The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-17 00:00:00

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and the Mis-es Wheeley, Captain Wheeley,
Wheeley, Major M'Donnell, Mr. and Airs. Edgar Dr
R'
alt,
Captain and Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Washington Hibbert, 11Irri
.
Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, Mrs. GWyLIIIO Holford.
Stuart, Miss Pointz, Mr. and Mies Bosanquet, CoPta
,d
is
Mrs. Davies, Rev. Mr. Huddleston, Rev. Mr. Pig
and Mrs. Fresnoy, Mr. Walter Blount, Stc. 8:e,
within
Mr. Herbert, whilst be entertained "the great" '.O, "
his mansion, in a most liberal manner--like a a
°I
English gentleman"—did not "forget the small," without,
but had an ox slaughtered and divided amongst the port,
with an ample allowance of bread, and provided rustic sports
for their amusement—he also treated the school afforded
ea
witham usteema
eannt
sd
for
rbountiful
nsduepnptlsyboyf
giving
n ;cake, and -
tao
following evening. them a ball on

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge'
her Royal Highness the Princess M C
ary of mbridge+ the
vs,
Grand Duchess of Mecklenur, Strelitz, Col. If. Pul
and Captain Ellis visited the St'. James's Theatre last ev,e,'
ing to witness the new comedy of " The Silver Liniug'st
The Duke of Sutherland left Stafford gooe'
„k
James's, yesterday, to spend a few days with the 1)--e
Duchess of .Manchester atlikabolton Castle, littats.
The Marchioness of Abercorn, accocr3panied;i
Lady Georgiana Hamilton, and Lord C. liarniitou,arr'"„
at Cannes on Saturday last from Paris, in order to Itsbe.:
few weeks with the Earl and Countess of Mouut-Bdgcli4, r
The Countess de Grey has issued invitation b ,fin
)
an "at home" on Friday next at the family residea°
Carlton-gardens.
The Earl and Countess Russell had a cVaner Place.
last evening at the family residence in Chesliaar
Covers were laid for 18, and among the guests o' tos
Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the ColiZora
li ernstorff, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azegli°' )5
and Lady Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Miss St..dar es
Lord Fredk. Cavendish, the Right Hon. Sir David Dw-:er'
Mr. Biddulph, Mr. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Villiers 1.41%
Mr. Browning, Mrs. Cradock, &c.' star
Viscountess Dungarvon and Miss Irvine are 11;ey,
ing at Mentone, near Nice, for the winter season,
are expected home in April.

The Reported Death of Dr. Livingst°l26.

