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The King of Akimboo drove all before him, and penetrating to the King of Ashantee's camp, be took them in Rank, and his path was mat ked by the column of smoke that rose in front. The short grass being dry, from our forces bivouacking at the roots of the trees, for two nights, and the extreme heat, caused it to take fire; the MEXICO. The Message of the Mexican President has reached this country. It is of local rather than of general into. rest. We select from it the fallowing paragraphs, the only ohes which do not partake of the former character: " CITItEN DEPUTIES—I have availed myself of the power vested in me by the Constitution, to convoke this extraordinary Meeting of Congress. Matters of the Utmost importance demand your mast serious atten tion. It is by the slow hand of time that works, wisely 'commenced, are brought to perfection. If it were pus ' Bible to transiiit ih the two periods of the Constitutional Sittings tiFthvi Chambers all that is necessary hie the edvancemem of the RepuhliC; his new claim woitg dot have been made ois your time—nor would yol %gain have been called' nixie for a new display of patience, for new anxiety, and new exertions. But as the elements of society unfold themselves, its necessities multiply, and'the cares of its guardians of necessity increase. It is for you then, Gentlemen, to guide the intanE steps of this young Republic—it is to you she looks for these lessons of justice, and those oracles of instruction so necessary to her progress—it is to you she commits the guidance of her destinies. " She depends on her public credit—that basis on which all nations depend. The civilised world fixes its eyes on the prudence of'the legislators of Mexico. Good faith in contracts, the due performance of promises, are • the ties of friendship with one people and another. ' 6 Of all the laws necessary for the &RI arrangement of the treasury, the regulation of commerce is the most urgent, because it affects the interests of the first order, not only a! it concerns ourselves, but as it concerns the whole universe. "There will be submitted, for the consideration of the Congress, the Treaties conclUded between'this Go .vernment and foreign nations. The Executive will examine, with the grea'test attention, the compact of the great American Assembly in Panama. Agricul• ture, commerce, and industry, all demand the impose• ment of our roads. . . H ARRISON CURTIS, Aurist to his Ma -1 jest!, has lately published a Fourth Edition of his useful and practical TREATISE en DISEASES of the EAR. 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AUGUST 12, 1826: It may be interesting to yon to learn some particulars of the battle between us and the Ashantees, commanded by the King in person, on the 7th inst. which 'ended in the defeat and dispersion of the latter. The place where the battle was fought, is a plain, with small clumps of trees and underwood at in►ervals, about 20 or 24 miles north-east of British Accra, and nearly tour miles touch from a village called " Dndo wah," by which name the natives distinguish the fight, the King of Ashantee having had his teat there that morning. _ It was expected by every person who knew anything of the Ashantee customs, that they would attack our lines on Monday, that being their propitious day ; accordingly, some scouts brought intelligence about eight o'clock A.M. that the enemy were in motion, and the King's drum was distinctly heard beating the war march. Our - line was formed with all expedition, extending about four miles east - ink west, which had a very pictiresque appearance, from the varied dresses and numerous flags—British, Danish, and Dutch,C_ that moved arouod. Our men were decorated o ith, large sea shells, suspended from their necks before and behind, or had a stripe of.white calico, to distinguish them fom the foe. Many of them fought with the cloth hanging from the barrel of their Muskets, which added to the novelty of the scene. A squabbling had taken place for several days, among the Kings of Akimbo() and Dinkara, and the Queen of Akim,t who would attack the King of Ashantee's own band.* It was at last agreeJ that the former should form our extreme ight, and the two latter the extreme left ; but they were (perhaps fortunately) disappointed, as it was afterwards known that the King .had received ii.s.llligence there were white men in the camp, and in the centre ; he therefore chose that place to gain more honour. The Officers and Gentlemen in the battle were Lieutenant- Colonel Edward Purden, commanding the whole; Captains Hingston and Rogers, and Lieutenant Calder, of the Royal African Corps ; Dr. Young, Staff; Henry Rithter, merchant, Danish Accra, with his own men, about 120; J. W. Hansen, ditto, British Accra, with his men, nearly the same; John Jackson, ditto, Cape Coast, with Mr. Bannerman's men, about the same, Mr. Bannerman being in England in bad health; and Mr. Hutcheson, merchant, Annamaboo, with the Cape Coast Artificers, volunteers, part of the town's-people; and Bynie, the native Chief, whose people, with the