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WILMOT HORTON, Esq. dated Cape Coast Castle, 23d February 1824 : Sin—lt is with infinite sorrow I acquaint you, for the in formation of Earl Bathurst, that since I had the honour of ad dressing you on the 3d instant, on the subject of the engage ment which took place near Assamacow, in the 'Western Was saw country, on the 2lst ultimo, between a division of his Ma jesty's troops and native allies, under the immediate command of Sir Charles M'Carthy, and an army of Ashantees, I have as certained that his Excellency was severely wounded, taken pri soner, and immediately put to death by the barbarous enemy. I am concerned to state,that of eleven officers of the regulars and militia, who belonged to his Excellency's division, two only have returned here. Mr. J. T. Williams, Secretary, and another gentleman are said to be prisoners, and it is under stood that the other seven were killed, either in the action or after they were taken prisoners. It was my intention to have reported in detail by the pre sent conveyance, but the state of my health prevents my doing so. My medical attendant gives me reason to hope that I shall be sufficiently recovered in seven or eight days to write; and as I deem it of the utmost importance to put his Lordship in possession of a perfect knowledge of the state of affairs in this quarter, I propose sending the officer next in seniority to my self (Captain Laing, of the Royal African Colonial Corps) with my official dispatches. The extensive knowledge of the African character possessed by this gentleman, his uninterrupted intercourse with our prin. cipal Allies since the commencement of hostilities, together with his general experience, qualify him well to afford his Lordship any information which my letters may fail to convey. The Ashantees, said to be fifteen thousand strong, have con tinued at Assamacow since the action of the 21st ; but it is ru moured that they are making preparations for advancing on Monday next the Ist of March. All the force I have been able to collect does not exceed six thousand muskets, and as I do not consider it prudent to hazard a general engagement, I have determined on taking up posi tions on the bank of the River Boosom-pra, to dispute the pas sage of the enemy, and I am sanguine in lay hopes that the measure will be attended with success. The natives of an extensive village in the vicinity of Succon dee, having fired on the boats of one of His Majesty's ships, disarmed several of our soldiers who were wounded in the late action, , and were endeavouring to effect their escape from the Ashantees ; and having moreover destroyed Succondee, it was thought necessary by the senior naval Officer and myself to attack it, and a force of one thousand two hun. dred men was accordingly embarked on board the squadron, and' the place was taken possession of on the 17th instant without any opposition, and immediately set on lire.. I have, &c. (Signed) J. CHISHOLM, %dmg. the Govt. and Major Comdg. the Troops. R. Wilmot Horton, Esq. &c. &c. &c. Downing-street, June 17, 1824. Capt. LAINO, of the Royal African Colonial Corps, arrived this morning at Earl BATHURST'S Office with a dispatch from Major CnisHoLm, addressed to R. WILMOT HORTOY, Esq. under date of Cape Coast Castle, the 16th of March, 1824, of which the following is an extract I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of Earl BATHURST, since I addressed you on the 23d ultimo, that the Ashantee Army in the Western Wassaw country has remained stationary at Assamacow. In transmitting a copy of a report of the particulars of the action of the 21st of January, made to me by Captain Ricketts, of the 2d West India Regiment, and Brigade Major to the Forces, and second in command on that day, I deem it an act of justice to that officer to state that the late Sir Charles M'Carthy entertained a very high opinion of his zeal and merits, and that he had it in contemplation to bring his services to the favourable notice of his Lordship; and also, that for the period of two years, Captain Ricketts served under me (at the time commanding the 2d West India Regiment) in the caps_ cites of Adjutant and Captain, I have pleasure in stating, that I had every reason to be satisfied with his conduct : my pr o . tracted illness having incapacitated me from attending to the public duties, the