Another disaster is reported from East Africa. Major Barttelot, alarmed
at the news about Stanley which was brought by deserters in April last, organised an expedition for his relief. He set out accordingly from the Stanley Falls, with Mr. Jameson as his second-in-command, and the support of the local chief, Tippoo Tib. On Thursday, a telegram was received from Mr. Jameson, vid, the Congo, informing Sir F. de Winton, in London, that Tippoo Tib had retired to his own home, that Major Barttelot had been " assassinated " by his own carriers, and that Mr. Jameson had returned to the Falls to organise a new expedition. The cause of failure greatly increases the severity of the misfortune, for no expedition can be prepared which is not dependent for safety upon the fidelity of its carriers. To be com- pelled to suspect them doubles not only the anxiety, but the cost of the necessary preparations. Would it be absolutely impossible to utilise a balloon in the search for Stanley? Even if the aeronaut were compelled to descend, fie would be received as a god, and might organise a devoted force.
