The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-08 00:00:00

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ITION FOR EX PORTIN(I THECOURSEOF
THE MOHR.

• The minion, consisting of Dr. Ondenay, Major Den-
bans, and Lieutenant Clapperton. had on their first
jonesey sr' ived at, Moo rzook, the capital of the kingdom
of Paean, in the month of April last, in the hest health
undepirits,* havinr performed the journey in 4t days, a
diereses of GOO miles. On arriving at blourzook, the
..assn louse was prepared for them that had been in-
habitid by Mr. Ritchie and his friends in the year of
and where he fell a victim to the artiness enter,
paws he had endettaken. All those who have read
Captain 1-yott's interesting narrative of this journey, will
ineolleet the delays and difficulties tlit presented them.
•telves to the further prosecution of their object, and the
trivatiens they had here to encounter and (mitre;
paralysed their exertions by eahausting at onte
health and resoorres. Viejo? Denham, (eerier
Is hopes might be defeated by similar means, and
-endeavours to advance t Bourn proving ineffec-
decided on the hastrtions alternative of return-
Tripoli, sod be describes his journey in these
puissance of • my intentions, which you were
.. node pequalated with by my letter from Mountie's. I
Illattlitt• atts dm- 19th of May, and after twenty
oliegf ilttery great fatigue, arrived here (Tripoli)
out,' 1181oFTast month. One Arab Sheikh and two
somptimet, with myself, the caravan. Our usual
.total from 14 to 16 bouts in the 24 on the march;
sans .Issing the Deserts (three and four Jays in
length) always 18 boors; the camels I scarcely ever
allnwedvis rest; the halt was always made I. the middle
he day to allow the camels to come up, was by far
most trying poet of the journey, exposed to the
Aug heat of the mid day son, where nature bad not
provided shade sufficient fir a grasshopper, lying on a
scorching, sand, and with nothing to alleriateour parch.
thirst hit wretched water Odell had been several
beastly skins, was a ,misery 1 had no &ince!).
before. At night ive.generally got a little Irons.
, with some fat and salt, no bad supper ; but a
tea was lottery supreme. as it satisfied thirst. and
the edge aflbe•pntrid taste of the bad water;
e. which was always made by scraping together
mete' dung• which we found, was consequently sir
anal we sometimes eouhl not find more than *ft'
•tr, for boiling a little water. I had a tent with
seldom pitched it. tve were all too tired, and
thought it quite modem; we slipt off our horses.
nearly sleeping with fatigne and heat, the nose
was pet civet the poor animal's'head, and a Carr
Nis two fore legs; the loose stones were soen
from a space large enough to receive our ear.
,ead rolled up in a bornouae, in two miatites all
troubles were forgotten."
Fresh arrangements having been now jade, by *MeV
is hoped ill the• difficulties, except these of climate,
oily- he avoided,'Major Denham has again set forward
to rejoin his associates, and in'a
subsequent letter says,
V shall, certainly wake the attempt at rataraflNOwae
*ay of Egypt."
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:1' OF NINO'S BENCH. Ifirerirssiiioo.l.
-....n0t1it0111101 0,4 INABBAS CORPISie

lbitperqont WlMilo* beet detained Maki liki 13Itit
January, on board his Majesty's ship Severer,. Is the
Were this dip brought up on the triers 'Of Vie'
_.,i. Ha6cee Carle:. Captain frlacenliocht,tho -
mandermt the yew). walk in. Court. The p go
'' ' bovasbeen tp.4tAhe case befarelfroAlagoe Of
~;were ormitios&AtiM.imaliemusto-stm weiami mire—,
' which was issued to remove them. - ...
trisoners, who appeared to be Dutchmen, and
Of idiom are very powerful and athletic men,
1 strodoVed, bittidculfed two and tiro, and arranged
a 1 on this floor of the Court. ~
fli 'retails go the writ of Habeett Carpi/ Captain
laden Oh set forth, that on the 13tb of Jaimbry the'
',tonere, with a ass who had since dlisl; iminairought '
ship. as the crew of a vessel which hafbeen Cap.. I
• the sloop Baiter. and were _given into bit
on sorpicionmf the mnrder of a Oritish vaunt*
'William Cullum, who bad been on board that.
.., and that be had since detained them entil they
sit conveniently be brim; t- to London, to be deaf
ris lecording to law. .
'Titcretorti to the writ of aitiorari, by Mr. Jekyll,.
altfwid Coroner of Davie. was then read. It
is two inqsisitions held before him ; one on the hod
'Mem Cullen, in which a verdict wee retort) ' ,
Ifol martin." against certain persons ankruiwn;
:other on the bodies of the three men *hewers
by the fire of the Badger, in which a verdict wets
of ojustifiaide homicide." The depositions of
Naser. captain of the Badger, and •• of the Mate'
vessel, which was engaged in the preventive
, were then read. From three it appeared;.that
13th of January, the Badger, cruising in the
inel, observed a strange vessel about three fugues
the roast of France, and apparently steering to the
westward: in' consequence of a tack, the King's ship
near to this vessel. hailed her. Oa hoisted siNnals,
re was no reply made, or colour hoisted, by the
Upon this a shot was fired, not atths repel, but
xeele as a demonstration ; bat no notice was taken.'
King's then fired in earnest, and an engage-
: dontaimmed, which lasted for two hours, when the
Attemt the strange vessel cried out, in English, fur
iFer.After this, however, the strange vessel con ti-
to fire, and William CllllOOl was killed: ultimately,
• amptore of the vessel was effected. She was found to
Ird to the batches with spirits, tea nod 'tobacco,
F.' 4to haver formidable store of a:nronnition and arma.
• e prisoners and the man who hail died were taken on
' Nerd the smuggler, and transferred on the same day, to
Severn fit sate custody. ,
. Ale. BSOOOltail and Mr. PLITT now contenderfUiPti
Ant prisoners were estitl4 to their discharge on throe
AiOstriniels:—fiat, hecanse there was no evidence to show
'• std the men cone/reed in the engagement were the,
- ' e whom Captain filaccalloeit detained on board the
1.• • woad. henna there was nothing to prove that
mariners on board the King's ship were justified in
eeduineoeing the engagement. and,- consequently, that
thedeatis of Calkins might not be justified in self-defeoce;
sod hotly, helmet the prisoners bad been detaioed an
ettreesonable time without being brought before any
meogistratt for imantioatioo, or being consigned to lawful
•einetody.. •
. lim, Lop*? wore. however. clearly of opinion that
*ay ehaviiil be gent, of a high violation of duty if they
peoemdad so discharge the prisoners. They would als-
Mdg frees aapiag avacthing on vb. mech.* of the case as
Ahry sea. Owed. from pistice to the patties aceused, and
.)gays it wee enough if they now saw sufficient on the
ism. of she promedings to call for further enquiry. It
.easae vove far disputed that any man might take charge
alf it can seensed of a capital offence, and detain hips
isil be vsold he bikes before a magporate : it could got
'4104.4 that these men were so charged; and that
umbel. the Csounander of the Seeeea might lawfully
No them. With respect to the time of their deism-
.. it was true, abet if the interval was of such stirs-'
.4dioary length as to convince. the Court of the want of
godeg,tvu for the charge, that it would be a ground fur
release; hot eecept in this paint of siew,l
oaremottable delay, tismigh it. might subject its
mathoe to meow* and itete.f. Mould not justify
Llitilimikagte white.** si.dimil:, frassztjussiie. Bat in
*hie omit the delsi ion lot 'llll there might be
estoalueloksawapt is laestiag a crew like this at tire port,'

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