charge, in a great measure, fell upon him as second in command, of which lie acquitted himself entirely to my satisfaction. As his report is confined to the operations of that division of the force under the immediate command of the late Sir Charles 31‘Carthy, I deem it necessary to say a few words upon' the movements of the others ; and also to state, as far as came to my knowledge, the plans and intentions of his Excellency. The rapid approach of the enemy having been reported to Sir Charles 11I‘Carthy by some of the allied Chiefs, about Christ mas, preparations were immediately made for concentrating the regulars, the Cape Coast militia, and the unorganized part of the inhabitants of the town, together with some few of the neighbouring Chiefs at njuquah, distant from Cape Coast about 18 miles. His Excellency proceeded there in person, leaving me for a few days at the Castle, to make some necessary arrangements previous to my departure. A force of nearly two thousand men having been collected by the 4th of January, a movement to Ampensasoo (the head quarters of Annimelli, the King of IVassaw), on the left bank of the River Boosom-pra, was tietermined upon, and I was accordingly ordered to join by that day. The impossibility of procuring provisions and shelter for the men on the route, rendered it necessary to advance in small parties which circumstance, and the impossibility of procuring carriers for the ammunition and provisions, retarded for some days the departure of his Excellency from the camp. On the Bth of January accounts were received of the entrance of the enemy into Western Wassaw, and that the allied forces were p rec ipitately retreating before them; this information decided the immediate departure of Sir Charles for their camp, on the right bank of the river, with such part of the force as had not already marched for Ampensasoo, and he directed i me to pro ceed to assume the command of the latter place, signifying it to be his intention to send me instructions how to act on his ascer taining the state of affairs 19 Warsaw. I had daily communications from his Excellency from the time of his leaving Djuquah (viz, on the 9th), until the 16th, but the contents were chiefly comments upon the advance of his division, and the feeling of our allies towards us in the country passed through. I received on the 22d two letters, one written at five A.M., on the 21st, the other the 17th—the former arriving first at seven o'clock P.M., that of the 17th about two hours later; the contents w ere most p r essing orders for me to form an immediate junction. . _ ;- The letter of the 17th having b ee n u nfortunately entrusted to a man unacquainted with the country, was delayed 3 days longer on the way than necessary, from which delay, and .the urgent nature of his Excellency' s commands to join, I was in duced to fear that our consequent non-arrival, according to his reasonable expectations, would seriously derange his plans. I was determined, theretbre, to proceed by a shorter, but unfre quented and consequently bad path • and having to cross the river Boosom-pra, at a distance of dye miles from Ampeniasoo (on the 23d), in a simple canoe, the whole day was consumed in passing my party, and 1 was, therefore, under the necessity of halting for the night at a village on the opposite bank. I here received the first intimation of an engagement having taken place, but could ascertain nothing of the result. After prosecuting (on the 24th), a march of twenty-one miles, and having, at its termination, to cross the river again, without a single canoe, or any means for conveyance over, we were obliged to const r u c t rafts for such of the party that could not swim, anti to float over the ammunition, &c. ; in conse quence of which, from the frail materials used in their con struction, I am sorry to say .a great deal of ammunition was lost and damaged. - On crossing the river we heard that Brigade Major Ricketts was lying wounded in the adjoining village. On seeing and ascertaining from him the disa s t rous is su e of th e ac tion of the 21st, and also that the small party .I commanded was totally unable to cope with the enemy, or afibril any assistance to .the party of the late Sir Charles M`Cartby, from their complete dis persal, and knowing the hostile feeling entertained by the in. habitants of Elmina towards us, and being also