The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-09 00:00:00

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NATIO'

REGISTER

POR EXPLORING THE OOUREE OP
THE NIGER.

The missien consisting of Dr. Oudenay, Major
;Denham, and Lieutenant Clapperton, had on their
first journey arrived at Moursoult, the capital of
the kingdom of Fatima, in the month of April last,
in the best health and spirits, having performed the
journey in 44 days, a distance of 600 miles. On
Arriving at Moursouk, the same house was prepared
for•them that was inhabited by Mr. Ritchie and his
friends in the year 1819, and where he fell • vie.
tim to the arduous enterprise he had undertaken.—
All those who have read Captain Lyon's interesting-.
narrative of this journey will recollect the delays
and difficulties that presented themselves to the fur-
ther prosecution of their object, and the prixations
they had here to encounter and endure which pa-
ralysed their exertions by exhausting aLoncatheir
health and resources. Major. Denham, fearing

lest his hopes had been defeated brsimilaa miens,
and all his endeavours to advance to Bourn proving
ineffectual, decided on the hazardous altetaative of
returning to Tripoli, sad he describes his journey
in these words:—" In pursuance of my intentions,
which you were made acqiminted with by my letter
from Morsouk, I left the .placeon the 19th of May,
and after 23 days of great.latiaue, arrived here
(Tripoli) on the Ilth-of last month. One Arab
Sheikh and two camels composed, ,with myself, the
caravan. Our usual time was from 14 to 16 hours
is the 24 on theznarch ; juid is .passing the deserts
(9 and 4 dayeia length) always 18 hours • the ca-
mels I searceLy. ever allowed to rest ; the halt we
always made In the middle of the day to allow the
vast& to come up, ,was by far. the mast trying .past
the journey, exposed to the burning heat of the
•Seii-day-eun, where nature scarce had provided a
slide for a grasshopper, lying otria scorching sand,
tad with nothing to.alleviate our perching thirst
but wretched water which had bees several day* in
beastly skins, was misery I had ,ne soaception of
More. At night we generally got a little kennels.
sous, with some fat sad salt—no bad supper; but a
cup of tea was a luxury supreme, as it satisfied
thirst, sad took-off.the edge of the ,putrid taste of
the bad. water ; our fire, .which was always made
by. 'creeping together camels' dung whit.* we lotusik
was consequently. uncertain, and we sometimes could.
not find more than was necessary fur boiling little
water.' 1 had a tent with me, bat seldom pitched
it, we were all too tired, and my Arab thought it
quite useless; we slips off our hopes when nearly
sleeping with fatigue eaulheat, the,nose-beg was
put over the poor animal's head, and. a .cord sound
his two fore legs; the loose stones were soon cleared
from a spice large,euough, to receive our carcasses,
and soiled up in a.bormouse, is two minutes ail our
troubles were fergotten." Fresh arrangements
having been now . made, by which it is hoped all
the difficulties, except those of climate, may be
avoided. . Major Denham has again set forward to
join his associates, and in a subsequent letter says,
"I shall certainly make the attempt of -returning,
home by the way of Egypt."
A-meetingof theiteeholders. .the county of
Carmarthen was held at the Shire Hall, in the town
of Cerruerthen, on Tuesday, the 28th of January,
" to take into consideration thepropiiety of petition-
ing Parliament to adopt, measures tot the relief of
the agricultural interests from the unparalleled dis-
tress under which they at present labour." The
Hon. G. Rice, M P ; Saekville Gwynne, Esq. W.
Rice, Esq. M.P. W. R. H. Powell, Esq. J. G. H.
G. Williams, Esq. J. G. Phillips, Eq.; John
Saunders, Esq. and several other gentlemen OCCUM
wined to interest themselves in the political affair.
of the mina'', were present, and a Petition to. Pitt.
liament was agreed on.

