The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-25 00:00:00

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the midst of which the hon. geD tleman resumed his f(.O )
Ott the motion of Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., a vote of thtaiks
was passed to Mr. Cobden fur the address which he bad
delivered.

SPEKB'S EAST AFRICAN EXPEDITIOIV.

The following items of intelligence will be most
acceptable to all who aro interested in African es-
ploration

"News travels very slowly from the lake regions
of Negroland. The latest-communication recoved
from the East African expedition up to the sth of
September, 1861„ was it note from Captain Si-tt'-hi•,
dated the 13th of December, mno, addressed to
Lieutenant-Colonel Rigby, her Majesty's consul ;:t
Zanibar. It was written from the we-stern borOers
of the Unyamoesi country, where the expedition
was awaiting the arrival of a fresh supply of 2U
Hers, to replace those who had deserted in conse-
quence of a famine which prevailed over a large
tract of Eastern Africi, extending 400 miles
from the mist.

Subsequent letters received zna Zinibar supply us
with information of Spelic's movements up to Sept,
30, 1861, at which date he was.at Bagweh, a place
situated in lat. &leg. 28min. S., between the Tan-
ganika and Victoria lakes.

" Thus far the progress of the expedition had
been impeded by a variety of causes. In addition
to the want of porters, which were only procurable
from the coast, the prevailing famine had embit-
tered the intestine strife among the natives, and
heavy rains on the highland of lJnyamoesi had ren-
dered travelling in that district impracticable.
"On January 24, 1861, Speke was at Kazeh,
from which place he hoped to be able to move in a
few days in a northerly direction. His primary
object is to reach the Victoria Nyanza, in order to
ascertain whether or not that lake has any connec-
tion with the Nile, and, if so, he purposes following
down any affiaents as far as Egypt. Should unfor-
seen obstacles make this attempt impracticable
Speke will endeavour to reach the eastern coast by
some route to the north of the Nyanza.

" All the information hitherto collected by the
expedition tends to confirm the explo-rers in the idea
that the passage to Egypt will be the most feasible
and economical route, as it will undoubtedly be the
most interesting in a geographical point of view,
and also the most advantageous to wards the future
opening of this hitherto unknown region. Every
effort, therefore, will be made to reach the navi-
gable Nile, and our enterprising countrymen will
only abandon that route if they find, on arriving at
Uganda, that Mr. Patherick or any other traveller
has succeeded in reaching that point from the north-
ward before them.

" Speke and his companion, Captain Grant, were
most hospitably received at Kazeh by Sheik Moosa
M'z tri, a native of Surat, who behaved so well to
the former expedition under Burton. Speke writes
in unbounded praise of the generous conduct of i his
man, who has, moreover, volunteered his services
to accompany the explorers as far as Uganda."

.RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN.

This line is now authorised to extend from Carmarthen
to Newcastle-Emlyn, and the directors intend applying for
powers in the next session of Parliament to complete the
railway to Cardigan, as originally intended.