The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-21 00:00:00

THE FATE OF MUNGO PARK.

At the Geographical Society's meeting, London, last week,
a letter from Mr. Duncan was read, dated Cape Coast, Oct.
4, 1845. Mr. Duncan states, that though the King of
Ashantee had refused him permission to pass through his
dominions, lie had been enabled to penetrate into the interior
by another route. Being at Whyddah he had ingratiate(t,
himself into the favour of Senhor Don Francisco de Suza, a
Portuguese slave-dealer, who had been established there be-
tween 40 and 50 years, and whose influence with the King
of Dahomey was paramount. This gentleman obtained foe
Mr. Duncan an invitation from the King to visit him, and a
promise of his protection. lie accordingly prepared suitable
presents for the King and his cabareers, and started on the
6th June. Having arrived on the 10th, he presented himself to
the King in his Life Guard uniform, and was most graci-,
ously received. At the King's desire he went through the
sword exercise at gallop, which greatly atonislied and
interested the monarch, who in return, next day, showed
him a review of 6,000 female troops, whose arms, accoutre-
ments, and performance, the traveller says, were truly
surprising. Mr. Duncan remained at Abomey, the capital
of Dahomey, until the 17th, when the King, having had
the road cleared for him for more than a hundred miles,
gave him an escort of a hundred men, and permission to
travel over any part of his dominions he pleased. Every-
where the traveller found provisions in abundance, all
ready provided for him, and ready cooked. Mr. • Duncan
having been informed of the existence, in the interior, of
persons who could give him information respecting
Mungo Park, proceeded to a large town, named Adofoodia.
in thirteen degrees six minutes north, and one degree
three minutes east. Here was a large market, with articjes
from the Mediterranean, and others from Bornon. At this
place he found a fine-looking Bornouese, who spoke Spaniqbt'
and who told him he had been twenty-one years a slave ht..
Bahia, to the firm of Busby and Johnson, of Liverpool. Ile,
also met a Tripoli merchant he had seen at Eggs, when oik
the Niger expedition. Amali Fatuma was, it appears, the/
principal cause of Park's death. Having complained to the,
King or chief of Yaouri that Park had discharged him with
out paying him his full wages, Park was interrogated upon')
the subject, and, of course, indignantly denied the charge:.
whereupon an attempt was made to detain the canoes
which was at the time moored to the bank with a piece
of rope. Park, said Mr. Duncan's informant, cut off they
hand of one of the people attempting to detain the canoes
thiswasthe. Thecomme old priest,ncemento ras
ftheTeatfrsaoy wwheice, ha enfuelerdthig,
Park's death
states that, about four years ago, a white man from Con.
stantinople came in search of Park's papers; that he, the.
priest, saw the person purchase, at a high price, a long tint
tube, with large sheets of paper in it; bTutthbaotokafter t
purchase, the King declared the price too little, and made a.:t
fresh demand upon the
apoor
very
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long
were
tneirt.mec carried
Trihedis
to
priest
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been pears, were distributed into different hands ; many
were s
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more oeldyth as
remained
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edaschnaontsolaarrt fo
geasr
gA ooddosf,oodia, and famed only as a,
gr
in consequence of the fa ill«
ties for transport afforded by thirt -six tributary strearisq,
wAhdoicfhoodeniater3stihn D ig e'dyiraogu nt
te of Timbuctoo. Vto:
tL
on his way back, the same kind attentions trona the IQ of
Dahomey.

ST. JAMBS'S THEATRE.—FRENCH PLATS.—Her 2-,
jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the is-,
countess Canning, the Hon. Miss Dawson, the Earl of We r
Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Wylde, visited the St. .1 g • *'s ,'
Theatre last night to witness the performances of Mons. D' -.7. •ret
and Mademoiselle Eugenie St. Marc, the term of whose eng• •t••• . lit'
is drawing to a close. The entertainments consisted of the .... 'dr.
of llettreuse comme une Princesse, Adrien, ou ma bonne suede, 'llif
Le Dibutant, ou 1' Amour et la Comedic.. Her Majesty looked in Say
cellent health, and appeared to derive much amusement from thO
clever bustling acting of Delferriers, and the charmingly nairc per!,
fonnance of Mademoiselle St. Marc. The royal party left 'the(
theatre at half-past 10 o'clock, immediately after the close of thy''
second piece. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, att a,a h 3%
Lady Fanny Howard, the lion. Miss Lyttlcton, and Sir eThrget
Couper, also honoured the theatre with their presence.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETT, EXETER HALL.— fr
iiamiel's Oratorio of Samson was performed last 'night by the
above Society. The part assigned to the veteran Braham was 1111• P
dertaken by Dir. Luckey at a short notice, in consequence of the del:
mise of Mrs. Braharn ; and that of Miss B. Ilawes (owing to a,
similar calamity—the loss ef her father, we believe) to Miss j) thy,
both of which most ably and effectively sustained their respettivel
parts. Mr. Luckey sang " Total Eclipse," and " Why does the Go. 11:
of Israel," with much judgment, and in the duet with Mr. L
,r..
"Go baffled Coward," was much and deservedly applauded. iff
Dolby gave the airs " Return 0 God of Hosts," and " Ye So
,7.,,
lie
Israel," most delightfully. The other parts were sustainedc by _ fIIF
Birch and Mr. Phillips with their usual ability. The choruses
_f° ';'e
,71,
very effective, and given with remarkable precision, alp ' °
the best ot,,
managers for the pains they take to render thiso the nail
last evening,
may be effected by proper attention. Much preiseiesty
the kind, and from the densely crowded setathteeinf.
.
it would appear that the public appreethat
t selves the follovng•
To Gentlemen who
shave -
flat cutlers of Europe use
and
due to 'the
flbinCt Razor Strop? The arter
recommend Saunders' Feur-sided
one that give," to a razor a keen a* i A
is, simply because it is the onlys,
strand.
query is proposed.—Why
smooth edge. Mannfactory,mlENT
FOR THE POOR.—On Sa-
: IMMEDIATE EmPrlAZYussell,
of the Board of Works, pro-
turday evening,
in K
do all thlea t
h loss of the potato crop is considerab Ile
' the poor from tf
llili Dir.
county Clare, where the possure on.
wers to set up the peasantry to Neel k
roads, and in every available manner.—
the public
on
Saunders.
vB;materi'l Itlo,w(Th,a';lr.
' icseedaremde:
wEiitlhkeeue,po
CHILD bft7BDEß.—Yesterday, Mr. Waleley, M.P.,
itnhfaenNtlictutoartia,,asChfaorultnedninstraeeptt;
Charl-
ton-street. The alleged mother of the deceased is a young and un-
married servant, out of place, and lived in the above house. Lest
Wednesday she retired to the privy, where she delivered herself of
maalet
the infant, whose cries were distinctly heard. She then forcedit
the bed?
opened
yanofa inquiryie
through the seat into the soil, and there left it. Her appea • ice,
soon excited suspicions against her, and a sergeant of the Sdi• is .
No. 15, found the infant. Mr. Cooper, house-surgeon
to St. • a art
workhouse, examined the body, and found that the infant h, ....p.ectl4
born alive, but as Mr. Cooper stated that the accused party w• • tot ,
weak to attend the inquiry, it was adjourned until she is ...iv,. 11.11
recovered to leave the workhouse, where she 14 under • . ' '- I r
lance of the Pelace.