The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-12 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Role Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Great Success of the new Drama, by Dion Ronreleanit, Esq.,
„The Colleen Bavrn."—Miss Agnes Robertson every even-

ing.
THIS EVEI•TING. THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W.
smith. wrisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Sate
and Mrs. Billing Kelly,
ton.
Alter which. TAE COLLEEN BAWN. D. BOttreleatllt, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer.
Mss
Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conslude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David
Fisher.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commen at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5. ce
No charge for bookinz.
Private boxes, 12 2s. ; Family Boxes,4l,
Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle StallN, 38. •
Orohestra Stalls, ss. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, ad:
Leung Manager—Mr. Wm- Smith.

A sTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—
proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Triumphant success and increasing popularity of the Grand
Spectacle of Roam noon.
This Eitning, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three
Acts, by E. Fitsball Req., entitled ROBIN HOOD • or. the
Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud of highly-
trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, eze, Allan-
a-Dale, Miss Rebeoca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit-
chard.
To be sneceoded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome
and :their; Troupe: of unequalled performers, &c., including
the' incomparable Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest
Wonder of the age.
Doors open at half-past 6, performance oommenoe at 7.
Box-ottice open daily from 11 till 4
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING,
A Grand Selection from the opera of
NOICILA.

Norma .
Adalzisa .........•
(Her first appearance in this country.)
After which the ETHIOPIANS, consistinz of Seventeen Per-
formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the
Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and
Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdot es, itc. Prin-
cipal Nero Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pen, H.
Drummond, and Charley Fox.
Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS.
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Balcony. le. Hall.

THE WEATHER.—Sini OFFICE, Nor. 11, 1860.
TitERMOMETER, IN THE BEIDE.
42—highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
40—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.84.
WlND—Easterly; fresh in the morning; light now, with
cold, frosty weather.

Nov. 12.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
41—highest since noon yesterday.
36—lowest this morning and during the night.
41—this day at noon.
BenomETER-29.72 ; still falling.
WlND—South-Easterly ; light, with dull weather, in.
dicating a change.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 33m.—Afternoon, 12h. 58m,
To-MORROW.-Morning, lh. 22m.—Afternoon, 111. 45m.

LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 12, 1860.

Scarcely have we been cheered within the last
few hours with tidings from the direction of China,
to the effect that the War had been brought to a
satisfactory termination, than a counter statement
comes to us from the Foreign-office, to the totally
opposite effect, that the War is Not over by any
means, but that, on the contrary, the allied army,
according to the latest and most reliable accounts,
had actually commenced its march upon Pekin !
And from what point is it that the Angle-French
forces are said to have begun this bold advance
movement upon the Chinese Capital? Why, as to
the particular spot from which they have now
started upon this final expedition, against that
all but fabulous metropolis of the great Chinese
Empire, all the various intimations coming to us
at this moment from that remote seat of war are
perfectly agreed—they all designate the point last
attained by the allied army as within ten miles
only from the walls of Pekin ! It was on the 10th
of September, in fact, that the Anglo-Gallic troops
had reached Yangtsunyeh, or, as it is spelt in Mr.
WYLD'S excellent map of the Field of Operations,
San-sien-wey.

