The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-13 00:00:00

WISHFICH.

At
.A Meeting of the Magistrates an clapichl Burgesses Of
Vl'isbrelt, lately held at the Sesaions-hOnie, the CleniTernln
preserit being unanimous in expressing :thebvsenstr the'dis:
tinguished ;perils of their Vicar, culla detertitiningqnthe prO-
prtety of iheeeifig him some public inark or respect; it Who
resolved, that the 'folhiwing addreseshoulti. 'be to
him, in behalf of themselves arni their fWletw.townstrien
We, the undersigned, viewing with the highest and nicist
sincere satisfaction the'tontinual acts 'of niunitleetice
,tau bare
exercised towards your parish, feel anxiously solicitou's thht"
some memorial should be preserved of so.kind And.generous
benefactdr. _ _

The two extellent cliarity.scluinfc in thwtoWn ,testify yor
greitt liberaiiiy ; and'exclusive of other' important,public acid
private .cheritable -donations, the many impitivenients in te
chtireh•for the iricrinied netti6tti4itodaiian Oryetir parlihioners,,
made at your private ..expentur, are 'too well known to requite
any remark.
You have discharged your arduous duties, as vicar' f this
parish; for nearlylwerity.ilve years, with ,eyternplafy
and constancy, whilst your rectitude •of conduct, genuine bone-
, viilence' •and urbanity of Manners,• have gained you the warns
andgeneratreSpect of yotirparishioners.
We therefore do make our request to you, as our vicar and
friend, that you will sit to some eminent painter for, our poi.
trait; to be preserVedin'our Town Ilan, us a token of die esteetn
entertained for you,: and to afford., in. future times, a plea Sing,
remembrance of your character anti persßotil virtues.
NVILLIAHr RAYNER, Bitriiillxtibt.r.aroNV,
WILLtAi4 Nt'Atsofi; nuall ,licxsom, jun.
HOBERT IiAIIDWICICE, Jltlti4,llAll JACt9O24,
dons Enos
ii.i. Wit. StiANSBORCII.IGii,
iittiWiClVE, JAMES USILL.
fitXll Y JAIL NICHOLLA, •
To the Rev, Abraham Jobson, D. D.
VicarOr
Nov. 15, Ins. • -
To which the Vicar thus replied :
Gentlemen,—ln the coarse of a long life, few things have
'fallen to lcit io giatiftil to me as this in.tiotof the est,niation
in which I ant held among you ; anti, prepared as I,atti to corn-.
ply with your wishts in ell respect*, my assent to the very thit.
erring requet you nave dot's kindly made nie cannot be with-

In any thing I may have been disposed and enabled to do in
your service, 1 wholly disclaim all 'pretensions to merit ; but
this I may truly say, that it has always been my'auxious desire
to fulfil to the
,utmost the duties of my responsible situation as
your Vicar ;.and have no wish to continue fonger in this world
than while 'I can be useful and atceptable to you.
I ant wholly unable to -express the depth "of my feelings on
this occasion, and can only assure you of the sinet.rity of .my
gratitude" and attachMent to you and ink otlt:r pari;liioners,
and of my solicitude to promote, by 'every means in ritY power,
both thetenworal and eternal welfare of you all.
AURABA24 4011!$,ON.
To-the Mintratiiites and CorPoratimf of

Vro hatt:gferu plensufe in' Kivhi publicity to a cretin:teflon
al .thin thOure, so conspicuously sunournble to ,all the pnrti4
concerned.

LAW N;I'E,LLI•GEN

counai 0' KING'S nEe.
CitiNi. ON.
szxnitbox v: WIIITLOIV.

