The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-09 00:00:00

'nut coNGIO EXPltprrioN;

The detailed accounts of thelixpedition to ex-
plore the River Congo, or &ire, have reached the
Admiralty. • Melancholy as the result has been,
from the great mortality of the Gaiters and men.
owing to excessive fatigue, rather thin to the ef-
fects, of climate, the Journals of Captain TUCKEY
and the Gentlemen in theicicrltilic tlepartments
are, we understand, bight), into-J:5611g, anti at'sr
factory, as far as they go; and: we. itelleve they
extend COUSiderithly beyond the first 'Rapids
or Calumet. It would seem, indeed, front the
extract of a letter from the Surgeon of the Congo,
inserted below,. that the
,mortality was entirely
owing to the lapd journey ht.youll these ittpitia,
and that Captain TUCKRY died of, .c900041.t4 ru-
hanstitni, alter leaving the ri-er, and trat from
fever. The climate, tee understand, irate r.entarita-
lily fine ; scarcely alto wer of rein, Or any humi-
dity in the atmosphere, and the snit seldom shin-
ing out hut for a few limits in, the tut the
day; FAH Iheimortictsr seldtent exceed-
bik 76 degrees by thy, and neeettiestanoling.beloiv
GO degrees at eight—such a climate, in fad, as one

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‘Vt)ll4 (o fit ; ti,;
over.eagertiess to accomplish the ohjvcts of the
expedition, and to atquite all the illumination that
could possibly be obtained, seem to have actuated
every one, from the lametittil Commander to the
common seaman and private marine, anti led them
to attempt more than the liftman constitution was
able to bear. The total number of deaths amounts
to 18, of which 14 were on the land expedition.
They consist of--
9optain Tvotror, Cornut.tneler of the Expedition.
Lieut. liatextt , Lieutenant of the Congo.
Mr. Profesaor Rotaniit.
Mr. T. non, Comparative Anatomist..
Mr, CaaNcti, Collector of objects of Natural History.
Mr. I.:ALM/KY, a friend of Captain Tucker, Who volunteered
hole pure love of science.
Mr F.Ynt, the purser.
The names bf the remainder have not been re-
turned.
The Dorothy transport 'that accompanied the
Congo into the River lost but one man, and be
fill overboard anti was drowned,

11X711ACT OF A LKI'TgR PHOM MR. MACKERROW,

SURGEON OF TUE CoNCo.

" Of the eighteen who died in the river, four-
teen had been on shore, marching for some time,
and were far advanced before reaching the ship.
" Professoe SMITH,IO SAW Malty Of them
when taken ill, gave to some a doze of calomel,
but to others nothing had been administered.
" The fever appeared in some degree contagi-
out, 3$ all the attend.otts upon the sick were at-
tacked, aud before we left the river, it pervaded
nearly the whole crew, also some at the trans-
port's ; but as fir myself, although constantly
among them, I did not feel the slightest Wisp°.
sision until rye left •tilt coast. when 1 :11'04
attacked ; however, I considered mental anxiety
and disturbed rest as the sole canses.

Captitin TucxnY bad been aillie;eil many
years with chronic hepatitis, and on -returning
trunt fire weeks on slime, he %vat so ex.
festively reduced, tint sit attempts to restore, the
energy t,t his system proved ineffectual.

" Mr. Thong was io the lost 'rage of fever be-
fore I saw him, es were Messrs. CUANCIi nod
GAMEY.

!`• Protcssor SNITII died in two (kr after
cpue under My cure, during which time lie iefus.
ed every thing,lfbether its nutriment cir medicine.
Lieut. IllwxEy wits taken ill after leaving

the river, hit(' died 011 the fourth day : his case
Wits rather siugulxr,•--symhtuttts•were,
of stornoels, «itt► eXtrcitie litogitor awl debility,
but lie i►ad neither !waits tier fever.

" Mr. EVIiK 114(1 It violent fever, noel on the

third day breathed his list : before death i yellow
•iiffosiun hid taken place; ,with vomiting of mat-
ter resembling coffee
,ground."

The three days 'Paris l'apers to the 7th, which
became dui this morning, arrived in course. The
Prencb fonds are isuproving,,aud tm Satiorday, for
the first time fur sevetal weekt, the five per cents.
reached 56 fr. .20 centimes, and left off at 55. 95.

The Law of Elcatinui has undergone two uture
n',tl4Cosiaos in ,the Gliatobef of Depnties,. and in
t,ho Sitting of Saturday the i;ote, was come to
pn several of the articles. The first was itilopteti,
?lid a liing and boisterotts,iisteopptiop.vf bitsi-
nese ensued. Article 2d. as proposed by Mini=
liters and amended by the C0111111ISSigt), then un-
derwent a rather tempestuous debate. ,The trhirf
point at issue was, whether the title to be air
Elector should rest on the payment of 30(1 wares
itt .direct taxes as 'declared by 411. 40. of the
Charter, or that the tight should as now propos-
ed by Ministers, be extended to persons paying
that amonnt either by themselves, their wives, or
children' being minors. MM. I:n4.mA, Sou-
-01. LtYP.Ts BENOIT, insister! QII the Char.
cc, and inveighed against the innovation. The
INlinister of the Interior trplitul ; nil tbi Amend=
menu were negatived ; and the article, as it was
offered by Ministers (inserted in our translation,
see preceding column) carried. The 'other tirti.,
clew were postponed till Monday, and the Chain.
her adjourned.

'i'i►e re►t of the news in these Journals ii iint4
much consequence. There has been some
till avttlanehes un Mount St. Bernard, which hafe,
it is said, changed the face-of this•"celebrated spat.
Not the slightest mention is matte of the con
piracy at liourdeatix, or troubles in the Sundt,.
which we take it for granted have, as usual, been
much exaggerated in some of the London Paper,..

—Our 'lint page tnistaiils eptift of the import..
mit deliberations the'Legithitive Assembly of
The. proctedingi of the. Wesr India Au-
thorities at the present juncture 14.i1t meHt tt,u, e
attention than we can now hestow then), but we
%holt return to the ssibject.

The kaity Papers are offering every reAson bit
the true one for the rise of the public Funds, in
spite of the public ruin upon which they insist.

Tim/ ottlelitt it is tie tik:ly thin: in the
work!, that every body should • inly the
Stock of a Bankrupt. Government, at a 'Arc
wtich does not yield the buyer the legal
interest of fire per cent. for his Motley, Tlity
!MUM the leo it credalous of their Iteallell'
that no idea of the snperior security enters into
the minds of the persons who mac these foolish
bargains ; but that, disregarding all their gloOt
,prophecies and hardy assertiems, the idiots wi.4 '
purchase Consuls are actually dancing (as if bit 1)7
a Ministerial Tarantnia) in crowds to the /U."
change, to give sixty-four pounds ten shilliaga
for a scrap of paper, which will emmtitle them at best
to but three pounds a-year, should the-atilla
Constitution miraculously survive the pressureauss
difficulties with which it is overwhelmed.
The plague at Athens was not so universal And
epidemic as this inveterate disease of purchssiog
Stock. It is a John Bull madness, and while
it
lasts, all that the factious can scribble, the dig'
_
contented prognosticate, or the desponding fray
bode, it must afford to Britain 'and to time World/
an unanswerable proof of the stability of the Eta..., •
pire, the amplitude of its resources, the eacellenea
of its Finance System, and the wisdom and We'
grity of its Government.