Saturday night brought with it, at a late hour,
the official telegram announcing that General Sir
HOPE GRANT had so far accomplished the objects of
*the expedition, that. he had already begun to take
active measures for the return of our troops home-
wards--two regiments even then having been de-
Mched on their way coastwards for embarka-
tion!. The intelligence was sufficiently startling :
for according to the last published accounts, the
allies, when the mails then left, viz., at the end of
August, Ny„,., busily engaged in negotiating at
Tien-tsin terms of agreement with the partially
discomfited adversary. Suddenly, therefore, to
hear that that army which had been negotiating
towards the end of August at Tien-tsin was actually
by the next accounts, by the accounts dated
pretty far on in September, no longer at Tien-tsin,
no longer waiting the result of diplomatic negotia-
tions,but that it was Positively within ten miles from
Pekin, at the point variously
designated Yang-
tsunyeh and San-sien-wey, naturally was enough
to awaken curiosity, and to excite feelings of asto-
nishment. A subsequent telegram explains, it is
true,to a certain extentwhat had(in the earlier part of
the interim) transpired there at the actual seat of
war; this late telegram bringing down events thus
from the end of August to the Ninth of September.
It intimated, this second official telegram, that the
negotiations at Tien-tsin had a few days previously
been abruptly broken off, and the signal given to
the allied forces to renew their march, advanc-
ing at once boldly upon Pekin. An additional
and later telegram yesterday arrived
with the
announcement already given, that by the Tenth of
September the Allies were within ten miles from
Pekin, namely, at San-lien-wey. Since which
comes the following contradictory statements to
the effect, as we have previously observed, that, first
of all, Sir HOPE GRANT in a telegram dated the
26th of September, announced the war as
over, and the army preparing to return, two
regiments being already on their way homewards;
and in the second place we learn now, by another .

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telegram, dated from Hong Kong, also on the 26th of
September (!) that hostilities had recommenced, and
that the Allies had resumed their march upon the
capital ! From San-sien-wey (?) From that start-
ing point, within ten miles from Pekin ? Who shall
say ? We must wait patiently until further news
shall solve the enigma—For as far as the telegrams
have gone yet, we are left (after conning them care-
fully) in utter bewilderment as to whether a deci-
sive conflict had taken place between the Allied
Troops and the Imperial forces under SANKOLINSIN
—whether Pekin itself had fallen into the hands of
the European conquerors—or whether the Empe-
ror of CHINA, to the end that he might avoid bring-
ing matters to these perilous extremities, had,
however tardily, yielded to all our demands with-
out any exception or reservation whatsoever, includ-
ing amongst them, of course, full and ample indem-
nities.
Of one thing, however, we may reasonably fee
confident—namely, that the next despatches, in
clearing up whatever sources of bewilderment there
are latent in these few telegrams just received, will
assure us definitively that the worst is over; that
further bloodshed need not be looked for between
the belligerents; that the Chinese and the Allies, in
fact, are belligerents no longer ; that the third, and
let us hope, the last of theses wars of ours:with China
has been brought, by the union of Sir HOPE
GRANT'S energy and Lord ELGIN'S tact, to a happy
' and triumphant close.

Another day only intervenes now between this and
the morning upon which will be solemnly interred
in Westminster Abbey the mortal remains of the
great Earl of DIINDONALD. As THOMAS, Lord
COCHRANE, his heroic name will be held by the
British nation in everlasting remembrance. That
is the truest and the grandest earthly meed of his
glorious and all but matchless reputation. Of that
priceless recompense no man can now deprive him.
Among the heroes of his country he occupies no
secondary position in the British Walhalla. His
effigy as a very paragon of heroism stands
there side by side with that of NELSON
alone—stands there imperishably, indestructibly.
Englishmen of all future times will thrill with
pride and exultation as they read the history of
this dauntless sailor, proud and exultant that they,
too, are Englishmen. They will read, in the
records of that marvellous career, incidents that for
superb daring and for their evidence of war-
like genius have never been surpassed. Whose
English heart does not glow within him,
for example, to find recorded in the naval
annals of our land, among the many kin-
dred incidents related of Lord COCHRANE, that,
when a prisoner of war on board the French
republican ship, the Formidable, in the year
1801, during a desperate conflict with
the British fleet in the Bay of Algesiras—at
every broadside from the British man-of-war op-
posed to the Formidable—at every broadside crash-
ing into the latter vessel from the British guns,
Lord COCHRANE and his men gave three ringing
cheers, though surrounded by the French, and
liable, like the French, at every broadside to be
swept to destruction ? As to the consummate
coolness by which the valour of this heroic heart was
characterised, what need be instanced in illustration
of that, beyond a passing allusion, let us say, to
this one recorded fact in the history of one of Lord
COCHRANE'S grandest achievements—his terrific on-
slaught, in 1809, upon the French vessels of war lying
at anchor in the Basque Roads—namely, that while in
the very midst of it in an open boat, when the seaman
seated next to Lord COCHRANE, in this open boat,
was struck dead by a cannon ball, while engaged
in looking through a telescope, Lord COCHRANE,
without having his attention withdrawn from
scrutinizing the enemy for one instant, disengaged
the telescope from the dead man's hand beside him
and himself continued the observations ! It is the
inanimate dust of this glorious hero that we are
about to sepulture in Westminster Abbey.
The interment of his remains there is the
last tribute of respect left for us to
offer to the memory of this extraordinary charac-
ter—one who during life was trfated notoriously.
so grudgingly, so ungratefully by his country in
return for so many matchless achievements. Let
us hope and trust that her MAJESTY'S Ministers
will not allow to slip from them within the next
few hours, unused, what we cannot but regard as
in their regard a really enviable opportunity. Let
us hope that they will adopt measures without
any further delay to pay some notable mark of
honour to the glorious dust of DUNDONALD—that
they will see, for instance, that the Great Sailor
Earl's remains are accompanied from Kensington
to their final resting-place in Westminster Abbey,
that they are attended along that route by a body
of the Guards, both infantry and cavalry, while
the park guns fire a salute as the coffin of our
Other NELSON is lowered into the grave. If these
poor marks of honour alone be conceded, Ministers
will secure to themselves the grateful sympathy
of many and many a generous-hearted English-
man. If ever these last honours be denied—shame
to our administrators !

