equator (the Niger), of which the tonuination is unknown, and which perhaps may Mrni the principal blanch of the Congo ; athly, this hypothesis derives tome additional probability from the state neat of the guide whom Pack took down the Niger from Sa. minding. Park, it a letter to Sir Joseph Ranks, speaks of this person as one of the greatest travellers in that part of .\feica, and represents Idol as stating. *. twit the Nig.r, atter it pauses Kaalit.a. views dire.-tto to t!.r right loud, or the 'South 4 and that he never heard cf any ne l son who lug scan it; termination, and is certain that it does not end any where in the vicinity of Kaslina or Horton, having resided some time in both these kingdoms. In regard to the Congo, it appears that Mr. Niaxaall, some time prior to the discoveries of Park, had forted a plan for ex loring its coarse. Ilia scheme was, to carry out with him from Eng land six xqipernumenny boats adapted for rowing and tailing, each be ing of sue't ; size as to he easily carried by thirty people across the cataract., with which the (1)1111C of the river is impeded. On his arrival at the coast, be meant to hire abont thirty or forty bleak rowers, and to sail up the Congo, with prrp:r ants, provisions , and merchat;dive in the dry season, calculating upon an absence from the coast of ahont ten weeks. Maxwell considered this scheme as perfectly practicable, hot was pmvented fano carrying it into erwcution by tile war of 17nr. which made it inconvenient and unsafe foe him to encumber the deck of hi vortel with supernumerary brats. A similar plan is to be followed by the expedition which lately sailed from this country. under the direction of Captain Tuckey, of the navy. At the same time a nother expedition, under the command of Nlajor Poddies is to tarintic the same count as the unfortunate Park; and if fie opinion of those who suppose that the Niger and the Congo are the tune river be corre.a. there is some reason to hime that the teen expedi tions may tan: A. Should this really be the nsult, much curious infor niation may be obtained nApecting countries hitherto unexplored by I:uropeans; and which, no doubt, contain litany productions, unknown cent to tho:e who have ni tile geography and natural Listery the princi pal objects of their enquiry. One of the severest inflictions upon landed property at present is, that the money paytacnis out of it, either by jointure or annuity, continue the same; while the estate js now, peihims, not more than equal to discharge them by paying all its produces. The Brewers of Wished' have reduced the price of ale six 'shillings per barrel. A meeting has been held, and a subscription, by way of tontine, entered into, for erecting a magnificent iron bridges from Ratcliff Highway to Rotherhithe, of such stn altitude as to admit ships of great burthen to pass, with all their sails set. The last accounts from Germany give rmson to be alarmed for the health of Piince Blucher, which hassuller ed exceedingly by the £itigucsof the last campaign. NATTONA T. nro f STE It- STOR7 1 G. The Quern and Princes , ca are experted at %Vim!stir neat vc•ck. during the A.cut•heath flares. The Prince Itegent will be at his cottage, mai the Ps Meese Charlotte mid Prince Leo pold at Cr ninon It i. supposed, by the !test indges on the Turf, that 200,00) guineas were won and lot al Epsom last week, mid which vivre paid et Alesers. Tattersall's on Monday. hip, in the course of last stimmer, undertook to walk the Barclay match on Blackheath, uudertakt•n a iis w match of greater magnit ude and ditheulty, upon w Welt he started on 'filesilay• night, at :0 JJJ ll u tes after siv, from the Hare and Miler. '1 lie nature of his present tinder taking is this:—he is to walk I lod miles in 1100 sue' essive hours, to finish every nti'.e at precis' ly minutes idler each Ii ' has struck, sit that he can at no one time get above three gliarters of au hour's teat. The ground chosen for the task is the same on which Wilson walked. The odds are greatly against hint. Ais immense crowd was collected to witness the c:)iiiinenceinent of his labours.—We saw Eaton yesterday, and he pursues Isis hele au.l unesampled und••rl.tlitg wdb on:ion ic:l vigour and preciseion.