Mr CHITTTItateI. that •this aetiotrtirtie brought oursinvt the
defendant fOr ofirtiinal conversation with the plaintifil7wifb.--f
The damageeirieri laid at I,ooa.
Mr. 13xottortiaulippeired•titt behalf of the phOntiff; ~HiS
client was a respectable tradesman • in' the neighbdifihood 0/
Guildford ; he bid lived in•Gtilldferde and before thitt:ire Stile
folk, during which time he malmained.the chsracter ofitrijilieti
respectable tratliiiman, • arid.7inbffensi re. neigh hour,' .Iliti' --wait
!needed to a person who istil,.._ankleit of this inquiry.- With
her he has been married for nineteen yitars, dunngewhich he
treated her with uniform kindness and' attention. lie haS
Seven children. Of the defendant-It= inixioue to sofY`ribilting
but what theau&arequifia. • Ile is a brewer in the neighbour4
hood of the plaintifil,-Who is; na-I Witt you, a respectable
tradesman, a butHier, near Guildford e the tlefendanttis
person of considerable wealth, somewhat purseeprond, and
what is by those who are.nat of the strictest principles held
in reprobation ; he is given to gallantry, mod to boasting of
his anetess in that way. • Ile is else married, anti Jtaii.at
least one son come to man's estate. rfliey are near ' neigh.,
hours, and their aeqintintince bite t-ideil unfortunately in
the connection of whzdt I am to deur- U, you • the circunol
stances. Mrs. Seabrook came to be suspected, and the stispi4
don at last reitelied her htisband. ' Vie connection she &totted
herself in the presence of another'person, r cannot prove to
you; but suspicion hiving led the husband to make inquil. ,
riefe he, was by no means satisfied .with ~ ie. reetilt, but very
much the contrary ; he further inquired, t .refore, and found
the circumstances which I ant to state to yn , Mrs. Seabrook
had relations living'near eambi.idge.. In May butt she paid a
II
visit there, and wars to return on the 12th June, hutehe return.
ed' on. the 11th. No sit:Veen` erase fienifthis dreinhitence at
the time, hut when a month or two afterwards Mr. Seabrook
;received information of a nature which excited and strengthen.
ed his suspicions, this circumstance tonne& a clue whichlied to
the facts to be now proved before you. . When Mrs. Seabrook
was'eipecteci .tb retitrn Koine through London, the " defehilitit
left Guildford and came to. town, Two circumstances .forpred
the clue which I liaVe m'entiotied. - It was 'found, nPott going
to theinn'in town at which *bad been sleeping,'
,that the de.'
fondant came there on the 10th June, and said he expected his
wife: Some time afteiwarde 'Mrs. Seabrook !arrived; and dee'
fenclant, for you will find it was no other, met her there, and
ordered siptiet and bed, ' Site' ordered We bed to be Well aired,
for her husband was,tather perticular in that resp!ct. 'There
they passed the night, Thz.-11qt'neitt dity.-and ehe came home
thus atlay Sottver than she vas expected, The mennti•in which
this discovery was made I will shortly relate to you. She was
:taken 'to linit •inn.. 1411... Seabrook • took her there; i and when
she saw the place.ahe exclaimed, •" lam middle; if I knew
that it Washers I' waif to .be brOught, ',would not have etene."
There abs was identified by the servants, and one of them.
afterwatilit idintifleti'Whitlew as' the perinii Who had slept with
her on the night of the 10th of. June. The only question then for
you will be the amount orennipeniation. You will hive a Speech
--I nothing more I believeeest very able speech,. no doubt--.from:
my Learned Friend, by Which he will endeavour ta bring down
the dainagec ; you will listen' to him, Gentlemen, and as you'
must admire him, you will listen, and even, if you can, be
amused with his attempt, 'Whieli; if ne&itiarY, he will Int`tre tee
eonrse to, to make merry with this unfortunate plaintiff, But
when yeti retie& on the facia;rni thehijury'done to thii reputable
tradesman, who has suffered the severest lofts a man can suffer--
on the ruin Of the mother'ert a fainity—bn the injury 10 a grown.
up family--on the conduct of the defendant, a' man of medal
uge, and hiniself too the head of a family—whenyen reflect on
tbe&e facts; my Friend will•have the laugh not , on hi:tilde,' but
all ,to himself, and you will give such damages as will he a
compensation t 6 the injured, and `ii lesion to the wrongdoer:
Philip. Denby eftennneti,rl um parish clerk of the parish of
Great Wadley, Suffolk. ' The register Which I now produce is
.the register of the marriage :which took place on the 24th of
February, 1804; between Henry Seabrook, bachelor, of Ken.
nini;ion, and Harriet Smith, stanster. ' ' • •
James, Smith, brother of Mrs. Seabrook, was E resent at the
marriage ih (.heat Bradley. . They lived at Kitton, aqii: friar-
aiege,. m Suffgalk, five.er site years. They came, to Guildford
it fat, and lived there fair 'or lire'Yea is. • They haws iintielti.ed
at Compton, twelve or feorterep miles from Guildford, I be.
lievec fait' I never` wits' there ; I think they have seven children;
I' have,efnin 'Seen ~ thetn at my licittse near Cambridge—they
came from Guildford to see me sometimes: it is four years
since the last time. Thiy lived -together very "Ctithfortably; I
never saw any thing to the contrary.
PIY-.111i: Staittr-ri-'elVly sister is about 41 yeare of' ilex.
IVilliam Seebnpoke eon- of the plaintiff-1 was in Saffron
Walden in jtinelast. I saw iiiy mother set off from theie to
London by the coach at FIX ill the -mnrning. • My father is a-
rnastet butcher. I have six brothers and sisters. - I know Whit.
low, .. a pu.blWan near' my father'.; he appears tie be married;'
he has n son 21 years of age. He brews for another person. Ile
aeema lnOtiii Ft-et:Weis; -
_ _

