The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-11 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF Arßrc.

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m„ %gregor Laird Ale:--
arrTivheedAwfriitchanthme amilasitlesamtoshtihpe owing dates
Benin, October 24 ; Fernando Po, 29th; Cams-
roons, 31st; Old Calabar, November '2
Brass River,
4th; Nun, 4th; Bonny, 7th; Lagos, 1 oth; Accra,
12th ; Cape Coast Castle, 14th ; Cape Pai'mas, 16th ;
Sierra Leone, 21st; Bathurst, 25th; Tene:iffelDe-
cember 1; Madeira, 3d.
Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Crow died on bcard at
Madeira of dysentery.
Her Majesty's ships Griffon and Drotrodary
were at Fernando Po ; the Elgiva was to sail
thence for Glasgow in a few days; the eot ge,
Hussar, Lucetta, Ocecla, and Ann were also thet
Consul Burton had arrived from the South Coast
and was expected to leave on the 10th of November
for Dahomey. Trade was flat.

Ibe Mary, Invincible,
Commerce,Arfenics,
mnse:e, and the Venus sailed from the Catneroons
tor Live apool on the 14th of octoher,
T
rade was
„wa
active, wit h high prices. The river
From Old (..i'aabar the Commodore, Royal healthy.oyal Arch,
Golden A4e, aLid the Huddersfield for
Li,er-
pool on the 16th of October. The Cressy was to
sail neat spring. Trade had been stooped since
October 29, and thins ware likely to remain in
this state for some time. King Eye and t,tie chiefs
had evacuated Creek Town in consequence cif a raid
of the Bloodmen to obtain satisfaction for i njuries
inflicted ou some of their tribe by the Creek Town
men. The river was healthy.
The Earl Derby and the Benin were at Benin,
The Lord Burleigh, Express, Mary Black, Selina,
Orient, Virginian, Paragon, Albro, Priie of Canada,
and the Ben M'Cree were at the Brass River, where
trade opened on the 25th of October. The Investi-
gator had come down the Niger, and was met by
Dr. Baikie at the confluence. Lieutenant Beeford
was left with him. All was well. Six bait's
of
cotton from the Niger for Manchester have been
shipped in the Macgregor Laird. This is the first
product of a screw press fitted up by Mr. Crowther
up the Niger.
The Iphigenia, the Richmond, the Cockatoo, the
I‘Belle of the Ocean, the Grand Bonny, the Flora
Ivor, and the Charles Horsfall were at Bonny.
Captain Peter Thompson, agent for Messrs. Hatton
and Cookson, were drowned on the 10th of October.
The river was very healthy.
liar Majesty's ships E
or Investigator, and
.
Handy, and the schooner4l9i '
Commodore were at Lagos.
City The steamer of Norwich succeeded in shipping
and getting clear of
the coast with 1,200 alaves from
Wilydah on the 16th of
The bee Irohin of the 24th 2cto
4th of October so Ts :
Her Majesty's ship Investigator, Lieutenant. Coi uman, der
the Niger, for the purpose yefine September to pro :Fed up
communicating wi th Dr.
Baikie, and doing several other things°ln
for
which we have
been unable to precut e any Informatio
arrived at the Nun on September 7, the ohr,the public.. She
ofh which river
she crossed on the same day. On the next brit
on board the Rev. Samuel Crowther and severalaving taken.
80118 connected with the Church Mission, sheproceeded
per
river, anchoring every night. She arrived at Os Ili.cit up
on the 13th September, where she discharged moat or the'3ha
people who were taken on board at the Nun, and, having
procured a aupply of wood, went on the confluence at Gbegbe
where the Rev:, Mr. Crowther and his party landed. They
then went to the other Fide of the river, to Lnkoja, where
they met Dr. Baikie. On the 19th she left for Egga, and
arrived on the 21st. On the 224 Lieutenant Commander
Gambier, Mr. Adlam, Mr. M'Coskry, and Dr. Vaikie set
out for Beda to communicate with the celebrated African
potentate Masaba (Mahomed Saba). We have been. unable
to learn any of the incidents of this visit, whiolt lutist hays
been very interesting, beyond the fact that his Hichness
sent two horses, one to be presented to her Maje sty, and
the other to our Lieutenant-Governor. On the 4th October
they returned to the ship, and starteddown the river, step-
ping for fuel, &c., at most of the places at which they Is ad
stopped on the up voyage. The Rev. Mr. Crowther at tcl
