The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-18 00:00:00

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Captain Alexander G. Laing, of the Royal African
Corps, arrived at Earl flathurat's office, Dowling-street,
yesterday, with despatches from Africa, containing official
details of the late disastrous events in Ashantee. The fol-
lowing is a list of the kilted and miming, from the Ist to
the 21st January, inclusive:—
His Excellency Brigadier-enteral Sir C. :11‘Cartby, Med.
Colonial Staff—Thoinis ti. Buckle, Flag. killed; J. Task, W
Hams Esq. wounded, takes and ninionud.
Second NVest India Reginest--Captain Rickets, wounded and
escaped ; Ensign Wetherell, killed; Surgeon Meddle, killed.
Royal African Colonial Corp.—Captain I:Estrange, died of ex-
haustion :.Ensign Enkine, wounded, and escaped; Ensign 31•Leso,,
died ut fiver occasioned bylesigue.
Royal Cape Coast Militia—Capt. Ileddle, killed; Capt. Jame,
killed; Capt. Raydon, miming, supposed killed.
Royal Valuation—Captain Robertson, killed ; Lion. De Graft,
wounded, and escaped.
Ariiticeri—Lieut. Cleland died of a coup de iokiL
Ordnance Storekeeper—Mr. J. Brandin, missing, supposed
killed.

(EXTRACTS PROP/ PRIVATE TTTTTT IL)
•• CAPE COMM, Firm U.
‘s The news I have to tell you snot' the inset disweasisg nature.
Illi Excellency Sir C. 111•Carthy, with akw regulars oat militia,
and some of die natives, made a rapid rimer into the Walesa
country. to repel theAshantoes,vrito atimasedin post ambles%
and in the most gallant style. The stork maenad abort two
o'clock p.m. en the 21st of January. acmes a civet ahem twenty or
thirty feet wide. Thu tiring was tremendeas es MN sides till tisk
p.m. when it was found .the ammunition ea oar skis was all 041
Pontiac au which the Adman. baps to mom the river Luz
numbers, and the havoc began. The imams of our piety
rantema would never =my boyeasin t bet the wanes and
lag with the,
thumiest=mielhet.th, Knoteneftes, hapneri2l...inee
112.4 d into art
the middle of the onenty, falling nably—.."W
till the last. As his Eledlleraw owl dui cootomma p.
treating, they were attacked in the rear by abeam SAW tithe .
who had been sent round to imeecept Minh after whisk
certain has hem learned of any of the ANN Daly me
4.
vamped out of the blade, who were ajar Rifkoile
'Amiens/A Erskine. Those that an are h4tr
Sir Charles M'Carthy, the Hon. Ith II
William,. ileddle, Joao*, Raydast, •TiZielegaimmbia.
There la not a doubt of his Escellesey sista if
es=
Mei It ie arid Awls lemma were Ned la Otiose
,;=. It is palely well ascertained dot 'Warm ft • peloNeft.
.ethe da Imo the ewerd cat of what dieeme left
0 The not part. of the etheetrephe is, that it
Mood in a great measure by the neglect of the °Sem who
=e of the mainumition, and did not being it forward as be
s the Admine never would have Naha Nolitesr bed
ham. powder. When Meier Ricketts went N opeeftholiam
m,oin be hated--what think you P why nommeal 1 1 I—whlie the
aim plmulesed. the amp next day, cook ten Novels of
. with a peat quamity of other booty. Winton inie
the efts tr Char's rous light, we retreated. t
Caposin Laing going to Cape Coast, by the way of A
while I, with 31r. Fraser, and AN Feassitibem. Inereftei seem
tie *nay to reinforce Major Chrewhin; Mitt elm Coptsia Laing
embed at Annaenaboo, the remits 61111 Cape Oared IMOS.AISI die
Major and his party were also cut to pieces, and he sem ex
after me to fall back, and garrison Cape Coast, as the panic imam
peat, and en attack dreaded. /Mall always recollect with Pea"
saw the reception 1 nits with, when the standard was seen Gleam
big over the rucks, and the bugles played ' Over the hinged BR
away.' whole town appeared mad with Joy.: .such a day in a
meantlife richly reptiles for years of pain.Flirtomitely, next dat
Major Chisholm and party arrived, having newer been
was ordered to occupy the camp of Djguah with my all of
HO ; none of the auxiliaries having come np.
" All trade is at a ampler stop ; every merchant's geode see
deposited in the forts, which I have no doubt we shall have to is-
fend till we hear from England, as the Ashman* Will DO dsdbe
make a push to destroy us beibre supplies can come out. The
abort of the mattes is this t.lingland must either now withdraw her
protection to this omit, or send out • force to put down as erred an
enemy as the world pmducet. The kiss of the merchants Is not to
be calculated, such a quantity of goods being on hand."
Another letter of the same date says :
" When Sir Charles 31`Carthy and blqor Chisholm were lo the
Interior, they divided their army, and each took a different route.
Sir Charles, I hear, had only 1,000 men and 10 officers, of whirls
only Where returned. They bad gone but a short way,..wbos shor
were attacked by the Ashantees, by all accounts 10,0110 in noires.
Our party behaved very well, and had much the edema's,
they &and all their ammunition was expended. Then were
two officers that were not killed, and they had to make
ammo after being wounded. The battle took place on the MN,
and we did not hear of it untlll the' ld ult. Poor Mr. Noddle sit
she fat that fell a ascribes to that dreadful barbarians. He MN
shot through bath his knees, and in that state be killed lAN ble
mad two of the enemy. In a short time after a azirg,
the Ashantees came to cut off his head, when he shot
the heart
" The officers who returned wounded are Mojew Bisholip add 1
tiivolsehlne. It is said salt the heeds et dims aelbethatio I
are cashed to Commode. We EXPO% 1110 211366..11 '
come. down to attack this placer bat if they- is; Nei
with a warm recepdan, as we hare the Monte Owlet 11"1
Mil the Raven sloop of war to wrist us. I have pat all ere'
property loto the Cattle fee safety ; but I do not ebb& tiimit Or
es best few; bat it Is better to be an the soh silk. o *.
LctialpiheDutch het of Elmlna an seppemil le •MMINN
N the Ashrams. We have blockaded le to memos,
asp enppllis bias beeoght them. In feet, we shall never he se
nada Mains is under the British flag; and litatiardi of
llorsleaeat swami eat a few witi, they elpuld send eut
throe ee feet emlneonta Mein (titthdm is SAIRDIE WINS Is.
'patches, and I have me doubt be has stated to °ornament the
actual mashy of sanding immediate relief."