—Betting still is much against hint, in consequence of the neeessary deprivation of his real.—lsis friend , , howeser, continue most saw:mike ; and he is Imurly cheered liv perandoilatmg minium s, ainal ow behold: re, and disinti rested well wi•hcrs; whose interest in his labours give , iiim 90 •inail skit cid encouragement in his perteutous task. His dress, witicls is daily varied. excites a good deal of risibility ;11111)1;2 his spectators. A (v. , / ilays sinter, at Wrothant Ilealh, near Maidstone, a Iverson of the name of Miller, untiet•tool to walk list miles iu 21 hours, which he etimpleted within the time utl•taed him. In consequence of this feat, another person has, for a bet of 101. agreed to start at rair:ei;h, Hear 11,1141Sttnte, to go 103 MINS iu t 2 hours _ _ _ A en - y=44llre Moly shocking to humanity, and highly dis graceful to the pat ties coo: eruct!. occurred on Wednesday, the 2oh nit. Two vallia:ile horses, carrying 12 stone earl'. were marched to inn from Esc ow, near 11mItitiik to the Peacock lon at Islington, and hack (I n 1 miles) in the shortest passible time. They we le so criteilb merit beyond the;r stretigth, b 3 the nu feeiing innimmoity of their rider-, and other barbarians who accompanied them, some on relays of Louses, that on their re turn 111 of them dropped rod died, has Mg gone about 76 miles; and the other, having zone about til miles, failed and died the next dAy at. till! inhabitants of which place, at the S.lllll' time that they expressed their utter abhorrence and de te,a,,tinn o f s uch a ernel and disgraceful trans:tenon, regretted exceedingly thsit the pat tics concerned in it acre nut ha. to the laws of the country for their condnct. Co troll tens(.--On tiaillltlity the Old Blur, and Union Opposition, IVinJsor enarLrs, set off at the same tiine ti oil the White Horse Cellar Piccadilly, alien the Old Blue had the Irani ; but when the Opposition coach reached the turnpike, the dris er made it dash, and got the start ; haying stopped, how es t r. at the half way Imase at K ensington, to take up a passen ger he o as potting on at all ill/I'II:4MA I ate to overtake his com lis" nor ; w hen the coach ran against a batik and was 1:1•0101111rIled t with 17 outside pas. C113:1•11. : one of w hinit had his thigh broke, and was roust, rd to the We hope a strict investiga tion. of the circumstance will take place; and that the gentlemt n of the whip %sill at leHe.ll he taught, that the lives and limbs of his Majesty's htibjectA ate lOU sacred to be hazarded, fur any competition they may choose to engage in. A fatal dnel lateh• took place at Blowy, near Cambrav, be tween Captain It—• K ---. , n. v. and a surgeon of the tiritisli Army (Mr. 0--). The pal ties took their ground at tw rive paces; the first tire heir, nit hoot effect, tile seconds iiterfered, and used every argument and e‘ertiou they could devise to present farther hosiiiices, hut intim totiatcly ithout success, the Captain declaring that one or hush s% ld fall. The pistols being once mote ei.en them, the second discharge proved fatal, stretching both these 'ado' Innate young wen ms the ground, Captain IL K. to rise no w led ac scarcely to leave the slightest hope of recovery. This fatal doel originated in a pecuniary transaction as long since as m beta the allied troops occupied Span'. Ettuivoor:e..—Diiring the late contested election for Devon, bets% een Mr. Bastard mid Lord Ebriogton, Mrs. • and her daughter were walkiug in the Castle-yard ; when .Miss having slily mounted a little bit of bloc, in opposition to the cote and interest of papa, was accosted by a young friend with," Dear me! you are not a Bastard, are you?" when the former re plied, " Indeed Miss I ant; a k Mamma if I mift."—" Yes, my dear," replied Mamma, ' 1 believe you are, but Pala must not know it." ----- --- The customer of It brewer, the other day, said to him," So Sir, I peret i‘e you hale been as good as your word, and imo rot your beer." 0, no! not yet, hut I intend it very shortly." " I did nut mean the prier," rejoined the other, " I allude to the strength, which you have materially lowered lutay." 