The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-13 00:00:00

6p14-1--
THE AFRICAN MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY..
The African Mail Company's screw steam-ship
Hope, Captain Bowen, arrived here at half-past 7
this morning with the usual mails from the west
coast of Africa. She left Fernando Po Jan. 5 :

Cameroons, Jan. 6 ; Lagos, San. 11 ; Accra, Jan.
13 ; Cape Coast Castle, Jan. 15 • Monrovia, Jan.
18 ; Sierra Leone, Jan. 22 ; Bathurst, Jan. 26 ;
Goree, Jan. 27 ; Teneriffe, Feb. 1; and Madeira,
Feb. 3. Her cargo consists of palm oil, above
2,000 ounces of gold dust, cochineal, cam wood,
Sze. The mails were brought home in charge of
Lieutenant Larde, R.N.
The Hope brings home about sixteen.-passengers,
among whom are Captain Brazaron, 2d West India
Regiment ; Lieutenants Palmer and Taylor, ditto ;
Ensign Goodman, Ist West India Regiment ; Lieu-
tenants Beeche, Cave, and Macaulay, ditto ; Dr.
Aitkin, and 3 masters of merchants ships, Thomp-
son, Witt, and Crew.
At Lagos were her Majesty's ships Penelope,
flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bruce ; Pluto, Ferret,
Plumper, the merchant ship Arab, and the barque
Jenny Lind. Her Majesty's ship Antelope sailed
on the 10th Jan. from Lagos for Fernando Po, to
convey her Majesty's consul Mr. Beecroft to Bonny
to watch over the interests of British residents in
that river, where the insurrection had broken out.
The Spy and Destandio, merchant ships, had left
Lagos for England without cargoes, owing to the
disturbances on the coast.
At Cape Coast, the Victory, of Bristol, was
taking on board troops for Accra.
The United States brig of war Perry was off
Point Elunia.
Her Majesty's ship Myrmidon, Captain Joliffe,
was at Sierra Leone.
The French man-of-war El Dorado, the flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Baudin, and frigate Africanie,
were at Goree. The United States, an American
man-of-war, was in sight off Goree as the Hope was
leaving.
On January 16, signalled off Cape Three Points
the British ship Tapley, running to the east. The
Rattler, screw-steamer, was spoken in lat. 48.60,
long. 7.30. The ships Julian and Grampian were
spoken in lat. 49 N., long. 7.10 W.
The state of the coast is somewhat disturbed.
On the whole line of coast, from. Sierra Leone to
Fernando Po, trade was very dull. Disturbances
had broken out in the town of Bonny between the
King and his chiefs, which would, in all probabi-
lity, end in the King's destruction. It appeared
that he had been for some time past guilty of acts
of oppression towards the chiefs, who had at length
risen in rebellion against him. Her Majesty's
Consul was expected to arrive at Bonny about the
15th ult.
At Lagos there was a most thorough suspension
of all business, owing to the disturbed state of the
district, but sanguine hopes were entertained that
all would be settled without any further appeal to
force, as Mr. Campbell, her Majesty's consul, had
returned from Jahoa with two of King Tapai's
sons, in her Majesty's ship Pluto. Three thousand
of Kasoko's followers were near Jahoa, and were
expected at Lagos to sue for terms of peace.
Sierra Leone was healthy. The rains had ceased.
The Rothschild, 647 tons register, Captain Bulke-
ley, of Liverpool, bound for Mobile, United States,
lapen with salt, was wrecked on the 7th of Jan.,
fifty miles north-west of Madeira. The Rothschild
left Liverpool on the 26th December last. 'She en-
countered a heavy gale from W. N. W. at the
beginning of the new year off linden Heads, and
soon after sprang a leak. The crew were kept con-
stantly at the pumps, and she was kept afloat till
the 7th of January ; but the water still increasing
upon them, she was abandoned on that day, the
crew taking to two boats which were on board.
The ship went down in an hour afterwards, in sight
of the men. At the time of their leaving, there was
five feet of water in the hold. Sixteen of her crew
came home in the Hope, including Mr. John
Christie, the mate, but the captain remained at
Madeira, and was to return home in the next
steamer.
The Hope was not due till to-morrow,not having
left on her outward voyage at her usual time. She
experienced heavy weather on her return, and en-
countered strong easterly winds, during which she
proved herself to be a good sea-boat.
The mails were landed here at nine o'clock, and
were taken on to London by the noon train.