The Sun. — 1865-10-14 (London, England)

HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 Ibs, 3d to 3id. ; 64 to 72 Ibs, to 3id ; 72 to 801138, 31-d to 31d ; 80 to 881bs., 34d to 4d; 88 to 961b5., 4d. to 40.; 96 •to 1041b5., 4id. to 41d. Horse hides, 9s to 10s Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 48; full, 68 6d ; polled sheep, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; half-breds, 6s Od to 6s 9d ; downs, 4s 6d to 5s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od.  Death of Mr. Rae of the Zambesi Expe dition•  We regret to announce to-day the death of Mr. Rae, C.E., one of the members of Dr. Livingstone's exploring party in Africa, who expired under very melancholy circumstances in Glasgow on 'Wednesday. The deceased gentleman, who had been for some time at Zanzibar, arrived in this country on Monday week, and arrangements had been made that during his present visit he should be married to a daughter of the late Mr. Walter Dalgleish, Holyles, Selkirkshire. Up till Tuesday, which had been fixed for the marriage, the deceased was in apparently perfectly good health, but about noon of that day he complained of pain in the stomach. The symptoms, however, were not such as to cause any alarm, and the marriage ceremony took place at 3 o'clock. Mr. Rae, shortly after the marriage, seemed to be getting worse, and was put to bed. His illness was accompanied with insensibility in the evening ; in the morning consciousness returned, but unfortunately there was no recovery from his illness, as he died about noon on Wednesday. Mr. Rae worked in early youth with a millwright in Perth. He subsequently completed his apprenticeship as an engineer with Mr. Caird, the eminent shipbuilder on the Clyde. He afterwards entered the employment of Messrs. Todd and Macgregor, Glasgow. He was engaged in the French service in one of the transports employed during the Russian war, and he was at one time, we believe, wrecked off Cadiz. In 1858 he joined the expedition to the Zambesi, under the command of Dr. Livingstone. In 1860 he returned to this country to superintend the construction of the Lady Nyassa, which it may be remembered was built in sections, and was intended to be put on the Lake of Nyassa. He gave an interesting account of a shipwreck which occurred on his passage home. He sailed from Zanzibar on the 30th of August, 1860, in the Guide, sailing from Salem. The ship's company consisted of 20 Americans; and three Spanish ladies and himself were passengers on board. On the 4th of September, about midnight, the vessel struck, and went ashore at Rass Haffoon, near the Gulf of Aden. On the following morning they were able to reach the shore, but they were plundered of nearly everything they possessed by the natives. For several days they went about in search of water. Five of the crew who left their companions for that purpose never returned, and were afterwards found to have been murdered. Their sufferings at this time were indescribable, their tongues perfectly parched, and their voices so much altered that they could scarcely understand what each other said. They ultimately resolved to kill the captain's dog, which accompanied them from the ship, and Mr. Rae states that he put a small piece of the flesh over his lips to keep them moist, they being severely cracked and very painful. The party on the fifth day returned to the ship. They were visited by the chief's " head man" from the interior, who on learning that there was an Englishman in the party, said ho had his orders from his Sultan, if there was any English, to protect them until the arrival of the chief. The chief arrived in five or six days, and through his kindness Mr. Rae was despatched with the ladies in an open boat to Makullah. Here, by the liberality of the Sultan, he was provided with another boat, which reached Aden on the 25th October, 1860, and from thence he secured passages enabling him to arrive at Southampton the 17th November following. Mr. Rae was a gentleman of amiable and kindly disposition, and was much beloVed and respected by all who knew him. He died at the early age of 32. Edinburgh Evening Courant.