The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-11 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, July 10.

The Royal Mail steamship Macgregor Laird has arrived
with advices to the following dates :—Benin, May 24
Ferpando Po, May 29—Cameroons, May 31—Old Calabar,
June 2—Brass River, June 4—Bonny, June 7—Lagos,
June 10—Accra, June 12—Cape Coast Castle, June 14
Cape Palmas, June 16—Sierra Leone, June 21—Bathurst,
June 25—Teneriffe, June 30—Madeira, July 2. July 2,
1 a.m., passed the Royal Mail screw steamer Athenian,
bound for Teneriffe. She brings 1,487 ounces of golddust
and £5,960 in specie.

Fernando Po Island unhealthy. Smallpox very preva-
lent. Trade pretty fair. _ _

At Cameroons River healthy. Trade still contiues
stopped.

A.moderate a mount of business passing at Old Calabar.
Health good.

Brass River rather sickly. Trade dull.
River healthy at New Calabar. Trade improving.
Prince Will has been established as King Amachroe in the
room of his late father.

At Bonny the demand of King Peppel for increased dues
upon the shipping having beon firmly resisted by the Eu
ropean traders, business has again resumed its usual course,
and a fair amount has been transacted at current rates.
The rainy seeson set in very heavily towards the end of
May. River healthy.
Lagos still sickly, but considerably improved daring past
month. Trade very quiet.
Trade very elow at Accra, Sickness rather prevalent
among Europeans.

Health of the Europeans not good at Cape Coast Castle,
Sickness vary rife among the troops encamped on the
Ashantee frontier. No additional news since departure of
last mail. Trade remains very inactive.
Heavy rains at Cape Palmas. Health good. The Royal
Mail steamship Calabar arrived on the evening of the 15th,
and left leeward on the following morning.
Business still very languid at Sierra Leone. Colony
healthy. The ship American, sailing under Spanish colours
captured by her Majesty's steamship Ariel off the Island
of Madagascar on suspicion of being a slaver, arrived here
on the 12th inst. in charge of a prize crew, where she re-
raains pending the decision of the mixed commission court.
At Bathurst the wars among the natives, together with
the heavy rains, exercise a very depressing influence upon
the trade.

and a good crop is pxpeeted.
miTsienngeraipffpeelasrlaannede,healthy. The vines present a most pro-
At Madeira vineyards look Well, Potatoes and onions
have yielded a large crop.

The Destruction of the Savoy Chapel Royal,

On Saturday tha authorities of the Duchy of Lancaster
receivad a communication, through the Earl of Clarendon
(the Chancellor of the Duchy), to the effect that her Ma-
jesty the Queen will be graciously pleased to take upon
herself the cost of restoring this ancient fabric, which
was reduced to ruins by the calamitous fire of Thurs-
day. This is not the first tittle her Mejesty has evinced
the interest she takes in the place, for a stone, ele
gantly carved, is still to be seen in one of the walls,
on
the clbeincmh satan nsenciethriapttihne iisnteernigerrallo'efdthcememhaepmelorawtaivsere°-t
paired and restored a; her expense in 1843, and the
congregation showed their gratitude on that occasion by the
embellishment at their DWa cost of the large window over
the altar with stained glass. On its completion the work of
restoration was inspected and approved by the Prince Con-
sort on a visit his Royal Ifighnea
paid to the chapel in the
following year, and of which the parishioners entertain a
grateful recollection. The fabric was insured to the amoun
of £4,000, a sum WhiC:l will go far towards its restoration.
On Friday Mr. Sidney Smirk; the architect, made a care•
ful inspection of the ruins with a view to estimate the cost
11. e of rebuilding the chapel.
is understood to have ex-
presed an opinion that the tour walls which remain are not
seriously injured, and may therefore be made available in
the work of restoration. These walls, which are built of
squared stone and boulder, are upon an average lour feet
thick, and must be at least 350 years el

A DUCAL LIVING FOL SALE,—The advoweon and
perpetual right of presentation to the rectory of
Holywcll, Huntingdonshire, is to fall under the auctioneer's
hammer towards the close of the present month. The
benefice is described as comprising an excellent rectory
house, standing on rising ground close to the church, about
414 acres of rectorial land, and the interest on £2,335 16s2d
invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, the total value of
the living being about £720. The population is about 900,
and the incumbent is in the 70th year of his age. It ap.
pears from the Clerical Directory that the present patron
of the benefice is the Duke of Manchester.
THE INNS OF COURT RIFLES.—It is with deep
regret we have to announce the death of Colonel
Brewster, the commit:oing officer of the Inns of Court Rifle
Volunteers, which tool{ place on Thursday last, at his resi-
dence in Warwick-“Ni
are Pimlico. The deceased, who
was well known as a roost distinguished Volunteer com-
manding officer, had been suffering for a considerable time
lungs, from an affection of the luys which terminated in pleurisy.
The following regimental
artier was on Saturday posted at
the headquarters of the
corps in Lincoln's-inn :—" The
officer commanding has the painful duty of announcing the
death of Lieutenant-Colonel Brewster, which took place on
Thursday evening at hishouse, in Warwick-square, Pimlico
In making this announcement, the (-Dicer commanding is
sure that this sad event will cause one universal feeling
throughout the battalion, to all the members of which their
late lieutenant-colonel had endeared himself by all the
qualifies that constitute a soldier and a courteous gentle-
man."

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the special benefit of members of friendly societies. To the
credit of the metropolis be it said, that a few working men
in it founded this asylum in 1829. The building in Ball's-
pond-road, Islington, was not commenced till 1836, but was
at once filled, and in 18,-3 a wing was added, the total cost
being nearly 113,500,
collected in small sums, aided by gifts
from Lord FAbur At
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of the cause. The first bequest to the asylum fell in this
year under the will of Mrs Mackenzie. The amount Was
£8,500. The income is to be paid w the inmates. A con
siderabie outlay
has just been made in the repair and
ornamentation of the building. The works were executed
under the direction of 11. S. Ridley, Esq,, architect, by .11r
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