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I THE RECENT RIGHTING ON THE WEST COASt" OF AFRICA. The Correspondent of the Standard, writing from Sierra Leone on June fi, give^ a description of the recent fighting on the West Ulast of Africa, from which we make the following extracts :— An expeditionary force of one hundred and sixty officers and men of the 2nd West India Regiment, and two hundred Constabulary, with a rocket battery and two howitzers, under the command of Major Talbot, who was accompanied by the Administrator in Chief, Mr. Pinkett, left Sherbro on the 23rd May, in a flotilla of seventy boats, to capture the strongholds of Chief Gbow and his warriors, which were situate up the Small Boom River. The British force was augmented by friendly native Chiefs, who joined the expedition with over five hundred of their vu bops* After a fatiguing journey in very cramped boats, made more trying on account of the excessive heat, a halt was ordered for the night at Matubah, a small town on the confines of British territory, which has been piUaged by Gbow, who left nothing but the bare walls of the houses standing. Early next morning the advance up river was con. tinued through the enemy's country. Small parties frequently appeared on the hanks, and fired at the boats, but no casualties occurred, though both the Administrator and Major Talbot were grazed by bullets. At midday Kwatamahoo was reached and here the enemy—some hundreds in number- made the first determined stand, and opened a most persistent fire on the boats, The banks were rapidly gained, and the troops and constabulary dividing attacked the stockade into which the enemy had retired. Captain Jackson, R.A., brought the Rocket Battery into play, and in the second round set the town on fire. The lames spread with great rapidity, the thatched roofs of the elosely packed houses and the bamboo stockade intermingling in one continuous blaze. A forced march was made to Hahoon, about an hour's distance. The enemy came out in the open, but could not withstand the fire of our men, and soon fied into the bush pursued by the friendly natives. Hahoon contained a good supply of provisions, and was strongly stockaded. So a halt was ordered for the night, and every precaution taken against a night surprise. On the 25th, the boats having been brought up, the whole force crossed the Jalliah Creek, and the march inland through the enemy's country to Jalliah began. By special permission the constabulary formed the advance, the soldiers taking the rear and the native allies, being divided into two wings, were posted on each flank. The wisdom of this precautionary measure was soon proved, as two ambushes had been prepared on the tanks, which were not dislodged before a soldier of the 2nd West was wounded. After two houis' fatiguing march through high grass and brushwood Julliah was sighted. Gbow had cleared the bush for about eight hundred yards round the outer stockade, which was a formidable one, and well deserved its reputation for strength. The fences of the outer stockade were twelve feet high and planted at intervals of a few inches, the piles being of great thickness, and closely interlaced top and bottom with pliant ligneous shrubs, making for native warfare an almost irresistible chevaux de friae. There were two inner stockade?, and Gbow had under his command about two thousand warriors. The engagement began in the open, and the police were thrown out as skirmishers, supported by the soldiers, our allies attacking the flanks. The enemy after a short resist- ance retired behind the stockade. It was now nearly midday, the heat excessive, and the condition of officernnd men was pitiable in the extreme. The West India soldiers preferred standing exposed to the enemy's fire rather than lie down cn the parched ground. The order to advance was given, and by a succession of rushes our men were taken to within sixty yards of the stoekade, and poured in a most telling fire. The allies on the flanks behaved with the utmost gallantry, clambering up the stockades only to be repulsed by the fire and spear thrusts of the enemy. Three times they obtained a footing inside, to be ruthlessly driven back maimed and wounded. The scene was a vivid and picturesque one-an Afriean stockade under a blazing sun, the gay uniform of the soldiers intermingled with the red fezzes of the police and the almost naked bodies of our allies, the flash and rattle of the rifle, and the fiery tails of the rockets as they work their sinuous way into the enemy's lines the fierce war cries of our allies as, with swords in their mouths, they again and again endeavoured to escalade the fence. But no enemy with inferior weapons, and crowded into asmall space such as were Gbow's people, could stand against the shells that, with such precision, were falling im their midst, and at length a footing inside is gained, the fence is foreed outwards in many places, and our allies pour in. There is no occasion now for any more firing; the enemy are routed, flying for their lives, but the work of death still goes on. Gbow narrowly escaped capture, and was hotly pursued, throwing away in his flight his silver snuff box, his sword, and whip, and even his embroidered gown. The total losses of the enemy are estimated at between three and four hundred, and probably ex- ceeded that number; and out of that the percentage of wounded who escaped our relentless allies would be small indeed. Our losses were comparatively small, and foU Chiefly among the auxiliaries, who maintained a haaino-hand fight with the enemy with the greatest bravery. The allies lost about one hundred killed and wounded, the soldiers and police having only seven wounded. SsLOnr force returned to Hahoon, which was evacuated and burnt on the morning of the 26th, and Sherbro was reached late on the following evening.