illi...,Scnitt.Err —I shall-4e nineteen next August. I
don t live with my father; I left' him It ytaT And a quarter
sipce. I saw my !nether on
.T,ltesdarlast, at lir. Pigptt'S ; my
mother kne:iv'htm *lien living ut Guildrord. Pigott Is a friend
of raYllatiter's. I stinpdse my.father maintains ittr there ; I art
not able to maintain her; my father does maintain her. I don't
kriw that' he'phit+ii her there I don*Cietlovi4lien are t►nid ht r
last. lam a butcher at Bromley,. father keeps* boy, not
his son; My' father killi 06;044, and billioeltit—....rnany bul.
locks in the year.
111 r: Ban utailamlifY father did not say he maintains
my mother; I suppose so,•becauSii there is 'no'bne-, else to tuitin4
tam her.

Sarah':Allan;ohntnherri aid at theillue Boar; in Al' (*ate; said
coaches came there; the Saffron Walden coach, stops at the gate:
I was chatnberirihiel there on the lOtlf 6f June. A gentlewoman
came by tit,: Saffron 'Walden. coach,. about. eleven in the tuocnr
ing ; she carne up theirs 'end 'Went to bed a little while ihewitS
unwell. Zip one:was wit4..hay.then, •i She staked to be. shown a
bed,. ter She was not well: She remained there- abotit two hours ;.
ihe wass.in the bed=room then !alone ; she •Weht to .betlitgain
about 11 et night. When site lay down ,the first time, she had
asked for a warmer bid.rboth;' as idle veas4nOt Well.' • no
one with her that day. I saw her.next morning\ et 11 o'clock,
in the coffee-r 6in'; a gerttletiian Was '.Wftli her. The 'Lady
gay.e..rpe botnetbing, tliesendentan being by ; I saw her. with
nobody else. I Went into her ri Drib ; I trade the bed ;it hail
vicry appear:knee ortitkhavingideptiot.• I did: noi.see wilt re
she had her breakfast; 1 had never seen the gentleman before ;
.neVersiwirlin tililte Went to bed ht night; hegentsfirr trio anti
asked me to .how hitu to bed; I did*); it was to No. 1, about
half:past 'eleven ; I had ShOwn the Lady to NO.'l half an hour
before ; lit jasked tne•for littlehot water eljule. after. 1 bre
seen the Likay tact stintur; I saw tier once at our hbuite"abotit
three months after the IlOth of June ; sheWas.broaght there in
a hackney-coach ; hlr. Seabrook and 141 r. Churchill were with
her. .