apprehensive that the Ashantees, flushed with their recent victory, would advance upon Cape Coast Castle by rapid marches, I deter mined upon retiring on it. I regret exceedingly to state that Captain John L'Estrange, of the Royal African Colonial Corps, died on the march, from excessive fatigue, and that all the Officers of the party and , nearly the' whole of the uien, were laidwup on their arrival at Cape Coast, from the effects of the fatigue and privations undergone by them, and I am sorry to say of the former all, except two, continue still invalids, and of the latter numbers have died. The most numerousTbjd;Wi our force was encamped at a place called Yancoomassie, in the Fantee countrye It consisted of the men of that nation, of a few regulars, of. the Annamaboe militia, and of some un organ i se d natives of that town, the whole under the command of Captain Alexander Gordon Laing, of • the Royal African Corps. His Excellency having issued orders to Captain Laing to ad vance and menace the Assin country, with a view of bringing them over to our cause, he had accordingly proceeded about 30 miles, when reports reached him from the officer in temporary cormnand at Cape Coast, of the result of the engagement of the 21st January, and also of the unfavourable disposition of the • Elminas ; in consequence of which he made the best of his way to Cape Coast Castle, where I found him on my arrival, with .a considerable portion of his force. A fourth division, under the corwmand of Captain Blenkarne, of the Royal African Colonial Corps, was on its way to Akine, a country bordering on Ashantee, for the purpose of inducing the enemy to withdraw a part of their force from Western Wassaw • but an unfavourable disposition being shewn by the Chief of ;he Aquapini country, the native Chiefs, under Cap tain Blenkarne's command, expressed their wishes for his re turn. Under these circumstances he did not consider it prudent to endeavour to prosecute his Excellency's wishes, and fell back upon Accra. Being fully sensible that this communication falls very short of what might be expected from the importance of the subjects it embraces, I must, in excuse of its defects, beg leave to say, that it has been dictated from a sick bed, and in consequence entertain an earnest hope that its imperfections may be over looked. As intimated in my letter of the 23d ultimo, I entrust Capt. Laing with the conveyance of it, and I entertain the most confi dent hopes that the • extensive information he will be able to afford of the present state of his Majesty's possessions here, will be considered a sufficient justification for my sending an officer of his zeal, experience, and abilities from - this station at so critical if-Period. When dispositions on the part of the Ashantees were made in August last year for attacking our settlements, at various points, I deemed it necessary to dispatch Captain Laing into the Fantee country ; and requiring at the time (there being no military officer capable) another officer to take charge of the Camp at Djuquah, I was induced to accept the proffered ser vices of Lieutenant King of his Majesty's sloop Driver, who I understood had frequently served ashore ; and I have the satisfaction to state that fro m t h e act i ve an d d e t er mined move ments of these two officers the enemy were deterred from pro- . seeming th e ir original intentions, has been frequently in the and retired to Ashantee ; since which period Laing command of large bodies of our Alli es, an d di sc h arge d hi s duties always to the satisfhction of his Excellency the late Corn-' mander of the Forces and m P Majesty's service. elf, and to the advantage of his I have great satisfaction in acquainting you that our rela tions with Elmina anti the other 'hitch settlements have of late undergone a most favourable change, - which b; solely to be at tributed to the arrival from the N'eilierlands of a new. Governor, his Excellency Major Last. I Owe it to the gentleman to say that he has evinced a most anxious desire amongst the pi totally eradicate.tothDutch a hostile feeling which' was generated subjects on the Coast towards all the inhabitants of our settlements by the influence of the Ashan tees, and the imbecile conduct of predecessors. To remove all doubts from the minds of the natives respect ing the part he is determined to act, he paid me a formal com