The London news-placards of Saturday were all full of "Stanley's
safety ;" but there is no evidence that he is safe. All that is known is that couriers who have arrived in Zanzibar met the explorer's guard at the end of last November, "west of the Albert Nyanza and south-east of Ganga," and ascertained that nearly half the expedition had perished, either from fatigue, disease, or fighting in order to procure supplies. The march of six hundred miles had been horribly difficult, and Mr. Stanley had decided to march straight north, and then strike to the east for Wadelai. This account, even if accurate, is twelve months old, and as it is certain that Stanley had not reached Wadelai by the begin- ning of April,we know little more of his position or his safety than we did before. The best ground for hope is that his death would have made such a sensation through all East Africa, that an account of it must long since have reached the coast.
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