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, furor, and judgment. Between the•nets of the Concert, Madame Saehi danced on the tight rope ; but, however admirable appeared her exer tions at that time, they were altogether eclipsed after wards by the wonderful activity and courage she displayed in ascending an inclined rope, of very wusiderable height from the ground, and of great length, and which she ran up and down with amazing rapidity, amid a blaze of fire-works. The fire-works exhibited great ingenuity of device, and were played off with the most brilliant effect. The Gardens were crowded with persons of dis tinction, and display% ' an assemblage of beauty and ele- I game seldom equalled. A celebrated jeweller had the honour, a few days ago, of an introduet i. n to Princess Charlotte of Wales, to show :I most beautiful and ingenious ornamental article of jewellery, which her Royal Highness greatly admired, but declined to purchase, thanking the artist for a view of the superb work. She added, in the most bewitching manner, " Indeed, Sir, I am too poor to purchase such a valltable article, and too proud to be inAebted for it." J. Watson, Esq. has been proposed by the Recorder of London, and elected Chairman of the Middlesex Sessions, env Mainwaring, Esq. resiguel 139 I•'rum tke LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, June White/kill, ✓ane 4, IRI6. His llsyl! Tlilhness the Prinse Regent has been p'eased, in the nail:, and on the of his Majesty. to constitute and appoint the flight Hon. George Canning; the Right lion. Air Robert Stewart (commonly called Viscount Castlereagh), Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; the Right Hon. Henry Earl Bathurst; and the Right Hon. Henry Viscount Stidmouth, his Majesty's three Principal. Secretaries of State; the Right Hon. Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool. Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; the Right Hon. Ni cholas Vansittart, Chancellor of his Majesty'a Exchequer; the Right lion. John Baron Teigninouth ; William Lowther, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Lowther); the Right Hon. John Sullivan; Henry Bathurst, N.sq. (commonly called l.ord Ansley); the Right Hon. Thomas Hamilton (commonly called Lord Binning); and the Right lion. William Sturges Bourne, to be his Majesty's Comulissioners for the Allitits of India. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. Psnsorr. of Attleburgh, Norfolk, grocer, from June 8 to July 21. at the White Swan Inn, Norwich. 11. 111:1.1., of New Fidhbotirn. Sussex, pig-d. der, from April 27 tal June 15, at thu White Hart Inn. Chichester. BANKRUPTS. W. COCIRIT.t. of Kingston-upon-liull, butcher, June PI, tl, Jul* 16. at the Hog and Duck, Kingston-upon-Hull. Atts. Rosser and Son, Rartletes-buildings. T. W.U.FORD, of Stildon, Essex. brazier, June 11, 14, July 16, at the Rc4 Lion, Colchester. Atts. Pocock and Co. Ely-place, Holborn. W. finowittiai. of St. Mary-axe. wine-merchant, .dune 11, Is, J u l? 16. at Guildhall. Atts. Fothergill and Co. Austin-Friart. J. 1111 1., Of Reading, Reeks, barge-builder, June 11. 18, July 16, at filth:hall. Mt. Mr. Ilannam, Piazza-chambers, Covent-garden. W. BRIEIII.EY. of Halifax, York, grocer, June 17, 18, July 16, at the White Lion, Halifax. Au. Mr. Mason, Bread-street-hill. .7. Ilnua is, of High Wycomb, linen-draper, June 11, 18, July 16a at Guudhall. Att. Mr. Davies, Lothbury. J. tit;NtsToN, of Penival-strut, cheesemongcr, June 8, 15, July 16,, at Citilltrdail. Att. Mr. Rugby, St. John-street. R. Ito:it:a - MN and .1.:1 :tint Ews, of McMaster, druggists, June 48, 27, July 16, at the G,orge, Axntinster. Atta. Bleasdale and Co. W. Pont, cf Man6 , wt.T. bookyller, June 21, 22, July 16, at the Dug, Mr.nclkstter. Att. Mr. Cris, Chancery-lane. C. Bt.ucr, of Exitcr, bnish-maiser, June 18, 21, July 16. at the Iltftul. Exeter. Arta. Darke and Co. Princes-street, Bedford-mw. J. '!•tooett, of Coventry, watch-case-maker, June 14, 15. July 16, at the King's Head, Coventry. Atts. Long and Co. Gray's-inn. W. Wuoo, of lonythusloyne, Nionmouthshire, grocer, June 11, 1!, July 16, at the Comwercial Rooms, Briswl. Att... Price and Co. Sbill tr, of Bedford, Lancashire, muslin-numfacturer, June 26, July 16, at the Buck i' th' Vine, Wigan. Au. Mr. Galen, Wigan. D. SAKI:ANT. of Whittlesey. Cambridgeshire, money-scrivener, July 2, S. 16, at the Rose and Crown, Wisbosch St. Peters. Arta. Jen- kin. and Cu. New-inn. A. RADCI.IT'FIi.. of Swansea, grocer. June 14, 15, July 16, at the Bush. Bristol. Att. Mr. 