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on account of lord Wellington's 

 victory, which commenced on 

 Monday the 17th, were continued 

 for three days, and were attended 

 with much disorder nnd mischief. 

 The lord mayor incurred consi- 

 derable blame on this occasion, for 

 having sent notice to an evening 

 paper, on the third day, signifying 

 his intention of particularly illu- 

 minating the Mansion-house on 

 that night. 



French Prisoners, — As a proof of 

 the good treatment of the prison- 

 ers of war in this country, tlie fol- 

 lowing comparative statement of 

 those sick and in health mIH be 

 the best answer to the calumnies 

 of the Moniteur : — 



Thursday, August 20. 



In health. Sick. 

 On board prison-ships 



Hamoaze - - 6100 61 

 In Dartmoor depot 7500 74? 



This small proportion of sick is 

 not the common average of per- 

 sons not confined as prisoners of 

 war. At Dartmoor depot 500 pri- 

 soners, such as labourers, carpen- 

 ters, smiths, &c. are allowed to 

 work from sun-rise to sun -set; 

 they are paid W. and 6d. per day, 

 according to their abilities, and 

 liave each their daily rations of 

 provisions, viz. a pound and a ha!^ 

 of bread, half a pound of boiled 

 beef, half a pound of cabbage, and 

 a proportion of soup and small beer. 

 They wear a tin plate in their caps, 

 with the title of the trade they are 

 employed in, and return every 

 evening to the depot to be mus- 

 tered. 



20. Mr. Mungo Park The fol- 

 lowing interesting extract from a 

 periodical publication, contains the 

 particulars of the melancholy end 

 of this enterprising traveller ; — 



" The last accounts of Mr. Park, 

 from himself, were from Sansand- 

 ing, on the Niger, whence he 

 transmitted his journal to the go- 

 vernment. The African Institu- 

 tion are about to publish this im- 

 mediately, for the benefit of his 

 unfortunate family. Along with 

 Mr. Park's Journals, will be pub- 

 lished than of Isaac, a native Ma- 

 hometan, who having accompanied 

 him to Sansanding, was afterwards 

 sent b)' governor Maxwell to pro- 

 cure some account of his fate — 

 he returned to Senegal, after an 

 absence of twenty months, and 

 made his report in writing. From 

 it we extract the following account 

 of Mr. Park's death, as given to 

 Isaac, by Amadee-Fatouma, who 

 accompanied him from Sansanding 

 on board a large schooner-rigged 

 canoe, in which he had undertaken 

 the navigation of the river to its 

 mouth. Amadee Fatouma ac- 

 companied him till two or three 

 days after he had reached the king- 

 dom of Haoussa. 



" Next day," says he, " Mr. 

 Park departed, and I slept in the 

 village (Yaour). Next morning 

 I went to the king to pay my re- 

 spects to him. On entering the 

 house, I found two men, who 

 came on horseback ; they were 

 sent by the chief of Yaour. They 

 said to the king, ' We are sent by 

 the chief of Yaour, to let ycu know, 

 that the white men went away, 

 without giving you or him (the 

 chief) any thing — they havea great 

 many things with them, and we 

 have received nothing from them ; 

 and this Amadee-Fatouma, now 

 before you, is a bad man, and has 

 likewise made a fool of you both.' 

 The king immediately ordered me 

 to be put in irons, which was atv 



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