The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

MORNING SU IPS'T - .‘_ll to her Majesty the 0- Wards return- ...,ueen Dowager, and after ,' Thp to Kensington Palace, .uuke of Ca m b r id ge v i s i te d her Majesty ' 4.l e ..I.etteen Dowa ger yester d ay ,. Cabinet Council wait held at two o'clock . t "sterday. a f ternoon at the Foreign-office. Sir ; r t?hen, Pe e l an d t h e Earl of Aberdeen arrived t Windsor C as tl e , to b e present . Pe Council sat two hours and a half. 11 * Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen i(erwards l e f t town on t h e i r return to -Windsor Castl e. e L te ord a n d L ady Stanley left town yesterday Astle.on on a vi s i t to h er M a j esty at Wi n d sor castle in t 4r *ood, Chairman of the Ex c i se , had, an y es vi Woad , with th e Ch ance ll or o f t h e E xc h equer stn e ' er4 aY, at his official re sid ence in Downing- Ca p t ain , TrOtt er , th e senior o ffi cer i n comman d an t. f Niger expedition, has arrived in town, -Jesterday transacted business both at the no and Colonial-office. T HE CITY ADDRESS TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA. yesterday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and &,°4llflon Council, and principal City officers, as -11.4, bled at the Guildhall for the purpose of Co• upon his Majesty the King of Prussia the Address voted on Monday last, in the Co 11:11 of Comm on C ounc il, u p on hi s M a j esty ' s ` t , tt' Quee n Vi ctor i a , as sponsor to hi s Royal l Atiness the Prince of Wales. t i v -I 3 Y orde r o f t h e Ri ght Honourable the Lord til aior the bells of several of the churches in th e C ity Were rung during the day in honour of occasion. l i ,t,he pro cess i on set off from the Guildhall at a c• after one o'clock. There,were in the procession, besides the Lord m437°P) Aldermen Sir Peter Laurie, Sir Chapman taa,rshall, Thomas Johnson, Gibbs, Farncomb, 51, N ir r tn) Sir George Carroll, John Johnson, b eri is Magnay and Rogers, the City Chain th, !'in) the Recorder, the Common, Pleaders, c,7 R emembrancer, the City Solicitor, the ou_rnPtruller, the Secondaries, and 119 Common ‘,otnicilmen• '. aci d Corporation were received- in the most manner by his Majesty. ,„ et ifhe R ecorder read the Address, and the King C o ilr 'ed a most grac i ous A nswer (f or w hi c h see +Art Circular). 4 4 ,, 0 n Monday his Majesty will visit St. Paul's, ofu. af terwards the Mansion-house, and partake M. d eau with the Lord Mayor and Lady dYare ss . t rT ir rY OF DUBLIN ELECTION. TUESDAY EVENING, HALF-PAST SEVEN.— as a nrlot '` ) " . elvitig were the numb er s a t th e c l o s e o f th e po ll, uied by Sheriff Porter : Gregory 1,145 Morpeth 915 mere Majority fo r G regor y --230 thid eci are 90 votes un d ec id e d by th e assessor not i n • LQ Th. in the ab ove return. e Torie s put forth their great strength to-day, and, „,ts a holiday in the public offices, polled their best Lthe Reformers will make a great rally to-morrow. Pollinguooth where the Reformers are strongest, the th e , nas . been delayed in the most scandalous manner, as welltr agents putting the bribery oath to their own, as the Liberal voters. Arr..IVIARTIN-IN-TH &FIE LD S. 43. t th e v eleve n o' c l oc k yesterday a meeting was held, in estry-room. of the p ar i s h o f S t . Martin-in-the ti gls, to take into consideration the following requisi t '--"" "We, the' undersigned inhabitant householders, p e o,', e as e i t fully request that you will, at the earliest day k ee 7,u'e 'your convenience will permit, convene a vestry ali e ,"ng % for the purpose of considering the best means of c ed ' la :Ging the distress which is now pressing with unpre t,,, e:nted severity upon the productive classes of her M~jes - -Lutti n ,!objects ; an d w h et h er the operation of the laws pro- Zeotig the unrestr i cted importation of necessaries es al to th e ex i stence of man, such as sheep, pi gs , x en, and bread-corn are not the chief causes of the general distress." ln t he chair. Mr. Hawk es , th e c h urc h warden, was I ceral S everal members briefly add resse d t h e vestry, and v l resolutions, cond e m n i ng i n strong terms the Pro '''ou-laws, and the present system. of taxation, were c arried unanimously. VICTORI.A. -- ' = 'THEATRE. A new farce has been produced at this theatre this 'week, entitled The Wild Irish Girl. It is a one act fkree, and the wh o l e we i g h t o f t h e p i ece rests on Mi ss Vincent, wh o , as t h e h eroine, Sh ela h S avourna O' Shay, elicited ro ars o f l aughter from all parts of the h ouse. She introduced a number of humorous Irish songs, and LTthe Iri. s h howl of "Ballinomorna ora," with most reps.° l3 A effect. A visit t o th e Vi c t or i a wou ld b e am ply id , by this latter performance alone. 'CVXSTMINSTER HARMONIC %Th em SOCIETY. ti c) , of e mbers o f t hi s S oc i ety, onWednesday, gave a selec tise Li t ! a ered musi c , f rom t h e " Creation," in the theatre of tzoly4,l—rarY and Scie n tifi c I ns tit ut i on, W estm i nster, to a au dience. Th e p er f ormances t h roug h out were plauseulY conducted, and elicited repeated bursts of ap style w Rander s " Coron a ti on A n th em " was g i ven i n a With e h ave seldom h ear d exce ll e d, an d was h onoure d de s , r a t , n2allintous encore. Miss C u bitt was l ou dly an d 4A e ' l d Y applaud e d i n t h e a i r " H o l y, holy. " She h as Di u eh i ngly fine voi ce and sings with excellent taste. *mejeaPtraise i s d ue to th e conductor, Mr. Cooke, for the 15erf o , 1114 1111er in which he superintended the various rnertaances. Th e rest of the performers were—Mrs. Ca, t h s ' ll , Mr. Peters, and r. G. Allen, of St. Paul's td al, to all of wh om m u praise is due. • 1 111 0 -E OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.—Lord r eeeiv Q d hb y d'Eresby, the Lord Great Chamberlain, has eerl s i n ; he usual offi c i a l no ti ce f rom t h e L or d Cham °Pee - tb s de partment of the intention of her Majesty to n ext • e e nsuing session of Parliament, on Th urs d a y is ( -IP. person, an d Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Black Rod, lieg es ' e ngaged at th e H ouse o f L or d s i n di rect i ng t h e kks laai s arY prep arat i ons, as the ceremony will derive an un intrlbis s p l endour f rom t h e circumstance of the visit of the iheFPrussia, who will be p resen t. Th e s t a t e c h a i r f or ea ti i .l e stY will be placed on th e r ight o f th e Q ueen , an d Di teh e left of th ese seats will be provided for the l 'rin e e e s s rs, of Kent, Gl oucester, an d C am b r i dge, and the 11 go ' i - Augusta 0.2 Cambridge. The King of Prussia ived . 11 sePa:eate state to the House, and will be re evith t,le usual honours paid to crowned heads. A a ,. °l ' . 4cil, it is expected, will be held on Tuesd . ay sea, d 4 d , the usual Supplementary Gazette contains e 44 . ; Al c i , c: signed by the Lord Great Chamberlain, that ' be reserved for Peeresses on making applica tn :1 iin "nie. The gallery will be exclusively occupied 0 4 ,,1s in full dress, as well as the Peers' back benches 14 os t - "edY of the House, and the scene will be of the see brilliant description. The names of the movers and 'Air tide rs of the Addresses in both Houses will not tran t, lulu.' the next Cabinet Council. I'Lles,ll.AL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On t ei', a fternoon three youths, named Staples, Hun eeci Saunderson hired a boat, in which heir ey ,7e,V e e - ali ti P . ,tbe - river 'as far as Putney ;on return :kich p a e ll in at Chelsea, where they partook of bread ;, t art e d -P- 4e, and subsequently some rum and water ; they Zee - 0 4 about half-past five, and reached nearly opposite he Rouse, when Staples became ill from what he in k , t on. and was very sick. Hunter was in the act of Ills assist ance w h en hi s f o ot slipped, and he fell 1 41:" e s ide, and in an instant the boat was upset. Their Ne.s att racted the a tt en ti on o f a wa t erman , w h o in %.lllitli r owed to th e s p o t, b u t on ly succee d e d i n sav i ng e rsoa the other two were drowned. s ine I 'EtESTING DISCOVERY.—A few days 41 ) sine workmen digging a hole for a brick-clamp, the t hree three miles from March, Isle of Ely, discovered abe ltt re3 nains of a b oa t fi rm ly i m b e dd e d i n the soil, t w 'lx or eight feet from the surface. Skeletons ev er th e were also 'found, one apparently leaning e side of the bolt, the other lying at the bot ta4 Neither o f th em as perfect, and care not being e(l4 t f l to pre serve t h e rema i ns , soon nothing but a few of thrarPnents of bones were left to gratify the curiosity l eett l °s who were tempted to visit the spot ! The is t) i s a ' e ne were in. an excellent state of preserva 'NC they were lost by the men who picked them Ide _ o.i'he boat was in a slanting position, but no co b rfee_ 11 ,: s f the size could be obtained, save from the t ell th e Planks which seemed to indicate considerable of r h;',"". The 'Wood, as well as the nails, was in a state biedlu dec omposition, especially the latter, which crum- It3,4lPieees with the slightest pressure of the fingers, aubj ee ," - e,so remains can have been deposited is a curious 4t soh,Or s peculation. The most probable idea is, that Iv ate ," 4 e, Period when the fens were entirely covered with Ini k i;; ref) enough to allow of the passage of boats, this I '4'4 'aye been upset and settled in the mud, and co il over by the deposits of succeeding floods._ Bury .111 bo o W EATHER.--The snow in this neigh for I. "eod is of great depth, it having fallen on Saturday PrelSeveral hours, in addition to a heavy fall a few days the frost On Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday, ex _ r9st was intense beyond anything which has been i s rerieneed during the present storm. The navigation be,,Tee, and every sheet of water in the neighbour 'Qv, laid fast.