DEATH OF MAJOR LANG.
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The Paris Etole contains the following ac-
count OF the death of Major LANG and his com
panons.-Thev write from Sickhara, Tripoli, on
We oth Of April:-"Ma jor Laing, whose traglcIl
M2 had been announced, has actually fallen u
Ncum to his courageous perseverance, not, how
e.er until after he had visited the famous city
o'lombuctoo. The Pacha Of Tripoli has com
narcated this intelligence on the authority of a
''0er, which his vassal, the governor OF Ghatla-
M,as' wrote to apprise him of the event, and
Sach letter reached him in less than fifteen
.ays being conveyed by an extraordinary cour-
w; w" The British travellers, who were at first,
.sIed to have fallen under the weapons OF the
'sIoers, in the territory of Tonalt, had then been
SSay wounded, so that after having escaped this
' us, danger, through the philanthropy OF Mara
wv, they at length reached Tombuctoo. Short
M'er their arrival in that city. tile fellans,


%N'ch powerful and warlike tribe now relgns ex-
,'e'veiy over the immense desert of Central Al
,st' appeared to the number of 10000, and i'm
rs'ousiy demanded that the travellers should
~ gwen up to them, in order that they might
RI. rt,, Aem to death, and thereby prevent the


D' r",.Sians from availng themselves of the ntor-
n@@.' ~a"'h to be gained by their means, and from


;"s s;""seuating some day into these remote coun-
n,s'. s' 20 enslavc the people. Such are the ex-
h'.sson ofthe Scheik of Ghadames, in his letter
I0. we facha, The Prince commanding at Tom
h. j'oo h'S refused to give up the strangers whom


tn ai n.d received with bencvolence; and in order
ssc".ew "nnuraw them from the enmity of their per-
tn"iS' whose resentment he was at the same


,re,l, a.hwlllngto provoke, he sent them of Sc
s.scs,'o 20 banbara. escorted by fifteen horsemen


spesd,.. from his own body guard, but being


had dry san;.0 OveTtaken by party of Fellans. who
e,c,nap ap'aly pursued them on hearing of their
arangl,.a as, ,ne Unfortunate Laing was mercilessly
the S,eu ,,"a with all his companions. Such was


'ss'csi end Of the intrepid traveller, who