plimentary visit on the 14th instant, and has also zealously en tered into a negociation with the enemy f or t h e lib erat i on o f Mr. Williams* and other prisoners ir. their hands. His Excellency Major de. Richelieu, Governor in Chief of his Danish Majesty's Settlements on the Coast, has shewn his respect and friendship for our Government by actively taking a part in the war. He has sent all the force he could collect to our aid, and is now enguged collecting a strong force to proceed through Akine towards Ashantee, with a view of diverting the enemy. The command of this body he will take in person.. I cannot say too much in favour of the disinterested zeal and active exertions of Capt. Bower., commanding his Majesty's "sloop Driver. In the month of May last year this officer, while under cruising orders in the Bight of Benin, with considera ble prospects of making prizes, re ce iv e d intimation th a t His Majesty's. ship Bann, ordered here by the late Sir Robert Mends to cooperate with the land service, had suffered so much from sickness that she was unable to render any effectual assistance. lie instantly repaired to Cape Coast, and stated it to be his intention to remain._ until things wore a more pleas ing aspect. Wile at anchor here, observing ,the sickly state of the Of ficers of the Garrison, he voluntarily landed a party of his men, put the whole of the guns in the best possible order, and per sonally superintended the exercise of the s aoldiers at the use of some ship guns worked with tackles. I also beg leave to bring under the notice of his Lordship the conduct of Acting Captain \Voolcombe, late of the Owen Glen dower, and now of the Bann. whose activity and cordial co-ope ration, 1 am induced to think, prevented the inhabitants of El mina taking a part in the war against us. His zeal, and that of his officers and men, cannot be too highly praised, from the cheerfulness with which they underwent the attendant fatigues of intercepting supplies by day and night for warded by . water to the enemy, in which labours Lieut. Scott, of his Majesty's brig Swinger shared. Cape Coast, Feb. 26, 1824. Sin—ln compliance withyour direction, that I s h ou ld d e t a il, as nearly as I p oss ibl y can , all the particulars that may have occured in the division of the army wntch marched from Dju quah under the im me di a t e command of his Lxcellency Sir C. .111‘Carthy, as well as such circumstances as may have fallen under my observation, relative to the action which took place on the 21st ult., in the Warsaw country, between the said divi sion and an army of Ashantces, I have the honour to state, that I marched fr om Dj uqua h, at seven o'clo c k i n t h e morn i ng of the 9th, with one cow puny of the Royal African Colonial Corps, 00 strong • o ne com pany of volunteers, 68 strong; th ree companies of militia, 170 strong, making a force of 31D; be sides 200 Commend m 200 of .APPia'S people, and a company which were ordered . to f o ll ow us; this, with th e , troops w hi c h of natives of Cape Coast, about 40 strong, making a total of 440, marched under my command, made a force of 758 strong. Bansoo, a village distant about seventeen miles from our camp at Djuquah, w as th e place at which we were directed to halt. His Excellency having marched on by himself, we over took him about half way; the road, or rather tract, was execs- • MI MOILANDUM.—CoIoniaI Office , 17th June.—lt has been ascertain e d th at t h e beration of Mr. Williams has been effected. sively bad, in consequence of which we did not arrive till a late hour in the evening at Bansno, much fatigued. - We remained at Bansoo the whole of the next day, the 10th, waiting for the native force to join, which they did not do until late in the day; the next morning, .the 11th, his Excellency marched off with the combined force of regulars and militia, and desired I - would remain till every thing was sent forward. This I found the greatest difficulty in accomplishing, as I could not get carriers, the people who had brought the things from Djuquah having run away. I was therefore obliged to send a party of the rear guard to press every person they could find, women as well as men ; and after a considerable delay, we succeeded in getting a sufficient number of carriers, and proceeded; but a number of' them, as they found opportuni-. ties, flung their loads into the