cher', amounted to 150 men. These formed the centre, and were drawn up in line, with the Royal Al rican Corps as a reserve. When the attack commenced, from right to left, about half-past nine o'clock, several of the natives came insulting and abusing the centre for cowards, on which representation to the Command ing Officer, he directed them to advance, which they did, about 400 yards, when a heavy and effective fire on our part took glace; they went steadily forward, amid the work of death, the enemy slowly and sulkily giving way. Na prisoners were taken, but as they fell, they were put to death. Happy those whose sufferings were short; in vain the Gentlemen implored them to bold their band, or at least kill them outright. Some were ripped up and across the belly, and plunging their hands in, they took the heart from its seat, pouting the blood on the ground as a libation to the good fortune of the English ; others, when they saw their own friends weltering in their blood, would give-them w blow on the breast or head to end their misery. In many in stances they dragged each other from the opposite ranks, and wrestled and cut in pairs. Fortunate he whose knife first found out the vital part in his foe dur ing the deadly grapple, perhaps in his turn to be laid low by the same means. So hard . were the enemy pressed at this moment, that a Captain of consequence blew himself up, nearly involving some of the Euro peans in ruin. The number of guns, and various other articles taken from the enemy, were very great ; but as none were allowed to leave the field, and they had not spare hands, like the people of the native Chiefs, to collect such spoils, they were thrown aside for the pre sent. When a cry arose that the Ashantees were getting between the centre and the tight, which in fact was the case, atone party horn the Dutch town, who supported the right of the Cape Coast people, had given way,and 'the enemy had walked into their place. Besides this, the whole of the Danish natives, with their Cabboceer at their head, had fled early in the action, and the Swallow-tailed banners of Danemarrk were seen safely flying in the rear. The centre were now obliged to fall back, and relinquish every advan tage, sustaining a galling fire in flank, and closely tpressed with the mass of the enenty,who evidently were 'making a bold push to seize or bring down the whites. Captain Rogers, who was advancing with a small piece of artillery, would have been taken, had he not very promptly distinguished them as the enemy. This wes the crisis of the battle. Colonel Purden advanced with the reserve and the rockets, a few of which throws among the Ashantees occasioned the most dire terror and confusion ; the hissing sound when thrown, the train of fire, the explosion and ghastly wounds they made, caused them to suppose they were thunder (snaventaa, in Fantee), by which name they are now known. Another party of Ashantees had attacked the left of King Chebbo, of Dinkara, the Winneboks t hay ing Red at the first fire, and never stopped tilt they • It was singular enough to see natives under the notch flag, fighting by our side, while, if we had been mar Elmira, they pro. bably would have iseen found in the opposing ranks, as some of them were at Affettoo. This singular woman, who has :hewn such activity in the late war, is about Ave feet three inches in height, with an almost inlan der look,wheniter person is covered with her ample cloth ; her voice is low and soft, evidently to interest her auditnce, but , " cracked," as a singer would say, from constant use , I presume, as she asserts the priviteie of her sex. She Is, moreover, an excellent beggar for munitions of war and distilled waters! Just before the attack, she went along the line with a massy neekLiee of lead bullets, and in her bands soiden•bandled ctitiase, and waa afterwards in the chick fire. I'o some of the Gentlemen who called on her the day be fore, she said, among other things; `• Osay has driven tile from my . ' country because - he thought me weak, but though Ism a woman, I have the heart of a man!" I thought of old Queen Hess, at Ti;bury. $ The same who naursler s ell Goerrnor Merideth, about fourteen years ago, and had their fort blown up fui it. ilsey have always behaved ill in fight, and ire notorious for their gluttony, their cruelty, and their cowardice. The Ashantirestaid, if they wain to liensiebow, they could catch the people like swine. explosions of some Ashantee Captains, who at in tervals blew themselves up in despair, and was krioa n by the smouldering smoke that curled over the trees ; the shouts and groans of the combatants, the unmusical clamour of barbarous instruments, and the grass on tire, with the battle raging all around, formed no bad idea of the infernal regions. Fancy may pa:nt, but it cannot be described, being like the wild fiction.of an Otient4l tale. Ti.e Danish natives seeing the enemy driven back by the rockets and grape, now advanced, and took possession of the plunder,. which was immense, acid deliberately walked oft the ' field with it. They sent to request more ammunition, saying