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1132 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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CAI'TAIN INUliKKlNLD'H ARCTIC DISCO V MI...
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NKW TRIAL OF TJIK ACJIILLI CASE. I)n. N ...
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THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAM COMPANY....
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IMPORTANT JUDGMENT ON THE RAILWAY CAB-ST...
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An Account Of The Journey Of Isa11th And...
veyed with great labour from Tripoli across the burning sands of Sahara , laden in pieces on a number of camels . In September , 1851 , the two "travellers set out together on a journey to Borgu , a mountainous country lying to the north-east of JLake Tsad , about midway between it and Egypt . Since that time no communications whatever from the travellers had reached Europe , and apprehensions began to be entertained as to their safety . These have , however , happily been proved to be unfounded by the despatches j ust received , by which we learn that the travellers have hitherto escaped all dangers , and ave in possession of the best health and spirits , making great progress in their explorations . The Sheikh of Bornu and his allies sent forth in the
latter end of 1851 an army to invade the countries situated eastward from Lake Tsad , and that army the travellers accompanied , hoping , under their protection , to explore the region as far as Borgu and "Wadai . At no great distance from Lake Tsad , however , they were met by the enemy , defeated , and put to flight so " suddenly , that Barth and Overweg saved their lives and instruments only by a quick retreat . Having again reached Kuka , they learnt that another and a very considerable ghazzia was to be despatched , led on by the Vezeer of Bornu himself ; but this time it was directed against the Sultan of Mandara , a country to the south of Bornu , already known through Major Denham , who there met with so narrow an escape on a similar
occasion . The two travellers , however , were not to be discouraged , and set out again with the Bornuese army , which consisted of about 10 , 000 horse and the same number of foot soldiers , with innumerable trains of camels and other beasts of burden . On this occasion the army was more fortunate , the enemy retreating as it advanced , and no regular battle even ensued . The army—and the travellers with them—went a considerable distance beyond Denham ' s furthest , and were only then stopped by the Serbenel , a very considerable river running into the Shary . The ghazzia thence returned with a booty of about 5 , 000 slaves and 10 , 000 head of cattle , having been absent two months ( December , 1851 , and January , 1852 ) . The regions visited are described as most fertile and rich .
From the end of March to the end of May last , Dr . Overweg made a successful journey from Kuka in a southwesterly direction , and reached to within 150 English miles of Yacoba , the great town of the Fellatahs , while Dr . Barth went south-east on a journey to the powerful kingdom of Baghirmi , On the 15 th of August , the date of Overweg ' s latest letter , the former had not yet returned from that country to rejoin his companion at Kuka , their intention then being to push on to the south , towards the Indian Ocean , which to reach is their ultimate goal , and the grand object of their gigantic journey , and which other three ^ or four years . will be necessary to bring to a close . I refrain from CHiment upon the geographical results of this highly-successful expedition , but would , in conclusion , only beg to draw attention to one point of great importance as regards commerce and civilization .