By Mr. ScARLETT—They stayed a few hours ; I have no.
thhig to ito wish reireihnienti; I don't knoi Whethei the hack.
ney_,o4telt was sent away.
ify-Mr.'I".7I6UGIIAM—She was in n' ery bad stare--iiliat'
do you mean ,by bad state ; she would not spetik-41t laugh] ;
'she was weeping.
William Whittaker' waiter, at the jiine•Boat, sawn gentle.
Matt come there on the 10th of June last. I saw him since, at
Guildford ; he shOokitands With me, end asked the hew
in a friendly sort of way. When he came on the lOth of June
he °retired a 'neat, anti gild he eiPeeted u fiend, his wife, to
come, 'by .coacit. A lady, came; they drank tea in a little
room near the parlour; they 'slept ill No.' 1. I heard the lady
say, she 'flu ,not,like ti so well as No. 4 and her husband
was a particular sort of man. She had her choice. I saw hibi
go to bedl they btOakihsted togethor the reit morning in
cotree.room. They took a coach for the Horse Shoe in the
Borough.i'tfid hC lived at or near (lndattiing.: I 'did' not
know who he wan then. I went to Guildford in August, tied
so:* him; he had told Me his noun waif WhitlOw at our
1 saw lion 'O, Potter's, the :Attorney's office. He shook hands'
with ow. Mr. Churchill sent me; I found hint there.
By Mr. Stlnittivri.-4 nut not. certain that it WAS on the
lOth of June. The gentleman was very, familiar ; the gentle.
inan'and I tOokidierry tOgether; she heal We had ti joke •
tugether, because he asked for a bed, and.' asked whether one
or two ? NO," he said, "'One will do for The-plaintiff'
stuns at our house now. I have out had a glass of
,stheiry.
with him.

Mr,. Churchill, plaintiff'''. ,atuirney..,,,Went. 911 ate. Bth :of
August with, Jr.s and Mrs. Seabrook to the Blue Boar, AM»
kltdl 11 :walt,lpy. own aitherhe. I aaw the waiter II rit,; he Dtnin.
ed the conch door. 4.1 told the waiter to gezul the chambermaid ;

whaciwright Comptani knew the pNititif

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PRICE SEirthpRNCE4

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1(14 years, and nevcr anew ott,t happiness Between "p
his. *ire: Wehitia* -hat 'iiitstieity: the Ada le iind firetthoilite ire
itts oWn,
4y Ni{. ananEv —.f wipt't swear I.llitre/lot haarAT4ttinliff
calk particularly of Fiji t vet Ileirct hlrtt*Tigne ifiv4
a
frint say' she' Wl* wood key
dittinotaay, that f had
,tvv,:o 1411c11 -vii Yest, give Ike
devil ',the one to hike away the utliar ; but I ti vet reme_-tober
any thing of that._
(Tindal sestnitualt.4' tifige hit' andlord. .• ,
'Henry Jeffriej, sehoolinasterl, was acquainted with plaintiff'
and wife when at Guildford; six years ago; They lived• Very
psis rail` tp~j~.hcr.
•
El4hitpd' Ilatmmond, firretirat Compton, krinw..plitintifrand
INK!, osAi,dgferida9t. I nev:errisiptal. I know nothing of Whit-
low's property. . , • • ' • .
' SdknL.ii _=:Plarhti 'kills is tnitltbck aWeelr ritd
,six of seien.alieep •
John Iloy--4-111intiff and wife live A part'of my hOttle. I
ace themdaily/ fie); lived very einntortablY.- '1 linrist'Wi4l„.
thedefandatit. Ife gOodtiroditntandes,ibr'whot
I. know..
ScAnr. ET T. -,lfe ow vs ;no some menu and owe
him money. I don't' about pecfri7e bean ill.n tined silent
Me and Alis..Seahrnik.;, Ujeke often Myself: f neyer fled; rd
thin they inked or her' and Noe. go to Whitio! to
;m414-4! this husiness. I saw filra. Seabieok befOre esnie to
rosin. She is net in toienlinter knew. Pigent' is irPekirtit.
LWr.StrAlt hitt T for the defendant fitarns Fri eP 418
casettes cprkilul.,yem3p 4opper than expected. toll „no I
would make a 94peechs#41.011" y would adnare' dent emenl ,
have tor 'many -ddeWilltnitt to addiess-./iiiiiit; flat
I declare befbre Ond- diode ..a' .spcerit tti', he ad..
mired in my life j3ut yith respect in this ease; it is vsry
evident the plaintiff •td get "it roll Cy 'Ott: of
the prOdette of. the aireireiht theaur:tif ;his' die
What evidence fias.'beeo' lidbefore you tomeke ease
of crimiinil conversation on.the part of the defendant) Why
his not Pigott'beeti Cslierr? Witr;tint becitiser
nees, plaintiff's stiNlutatitins which matte it pinderktto with-
hold his evidence. lie would tell how she lived hi his oose,
and'whe 55W her 'there. nut who told the 'plaintiff 4 the -am:
duct of his wife at the Blue Boar ? Why wint'fin''eVidence
given of the: mabrar In Whikh this important cirtOrristance
,reaChed- the husband's pars f.? \Vas it not, the wife lte_rselfq rd
was there not something behind-in ease 'l'lm Plapitiff
studioulY kept back all '
iiho knew atfys thing 4r lie! and
•,sttidiously brought forward every one. wherictlew floating o'ffler.
Why was not Potter called, in whoiie
,ofSee thet was
said to hail seen Whitlow 'e coil'''. 'wh'ether it watt 'the
defendant or not. Whylnight net some mina' Trutt retfreveht.
ed the defendant' at :the Blue !jeer, and aierwarth )thoWn
himself at Potter's office as Whitlow, toil tarn, to tthe, waiter,
IlOw do you do,' sir ?" naked tho JitrY •Oetlief sli
thiS was net possible? it was ic juggle' tiotwdon ,theilitotband
and his wife to get a little numey from the defpnillpt:
tnentbered sire befoye his Lord'ship of fii.i.it:sous.liinci for is
siim of money, In, Whin the evidenCe was forineetikaitlyln-this
May. ' They:knew lb OA if it was with the :conniianeetof the fins.
band there could be 110-verdict in his fayottr.
q`jiis '1;0 :first
been held h 1 the case ;if a. Baronet, who, Vali; of /As wife's
charms hid shown her naked in a bath to, WC inati • svrtilef-
terwards enjoyed lier person. fie might even refer'tO a' very
pleasant story 'if great .sintiquity, that cu " „can-
dueles ;" but they were hard niuneit.., and irenble
them with the'partletilars. It Was oVirleht that Ilfehlitbeind
boasted of his feats towards his wife,, atal anetna, pfsfi),Tilat
the wife, and no ether person, told, the,hpsbo).4 of the tesnsac.
tion at die Blue Boni.