—Yor4 Courant. '3I,NGULAR D ISCOVERY.—On Thursday morn as the workmen employed in a field near earth for d Heath were removing a quantity of BailDerbhe embankment of the Birmingham and ehYainway,,they discovered two skeletons environed tby birth wo sold: It appears that they are the remains . of known I ., er . s ci named John Hammond, an American and Thomas Pitmore, a native of Cheshire, ,, ,ilirmingham and the neighbourhood as Jack f Or st one of 1 the 22d t i l : who were executed on the 2d of April, 1781, eh , i L s4 o n n ea t r li t e be I,i_,',,eo.inurder of Wilfred Barwick, a butcher, on the of November, 1780, near the four-mile Cso:::l4lerreoatdb,e banondesawfteerrwe found. — un T g vo i r n . 8 :re Chronicle. IkereatUedalliLUStoC:eitNrcidin COINCIDE NCE..., E.—The courtiers deli aresehal de Alarill I:haoevfdeßhtichelieu altogether. The Duke d e G . ac proposed to assassinate him, the idial de Bassulomsepiwereulldvi him onfiexiled,ne hima nd for the life.M ar e - t , a curious fact, that e :Ton their respective aatichth°o±r' ts!iese propositions fell back intended for the objeet Seel of th • so that each had the fate their hatred,—Madame de Pie and her Contem porarie,. ~~ • zueen and this 111°111 • ? mood. of sho tl4 In d Lodg e ' ,f Saxe-C ° - f Loop°W A ° , ington) e. at a qua rter , [ Eimer. Jersey , a nd nd G'otintess dy StanleY' to-nigh t ' °l2 ake of Bic' of Sta hel ' Colon el on, Sara h ' Mr. and , will here Circle this fitting to the i aging. Hall 1 ° i- A le d 3 COM [ll°u (3llristeniog; ;jetStie SC' t attend eu :: 1 NutZln ° " / e Sto'berg! Il e r, lq• the W 1 )y ~ will ld CO 0 [ajestY ° • a i , a e i c! minu sp s tii , t 0 Y 3 arriag es red a CILIa r, ecepOn of ole ° f ! be d acered lte n t difier e ,: v Court) - -. 0 r3ortug ue ! 'Df Pru"i37 )Ptrollere°,l, tea E,chle, The , r Pie °li re _ a ll to hi 6 q e r ian L h a to toil e at vat at the di et the ° Dn. Or his eune• hfi r CorP,,,.e ,he tiOn e w f tate 191 ',19 e coa• I a t t . oty e 0 rd SI"P catriageSl ter sir Fe Cal, ' Orge jo bli On, Afp 'der ; '- gor :be Cbaio, City s ul, s srs. Offi ce ' ve o Artnn ° vs, store e r of til p) , 0 19.. eS, c 1 e' Libr.,t l : ll ,,i fthe lr s IVit i j e t " ; he f 33 "lre h )st Na . Dv !roll- , t he ty 15 Y, t he er of - iting) a ed atteo cl , e r heir t e• ty's tal d ~7 e ll, 9 , I CO ll3 • of orn ont- abled,. 9 atulau° iSit tO tAcfects t17:1 h er sates 0 , so rs e t en a a easce sh es t • 110 to n ' e ct so d s alcu mt ,peri 3FA' i , e e ~ss , e r t e. , 1 ~ S ~ er; : (ou ~11/40 , p port l o a ffora. en dshif f b e U p 0) j.ing" , >f t be tbe i als o Cation THU KiNbr OF PRUSSIA'S VISIT TO ETON COLLEGE. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING. - His Majesty the King of Prussia left the Castle this afternouh in Pile PE the Royal carriages and totm with two outriders, an d proceeded to Eton College. His Majesty was accompa nied by the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen. There Were in the suite of the Prussian Monarch the Earl of Hardwicke, Baron Alexander Von Humboldt and the Chevalierßuttsen. The King alighted ttt the chambers of the Head Master, whore his Majesty was received by the Rev. the Provost, the Rev. Dr. Ilawtrey (the Head Master), the Rev. J. S. Grover (Vice-Provost), the Revs, G, J, Dttpttis and G. R. Grover (Fellows of Eton), and the Rev. R. Okes, the Lower Master. Shortly after his Majesty's arrival the King was con ducted to the tipper School, where were assembled the whole of the boys, amounting to upwards of 600, and the Assistant Masters, who greeted his Majesty upon his : entrance with the most enthusiastic cheering. The King remained in this room for some time, during which period he made various inquiries respecting the school, its number of pupils, its discipline, &c. His Majesty, upon being conducted to the Chapel, appeared much pleased with the interior of the sacred edifice, and para. cularly admired the beautiful statue of Henry the Sixth, by Bacon, and the general character of the sacred edifice. During his Majesty's stay several select pieces of music, were performed upon the newly-erected organ, built by Gray. From the Chapel the King walked across the square to the cloisters, which his Majesty entered by the gate under the Clock-tower, and then proceeded to the Provost's-lodge. The King passed some time in the Dining-room viewing the ancient and interesting portraits of former Provosts and of others with which its walls ore decorated. In the Drawing-room, which is adorned with a very numerous collection of portraits of eminent Eton men, his Majesty was received by the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson (the lady of the Provost and the daughter of Lord Chief Justice Denman), and several other Ittdieg, with whom the King entered into a I .ngthehed and fa miliar conversation. His Majesty was afterwards con ducted through the Provost's hall, containing a large collection of interesting portraits, amongst which is a , very curious painting of the city of Venice, presented to the College in 1636 by the then ProtOst, Sir Henry Wotton. After passing through the Election Chamber, where are three curious portraits of Henry V:, Henry VI., and Henry VII., his Majesty entered the Library, and re mained there some time examining the varieus curiosi ties which were laid before him., A German book, en titled " The History of Printing," by Falkenstein, lately presented to the College by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was shown to the King, to which he affixed his " signature and rank," as a memorial of his visit to the College. The whole of the atteniants upon his Majesty also wrote their names in the book. His Majesty then passed through the Hall, and around the gallery again to the Provost's Lodge, when his Ma jesty expressed himself to the Provost and the authori ties of the College highly gratified with what he had witnessed. His Majesty, upon leaving Eton, shortly before five o'clock, was followed by the whole of the boys through Eton and Windsor, up to the Castle-gates, shouting the whole distance, evidently to the amusement of the King. His Majesty (who, amongst the inquiries he made while at the College, asked if Sir Robert Peel had been educated at Eton, and was answered by Sir Robert in the negative), speaks English Very excellently. Before the King left the College his Majesty re quested a whole day's holyday, without exercise, for the students, which was immediately granted by the head master, Dr. Hawtrey. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE 72D HIGHLANDERS BY THE DUKE OF WEL LINGTON. The rain subsiding shortly after 12 o'clock, orders were sent to the barracks for the regiment to parade in review order in the Quadrangle at-half-past 12 o'clock. Shortly afterwards the regiment moved from the bar racks to the Castle, passing into the Quadrangle through St. George's Gateway. Here the regiment formed in line, extending across the whole length of the Square, the Grenadiers being wheeled up on their left, and the Light company and No. 1 wheeled up on the right, there not being sufficient space for the regiment in line. A few minutes after their formation notice was given of the approach of Field Marshal his Grace the Duke, of Wellington, who was received with a general salute, the fine band of the regiment, at the same time, playing " See the Conquering Hero comes." Almost imme diately afterwards . his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with his illustrious guests and relatives, the King of Prussia, Prince Frederick of Saxe Cobourg, &c., with their receivedr e s pc i a t ti h ea Royal salute, m adethe their o a l p d p c e o a l r o a u n r e s e b , and ei ng were received With a Royal salute, the old colours being low h possession consecration Majors off theh‘ to Royalty for the last time. theirto tookea regimentwas new o,afterwards tecrooa colours. The then performed, r e hr n oe t r ten f e o e drrew: ceremony rd and b o y ny th o e f desire of the Queen, by his Grace the Archbishop of York (who was on a visit to her Majesty), in a most solemn and emphatic manner. A slow and quick step were then played by the band (both Scottish airs), which the King of Prussia (who ex pressed himself delighted with the airs) requested might be copied out for him to take to Prussia with him upon his return. The first tune was "Oh where and oh where is my Highland Laddie gone?" and the second the " Scottish Piper." At the conclusion of this music the Grenadier com pany, with the two union ensigns, marched up to the tune of the " British Grenadiers, halted, and presented arms to the new colours, which the Duke, taking in his hand, presented to Ensigns Rice and Sandford Paken ham. They then proceeded, in slow time, to the left of the line; and the new colours were trooped the whole length of the line to their original position. A square was then formed as compactly as possible to enable every one in the regiment to hear the words of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, who then ad dressed them. From the distance at which I was stationed from his Grace it was impossible to catch correctly every sen tence uttered by the old and noble warrior. The fol lowing, however, is the substance of the Duke's address to the regiment : His Grace commenced by saying—" I have great pleasure this day in presenting new colours to the regi ment of the 72d Highlanders by the command of our Most Gracious Majesty. It is now 50 years since I served with this regiment in India, when it greatly dis tinguished itself for the eminent services it rendered to the country. The regiment has since also greatly dis tinguished itself in the conquest of several valuable colonies. The men have maintained their character in war ; and now we are at peace I am happy to find that you, still maintain your character ; for I have made it my business to make inquiry, and I have found that you stand as high in the estimation of your fellow-citi zens in your present as in your former quarters. 