h is now understood that both Houses of Parliament
are to be prorogued on Thursday next.
The wof the murdered 'lliego is, we regret to say,
in a dying state. lier attendants consider her cam
hopeless. - • . •
Letters were received yesterday from various parts of
Spain, by the French mail. The scarcity of corn which hi
felt, so severely at Madrid, applars to_ be general, . the
last harvest of the southern provjoces havipg completely
failed. A letter from Cadiz, dated Joste.g, tastes that the
wealthy inhabitants had already rased -sulagriptions fee
the rebef of the poor.
Mr. Daily, 8.A., who bee arquited gp fault Celebrity by
his s. atue of Eye, exhibited leo yper at the Acade-
my is now finishing a Matot the orlebratal comedian
51Unden, arts of which will be ready fin- delivery to Mr.
Ilundesisfriends in aft* days. We hear this i, one of
the happiest eerie of this truly
The ninth anniversary of the hi,ttle of .Waterloo la to be
this day. It will be celebrated as anal by several regi-
ments, particularly portions of the Goods; and the Duke
of W •Antun, besides having a party, is expected to
make customary donations to the military, at his residence,
Apaley House, Piccadilly.
Mr. Basil Montague, it is saki, intends to publish a com-
plete and correct edition of Lord Bacon's Works—a thing
that has never yet been completely dune, though so greet
a desideratum in English letters. We rejoice that the task
has been undertaken by s; competent a person?.—Dailies
raper.