The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

THE ASHANTEE WAR.

The following is an extract from a letter dated
Cape Coe st, August 14:—»
Tho troop-ships Wanbojieg and Gladiator arrived here on
the 2Gth of last month, and on the 29th embarked the fol-
lowing officers and men :-1 field officer, 2 captains, 7 sub-
alterns, 1 staff assistant surgeon, 250 men, including 18
sergeants and G drummers of the Ist West India Regiment

-133 men, including 6 sergeants and 3 drummers, of he
2d West India Regiment—and 1 sergeant of the 6th West
India Regiment. The Gladiator towed her about 300 miles
to sea and committed her to the winds, and returned here
on the 7th of this month. The next morning she em-
barked 165 men, 3 officers, 1 staff assistant-surgeon of the
4th West India Regiment, with 21 men of the 6th West
India Regiment, and steamed to Lagos to relieve the de-
tachment of the 3d West India Regiment stationed there.
We are now garrisoned with about 450 men, who are in
excellent health, there not being more than 30 on the sick
list, and those are rapidly recovering. One officer goes home
this mail on sick leave, and another, who refused to go in
the Wanbojieg, accompanies him. We have not had a drop
of rain for more than a month. A tolerably good harvest
is expected. The distilling apparatus is not doing much;
it is badly situated, and there is no one here to rectify the
mistake made in the first instance.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

PENART H.

The half-yearly meeting has been held at their offices,
renarth, Cardiff—Mr Bailey, M.P., in the chair.
The report stated that the remainder of the works would
soon be completed, and they expected the docks would be
ready for opening on Jan. 1 next. After providing for the
interest on the preferential charges a sufficient balance re-
mained to declare a dividend of 15s per cent per annum
on the ordinary capital. The leases had been forwarded to
the Taff Vale Company, and as soon as the works were
completed the whole undertaking would be transferred to
that company at a rental of 4), per cent per annum on the
capital expended.
The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend at
the rate of 15s per cent per annum was declared for the
half year.

TRENT, BARTON, AND WINTERTON.
Railway communication between Barton and Winterton,
which has long been desired, is about to be supplied, and
the whole of the district placed in communication with the
West Riding and Doncaster and the South Yorkshire coal-
ields. Tho proposed line will bo about 10 miles in length.
As the latidowners along the route are favourable to the
project it is expected that the line can be made at a mode-
rato sum. The promoters rely on the coal and mineral
traffic from South Yorkshire to Winterton, Barton, and
Hull.

NORTHERN OF FRANCE.
The total receipts on this company's old lines from Jan.
1 to the Ist inst. amounted on 631 miles to £1,829,978,
agf 'nst £1,714,972 for the corresponding period of last year,
showing an increase of £115,006, or 61 per cent. The total
receipts on the company's now lines, 66 miles in length,
amounted to £65,912, against £74,910, showing a decrease
of £9,028, or 12 per cent.

A NEW RAILWAY TERROR.—On the Manchester
and Milford Haven line (shortly to be opened), there will
be a station named Pontrhydfendigaid I