To The Editor Of The Time...
Sir.-A paragraph havin in The Tinzes and, Otber public prints, stating' that I ain ahout to pToceed to explore Africa, * ., I have to request that voou will kindly allow me to contradict the statements in your wideli ctended paper. I have little doubt but that the paragraph had its origin in a conversation-in which I shared at a mixed pacty on Sunday evening after Captains Parry Franklin, Lyons, aud Mr.O'Reillv, the Africanetraveller, withdrew The lamented death of Mr. Belzoni introduced thb general doubts aboat the Niker termiuating in the GamIbia, and on this I stated my opinion from my expenence on so-ae of the African rivers, but a ad nothing about a journey. it is true, thatsome time previous to the il-fated expedition of Captain Rickey I volunteered mv humble services to the African Society, bht after waiting several'veeks I received no nnswer. ly plan was, sixaly im is-to go up th e G tboon river, nine davs' jour- ney, to the }Rolj Ghost Mountains, in which both the Niger and Gaboon havetheir source; and thence to proceed down the Niger in a canoe, instead of undergoinm the endless tbil 'o fighting against the rapid stream of the Gambia, or any of those othet rapid vers whichame supposed outlets of the Niger,by commencing at their con- fluence with the seA. lnthismrannerrapod royaiges are madeon the Ohio and Mississippi; and I myself have actuaUy traveUed 500 miles down the Ovellano in two dnys. Severe service, the frowns of office, and the want of encourage- ment have lelt me in a state of health that would by no means justify a vovage to Africa at this moment. I hare to'bope that the editors who inserted the paragraph wlU kindly insert this contradiction. I am, Sir, resvectfully, Vouir obedient hnurnble servant, H. CA51PBEIA'. Islington, Mlay 6,18 TO TIME EDITOR OF TRB TIMBS.