woods, and ran off. .We.ar rived at a village on the banks of the Boosom-pra, called Ihimin, late in the evening of that day, having marched eighteen miles; where we 'remained till six o'clock. the next when we m arc h e d foranother village, morning, the Nth, about seventeen miles lower down on the banks of the Boosom pra, named Darabooassie, which, from the extremely bad state of the path, being frequently obliged to pass swamps which took us much higher than above our knees, we did not arrive at till very late in the day, every person excessively fatigued ; the active force at this time kept a considerable dis tance in our rear. About seven o'clock in the morning of the 13th, we com menced crossing the rivet Boosom-pra, about two hundred yards wide, in small canoes (eight in number), which could only carry two men at a time besides the person who paddled ; as soon as the company of regulars, under the command of Ensign Ers kine, crossed the river, his Excellency, who was one of the first that had passed over, proceeded with them on the march to , wards Assamacow, in the Wassaw country, distant about 20 miles from the river. To give a description of this road is be. yond my ability; suffice it to say that, in my opinion, I think it impossible that there can be any thin , worse in the shape of a path; we had to cross numerous smalrrivers, some of which, from their extreme depth, as well as the numerous swampy places we had to pass over, considerably delayed us, and we were only enabled to reach a small village called Guah that night, where we slept. The next morning, the 14th, ,his Ex. cellency proceeded in advance with the company of the Royal African Colonial Corps, anti desired I would bring up the rear ; we did not find this path so bad as was expected, dwe arrived at Assamacow at about half-past two in the afternoon, where we halted and remained five days, waiting for the native force to come up ; we' found Mr. Brandon, the Acting Ordnance Storekeeper (Cape Coast) at this place, where he, had arrived several days before with ammunition, &c. having come in the Colonial schooner to Succondee, ten Itours march, to Assama. cow, which was truly welcome now to us, as our men (the re. (,gulars and militia) had only twenty rounds each man, a great deal of which, from the badness of the paths, the crossing of rivers, and the rain which fell on our march, was damaged and which was immediately replaced ; at this place we found pro visions very scarce. During our stay at Assamacow we were informed that the Wassaws and Dinkeras were retreating be fore the Ashantees, and were in distress for provisions. Sir Charles, therefore, immediately -on _the arrival of part of our native force, dispatched , 11Ir. Tasker Williams, the Colonial Secretary and AdjutankGeneralof militia, with 12 volunteers, to assure the Wassaws "and the Dinkeras 'that he would; in a day or two, march forward with the force- under his command to Join them, and that he expected. the division of the army under Major Chisholm, and numerous parties ofnatiVes, would soon form a junction with us • and then we should have - suffi. cient force to • meet the Ashantees; hut Mr., Williams found them retreating, and it was with the greatest difficulty he per suaded them (they having crossed the small river Adoomansom to halt on its bank, and make some preparation for defence till Sir Charles should join with his force; this was on the 20th, on the morning of which I arrived with the company of the Royal African Colonial Corps; the company of volunteers, and the three companies of militia already alluded to, -having, by di rection of his Excellency, marched from Assamacow on the 19th. On my way to the Wassaws and Dinkeras I met a very great number of women and children, and sorry I am to say men • I asked - the men where they were going ? They told me they were going to look for previsions and would soon re turn ; on my arrival on the borders of the aforesaid river Adoo mansoo, on the morning of the 20th, having been, from .the extreme bad state of the paths the mud in sum places reach ing to the middle of our bodies, obliged to sleep one night in the bush : from Assamacow to this river I should suppose is distant about 24 miles. Shortly after my arrival with the troops, Mr. Williams, Ad jutant-tiencral of Militia, informed me that he could not get any of the people to cut the bush