The Spanisii Government has published the de-
cree of the Cartes, which orders the calling into.
active service the whole of the militia of the king-.
dom. This term militia requires an ezph►natiun fur
foreigners. There are three kind► .of militia in
Spain, each of which has a particular denaininstion
and object, viz. the Active Militia, the Volunteer
Militia, and the Legal Militia. The first is a kiud
oferdiy of reserve, and in time of war those whit
serve in it mina pet form the seine duty as the troop*
of the line. Tt►e Volunteer Militia are enrolled tor
the purpose of mai►►taiuing order in the interior,
and above all of delmding at all risks the constitu-
tie,isl system. ,Finally, toe Legal Militia is nothing
else than the great body of the male population
capable of bearing arms, who are liable to be called
out if need be, in aid of the volunteer militia, or to
co.operate with the other troops in defending the
national independence against the attacks of timeign
Powers.
The Jupikr, of 60 guns, is' fitting out at Ply-
mouth for the reception of Lord Amherst, who.
together with his suite, will proceed in that vessel
to the East Indies. ft is computed that every ar-
nuagetheht will be completed in about a fortnight.
The Airier has already taken in the greater part of
beg mores.

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D1124.147V4 CALIKITY sr rill..
A very awful mese occurred on Friday m'ablight. A
fire is one of the most dreadful calensities which can bom
fal -a neighbourhood. On the present oemelos, the less
of property is not very great, bat no lees than three per-
mow have perished in the eundfgration !A-The sever of e
sufferbeg is a home occupied bye mall of 'the name of
Marsden. at the east corner of S aith street, but fbe door -
and moot of the widows are is Plat-street. The man is
abort sixty years of age, mud a •Istieklayer's lahourer, ,
iris wife is about fifty, obtained ben' liwolthoo•I by taking .
in clothes to wash cud man& I and it ie supposed, that •
leaving clothes to dry is the loosse.place, thee emorst-*
fir, and oceeeloned the lamented aecidett. Marsden'
antCis wife lay on the Ant Boor,. and had with them Me
suoef her niece. a little•boy of Me seam of Taylor, about
tour year. old. The next door was Amenpied as • mangle-
mono, and Sarah Sootheroo, wheat:teed is thocapsetly of,
a servant girl, lodged theft-in; and the attic wee let to •
lodgers. but it is believed 014iy one maw mac there. Be-
fore the engises arrived, every effort was made to arouse -
the wretched inmates. Thor window of the seeoud fl .or,
where Marsden. slept. was openland it w.s'.boped they
bad escaped, especially as the throwingof tbmwater into
the room, and a Lasko* at the *judo., did•cot crate
them. Very soon the young man, Allude name is Jetta -
Bates, a ft amewoik•knitter, was mutat sheathe eludes. .
and as the dosser was imasment, be threw-biemett mot I
At this isootout. there wire wily four- peneme :an the
Street below I they endeavoured to catch mod out of
catch
them dila°, but he was overpowered, aid lasith• fell to-
gether.. Bates is, we are sorry to gar v y much hart.—
'Else llamas sew burst oat at the-windows I. a hightfal -
manner. .
The large • eagles 'and two Miters •ersbehh '4144 beets ••
brattish". to she ere., centessed to play hole the boom fear
alma half au hoar, whoa a man of the saute of Wiliest, • •
barber, eaeleifeed, " I am determined to go up stair.," '
this was impossible, bet a ladder wee proctored, and he •
got is at the window with a listener and fame Weil, say- •
mg times vies So one there, hot • the bed was warm, be •
boomer., threw soave lion: oat of the meadow. Alt wip •
Thee ascertained that the doors.beiforpleatery had resisted •
• the Are, aeration the flames had made their way•freen see ••
floor to•alato other, by she stair•esse. Anothospereen then •
• outwits sad found Marstles leaning against file wail, near •
the bed knit. troMpleiely ssupiied with soiaoloe, and 1104100 i .
dead, the wales from the-caromdead, hieing played upon
him. He was immediately broonikt out through die-%
chamber wieder", by means of a ladder, and moneyed to g-
ibe aeateloor is Plat-street, where wintry ihilleol4llo, was •