1 will take this opportunity of impressing upon the minds of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, that much depends upon your conduct as moral men, for you have a duty to perform to the community at large which must not be neglected. Officers must also bear in mind, that the efficiency of troops depends mainly upon their discipline and moral conduct. I am most proud to be able, on this day, to present new colours to the 72d, or Duke of Albany's Highlanders, a regiment which I am gratified to be able to show to his Majesty of Prussia—the King, the ruler of a vast nation, whose armies have acted in concert with our own, and to whose combined success, in conjuction with other troops, the present happiness of Europe is in great part to be attributed. I am also gratified in showing this regiment before his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and in presence of your Sovereign, who now looks down upon you (her Majesty was stationed at one of the windows in St. George's Hall). If any other motive were necessary to make you faithful and true to your colours, you will not fail to remember that they have been sanctified by religion, through the means of al most the highest dignitary and most respected Prelate of your Church. It now only remains for me to say, that resolution, vigilance, and attention are n ecessar y on all hands, and I am happy, this day, to witness their efforts, which are so manifest in the discipline of the re giment now before me." Col. Arbuthnot returned thanks. The Gallant Officer said, "It will hereafter be the greatest pride of the regiment to reflect that it had received from the most dis tinguished soldier of this or any other age, in the presence of his Majesty the King of Prussia, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the distinguished noblemen and gentlemen who now surround us, the colours we are to rally round and defend." At the conclusion of the Gallant Colonel's address, the line uas then re-formed. The Royal and distinguished personages who were in the Quadrangle, then proceeded to the right of the line, and walked down the ranks, Prince Albert and the King of 'Prussia especially, paying some marked and deserved compliments to the regiment for its excellent discipline and soldier-like appearance of the men. The troops then marched past in slow and quick time, in columns of quarter distance ; and shortly afterwards proceeded, in sections, through the Norman-gate, to the barracks in Sheet-street. With respect to a reference, in the Morning Herald of this day, to the contrast between the conduct of the 72d Highlanders and the Foot Guards in the lower ward, yesterday, I have been recitiested to state that " a mistake has arisen, unconsciously, with regard to the conduct of the officers of the 72d in clearing away those persons who were in front of the troops on the day of the christening. They acted under peremptory orders, and had no discretion allowed them in their execution, consequently they cannot be held responsible for that which it would have been contrary to their duty to have neglected." HER MAJESTY'S GUARD OF HONOUR AT TILE CHAPEL OF ST, GEORGE) OFi fitrESDAt , The light company of the 72d regiment, made up to 100 strong, formed the guard of honour to receive her Majesty and the Queen's illustrious visitors at the door of St. George's Chapel, and also upon their departure, under the command of Captain Robinson. The remain der of the regiment, in detached parties, were on duty, as ordered by the General commanding the whole. The ceremony of consecrating and presenting the co lours in the Quadrangle was witnessed by her Majesty from the window of St. George's Hall, where several of the visitors at the Castle had stationed themselves. THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S LEVEE. His Majesty the King of Prussia is expected to leave Windsor for town, by the Great Western Railway, to morrow morning, to hold a levee at St. James's Palace. His Majesty will return to Windsor Castle in the evening. DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF MR. DUCROW.— This gentleman, we regret to say, was yesterday seized with a severe paralytic attack at his house in the York road, that has partly deprived him of speech, and taken away the use of 0119 side. 1 }IE SUN, LONDON, FitiD JAWililt J 8; 1841 THE NIGER EXPEDITION. REPORT OF CAPTAIN TROTTER. Sir—l have only time, on landing front the Warre merchant Biidditet (ill hider hi SaVe a post) 4 to beg you inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of my arrival from Fernando Po, which I left on the 23d of November, at the recommendation of the medi cal officers; for the re=establishment of my health. Althalgh now almost entirely recovered, tendency to attacks of ague make it advisable that I should not tra vel by night, but I hope to be able to report myself at the Admitalty the day after to-morrow at furthest. I regret to be obliged to report the death of Lieute nant Sterthottse,:Mr. Woodhouse, assistant-surgeon, and Mr. Wilmot, clerk of the Albert, and one seaman and a marine belonging to the same ship, since I last wrote to their Lordships, on the 25th of October, besides a sea man of the Soudan, on the passage home with me from Africa ; but the remainder of the crew of the Albert, I am happy to say, were all getting better, and are by this time, I hope, safely arrived at Ascension. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Liverpool, Jan. 2.. H. D. TROTTER, Captain. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. tier Majesty's steam-vessel Albert, Clarence-cove, Fernando Po, Oct. 25, 1841. _ _ Sir—My last letter to you, dated the 18th of Septem ber, from the confluence of the Niger and Tchadda, would acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty that fever had broken out on board the vessels of the expedition, and that I had found it necessary to des patch the Soudan to the sea with all the cases the sur geons deemed to require a change of climate, directing Lieutenant ]'ishbourne to take charge of her in the absence of Comniander Allen, engaged in his duty its pit inissioner. I also informed their Lordships in the same • letter that the Albert was about to proceed up the Niger and the Wilberfore up . the Tehaddi; in prosectition of the objects of the misoielis Atta the departure ot the Soudan, however, two of the engineers of the Wilberforce were taken ill, and the crew had become so weakened by an increased number of cases of fever that Commander William Allen fduitd it impossible to proceed Up the Tchadcla, and I accord ingly Ordtlred him to take his vessel forthwith to the sea, and, if necessary, on to Ascension. As there was still an engineer quite %veil on board the Albert, and another convalescent, and I considered the ship in other respects quite able to continue longer up the river, and as Dr. MqVilliani, the surgeon, thought the fever, when we reached higher up the stream, might probably assume a milder character, and the change of air might soon restore the patients still remaining on board, who were not desirous ot going in.. the Wilber force to the sea and it being of importance to reach Rabbah this rear, to finish the chain of treaties with chiefs on the banks of the Niger, I deemed it my duty to try the experiment, and accordingly I weighed at the same time with the Wilberforce, on the 2tst of Septem ber, and the Albert proceeded up the river.while she moved down. The cases of sickness however, continued to increase, till at length, when we got to Egga, on the 28th of September, the only remaining engineer was taken ill, and no officers, except Dr. M‘William, Mr. Willie, mate, and myself, were free from fever. We continued wood ing and preparing to return down the river till the 4th of October, when I was myself seized with fever, and Mr. Willie a day or two afterwards. On the sth of October Mr. Willie weighed and dropped down the river, but was soon prevented by sickness from carrying on duty ; and Dr. M`Williani, assisted by only one white seaman, lately recovered from the fever, took charge of the vessel, not thinking it right, in my state of fhver, to report Mr. Willie's illness. From want of engineers we should have had to drop down the whole length of the river without steam, had not 1)r. Stanger, the geologist, in the most spirited man ner, after consulting Tredgold's work on steam, and getting some little instruction from the convalescent en gineer, undertaken to work the engine himself. The heat of the engine-room affected the engineer so much as to throw him back in his convalescence, and prevent him rendering any further assistance, but Dr. Stanger took the vessel safely below Eboe, without anything going wrong with the machinery, while Dr. M`William, in addition to his enormous press of duty, as a medical officer, conducted the ship down the river in the most able and judicious manner. I may here remark that the Doctor steered the ship entirely by Commander Wm. Allen's excellent chart of the Niger, of the correctness of which we had a good opportunity of judging on as cending the river, and which proved eminently useful on the passage down ; and Mr. Brown, clerk, a native of Africa, who had been up the river before, also rendered him considerable assistance in the pilotage. When about 100 miles from the sea Captain Becroft happily made his appearance in the ./Ethiope steamer, having been requested to ascend the river and communi cate with us by Commander William Allen, of the Wil berforce ; and it was really a providential mercy that he arrived when he did, for had any accident, however tri vial, happened to the engines, they could not have been worked any longer, as Dr. Sanger had no knowledge of the manner of rectifying it. Fever still prevented my going on deck, and there was no executive officer to take the vessel over the bar, and only one convalescent sailor doing duty, and no black sailor who could properly take the helm. Captain Becroft, however, came on board with an engineer, and not only took the vessel over the bar, but brought her all the way across to this anchorage (a distance of 160 miles), where we arrived in safety on the 17th instant. The assistance rendered by Captain Becroft, indepen dent of the services of his vessel, the Athiope, was, I can assure their Lordships, almost indispensable to the safety of the Albert ; and I consider it to have been so highly conducive to the preservation of many valuable lives, which might have been sacrificed, had we run aground in the Delta, and remained there even for a few days, that I 'shall present him with 1051., and his engi neer with 101. 