The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-27 00:00:00

Incidental expenses for support, &c. during the
first year, say lOOO

Importing 500 persons* in families, say.
Expenses for an agent in selecting them

4750

5750
1000
250

£7OOO
That as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are ob-
tained, a public meeting be called, to elect officers, and carry
the means into effect, and that an annual report of all pro-
ceedings connected with the establishment be printed.

* Sugar vessels might be obtained to carry out immigrants
upon advantageous terms.

A MISERABLE JOURNEY.-NARRATIVE OF
MR. NICHOLS.

The following narrative we extract from the Adelaide
Guardian. The letter is addressed to the editor of that
journal :
" As the circumstances attending my recent journey to
Encounter Bay, for the purpose of holding a coroner's in-
guest on view of the body of Alexander Riches, must have
occasioned considerable excitement in the public mind in
Adelaide, will you allow me to request the favour of the in-
sertion in the following number of your journal, of the fol-
lowing brief account of the causes of the. delay which has
taken place, and of the circumstances which have led to many
sufferings and privations experienced in the performance of
an important public duty. On Saturday, 10th instant, I
left his excellency the governor's station, at Willunga,in
company with Mr. Calder, under whose directions I pro-
ceeded on a route which he then pointed out to me. On
arriving at the, base of Mount Compass, I succeeded in tra-
cing the bullock tracks, as I had been directed to do, over
that part of the country where they were visibly defined. In
this way I proceeded shout three or four miles, in the course
of which „I crossed two temporary bridges, which had pre-
viously been described to me by Mr. Calder.

" Shortly after having passel those bridges I lost all tra-
ces of
.the beaten road or track, and found myself upon a
' sandy spot covered with scrub, backed by a swamp of a very
considerable extent, which appeared to me to be impassable.
I recollected some directions which had been given to me,
and, thinking it necessary to cross the same, I endeavoured
to do so where it appeared to be passable, and I urged on my
horse accordingly. I had proceeded a short distance only,
when I was compelled to dismount, to save my horse from
being bogged, and succeeded with difficulty in extricating
him. After several other unsuccessful attempts to accom-
plish my object, in which my horse was nearly lost, I was
compelled to direct my course round the swamp, with the
view of attaining the summit of an eminence to which my at-
tention had previously been directed.
" I found it impossible to accomplish this object; and, as
the evening was fast approaching! I endeavoured to select a
convenient spot for passing the night. I fastened my horse
to a tree, and, having no provisions of any kind, or the means
of kindling a fire, without any covering I lay on the grass,
exposed to the cold. In this situation, impatiently awaiting
the morning, at daylight I again endeavoured to get round
the swamp, travelling a distance of upwards of 20 miles,
leading my horse, which at that time appeared almost worn
out, by the bridle, over steep ascents, covered with thick
scrub, and a species of vine, presenting a formidable barrier
to my progress. I now passed another night in a situation
similar to that which 1 have described.
" I had now been nearly two days without food of any de-
scription, except grass and water from the swamps. 1 con-
tinued in this state several days, leading my horse by day,
and passing the nights in the manner I have described, which
produced sufferings of the worst description, through the de-
bilitated state to which 1 was reduced. I shaped my course
by the sun, in a direction which I intended to be S.E. by E.;
and finding that I could not succeed in crossing the swamp,
after several fruitless attempts, I abandoned the intention
of doing so, and returned to the spot from which I started.
I had been wandering about in this state six days, without
food of any kind, and subsisting entirely on the grass, which
I chewed, and water. On this I succeeded in getting over
the swamp, leading my horse through high grass and hayf
and picking out the hardest portions of the ground over
which I was travelling; and frequently wading through water
a considerable depth. lat last succeeded in reaching the
opposite side, where I had to contend with an extensive and
almost impassable scrub in my progress over an ascent of
the steepest description. With much difficulty I reached the
summit of this eminence, where my horse, now completely
exhausted, and unable to proceed further, fell to the ground
unable to rise. At first I determined to bleed him, in order
to obtain for myself the means of sustenance, being at the
time weak and exhausted myielf; but being unwilling to lose
my horse, and having no knife in my pocket, or other means
of accomplishing my purpose, I proceeded to a stream which
was running near me through the hills, to get water both for
myself and horse.. In this I succeeded, making use of the
top of a pen-case which I had in my pocket, and pouring the
contents into the nostrils of the horse, which apparently
seemed to revive him. I afterwards used my hat for a simi-
lar purpose, and restored my horse at last, but I was unable
to proceed further that day. I then shaped my course towards
an eminence which I mistook for Mount Jarred, as well as
my recollection, already affected by the extreme bodily and
mental sufferings under which I laboured, would permit ;
but, being nearly exhausted from privation', having been now
nearly eight days without food, my feet swollen and excoriated
in a frightful manner, I became scarcely able to move, and
frequently sank from exhaustion, unable to proceed further.
" My horse dropped a second time, and I succeeded in re-
storing him, but I could not lead him onward ; he seemed
unable to proceed ; I therefore -fastened him up in the usual
manner for the night. I laid down myself, prostrated almost
in mind and body. The horse had in the night broken the
bridle and strayed ; and, although I traced him on the fol-
lowing morning for some distance, I was too ill to follow up
my search ; I therefore proceeded alone on my journey. Ott
the day following I found a few mushrooms which I de-
voured voraciously, and succeeded in reaching the surveying
station of Mr. Pullen, where I received the most hospitable
and kind treatment. He rowed me over the Henniss as soon
as I could be removed, and sent one of his men with me to
Encounter Bay.
" From the commencement I felt scarcely any sensation of
hunger; but I was visited with acute pains in the head and
chest, accompanied with extreme faintness, so much so as to
produce a total prostration of mind and body. I also expe-
rienced much annoyance from the wild dogs, several of whom
constantly surrounded me at night. I had no difficulty in
driving them away.
" I feel it unnecessary to apologise for trespassing on your
time, and occupying such a space in your columns. Having
received so many demonstrations of anxiety for my personal
safety, the publication of this statement has become a public
duty. In the mean time allow me to subscribe myself your
very obedient servant, "J. W. NICHOLS."

Lord Brougham, by special invitation, will visit the King
and Queen of the French, at the Tuileries, en route to Eng-
land.
A STORM IN KoounisTAN.---Last year, I think it was,
nearly two hundred serbfiz, who were proceeding from the
village of Nistfin by Soonfis, together with upwards of two
hundred yahoos and asses, were lost in one day. The sun
shone clear in the heavens, and the weather below was fine,
so that the men were tempted to proceed on their way. But,
in these lofty hills, the wind often blows hard while a calm
reigns below, and it seems a gale was blowing in the pass,
which raised the dry snow in clouds ; this was observed
from several points below, but. no one knew of the unhappy
caravan ,• and even had the truth been known, what mortal
aid could have availed? The whole were buried by the snow
clouds, and frozen to death by force of the wind alone. I
was told that nearly a thousand living creatures, men and
cattle, had perished that season at Seradhust. Nay, so severe
is the winter there, that the khan's steward told me he had
frequently been storm-stayed in the khan's house, so that be
could not get to his own for days ; and that communication
between the villages was frequently cut off, so that all gene-
ral
intercourse ceased for rnontbs.--Praser's Travel, in
Koordistan.