The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-06 00:00:00

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MtINGO PARKE.

The TAets, gum, Capialis Stahel), -has arrived at Peres-
mouth, from the Coast of Africa, of which she his taken an ex-
teusive range, sad where she captured several vessels trading for
slaves, in violation of the Portuguese Treaty ;—thereby circum-
scribing that inhuman traffic, which, weary sorry to hear, cos-
tines to exist on a considerable' scale, under the Portuguese and
Spanish Flags. The Thais brings cCrtain information respect-
ing the fate of !dung° Parke, who, it appears, after the whole
of Ws retinue, excepting one person, had died, was pro-
ceeding ep a branch of , the Niger, when, having given
an unintentional offence to a native Chief, he was assailed
whilst in a canoe, passing a narrow arm of the river, and, leap-
ing overboard with his European' companion, to swim on shore,
was drowned with him. The canoe upset, and nothing belong-
ing to the travellers was preserved, net did any one escape, but
some of the hired attcudants. Colonel Maxwell, commanding
at Corer, being desirous to ascertain the fate of this enterprising
traveller, engaged a native, possessing -more than ordinary in-
telligence, to trace his tract ; arid he returned, after being a
long time absent, with the lamented result, just before the Theis
sailed. Mr. Parkes objret, it will he remembered, was to v;sit
the city of Tumbnetoo, in the interior of Africa, from which,
when he met his death, he was within 500 miles.

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We have received advices from Teneriffe to the
19th of. November, which communicate farther par-
ticulars of the ravages of the yellow fever. That
' dreadful disorder, it will be recollected, first made its
appearance ou the 4th of October', at Port Orotava ;
the me?chants and principal residents immediately
fled to the country in the greatest consternation,
abandoning every thing. The disease had, for up-
wards of a month previously, been very fatal in
; Grand Canary. In Orotava more than five hundred'
persZus bad fallen victims to it, out of 3,000 which
comprised the whole population in the town. The
fever continued to rage with violence when the last
accounts came away. At Grand Canary, upwards
of 3,000 souls had perished. At Santa Cruz, its
progress had been lesi destructive, owing to the
greatest part of the inhabitants having previously
been affected by it, Rain'was much %anted to cool
the air ; there having been none since the fever com-
menced, and the weather was hot almost to suffoca-
tion. Te add to the misfortunes of the people, the
island had been twice visited by a scorching wind
from the desert of Barbary, bringing with it clouds
of locusts, which were devouring every atom of
vegetation. To augment the calamity a the Spani,
ands at Tenerife, a serious commotion was thought
to he on the point of breaking out. This last evil
was 'attributed to the conduct of the Governor, the
Duke del Parque, who, supported by the military,
had refused obedience to the orders of the Cortes',
and the Regency of Cadiz.
A new commercial road is projected to facilitate
the communication of the East and West India'
Docks with the Grand Junction Canal and the upper
parts of ,the town. The subsisting line through
White Horse-lane to Mile-end, and a short distance
up Globe-lane, will be taken, from which the new.
road is intended to be carried, in nearly a straight
line to Shoreditcb.

We understand that a respectable .house in the
neighbourhood of Nottingham, concerned in bleach-
ing, has made some important discoveries in that art,
by which it seems that the process can now be ex-
terded, not only to the bleaching cotton, and other
vegetable substances, in a superior style, but also to
the whitening and ameliorating of animal wools, so
as to render them much more soft and beautiful when
manufactured. •

A number of persons are now employed in ob-
taining (under various pretences) the old half crowns
now in circulation. The• silversmiths, to whom
they carry them, melt them down in general in lieu
of bullion, for the manufacture of silver articles.
The bankruptcy of Messrs. Morris and Nicholson,
of the North Lincolnshire Bank, at Barton-upon-
.llumber, we are sorry to say, has. been, and is likely
to be productive of the greatest distress in that part
of the country. Scarcely an individual possessed of
property has escaped. Numbers of persons of small
property, who had vested their whole in the above
bank, and many of whom lived upon the interest, are
left without a shilling,oud without resource.
SitALL-Pox AND VACCINATION.- .The salutary
advantages of Vaccination are clearly shewn is the
following calculation, on the authority of nearly all
the respectable physicians, not merely iu the United
Kingdom, but In the whole civilized world.—Natural
Small Pox 10,000 cases give 1,000 deaths, or 1 in 10.
Inoculated ditto 10,000 cases give 20 deaths, or 1
in 500. Vaccination 10,000 cases give 10 failures,
or lin 1000, and no deaths. Whence it appears,
. that where there are, 10 failures of vaccination, there
are 20 deaths from small pox inoculation, not to
mention, the incalculable numbers destroyed by
spreading the contagion. It ought also to be tone-
tioned, that in every well-authenticated case of vac-
cine failure, the patients always experienced a very
mild attack of natural small poz.—That fact atone
should satisfy the public of its inestimable attraidara
and superiority.
The temporary Patroles, established under volun-
tary contributions in various parts of the Metropo-
lis by the terrified Inhabitants, have already operated
so usefully, as to demonstrate the necessity of a more
perfect and permanent establishment under Legisla-
tive Authority. That this new system of prenextion
proves obnoxious to the nightly disturbers of the,
public peace, is manifest by the assaults that are
commenced against the Patroles newly appointed for
its security. John Bell, one of the Kensington Pa-
trole, was attacked between twelve and one o'clock,
on Monday morning, by a well.dressed young man,,
immediately after giving him the word Patrole,"
who struck him across the breast,' and, on being
seized, threatened to blow the Patrole's brains out
with a pistol : on this the latter drew his hanger,
and another Patrole coining up, the offender wits
secured, lodged in Kensington watch-house, 'and
being afterwards carried before the Rev. Dr. 15-
I'DUDLET, was, by that Magistrate, committed to.
Clerkenwell Prison.
A melanchily aocident happened -on Sunday hut.
Miss Price, step-daughter to Mr. Rees, Mercer, of
Llandilo, accompanied by a. female servant on the
same horse, were both unfortunately drowned in crose-
ihg the River Teary, at the ford leading tadVi kite-house
Farm. The horse being renisci grazipg in a neigh-
bouring ield, led to a discovery of the falai catas-
trophe, the tense of which is net accurately ascer-
tained. - Mies • Price Ins a very amiable young wn-
..man; and,J ey preznatimloas is greatly regretted by-
her ulimerous Tacna.
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