10s., by bins on the Accountant-General of the Navy ; and I trust their Lordships will sanction this expenditure when they take the circumstances of the case, and the highly meritorious conduct of Captain Be croft, into consideration. The morning after our arrival here the sick were all landed in comfortable quarters, provided for the officers and men in the most kind and prompt manner by the agent of the West African Company ; and we have reason to believe the climate to be healthy for the pre sent. The air is cooler thlan the Niger by about twelve degrees. I omitted to mention that off the bar of the Nun we met the Soudan, about to re-ascend the river, under charge of Lieutenant Strange, in the absence of Lieute nant Fishbourne, who had been sent sick to Ascension. She was in a very inefficient state, and returned with us to this anchorage. Mr. Strange is at present in charge of the Albert, as well as the Soudan, the officers of this ship of every rank being in sick quarters, with the ex ception of Mr. Mouat, assistant clerk; doing duty at the hospital. fregret to state, that in addition to the loss of Mr. Nightingale, assistant-surgeon, and four seamen, as mentioned in my letter of the 18th of September, be tween the Confluence and Egga, Mr. Lodge, the second engineer, threw himself overboard in a fit of delirium, and was drowned ; and that afterwards two seamen and one marine of this ship died, and Mr. Kingdon, seamen's schoolmaster of the Soudan ; and that Mr. Willie, mate, and the purser's steward, have died here since our ar rival ; and it is my painful duty to add that the death of Commander Bird Allen, of the Soudan, has been this moment reported to me, and that Mr. D. 11. Stenhouse, acting Lieutenant of the Albert, is lying in a most pre carious state. For several days after Mr. Willie was taken ill he insisted occasionally upon getting out of his cot (which was on deck) and giving orders, and I fear the extra exertions of this zealous young officer contri buted much to aggravate his case. I am happy to say there is a general improvement taking place in the remainder of the sick, with the ex ception-of-Dr. M'William and Mr. Woodhouse, assis tant-surgeon, who have lately been taken ill, the latter with the " river fever," and Dr. M‘William, it is feared, may prove to be so likewise ; but these cases, I trust, will not prove severe, now that we are iu a better and cooler climate. I hope all the patients will be so far improved, and the engineers so much recovered, as in a short time to be able to proceed with the Albert to Ascension. I call the disease the " river fever," because the sur geons report it to be of a nature that is not treated of in anv work on the subject, and it has such peculiarities as they appear never before to have witnessed either in African or West Indian fever. _ _ The Soudan, as alluded to before, left the Confluence on her passage down the river on the 19th of September, under charge of Lieutenant Fishbourne, with the mas ter, a mate, and the second engineer able to do a little duty ; but on the following day these officers were too ill to afford Mr. Fishbourne any assistance. He had, how ever, two stokers able to drive the engines, who were for a time well enough to do duty, and he reached the mouth of the Nun in the short space of two days afterwards. During the last 24 hours before reaching Fernando Po he was compelled to work the engines and do every other duty himself. Such exertions could not fail to hurt his health, and he was seized with fever at this place after his arrival, though lam happy to say he was doing well on board the Wilberforce when she sailed for Ascension. I beg strongly to recommend the zeal and exertions of this officer for the favourable consideration of their Lordships. The Sotidan opportunely met the Dolphin at the mouth of the Nun, snd received prompt assistance from her commander, who embarked 35 patients (all that were fit to be removed), and sailed with them fur Ascension, un der charge of Mr. Sterling, assistant-surgeon of the Wil berforce. Before the Soudan reached Fernando Po, Mr. Mar shall, acting-surgeon, and Mr. Waters, clerk in charge, fell a sacrifice to the climate, and a stoker of the Soudan, and the seamen's schoolmaster of the Albert, died after their arrival. - Mr. Thompson, Assistant. Surgeon of the Wilberforce, had charge of the sick on board the Soudan on her pas sage down the river, and his exertions and fatigue, from which he is now suffering, were only equalled by those of Mr. Fishbourne. _ _ The Wilberforce left the Confluence on the 21st of September, but, owing to the necessity of cutting fuel, did not reach the mouth of the Nun until the 25th, nor Fernando Po till the Ist of October. Dr. Pritchett, the Acting-Surgeon of that ship, had 26 cases under treat ment when she left the Confluence, and the number in creased afterwards, and I can assure their Lordships that the exertions of that officer were of no ordinary kind, and his duties on the way to Ascension, now that be has no assistant, are likely to be still more arduous; this officer's services, as well as those of Mr. Thomp son, Acting-Surgeon of the Soudan, render them highly deserving o itheir Lordships' consideration for promo tion. The Inspector of Fleets and Naval Hospitals will, when he receives their reports, be well able to judge of their merits and arduous services on this expedition. The Wilberforce, during her passage down and at Fernando Po, had the misfortune to lose her purser, Mr. Cyrus Wakeham, and Peter Fitzgerald,.a stoker; also Mr: Harvey, Acting M as ter o f file Albert ; tend tOleniani Acting Assistant-Surgeon of the Soudan. I hate before mentioned the exertions and judgment displayed by Dr. M‘Williain, the surgeon of this vessel, in bringing her down the greater.part of the Niger in safety ; but this would be considered the more remark able if it were possible to convey to their Lordships the exertions and fatigue he had to go through in his at tendance upon :he sick. I cannot 'speak too much in praise of this valuable officer, nor feel thankful enough that a man of so much talent and energy was appointed to the expedition. I have already alluded to Dr. Stanger's praise-worthy conduct in his acquiring a knowledge of the steam-en gine, by which we were enabled to get down the river so much more spgedily than we otherwise could have done ; but this gentleman was, if possible, still more useful in the medical assistance which he rendered to Dr. M'Wil liam, who latterly had no assistant-surgeon to relieve him in his duties. lam sorry to say that 1)r. Stanger is be ginning to feel the effect of his exertions, having had fever (although slightly) within the last two days. I must also mention Mr. Mouat, assistant-clerk, who, having served several years with a surgeon in London, was able to render great assistance in the medical de partment up the river, and is particularly of use at this moment, when Dr. M'William and Mr. Woodhouse, assistant-surgeon, are ill. I beg - to recommend to their Lordships' consideration the propriety of remunerating this gentleman for his services, more particularly as his pay as clerk's assistant is so very small. In bringing before their Lordships' notice the ad mirable conduct of the surgeon and acting-surgeons of the expedition, I wish by no means to disparage the exertions of Mr. Woodhouse, the assistant-surgeon of this ship or of Mr. Sterling, th e ass ista n t- su rgeon of the Wilberforce, or those*of the deceased medical offi cers, which were very great, though not of so responsible a nature as those of Dr: M'William and Dr. Pritchett, Of or Mr. Thonfpgafi, who before he descended the river with the large umber of sick in the &Alba was for a length of time doing duty in that vessel during the pro tracted illness of the late acting surgeon, Mr. Marshall. 