The subject of ascending tho Kawara ( commonly called Niger ) is at present once more seriously thought of in the plan of Lieutenant M'Lcod , It . N ., which , tnero is little doubt , is superior to any previous one , and justifies the hope of success . If this project be realized , it would bo worthy of consideration to attempt the further exploration of the Tchaddn on the same excellent plan . This river , as in well known , unites with tho Kawara not far from its mouth , '" ' which it certainly rivals , if it does not surpass it , in magnificence . " That this immense river—a second Niger—extends right into tho heart of Inner Africa , was conjectured some time since , but only last year was this supposition corroborated by the actual exploration of Dr . JJnrth , who , in his journey to . Adamana , crossed the Benue , a splendid river , half a milo broad and 10 feet deep , which he ascertained to be tin ; upper course of tho Tchadda . l < Yom all that J ) r . Barth says in his last , as well as in his
previous letters , 1 am inclined to think that the Tchadda will eventually form the natural nnd most important lino from the west , for spreading- commerce and civilization into the very heart of Inner Africa , arid extinguishing the slave trade by extending Kuropcan influence to the sources of the tduvo Hiipply . The Sheikh of IJornii has repeatedly expressed to the two travellers bin desire of forming it closer bond of friendship with ( ho lOnglish for tho purpose of establishing a peaceful and regular commerce and abolishing the slave trade , arul tho best proof of bin sineority towards tho Knglisli is the kind ana generous manner in which ho lias itt all times treated their representatives . Tho kingdom of Adaniiina , situated in tho valley of tho upper Teliudda , with its pastoral and agricultural population , in spoken of as tho most beautiful country in Contra ! . Africa , and as such may probably beeoino the ' key to tho inferior of thai eont . ineiiL
At present tlio town of Kiino , . situated between tho Kawara and Late Tsad , is tins great , marl of tin ; interior ; there the Kurdish merchandise coming from the north by tho very tedious and imported , roads through tlio ( Jren ' t ' Desert , meets with tho A inericun morehaiidiso coming by ntcuni up tho Kawam from tlio Mouth , where , an in well known , American influence is Hprcading fust . Tho Oreat Desert will ever form a natunii barrier , urnl prevent , the establishing of lOuropoan commerce of any considerable magnitude ; it is to tho Kawara and I he'I'elmddu , and moro particularly the latter , that we must , look iih tho moans of a ready aeeess into thu virgin countries and tho inexhaustible natural wealth of Inner Africa . I am , sir , your very obedient , bumble servant , AlIOirHTtH I'KTKItMANN . 1 ) , CharinLT-croHH , Nov . UU .
1132 The Leader. [Saturday,
1132 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Cai'tain Inulikklnld'h Arctic Disco V Mi...
CAI'TAIN INUliKKlNLD'H ARCTIC DISCO V MIMES . Tins ( loographical Society mot on Monday , to hoar Captain Inglolicld , tlio commander of the Isabel . screw
schooner , read an account of his late search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic regions : — " When he sailed from England the season was far advanced ; in fact he left three months later than , the Government expedition of last year . Notwithstanding this he had succeeded in reaching a considerably higher latitude than had been attained by Ross and Parry in their voyage of 1818 , having explored and laid down 600 miles , of new coast line , determining also that the entrance into Whale Sound was a great strait passing into an open sea , and thus apparently denning Greenland as an island . On the northern shore of this strait Captain Inglefield discovered several islands ( Northumberland Island , Sir Thomas
Herbert s Island , and Louis Napoleon ' s Island ) , all of which were rapidly surveyed and laid down upon the charts now exhibited . Leaving this sound ( as it had hitherto been termed ) , he sailed northward in the direction of Smith's Sound , and there found a great extent of sea stretching far before him . On the 27 th of August , at 2 p . m ., he attained the latitude of 78 deg . 35 min ., nearly 120 miles farther north than any former voyagers , and within a great sea , the entrance of which was thirty-five miles across , only partially encumbered with ice , and which upon the eastern shore seemed perfectly navigable . Capt . Inglefield stated that he had thus entered the great Polar basin , and declared that he believed he would have been able to have pushed through in the direction of Behring Strait , had the gale , which fairly blew him out of it , not defied his utmost efforts . The small high-pressure engine with which the Isabel was
fitted was only equal to pushing the vessel in calms or light winds . The strong breeze soon increased to a furious gale of wind and snow , and lasted thirty hours , during which time the ship remained hove to . After it moderated , Captain Inglefield described the perilous situation in which he was suddenly placed by driving into the lee pack , and exhibited a sketch of the position of his vessel upon this occasion . By hours of great exertion he was released , and , closely examining- the western shore , entered Jones Sound on the 30 th of August . Here he penetrated to long . 84 deg ., and found at this point that the coast suddenly trended away to the north-west , whilst the southern shore continued westerly as far as the eye could reach , but no land could be distinguished at the bottom of the sound , nor could any trace of the missing expedition be discovered . On the 1 st of September Commander Inglefield sailed from Jones Sound with the intention of