they had only received twenty sounds each from their own Government ; and when upbraided with their conduct, said, " it was against their Fetiche to fire on a Monday 1" It was justly said at Accra afterward!, that one part of the army fought, and the other part got the plunder. About one o'clock the heads of the Ashantee Chiefs began to be brought in. Several of the blood•royal and'principal captains were known by the residents. When the death of any of them was re ported to the King, he performed human sacrifices to their manes in the heat of battle. Among the sad tro phies of the day is the head of Sir Charles M'Carthy, which was taken by the Aquapim chief. The King carried it always with him as a powerful charm; and oa ,the morning of the battle he poured a libation of rum on it, and invoked the manes of Sir Charles to cause all the heads of the whites on the field to lie beside it. The skull is enveloped in paper, covered with Arabic, and a silk handkerchief; over all is a tiger skin,' the emblem of royalty, which thews the estimation in which he was held by them. The whole of the Ashan- ' tee camp is taken, with their baggage and gold, the latter said to be fiery considerable, but the whites will never know whit they got: Towards the end of the day, a great many slaves or prisoners were taken, being sa tiated with what they had killed in the early part of the fight, and until it was dark parties were coming in with plunder from every quarter. The troops lay on their arms all night, as it was not known but that the King. with his surviving friends, might make an attack, in despair, on us, as he was seen in front. wandering l over the scene of his fallen anrbition. Through the night, at intervals, some of our chiefs sti tick their drums to some recitation, which was repeated along the line, and as it died away lid a pletasiagefrect ; but was generally succeeded by deep wailing., from the glades in &inapt os, apparently from more unhappy Ashantee women, looking for their friends among the fallen. The loss of chiefs, on our part, is but trifling. Mr. Richter was wounded in the thigh, early in the action, with a stone, and obliged to leave the field; but his men did not follow the flying part of the community. Colonel Purden received a contusion from a spent shot on the thigh also, while directing the rockets. Naubrah, the Captain-General of the Akimboos; the chielCap tam of the Queen of Akim, and Quashie Amonqua, Chief of Essacoomah, are, I believe, all of note we lost. The latter is regretted by every one, as several of the natives were always accusing him of treachery, and be was determined to shew, in the day's fight, his sincerity. He made a bold attempe to seize the King's person, to take him dead or alive, and had his hand on the royal basket to pull him down, when he was shot in the neck, and secured. The King upbraided him with fighting" against him, and ordered him to follow him, which he refused ; order was given for his death, and while they were decollating him, a party of Chebbs attacked the King ; but Amonqua was dead, and his head (if the") , have it) is the only thing they can shew. Hi, brother Abbagay is wounded in the thigh, or, as he says, " he would have made the King pay dear for his . brother's head," which none doubts. The number of our forces, from the best information, amounted to 11,880 with muskets. That of the enemy is estimated at 10,000; and a deal of the fighting was with the knife. We calculated having lost about 800 dead ; but I do not think there can be so many, and about 1,600 wounded ; but the mo)t part of these are only scratches, and many of them are healed by this time. On the aide of the enemy, it is supposed they must. have lost fully 5,000 men. A great many of their chief men are dead, whose names are familar to African readers; among them are— Osay Aqiitoo the King, wounded. Apookoo, severely scorched with powder; uncertain if he Is dead. Adoosay, Chief Linguist, wounded in the forehead; the chief Instigator of the war. Panowees—pOosoo Doom, the last Ashantee resident at Cape Coast, 111111 ; Oosoo Ansel, 'hiking of Ocransah, interior of Ashes tee ; King of Ashantee's Crabah (female dedicated to the &omen, one of his wives, and a female child, one of his Own's) male dedi cated to the Soomen, Entignah's wife, Yeow Sackery's wife, Yuan. dooh's child, Ottee King's Linguist, one of Hokin', King of Bwabin's Owes. It will readily be supposed that the chiefs would set out in pursuit of the fugitive King, after so decisive a day, but no such thing; next morning au of them, with dseir people, ra. turned to Accra, groaning under their immense booty. In fake, the hand-writing on the wall is against all of them—" They are weighed in the balance and found wantingy,' They tweet that, the whites ought to do every thing fur them ; - but that they shall have their own way whenever it sults them. Bundakinna, the King's uncle. Yeow Conoco, Captain, who carries the gold stool. Cangeuni, Chief Linguist. Aduo Brady, nephew to the King; long resident at Cape Coast. Moo timetable, the nondescript who figures in front of