'The hhinher of deaths that has happened after the vessels got through the Delta tifitll the sailing of the Wilberforce hence for Ascension is shown in the enclosed paper. I have no exact return of the number taken ill in the Wilberforce, but I believe it may be stated that only five white persons escaped the fever in that vessel, whilst there are only four who have not been attacked in the Albert up to the present time, and no white per son iu the Soudan escaped it ; and• when I add that Dr. M'William is of opinion that few, if any, will be fit to return to the coast of Africa who have had the fever, and that ever Lieutenant excepting Mr. Strange, all the medical officers but Dr. Pritchett and Mr. Thompson (it is doubtful yet whether Dr. M'William has the river fever or not), all the mates, masters, second masters, and clerks, the whole of the engineers and stokers of the expedition, and the gunner of the Albert (the only ves sel that has an officer of that rank), have been attacked, their Lordships will be able to form an idea of the pa ralyzed state of the steam-vessels. It will be impossible for me to inform their Lordships as to the efficiency of the expedition for future opera tions until I can get to Ascension. I may, however, ob serve, that it will be found scarcely possible to officer and man more than one of the steam-vessels, unless as sistance be sent from England, or obtained from the strength of the African squadron. As the lEthioPe will probably go home in April next, I have obtained the promise of Captain Becreft to leave his surgeon behind, if he can be spared, who would take an acting order as assistant-surgeon, and willingly go up the Niger again, and if he can spare his black engineer also, he will endeavour to induce him to remain out with the view of joining the expedition. Could their Lordships obtain assistant-surgeons and black engineers in England to volunteer for the expedi tion it would be most desirable, as it is quite a contin gency our obtaining the individuals alluded to belonging to the )Ethiope. Dr. M'William is quite of opinion, as far as he can judge, that the Niger is not fit for white constitutions, and I shall take care to keep this in view when making arrangements at Ascension, so that the fewest possible number of white men may be continued in the steam vessels. Captain Becroft, whose knowledge of the river exceeds that of any other person, is of opinion (and I quite concur with him on the subject) that the Niger should not be entered before the beginning of July, as it is doubtful whether the river will have sufficiently risen to insure the passage up without detention, so that their Lordships may calcuate upon the Albert and Wilberforce remain ing at Ascension till the Ist of June. It will be necessary for one steam vessel to go up the Niger next year, as I left the Amelia tender at the Confluence of the Niger and the Tchadda, for the pro tection of.the people of the model farm. Not thinking it right to leave up the river any white person after the fatal sickness we had experienced, I placed the vessel in charge of a trustworthy black, with twelve other natives of Africa under him, all intelligent steady men. Their Lordships will remember that they Bare per mission for the utensils of the model farm to be carried out by the expedition, which were landed at the desire of Mr. Can, the superintendent, at a spot which he se lected for the site of the farm, situated immediately op posite to the Confluence ; and as Mr. Can made a re quest for naval protection to his people in the absence of the steamers, which I considered very reasonable, I ob- tamed volunteers to remain there in the Amelia before the Albert went to Egga ; and on my return to the Confluence I was too ill to do duty, but Dr. M'William, at my desire, sent nine months' provisions on board, and cowries were left to buy several months' more. In our distressed state it would have been impossible to tow the Amelia down the river, but independently of that con sideration,.it was, I conceive, necessary to leave a vessel for the protection of the farm people. It is also very desirable that a vessel should get up to Rabbah, if possible, next year, not only to complete a series of treaties which h ave been already commenced, but to show the people of Rabbah that a man-of-war can get up to the town; and the presence of one of her Ma jesty's vessels there might, I conceive, have a beneficial effect in the future treatment of the Nufi nation, whom we found much oppressed by the Felatahs, and also tend much to the extinction of the slave trade in the upper part of the Niger. This, however, cannot be deter mined until I meet with my brother Commissioners at Ascension. Should only one of the steamers ascend the Niger next year, I would prefer one of the larger ones to be selected, from their superior velocity and stowage. Under pre sent circumstances, I would countermand the coals which I requested might be forwarded to Bonny, though, if already shipped, they will doubtless prove very useful ; for it is more difficult to procure wood in that than in most other African rivers, owing to the prejudice against Kroomen cutting it. _ _ I conceive it will be my duty to go to England by the first opportunity from Ascension after my arrival, in order to lay the exact condition of the expedition before their Lordships, and I have every reason to think I shall be able to arrive in March, which would give me ample time to rejoin the expedition should their Lordships re quire my further services. I may state, for their Lordships' information, that the Albert and Wilberforce could not proceed to England with safety excepting in the summer months, and 1 con sider the Soudan as quite incapable of returning to Europe at all. lam preparing to leave the Soudan in this sheltered harbour, in charge of native-ship keepers; and as Captain Becroft has promised to make his engi neer light the fires occasionally, and work the engine, and as Lieutenant Blount. of the Pluto, will be able to do the same when he comes into port, there is every probability of the machinery being kept in good order. I am in daily expectation of the arrival of the Golden Spring, with fuel from England, of which there is scarcely enough remaining here to fill the Albert's bunkers, the Pluto having used a large quantity of our store. I hope a supply of luel may have been sent to Ascension before this time, so as to enable us to keep the machinery of the vessels in good order at that island. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient ser vant, H. D. TROTTER, Captain. The following are the names of officers and men of the Niger expe:lition who have died between the Ist of September, 1841 (the time of the vesi;els getting through the Delta of the Niger, on the passage up, and of the first breaking out of the " river fever" on board the Soudan), anti the 25th of October, 1841. The list does not include any who may have died on the passage to Ascension in the Dolphin or Wilberforce : HER MAJESVII'S STEAM-VESSELS ALBERT, WILBER FORCE, AND SOUDAN. RA NE. NAMES. .... DATE OF ALBERT : DECEASE. F. D. Nightingale.... Assistant-surgeon G. B. Harvey Acting-master Died in the Wilberforce. W. C. R illie Mate Oct. 18, 1841. Albion Lodge Second engineer Oct. 7, 1841. John Peglar Armourer ...Sept. 6, 1841. , s crew ......... Sept. se ) t. 1 14, 1 ll 8 1 4 4 1 1 . John Burgess ...... .... Sailmaker . G, orge Powell... ...... C oo p er James Robertson ...... Stoker Sept. 17, 1841. John Fuge .............. Ship's c00k......... George Symes ......... Caulker ...........0ct. 17, 1841. Robert Millward.. ••••Pu rser's steward ...... ....Oct. 22, 1841. Lewis J. Wolfe ........ Seaman's schoolmaster... Sept. 27, 1841; died in the WILBERFORCE:— Soudan. Cyrus Wakeham .....purser ................... .. Kneebone ..... ...A.B Rablin Fitzgerald .........Stoker ............... ...„, SounAw— Bird Allen , Commander ...............Oct. 25, 1841. W. B. Marshall Acting-surgeon __ Sept. 21, 1841. H. Coleman ..... Assistant -surgeon N. Waters ............Clerk in Charge ...... Sept. 22, 1841. W. Levinge ..Captain's 5teward......... James Thomas Carpenter's crew ......... Sept. 21, 1841. Christopher Bigley Stoker ........... . ......... Oct. 2, 1841. William Kingdon Seamen's schoolmaster... Oct. 12, 1841; died in the Albert. H. D. TROTTER, Captain. WYCOMBE ABBEY. — A large party of Lord Carrington's tenantry assembled here on Tuesday last, to partake of a sumptuous dinner provided by his Lord ship in celebration of the christening of the Prince of Wales. John Neale, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Fitzwil. Liam attended from London, and enlivened the company by many of his comic songs. The labourers and work men on the estate had also a substantial dinner on the occasion, and the Staff of the Royal Bucks Militia dined together at the expense of their Noble Colonel. Lord Ashburton's departure on hi s spec i a l mis sion to Washington was fixed fo r to -d ay , b u t, ow i ng to the tempestuous state of the weather, his Lordship's embarkation has been postponed for a few days. Mrs. Beaumont Smith is now living near Fitz roy-square, and on Tuesday was to leave town for Ports mouth, to visit her wretched husband previous to his de parture from our shores. She was a widow when he mar ried her, and has a son by her former husband, Her own property i s secure d upon her, MISFORTUNES AND FAILURES OF EXPEDITIONS TO THE NIGER. ( FROM MARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME.) Of the undiscovered tracts and countries which form the immense area of Interior Africa, though centuries have gone by, and Romans, Arabs, Por tuguese, and English have endeavoured to pene trate into their circuits, yet it is astonishing how little at the present day is known, to satisfy the in quiring mind. All that we know, may be almost contained in the description given by the mallam or learned priest of the Sultan Bello, who, when Clapperton asked him, answered, that "Of the great river, we know not its source, nor of any one who has seen it. It rushes and precipitates itself through the country from left to right, and con tains many islands