Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-06
FOREIGN.

llylng description, inaSfnucll as III proves
that The nobility aud gently Of that coun-
Try are III no respect, inferior TO the uobil-
~ and gentry of England, i'll the loyalty
oi their feelings at the present moment.
On "Wednesday last, the LORD Provost,
magistrates. and council of Edinburgh,
unanimously voted LOYAL and du;Iiul
address 10 his Royal Higlness the Prince
Regent, on the present situation If public
affairs ; and OF The preceding day, a Icy al
address 10 the Regent OH the present state
OF the country, was unanimously agreed
10, AT meeting OF the Justices OF The
peace, frechOlders, commissioners OF sup
ply, and beriiorS OF Berw &C ksiIire, held al
Greeniaw. Al this mee,ing, she RI. Hon.
The Earl at Home, Lord Lieut.. of The
County presided. These examples will
speedily be followed by all tie rest OF
Scotland. Already the following counties
are convened by public notice, at the pc.
RODS hereafter Mentioned. The county
OF Liniithgow 81 Friday the l2,h Instant; ;
the county aiSuHlag, ON Friday the l9.h !:
thv county O l. nbrrgh, on Wednos Jay
the ION 90 morrow, aud the county Of
Ross OH Friday next. In addition TO these
meetings., we have 20 record the proceed
nyS OF other Counties anJ Towns, IN more
active demonstrations otloyalty. Lanark-
SHIRE has already resolved 10 raise d corps
Of yeomanry, and or Monday week, The
Isl INST. III IriahuaUts of Ayr unanl.
mously resolved To form an armed asso-
ciailon Ia that town. On Friday last,
the nobility, gentry, freeholders, &c. of
The county OF Rrnirew assembled, and II
Was resolved by a gr'a, majority, 10 raise
acorps OF yeomarry cavalry. The Earl OF
Glasgow and Sir w. Napier were present
at this meeting. This is as il Should be-
This Is the way the openly disatiecied,
aud the secretly mischievous, should be
| met. In exact proporii on as the Radicals
and their adberents lind that they are
rouSlnS all the talent, the influence, the
wealth, and the numbers Of the country
! agains, them, they will shrisk from the
desperate designs. By these timely de
monSirations OF loyalty, we may hope The
| necessity OF more painful eXertioDs will
| b. averted. Courier.
| November 2G.-We understand "a nego-
tiation is pending between the Emperor
! OF Morocco and foreign power, which
| has engaged an English gentleman 10 open
communication on a grand commercial
scale with Timbuctoo aud Sudan: this
| gentleman is To proceed through Fas 10
! Tafillit, where lie IS TO have letters Of pro-
lection aud hospitality from the Empe-
rOr OF Morocco To the Ara bian shieks OF
| Sahara and Bled ct Jereed, aud letters OF
! eredi, 10 the CoAPauy OF Fas merchsais
established at JImbucioo.
The Journey is TO be commenced from
| the Imperial Palace at Tatiiilt on heirIrs.
| Four OF these animals are 10 be purclias-
| ed expressly for the journey, and each
| is 10 carry 40 lbs. weight Of rice and other
| provisions, besides the riders, who are
10 be Sheiks OF Sahara. each OF which is
10 receive on arrival at rimbuctoo one
thousand dollars, or an equivalent in gold
dust. The gentleman who has underia
ken this journey speaks with confidence
| of lis success, and he calculates 10 per
tOran II in Is days actual travelling. He
purposes 10 remain AT the Imperial Pa
lace OF Tatllilt 10 days, 10 accuSlom him
to the rough motion of the heirIe.
Ii ia proposed TO travel from TafiIilf 10
Taila III three days, and there sojuurI,
three days, then travel three days TO Easi
Tyfasa, and sojOuTn three days, then to
Iaudeny in three days and sojQurp three
then three days 10 the Well of AraNan
| and sojonru there three days: then com.
pIete the journey in three days more tC
IimbnclOO.
This journey will be commenced il
February next, and will end III March,
| During the residence of The Chief OF ia,
! expedition at Timbuctoo in The summer
| and autumn, one of the Sheiks on hei
rie is 10 he dispatched to HOussa, Win
lara, and Darbeida, on the coast of ihs
| Red Sea auolheT is TO be dispatched
southwark tn Benin and New Calabar
a third will proceed through the heart o
Africa TO Sala!a, on the eastern coast
opposite the Island Of Madagascar, from
Whence lie will return 10 the head quar-
terS at JlmiuctoO the Sheik who under
takes this last Journey has engaged &c
perform il ~ three months, TO and from
SOfala TO IimbuctOo, and 10 collect ever,
information necessary during his pro
gFess, the 4tli Ileirie will remain at Tim
bucioO 10 negotiate with the King an(
others as opportunity may offer the ira
VelleTs will receive the necessary iustruc
tons how TO collect geographical ant
commercial knowledge, and then reiuri
TO the chief of the expedition al Timbue
too Who will accompany them back I,
TafiI1t.
This expedition is connected with
plan to land afterwards five hundred mci
at a spot 10 Sahara, eligible for COLONY
where commercial communication will b
Immediately opened with I'imbueioo an,
Sudan.
The English gentleman speaks wit
the utmost confidence OF success, I,
which his general knowledge oi the ma
lives aud language will ""t a little con
trbu e. We only regret that the under
taking has not originates with the Britis
government, because we think that d
this period an accredited agent from ou
government competent 10 this purpose
would have had more influence with ~
Emperor o. Morocco than one from an
other power in Christcndom.
We shall be enallleh in a alnri fine L.