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THE following intelligence with regard to the late Dr. Livingstone, sent by Dr. Kirk, appears in the Times of Tuesday:—“Lieut. Murphy, in a note addressed to me from M'pwapwa, a place about ten days' journey from the coast, and dated the 20th of January last, says that he was then accompanying the body, and expected to reach Bagamoio, a seaport, on or about the 14th ult. Capt. Sheffe, of the Austrian ship-of-war Heligoland, had proceeded to the coast, and would at once convey the body and Lieut. Murphy's party to Zanzibar on their arrival. Lieut. Cameron had set out for Ujiji to recover papers left there by Dr. Livingstone. Lieut. Murphy had been in communication with him subsequent to the death of Dr. Dillon, and was sorry to find that great difficulties impeded his onward progress, owing to the antagonism of native chiefs and the desertion of many of his followers on the road from Unyanyembe to Ujiji. Chuma, who for eight years accompanied the Doctor in his wanderings, I learn had been into Zanzibar. He seems to place the position of Dr. Livingstone's death at the north of Lake Bangweolo, on or about the 4th of May, 1873. He was probably on his way westward. A reply to the official telegram, regarding the disposal of the body on arrival, was anxiously expected.”