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art, and a great number of other

_ sed by no one.
part of the Board of Trade, gave assent

s, and o

s accordingly agreed to,

3tiOli of the hotise to the

on to the river Niger, not with a view to
Iplation of this expedition, but
ended that it should sail. Ac-
cording to the time fixed upon the expedition would arrive
at tife most unhealthy season of the year at the mouth of the
Niger. He was aware that the reason assigned for this was,
that it was only in the rainy season that the river would be
sufficiently deep to enable the expedition to pass into the in-
terior of the country. He was not satisfied that they were
acting upon certain data in thus delaying the expedition,
while they were incurring the certainty of a positive evil in
arriving at the most fatal season i❑ the year. ' Under these
circumstances he thought it right to call the attention of the
government to the propriety of changing the time of sailing of
the expedition, or of employing it as an exploring expedi-
tion until the unhealthy season should have passed away.
The noble lord concluded by moving for the correspondence
upon the subject of the Niger expedition.
Mr. M. O'FEaltALtsaid it was at first supposed that Oc-
tober was the best month for the sailing of the expedition,
but further information than was in the possession of the go-
vernment at that time, convinced them that in the dry sea-
son the river was not ❑avigable, and that it was better to
proceed so as to arrive at the only period when vessels of
any size could go up the Niger.
In reply to a question from Mr. II UME.
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Mr. iT:SmiTii said the object of the expedition was, to
teach the natives of Africa the principles of commerce, with
a view of by that means of abolishing the slave-trade. Every
attention had been paid to the preservation of the lives of the
persons going out in this expedition. The noble lord (In-
gestrie) only moved, doubtless, for the papers, with the view
of raising the discussion, and had no wish that they should
be produced, to which production there w 4.3 an objection.
Lord INGESTRC assented.

Mr. WARBURTON said that the information in possesion
of the government was wholly disproportioned to the mag-
nitude of the object in contemplation.
MR. O'CONNELL said that no money was ever expended
in a holier object than that which was voted for fitting ont
this expedition, which was the emanation of one of the most
brilliant public meetings last year that had ever been held in
the metropolis—a meeting which he had reason to remember,
as being the only one he had ever attended as a silent auditor.
Mr. HUNIE contended that the government was in ignor-
ance of the difficulties the expedition would have to encoun-
ter ; that they would, therefore, do no good, and might do
mischief, and all the money would be thrown away.
Mr. HAWES contended that there was ample
upon which to proceed.
Lord INGESTRIE, in reply, said, that Sir F.
stated that it was the intention that this expedition
2,500 miles into the interior of the country ; but the captain
of the Ethiope, who had gone up the river about 500 miles
stated that he had there met with insurmountable objects,
Sir C. ADAM said that "-
which they mister "

nformation

Burton had

should go

~i,ere were tributary streams up
Le to proceed, if not up the one where

the Ethiope was stopped
Lord INGESTRIE then withdrew ti
ed leave to bring in a bill to
in Scotland, after which 012

The LORD ADVOCATE obti
amend the registration of vote
house adjourned.

There is at present alive in the island of Harris, a man
who was born in 1730, and has attamed, or rather turned,
the 110th year of his age. From his 7outh upwards, he has
cherished all the feelings that constitute the true Celtic cCe.-
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enough to become one

racter, add was deemed' t
of the attendants of Ms

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Nl'Leoa, tackswan of

sojourn in a-hidi

during his
not reach, subsequent to the disastrous battle of Culloden.
The spot chosen was Uamba Uliudal ; and while thus secreted
he fared better than Baron Bradwardine, by clansmen and
friends, who supplied him with venison, mutton, fish, and
other necessaries, obtained by hunting dexterity or other-
wise, and served according to the rude fashion of the times.
The name of the individual who has seen generation after
generation committed to the grave, is John Martin ; his
faculties of speech, sight, and hearing are unimpaired, and
he is still so hale in bodily health, that in good weather he
thinks nothing of travelling to the top of the highest hill in
Harris.—Glasgow Chronicle.

