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London, England, 1824-06-23 00:00:00

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Whilst I was setting up the targe theodolite, my bro-
ther tried three excellent barometers, which we had the
satisfaction to see stand exactly at the same point,
14,675 inches.
" The Tuzheegung had an elevation of' seventeen de-
grees, and was not more than two miles distant. The
ink froze, and I had only a broken pencil, with which
I got on very slowly. It was twenty minutes to five
before we had finished our observations; the thermo•
meter was eleven degrees below the freeiing point ;
and we had 7600 feet of perpendicular height to de-
scend, over a bad road, in a distance of six miles. We
cautioned our people against delay, and moved down-
wards as fast as we could walk. We passed the bundle
of sticks where it was left; but the man had disappear ed,
and we next day understood he had reached camp before
us. Night overtook us two and a half miles from Nako,
and my brother had the misfortune to fall, and hurt
his leg so much, that we greatly feared he would be
obliged to remain where lie was until assistance could
be obtained from the village. After sitting down for
half an hour, he found himself able to proceed at a
slow pace: so we moved on, and shortly alter lost the
!road, by going too far to the right. We got in among
a confused jumble of gigantic masses of rock, lions
which we found it no ca, y matter to extricate ourselves.
We wandered about among them, almost as chance di-
rected, for an hour and a half. Many of the stones
shook under us, and we passed places frightful even in
daylight. About nine, we espied a light below us, and
heard the roaring of the river Lee, which, as it was then
very calm, seemed quite close to us. This made us
imagine we had gone beyond the village; but, judging
from the strange structure of the surrounding moun-
tains, which we could scarcely mistake, we did noi
think it possible we could have done so, more espe-
cially as we had seen no cultivation, and there are a
good many fields around Nako ; we therefore went on,
and came to a Lama temple, that we recognised about
a quarter of' a mile from camp. We called out, and
were answered by some of our people, who came to
meet us with a couple of lights.
a We reached camp at half-past nine, not so much
tired as might have been expected. Only four of our
servants arrived that night ; the rest stopped without fire
at our former halting place, and came up late next da),
having their feet so much swollen by the frost as to be
unable to carry loads during the rest of our journey.
The distance to-day was ten and a half miles.
Our last three marches were fraught with acci-
dent. Three barometers, a perambulator, and thermo-
meter, were smashed in pieces, and the small theodolite,
a very neat instrument by Dollond, 'divided into single
minutes, with a brass stand, was rendered unfit for
takiMg elevations, the nonius having been broken off.—
We had remaining a strong perambulator, two large
theodolites, a surveying compass, four barometers, and
as many thermometers, together with a couple of sex-
tants, a reflecting circle, a repeating circle, and a chro-
nometer ; so that we were still very well supplied with
insti uments.

" We have great reason to be thankful, that, during
the last. three days, there was very little wind, and none
at all when we visited the highest peaks ; for, had there
been any when the thermometer was so low, it must
have chilled us so much, that we could not have moved;
and to have remained during the night at such a height
would have been almost certain death."

We wish that we could have given a still longer ex-
tract from this valuable weak, but our limits forbid it.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
Ltwiwz. Witor.ocx.—A person named Millwood appeared volun-
tarily before Mr. HALLS yesterday, to answer the complaint of the
Parish Officers of Hammersmith, he having, as it was alleged, left
his wife and three children chargeable upon the funds of that parish.
In reply to this charge, the husband said his wife was no better
than she should be, for long before she left him she 0 took to
drinking," and her thirst was so great that his beds end other moie-
ables were gradually converted into drinkabled. Nevertheless he
did not " put her away," as she had falsely alleged. He undertook
to allow her a maintenance as lung as she conducted herself pro-
perly, and be continued to do so for more than twelve months. lie
agreed to do this, provided she would sign with him a mutual deed
of separation ; and, she assenting, a deed was signed, in which a
Mr. Clark was appointed her trustee, and in his hands was placed
a certain sum of money fur her use. It so happened, however,
that she and Alr.Clark found themselves so agreeable to each other,
that they lived togetht r until three little Clarks gave triple proofs of
their mutual agreeableness, and it was for the maintenance of these
three little Clarks that he was now called upon to provide!
The Magistrate told this perplexed Benedict that his deed of se-
paration was not worth one farthing, for it could not dissolve
their marriage; and, until it was dissolved, whatever children his
wife might have, would be considered by the law as " born in law-
ful wedlock," and he would be compelled to maintain them. By
neglecting so to do, he had rendered himself liable to be eom-
, mated to the House of Correction as a rogue and vagabond, under
the Vagrant Act—" but, taking aU the circumstances into conside-
ration," said his Worship, 0 I shall not proceed to that extremity,
but I shall call upon you to enter into your own recognizance for
your appearance at the Quarter Sessions, there to abide any order
which may be made upon you in this case."
Six Mounts AT JAUSAY'II.-Mr. Charles Weary Wiffiaves was
charged in the watch-house books of St. Mai tin's, with having vio-
lently assaulted James Blake and Francois Piguet.
James Blake is a waiter and Francois Piguet is the porter at
Jaunay's Hotel, in Leicester-square ; and it appeared by their eel.
deuce, that between one and two o'clock yesterday morning—not
thefts/turnable morning but the natural one—Mr. Charles Henry
Williams came into Jaunay's, in company with another Gentleman,
and insisted upon seeing a Mr. Somebody, with whom they had been
dining there that afternoon. James Blake, the waiter, seeing that
both Gentlemen were neither more nor less than very uncomfort-
ably tipsy, was desirous of getting rid of them as speedily as pas-
sible; and therefore he said to them—" Really, Otntlemen, I don't
know with whom you have been dining, but this I know, that
every person in this house, except myself and the porter, retired to
rest long ago; and therefore there can be no pretext for your re-
maining here." Whether this was said civilly or otherwise did not
appear; but in the next moment James Blake found himself at his
IfuU length on the floor; and Francois Piguet, the comely full-spread
porter, upon coming to his assistance, was floored also. Both of
these floorings were alleged to have been perpetrated by the fist of
Mr. Charles Henry Williams; and, therefore, as soon as James and
Francois had recovered their perpendicular, they called in one of
the guardians of the night, and consigned Mr. Charles Henry Wil-
liams to the watch-house.

The Magistrate asked Mr. Charles Henry Williams—" What are
you, Sir?" To which he replied—" Really I h ,rdly know how to
describe myself—hut I suppose I am a Gentleman." He then went
lon to justify his attack on " the people at Jaunay's," by saying that
he knew the Gentleman be was in search of was in the house, and
he was most particularly anxious to see him; and when the com-
plainants rudely resisted his inquiries, a scuffle very naturally ensued.
—He was held to bail on the two distinct charges of assault.