IStr.. Dbpree's Tiara Wfcks' Residence in sloiiistee. p Oosoo Opera, well known along the coast, where he used to collect tribute. Yomadooah, the same. , ti Yeow Sackery, who curled on a long war with Akimboo. Damitah; Apookoo's son, and the person who surrounded Sir C. ll'Cartby at Auamacow, and took all the ammunition, Sec. Oosoo Ytiew Cooniah; I Oosoo Aqua Teak, Oulu Domra, Atiab Qum, Cobab Dobah,. Adjelompon, °sampan, Entiguah (the A soul traitor, shot bligoilf), Ocerasoo, Coffee Adabay, Quow Cuttaqun, Atiawa Ceps a, fampandi, Sanizow, Moo (twenty four Coitkin Those . maiked see • Altamaha," or of the blood Royal. " Desertion in an army ought to be cut off like a cancer; and the inefficiency and complicated nature of the existing laws on this subject are palpable. " The Executive recommenis very particularly this important subject, as the army is the .firmest prop of our independence. Military justice at present 4wathout a head, until the duties of .the Supreme Tribunal of War are regulated, which - at present also is charged equally with the affsirs of the Marine Service. The active Militia, which is the bulwark of the public liberty, imperiously calls for the finishing hand to its organization. . The Officers of the Commandants Generkte Veteran 'Companies of the Coasts, and every thing siedessary for the defence of the nation shall occupy the attention of the Chambers." The remainder of the Speech refers merely to inter• aal arrangements, of no ressa interest to 0J! readers. . . • II PAPERS. The Moniteur of Thutsda/, and the Doile, dated Friday', have been received. An article from MAdrid, dated Nov. 22, states, that the Queen still cdritinnes much indisposed, although the fever had abated some what within the two preceding days. In consequence of her Majesty's indisposition, the Court had postponed its return to the capital until the 2d of December. By the same article we learn that the royal clemency had been extended to the Duke d'Abrantes, who had re ceived permission to return from Granada, although ate two years, the period for which he was banished, had not yet expired. The Memileur gives an account of the Sittings of the two Portuguese Chambers. —An Address to his Majesty, Dan Pedro, hate been prepared by a Commission, appointed by the Cham ber of Peers for that purpose, on the motion of Colin} de Lapa, expressing the deep gratitude which the Chamber felt,to his Mqj sty, for having granted the Constitutional Charter. A Deputation has been named by the Chamber to proceed immediately with the Ad dress, and present it to the Princess Regent. In the Chamber of Deputies, a proposition of a sweeping ma jure was brought forward on the 11th ult. namely, that ^any individual, accused of having conspired against the Charter, should be immediately degraded, without waiting for the customary formalities. Broad and un qualified as this proposition was, it was entertained, and though not absolutely adopted, the proposition was re served for future consideration. A prow: for forming . . a National Guard was brought forwar . don the ISth M. Leonail. The Guard to be divided into nine legions, and each volunteer to wear a medal, having uponit the effigy of his Majesty, with the motto. "For the Charter and the King I will yield my life." The predit was referred to the Council of War for consideration. Paws, Nov. 28.—Lady Cochrane, on her arrival at Leghorn, was received with every demonstratiop of joy by the numerous Greeks residing in that city. It is said that this Lady, after staying a short time at Leg. horn, proceeded to Pisa, and that she was estortid the whole way by a great number of Greek Gentlemen, all wearing the costume of their country. A letter lately received from Pail is contains the fol lowing passage s—« There is great excitement. here on account of a proposition made to England, by Portugal, to allow English Officers to get immediate rank ) and to take command in the Portuguese army." A letter by the Jamaica mail states that Bolivar was to leave Lima ori the 16th August for . Colombia. It does not appear that the conspiracy at Lima, which de layed his departure thence, arose among, or was aided by asp of his own officers. The Russian American Company are at present pre paring an Expedition to explore the Western coasts of North America, towards the Frozen Sea and Hudson's Bay, for the purpose of adding to the, discover ies made by the English Government,' through the expeditions commanded by Capt. PARRY and Capt; FRANKLIN. The number of letters circulated annually in France, which pay postage, is about 60,000,000, and about an equal number which are transmitted free of postage, forming a total of 120,000,000 of . letters or packets, which are traosmitted by the post: CHARTER HOUSE. THE FOUNDERS DAY will be celebrated a► usual, as TUESDAY, December 12. PARACHIS, Rev. John Thomu James. Onavoa, Chalks Carpe Lloyd. &MAIDS, 'Wight Hon. Lord Wharocliffe. Rev. George Hamner. Charles Pinfold, Esq. Edward Gatty, Esq. Charles Petley, Esq. Rev. Edward Churtoa. Divine Service will begin at a Quarter after Four. Dinner will be on Table precisely at Sic.