The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-08 00:00:00

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, Fn. 7.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Calabar,
Captain Smart, has arrived here from the West
Coast of Africa, after a very rapid passage.
Her dates are : Benin, Deo. 26 ; Cameroons,
Dec. 31 ; Old Calabar, Jan. 2; Fernando Po,
Jan. 3 ; Brass River, Nun, and Bonny, Jan. 5 ;
Lagos, Jan. 8 ; Accra, Jan. 10 ; Cape Coast Castle,
Jan. 12; Cape Palmas, Jan. 15 ; Sierra Leone,
Jan. 20 ; Bathurst, Jan. 24 ; Teneriffe, Jan. 29 ;
Madeira, Feb. 1.
The news by this arrival is void of interest, and
I the general tone of trade at all the above
ports was dull, with the exception of Bathurst,
where trade was brisk.
The King of Ashantee bad sent two ambassadors
down to Cape Coast Castle for the purpose of
negotiating with the Governor of Cape Coast on
the subject of the late disturbanees. A grand
palaver had taken place ; but the result was not
known when the Calabar sailed.
The ambassadors, on reaching Cape Coast Castle,
were greatly astonished. They had
on the sea before, and had never seen a ship, and,
on being invited on board the Calabar to dinner,
they manifested great excitement. It was generally
understood that the Governor of Cape Coast Castle
had urged upon the ambassadors the propriety
of putting a stop to the constant strifes between
their King and the adjoining native tribes.

THI POPE AND TIM 10/1111.AN RIPRISINTATIVZ
AT ROllll. —A Paris oorreepondent of the Independatece
Peke, says :—" The purely peramal incident of Raven
ILeyeadorff, Russian Chore d'Affaires at Rome, bat been
lamb exaggerated with regard both to its origin and its
ounsequences. As to it. origin the Russian diplomatist hes
repeatedly denied the remark attributed to him, that
Catholicism in Poised is revolution.' Re merely eeknow.
loges having said that in that country the revolutionaires
bide themselves behind the meek of the Catholic religion.
Ilfwwe not that remark, moreover, which caused the irritation
of Pins IL to burst forth ; he had already horse well
as he Gould the rather strong contradictions of the baron ;
bet when the latter, wishing to justify the Czar for no
Longer accepting the bishops proposed by the Roman
goveroment, added, ' Your Rothman has yourself bees
mistakes, and you were sot infallible in the selection of
Father Familia rod Cardinal Amine, whit* you now
regret," the Pope rose indignaat, and showing the door of
his Wiest. mid to the oluirg6 d'affaires :—' This is too
mesh. I cannot allow myself to be hunilted in
my own home. Withdraw ; and Mars no more.'
M. de Ifeyeadorff does not hesitate M admit that
Ids baptism* is defending the sots of the Czar
wish, estened him to go too far. He has sines sees
but bee not spin presented himself at
1-theandienees ef *5 Peps. His departure, whisk seems to
ihe =pedal sew, will merely have a pommel sad private
fkirnatio, sod will relieve him from a Wee position.
As the aside, el Prince Gorterhakeff, tbe 'fishier of
gil
JP•pi Affairs, he is very MI metially beaked, sad there is
1 Is &obi the Om will de eR IN am to wee& ewer for the
;pcomeg dlplovastiot a matter is wbirb he Ises been tarried
wpm bp ess .
excise id sea Thep.% the maim al
Iblielood. oath axone axe sesso leak poeticised as
Sion ebevwbeio,"

Advisee remind here from Brownsville to the
7th inst. state that the party which captured Bagdad
was oomposed of a misoellaneous crowd of 60 men,
Mexican sutlers, adventurers, clerks, and idlers.
Some Federate°ldien were believed to be among I
them, bat these were all back on the American side
of the Rio Grande on the following morning, and
answered to the sell call. The capture was planned
isad executed without the knowledge of any of the
'liberal chiefs. Bagdad was garrisoned by 300 1
native troops and 40 Austrians under Colonel
' • l'iss /Wee amps& with the Austrians. on
board the Imperial gunboat Antonio. All the
native troops turned liberals, some joining the
captors in pillaging the town. &oohed° arrived on
the sth, and, being without forces, telegraphed to
General Weitzel for 200 men to preserve order,
which request was granted. &oohed° quarrelled
with Crawford, and declared that the latter had no
authority to interfere with `Mexican affairs. The
liberals had four men killed and seven wounded ;
the Imperialists seven killed and 23 wounded. 300
men were captured, including two Austrians. The
Atcalde was among the killed.
The United States Senate has passed a bill' en-
laming the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau by a
strict party vote. The House of Representatives
continues in debate upon the joint resolution for
the constitutional amendment fixing the basis of
the representation upon the number of voters.
The house will vote upon the resolution on Tues-
day. Secretary Harlan has made a speech, stating
his belief that the President intended to leave to
Congress the question of the admission of Southern
representatives to the national legislature.
Sherman, Sheridan, Meade and Thomas will
I meet in Washington next week to consult with '
, Grant and the government authorities relative to
the condition of affairs in their respective military
departments.
Continual complaints arrive from the interior of
• Louisiana of the refusal of the freedmen to work.
Small-pox is raging among them, and large num-
bers are leaving for New Orleans and other places.
Mr. Seward arrived at Havannah on the 20th
inst.

The steamer Meteor is still held by the autho-
rities on suspicion of her being a Milian privateer.
The British ship Mary Blades, from New York '
for Queenstown, has been abandoned at sea. The
crew were saved.
The Hibernian, City of Boston, Java, and Penn-
sylvania have arrived out.
The Columbian Insurance Company has leaned
a statement showing over one million dollars 0..1
hand after payment of all liabilities. The stock-
holders have resolved to resume the business of the
company on a capital not exceeding 2,000,000 dollars,
after obtaining the necessary legislative authority.
NEW YORK. Jan. 27, Mown.
Money easy. Gold, 134 Exchange on Lon.
don, 151 i ;on Paris, 3.72 i. Stocks dull : New
York Centrals, 91i; Illinois, 116 ex div.; Erie,
84# ; Five• Twenty Bonds, 1021. Cotton dull :
Middling Upland, 48. Corn dulL Wheat quiet.
Flour steady. Provisions declining. Coffee held
firmly. Sugar quiet. Molasses heavy. Petro-
leum slightly firmer : crude, 32i ; refined, 54.