The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-21 00:00:00

THE SEARCH FOE DR. LIVINGSTONE.

Captain Faulkner, who proceeded with Captain
Young as a volunteer on the Livingstone slushing cape-
didec, has furnished the following interesting particulars
of the successful search afterthe traces of the distinguished
explorer. The expedition left Simon's Town in the middle
of July. In Dr. Kirk's amount of the circumstances con.
seeded with the reported death of Dr. Livingstone it was
said that the latter, having crossed the north end of
Lake Nyassie passed through villages named Makarta,
and subsequently Matarka, llaponda, Marengo, and
Maksowa. The searching party having reached Lake
Nyaasa were driven by • gale into • small bay,
where they found • native who reported to them that a
white man, about eight or ten months previously, bad
been there. Captain Faulkner and the rest of the ex-
pedition feared at first that the news war too good to be
true, and it was resolved to endeavour to reach a point
higher up, at which there was an Arab messing-place,
near Mont Mombo, a point about twenty miles from the
spot at which the boat was anchored. In carrying this
intention into effect, they fell in with a large party of
native fishermen, and on communicating with them re-
ceived • similar account to that which had been previously
given them. These people described the dress and
appearance of the " white man," which tallied pretty
closely with those of Dr. Livingstone. These
mum having been shown some surveying instruments,
appeared to recognise and to understand the use
of them. One of them produced a spoon, and a
second a knife, which they had received as presents from
Dr. Livingstone. As a further test, Captain Faulkner
exhibited a cue of photograpbs, and without any hesita-
te= that of Dr. Livingstone was recognised as the picture
f the white man. This gave the searching party increased
confidence, and they proceeded on to the crossing.plece.
On arriving there the same story was repeated, with
the addition that the white man hail endeavoured to cress
'the lake, but finding all the boats were on the opposite
side he went towards the south, and passed through
the villages already named. The searching party then
sailed across the lake, but obtaining no information, made
for the south. They shortly afterwards came ecru* a
large village, and here the same story was repeated. It
is known that Marone, the chief of the village of that
name, was extremely civil to Livingstone, and so he was
found to be by those in search of him. It appears he had
ferried Dr. Livingstone across a lake forming an indents.
Lion in the banks of Nyasse, which he might have circled
on foot at the cost of a detour. Marengo gave the search.
tug party every information in his possession, and pre.
tented them with • very acceptable supply of fresh pro.
visions. It will be remembered that it was at this point
that the Johanna men abandoned Livingstone. While
Livingstone went across the marsh, the natives skirted
the margin, and on returning to the village repotted
they were being led into a hostile country, and
at once made their way for the seaboard. The last
pleas named by Dr. Kirk, Maksowa, was two days'
journey from Marengo.. The chief of this vilLege had
been driven away, but a number of his men were col•
jested who had been employed to °muff the baggage
of Dr. Livingstone twenty utiles further in a 110Ith•
westerly direction. Both Captain Faulkner and Mr.
Young regarded the information as conclusive, but, with
a view of discovering the position of Nepenthes settle-
mene, they proceeded on a little further. The village was
found about a mile from the mouth of the Shire. Ma.
panda was away from the village on a trading expedition,
but his mother, who was at home, informed the party
that Dr. Livingstone hail passed through there, and that
some of his party snbsequeutly returned. Th'
mother of the chief further produced a l'rej er-
book containing the name of one of the Doctor's
followers, who had been left behind on account of
lameness. The Johanna men hail represented this boy,
who was named Waikatanee, as having deserted.
It appears that at this time the boy was absent with the
chief, so that the exploring party had no opportunity of a
personal interview with him. The evidence which hail
been obtained at so many different points, and from such
a number of witnesses, satisfied Mr. Young that the
object they had in view had been obtained, and, acting
upon the instructions issued to them, they resolved to
return. There appeared not the slightest reason to doubt
the substantial correctness of the information they had
obtained, that Livingstone had passed safely through the
meet dangerous portion of his journey, and had made
good his advance into the interior, with an apparent inten-
tion of descending the Nile into Egypt. They accord-
ingly descended the Shire, and in due time met with Use
Peters!, and returned to Simons Town.