I M. lino nam.-'-Tha defendant may 11.414 f It.
Alt. SCA II LETT--nen it Was a partnership concern.
haps the plaintiff had defendant's
.wile, and, tilk.fitiFht-Np a
set-off.- But nO, no; thiS Consfebtere of Ilion am s wtifdd,
r nut do. He submitted, then, that the:plaintiff was tot' entitled
to a verdict at all. Surely, surely, this was altoge*go,,s4bpj.
;ions thing, The defendant could he lachiffied:by islerson
noiv iti whom theY'did not call. 'The tletindint Ifred
next door to the plaintiff, yet not one witness proved that Whit.
low had'ever spoken unti,anisle WO4l. to the plainti.fil's wife.
No intercourse-no altention—UOttindlartty, was in eitidepec.
:Was there nu one who had ever seen WiritloWirilut vernPariy ?
iff none had over seta them together--if no Itterftrone hat!' been
shown to her by Whitlow, in Surrey, con d tkey heifeecoat
the defendant' pet her'et the Blue' Bine ? t was surely very
remarkable, very extriohlinary; he hod net erhesrd otany
thing .lilt.otit. But he halt herd' of out. ease Noliletifink like
along the street, was-beckoned to he a' lady from a 'essaell ; he
this. .A, gentleman of
,rallantry and fortil walked
thought it Must be an acquaintance, and he wearup to leer, And
afterwards% to house. of ill .fante; and an action .for .crinitnal
conversation ]tad :been brought in that ease. So here, ,the
parties had never 'seen together. until the defendant Was
personated, ifit wasmot him, at the-Blue Bost,.
Hems' Juror was observed unwell, and perrojited to
retire. With consent: of all 'parties the eleven 'were received as
a Jury.
Mr. SoAn LET T.—Eeither the defendant and Mrs. Seabrook
had been 'previously intimate and familiar,. or the wistp;o4tion
had been made upon a catival Meeting -in. London. De owned
he did :cot think they %would ,belittb. that it was the .deferidant
at all. .Perhaps the plaintiff was too old- to" .attead olds 1,134.
nese go well now, and he therefore thought urn-44411RA 4ttl„
profit in this way. But if that oilratie picked Up.the
defendant by accident, they would either find 'their *child for
the defendant, which he firmly trusted they ,ivonid,,,or .they
would give the very lowest coin in the realm for drim.
Tbe-Louli Cams. J flax ci:..-The Oteit onstviA,
wife. That a criminal. conyersallOrt.totkis place
I ther the defendant had committed •crimiria convorsittiob- *pith
but It was not proved to h4ye peell the de_
warthe p iai n t
undoubtedifi's
r•rdant. Airldtaker,' the waiter,'lrright bioe gaiih ilifther"than
Totter's office, even to the pnblic-house kept. y die-defendant.
Mr. 11nouttliAM,eaid the defendant had beert proved to be
now at the Blue Boar.

