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AFRICAN EXPEDITION. 



Accounts have been received from Lieut. Campbell, on whom 

 devolved the command of the expedition for exploring the Joliba 

 or Niger river, on the death of Captain Feddie, stating his ar- 

 rival at the head of the river Nunez, whence he intended pro- 

 ceeding- across the mountains towards Bammakoo, the place at 

 which Mr. Park embarked; on the surface of which Lieutenant 

 Campbell and his companions are in all probability at this time. 

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ERUPTION OF AIOi^NT^VESUVIlJS^ "• 



Private letters from Naples mention an extraordinary eruption 

 of Mount iEtna, and announce, in a positive manner, that the 

 little town of Nicosi has been covered with lava, and that fears 

 were entertained even for the town of Catano. 



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EARTHQUAKES. 



The following is an enumeration of earthquakes felt in different 

 parts of the world since the 1st of January last : 

 Jan. 13. In the Gulf Stream. 



17. At Chamouni in Switzerland. 



19. At the same place. 



20. Same place, and also at Alcocer in Spain. 

 Feb. 11. At Chamouni. 



13. At the same place. 



14. Ditto. 



1 8. At Madrid, Barcelona, Lerida and Saragossa. 

 March 11. At Lyons. 



15. At Chamouni, and Messina in Sicily. 



18. At Madrid, Pampeluna, and several other parts of 

 Spain. 

 At Pampeluna. 

 At Frascati, Gensano, and other adjacent places in 



Italy. One shock particularly violent. 

 At Chamouni. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 April 1. Ditto. 



Ditto, very violent, direction from north to soutii. 

 (day not mentioned.) At Palermo. 



NAVIGATION. 



M. Locatelli, mathematician of Milan, has just invented a new 

 piece of mechanism (says a Paris paper) by means of which ves- 

 sels may ascend rivers without the assistance of a steam -cngmc. 

 The first experiment was made on a small boat, and completely 



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