The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

AFRICAN DISCOVERY.

Letters have been received, dated the 28th of
February, from Mr. Richardson's expedition, which is
accompanied by the two German doctors, Barth and
Overweg. The party had at length broken up from
A hir, where Dr. Barth bad made an excursion to
Aghades, and had entered Nigritia, the country or
different states that lie around the Lake Tshad, the
borders of which are so very little explored that it is
likely that the travellers will be kept in that neigh-
bourhood a good while. A little after Christmas
they arrived at a place called Damergu, and proceeded
to Zinder, where the three travellers parted, each
of them taking another route with his followers. Mr.
Richardson is gone on the direct way to Kauka, not
far from the shores of the Lake Tshad, the capital of
the empire of Bornu. Dr. Overweg has taken a turn
to the west, into the country of Adar, with the view
of making a geological expedition, while Dr. Barth
went by Tessana and Katschua to Kanu, the place
from where his letters are dated. At Kauka
all three hoped to meet again very soon after-
wards. The travellers are still in high spirits, and
do not complain the least about the hardships of
the journey and ill-health. Their means, however,
are almost at an end, as a new supply, which
was forwarded last summer, has not reached
them yet. The goods with which they travel and sup-
port themselves are unfortunately very unprofitably
selected, so that they fetch only half the price they
paid for them at Tripolis and Murzuk. Besides, pass-
' ing from the country and protection of one chief to
that of another has cost them a great deal, as they are
obliged to pay very high for every person and camel.
They hope, however, to find at Kauka the long-pro-
mised supply, and letters from Europe, for which they
have been waiting since June of last year. Their con-
rage was not broken the least, and they still keep up
the plan to approach the Upper Nile as soon as they have
explored the vicinity of Lake Tshad, provided that
the British and Prussian Governments will help them
on. The interest of the scientific public will be
principally excited by a very extensive report, which
has been received from Dr. Barth, about his excursion
from Teentellust to Aghades, where he witnessed the
investiture of the new Sultan, Abd-el-Kader, and
collected a quantity of materials about the history,
topography, and ethnography of a hitherto almost
unknown spot south of the Sahara. The report, to
which a complete glossary of the Haussa and
Enghedesie languages, some itineraries, and maps are
annexed, is now in the haiids of Lord Palmerston, and
there is every reason to hope that it will soon be
published, and will occasion a general interest for an
expedition which has undertaken to examine the very
core of the unknown continent, and to solve also, if

possible, the ancient mystery about the source from
which the Nile originates.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
ROME CIRCUIT.—Croydon, August 11.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common Jury.)
THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF GRAHAM V,

JOHN WHITEHEAD AND OTHERS.

This was an indictment for a conspiracy preferred
against John Whitehead, senior, John Whitehead,
junior, and George Wyatt.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the pro-
secution; and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Prentis defended
John Whitehead, senior, who alone appeared to take
his trial.