The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1860.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—The Directors
of this Company are prepared to receive Tenders of
Lo ins on Debenture Bonds, to meet Debentures falling due.
Proposals to be addreised to the undersigned.—By Order,
FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
South WaleS Railway Offices,
10, Eastbourne-terrace, Paddington, W, March 27, 1860,

platform were oliseived Mr. Thackeray and Mr.
Robert Bell, who expressed their gdmiration in
cordially flattering terms. Mr. Home, too, the cele-
brated Spirit-Rapper, was among the most atten-
tive (and appropriate). .hearers on the -foremost
bench. The success of this lecture was so decided
that M. Louis Blanc has already accepted an en-
gagement to deliver four lectures on " The Salons
of Paris in the 18th Century" (a capital subject) at
the Marylebone Institution, and it was whispered
that he had received pressing invitations from the
great towns in the North. It is sometimes the hon-
our and good fortune of England•--the.sanctuary of
political suifcrers—.to assimilate, as it were, their
genius, and to make it, by a sort of transfusion, her
own. Thus it is that M. Louis Blanc is added to
the ranks of the choicest interpreters of our . lan-
guage, and we believe that it is in common with all
our countrymen that we heartily wish him success
in the honourable and interesting career which he
commenced on Tuesday night at St. John's wood,
and which he will not soon be permitted by his
friends and admirers in England to bring to a close.
—Daily News.

AFRICAN _EXPLORATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—The interesting account of the recent dis-
coveries of Dr. Livingstone ire the vicinity, of the
Lakes Shirwa and Nyinyesi (or Nyassa), read be-
fore the Royal Geographical Society at its last
meeting gave rise to some 'observations in con-
nexion with the expedition about to start, under
the command of Captains Speke and Grant, it con-
tinuation of the. previous -explorations of Captain
Speke to the north of Lake Nyanza, the region of
the supposed sources of the Nile. Taking the
warmest interest in the success of this great enter-
prise, and having already submitted a plan of co-
operation to the society under the auspices of which
and fhe patronage of the Foreign-office the expe-
dition is to proceed, the chairman (Sir R. Murchi-
son) expressed a hope that her Majesty's Govern-
ment would furnish me with the support ne-
cessary to carry it into execution. Not having
seen any notice of that meeting in The 'Sun, I
venture to furnish you with the substance of the
remarks that I made on that occasion, and trust
that, affecting as they do not only the success ol
the expedition, but the personal safety of the 'gal-
lant leaders, you will allow them publicity through
the medium of your widely-circulated columns.
From an experience of five years of the region
in question, I am enabled to state that the tribes to
the north differ greatly in character from those to
the south of the Equator. Having had little or no
intercourse with traders and strangers, they are,
in addition to being more fierce and warlike, in
the last degree suspicious of and hostile to the en-
trance of any into their territories; and not only
's their hand lifted against the strange white man,
but against every one not of their own immediate
tribe or locality. To enable any one successfully to
penetrate into their country coyrage is not tise
only requisite, a tolerably intimate knowledge ol
their language and customs is indispensable.
Having acquired this knowledge, which has en-
abled me hitherto to meet all emergencies, I feel
convinced that I could render material assistance
to the expedition. Unless Captain Speke and his
party happen to arrive at Belignan, on the Nile, in
December or January no boats would be available
within hundreds of miles to convey them to Khar-
tum, in the absence of which any attempt to march
down the valley of the Nile would be inviting
almost certain destruction, either at the hands of
the warlike aborigines or by starvation, the whole
neighbouring district being worse provided with
anything in the shape of food than any other
part of the interior known to me. It will be neces-
sary, therefore, for a couple of well provisioned
boats, with an experienced end armed escort, suffi-
ciently strong to repel any attack from the almost
ohs ays half-famishing natives of this country, to
await the advent of the party at the Upper Cata-
racts, in about 3 deg. 30 N. lat. I propose, under
these eircumetanees„conditionally upon the Govern-
ment defraying the actual outlay, to provide the
requisite boats, provisions, and escort, and to place
my knowledge and experience at the disposal of the
expedition, independently of any remuneration for
my personal services and the hardship and risk in- 1
separable from such 'an undertaking.
Feeling sure that, apart from the prospective
benefits to commerce and civilisation likely to flow
from the successful accomplishment of this great
scheme, the sympathies of Englishmen must be en-
listed in favour of an expedition having for its ob-
ject the solution of that problem—the discovery of
the sources of the Nile—which. has baffled the in-
genuity of man for ages past—l have the honour
to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
. JOHN PETHERICK,
F.R.G.S., Her Majesty's Consul for Soudan.