'Thompson, Gray's-inn-square. T. Jos r.s„ of Dudley, iron-manutacturer, June In. 1 1, July 16, at the White Dart, Stafford. Art. Mr. Thomas, Ilintl-court. T. Toss f.t NSON of IVinterton. Lincolnshirs . , coal.merehant, June 14, 13..1ith. 16. at the White Swan, Burton-upon-Humber. Att. Mr. 1 1 icks, i ray *s-itin-simare. S. A. SIMEON, of Bristol, umbrella-maker, July 5. 6. 16. at the Punch Bowl, NottinAbam. Atts. Hunt and Co. Temple. W. Sw EET, Of St. lit.Orge, Glniteestet.,hire, dealer, June 10, 11, July 16, at the house of Janus; Jarvis, BristuL Mts. Sir S. \VlM:clubs and Cu. berPmnis-inn. DIVIDENDS A'r GUTI.IMIAI.I.. June 25. B. Williams and li. Coakenthorp, of St. Swithen's-lane, merchants. June 29, W. Barnard and R. Aron, of Spencer-street, drapers. June . 25, T. Eastman. of Clement's-Lane. merchant. June 29. S. James, of Bloomsbury-place, boarding-school-mistress. June 25, S. Amlturd, of Market-street, Westminster. and of West Farleigh, Kent, Lrewer, and of Uxbridge. copper and imn•marttifact. June 25, T. White, jun. and Co. of Great Winchester-street, werehaitta. June 29, W. Auurruw, of East NPeon. Hams, grocer. June 29, J. Hodgson, of Lime-street , wine-merchant. June 29, J. J. llieltardsun, of Fleet-market, fishmonger. June 2.5, J. Adthey„ of Boxstead, Ileruiwil, farmer. June 2t'. H. Robinson, of Little stoyednanufacturat June 29. A. M. Sandman, of 1 ghbury, Scotch factor. June 29, W. Searle, fun. of Littlingum, (7unibridg,•, Juxe 29, T. Emar, of Holybourn, Hants, tanner. :rune 2.5, J. Heald, of Cateaton-street, merchant June 25, C. Troyey. of Paddington, builder, and of Pali ward-street, St. Nlary-le-bone. June 29, E. Ackerman, of New Broad-street-mews, merchant. July 2, A. Coles, of Portland-street. coach-maker. June fi, W. Stokes, of Old Broad-street, merchant. June 8, S. Bird, of Norwich, jeweller. June 29, J. Wheatley, of New Windsor, Reeks, grocer. June 29, W. Slade, of St. John-street, Brick-lane, baker. June 29, J. Mayor, son. and J. Mayor, jun. of Lowknhall-street, insurance-oroaerw June S. W. Althorn, of Token.house-yang, broker. June ft, J. Kennion, sen. andJ:K ennion, jun. of Nicholas-lane, bruisers. June tt, A. 3PCroilli. of Lower Brook-otreet, wine inerchont. V MEN DS IN THE COU NT II Y. June 49. G. Lander. of Binnitlham,jewener, at Birmingham. June 29, S. Clarke, of Birmingham, perfumer, at Birmingham. Julie '24.. 1 . King, of Ga.:port, tin-plate-worker, at Gosport. June Y 3, W. Putter, of Wrlsingharn, Norfolk, currier, at Norwich. CERTIF IC AT ES, Jt: es. S. Campbell, of Liverpool. upho/.. sterer--.1. Debell, of Plymouth, grocer—li. Hammond, of Carter. court, Borough-market, carpenter—R. Joy, of Caekatutt, Salop. innkeeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Head and F. Boot, Cadeaton-street, lace-manufacturers. I. Iligginson aLd J. Holt, London, common-carrier. J. Gregory and Co. Orchard-house, Blackwall, shipwrights. W. Sanilervin and J. Gibson, Warilottr.street. scrtw.n-makm. J. Hancock and T. Sheldon, llura.m. Staflbrdshire. potters. W. and J. I)unn, Wotton-und.r.Edge, Glocestershire, tailors .J. Roberts and .1. an.l T. I!,borne, London, merchants. S. Goodall and J. 314ekenzie, Dowgate-hill, tailors. a Frenchman of great literary acquirements, an d dew' ise.en ble celebrity du ring the revolutionary epoch, emharled lately with his family at Antwerp, for the United States, where it is said he has purdi4s..ll a large tract of land on the banks of the Ohio. Under the Imperial system, he was Member of 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, cannot fail to add to the power and wealth of the .Intericaa Repuldie. By a lote Report-from the American Treasury De partutent, the whole Fitiorts of the United States for the last year exceed 52 millions of dollars, of which near millio4 were domestic articles, and six millions :Ind s ball were of torcign products.—The imports to Vt r's alone amount to a similar Rim