New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-12

by Her Majesty Government 20 accompany proceeding
this day by the mail packet Forerunner, from fympuh,
10 lon the exploring vessel at rernanaI TO- a., i4sb o
for Dublin. aud took her fin u departure ron Nj
Oh The morning OF tie OH she y called " ileh'
eIcilCd cons.de-ac at;on"n both IN the Mere AA4 ~
her vns,ac. TO in-oyfn. the eombn :"n 81 s'es
and sailing power. os.h P"icci N itself u.s - 10 '''
construction. -.
"a poverfu for and-a schooner. ker engines are ~
borse power nominal eIeng 20Ohorse power by tne IN
dcator The speed obtained on her trial 'rp w. zen Nn"
under steam alone the en.ircs mixing 20 r'oke- per
minute and with her iosclit-Gst tc'ft -' wIl OF .'i
beam eleven knots The s mp clear Of the water
and the vessel becomes fact sailing schooner Of - us
EQUAL in speed Ia th, latest yGc.s.
On her leaving kngstown, under canvas she drew o;
feet, with provisions and water for oriyhye DAYS ana zen
DAYS coal and her bunker if needfu She can be ish''
ened 10 five feet in the river She but oy M 'ohh
Laird II Bkonhe and i the property OF MI hfTresor
laird who bears the whole expense of the eXedoh re-
cevng certain fixed for the convey ance OF the three
gentlemen appointed by the Government 10 explore me
Chadda viz Capt. Bccroft II. VI. Consul at Fernando
Po DIR. William Balfour Bake H. ", an eNperlenceu
naturalist who has been engaged IN the survey oi me
Greek Archipelago under Capt Graves, and DR.. william
Bletk Ethnographer and author Of several memoirs on
African language These gentlemen 20 out az passenger
and protected by the trading character Of the snip omte
suspicion hostility of the natives, make their surveys OF
the river and their observations the geography OF the
country and its productions The number OF Europeans
in the steamer will exceed thirteen and those all men
of education end resources The steamers crew AMI the
boat crew Will be negroes the total number employed
from eighty 10 ninety men.
The boats to be towed up by the Plead through the
swampv country below Eboe and employed afterward IN
the upper part Of the river three in numoerone be-
longing TO Her Majesty called the Victoria 10 feet long
by 10 feet beam and two belonging TO Mr. Laird, each %
feet by z.
The expedition if be the mouth Of the Kowara on
the lst Of july and is ascend with twenty or thirty
days coal twelve hour, per day which, supposed
will be sufficient carry her 10 the head OF the nnvigaOe
waters If the Chadda without the delay OF cutting wood
From the LIST OF July yve days rising waters in
the rivers are calculated upon by Mr.. Laird.
II remains be whether this the fifth ascent OF
the Niger Will be successful than the previous ones
This much is certain that no previous expedition mas
started uder auspcious aspects as the present The
experience gained in the last tweny,hree years combined
with all the appliances OF improved steam navigation and
bodybuilding of the day, az once brought to bear on
this for African discovery, civilization and trade m
portan enterprise which further has the advantage OF the
results of DIR. Barth and Dr. Overwegs recent dlscov-
cries made in that part Of the interior of the continent
which is head Of the expedition Nor does bear that
nCertan or rather indefinite character in point of time ~,
for example the Arctic expeditions for is limited 10 one
season or about months in ALL that II may be ex
pected return TO England by next Christmas. II u
loJed that the expedition VIII fall in with both Dr. Barth
and DR.. Nogel The former according 10 has commdnlca-
ons from Tmbucto of October last; had determined 70
commence his return Europe by way OF Sakatu and
Bornu-fcrtunaely So inasmuch he not aware OF
the succor him under Dr. NOgel nor the Chadia
expedition, and might have chosen another route