The New York herald., 1872-09-16

ttTOm the London Daily News September 2 >
Committee OF the Royal Geographical Societyy will
meet to consider its 1nal Judgment upon the con-
duct Of the expedition under Lieute1ant Dawson,
which left England on the 9th or last February and
arrived at Zanzibar on the 18th OF March, some
months after DR.. Livingstone had been found and
relieved by Mr. Stanley. The funds for this eXpedi-
uon, amounting to some thousands, were con-
tributed by the public, the Geographical Society
f50o. Livingstone's present researches originated
IN proposal made to him In 1865 BY his old and
ate attachSd .r6, friend Sir Roderick Murchison,
Inner Southern Africa, The Government was
asked to assist, and contributed sum Of $500, to
Livngst0ne's friend Murchson being, as it will
be useful to remember, its then president) added
saSer aS0 It Is stated on authority that
but these sums were probably far from sufficient to
defray the costs OF the equipment OF the expedition
that, with the exception OF the slight assistance
quoted, Iivingstones expenses. were betrayed by
s n Without whose fS
Journey Those best qualified to form an opinion
maintain that, II Sir Roderick Murchison had but
Society during the last few months with respect
10 the great traveller would have been very diff
ana that the anxiety to OBJ
have been far less manifest. As il is, new
nor wish TO know Joseph; and the result has
been unsatisfactory to every impartial person who
has % given attention attention! to the subject Although sir
graphical Society memOralised Lord Clarendon in
March 1870 setting !orth the destitute condition
and praying the government TO send him assist
ance.h Sir Rodericx's successor, Sir 1enry Raw
lnson, took upon himself to state publicly, in 1879
(when nothing more had been heard OF Livingstone
and his destitute condition" was worse by two
years., that 80 far from Mr.. Stanley having sue
c0red Livingstone, it was clear that Livingstone
had succored him;' and member OF the Geo.
graphical Council, Mr.. Francis Cation, expressed
and his wish for geographical facts" This cray
ing to extort from poor Livingstone that which he
haa determined not to part with before the proper
time Is what the subscribers to the Livingstone
Search and Relief Expedition have to con-
slider, and no report from any committee
not bring fully into the light much that
has been hitherto hid. Who supposed, when the
hopes OF England were centered upon this expedi-
tion and the problem Of Livingstone's safety was
foremost In the public mind, that the acquisition Of
geographical iacts" was to be more than SUBJ
tainy did not. He undertook his task under chr.
cumstances which elected Official thanks from Sir
Henry kawlnson and the Council for his "high
spirit and dlsnterestednesB;' and 1t was not until
he arrived at Zanzibar that he found 1t would be
impossible to serve Livingstone and at the same
time carry out the instructions OF those who, while
acting as trus ees for the subscribers had laid
down rules the observance OF which would be,
from the very nature Of things "highly irritatng'
1t is an unpleasant thing to say, but there is no
doubt 1t Is said that LvingstOne's dispatches
nave Dcen OOcJOFeu anu SarDleu DeIOfe tney nave
been given to the public. There is in existence at
the Foreign ONCE printed pamphlet which, II
Parliament were only sitting, would be at once
called for, and which, we trust, some independent
member will insist, next session. shall be laid upon
the table Of the house. 1t contains Llvingstone's
his that his noes Of
tfSyel shall not fall into the hands OF the Royal
Geographical Society; as on former coca occasions
private views Of indi7S..dual members. Let the
spatches and tlvngstone's deterl1,..n 1,..nation were
Society, but were studiously concealed from Lieu
tenant Dawson (whO believed, as many other peO-
PIE lie beeye6, that Livingstone was in the employ Of
prevented communicating his journals and notes by
the difficulty OF transmitting from the interior)
zibar, and then let the same reader take the iol-
lowing instructions from Sir Henry RawlinsOn and
the Council to the head OF the Livingstone Search
Expedition, andread carefully between the lines:-
ing S
oe On the subject Of ySr ny s
which enoins him to give you ali the advice and ass
11s Si
Sces % With ycn s
Is dns sns at
yems place distant some days Journey west Of Lake
more recent s Information You will therefore
route are to take at starting the character Of
yGaT is o%1ns ;m nos,ibc for Nc 70 eorcses mora ,
many possible contingencies therefore limit our in.
p ns Gee oTpg leaving to
eye most conormable to the spirit Of these instruc
II DR.. Livingstone desires return in your company
or ls 70 & w iSsr S S
eous regard to his comfort and wishes and Difference
of his distinction and unparalleled experience in Airi.
ii Dr.. Livingstone should desire to remain longer in
the country than seems fitting to you to wait for him.
assist him with supplies g
wS $ na
# % s
sSScicey copies % o. The geoS,aphicaI normatSn has
little is is known 70 u.s. :, a.. ~
longer alive IN yoSr q nq
verify the assertion; IN order that doubt here
as 81 $ arg % s to
debit 1s !, aSs
IF s % within
would DO well 70 Obtain q ySs
altitude s9Sys The sea SyS e Lake
soiatc determination ''''' '"s'''"'' 'y ap'
with us you ransmit to the Royal Geosraph
cal Society from time time, abstracts your Journals
Of s fes Of ,G he and
%
them TO publish narrative. You will also make this
bers Of your party. -'' '''S'''
Can anything be palmer than that Lieutenant
Dawson was expected to come home well stored
with geographical facts" whether Livingstone
liked 1t or no; and is 1t not certain from what we
have seen and heard since that II these were the
published Instructions those given to Lieutenant
Dawson privately and unOfcially by members of
the Council were even stronger Each of these
gentlemen has his own "viewsn and theories re.
specting the interior OF Africa and the sources OF
the Nile; and IL the following memorandum from
one OF them may be taken as sample OF the per-
sonal exactons OF the rest II Is easy to understand
that even II Livingstone had not been succored by
Mr.. Stanley lie would have deemed relief dearly
purchased by the presence OF an intruder, armed
with authority and means for depriving him OF the
honor OF discoveries to which he has devoted
tnirty-lve years Of his life Here s one series OF
and unpublished instructions which |
we're given Lieutenant Dawson before he left Eng
and-