(From the Medical Times and Gazette) ado
of
natives on Lake Nyassa has excited so
tile The report of Dr. Livingstone's death at the o.tet,
that we cannot refrain from calling attention to 10- :110f
which will enable our readers to judge for theraselve-
, far this report is likely to be true or unfounded. Ast of
It appears that Dr. Meller, the surgeon and liatnr'l J.
the expedition, with two of the missionaries, the 1/8v„.• ;el
Procter and the Rev. Henry Rowley, were, 00 Dg
151 A
out of the country, at Quilimane at the beginning two or
November, The Governor of thatplace said that, ',otter
three days before their arrival, he had receive& $;- Dr•
from the Governor of Senna, •distinctly that
lie
Livingstone and all with him had been
stating d t
general :traeo
natives on Lake Nyassa, but not saying
authority he made that statement. At first, I"h'elievo
ler and his companions were inclined to ',efoto
this report to be true; but another report prevailingtd; boa
they left Quilimane, to`the effect that Livingstonoba..o
but wounded, and brought down to the mission °clot re'
Mount Morumbala, and no authority
port appearing, they could not help thinking that tver for he
001
report was equally untrustworthy. Still, there W 703 igle
reason, from the small force Livingstone had Willa ilia; etici
14713:p.t
from the character of the Lake nativesw,l2toat fear
tidings might prove too true. of
rot
After receiving his recall, knowing he cola
ship. down the rivers until the end of the year, pr,.;l„;orierf DO!
stone res b
olved to do his est to explore the north
Nyassa. The departure of Dr. Kit—who bad bcetc ire°,
hand—and Mr. C. Livingstone, with tour of ttio '"-tert,ittev'
crew, had left him very short-handed. Those Omit reer order
tob him were barely sufficient to get the ships intoP r°l3 riverh
y the time it was needful to make the descent of tAB ,
iefi 0,
tilc
There was also great difficulty, owing to the I°ll sell
had prevailed, in getting supplies for the jourridee,l to 811
suitable number tot native attendants; end/ ,acit- 1'415„.;
this, the doctor himself was not equal to 1./0" 0,11 007
long and severe anxieties had depressed -,..an°
attack of dysentery had greatly weakened his b°ZoolOr
was felt by those about him that the jouraeY •""
611
plated was at best but a desperate ver tore. ,9P,6(
He however, was not anxious as to the iesne '
the natives were mischievous, having been
to so
of being cut off by them in 1861; but he thong-47:a yr°. „
his boat he could readily get out of their waY listed" t,t1;11-t
troublesome, and to use his own words, tr
Providence which had hitherto protected him' °lir
From the first his journey was nut auspicious'd ti:e lino
gon carrying his boat hopelessly broke down' 307,a 1)3'1 e
.!
itself, after it had been carried on to the T.Jppeibises,r -
natives living about the mission station at c,llWer
ha
Dr. Meller learnt from a letter from Mr. Yoeug, fgo
in charge of the Pioneer—ultimately lost over:pp°,
id
r
cataracts. Then the doctor, with the five INit'tifiaed." t
had formed his boat's crew, appeared to have c°oo re Fe,
journey on foot. And the next thing heard ofg is ego gin°
of his death, In all this there seems round f°r B,h t SI)
that the report may be true, but it is singular
portant an event as the murder of an Engllsbiril
have been kept from the knowledge of the e
~,re o°o f
selves —that those at Matiti, the first of the
racts, and Morumbala, should have bad 320 juf,,,,r, and
it ; and from the fact that they knew Dr. ge;o- cote Ij-ii
companions had not left the ship, and had dole ; they 1/aii
nicate with them, and did not, we may infer I."'
a all °1e""
not received it. The last news from Matiti 010° ,'"
of 00t°12er. Oot•
with the expedition up to the beginning to
last news from the missionaries reported all Well it 01'1%
11; should the report therefore have reached tbe;3o'rtugs
have arrived a day or two after that date. Tile" Ens
lit
have better means of getting information than t' setc.d''
but as Matiti is 200 miles nearer Lake 1\1.94'885 t„,lltraysjjva;
and lies in the direction the reporters must hav; Les ro•-'0
and Morambula is but 20 miles from Senna, it led not 116 v,
improbable that the English at these places 8101 tot 10°4.
received, if it were true, information soHers
and it is equally improbable that, if they had re who
ttio s
the would withhold the intelligence from
leaving the country.
importanet.ceic,