Another account says :
l'p to a point on the Ruvuma River, at about 11 degrees
south, seems to have been the latest previous reliable
account of the movements of the greet traveller. From
there, according to the statements of Dr. Kirk, grounded
on the report of the Johanna men, it was understood that
Dr. Livingstone hail made • track across the country vii
Mataka, klakata, Marenga to Maumee, in about 10. X. S.
along the north side of Lake Nyszza from about deg.
to 34 nun. east, with the view of testing the extent north-
ward of that vast sheet of water. On arriving at the point
on the Ruvuma River from which Dr. Livingstone started,
the expedition discovered that for someat present unknown
reason he abandoned entirely this presumed route, end
proceeded in • southerly direction round the south end of
Lake Nyasa, reaching on this route se far as Mamma,
14.101 degas south. Then turning and proceeding apps-
, rently in a north-west direction, either with the object of
' examining the west side of Lake Nyazza, and thus learn-
, ing its extent northward, and then proceeding to Lake
Tanganyika or proceeding direct to Tanguyika, and thus
does, the Nile to Egypt. The Mateka, Mekats, Marengo,
and Mnicsura of the Johanna men were found to be
along this southerly route. The expedition traced Dr.
Livingstone to Maksura, near which spot it was alleged
that he was murdered. This Maksura weelfound to be
in 14.18 deg. south, and one of the first stations through
which Dr. Livingstone had passed on his turning north-
ward after palming along the south side of Nyazza. The
Johanna men reported that the doctor had been ferried
acmes • marshy lake at M.arengs by the chief, and that at
a short distance beyond the next station, Nakuru he was
murdered. The expedition found the filet part of this
story correct, but that it terminated with a very dif-
ferent result. The doctor and his " boys," the native
lads educated at Bombay, were ferried across this lake
by the chief Marine, but that the Johanna men were
sent a detour round the shores of the lake, to join the
doctor and his party on the other side. Next
day the Johanna men, with Moose at their head,
returned to Marenga, and on their being questioued why
they did so they told the chief that they had made up
their minds to desert Dr. Livingstone and return to the
coast, because be was bringing them into a country
where they were sure to be murdered by the Mavite. The
expedition then, by interviews with nativeswho had acted
as porters for the doctor, assured themselves of his having
proaseded five days' journey further, or between fifty and
sixty miks beyond the spot where the murder was re-
ported to have taken place. From the utter ignorance of
the natives in deseribing the bearing of any route that
involves more than one immediate direction the members
of the expedition were unable to ascertain the exact
bearing of the route the doctor had gone, and the
question was thus left open as to whether be was gone
along parallel with the western shore of
ertainNyeual
or gone direct to TILO6IIIyikIL Having aeced
thus much the expedition returned to the coast.
The object of the expedition having been ascertained,
Captain Fullmer left it at the Parnalombe Lake, and
walked down to the mouth of the Zambezi, the other
members of the expedition going down in their boat.
Along his route Captain Faulkner undertook several
exploratory excursions along the Rivi Rivi river,
across to the Lesungive river, down to the Shire again,
by the Makuruinadzi, down the Shire to 31.rue:hells,
and finally down to the Kongoni mouth of the Zam-
bezi, these excursions being taken for the purpose
of visiting the generally unexplored country Along these
tracks, and for sporting. In the latter object the captain
was unoommouly successful, the district abounding with
fine elephant, buffalo, and antelope shooting, besides
swarming with lesser game. The members of the expedi-
tion were brought down from the Zambezi by MILS.
BACON), that arrived in Simon's Bay only the day before
the Celt sailed for England.

