ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF ENGLISH NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1628, 3 September 1872, Page 3

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF ENGLISH NEWS.

(From the Otago Daily Times.) Mr Stanley gives the following account of bis journey in search of Dr Livingstone : — He and his men, after considerable difficulty, had reached the suburbs of XJjtji, where they fired off their guns. The astonished natives flocked out, and he noticed in the centre of a group of Arabs a pale-looking grey-bearded white man, wearing a naval cap with faded gold band, and a red woollen shirt, preserving a demeanor of calmness before the Arabs. Mr Stanley said " he was Dr Livingstone, he presumed," and he smiled, and answered " Yes." He informed Mr Stanley that he started in March, 1866, with twelve Sepoys, nine Johanna men, and seven liberated slaves, and travelled up the banks of the Rororua. His men became frightened, and deserted, and reported Livingstone to be dead, as an excuse. He crossed the Chamberi, and discovered it not to be the Zambezi, but a totally distinct river. He explored it for 700 miles, and found the Chamberi to be without doubt the source of the Nile, the length of which river he estimates at 2,600 miles. The Doctor tells of two countries through which this great river runs. He speaks of ivory beiu£ so cheap and plentiful that it is ueed lor door posts ; (!) of skilful manufacturers of fine grass cloth, rivalling that of India ; of people nearly white, and extremely handsome, whom he supposes to be descendants of the ancient .Egyptians ; of copper mines at Eatanga which had been worked for ages ; and of a docile friendly people. Dr Livingstone and Mr Stanley explored the head of Lake Tanganyika, and returned to TJjiji, where they spent Christmas. Mr Stanley says that he found Dr Livingstone iv a very destitute condition, he having been robbed and deserted by his men. He looks only about 50 years of age, and is quite hale and hearty. In March, ]872, he began to organise an expedition to explore doubtful points, which he thinks will take about eighteen months, when he will •return to England. Genista, July 15. Count Selopis has been elected President of the Board of Arbitrators ; Count Itajuba, the Brazilian member, and Messrs Custring, DaTis, and Waite, are

already here. To day's sitting will be purely formal, and therefore the proceedings are still only confidential. "It is believed the Board will continue to git from six lveeks to two months, with four sittiugs in each week. The l-'nuLsl. Agents ir ; like a strong contest against the American claim-!; bat the _ prev;ii!m<: : impression is t!i,\t the awarl in f:i\or of ! the I'niied S ates will be a l.ir^e o;i:>. i The proceedings will he conducted in secret. The indirect claims ha\o bien wit hdrawn. The Observer anticipates that by the awards to be made at the Geneva tribunal, England will be obliged to pay some heavy sums, although it believes that the total amount will fall several millions below the American estimate. Londox, July 10. Iv the House of Commons, Mr Morrison moved the second reading of the , Proportional Representation Bill, which i adopted the American system of repre- ' seutation. Mr Morrison said that under j this system Birmingham would be en- ! titled to seven, and Liverpool eleven, J representatives in Parliament, instead of three each as at present. London would have sixty members, instead of twenty as at present. Sir Charles Dilke opposed the motion on the ground that Ireland and Scotland were not included in the Bill. The Times says that the nomination of Greeley by the Democratic party is a flagrant instance of demoralisation. The Democrats swallowed their opponents' platform, the candidates confessing that . they had none of their own. Xobo \y '■ believes that Greeley c-uld be President ; four months without making a terrible mistake. The Times cannot believe he will be elected. Jul 7 13. « Mr Gladstone, in answer to enquiries by Mr Wai pole and "Mr Gregory, st-ited that the result of the labors of the Geneva tribunal would have no effect ■ whatever on the question ot the Canadian loans and the San Juan boundary. ; When the Prince of Wales parsed '■ through London en route to Bethnal ■ Green, on the occasion of the opening of ' the Museum there, the streets were thronged, the crowd being almost equal to the gathering that took place to witness the Koyal Thanksgiving. A London despatch states that the lock-out of building carpenters was the result of a refusal of the men to accept the compromise offered by the employers. Twenty thousand masons, bricklayers, and joiners are out of work. The reason assigned for the strike is the increase in the cost of living. The official correspondence between the British Government and Lord Tenterden, its Agent before the Geneva Tribunal of arbitration, has been published. The correspondence closes with a despatch from Earl Grauville, expressive of the appreciation of the services tendered by Sir JJoundt-11 Palmer. Earl Gr.mville snys :— " I should not (Injustice to the feelings of Her Majesty's Government if I did not acknowledge the conciliatory spirit manifested by you and inur Amoi-ienn eoIiOT^UOT. The iVrlin^ shown by both sides givatly facilitated the deliberations of the Arbitrators." The Epoea, commenting on a recent article in the London Times, advising Spain to cede Cuba to the United >tates, energetically scorns the idea of Spain parting with any of her Colonial possessions. The Roman journals reproduce the letters of the Archbishop o\ Naples, advising the clergy within their jurisdiction to use their inmost efforts to persuade their parishioners to take part in the administrative elections in the country. M. Gainbetta, in a speech, praised the French Republic as the embodiment oi' the principle of self-government, order, and prosperity ; and he complimented M. Thiers in high terms, dec-latins: his administration had been a great success.