Modesty
3f
Metropolitan
pose to supply
eCtOvitto
v.
.0'
The modesty --e---
of the gentlemen, m 0 nowood wax.*
eostiyi.:rok,i
London with railways whichrl°ll° !it to 1411°
sublmi ething very remarkable, and approaches alto°
tir'P-:
of
hme. They have scheduled one aOO el'
coast Ill°
t eCity lands,within which they seek powers to como 00'
about 20 miles of railways. One scheme taken poil .
. n of the London Monument, another TeroPle-bar •0 the
thirdlistare of the doomed buildings. The whole of the sobeffi- hear
fully avoid the City churches, which are eraPtY,' t viiiiell
full, Not less than three of the scheta s P°ssvatt P 4
are
eey do not hesitate to run through the travperhYar"9'to
0t"
tpwhohesisTleeshstahionarneeeso,ftt,htinhea' great estate of the deed, St• ' 011;
burial-ground. One takes possession of the ado
Kensington-
invade Hy dbmae
laopskatnarmke
n,o
tdt
h,eaes
ltuoonrfgeaelnl - p
ar or :o,s: t. ostal;:,/ 1
ilt9:,
the very Houses of Parliament themselves on thou raos
..:e t 0
M
schemes
rhweouseldwre.ernedweoruthlde drainagebecut°f_—:isclp !of'
0 blooo , ,
divided, and destroyed in all directions." There:o;oo 61;1
.I\ploaserydiecbreonseiei-nrgeasdso,f
nNiVnheiotefcßhaispheil)-preogaadt,e,la3l
Ida ,_- of 'l
he
oti
, al()
other main thoroughfares. „anclit3e, t
It will scarcely be credited that notwill36" 0000
gigantic character of the schemes and the en 0ri33°%0.#:,
of capital required to execute them, they ho,ve lifeetifati°„-t
list of subscribers. They are launched as mere i'l--„, diro-'
to be carried out or abandoned as circurnstrinces 01'01.1 is E,,40,"
True, the projectors have made their deposite, but
, orl'lri;
rantee for the execution of the works is realr,:nt b'9.7
For in event of a scheme authorised by 1),010J-- covei:
afterwards given up, there is never any difDc URI il'ortiely fil
ing the deposit from the Accountant-General, thew ofer
run by the projectors being that they have tap 39 too, dor;
ence between the amounts of dividends upon 11°.5berrQvi!,
ing deposit, and the interest et which them or 0310 h ii. While
from the bankers. But many consider it vroeo t;:ecatio%
to run this risk in order to have the chalice of
strlle'
profitable railway contracts. , , into 0731 e-
In the meantime the property required for 1 0,0 0
tion of the authorised lines is kept suspended u uti roperli
cessary notices to purchase have been served. Tllo_ Pne,.sooo
cannot be let to advantage during the interval, ..'rlirect etA
in business will not incur the risk of beim:ollr 000 if
upon short notice. That many of the bcheuieof_oo tile
clear '5 t, 00
sanctioned, could not be carried out, is
utter insufficiency of their estimates. For 11103 ~.“,„e IlLik
from tn." ~ to
of the schemes proposes to make a railwaY ario
land and North Western lines to Charing- frown
Tot'
provide the public with a magnificent new greet
.11i7h to
tonham-court-road to the Strand, for under e 0..',‘.,,,, e%'
ling. The estimate given by another engineer 0.1:7000..gh
perienco for constructing aline in the Bann; directiotay've ova
shorter, and without the niagnificeut street, being
, aetn9l
millions and a half. occup• ti in tu° i
The cxperi(nce of the companies occupie
.., all es •
construction of the metropolitan lines shown thrift ~i. ale
fall shorE •••
mates made of the cost of city property the L
• D. of
reality. We are informed that the extensie . s
Teats
Ards
Chatham, and Dover line from their 131ackirliteurobred
yor.
xi
Farringdon-street—a distance of only
—will cost upwards of a million. ta
-million to Poroci
in Cannon-street will probably cost hal
_, 0 Lohdoo f
_.'
perty and works before it is finished.
5et1...82: will be olitia:
North-Western Extension to .Liverpooof
thc
ale tropo
0:
equally costly character ; and they ost
,ct
an top i
..i!
Extension to Moors
of ' 8.5 3)ro'pertYi°Woof
amount. Moreover, the value of the CilYrtl 0
cousouctioe . .
rising, so that all estimates Eet down feu,,.
tAid
were goate_oste:o
rho proposed lines way be taken. at
cberlie to Lb, eouttiith,
to .1'
On the whole, we are tbspoi,ed.
timm tots taal,rl;ol
that the Loudon Mcnurtnnt will con
~
the poject r
The Soatdiel7Eas tern atone ,
Temple-bar will be found proof tii!..1..it';',,,,,c3,
it 10 St presat threatFued,—Jeattwyg