(From the Morning Post.)

The Retirement of GARIBALDI is the important
news from Italy to-day. It was mentioned, indeed,
on Saturday, butt in a way which hardly assured
us that the deed was done. The telegrams of this
morning leave us no doubt that GARIBALDI, the
Dictator, is now plain GARIDALDI—GeneraI GARI-
BALDI, we presume, as his rank in the Piedmonteso
army will, of course, cling to him. But rank is, in
truth, nothing to such a man ; who speaks of him,
ever, by any designation but that of his proper
name ? What to him are titles like General, or
even Dictator ? The man of one great idea, with
laborious and noble work as his means to realise it
—to him all that can be conferred is nothing, and
less than nothing, except as it expresses his actual
right and power to rule and command for the
furtherance of the great object of his life. Probably
this great man is wholly unfitted for the work
which he has now left to others to accomplish.
Unfitted, we mean, for dealing with all the
se!fish patriots who will throng around the
new Government and will demand the reward of
their merits, in offices, posts, situations, and salarifs.
An enthusiast of the noblest temperament himself,
and like a true apostle, ready at any time by " his
own hands to minister to his own necessities and the
necessities of those who are with him," he is ill
adapted to the task of settling the conflicting claims
of less self-denying or less self-competent patriots.
The King of ITALY'S new Government can hardly
fail to honour the men of GARIBALDI'S temporary
choice, but with the entire administration, police,
and army to remodel, there will be little scope for
the qualities which chiefly distinguish the brave
and skilful General.

GARIDALDI retires to his Island farm ; but GARI-
BALDI does not, and cannot retire from influence on
the world. His spirit has been the one which has
rendered the Italian cause what it now is, the germ
of liberties to other European nations. LOUIS
NAPOLEON did much for Italy—it were ingratitude
to deny it. GARIBALDI himself felt it and owned
it, and it probably, much more than fear, would have
kept him from attacking French soldiers. But
LOUIS NAPOLEON did not infuse the higher spirit