inhabited by fishermen, herds men, husbandmen, and settlers. As to the variety of its animals, birds, and fish, it i s on ly k nown to the Lord Creator." Among the most formidable difficulties in this country to travellers, there are none more alarming and insuperable than those arising from climate. Imminent dangers arising from the presence of sa vage men or animals are of a transient nature, and capable of being guarded against by vigilance and strength ; but the secret and devastating opera tions of a pestilential climate are too subtle and deadly to permit in almost any shapg of device for counteraction. The treachery of the tribes of Africa has done little towards destroying travellers and explorers, compared with the destructive and exterminating influences of her noxious clime ; and it is almost solely to this that the slow progress of African discovery is to be attributed, The banks of the Joliba, Quorra, or Niger, seem invisibly gen ._ tinelled by an ever...repelling power. In the ensuing paper, a brief recapitulation of all former and modern attempts to discover the source of the Niger, and the misfortunes, failures, and partial successes that have attended upon the travels and investigations of inquirers, will show the absolute fatality, attending in some shape or other all expeditions of a similar nature to that which has just dispatched homeward its new ad- dition to the catalogue of calamities which have already been its precursors. The first notice in history on this point, appears in Herodotus, who states in his 4. Geography of Africa," that some young Nasamonians, a people who dwelt on the borders of the Mediterranean, travelled in a westerly direction from Egypt, until they came to a large river full of crocodiles, and flowing towards the rising sun, and they were con ducted by the natives to a considerable city, situated on its banks. The difficulty of determining the ex pression due west at this period of time, leaves the passage doubtful. Colonel Leake, however, in a recent letter read by him to the Geographical Society, considers that they travelled along the Niger, and the city to which they were conducted was Timbuctoo. Strabo speaks little of the Niger, but Pliny largely ; he traces it through Mauritania, but falls into the error of Herodotus, who considers the Nile and Niger one river. Mela was the most reasonable geographer, and coincides as to the general opinion of the source of the Niger, but with proper candour acknowledges, that no one knew what became of it at the centre of the con- tinent. Ptolemy, whose account of the Niger is very vague, closes all that the ancients knew of it. From the Arabians some fuller accounts of the geograpy of the country are to be gleaned. Abul feda and Edrisi knew it, and state that it assumed a westerly course across the continent, until it reached the Atlantic Ocean, or " Sea of Dark ness," and to distinguish it from the Nile, called it the " Nile of the Negroes." The maritime enterprise of the Portuguese led them early into the interior, but though they ob tained a considerable store of information respect ing the Niger, they turned it but to little account. In their maps a remarkable circumstance is ob servable regarding the position of Timbuctoo. This city is placed so near the sea, as to excite suspicion of it being the same as that on the Niger, and another place called Tamboucanee, on the Senegal, is mentioned as answering their Tim buctoo. The source of the Niger, however, as well as its course, remained in obscurity till English geogra phers and travellers took the field. With Great Britain, a new era in the progress of African geo graphy commenced, and in 1788, a number of wealthy and philanthropic individuals formed them selves into a Society for the express purpose of pro moting discovery in that country. Mr. John Ledyard, was the first person de spatched under the auspices of the " African Asso ciation" upon this mission; he had already been round the world with Captain Cook, and had undergone hardships and privations in a journey through Russia, which, as the exploits of a single traveller, stand unrivalled. In June, 1788, he de parted, and reached Cairo in the month of August following—when, becoming impatient and vexed by the delay of the caravan with which he was to have travelled, his anxious mind sunk under disappointment, and death quickly terminated his career. His instructions were, to have penetrated into Africa by way of Egypt, and to traverse the Continent in the latitude of the Niger. Mr. Lucas was the next who went to explore the Niger. The journey of this traveller is remark able for the additions he contributed to African geography, but he did not penetrate further than to the south of Mesurata, five days' journey from ripoli. In bus account of the Fezzan merchants, who crossed the Niger at a ferry two miles south of Cassena, may probably be discerned the ferry of Comie, below Boossa. Major Houghton, on the part of the African Association, next undertook the task. Travelling as far as Jarra, he was plundered and deserted by the Moors who accompanied him, and he died, after several days' wandering, from hunger and exhaustion. Mulig° Park, in 1795, next took up this hazardous enterprise. The terrible sufferings that Park underwent are related in his own Journal. In his first journey, he nearly fell a prey. Having encountered all the horrors of the rainy season, and being worn down with fatigue, his health had, at different times, been seriously affected. But soon after his arrival at Kamalia, he fell into a severe and dangerous fit of sickness, by which he was closely confined for upwards of a month. His life was preserved by the hospitality and benevolence of Karfa Taura, a negro, who received him into his house, and at tended him with the kindest solicitude. In Park's second expedition, arranged with the Secretary for Colonial Affairs, the plan was to send him with a detachment of soldiers, and a few seamen and carpenters, to construct vessels for the navigation of the Niger. With these 25 soldiers, their Lieutenant, and the others, he arrived at the wished-for-point, ready to embark on the Niger, but the rains destroyed his men with a fatal rapi dity. He lost the whole of his companions, except Lieutenant Martyn and three soldiers, of whom one was in a state of mental derangement. The death of his friend and brother-in-law, Mr. Anderson, affected him most deeply. " Nu event," says he, " ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave ; I then felt myself as if left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa." Of this melancholy affair, he writes to Lord Camden thus,-- ,4 Your Lordship will recollect that I always spoke of the rainy Season with horror, as being extremely fatal to Europeans; and our journey from the Gambia to the Niger will furnish a melancholy proof of it. We had no contest with the natives, nor were any of us killed by wild animals, or any other accident ; and yet, I am sorry to say, that of 44 Europeans who left the Gambia in perfect health, five only are at present alive."—Dated Sansanding, Nov. 17, 1805. At this most trying moment, however, his habi tual constancy did not forsake him. Though about to embark on a vast and unknown river, through the midst of savage nations, and a long succession of rapids and cataracts, this voyage, one of the most formidable ever attempted, was to be under taken by him in a crazy and ill-appointed vessel, which, principally by his own labour, he had con structed of two old patched and worn-out canoes, manned only by a few negroes and four Europeans. From Sandansing, Park embarked with the in tention of descending the river to its mouth ; but, on reaching Boossa, was attacked by the natives and killed, after having previously suffered impri sonment more than three months. The strong determination of Park to persevere in 'his design of tracing the course of the river to its termination, is thus expressed in one of his letters from this place :....... 14 Though all the Europeans who are with me shall die, and though I myself were half-dead, I would still persevere ; and if I ' t-ould not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at Intst die in the Niger.' M. Hornemann, a German traveller, wag cent out by the Association, but he contributed little to the knowledge on the Niger. At the same time, and by the same parties, another German, M. Roeutzen set out, but he is supposed to have been murdered by his servant, a person of suspicious character. The next person who is supposed to have visited Timbuctoo, was an American seamen, named Adams, but his narrative throws no additional light on the course of the Niger. In 1816, Captain Tuckey, of the Royal Navy, with an expedition under his direction, was sent out to penetrate into Africa by the river Congo, and so to arrive at the Niger. The fate of this expedition was the counterpart of its followers ; 280 miles from the coast was the extent of its progress, and the question was as far as ever from being decided. At the same time, another party, consisting of 100 men, were placed under the di rection of Major Peddle, to reach the Niger by Park's route from the Gambia; this party ascended the river Nunez, but were equally unfortunate with the Congo expedition. Captain Clapperton's expedition was disastrous at its very outset. Himself, Captain Pearce, and Dr. Morrison, had the imprudence to sleep in the open air for two successive nights, on the swampy and unwholesome coast, by which they were all at tacked with fever, and the two latter fell victims in the course of a fortnight, leaving Captain Clap perton to proceed alone. Clapperton, accompanied by Lander, visited Boossa, the