The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

The Royal Mail steamer Armenian has arrived at
Liverpool from the West Coast of Africa, with 31
passengers, 1,837 ounces of gold dust, and a large
amount of specie. She reports the health of the
coast generally mu :h improved. Her dates are :
Benin, August 24 ; Fernando Po, August 28,
health" ; Cameroots, August 31 ; Old Calabar,
Sept. • Bonny, Sept. 7 ; Sept. 10 ; Cape
Coast eastle, Sept. 14 ; Madeira, Oct. 3.
No ease of yellow fever occurred during the
Armenian's stay at Bonny, and no death had taken
place iu the river during the preceding mouth. The
barque Irene sailed for Liverpool ou Sept. 6 ; the
Ellen Grant was to leave ou the Bth. Her Majesty's
ship Rattlesnake was off the river on the 7th, and
reported that her Majesty's ship Investigator en-
tered the Niger on the same day.
Lient.-Commaoder Dolbin and Lieut. Atkinson.
of her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, were drowned
on Sept. lin crossing the bar at Lagos. Lieut.
Dolbin had just been appointed to the Investigator,
which was under orders to proceed to the Niger.
He left Lagos to report himself to the commodore,
who was outside iu the Rattlesnake, and instead of
taking a cargo boat took a four-oared whaler. Be
left the Rattlesnake to return to Lagos, bringing
with him, besides his boat's crew, Lieut. Atkinson
and Midshipman Ewhank. The first surf that
struck the boat capsized it, and one of the
kroemen immediately sank. The three officers
struggled to the boat, but the next sea
breaking over it caused it to strike Lieutenant
Atkinson in the face, who immediately sank,
the other two officers being also washed away frow
the boat. Mr. Ewbank bad partially stripped, but
Lieutenant Dolbin being in uniform, and wearing
his sword, was unable to do so. One of the kroe-
men pushed a mast to him, which be took hold of,
but he suddenly went down. The boat, with the
four survivors clinging to it, drifted beyond the
breakers, and was picked up by a canoe. Lieutenant
Dolbin was long known to the people of Lagos, and
was greatly esteemed by all classes, and was
devoted to the cause of African exploration.
The Angio African, published at Lagos, in its
edition of August 22, says :

We ere in receipt of recent intelligence from Abbeokuta
The feeling in favour of a termivation of the unhappy
Quartets betweee the authorities of the place and ourselves
increasing. The lbasborun and a large party of chiefs are
anxious for a settlement, and reopening of trade, but
sufortunately a powerful minority, the war party, are of
sufficimat influence to defeat any immediate effort to bring
about so desirable a movement The influence of the party
is waning, however, and there is good resume for hoping that
the views of the lbasborun and his party will soon prevail.
The arrival of our present lieutenant-governor, who is
very popular amoog the Egbas, was hailed with much plea.
sore by them, and it I. not unlikely that had his Excellency
been able to have visited them soon after his arrival, some.
Wag might have bees effected for the restoration of good
feeling; but there were so many pressing demands on his
personal attention nearer home that it wee perhaps im-
possible for him to have made that viait. It is likely that
be would not now be received with so much warmth as
then, but this is perhaps because they are by this time
aware that though he might accord to all their just claims,
be is sot the man who could make any compromise with
MOM.
It is said that during the last fortaight the peace party
seemed so mach in the ascendancy that several of the mer-
chants prepared to send down their cotton and other pro-
ducts, to which movement the Ibesborun seemed to have
no objection. but this aroused the war party, whom influenoe
again prevailed, and the merchants had to desiat. Every
day, however, some little progress is effected in the right
direction. The people are all anxious fat the removal of
the prosset °Witticisms to trade.

DISPATCH OF THII BOMBAY MAIL& —The Penin-
sular mid Oriestal Campos?, steamship Delta, espial')
&gen, WWI from Southampton yesterday. The Delta
took out as freight 696 boxes specie value 278,8581., c 4 which
amount 40,0001. to @overlies is far Alemuxlria, bed the is.
wasiodwr for Bombay, consisting at bar gold. 47,0601. ; gold
age, 5,500 f. ; bar silver, 173,8604 ; silver coin, 10,400 f. •
sad gold thread, jewellery, Ito., 2,058/. The Delta abs;
took out a full cargo et general isterchandies, peierdpally
Manchester goods.

GELS NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KlNo'e•cEol6.
Nmber of patients for the week ending Oct. 10, 1,183,
al "Wok 383 ware sow arse.