The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-11 00:00:00

THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

Her Britannic Majeaty's consul at Fernando Po,
Mr. C. Livingston, was on a visit to the Bonny
River and New Calabar in H.M.S. Oberon, for the
purpose of endeavouring to reconcile the turbulent
natives in those districts, their quarrels having for
a long time back seriously interfered with the
palm-oil trade. It was, however, thought doubt-
ful whether his praiseworthy pacific efforts would
be attended with success, for the old-standing feuds
between the hostile tribes had of late been greatly
aggravated by the Crusha men having made a raid
upon New Calabar, and captured a large number of
prisoners, about 100 of whom were reported to
have been eaten at a great cannibal feast. As a
natural result of this fearful massacre, the New
Calabar men have expressed their determination to
retaliate upon their enemies in the same fashion.
The coloured teachers in charge of the missionary
station•at Bonny, established about twelve months
ago, by the Rev. Dr. Crowther, Bishop of the
Niger, have been eminently successful, their main
efforts having been directed to the christianising
and civilising of the rising generation. Already
many of the children in the schools can read the
Scriptures fluently, in addition to the acquisition
of other knowledge and accomplishments of a civilis-
ing tendency.
The steamer Thomas Bayley, belonging to the
West African Trading Company, has returned to
Brass River, from an expedition up the Niger. The
captain brings reports that the success of the per-
sons in charge of the various trading stations and
factories established up the river last year, has far
surpassed the most confident expectations.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Canada. Deapatchee were sent
to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, /long Kong, and
Labuan.

THE ATLANTIC CABLES—DIES-SAGE FROM PRESI-
DE= JOHNSON.—At the Liverpool banquet to the layers
of the Atlantic cables, a congratulatory message was for-
warded from the chairman to the President of the United
States. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Council of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the following reply was
read from President Johnson:—" The President of the
United States reciprocates the friendly congratulations of
the banquet at Liverpool, and trusts that the people of
Great I;ritain and America may henceforth and for ever
remember that in the history of human progress they
will beheld to have been, not alien and hostile powers, but
kindred nations, springing from one root, portions of one
race, extending the common principles of liberty and
humanity." The message was sent from Washington by
Mr. Seward to Captain Hamilton.
Yesterday, Mr. Nathaniel Lindley, the barrister
appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to revise the lista of
persons claiming to vote in the election of knights of the
shire in the several parishes and places in the comity of
Middlesex, held a court at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, for the revision of the lists of the various
parishes and precincts in the City of London, fifteen in
number. The last meeting of the registration will be
at the barrister's chambers Zo:morlo.. w (Friday) morning.

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FINSBURY.—bir. F. H. Bacon, the barrister
appointed to revise the lists of voters for the borough of
Finsbury, held his court yesterday for that purpose at the
Lords Justices' Court, Lincoln's-inn. There were no legal j
gentlemen engaged, the proceedings being entirely devoid
of public interest.
SOUTHWARK.—Mr. John Barrel, the barrister ,
appointed to revise the lists of voters for the borough of j
Southwark, held his court yesterday at the Vestry-ball, 1
Southwark. Mr. Curtis appeared for the liberals, and Mr.
Chevalier for the conservatives. The objections in both
cases were few and unimportant. During the progress of
the registration the legal gentlemen engaged complained of
the great inconvenience which had been caused by the ac-
tion of the Metropolitan Board of Works in altering the
names of the streets and the numbers of the houses, thus
rendering it extremely difficult to discover the addresses of
the voters and claimants. The Rev. Mr. Gallaher, claiming
to vote as a beneficed clergyman, was objected to by the
overseer, by whom it was stated that the rev, gentleman
' had the charge of the ecclesiastical district of St. Mark's,
which was not a parish, but a district carved out by the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and also that be had neither
residence nor church in the district. The claim was disal-
lowed. The revision was completed before the rising et the
court.