SLAVES IN TIIE BItAZILS.—Of this class of slaves, both
the men and women are remarkably stubborn, impatient, and
proud, but industrious and very aspiring. So proud they
are, that it is said, they will rather suffer death than endure
any undue-castigation. Many of them have been known to
kill themselves when imprisoned, and deprived of other
means, by turning inward the end of the tongue in such a
manner, as to choke themselves to death. One instance oc-
curred not long before our arrival. A stern Mina slave had
been threatened with a severe punishment, and managed to
attempt his escape into the water. He had proceeded far
out towards a resting place, before he was discovered and
nearly overtaken by the boat of his pursuers. He then im-
mediately plunged beneath the waves and endeavoured to
hold himself beneath by a rock, till death might release him ;
two or three times his hold was disengaged, by the prying
oars of those above him, and as often he regained it ; but
when nearly drowned, his strength relaxed, and he was taken
to the shore to suffer his tortures in aggravated degrees. It
is from this class of slaves, that many rise to freedom and
prosperity, and their young successors are the principal
guards of the empire.
DEATH.—Death, which hateth and deztroveth man, is
believed ; God, which bath made him and loves him, is al-
ways deferred. It was death which opened the conscience of
Chaa-les V., made him enjoin his son Philip to restore Na-
varre ; and King Francis I. of Prance, to command that
justice should be done upon the murderers of the Protestants
in Merindol and Cabrieres, which till then he neglected. It
is therefore death alone that can suddenly make man to know
himself. He tells tie proud and insolent that they are but
abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry,
complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happi-
ness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a
beggar, a naked beggar, which bath interest in nothing but
the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glais before the
eyes of the most beautiful, and makes him see therein their
deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge it. _ Oh,
eloquent, just, and mighty death ! whom none could advise,
thou haat persuaded ; what none bath dared, thou hast done ;
and whom all the svorld hath flattered, thou only bath cast
out of the world, and despised : thou hast drawn together all
the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambi-
tion of man, anti covered it over with these two narrow
wards, Hu herr.—pr Waller Raleigh.

THE CHESTER CUP.—Bloomsbury remains at 6 to 1,
offered at the close in fifties : 1000 to 100 would have been
laid against any other. Calypso was offered, in a good quar-
ter, to be backed against any thing, bar three. A Liverpool
gentleman seemed desirous to invest on the Young 'un : he
got a few hundreds on at 20 to 1. The following are the
offers, &c. of the horses in any demand : the others, quoted
by us last week, must be set down as nominally the same, as
we an not aware of their having been backed :
6to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury
11 to 1 „ Colonel Cradock's Gallipet
15 to 1 „ Major Hay's Retriever
100 to G „ Mr. Orde's Queen Bee (taken)
200 to 12 „ Colonel Peel's Gibraltar (taken)
200 to 12 „ Mr. Price's Tuly (offered)
260 to 12 „ Mr. St. Paul's Calypso (taken)
500 to 25 „ Lord Eglinton's The Young-un (taken)
100 to 4 „ Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy (taken)
300 to 10 „ Lord Eglinton'sßelloria (off)
300 to 10 „ Lord Eglinton's The Potentate (off)
200 to '3 „ Mr. Collett's Tubalcain (off)
Offers to lay 7 to 2 against any two, or back Cowboy against
any ten, for £lO each.

THE "
DERRY.—The Rattle party are in good humour at his
rapid move; 100 to 6 was the top offer at noon; 15 to 1 in
hundreds offered against Rosalie, a point more would have
been gladly pencilled down ; 1000 to 100, in a leading quarter,
or any part, was asked for on Palwmou and Eringo, 17 to 1
and 20 to 1 were offered; 25 to 1 was asked for on Marshal
Soult ; 7 to 1 would have been taken about two, throwing in
an outsider ; 200 to 2, just as the room broke up, was laid
against Macheath.

THE CHASE.
The CHESHIRE Fox HOUNDS will meet on
Saturday, Feb. 20, at
Monday, 22, at
'Wednesday, 24, at Appleton Hall,
Thursday, 25, at Norton Priory.
Saturday, 27, at Bradfield Green,
At Half-past Ten o'clock.
Mr. LECHE'S Fox HOUNDS will meet on
Saturday, 20, at Hough Bridge.
Tuesday, 23, at
Thursday, 25, at Bangor Bridge.
Saturday, 27, at
Tnesday, March 2, at
Thursday, 4, at
Friday, 5, at
Saturday, 6, at