The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-23 00:00:00

DUEL.—On Wednesday mot ning a meeting took
place at Coombe Vood, near lVimbledon, between
Capt. it—, belonging to a d•r^oon regiment stationed
near London, and Mr. K—. a gentleman well knot a
i ) the sporting world. The cause of dispute 011-
inated on Tuesday af'ernoon at a house in St.
t James's-street. in consequence of the Captain ex-
pressing it as his opinion that the late pugilistic
contest on Crawley Downs, between Randall and
Martin, was a cross (i. e. a sold battle.) The parties
by agreement tired at ten paces, when the Captain
received the ball of his antagonist in the upper part
of his right (the pistol) rn.a: the principal and
seconds then left the gaoond, and proceeded by way
of %Vandsworth to London, when the ball was
extracted. He was atierwards conveyed to his
residence in the :cinity of the tavern where the
qua, rel mig:nated, and his early recovery is by no
means considered doubtful.
The Duke of Northumberland has made an abate-
ment in the rent of his tenants of 201.1 N. cent.,
which, t itit the deduction of 251. per cent. made
before upon many of the fatms, when the price of
a zricultural produce was at its height, makes it 43
per cent.
Titre: Englishmen, Doctor Woodney. Lieutenant
Clapperton, of the nasy, and Lieutenant Denman,
of the ai my, have undet-alsen ft joinacy to the in-
terior of Africa to decide the question respecting
+tie source of the Niger. They mean to embark at
Falmouth to proceed to Tripoli, and travel to Mour.
zouk. in remit', under the special protection of the
Bey of Tripoli, to whom the travellers have been
s rongly recommended by the English Govetament.
They intend to explore a way to Boraoon, which did
not appear difficult to Captain Lyon, then follow
fie course of the livers which they may meet, or
the route of the caravans.
Orders have been transmitted to New South
%Vales, where the 4Sth regiment is stationed, to
reduce that emits, at present 1000 strong, to the
establishment of the rest of the infantry. It was
o•ving to a special application from the late Gover.
nor, in ISIS, that it was increased to that strength.
It is now preferred to place the 48th on the same
rioting with the other infantry battalions, and to
forward an additional regiment to the station. The
Si (or Buffs) have received orders of readiness for
New South Wales, and are on their way to Chat-
ham, whence, according as convict ships go out,
they will be sent in detachments on board- those
vessels.

The new Government of St. DonOng°, it ap-
pears, is interfeting to check the piracies under the
independent flag, us it is called, in the adjoining
seas. A brig of that class, culled the Esperwous, of
14 guns and (it) men, put into Cape Ilaytian, f..om
St. Bartholomew's on the 26th April last, with a
Spanish ship, the Lndgligas, of 400 tons, her
'nix.: Both were then seized by order of President
Buyer, and according to letters received on Saturday,
have been since condemned. A remarkable instance
of the extent to which the depredations alluded to
ate cutrimi in the seas of the West Indies, is com.
municated by the animal of a vessel (the Cesar,
Fisher) at Liverpool. This ship sailed from Ja.
maica the 18th July, and wits boarded on the
aid by the Mars, a Buenos Ayrean aimed bile,
which had been out four mouths, and during that
period had mode 16 prizes,
On Monday last the Recorder made his report for
the July sessions, and four have been ordered for
execution on Tuesday the 25th instant, %ix. George
Lee, for uttering furged notes; Thomas Thompson,
for highway robbery, with violence; Thos. Patmore,
tin. stabbing General Eden ; and Sarah Pa, ne, for
stealing in a dwelling-house. The execution of the
latter will be postponed on account of her preg.
a :ney.

Arsansinalon of a Briti.sh ercto.—Accounts have been
received at Portsmouth of the melancholy fate of the
()dicer awl British crew in charge of the :lave brig Vol-
cano d. Sot, which was e.mtured two years since by one
of the cruisers under Sir George Collier'. orders. The
Murgiana, on arriving with a slave vessel at Bahia, on
the coast of Brasil, received a confirmation of the far-
mer report of the murder of the master's mate and the
whole of the British seamen, which yea, perpetrated in
cold Snood oil the port St. Salvador; and as soon as the
slaves were landed the essel was Milk. It appears that
one of the crew was a native African, who hail beets a
supernumerary on board the King's ship, when or, the
African statino, was pitt on board the prize, awl being
a mall of athletic form, he appeared touch too tempting
an object to share the foe of his European usessmates,
on account or the high price which he bore as a slave.
lie Was, therefore, no; pondered with the rest of the
crew, MA sold as one of tie slave carats, and sent into
the interior, whence, in the course of &raffles tic became
trantierrerl to I titer wasters, and at length he net with
one of the otikeers of the 11164;iota, whom he recognized
as having belonged to the Thrice, and to him lie related
the circumstances of this horrid transaction, Captain
Ftelaison was, 111 cons:vertex, taking eve!), means to
urge the Portuguese aultiorities to investigate the utelan-
choly occurrence; and we trust the result will appear,
as it often has done mat, by site interposition of Provi•
dente, the avarice of man will prove the waits of leads
tog to his condign punishment for his greater crimes.