The Loan Critter ,Ittrilct said it tvas titeliliiiatiff. but
)
if
they chose he would.reeall the witness.
Mr. Scant, p
', 7—.,N0, illOptb I niti!C tli it. ,
The will Ciiiir '.itiarrlCE.--It was for ilih JOY to 'Say,
whether it *AO the tietiniclant or not, wholiiiiii lwrffylpginiffr,
'whit at the Blue Boar. If they believell
~it, was ;thew would
come the question of damages. 'Connivance, be, (,)wiwiii WAS
not sufficiently made out, and ought not to be 0-i-sullied with-
out evidence: bite was.stlent and dejected wheat brought to
the inn, which showed that it wits not with her.coparit, if she
did not act veryartfully Ind very akifftilly. •Tht question of
dart-lanes was very important, if, they should find it verdict for
the praintilf. Consit!etil,lg the ,t'iN449ll ef ..,e'Zl„tail,:ti,tl.
__,in
life, perhaps better.evfdePC 9.: ::,c 101,7fLIA ivAicu- he
together was not le bt,' eipeoca, Vrr- 1, Ina TtO fp ad'
!men rallea, itot this svas elisst, shut it nigklz rot ,i,t nee
tltere had been no'ifectoitio'n, No‘t . thi.. yl4-0:4'1,1 mx!ythci'
kiiicp, hetiteg
,pp to
.thi. fir.. 4 trlit'n who thet,/o',lt* ittit N''',t.'
'Vilma a chaste it fitittit_ll wile, wm, iAtitol Tay 'tili l'ir:',l o 3 `the
athilterer, it was thin ot t °ova, ,t trery-V 0 'il, , 971 the
rot r
d'eferaltait was the pirFoli t;oc, shouia. have. a ►" td, mottri. Ing
like an actittaintenee beforensuti to 1t,,, .proii .• Tite vry:joo,,o
and improper mantles iv wt ieh
,ttiA man 'tvai;:fri‘,4l; to 4fiVC
tallicli repecciagitis'it:Tfc .o'nglit vat to b* )e, out of viol,' in
tit
esfictiating" the tithtiatit'.:4, it they r, 4ve tic6r vi2rtlict 'for the
.plaintiff:
rtterJthuetyp:illiftilnilttletTlLl, 701 f:,:rp4i.scevirrioitil ills, anti' foi&I ibi2ir ver-
dict

.
ItomE, Nor. 24.-7( Rxtraci of private letter.)
According to a special cacaos, ttitb'pwillatiOn of
this capital was at Fluster, i 822,
Easter, 1823, 136;e69. In this number the Jfl.ws
are not included , of tin in there or. Atibtit 7;000,
The Heretics, Turks, unrt latid,‘lss art. inCiutled,
and of them there were, in 1642'2.,
'234.

An Army of Faith is got st.iiew thing to Spain.
An army under the imaie name was ivisoLv.
1727, to be employed in rescuing Gfbraltar
from the hands of the gnglish heretics. Tile
Spaniards had their mans censeeratett. Count
LAS TOltlytta, the Commander, and his staff, p'er•
formed their devotions in the churchis of Abut rid,
where some thousands of masses' were read.
The image of St. Jug° was carried to the camp.
The force of the aripy was conixdorobtf:, but
alas ! the Faith was not strong enough. to tpOse
the rock of Gibraltar.

LITERARY NOTICE.

The TOUR of AFRICA, &c. by CATUXIIIN-2 MUTTON,
Two VOIUMCS, Octavo.