his son, Mr. Josiah Crowther, returned with the Invi,st i-
gator. They crossed the bar of the Nun on the 14th, i vid.
arrived within our port on Sunday morning, the 16th in st.
Some of the officers and crew of the Investigator have sul
fered slightly from fever."
The same paper of the sth of November states
that the gentlemen who went to Madan on a mis-
sion of peace, sent by the Association of Lagos, re-
turned to Abbeokuta that day. The account given
of their reception was hopeful. They were most
hospitably entertained; their message, in short, was
well received. The chiefs spoke of the wrongs they
thought they had received, and said that they- de-
sired to be on friendly terms with the Egbes. Their
reply to the message was, " We will gladly me et a
deputation from the opposite party on neutral.
ground to talk over our matters, in order to come ate
some arrangements." More than that could not be
expected. The Missionary party in Ib.ldan were
muck better provided for than before; the ,supplica
carried to Oyo for them by Messrs Wood anki Ash+
croft had been received, and had added greatly to
their comfort. The amount of produce which had
accumulated in their hands of the merchants staid
traders during the long stoppage of the s
136' 2road wa s
estimated at 1,000 bales of cotton of 10 or
pounds each, which would give at the present prices
at Ll.verpool a value of £12,000. There is more,
difficulty at arriving at a fair estimate of the value
of the oil, but it is supposed to be not far from three
times as much.
The Lagos Anglo-African of the 7th ult. states
gh fa,undant, had caused none
that the rain, althea experienced last
of the inconvenience which was
at
Lagos was favour-
year at that time. The health
able. Trade was, as usual, bad. Delegates from
an association of native merchants and traders
were about to proceed to the in ;
tcrLor with
the object of makieg peace between the coeatending
parties. Hopes were entertained. of their success,
but from the nature of the case it was evident that
nothing beyond a temporary peace could be effected,
followed by negotiations for the settlement of the
questions in dispute. There was a rumour that there
had been another battle recently, and that the Iba-
dans bad advanced their Camp nearer that of the
Egbas. Another of the great chiefs of Abbeokuta,
Atambala, had died.
The brig Astarte
sailed
from Accra for London
on Nov. 12th ; and the royal mail steamer Arme-
nian left Cape pa l
Her AI ajest , Palms for the Leeward Islands.
Y 8 ship Rattlesnake and the brig Al-
ligator were
at Cape Coast, and her Majesty's Spar-
row at Sierra Leone.
The
Spanish
war steamer Gen. Alava, with 800
troops and ammunition, from Cadiz for Havannab,
put into the Island of Palma with her bunkers on
fire. Inbunkers the
an att t
emp made to flood the
ship Was sunk. The troops were landed and brought
on to Santa Cruz by her Majesty's ship Speedwell,
Commander Cottam. The Speedwell was to sail for
the Gambia with Governor Darcy and his suite on.
Dec. 2. The royal mail steamer Athenian left
and
a-
deira on Dec. 2. Her Majesty's ship Paloes to
and
Falcon, and the steamships Celt, Dare, prto;
and Will-o'-the-Wisp were at that Island.

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THE CORNISH CoAST.—Early on Sunuay niornlng
the Prince Rupert, of London, went ashore near St.
Anthony's Point during a thick fog. Sho was greatly
Washed
injured. The bark Palenta, of London, was abandoned
with Sft of water in her hold in lat. 47ha3a4 Nly,..,elnong. 9 30
W. The crow were brought to Falmouth on Monday
accommodations afternoon. The Castilian, of Liv!rpool, was of Mount's
Bay on Saturday with loss of sails and. part of rigging
the '
The brig Cargey, of Blythe, has put into Penzance with
loss of boats, bulwarks, ,ko.; two Ws
overboard and drowned.
HARD Ur.—An officer, arrived at Chat
inquired of a negro where ho could find arl°""ft 0
lii horse. " Don't know, ash, 'bout for
De fence rails is all gone, and dar ain't la co.rn,modations.
othm
eat any more, only a few barn doors, au' for 'em to
the general's horses."—Eetv York 'i • we want dem for
Tribune.

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