The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-29 00:00:00

THE LIVINGSTON EXPEDMONS.

By the arrival of the steam ship Athens we are
put in possession of some interesting details of the
progress of Dr. Livingston and his fellow-travellers
in the interior of Africa, The following are extracts
of letters received from the Rev. J. Moffat, one of
the Zambesi missionaries :

" NYATE, MATABELE COUNTRY, April 1, 1860.
" We have had nothing since we sent away our
last post at the beginning of the year, so you may
imagine we aro in a state of darkness. Moselikatse
has a mania for trade, and would like to make us
all traders if he could. We have been busy the
last thrae months in gardens, and in getting
up some sort of dwellings. My wife and I are still,
however, in a native hut and in our tent. Our
cottage is approaching completion. I have per-
sonally little to complain of in Mozelekatze's
treatment, considering what he is ; but such despo-
tism as his, especially as the man is nearly in his
dotage, involves much that is trying to our patience
and unplecsant to our feelings. These matters are
however of little moment; it is our helplessness in
regard to that which is our first and great duty
that we feel. I am sorry to say that our wheat
has utterly failed. We were here too late to sovr
it in the proper season: Unless unexpected auP-
plies come, we may have to take to native corn 7,
which is gleer stuff compared to our staff of life.
The other letter is from the same place, but
dated the 9th of May, 1860;
"No letters have succeeded in !caching us here
e have only been.
except by Kuruman people, a
d w
.11e
writer
estaskameysisdt:h—
dliste
We have heard from Linyanth U S
able to send away one post anti.
Up t o the
.1 both were daily
oinugstone, nor the mis.
osifonlaasrtiems ohnatdh nareriitvheedr, Ltilv

expected.
to be able to say that we have
at Itla ist b gratifyingee
je. commence " services" with the
The old King is very provoking,
but there is more
Matabele peop hope of
success than before."
From a
communication from Lithegana, is
Sechelis country, dated July 8, we learn that the
=ego
• • naries at Moselekatze had succeeded in in-
spiring able to
spa
• ing more friendly feelings in the heart of the
old King. Mr. Lis, one of the Moffat party, had.
arrived at Sechelis, and brought the news that the
old King was on very good terms with them (the
missionaries) at Moselkatze. Mr. and Mrs. Mac-
kenzie, of the London Missionary Society, had
passed Sechelis on their journey to the Makoldo,
where they intend to stay for the future. A great
many traders had reached as far as Seohelis during
the season ; they were English colonial people, but
were accompanied by the Kurumans. Elephants
were scarce, and the hunting season bad. The hos-
pitality of the natives had greatly abated since the
last accounts.

THE GREAT EASTERN.—The Carmarthen ,TourAal
of Friday says that no steps beyond those of cleaning and
paying her bottom, and painting her outside, have yet been.
taken for fitting this wonderful vessel for another voyage.
There she lies at Neyland, safe from all casualties, pro-
perly moored, and her supports (donkeys as they are called)
greatly strengthened of late. This looks as though it was
not intended to move her for some time ; nor, indeed, need
such be the case, unless she could be freighted, seeing tkii.t
.
she is safer there than anywhere else, and that, too, with"
out expense, there being neither harbour nor other
naw"
least
granted against her. It may be pretty surely lest
'
granted that she will occupy her present position
' (luting the forthcoming winter.
open-
THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION.— The f
1860-61 was
ing meeting and conversazionc of the sessiontiooArehitectural
held on Friday evening at the gallery
ocfbair was taken by
I_Tnion Company, Conduit-street.
Mr. Penfold,
were Mr. Gilbert Scott, Professor Dovvu,,l,
i and a number of
the president, Mr. Roger Smith; arildhaae!nd'
Professor Hopkins, Mr. liayter.oke,i,.,n. The president
..entlemen connected with the pz ?els soonng,those present
, havino. stated the
, , in ‘v111,.... b
read the inaugural address,
public buildings in the metro-
progress made with various t ccially instancing the new
t Bloomsbury, as a fine specimen
schools in Baden-
street' I pointed style—he referred to the
of the modern continen 4had sustained by the deaths of Sir
loss which the countrY
1, and Mr. Robert Stephenson. Mt.
polis within the last year, i-1)
C. Barry, Mr.
. • ql associations, and a cordial wish was
.olitt'3Freorfeedsesao rfe
‘v
oDonaldson,bservat i
oaini
sd ootnh ethr
e gentlemenprticti
ao were exhibited in.
at the Architectural Association and the Royal
expressed that
itish Architects might long rem •
Institute of i .
of mutual friendship and independence. Some fine Italian.
1 the room, and also some beautiful photographs and archi-
tectural drawings. The galleries were brilliantly illumi-
nated by the patent chandeliers invented. by Mr. Hughes,
utilitysu Gilbertbsel
'ol cfSneateri ci;th:i tcct u r . a
Id ioit 0
m
tapestry from designs by
of Hatton-garden, which were generally admired. In the
course of the evening the prize for the best (lowing iil the
elm QX dUiliern WO veEoltiAte Mr, s
..amo,