PilN AND 310ROCt0.

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The Madrid Gazette publishes the text of the pre-
liminaries of peace with Morocco, which hare re-
ceived the Royal sanction :

Leopold O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan Count of
Lucena, &c., and Muley Abbas, Collett:, &c., duly
authorised by her Majesty the Queen of the Spains
and by his Majesty the King of Morocco, have
agreed on the following preliminary bases for r the
conclusion of the treaty of peace that is to put an
end to the war between Spain and Morocco.
Art. 1. His Majesty the Kiri; of Morocco cedes
to her Majesty the Queen of the Spains, in perpe-
tuity, full possession and sovereignty, all the terri-
tory comprised from the sea, following the heights
of Sierra Bullones, as far as the road of Anghera.
Art. 2. In the same manner his Majesty the King
of Morocco undertakes to concede, in perpetuity,
along the coast of the deean to Santa Cruz, the Pe-
quena, the territory sufficient for the formation of
an establishment like that which Spain possessed
there formerly.
Art. 3. His Majesty the King of Morocco will
ratify, within the briefest period possible, the con-
vention relative to the places of Melilla, 'EI Penon,
and Alhucemas, which the plenipotentiary of Spain
and Morocco signed at. Tetuan on the 21th ofAugust,
1859.

Art. 4. As a just indemnity for the expenses of
the war, his Majesty the King of Morocco engages
to pay to her Majesty the Queen of the Spains
the sum of 20 millions of piastres. The mode of
paying this sum will be stipulated in the treaty of
peace.

Art. 5. The town of Tetuan, with the whole of
the territory that formed the ancient pashalie of the
same name will remain in the possession of her Ma-
jesty the Queen of Spain as security for the execu-
tion of the obligation specified in the aforesaid arti-
cle until the complete pay men t of the war indemnity.
Immediately after the said payment shall have been
made in full, the Spanish troops will evacuate the
said town and territory.
Art. 6. A treaty of commerce shall be concluded,
in which will be stipulated, in favour of Spain, all
the advantages that would have been or shall here-
after be conceded to the most favoured nation.
Art. 7. To avoid, in future, events like those that
occasion the present war, the representative of Spain
at Morocco may reside at Fez, or at the spot best
suited for the protection of Spanish interests, and
for the maintenance of good relations between the
two States.

Art. 8. His Majesty the Emperor of Morocco
will authorise the establishment at Fez of a house
of Spanish missionaries, like that which exists at
Tangiers. _ _

Art. 9. Her Majesty the Queen of the Spains will
immediately appoint two plenipotentiaries, who,
with two others appointed by his Majesty the Em-
peror of Morocco, will have to draw up the defini-
tive articles of the treaty of peace. These plenipo-
tentiaries will meet in the towns of Tetuan, and
their labours will hive to be completed with the
least possible delay, the time in no case to exceed
30 days' reckoning from this date.
March 25, 1860.
LEOPOLD O'DONNELL, MULEY ABBAS.
The preliminary bases of the treaty of peace
having been agreed upon and signed between Spain
and Morocco by Leopold O'Donnell, Duke of
Tetuan, Capt.-General in Chief of the Spanish army
in Africa, and Maley Abbas, caliph of the empire of
Morocco and Prince of the Algarbe, all hostilities
will cease from this day between the two armies, the
bridge of Bureja being the line that is to divide the
two armies. The undersigned will give the most
peremptory orders to their respective armies, and
severely ch astise any one contravening them. Muley
Abbas engages to prevent the hostilities of the
Kabyles, and if by chance they should nevertheless
commit any, he authorises the Spanish army to chas-
tise them, without the peace being considered to be
thereby infringed.
March 25, 1860.
LZOPoLD O'DONNELL, MULEY ABBAS.