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into the Italian struggle. It was not in the man,
and others could not receive it from him. He could
leave his work undone at Solferino, and sell Italy to
the Government of confederate Princes at Villa-
franca. 7he emancipation of the northern half of
Italy resulted, indeed, from what he did, but evi-
dently against his will, and in consequence of the
determination of Italians themselves. Neither could
VICTOR EMMANUEL and Count CAVOUR have created
the new spirit which animates Italy. Loyal they
were, sincerely so, to the national cause, but they
had obviously objects to gain which might be con-
sidered personal ; it was not easy to be sure whether
in accepting additional territory the King of PIED.
MONT desired to extend his own dominions, and to
exalt his monarchy, or to enlarge the area of con-
stitutional liberty in Italy. The KING might be
disinterested—indeed, from all known of him, there is
every reason to believe that, if only in antagonism
to Austria, he cordially accepts constitutional Govern-
ment, well knowing that nothing is more hateful and
galling to his bitterest enemy than the sight of real
national liberties on her very frontiers. Still there
could not easily be unanswerable proof in his case
of a pure and spotless ambition.
GARIBALDI it is who infused into the Italian
struggle that element which has made it one of
world-wide interest. His motives no one, even of
his enemies, ventures to impugn. His long past
history ; his consistent and brave struggles for
liberty in other parts of the world ; his indifference
to any reward but the reward of the work he had
accomplished, and of a position to do more of the
same kind; his unrepining readiness to work for
his livelihood whenever not wanted in the fight for
liberty; his preference, indeed, of work to pay or
pension, with the fact that he could breathe his
own spirit into thousands of the noblest of the
Italian youth, securing the homage and obedience
of love from all—everything has united to
make GARIBALDI the soul, the ennobling soul
of the Italian cause. May it not be marred in
passing from his hands ! May be have so far im-
bued it with his own spirit that it will be impos-
sible hereafter to escape its influence.

LA TEST NEW.S.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

NAPLES, Nov. 10.

Farini has been appointed Viceroy. Vintimiglia,
Asanelli, Scialoja, Poerio, and D'Afflitto have been
appointed Councillors of the Viceroyalty.

VIENNA, Nov. 11.

The .Donau Zeitung of to-day gives a denial to
the news that a circular note on the Warsaw in-
terview had been addressed by Austria to the
Governments of Rome and Naples, and the Italian
ex-Dukes.

TURIN, Nov. 10.

No fresh intelligence has been received respect-
ing the negotiations for the capitulation of Gaeta.
It is asserted that the garrison of Gaeta is eom-
posed of a few battalions only.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 17, 6 P.M.

A telegram was received this afternoon from her
Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, stating that it was
reported from Hong Kong on Sept. 26, that the
negotiations with the Chinese had not been brought
to any satisfactory point, and that the allied army
had commenced its march upon Pekin.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN
MAILS.

The Ceylon with the heavy portion of the above
mails left Malta at 6 a.m. on the Bth, and may
therefore be expected at Southampton about the
17th inst.

The Colombo, which brought the mails to Suez
arrived there on the 3d November.
The Candia reached Suez on the Ist inst.

The proclamation of VICTOR EMMANUEL and his
replies to deputations, seem to show that the KING
has caught the spirit of his General ; but the move-
ment will not stop with Italy. "Let it but succeed
there in the form of orderly freedom, and nothing
can prevent the spirit of GARIBALDI'S movement
crossing the Alps, and awakening other suppressed
nationalities to life. Now the work is begun, who
shall say where it will stop ? The rights of peoples
against the claims of petty dynasties is what Italy
has asserted in the clearest and most inspiriting
form, ever since the landing of the patriot at Mar-
sala. It was a war by a man of the people, for the '
people, and it has ended in exalting the people to
their right position, while the agent modestly
assumes but the position of an agent, who
numbers himself with the people when his work is
done. The Old World, and the new also with
manifest pride in the comparison, exclaim a second
WASHINGTON ! But the second WASHINGTON has
done his work where there are many WASHINGTONS
wanted. Worth of the Alps, a people who, united
and enjoying political liberty, might be a nation
second to none in Europe, are cut up into some
thirty or forty little kingdoms, intermarried with
half the thrones of Europe ; and associated with
that people, is Hungary and a number of non-Ger-
man provinces, all hitherto governed for the selfish
interests of the comparatively small. German
Duchy of Austria Proper. The Princes of
various names may do what they please, but
they cannot hinder the impression on the peoples
of Germany from an Italy such as GARIBALDI
has made it. Unhappily there is not a Ruler, big
or little, in Germany whom all the people can
trust, as the Italians can the King of PIEDMONT ;
but the time will produce its man. With GARI-
BALDI and KOSSUTH ever ready, and Italy exem-
plifying the value of their principles, the
upward movement cannot long be kept
down. They have but to listen to KOSSUTH'S
sound advice—he "recommends to his countrymen
prudence and moderation—before long," he says,
"a cry of liberty will resound in Europe, and
success is at hand." He is right. Regenerated
Italy is the seed of liberty and peace for Europe.
Let the Nationalities but pursue the course which
Hungary has taken, and we trust will persist in,
and with the sight of Italy before them, the
dynasties must succumb.

