A letter has been published addressed by Mr. Stanley, the
explorer, to Sheikh Hamed ben Mahommed, alias Tippoo Tib, bearing date Boma of Banalya (Urenia), August 17th. In it Mr. Stanley informs his correspondent that he left Emin Pasha on the Albert Nyanza eighty-two days before. Brain was in good health, as was also the Italian, Casati, and he possessed "ivory in abundance, cattle by thousands, and sheep, goats, fowl, and food of all kinds." The writer intends to rejoin him in ten days, and asks Tippoo Tib to accompany him, which it is now known Tippoo refused to do. The letter has been for some time in London, and supplies no clue whatever to Mr.. Stanley's present whereabouts, which, however, it is rumoured, is known to the King of the Belgians, although the facts are for the present concealed. He left Boma (Urenia) on August 27th, and would, in the regular course of things, rejoin Emin by the end of November; but if Emin, as seems probable, was captured in October, Stanley must either be retracing his steps, or have struck off in some fresh direction. If, however, Emin is still at liberty, no letters would be re- ceived till March, and in any case the absence of news is no proof that the explorer has perished. He evidently likes best to carry his own news.
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