was promptly roadered him; fortonetely• lie limes had .
net torched hew and it isseppmed be will recover. •
As••••• as Marsden toyed-speak he NM his wife and •
bide boy were la alw•roess sal persons immediately •
omit to seek for them. The 'hey was hoonstliest, and, on •
being brought out through the wisdom was still alive, •
bite•M•iftee dead. though net beret. firs. Marsden sena .-
discovered Oleo wards, bat she wea dead, moil Use side of '.
her face was a little burnt. It is conjectured deer awe ••
se overpowered by the smoke, that, though they heti gm 1
ont of tied they were incapable °ltalia, any foortberistepo
it rescue themselves from death. As-soon as it was pm- •
sible a man seta into the home-piece wish a lasteta tent -
• at the bottom of the stairs the remains ot Borah Seeh'erion •
west found, premuting a most appdtliag ormestriel,a sibs •
, was atoms' covered with beet wood, dee. which liell Bilks ‘
from she horning stairs. aed was foetid with hue 41111111111
' lifted up, and Isar here. Imen•sedet•hate. ItimesideSSOMel
that this girl loss alarmed by the smoke el- ec= •
I period, end that, endemourwog to 'seam she r
L through the Staling etahesse, it gave way, mod she kW is •
I rise a. more. °aliol the assistant enesseer' went le.
end secured shout 401. its motley, an orerer valuable
property, which were deposited to a desk tem Owed tie
• • hierodine's room, and a great pelt of the property ill the-
• teems .above is caved.--Neffirghem Pipit.
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On Friday evening last, about seven e'eteck, the inhs. 1-
hitants of Crewkerne were much alarmed by hearing a• t
loud crash, occasioned by the falling in of a house i•s •
East-street: piercing cries were heard from ahastothet r
i'l
of a child who was in one • of. the beds •in the' .fallen o
house, and completely buried in the ruins. A triarteVol r .'
an boar elapsed berate the child could be. extneakrd...it i I
. was a corpse I and the .distress of its parent was. Iwyoed. '• • 1 1
description. The home bents a very old one, it es sop-. -
posed that the late rains had weakenvd its feumlas!en .- -
Mee ether children, had the accident b ippetted.a kw'
moments later, would, no tiouta, have snared a stinikir •
, Pate-with the abuse, as they were on the stairs, abont.to I
proceed to the sauna room. when the accident halipetied.-
Extract of • letter from Yarmouth. dated Feb. 6:— • -
" We learn that, after•lllillilfe ileltheratitestuni full MS-
cusaion, the Commissioners are oorueso aelerarmination •
to erect a PICT on the 110f4i1 stile of the mouth of-otir,-
River. It has (wig been the opinion of many able and.
well-informed engineers, that a Neat% Pier, propctlr ..
constructed, would &emu illy premelsueli an isersosida- .
tine of deed as at present, with lite.witid from a particu-
lar quarter, obstructs the pass.slr of larger vessels ..-A .
vet y intelligeot gentle sari, and lully ousispeteut to 'lie
a: judicious option on me sulijvcit, resided. i few years. •
„ego,. in the Naval Hospital, Anil spoil-small time ui ,
obsessing Use Causes aura manner ol the accutuulationui •
sand on the Beach and Bat. The result of his accurate. -
observation :1:2.4". eel and full conviction. that a i
Ninth Pier •she formation of a lir, that t. •
would obstruct wessisii• „Mower, i4siosse.". '
l'lse northern roads are *ix, isoirassibli. 'in 'num i
es plac, in consequence of the.heavy fall of snow, which.
has retarded the arrival of the nonherii ,sails:-- b • ..
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On Wednesday two Jeans took the veil in the Prides.
tat.on Co.itent of f:Irlow. • One is the widow of Major r .411.` . -..:04.•- •
W iliiierdoig, who fell gloriously at the batik of Walter: • ' ,
Ion; the tarter is a young lady respectably connected in .
the tivighbon. hood.
NOVICL PZDZSTILIANISM 1-Ws en 1161•11111 II poem. is •
now walking thrash the Country. having imrisetaken for a
wager to walk Thirty (Miles tuds Ise amp sessissive days, and .
to -Chalk. coe beAdsed dam . the Naos. Address. and •
Pridedion. elf ale at she Characters in the
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in
tompkohosniari W/Jllllllll‘ BLACKING, 30, STRAND,
s anal Ni as oldos Walls le gadabout that lea.