The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

THE COAST OF AFRICA.

By letters from the above squadron to the 19th
ult. we are informed that Commodore Bruce has
entered into treaty with every native chief in the
Bight of Benin for the abolition of the slave trade,
protection of missionaries, &c. The blockade is
entirely withdrawn, except at Whydab, and there it
will not lest long, as Commander Forbes, of the Phi-
tome], has gone to Abomey to treat with the King of
Dahomey. The capture of Lagos brought about these
happy results. The chiefs, who six months ago would
have killed any English officer who had the misfor-
tune to be thrown in their power, now hail us as their
best friends, swear the slave trade shall never be
renewed in their territories, and desire nothing but
merchant ships for legal traffic.
Commander Forbes, additional of the Penelope
steam-frigate (Commodore Brace's ship), is very se-
riously ill with dysentery at Abbeokuta; great doubts
are entertained of his recovery.
The Harlequin 12, Commander Wilmot, is sickly
in consequence of her beats having been employed in
the rivers. The sickness is not of a fatal character.
She has gone to the southward to refresh her crew.
An English merchant at Aecra has, it is alleged,
been sent to Sierra Leone to be tried for slave dealing.
Captain Lyster, of the Penelope, has quite reco-
vered from the wounds received at Lagos.
The Wasp, 14; Commander Crozier, arrived at
Sierra Leone on the 10th of March from Ascension,
and Commander Crozier was invalided home on the
13th. Mr. Bonham, the Commodore's flagelieute-
nant, is appointed acting commander of the Wasp ;
and Mr. Bruce, mate, acting flag-lieutenant.
Mr. De Kantzon, mate of the Volcano, is appointed
to the Wolverine.
Mr. Wright, clerk of the Philomel, to the Water-
witch, as acting paymaster and purser, vice Cum-
ming, returned to England.
Assistant-Surgeon James Henry, from the Pene-
lope, to the Dolphin.
Second Master Robin-son, of the Myrmidon, to the
Tortoise, vice Green, to the Myrmidon.
Assistant-Surgeon G-ovett, of the Penelope, to the
Myrmidon, vice Mangle, to the Tortoise.
The Wolverine, 12, C )mmander Falcon, will be
the next vessel home from the Coast of Africa
squadron.
Fmstourg, APRIL 9.—The Augusta Schneider, •8
very fine new barque, of 420 tons, which sailed from
this port yesterday for Australia, has taken out to
that colony the first expedition of the Port Philip and
Colonial Gold Mining Company, comprising, with
officials, miners, women and children, not less than
130 persons. Besides these passengers, the Augusta
Schneider has loaded a large quantity of effective
mining materials and machinery, and a considerable
amount in gold specie, all under the charge of Mr. W.
H Ritchie. Three of the directors of the company
(Messrs. Rioh, Horncastle, and Hanson) made a
special visit to the Augusta Schneider prior to her
departure, which has taken place ,under favourable
auspices of wind and weather.
SHEERNESS, Arum 10.—Her Majesty's paddle-
wheel steam-frigate Cychips, 6; chief engineer Mr.
William Chillcott, has been removed from the dry
dock to the west side of the fitting basin, underneath
the sheers. She was taken into dock on the 20th of
January, and has consequently required nearly eleven
weeks' work on her to make good her defects.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-yacht Black
Eagle, Mr. John E. Petley, master, passed by here on
Thursday evenings en route to Portsmouth, for the
purpose of attending on the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty,'who pays an official visit to that port next week.
Her Majesty's screw-steam4rigate Horatio, 24,
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will proceed, on
Thursdey next, on an experimental cruise, in order
to try her machinery to the fullest extent, and the
efficiency of her screw propeller. The officers and
crew, hulked on board the St. Lawrence during the
time she has been in the dock, were turned over to
her on Saturday.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Avon, 3,
Mr. Alfred Veitch second master, tender to the Im-
pregnable,.flag-ship at Devonport, made her number
on Friday morning, and proceeded on her voyage to
the westward.

Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34,
chief engineer Mr. George Elcock, is complete in her
rig. She. was removed yesterday from the fitting
yesterday at
basin t_oortne dry dock recently occupied by the Cy-
clops,
and returned iirt-m_t.he purpose of having her bottom cleaned.
Fchier, master, left port for Chatham
Mr. w. ..leis3toY's . paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle,
on service for the dockyard,
a iiinlnc. A.M.,
The Rev. ..._0 the, afternoon. .
11 land Wil
Impregnable, fkg shi son, of her Majesty's ship
supersede the Rev. JP_Pevonport, will in a few days
'less Dockyard. ur.liliirby as chaplain of Sheer-
-navy i=n theist of June,
,r_by entered her Al ajes t y is
the post from which hei.:ab-E2O, and was appointed to
of which ho has faithfully performed
to retire (the duties
) on the 30th of
August, 1825.
A great number of the timbers of h
are informed, very
Majesty's
ship Leander are, we , roed, Ver._
defective,
and that her repairs will occupy a
c_nirci
o 1 erable pe-
riod of thno.
We have been informed that the ()icier in Council
relative to the new plan of remunorating the paynim.