communicating with the squadron of Sir Edward Belcher ; he reached Beechey Island on the 7 th of September , and , after depositing his letter-bags and receiving others in return for England , sailed the same day , with a view to commence a more detailed examination of the western shores of Baffin Bay than former navigators had been able to bestow on that coast . Commander Inglefield was unsuccessful in finding any traces of the missing expeditions on these shores , which he explored as far south as the Kiver Clyde , where the ice fixed to the land and , stretching nearly across Baffin Bay , carried him over to
the eastern shore , in the neighbourhood of Disco Islands , where he encountered a succession of gales , which he describes as being the most violent he had ever witnessed ; and which , owing to the proximity of the ice and the vast bergs which surrounded the coasts , rendered them , doubly dangerous . After several fruitless efforts to got into Northumberland Inlet ( where the commander intended to winter ) , he was , at tho earnest representations of his icemasters , forced to relinquish the attempt , and boroup for England on the 14 th of October , arriving at Peterhead exactly four months from tho day he sailed . "
Sir John lioss thought that the energetic exertions of Captain Inglefield had completely established that Franklin never went up ^ ales or Jones sounds , or any oilier passage at the head of Baffin Bay . It remained , therefore , only to look \ o the Wellington Channel . We draw attention to the facts contained in the ahove report , which may be summed up in a few words . According to Captain Inglefield , lie had found that Greenland is an island ; that he had entered tlio great
l ' olar basin leading probably to Behring ' s Straits ; that birds , positive hIiouIs of birds , existed in the parts lie had visited ; and that the species of uiollusca upon which the whales feed were found by Dr . Sutherland . The Captain expressed his belief that Sir . John Franklin was still to be found , and hoped the Isabel might be employed in tho examination of tho sea between Nova Zeinhla and Spit / . bergen , which Sir John Franklin had strongly wished to explore .
Nkw Trial Of Tjik Acjiilli Case. I)N. N ...
NKW TRIAL OF TJIK ACJIILLI CASE . I ) n . N low man wan brought up to receive judgment , in tlio great Aehilli libel case , before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge , Wightman , and I'h-le , in the Court , of Queen ' s I lunch on Monday . Tlio court was crowded with auditors , and ( he lOai'l of Carlisle sat on ( lie back benches . When the AM . omey-General prayed judgment upon John Henry Newman , and Dr .. Newman row , and was by permission of tho court allowed to I : o Hunted , Sir Alexander
Hi ) dirt so on three grounds : the improper rejection of evidence ; misdirection ; and that the verdict was against , the evidence . To establish Uie . se points , ho insisted , first , thai , he had not been allowed to examine Dr . Aehilli as to acts of incontinence ; and that tho Dublin li . cxnc . w , in which the main facts of tho libel ori ginally appeared , was not admitted in evidence . Both these reasons were overruled by the court . The next point was that the jury had been misdirected as to the exact weight to be attached to the document put iu from tho Inquisition at Home . They hud boon told
that it was more probable Dr . AchilR was suspended for heresy than for immorality . The last point was that the verdict was against the evidence . To show this , Sir Alexander went through the evidence at great length , commenting on the transactions at Viterbo Naples , Capua , Corfu , Zante , Malta , and in Eng land * Indeed , he had never seen a stronger feeling or more * determined bias than was manifested by the jury upon this trial . ( A burst of applause . ) After a conference Lord Camphell granted a rule for a new trial , on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence , and on that ground only . Another hurst of applause and stamping closed up the proceedings .
The Royal Australian Mail Steam Company....
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAM COMPANY . A Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Royal Australian Mail Steam Company was held on Wednesday last , to receive an explanation as to the management of the Company ' s affairs , principally with regard to their steamer Melbourne . Several proprietors were urgent for the appointment of a committee of inquiry , declaring that in that way only could the whole truth be ascertained , and that they could not be satisfied by an exparte statement from the chairman . It appeared , however , that a committee of inquiry could not be appointed without a fresh requisition ; and in any case Mr . Hawes , the chairman ,, declared that he would not be tried by such a tribunal on charges which ,
he said , personally affected him . He would rather bring them before her Majesty ' s judges . The meetin g then , having no other alternative , heard what Mr Hawes had to say in proof that the Melbourne was an excellent ship , that the Company had bought her a bargain , that the Directors were most zealous , able , and so forth , and that nobody was in fault but Captain Cox , whom the Directors have dismissed . Mr . Hawes took care to tell the Proprietors that the Company had suffered considerable injury already from the stir which had been made about these matters ; and this hint , aided by Captain Stanley Carr ' s peace-making proposal , that all present should agree in making the best of what he considered a blunder on the part of the Directors , had the effect of winding up the proceedings with a vote of condonation and confidence .
