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By the arrival at Baltimore, of the brig Vir- ginia from Rio, news is brought of the safe re- turn of Richard Lander, (the companion of Captain Clapperton,) and his brother John Lander from the interior of Africa. It will be seen, that the Journal of Mungo Park has been recovered, and the Landers have solved the problem of the course and the mouth of the Niger, as they sailed down that river, to the Eight of Benin, where it discharges itself by various branches, into the ocean.

 By far the most interesting news brought by this arrival, is the account furnished of the African expedition of Lander, the discovery of Me Niger, and the recovery of the manu- scripts of Mungo Park. The English ship, Carnarvon, which arrived at Rio Janeiro ear ly in April, from Fernando Pc, an island in the mouth of the river Camerones, in the Gulf of Guinea, brought as passengers, Rich ard Lander, the well known companion of Clapperton, and his brother John Lander.- These young men have been absent seventeen months, in the employment of the British Co., vernment, in prosecuting the search after the course of the Niger. Having reached the point (mentioned in Clapperton's book where Park was murdered, they succeeded in reco- vering his books, letters, manuscripts, and double barrclled gun, which was his property.

 Being obliged to abandon their design of prOCeeQ1nS 10 1 lmDuClOO, rom which they were scarcely fifteen days journey, for want of presents to bestow, without which there is neither found protection nor assistance from the authorities of the country, they in conse- guence re-embarked at the place where Mun- go Park lost his life, and following the cur rent of the river, which runs at the rate of of four miles an hour, they ascertained that the Niger before it divided itself into various branches is ten miles wide. They then re- solved to proceed by one of the most consde- rable of the branches, which flowed rapidly to the west. As they approached the coast they were taken prisoners by the negroes who inhabit the banks of the river, and were again obliged to embark to be conducted to the presence of their king, who lived at a great distance. They were plundered and treated as slaves, and were threatened to be sold and sent into the interior. They succeeded. how ever, after great difficulty, in persuading the chiefs by promises of great reward, as well for their persons as for the property they still possessed, to send them to the coast of Guinea.

 Having again embarked, they at length ar rived at the Bay of Benin, where the Euro peans gave them every assistance they re- quired.

 These travellers affirm, that the river Nom which discharges itself into the Bay of Be, nin, is the most considerable branch of the Niger; and that the others, like the Calabar. also flow to the ocean. They also stated that their guides told them that the city of Tim buctoo is not situated on the Niger, but dis