for the camp. I accord ingly went to the Chiefs of the Wassaws and Dinkeras, and told them the necessity there was for the knish about the place, in tended for a camp, to be cleared, and which ought to be done im mediately ; they promised to send people over to the opposite hank of the river, where we expected the Ashantees to attack us, and to have all the wood cleared immediately : shortly after. this the Wassaws mustered their force, and were moving off with every thing they had. I inquired where they were going ? They said they were going to clear the wood on the other side of the river. I stopped where they had to cross over, for a considerable time, to see if they really intended to go over ; but at last I could plainly see their intention was to retreat ; I therefore put a strotg guard of militia to prevent their doing so, tall Sir Charles should arrive. I then sent for the Chiefs or Headmen, and asked them what they intended to do, - whether they intended to fight or not ? they said they intended to fight. At this moment an_ alarm was given that the Ashantees were ad vancing, and everyone went to his station, where we remained for about five hours, exposed to a most tremendous shower' of rain ; it being by this time nearly dark, and as it is a rule with the Ashantees never to fight at night, we called in the troops, leaving sentries where necessary. Immediately on the alarm being given, I dispatched a messenger to his Excellency to re. quest he would send all the assistance he could ; at this time it was supposed his Excellency was at a croom with two huts, about four or five miles from us. Both officers and men slept this night without any covering, as there was not time to erect huts, and the men were much fatigued ' • next morning the 21st his Excellency arrived with about 200 of Applies people and 40 of the Natives of Cape Coast; the Commendas having halted on the way, I acquainted him with the manner the NVassaws had behaved. After he had taken a little rest he sent for the Chiefs of the Wassaws and Dinkeras ; but before he had got half through the palaver, the alarm was given, and every per son repaired to his station. His Excellency then went round with me to see how the men were posted. About two o'clock the Ashantees, 10,000 in number,marehed up to the opposite bank of the river, when the action commenced with determined vigour on both sides, and lasted till nearly half past four o'clock ; it was reported before four o'clock that the regulars, volunteers, and militia, hat no ammunition left, only 20 rounds per man having been previously issued to them, on which immediately . went to the Ordnance Storekeeper, Mr. Brandon, who had received his Excellency's positive orders al ways to have 40 rounds for each man packed up in kegs,and which were always to accompany him ; but he acquainted me that he only had with him one small keg of ball and one of powder, which was immediately issued to the men, but which, it may be supposed, did not last very long. The enemy perceiving that our fire had become slacker, attempted to cross the river and suc ceeded ; they had frequently attempted the same thing before, but were repulsed with great slaughter ; they at the same time sent a very considerable force round our flanks to cut off our retreat, which they completely succeeded in doing, from their superior numbers. The whole now became one scene of con fusion, the enemy having intermixed with us. In my retreat I observed his Excellency a considerable distance before me, soon after which some guns were fired from the direction in which he was going, and there was a general rush back of the people who were following him, but a ft er w hich I saw no more of his Ex cellency ; the people took different directions, and a number of the wounded men followed me into the thickest parts of the woods, through which, with the assistance of a Wassawman, who undertook for a reward to guide us, we travelled the whole of that night and half the next day, 'frequently going a con siderable distance through a stream of water, for the purpose of hiding our track. When we got into the wood leading to Assamacow, and proceeded about five miles, a party of the enemy was reported to be before us ; we therefore retreated and got into another path leading to the same place ; but we had not proceeded above three miles when we h a d aga in to retreat