Although the first volume of the work we are
now about to notice has been published some
years hack, and the last in 18/1, we still ,
have no sooner chanced to obtain a perusal
of it, than we hasten to recommend it to our
Readers., Although the traveller himself be
ideal, yet the narrative is' founded upon the very
besit authorities, and 'comprises all that is at pre-
: s;itatiowit ith tray degree of certainty respect
ing the North Eastern, the Eastern, the South.,
:i.rit*,•.r`o- part .d the Western Countries of Africa:
• This brief eoulneration will,convey some idea of
'the magnitude of the enterprise ; and the names
of Aiolben, Sparrman, Themberg, -Valenti
Barrow, Bosman, Golberry, Brute, Lichtenstein,
Salt;"&c.- &t.,' couvince Readers, that
the fair atithOr has neglected none of the best
•;••sourcos. of information, which it was in her power •
:to procure. 'Books of 'this nature, when (Orly
h.c,ompiled, and this is certainly .the ease with
the present, are eminently useful not only to the
i •
young, nut atso to.children of an older growth.
They present to us, as it were the cream of nu-
merous, and sometimes, heavy works, and
cut out for us sort of a royal road to know.
ledge, which is particularly acceptable to
the natural indolence of the human mind.—
' Indeed, it roust he cimfessed, that so much
Is now daily written upon almost every
subject, that even the utmost diligence and up,
plication could not 'sulfite to keep.pate with the
'r'apidity of publication. . Nor is . this at all to be
..‘desired, for 'amongst the innumerable works that
appear, there atre, unfortunately, not many- that
merit an attentive perusal. And it is this con-
sideration whiCh induces us to feel More obliged
to any author that will, like Miss Hutton, take
upon herself the drudgery, and give us only the
pleasure. .•
It is somewhat remarkable, that although some
of the roost celebrated nations of antiquity flour-
; lilted in Africa, a comparatively, small 'portion of
this vast continent has, at any time been known :
and until within these feW years our knowledge
. of, it was pretty nearly limited, to' that Which
had been attained h. the ancients. It is probe-
ble' that the barbarity of its inhabitants, the itn-
mense sandy deserts it contains', and the difficul-
ty and danger of traversing them early, deterred
the merchants and warriors from penetrating
. into the interior, and gave rise to the opi-
nion, that those parts, parched by the heat
of the sun, were destitute of inhabitants.
To these causes may be attributed the ignorance
and barbarism of the Africans : who alone pre-
sent in a long series of years, not one vestige of
mental improvement.' The greater part 'of the.
• 'natives, equally ferocious as the lions and tygers.
of their sultry deserts, appear to be scarcely
more advanced in intellectual capacity. Ignors;
.Artre, barbarism, superstition and cruelty., seem
to have fixed their ferocious empire in that ill.;
fated country ; nor can even the bright exception
afforded by Egypt, suffice to redeem it front
obloquy.
It is however, scarcely possible, but 'that some
more civilized, tho Ugh yet unknown nation, may
exist in the interior of this wide extended con.;
tinent. Fame has indeed blazed forth the name
of Tintbuctoo ; but it.has long eluded the search,
of the most enterprising Europeans. Much has,
no doubt, been.done by the African Society, to
throw some light upon the geography of central
and eastern Africa ; and it is some consolation to
,reflect, that neither Mungo Park, nor Ledyard,
nor Buckhurit, nor many other equally unfortu-1
nate, and not less adventurous travellers, have'
not died in vain. To their indefatigable labours
. •ows much' useful information. Nor must
we omit amongst the names which science
will record with gratitude,
.those of Shaw, of
• Bruce, of Valliant, of I)enon, of Salt, and of
the persevering
,Belzoni ; but still whatever
light they may have thrown upon the parts they
have explored, a much larger portion yet re.
mains, with which we are but imperfectly cc-
(painted. The inquiry must be, however, no
less productive of instructing information, than
the pursuit of it is attended by danger. Under
these circumstance 4, we must then, at least for
the. present, 'remain satisfied with what has been
discovered. Suqh, however, is the Progress that
civilization seems now making, even in some parts
of this hitherto barbarous portion of the globe,
we may almost atrticipate the time when
our utmost wishes upon this subject will be fully
•gratified.