Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-04-05

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SAILING OF DR. LIvINGsToNE's ExPEDI-
TIoN.-LiUeYpool. March lO.-Ihe northwest
erly gales which prevented the sailing OF the
screw steamer Pearl, on Monday and yester
| day, abated this morning, and at fifteen min
| uteS after one oclock she took her departure
| for Sierra Leone whence she viii sei for the
! Cape, and thence for the Zambese River up
which she will steam as far as her draught Of
water will permit her to go. The little launch
will then be urshjpped, and will commence
her part of the enterprise. Beside Dr.. and
Mrs Livingstone the Pearl has on board their
little son NJ. Livingstone, brother to Dr
Livingtone, and assistant commander; Capt.
Bedingteld, r. n. government Surveyor and
nautical commander of the expedition DR..
Kirk OF Edinburgh. the botanjst and medical
officer; Mr.. Thornton. the geologlSt: MF. lac
the engineer of the launch land Mr.. +.
Baines, the artist of the expedition, all OF
whom have signed articles under government
for twda'years' service. Mr.. John Laird and
few other friends accompanied Dr. Living
stone on board, and bsde him "God speed,
before the vessel sailed.
The ITALIAN CONFERENCE Hoax in Lon
don was worthy of Yankee ingenuity. 1t
was the effect of Irish impotence. An Irish
man took upon himself the great Italian
name of Borromeo, famous in the history Of
Lombardy. and announced himself rs first
cousin to the Count, the owner, we believe,
of the magnificent palace which rises upoC
Isola Bella, in Lake Maggiore. He furnished
ii London papers with daily reports Of the
&" Italian Conference" for fortnight, receiv-
ing the usual compensation. On investiga-
ton, is was found that no conference had
Reen held, and that the bogus Italian had
made some such mistaYe as poor Powers
Irshman had between the Bay OF Naples and
the Bay of Dublin. The English papers are
naturally indignant, aad talk of exposing
and Furnishing the perpetrator Of the hoax.
1t is first necessary to catch him, and the in
genuity which has successfully imposed upon
the London press, Will probably be able to
keep out Of the London police. 1t would be
better To advertise in the personal column
Of the Times, that if the Irish Italian viii
call at that office, "the past wIll be over
looked" and he shall be taken into the SER
vice of that paper. Such man would be
invaluable to write articles on America.
Mr.. Layard is pursuing his course quietly
in India-traveHng through the country, com
ing into agreeable familiarity with sucn of the
Indian chiefs as are favorable to british rule,
and picking up great variety of information,
which he will be able to turn to good account
at no distant day. A private letter has been
published from him, in which he gives an ac-
count of very hearty reception accorded to
HIM by nabob named Salar Jeng, towards
the close of the year at Hyderabad. He
speaks Of the climate as delightful, and states
that his friend, Salar Jang, placed an elephant
and horse Mt his disposal.
Since the King of Delhi has been placed on
his trial, 1t is said that some startling discos-
ures have been made by him regarding the
mysterious and hitherto unknown causes Of
the mutiuies in India, and duplicating natives
at the several Presidency towns who are and
have been friends and associates Of the leading
members OF the European communities.
. The Paris Pays London correspondent says
TINT letters from China Of January IA contain
some circumstantial details relative to the pro
jects of the allied division which has left Can
ton for the neighborhood Of the Yellow Sea.
1t is proposed to se1d dispatches 10 the En-
peror of China, and il within reasonable
time satisfactory answer should not be re-
ceiyed, the town Of TEN Sing, on the left
bank of the Pey Ho, or White River, will be
strictly blooeaded. BY this operation it is
calculated that Pekin must assureily be re-
duced to state Of famine within very short
time, the Chinese Government never having
reserve of more than three months .2rovis-
ions in the capital Of TIE Celestial Empire,
and Iien-Sing being the principal market for
supplying the metropolis with food.