TILE WAR 1117 CHIN.A.

We have reason to believe that on Saturday last
an official telegram was received from Sir Hope
Grant, stating that he had despatched two regi-
ments on their way home, and that others were
preparing to follow. This telegram was dated the
26th of September.

As the last news previously received left the Allies
in the act of negotiating at Tien-tsin, at the end of
August, there was evidently a great and important
gap to be filled up.
Yesterday, however, another official telegram
arrived, which brought intelligence of the rupture
of the negotiations at Tien-tsin, the march of the
allied forces on Pekin, and the departure of
Lord Elgin in their track on the 9th of September.
We last night received a further despatch which
throws still more light on the events in China, as
it confirms the march of the troops on Pekin, and
positively states that on the 10th of September the
army reached Yangtsunyeh (or San-sien-wey, as it
is spelt in Wyld's map), which place is within ten
miles of Pekin.

So far, then, the gap is filled up. We may now
hourly expect the arrival of despatches which will
narrate the important acts which must have taken
place between the 10th of September and the 26th.
What is certain is, that Lord Elgin in the first days
of September broke off the negotiations which the
Mandarins had opened at Tien-tsin, and directed
the whole force of the expedition on the capital it-
self, which, on the 10th of September, was menaced
by the arrival of the Allies under its walls.

Whether a battle was then fought with Sanko-
linsin, who was reported to be present there with
a large force; whether Pekin itself was occupied ;
or whether the Emperor surrendered at once to our
terms, we have yet to learn. But that a peace, full
and satisfactory, has been signed we have the
assurance : the telegram of Sir Hope Grant proves
that the expedition has accomplished its objects,
since on the 26th he had seat off two regiments,
and was making preparations for the return home
of the rest of the army.

The. Queen has appointed the Earl of Chichester
Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Sussex, in the room of
the Duke of Richmond, deceased.
We understand that more than half the amount
required for the erection of the monument upon the site of
the martyrdom of Bishop Hooper, at Gloucester, has been
subscribed. The committee appeals for further aid.

There is to be a grand exhibition of Italian pic-
tures in Florence next summer, in aid of which the chief
Italian cities are to contribute large sums of money.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has fixed Tues-
day next, at twelve o'clock, as the time for receiving a de-
putation on the subject of the hop duty.
Professor Faraday has consented to deliver a
course of lectures, adapted to a juvenile auditory, " On the
Chemical History of a Candle," in the coming Christmas
vacation.

THE SON, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, UK

WEST AFRICAN MAILS.