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MUSICAL FISH. Sir Emerson Tennent, while visiting Balticaloa in 1848, made some inquiries about sounds said to issue from the bottom of the lake there. The spots were indicated where they could be lipard, and he was told that at night, and especially when the moon was full, they were to be noted to the greatest advantage. The music was said to resemble the faint mysterious sweet notes of an JBolian harp. The fishermen told him that their fathers before them had known of the harmony that issued from the lake. It came only during the dry season, and ceased when the lake was swollen by the freshets. They, however, supposed the sounds to be produced by a shell, known by a native name signifying "crying shell," and brought Tennent specimens of those which they believe emitted such music. In the evening, the moon having risen Tennent took a boat to an indicated spot near the old Dutch fort, with the laudable intention of ferreting out the truth in regard to these statements. There was not a breath of wind, nor a ripple except that caused by the oars, and he distinctly heard the pro- mised music. The notes came up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord or the faint vibrations of a wineglass when its ring is rubbed by a moistened finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself, yet mingling in one soft harmonious whole. On applying the ear to the woodwork of the boat, the music was heard more distinctly, as might be expected. The sounds varied considerably at different parts of the lake, as though the fish congregated more thickly la particular spots, aa they were likely to dc, for they are emphatically gregarious creatures. Occasionally the boat rowed out of hearing of them altogether, but on returning to the old localities the music again burst upon their ears in soft and gentle harmony. There are many other recorded cases of mysterious muslo under water having been heard on the Western coast of India, the sea-board of Chili, and elsewhere. The Fisheries of the World.

THE WEATHER IN SWITZERLAND, The Geneva correspondent of the Daily News says:— For a month past it has rained nearly every day all ever Switzerland, and the temperature is rather that of March than June. The lakes are exceedingly full, and several districts in Solothurne have been de. vastated by floods, and the crops utterly destroyed. The weather in the region of the Italian lakes, is, Jf possible, worse than on this side of the Alps.

WOMEN AS TELEGRAPH CLERKS. The PaU Mall Gazette says that the experiment of employing women as telegraph clerks, which has been fairly successful in this country, was begun twenty years ago in Finland. M. Tolstoy, at that time Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, admitted them on trial for a term of three years, before the end of which their success was so evident that the experiment was extended in Russia. In 1874 it was fixed that there should not be more than 30 per cent. of women em- ployed in post and telegraph offices, and to-day about 700 women earn their living by this employmont. An agitation is now on foot for providing these female telegraphists with pensions, and steps are being taken which will ensure for them a small sum after they have been employed for a certain number of years, or in case of Bickness.

THE LATE BISHOP COLENSO. -L At a meeting of the Aborigines Protection Society, held in London, Mr. James Heywood, F.R.S., in the chair, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted, on the Motion of Sir Wilfred Lawson, M.P., seconded by Mr. Chesson:- That this meeting desires to express ite profound sorrow at the death of the Bishop of Natal, who was for many years in close communication with the Society on many important matters connected with the native tribes of South Africa. The Committee, in expressing its veneration for his personal and public character, wishes espeeially to record its grateful appreciation of his able, courageous, and disinterested efforts seen re justice for the native race-eff orts which were con- tinued to the close of his noble life." On the motion of Mr. McArthnr, M.P., a copy of this Resolution was ordered to be forwarded to Mrs. Colenso.

The following resolutions have been adopted by the Executive Committee of the International Arbitration and Peace Association :—" That the committee, having learned w!th regret the decease of Bishop Calenso, do on behalf of the association, their sense of the services to the cause of international justice a KI .AAMANITY which have been rendered by this noble-minded and courageous man resolved, further, that the committee do communicate to the family of Dr. Colenso their sincere sympathy, and hope that they may find, some consolation in the thoughts of the good work he has dotie in the world, and itl the know- ledge and esteem in which he is held by all lovers o £ truth and righteousness."

THE LONDON CORN MARKET. The Mark lane Express of Monday says :-The small amount of business passing at this morning's market is at unaltered rates, so far as the finer descriptions of English and foreign wheats are concerned; but for low grades of Indian, Persian, and South Russian wheats about Is. less money would generally be accepted if buyers couid be found. Flour is cheaper to buy, but there is soarcely any damand. Maize is irregularly cheaper; for mixed American 26s. 9d. ex, ship has been made. Grinding-barleya are 3d. to 6d. cheaper on the v?eek malt is not inquired for; oata met a dull trade at last Monday's prices beiins t peas unchanged; Calcutta linseed, at 41s, tx ih;h shows 3d. advance on the week,