Important Judgment On The Railway Cab-St...
IMPORTANT JUDGMENT ON THE RAILWAY CAB-STAND QUESTION . Mr . A'Beckett g-ave his decision on two cases of vast importance to the public who have occasion to travel by the various railways in and near the metropolis , on Monday . These cases had been adjourned chiefly at the request of the Brighton Railway Company . The first was that of Mr . Williams , a cab proprietor , against Thomas Hall , driver , badge 406 , for plying for l"n » inside the terminus of the London and Brighton Kailway station , tltat not being a place authorized by tho Commissioners of Police . Mr . Ballantiiie attended for the complainant , and it was expected that Mr . Clarkson would have attended for the railway company , but it was intimated to Mr . A'Beclcott , by Mr . Noakcs , the second clerk , that the company did not intend to oppose hi s worship's decision . Accordingly , Mr . A'Ucckctt gave the following judgment : — " This is a case heard on tho 15 th of last month , when tho defendant appeared to answer to a summons , in v ucli lio was charged with plying for hire ' elsewhere , ' wit Inn mo metropolitan police- district , than at a standing or place appointed for that purpose . It was proved that tlio defendant , was plying for hire at the torminus of tho ISngii <>» Railway , where no ( standing has been appointed l > y ' «' Commissioners of Police . I postponed the inflict" ) " « i «¦ penally , not from any doubt , as to tho law , bat <> ' >' . ive time for tho law to bo complied with , in ll 10 . '
g terval , the railway company has brought under m , V « a case which lias " boon submitted to the Holicilor-t'em . iiu mid Mr . Hovill a gentleman of considerable oxperien < i the hiir—who agree in an opinion adverse to my <" ' ' I am of course inclined to give due consideration u > ^ opinion emanating from so high an authority " Kolicilor-CJencrul ' nearly ( lie holiest non-judic . u " ! tliority iu tlio kingdom ; but I am bound *¦" . ! " '"* " ^ l 7 i * -li . tho law according to my conscience and ubilu . V . () ^ guido mo to tlio murio conclusion us that ll 1 'w ( nl | ifirsl , instance arrived . Tho opinion rolorred to , "' "" () l (| mating that a ' railway station is not a p hiee vviMi ^ meaning of the act , ' mentions tho easo of I aul <>• « ' " - - - . ¦ . ¦ 4 < , I ,. i t ,,,. l inll ( M I'll " flint if the attention < '
. . and concludes by suggesting ^ learned magistrate wiih not , directed to the enso oi James , be would probably re-consider bis "I "" ""' ; ,, attention has boon from tlio first directed to that , ^^ which it was held that . Nly-pluoo was not a |> " >< <• )(()| tho commissioners for tho liberty of Snllroti-liiH ai ^^ places could assume jurisdiction to pave . ^ , ,. ' ,. || , o moris before mo does ' not niisO the question wiiM' » ( h )) railway terminus is ft place within tho meanmf , . statute , bul . simply whether a hu . knoy earnago , . r for j . iri . at tho Brighton Kailway terminus , is 1 J Jj for hiro ' elsewhere than at a slandmg <>¦ i ^ appointed for that purpose by I ho <; """ ' !' riHU '' ,,, rlli IN . liro . Tlio caso of I ' aul v , . hum * , on ' "' " ' lfli , |( . of which it ha « boon nuggestod Unit , 1 nhouKi ro- ^ my dwittioii , huo consequently nothing to uo w
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27111852/page/8/
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