SLAVE TRADE REVIVED.—GREAT SHIPMENT '
OF SLAVES FROM WYDAH.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Ethiope, Lowry corn- ,
manner, arrived here this morning with the West
African mails, 32 passengers, and 3,100 ozs. of gold,
and £2,700 in specie. Her dates are Benin, Oct. 8;
Fernando Po, Sept. 28; Cameroons, Oct. 1; Old
Calabar, 3 ; Brass River, 7 ; Nun, 7 ; Bonny, 7 ;
Lagos, 10; Accra, 12 ; Cape Coast Castle, 14 ; Cape
Palmas, 16 ; Sierra Leone, 21; Bathurst, 25 ; Tene-
riffe, 31; Madeira, Nov. 2.
The intelligence from Sierra Leone is of a rather
interesting nature. The Euryalus, with Prince
Alfred on board, reached that port on the 12th ult.,
and at 4 p.m. that same day, his Royal Highness
landed amidst great enthusiasm. The Prince was
met on the landing wharf by the Governor of the
colony, the members of the council, the clergy of all
denominations, the officers of the garrison, 8.7 e., the
troops forming a guard of honour. The whole way
from the wharf to the Government-house was lined
with the children of the various schools, who to the
number of 1,000, dressed in white surplices, sang
the National Anthem as the Prince passed on
his way. The vehicle in which bis Royal Highness
was conveyed was a small pony phaeton driven by
the Governor.
On arriving at the Government House, the
Prince was introduced to the Council, when
the Hon. Chief Justice O'Carr read an address,
in which the following passage occurs:—"lt
is to the British navy we are indebted for the se-
curity which trade enjoys on this coast, for were
the squadron cruising in these waters withdrawn,
these seas would be immediately infested with
pirates. Legitimate commerce would be destroyed,
and the slave trade, now circumscribed and limited,
would again be renewed, and become widely ex-
tended along the coast, with all its attendant
horrors."
After a courteous reply from his Royal Highness,
23 liberated Africans of the colony and their de-
scendants presented an address, thanking the
Prince, and through him the Queen, for the deep
interest taken by England in the suppression of
the slave trade.
A box containing £lOO of native gold was next
offered to the Prince, but his Royal Highness de-
clined accepting more than one ring as a souvenir
of his visit to Sierra Leone.
During his stay at the Government-house no less
than 24 kings and princes were presented to his
Royal Highness. After a cold collation the
Prince embarked on board the Euryalus, and left
Sierra Leone the same night.
The slave trade on the coast between Cape St.
Paul and Lagos had undergone a " revival." The
West African Herald gives prominence to a state-
ment which, if correct, speaks badly of the vigilance
of the British cruisers on the coast :—" We are not
, at present able to arrive at a correct estimate of
the numbers, but we have reason to believe that
between the first day of January this year and
the last day of August last, not less than
12,000 Africans from the places we have
named (Cape St. Paul, Lagos, and South Coast)
have been carried across the ocean in spite of
the cruisers. Of what has been going on in this
way to the windward we do not at present speak,
for we have really no information on this point.
For the truth of the following information we can
vouch :—On the 12th of August last a large screw
steamer left Wydah (the great seaport town of the
kingdom of Dahomey) with 1,200 slaves, and got off
clear. Whilst embarking the unfortunates 18 were
drowned in their chains in the surf by the upsetting
of the canoes: This slave steamer was 18 days
from Havannah to Wydah. Our informant was in
Wydah when this occurred, and saw the slaves
' shipped. He says further in reference to this mat-
ter that the greater part of these slaves were the
produce of the King of Dahomey's late excursions.
Since Gezo (the late king) died, Badahung has made
, 14 slave hunting expeditions. When I was at
Wydah all the paths were closed, and legal trade
had quite stopped on account of these wars. At
this very moment while I am writing, all the
whites and headmen of Wydah are in Dahomey,
whither they have gone in obedience to Badahung's
orders to do honour to his custom,' which is being
carried on in tremendous style. Thousands of people
are being sacrificed (decapitated and afterwards cut
in pieces), and thousands are being kept for slaves."
The writer then describes the manner by which
the slave merchants on the coast elude the cruisers,
and their movements. When a slaver is ex-
pected certain flags are displayed, denoting whe-
ther the coast is clear or not, and whether she can
anchor with safety. The time of arrival of
these ships is usually calculated with great accu-