place of Park's death, He had imbibed a strong aversion to des cending the Niger, and made no secret of it to Lander. His firm conviction was, that whoever attempted to go down this river would fall by the attacks of the natives. Clapperton crossed the river at Comiex, below Boossa, and arrived soon after at Socatoo. The successful progress of Clapperton through the interior thus far is well known ; but, sad to say, the first lesson that led to the death of his two friends was quite disregarded, and though athletic of frame, yet, on his arrival at Socatoo, being overcome with fatigue, he laid down unguardedly on a damp spot in the open air, giving rise to an attack of dysentery, which became aggravated, and ended in his death. This occurred in the presence of his attached servant Richard Lander. "Richard," said Clipperton, " I shall shortly be no more ; I feel myself dying." Almost choked with grief, Lander replied, " God forbid, my dear master, you will live many years yet." " Don't be so much affected, my dear boy, I entreat you," said he, " it is the will of the Almighty, it cannot be helped." lie then delivered to Lander his papers, with di rections for his , guidance, and shortly after died. M. Lacaille s safety, who, inspired by the pre mium proposed by the French Society of Geogra phy, has since penetrated to Timbuctoo, and thence to Morocco, appears to have been insured by his following the example of Hornemaun and Burek hardt, in assuming the character of a Mahometan. Major Laing was another victim to these expe ditions ; and he met with a more tragical fate than any of his predecessors. The bigotry and rapacity of the Moors first put him in peril of his life. Laing was first surprised in the Desert by a party of Tuaricks, who plundered and left him for dead, having inflicted twenty-four sabre-wounds on him, from which he almost miraculously recovered. At Timbuctoo he found a kindly reception from th e Sheik Boubokar, so long as he had power to pro tect him, but the fortune of war had thrown this city into the hands of another chief, to whom Boubokar was obliged to act as viceroy, and who dispatched him an order which compelled him to send off Major Laing as expelled from the country. The good old chief accordingly put Major Laing under the charge of Barbooski, an Arab chief, who undertook to conduct him in safety as far as Arawan ; but that traitor, on finding Major Laing completely in his power, murdered him, end took possession of all his property. The spirit of intolerance displayed by some of the African tribes is not, however, unrelieved by instances of genuine pity. Once, when Lander was lying at the foot of a tree, almost expiring with fatigue and thirst, he implored numerous pas sengers for a drop of water, but they said to each other, "Heis a Kaffer—let him die." Yet there was found at last a good Samaiitan, who, amid the reproaches of his countrymen, relieved a suffer ing fellow-mortal. The Lander expedition is of too recent date to need our entering into particulars. The mournful assassination of Richard Lander was coupled with strange circumstances. " White man will never reach Eboe this time," was an exclamation that greeted his ears from King Jacket, a relative of King Boy, and one of the heartless and sullen chiefs who ruled over the marsh country on the banks of the Brass River, uttered while his eyes sparkled with malignity. The subsequent am buscades of the natives lower down the river, and the murderous discharges of musketry while the boats were pushing off, fully showed the meaning of the threat, and, from the effects of the musket wounds he received, Lander died on his arrival at Fernando Po. The last expedition, the lamentable accounts of which have just reached us, adds to these records of fatality perhaps a more frightful instance than any that have preceded it. In former cases, a single and valuable life has been sacrificed, or in cases where numbers constituted the expeditions, the largest average of lives sacrificed was in the second expedition under Park ; but when souls, exceeding more than half a hundred, have been rashly hazarded and sacrificed, as in the present case, it is to be feared that so appalling an instance will, from its alarming nature, be the strongest preventive, both on the minds of individuals and the feeling of this or future Governments, towards attempting a similar undertaking. THE CONVICT DELAHUNT. This wretched man, as we have already said, made a full confession of his horrible crime some days since. The following account is given in the Dublin Morning Register of Monday : " The Governor, when making his usual inspection of the prison on Saturday morning, visited the prisoner, about nine o'clock. After referring to his interview with his parents on the preceding day, the Governor said he had heard that his father had given him some good ad vice, and expressed a hope that he had profited by it, to which he replied in the affirmative. The Governor then said he did not wish to press him to make any commu nication, but if he was desirous to make a voluntary statement to him he was prepared to listen to it. Dela hunt then made the following statement :—He said, that for about a month previous to the commission of the crime, he was nightly oppressed with the feeling that he sh ould commit murder, but then formed no definite purpose with respect to his victim, except this, that he intended it should be a child, as it would be less able than a grown person to offer any resistance to his murderous designs. He said that he endeavoured to shake off the feeling that thus oppressed him, but it clung to him with such tena city that he was unable to expel it from his mind. Hav ing procured the knife at his brother's house, as stated on the trial, for the purpose of committing the murder, he wandered about the streets during the day, in search of his prey. At length he perceived the boy Maguire playing with some other children, in the neighbourhood of Plunket-street, and his attention was particularly at tracted to him by observing him make several inef fectual attempts to jump on a coal-cart that was pas sing through the street. He called to him on the pretence that he wanted to send him of a message, and promised to reward him for his trouble. They proceeded together to the several places stated on the trial, with the exception of the public house at the corner of Capel-street, where it was de posed on the trial they were seen taking coffee together. He said they were not there, and they did not take any coffee, for he had no money to pay for it. At length he brought him to the lane near Pembroke-road, and there perpetrated the bloody deed. It appeared on the trial that a large stone had been used in committing the mur der ; but on being questioned' about it he denied having made use of the stone. He was then asked how it occurred that there were no spots of blood on him, and he said that on committing the murder he had guarded against such result. He seized the boy by the forehead, and having - pressed his back forcibly against his thigh, drew the knife quickly across his throat, and then flung him from him. The boy made no resistance, and, he believed, was unaware of his intentions. He then ran away, and did not hear the boy scream or give any other indication of vitality. When questioned as to his motive for bringing the boy to his sister-in-law's house, he could not account for it ; but it is probable he was waiting until night, to enable him to effect his object with greater certainty. He was then asked if he intended to implicate the boy's mother in the murder ? He said he did not, that he did not know her ; and, in describing the dress of the female by whom he alleged the murder was committed, he did not mean to implicate her or any other person. It will be recollected that, in the former statement, he said his object in com mitting the murder was to be taken care of in the Lower Castle-yard, and to prosecute some person for it • but, on the present occasion, he denied being actuated by any such motive. The Governor said he hoped he was telling him the truth ; and he declared he was doing so, as sincerely as if he were making the disclosure to his spiritual atlyiser." MORNING SUN PUSEYISM. - THE PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND SUSPECTED. Addresses are pouring in daily to Lambeth Palace, calling upon the Chief Shepherd of the flock to guard them against wolves in sheeps' clothing. Protestants begin to suspect that he is a dumb dog that cannot bark, and, if we judge from the answers of the Primate, to their eaiTest and conscientious entreaties, they certainly havo cause for alarm. The answers to their applications afe all the same, and simply amount to this—" I will give due consideration to the subject." While the subject agitates the whole kingdom, and threatens to make an awful schism _in the Church, the most Reverend Father in 6 - od, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, seems to look at it as a matter which he has yet to take into his consideration. The following address and reply, just published, show that there are good reasons for alarm. The Catholics rejoice and say, the present successor of Thomas -a-Becket will yet perform high mass at Canterbury : TO THE MOST REVEREND FATHER n GOD, HIS GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, iIIIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND, AND METROPOLITAN. We, the undersigned lay members of tLe. Church re of England, inhabitants of Bristol and its vicWitY, ' garding• with dismay the views recently inculcatea by the authors of the " Tracts for the Times," and their ez tensive and baneful influence amongst the members