as a party ,of the enemy was just before us. Just about sunset I for tunately fell in with a party of Wassaws, who were in search of their wives and children, whom the Ashantees bad taken ; they said they were going towards the Boosom-pra, and that they would conduct me over to it. We however slept in the woods, and about three o'clock in the morning we commenced our march. We observed a number of infants lying in the bush gasping for bre a th, the Ashantees having taken their' mothers to carry their plunder, and obliged them to throw 'their children away ; we, however, recovered a number of the women, and killed about 20 of the enemy. I unfortunately lost my shoes in the mud on the 22d, and had to travel the whole of the 23c1 without shoes, a distance of about thirty miles. I shall say nothing of the hardships I Anderwent, as you Could be able to judge from the state in which you found tne'on the 24th: Before I close this I conceive it my duty to state, that the conduct of the company o f th e R oya l Af r i can C o l on i a l Co rps , the volunteersi and militia, was highly creditable ; in short, they behaved bravely. It was reported that Quashie Yaccoom's people (the Wassaws) left the field early in the action. Annexed is a , return of our loss in killed, wounded, and miss ing. The enemy's loss must have been very great, as one of our balls, from their crowded state, mu st have killed and wound ed two or three at a time. The force we had engaged (includ ing the Dinkeras and Wassaws) did not amount to two thou- . sand. The Commendas were not in the action.—l have &c. (signed) H. J. RICKETTS, Capt. and Maj. of Brigade. „Major James Chisholm, R. A. Col. Corps Comt, Cape Coast Castle. Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Regular and Militia Force in the Action with the Ashantees, on the 21st Jatittary, 11;24, in the West Wassaw Country. • kILLED. - - OFFICERS—Captain necktie, Royal Cape Coast Militia. MEN—Number not ascertained (see return of missing.) WOUNDED. OFFicurcs—Captain Rickets, West-India Regiment, Eri.: bade Major . to th e F orces , lightly. Ensign Erskine, R. African Colonial Corps, slightly. M EN-2d West India Regiment, Orderly Serjeant to Com mander of the Forces Royal African Colonial Corps Royal Cape Coast Militia Royal Volunteer Company MISSING. Total 1 ly 68 14 91) OrricEns-His Excellency Brigadier-General Sir C. M'Car , thy, Commander of the Forces. Ensign I.Vetherill. 2d West India Regiment: Dr. Beresford Tedlie, Surgeon, 2d West India Regiment.- T. S. Buckle, Esq. Colonial Engineer and Colonial Aide-de- Camp to his Excellency. Captain Jones, Royal Cape Coast Militia. Captain Raydon, Royal Cape Coast Militia. Captain Robertson, Royal Volunteer Company: Mr. Brandon, Acting QrdnanCe Storekeeper. Supposed to hare been killed. 111 "F: iv.-2d West India Regiment, orderly to the Brigade- Major - . - - - I Royal African Colonial Corps - - - - 41 Royal Cape Coast Militia - .. - - 81 Royal Volunteer Company - - - - 54 Total Stipposed to have been killed or lost in the woods. Crown Office, June 22, 1821. :Member returned to serve in this present Parliament. Borough of Marlborough.—The Ri g ht lion. James Thos Brudenell, commonly called Lord Brudenell. BANKRUPTS. T. Aldritt, Bradley, Stafibrdshire,•manufacturer of earthen , Ware, July 12, 13, August 3, at the Talbot Arms Inn, Ruge ley. Solicitors, Messrs. Willis, Watson, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard. • W. R. Penn, Datchet, Buckinghamshire, bookseller, June 26, July 10, August 3, 'at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall. street. Solicitor, Yewd, New North-street, Red Lion-square. G. Hall, X.otlibury, hat-manufacturer, June 26, July 3,, AuguSt 3, at the BankruptS' Court, Basinghall-street. Soli citors, Messrs. Borradaile and Ashmore, King-street; Clicap',- side. E. Birks, Sheffield, grocer, July 2, 3, August 3, at the Ton. tine Inn, Sheffield. Solicitor, Mr. Rodgers, Canterbury-square, 11. W. Hicks, Connaught-Mews, Edgeware-road, horse. dealer, June 26, July 10, August 3, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Brill, Lincoln's-inn-fields. . DIVIDENDS.. July 15, S. Fereday, Ettingshall-park, Staffordshire, iron master—July 16, T. Standen, Lancaster, slater—July 20, R. Consitt and R. Loe, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, m e rch a n ts —J u ly 