racy. The slaves are kept in the Bush till the day
draws near. If the slave ship arrives, and the
moment is propitious, a cargo of human beings is
shipped is an incredibly short time—sometimes two
hours. The writer states it as his opinion, founded
on correct observation, that an effectual stop could
be put to the slave trade by the extension of British
stations along the coast between Lagos, St. Paul's,
and the south and windward coasts.
A message is said to have been sent by the King
of Dahomey, through the captain of a vessel loading
at Wydah, to the merchants of Lagos, telling them
that they should clear out of Abbeokuta, as he in-
tended to plunder that place in the next dry
season.
The Cameroon River was very unhealthy, and
trade was very dull and languid. The Lotty Sleigh
and Saunders were to sail next springs. The
commander of the brig Commerce, loading for Liver-
pool, had fallen a victim to the endemic.
The news from Fernando Po states that the
rains this season were very heavy, and that trade
was anything but brisk. The American war
steamer Tempter, and her Majesty's ship Ranger
sailed for Lagos on the 28th Sept., and the Spanish
war ship for Cadiz on the 10th Oct.
From Old Calabar the news is of the same dis-
tressing nature. The river continued unhealthy,
and the trade in consequence was exceedingly
dull. The ships Dorothy, Tapley, Paramatta, Clan
Gregor, Araminta, and Gartaherrie were in the
river.
The intelligence from Bonny reports the river as
being very healthy, and the shipping free from
disease. Trade, however, was very dull. The
Valleyfield, Media, St. Andrew, Mississippi, Albro,
Ellerslie, Ellen Grant, Star of the Sea, Flora
M'lver, Ferozepore, were in the river. The Faith
sailed September 30, and Runnymede October 4,
for Liverpool.
The Niger expedition steamer Sunbeam was at
the Nun River on the 7th October, ready to pro-
ceed to the confluence. The latest news from the
confluence states that Dr. Baikie and the rest of
the exploring party were quite well.
Her Majesty's ships Alecto, Buffalo, and Brune
were at Lagos in October, and desired to be re-
ported all well. The American brig Laurette
shipped from Wydah, on the 28th September, 600
slaves, and got clear away, and a few days after the
American barque Buckeye shipped an immense
number of slaves, and likewise got clear off.
At Benin trade was moderate ; the place was
healthy. Said Muschid, Austin and Allen, and the
screw steamer Fideliter were in the river.
Cape Coast Castle was very healthy, and trade
good. On the 14th. October the Ethiope spoke,
four miles east from Cape Three Points,the Burgo-
maister Hoffman, who desired to be reported.
Advices from Cape Palmas to October 16 state
that the royal mail steamship Athenian arrived
there that morning, all well, and proceeded same
evening to the leeward. The brig Commerce was
in port.
The news from Sierra Leone is of a gratifying
nature. Trade was moderate, and the colony was
very healthy. The rains had ceased, and a plen-
tiful supply of ground nuts was anticipated. Her
Majesty's ships Prometheus and Lynx were in port.
The latter vessel reports two slavers having been
ited
captured off the Congo River by the Un
steamers, Jacinto and Mohican. The San Jacintonail
was cruising down the coast, not expecting to fall
in with a slaver; but when off the Congo, she gave
chase to and boarded the Storm King, which had
on board 619 slaves. The captain of the Storm
King having given information that another slave

ship, the Erie, had been shipping slaves in the Congo
the San Jacinto immediately bore up to the river,
but the Erie had already been taken by the Mohican,
the captain of which found upwards of 850 slaves
in tie Erie's hold. Both vessels, after having prize
crews put on board, were sent round to Monrovia,
where they had arrived. Three deaths took place
on board the Storm King, and 35 on board the
Erie—the total number taken into Liberia being
1,431.

Her Majesty's ship Plover was up the Gambia
river.

The advices from Teneriffe are to the 31st Oct.
A French war steamer, conveying the Governor of
Senegal on a cruise, was in port.
Her Majesty's ship Industry, en route for Ascen-
sion, was at Madeira on the 2d Nov.

The Ethiope, at 7 p.m. on the evening of Nov. 7,
passed the Royal Mail steamer Armenian abort 70
miles from Madeira.

Trade on the Gold Coast was brisk. Palm oil was
being procured everywhere in great abundance, yet
the traders were paying very dear for iit. At
Accra the palm oil trade had undergone an extra-
ordinary revival, the town being very often com-
pletely crowded with palm oil carriers from the
interior.

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