The SU:de says that when the officers of tho
Guards Nobile of the Pope went lattly to offer their
homage to Pius IX., his Holiness said :—" I thank you,
gentlemen, for the fidelity and zeal which you have testified
towards me during recent events, with the exception of one
among you who in that time of trial remained away from
us, in person and in mind." The only member of the
Ouargla Nobile who was absent during recent events, and
who had passed the months of October and November at
Florence, was the Marquis Bourbon del Monte. This
, nobleman, immediately after the audience, forwarded to
the Pope his commission as °Mom and his epaulettes.
Herr Ullmann is about to start on a tour through-
out the South of From*, with his band of wandering
minstrels. In addition to Carlotta Patti, Vieuxtemps,
and Godefroy, be has engaged the services of Seligman,
the Parisian violoncellist.
The Paris papers give the news of Sivori's return
to Paris after his long ramblings through foreign parts.
The Epoque states that M. Louis Blanc will be
brought forward by a number of liberals as a candidate for
Marseilles at the next general election.
Galignani says: " The ' Chanteuse Masqude: sang
at the IXjazet Theatre as promised last week. Her claims
upon public favour repose mainly upon the poignard in
her girdle end the mask upon her face. Other attractions
may perhaps lurk beneath this highwayman-artist attire,
bat she sings no better, though perhaps not quite so well,
as many unprofessional and unmasked, undaggered
ladies
who warble in our salons."
The Cologne Gazette thus concludes an article on
the press prosecution in Dublin Happy country !
where there has been only one press trial for many years,
and that only in • place in which, if Prussia bad ruled,
a state of siege would have been declared long ago, and all
journals preaching insurrection would have been sup-
pressed. We need hardly say that confiscations by the
piles of newspapers and books are as much unknown in
the Vatted Kingdom as wolves and bears, and it is indeed
evident to the meanest understanding that real freedom
et tbs pies, or anything that bears the meet distant like-
ness to that noble boon, can nowhere exist side by side
wish the unrestricted right of confiscation. When shall
we learn the truth in this matter from the country of
hewnitary political wisdom ?"
The civil list of the Sing of Italy has just been
nedneed by four millions of francs for the present year.
A charter for a new kind of insurance company
has been obtained from the New York legislature. It is
to be a " Horomopathie Mutual Life Insurance Company,"
and its peculiarity is that the lives of tholes who adopt the
Itensmopathie treatment of diseases are to be insured at
" Indieiously reduced rates" in comparison with those who
adhere to the allopathic system. The capital stock is to
he 100,000 dole., and subscribers are guaranteed 7 per
ant. annually in gold. The old school of medicine will
garishly get up a rival concern.
A letter from Calcutta says :—" The Christmas
holidays ere at heed, end Cab:tate was never so gay. A
really respectable Italian opera and ballet company delight
the demos in a pretty little theatre is Lindsay-street.
iceroy has maenad Lewis's Theatre on the plain,
wTheherVe an Australian company sat farces well and murder I At Orenburg, on the borders of Turkistan, a
faithless:mare. A band of • Repo' minetrels entertain the Russian military school has been established for 200 pupils,
coloured pert of the Christian midgets. Bags and 120 of whom are to be selected from the sons of Tartar and
drawing-rams animate at Govarenicatdioeso and the Kirgbls chiefs-
lasatenant.Oommor's, and the lee new Bailees' Home is An unbroken railway communication is now open
shoat to be opened with •• ball." from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountains, •
Abbe Cambalot has discovered a ready means of distance of more than 2,000 miss. The line passes over
gettfag rid of Fenianism, and thus reveals it to K. Louis she Mississippi and Missouri rivers on bridges—at Rock
Violist :--" TM Queen aad the parliament af 'lnland, Island on the former, sad at Omaha on the latter—in that,
in imam reecana, like Obademagee, to impiraMests if umewarr. the entire journey can h• performed in the
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