The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

The African Mail Company's screw steamer Arme-
nian, Captain Walker, arrived at Liverpool at noon
yesterday, with the usual mail. and 23 passenger',
from the West Coast of Africa.
OLD CAL•IMA—A DOW king has been placed upon the
throne of Units Town, in Old Calsbar, under the title of At-
' ohiborig gad. At the oereseciay of installation all the super-
csrgoes and gatesionstles were present at Palaver House.
The people having been all asestobkel by heat of dram, •
awls, yam proclaimed the stew king. In the afternoon, a
grand dinner, partly in native and partly in European ►ty 14
was given In the King's own hones. Tbe King presented
'Leh white man and moire gentleman present with • silk
soul. There wore some speeches made, sad a great deal of
kind end friendly feeling seemed to pre►ail. The Wag was
crowned with • black beaver hat. The Ern act of the Lew
monarch's reign woe the abolition of Sanday markets, which
had hitherto been regularly bold.
The West eft imp Herold atm—. The mortality on the
windward coast has been awful. The Armenian, Captain
Walker, which strived ea the 17th instant, Intelli-
gence of a pod number of deaths in &era Iwaas and
Gambia—et the former place the Cokatal rearetAry, Mr.
Smyth, sal Mr. Drape, Mealier of the New sirs, besides
several others, including several of the Roman catholic priest-
hood. At the thimble sixteen out of forty Europeans were
deed, sad most of the remainder had Sad."

THE GREAT EdIITE.RN.

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SOUTHAMPTON, THIIRIDLT.
The great ship has now been open for the recep-
tion of visitors foe Nor days, but during the whole of that
time not more than 1,200 persons have been on board. This
may probably be accounted for from the foot that ea the ship
is to winter here, there is plenty of time for her inspection.
Many of the gentry of the neighbourhoed have bean on
board.
Oa Tuesday • deputation from the Southampton
Club want on board, and tendered the privileges of the club
to Captain Harrison and his oftloers. On Monday upwards
of 21.10 ma were paid a and discharged from the ship,
leaving about 100 now on board. A regular watch is main-
tained day and night. There are but three or four men at
work on the fittings in the after saloon. The hendeonte pleas
&toddlers are now all uncovered, and are generally admired.
They are maeufactured of braes and electro-silvered. The
wet of each chandelier was forty gnireem. To-morrow there
will be • bard meeting cf the directors of the great ship
company to arrange respecting the refitting of the ebip, after
which tehdere will ho advertised for : but it is understood
that Mr. Scott Rumen will heed nothing more to do with toe
ship. The amalgamate for Tickers are of the beat tilt scrip-
tion. The entrance to the chip ia through one of the cargo
port holes, clove to the kern oar the starboard side—sin old
craft belonging to the South Western Company forming the
landing stage. Captain Harthon Is • general favourite with
the vieitom. The alessat suite of rooms which form his
cabin and sleeping berth are touch admired by those who
here had the privilege of peeing through them.
The bouquet which the mayor and corporation intend
giving to the direchnes of the company in contexion with that
of the Chamber of Commerce will slimily she place. Mr.
Megan., one of the directors of the Great Ship Company.
was at the banquet give, be the new mayor on We Ines-
day. The mayor proposed Mr. Malthus's health, and the latter
in returning thanks stated that although he and his co-
directore had not yet decided on a permanent port for their
phis), Holyhead would never more be thought of by them.
He recommended the Southampton people to build a straying
dock fur the Grand Easter's, to insure her sailing w sod from
that port in future. It am are that an enlargement of the
Southampton Melt Compeey'a great graving dock suffi-
ciently to take the big ship would coat about 80,0001. This
there are some grounds to believe the dock company would
du on condition that Southampton was made the
permanent poet of call for the Great Eastern. The
enlarged enevieg dock would have two euirassore. one
in the wet dock and the other from Southampton Water,
thee to the western side of the mouth of the lichen river,
Lovas could be placed in the dock, by which the Gest
Eastern mold be ducked at pay time, without interfering
with the docking of other ships. The pretest steam pumping
machinery connected with the Southampton graving dock.
would be sufficient to pump the water from the extended
dock. The propent huge graving dock in Smitharepten fa
already the most e :lenitive in the world, and wee made for
the Himalaya, now no longer looked upon se a big ship.
equetled in length as she is by many ships,
by the Tasmania end others, and completely dwarladilartr the
Great &Ms.