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entirely withdrawn, except at Whydah, and there it
will not last long, as Commander Forbes, of the Phi-
lomel, 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 Bruce'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 boats 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 Accra 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 Cominander Crozier was invalided home on the,
13th. Mr. Bonham, the Commodore's flagslieute-
nant, is appointed acting commander of the Wasp ;
and Mr. Bruce, mate, acting flag-lieutenant.
Mr. De Kantzon, mate.of the Volcano, isappointed
to the Wolverine. • •.
Mr. Wright, clerk of the Philomel, to the Water-
witch, as acting paymaster and purser, vice Cum-
ming, returned to England.
Aesistant-Surgeon James 'Henry, from the Pene-
lope, to the Dolphin.. ,
Second Master Robinson, of the Myrmidon, to the
,Tortoise, vice Green, to the Myrmidon.
Assistant-Surgeon 'Lovett, of the Penelope, to the
Myrmidon, vice Mangle, to the Tortoise.
The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, will be
the next vessel home from the Coast of Africa
squadron.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.—The Augusta Schneider, a
vary 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. Rich, 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, APRIL 10.—Her Majesty's paddle-
wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, 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 evening, en route to Portsmouth, for the
purpose of attending on the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, whn pays an Official visit to that port next week.
Her Majesty's screw-steam-frigate Horatio, 24,
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will proceed; on
Thursday 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 Seturday.
Her. Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Avon, 3,
Mr. Alfred Witch 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
and at
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