of our Church, venture to address your Grace, as the chief ecclesiastical guardian of the Church of Christ, in England, persuaded that many of those writings are utterly repgnant to the Word of God, at variance with the plain meaning of the Articles, Liturgy, and Homi lies of the Church of England, and contain the essence of many of the most fatal errors of the Church of Rome. • This tendency was clearly discerned, and joyfully hailed, two years ago, at Rome itself, as appears from the fol lowing extract from a publication issued under the sanc tion of the Propaganda College : " The attention of all good Catholics, and especially of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, cannot be enough excited by the present state of religion in England, in consequence of the new doctrine propa gated with so much ability and success by Messrs. New man, Pusey, and Keble." The extract concludes with these words :—" In such sort as to leave but little dif ference between their opinions and the true faith, and which difference becomes less and less every day. Faith ful ! redouble your prayers, that these happy disposi tions may be increased." We, therefore, humbly entreat your Grace to take such measures as may seem most advisable for obtaining from the Episcopal Bench their authoritative and united condemnation of those opinions, of which several of the Bishops have already expressed their individual disap probation at their triennial visitations, and amongst the est, the Lord Bishop of this diocese on a very recent ccasion. _ . _ We now solemnly and earnestly commend this matter to your Grace, to whom the charge and oversight of the flock of Christ in this part of the United Kingdom has been committed by the Chief Shepherd and Bishop of our souls; and with the utmost respect we beg to subscribe ourselves, Your Grace's most obedient and faithful servants. REPLY OF HIS GRACE. Lambeth, Jan. 24, 1842. GENTLEMEN—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of an address, very numerously and respectably signed, by lay members of the Church of England, inha bitants of the city of Bristol and its neighbourhood ; and I request you to inform them that in compliance with their request, I will give due consideration to the subject to which they have solicited my atteution.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, . Your most obedient servant, W. CANTUAR. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JAN. 27.—Wind this day at noon, W., fresh OFF MARGATE, JAN. 26.—Sir Chas. Forbes, Manzi tins; Mary Bell, Shields, for Constantinople. DEAL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Margaret, Bergh, 'Moulmein ; Ann Lo , !kerby, Burt, Mauritius; Diamond, Baldwin, Buenos Ayres; William Horster, Killick, Nassau ; Edmml, Allan, Nassau. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.S.E. to W.N.W., very fresh.--Arrd. Ann, Budson, Liina ; Farnenina, Levitt, New Orleans; IVarre, Sanders, Cameroons, sailed from Fernando I'o, Nov. 23; loyalist, Shottin, Attica Bay. The Sultan, loss, bound to Halifax, has put back front lon. 40, after being out 59 days. Dorro, JAN. 26.—Remke, Glem, from Surinam to Amsterdam, was totally wrecked to the westward of the pier this morning ; during a heavy gale at S.S.W.—crew saved. Arrived off; Norfolk, Palma, Patras ; and Flora FALMOUTH, JAN. N.W. to W., strong breezes.—Arrd. Denvar, Odessa. SM. Sirß. Peel, China JERSEY, JAN. 22.—Arrd. Waterwitch, Bode, Gaspe. 24.—Ocean, Bradley, Civita Vecchia, mainmast cat away, having been on her beam ends, bound to London. SWANSEA, .TAN. 25.—Arrd. Alexander, Harrey ; Alex ander and Catharine, Grainger. The Justow, from New port to Barnstaple, which was ashore at the back of the pier, has been got off and brought into the harbour. DUBLIN, JAN. 24.—Arrd. Mary Jane, Smyrna. CLYDE, JAN. 23.—S1d. Sesostris, New York. 11A rtwicit, JAN. 26.—The Tiger, Bahia, for London, assisted in with loss of anchors, boat stove, sails split, &e. ; Susan Shields, for Cadiz, crew disabled, &c .. BnysToL, JAN. 26.—1 t has blown a heavy gale at S.W. to N. W. since SA. M. and continues. The Prosperous . ,, hence to Bridgewater, was picked up yesterday in, Walton Bay, waterlogged and abandoned. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ships Vindictive and Warspitc; eastward. 26th.—It commenced blowing hard this mornii; . g about seven o'clock from S.S.W., and continued to increase till noon, when it blew a heavy gale, varying to W. There has been no abatement since. Seven P.M.-11. blows hard, and every appearance of a dirty night. The Little Queen, Barris, from Youghal, in entering the harbour, drove ashore on Southseaßeach, • just before low water. Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, is riding near the Dean Buoy, with mainmast cut away. The Isadore, Dunbar, from Cardiff to London, ashore no the sand head, has discharged about 150 tons of cargo. The Ontario, late Hogg, from Newcastle to Alexandria, which put in here leaky, 21st ult., has been discharged and repaired, and is reshipping her cargo. The Royal George, De Gruchy, has completed her repairs, and is ready for sea. Arrd. Johanna Maria, Schon, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Castor, (Dutch S.W.) Texel for Surinam. SALTFLEET, JAN. H.—The Hiram, Gibson, from Malaga to Hull, was driven ashore near here to-day ; cargo discharging : the vessel has not at present sus tained any damage. Lo w ESTOFFE, JAN. 2 G.—Th e Thomas Holloway, Miles, ran on the inner shoals this morning during a. tremendous gale at S.—crew saved. It continues to blow a gale. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—Her Majesty's ship Volage, from Plymouth, 13th inst., lat. 36, lon. 15, by the Alpha, arrived at Falmouth. Arethusa„ Liverpool to Macao, Sept. 14, lat. 36 S., lon. 42 E ' by the Herald, arrived at the Cape. Parsee, Liverpool to Calcutta, Sept. 29, lat. 25 N., lon. 20 W. ; Emerald Isle, from London, Oct. 26, hit. 21 S., lon. 18 IV., by the Packet, arrived at London. Carnatic, London to China, Sept. 4, lat. 37 S., lon. 19 E., by the Minalto, arrived at the Mauritius. ! Co lumbia, Batavia to Amsterdam, lat. 22 S., lon. 67 E. ; Sarah Burkett, Liverpool to Sydney, Aug. 29, lat. 35 S., lon. 4 E., by the Alice, arrived at Mauritius. French barque Nantes, and English brig Tiger, Oct. 20, lat. 36 S., ton. 22 E., by the Helen, arrived in the Downs. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—Ann Lockerby, Burt, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed 31st October ; Sir Charles Forbes, Bacon, from Mauritius, off Margate, sailed October 4, Cape, Nov. 20 ; Margaret Bergh, from Moulmein, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 3, St. Helena, Nov. 27. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—Achilles, Nov. 13, from Jersey ; Mary Reid, from Algoa Bay ; Sultana, Scott, from London, and sailed, 16th, to Sydney; Anna, Page, from Rio ; Minus , L udlow, 14th, from Simon's Bay ; Levant, Holmes, .15th, from the Mozam7 ibique ; Emma, Aubin , 18th, from Marseilles ; Royal Albert, 18th, from Calcutta. Departures from Table Bay.--True Briton, Coonsitt, Nov. 12, for Madras ; Janet Muir, Thomson, 15th, to Trieste ; Coriolanus, 17th, to New York ; Iris, Fisher, 17th, to Madras. Departures from Simon's Bay.—Mexborough, Bridg man, Nov. 12, to Hobart Town ; her Majesty's brig Curlew, Ross, 17th, to East Coast. Arrivals at Mauritius.—Sea Witch, Oct 19, from Bourbon ; Charles Hiddle, 21st, from Angontey ; Cale donia, 23d ; William Allen, 26th ; Lord Saumarez, 27th, all from Madagascar ; Marchioness of Breadalbane,29tb ; Lawrence, and Elizabeth Walker, all from Calcutta. The Juverna, Ramsay, and Eliza Leishman, were to sail Oct. 30, from Mauritius, all for Calcutta. Arrivals at Teneritie.—Her Majesty's ship Cambrian, Nov. 22, from Plymouth, and sailed to the East Indies ; her Majesty's ship Siren, Dec. 3, from Plymouth, And sailed, sth, to India ; John Brewer, Dcc. 27, from Sheer ness, and sailed, 28th, to Hobart Town ; Doolcot, 30th, from London, and sailed, 2d January, to China ; her Majesty's ships Belleisle, Sapphire, and Apollo. 30th, from Plymouth, and sailed Ist January, to China. SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE 150 MIAs LONG.—While travelling lately in Central America, Steph(ns visited the ruined city of Ocosingo. When there, he was told that there was a communication by a subterranean passage from those ruins with the city of Palenque, that was distant about one hundred and 'fifty miles ! This is a very decent addition to the wonders of the New World. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OT MILTOWN.—Her Ladyship died at her house, in Upper Merrion-street, Dublin, on Sunday evening, having reached her 100th year. NORTHAMPTON, JAN. 24.—Although North ampton has more than 20,000 inhabitants, and a beau tiful and healthy barrack, it has been left w ithout military for a considerable length of time,in consequence of which an address, numerously signed, and headed by the Mayor, has teen presented to Sir James Graham, the Home Secretary, soliciting him to allow the barrack to he inhabited, which it is hoped he will accede to. Lately, two fine specimens of that handsome bird, the common bittern (botaus stellaris, Steph.), were shot in this county, the one at the top of Pitch croft Hain, near this city, the ot her in the vicinity of Tewkesbury—a noted place for many of our aquatic birds, from the marshy nature of the ground, owi ng to the confluence of the Avon and the Severn. X , - orcester , shire Chronicle. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign office yesterday at half-past one o'clock. All the Minis ters in Own were present. la de ;OP, ' oh ) ;eIY the iet' Jle nsy a- \