The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-20 00:00:00

LIBERIA.

A conflict has taken place in the harbour of
Monrovia between the Liberian Government
schooner Quail and a Spanish vessel of war. The
following are the facts of the case, as stated in the
Message of the President of the Republic of Liberia,
dated Dec. 7, 1861. The President having been
informed by Prince Mannah, Chief of Gallinas (a
district about 70 miles N.W. of Monrovia), that a
Spanish slaver was at Gallinas Bar, sent the Quail
to overhaul her, and by that vessel she was seized.
Soon afterwards her Britannic Majesty's ship
Torch, Captain Smith, arrived at Gallinas in search
of the same slaver, and she was burned by his
orders on the 14th of June. The captain of the
Quail remonstrated against this act, as the Libe-
rian flag was flying on board the prize, and she was
in possession of a Liberian prize crew when she was
boarded by Captain Smith's lieutenant. The Presi-
dent states that " the commander of the Torch ex-
pressed his disapproval of the act of his lieutenant
in taking possession of the prize after ascertaining
that she was a prize to the Liberian Government
schooner Quail. Though the act was, as he stated,
done without his knowledge and approval, yet it
having been committed, he concluded to direct her
to be destroyed as aforesaid. The motive by which
he was to an extent actuated in deciding upon the
latter course he hoped the Government of Liberia
would appreciate, as it was intended thereby to
relieve the Government of Liberia from any un-
pleasant misunderstanding with the Spanish Go-
vernment, he in the name of his Government
assuming the responsibility of the matter." These
events occurred in June last, and on the 11th of the
following September the Spanish war steamer Ceres
entered the harbour of Monrovia, and fired upon
the Quail, but was beaten off by that vessel and by
the guns of the fort. The last news in relation to
this affair is given as follows by the Liberia Herald,
of Nov. 20 :

" A rumour having reached Sierra Leone of
several Spanish war vessels being at this port for
bombardment, her Majesty's steamer Torch was
immediately despatched by his excellency Governor
Hill of Sierra Leone, with a message to President
Benson, the purport of which we are not at liberty to
give. The Torch left on the evening of Oct. 18th for
Sierra Leone, bearing a message from the President
of Liberia to Governor Hill. We have only to say
at present that the object of the visit was gratify-
ing to the Government and people of Liberia.
By the English mail stet.mer, which arrived
about the middle of last month at Cape Palmas,
intelligence was received from one of its officers
that the Governor-General at Fernando Po was so
incensed at the failure of the Ceres and her ignoble
retreat from the harbour, that he wes fitting up
three vessels of war to capture or sink the Quail.
Nothing has been seen or heard of Spanish inten-
tions since.

FOREIGN _VAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Jan. 18.
via Marseilles ... Feb. 13
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Feb. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 18.
via Marseilles ...Jan. 27.
Falkland Islands
. ..
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18.
via Marseilles Jan. 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles Jan. 19.
Lisbon Jan. 21.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 18.
via Marseilles Jan. 19.
._
Newfoundland
. Tby Canadian. packet.j;ann.
Oporto and Vigo
2221..
U. S. and British N. Amorica, ty Brit. packet.... Jan. 22.
I _ by U.S. packet....
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and muffle .......... Feb. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Frb. 13.
Mexico ............. . .. t .............. . . ...Jan. 28.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Jan. 28.
California, and British Columbia.

SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTII
STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.--On Friday afternoon an acci-
dent of a most shocking nature occurred on the South Staf-
fordshire branch of the London and North-Western Rail-
way, by which a man was killed on the spot. The 2.15 p.m.
passenger train from Lichfield was proceeding to Walsall
at about the usual time, and arrived at the station here
before it was known to the engine driver that anything
extraordinary had happened. It was then, however, ob-
served that there was blood upon the wheels, and imme-
diately afterwards information came that a man had been
smashed to pieces on the line at Hammerwich Forge cross-
ing. This is a crossing level with the road, and it is sup-
posed that deceased was in the act of making his way
across, and that he fell down on the line before the train
came up. Assistance was immediately procured, and the
body was carried to the Fitters' Arms Inn, Hatherton-
street. Further information is to the effect that a young
woman who lives in a cottage near the crossing saw de-
ceased at the moment the engine came up, and her state-
ment is that it appeared as if the unfortunate man went
up t) the engine.—Birmingham Post.
THE WILL OP THE LATE JOIIN ANDREW, OF
CARRoN.—We (Falkirk Her alcl) hear it rumoured that the
late John Andrew, who had amassed—though but a work.
man—a fortune of upwards of £lO,OOO, has bequeathed his
money as follows :—To his immediate relatives between
£l,OOO and £2,000 ; to the Synod of the United Presbyterian
Church, for the furtherance of its foreign mission, £500;
to the Scottish Society for the Conversion of Israel, £500;
to the Falkirk Charity and r
equalitagg ed
division eh O 0;1 sthaend
Female
reversion,
E enevolent Society, 000, fo
000, goes to the Edinburgh Bible Society,
after paying stamp and other dues, amounting to between
15,000 and £7,
instituted 1809. Deceased was one of the most exact Bible
critics in the district. He made the Bible a peculiar study,
and was a formidable debater on theology. He seems to
have had a special interest in the Bible Society, which re-
ceives the largest bequest. In August, 1860, he gave a
donation to its funds of £lOO, and since then no less than
qwer £6oo—making £7OO in all,