10, J. Baker, Bath, tailor—Jull3, J. Wilks, Finsbury-square, merchant—July 13,W. Gooch, Harlow, Essex, winc-merchant,- Julyl6, W. Prosser, Birmingham, builder—July 19, G. Bagley, Pocklington, Yorkshire spirit-merchant—July 14, D. S a nd ers , Statibrd, law-stationer---July 16, It. Cross, Bridlington, York shire, chemist—July 14, P. Quirk, Liverpool, corn-merchant— July 17, J. W. Hone, Brixton, draper—July 17, R. Miller, Paternoster-row, bookseller—July 13, 11. H. Payne, Stroud, Kent, brewer—July 13,. Sir G. Haulage, Chatham-place, mer chant--. July 16, W. B. Smith, Bristol, innholder—July 13, P. Herbert, London, merchant—July 13, It. Chitticy, Sparrow corner, Minories, cheesemonger--Ittly 17, J. Hammon, Great Portland-street, Oxford-street, plumber. CERTIFICATES—Ju r.v Li, W. Morgan, Bristol, wool-broker—W. Becstovi, Kilburm, scrivener-IV. Dixon, Portsmouth, tailor—C. Barnett, Bar low-mews, Bruton-street, horse-dealer—J. Plaw, New Kent road, grocer—J. Lee and P. Sanders, Cobb's-yard, 111 iddlesex street, Whiteehapel, rag-Merchants—E. ;peacock, Liverpool, liquor-merchant—A. Smith, Beech-street, timber-nierchant— 'l'. Rostron, Holywell, Flintshire, paper-inanufacturer—W. Seddon, Liverpool, ship-builder—H. VV. Brown, Surrey-street, Strand, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Heelis and T. Trevitt, of Liverpool, spirit dealers—T. Newman and J. Stewart, Russell-street, Bermondsey, morocco manufacturers--J. White and J. J. Gardner', No. 11. Upper Rosomon-street, Clerkenwell, water-gilders—.l. Knovo.:s and J. Croston, Wapping, and the Old Dock, Liverpool, block and pump-makers—G. Illonro and J. Cummings, Bin] 1I n gham , proprietors of the Lady-well Fumigating and Vapour-Baths— John Evans . and Edward Condor, Aldgate, grocers and tea dealers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. pi e fo f Justicethe casolillra sn COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 22. PAREINS V. COBBETT. Mr. Serjeant PELL this day moved for a new trial in this cause, on the following grounds :—lst, On the ground that in structions were not given to him until the night betbre the trial, which .prevented him making himself master of the case. 2dly, Upon the affidavit of a person of the name of Ilendy, who stated that the plaintiff told him at a dinner th p etr a reo r t u y itn , ilt i ee n rrt t ul h l e :m i ed i l lo w n tii t til h ei of November, 1022, that he had lent the horse to the defendant. 3dly, That the, Judge omitted to read a certain letter t& the notes what passed as to the letter. You read the whole of it J L u eu r a y mpo i e n nd th ths e eirs s j u ep m ano n itn l . i t ng ,(,.; t h i Brother Pell— I will tell you from my yourself to the Jury, 'and I told them in my summing up, tnr less they wished it read again I w it, when they one and all said they were perfectly satisfied not to have it read again." Mr. Sergeant PELL then proceeded, and afterwards finished his motion. Mr. Justice Palm then stated—lt is my opinion there is no' ground for a new trial; for as to the first point, that of Coun sel not being sooner instructed, that was the fault of the pro. fessional a dviser of the defendant; and if such' a ground were allowed, I am sorry to say it, we should have no end of mo tions for new trials: and as to the affidavit of Hendy, I ant clearly of opinion that a new trial ought not to be granted on such grounds—it would be introducing a most dangerous prac tice. I do not mean t o say b ut t h a t w hat may be stat e d in the affidavit may be true; but if allowed, it would be opening a door to the grossest perjury. Mr. Justice Bunnonaii—l perfectly agree with my brother Park, that there is no ground for a new trial in this case; it is idle to talk of conversation which takes place at a public dinner. I never heard of such grounds laid for a new trial before. The Lord Chief Justice BEsT--I agree with my Learned Brothers, that there is no ground whatever for a new trial in this case, I read the whole of the evidence to the .lury, and the case was left entirely in their hands.—Application refused. In this case the argu Ti tn iE ent A w G a i s ma x COURT OF ADM IRALTY, JUNE 22 . L IMORI: was heard a t cons id erable l engt h i n d e fence of captain ~11ahon ; and the Court having been oceupied4 some hours with. the cause s it w a s ass i gned for s ent e n c e on a future day. ili to C .. ° cla U y ß re T su • med, and Dr.Plzir.—