The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-01 00:00:00

'country can lie saki to enjoy a Government.
After occupying successively the posts of Presi••
dent of Congress and President of the Executive
Council, he returned to Etolia, and threw himself
into 11lissolonghi, where he displayed great ta-
lents in defending the place against a Turkish
force. After refusing to accept for a second time
the Presidency of the Executive Council, and
visiting nydra to press the sailing of a squadron
to the aid of Missolonghi, he returned again to
that fortress, whose security at present depends
upon his efforts.

[MORNING POST 4
We have much pleasure in being able at last to
communicate favourable intelligence from the
coast of Guinea, where even before the arrival of
reinforcements, the triumphs of the Ashantees
have been arrested, and their audacity chastened
by a signal defeat. This intelligence is contained
in dispatches from Cape Coast Castle, dated the
12th and 18th of July, and brought yesterday to
the Colonial Office by Colonel Sutherland, who
commanded in the action. Colonel Suther-
land, who is now re-placed in Africa by
Colonel Grant, came home in the Thetis, Capt.
Sir J. Phillimore. On account of the absence
of Earl Bathurst from town the dispatches were
not opened, but it appears from the statements of
private letters, that One principal battle took place
on the 11th of July, when the Ashantees, head-
ed by their King and in number about 15,000,
approached to attack the Castle. For the first
time our troops were enabled to bring field-pieces
against the enemy, who suffered terribly from
the grape and canister shot poured upon them.
During the action, the left wing of the Allied
and British force wheeled round and burned two
of their camps. The loss on our side was
estimated at 500 killed and wounded, but
that of the Ashantees was much greater, and
their main body was in full retreat. On the 12th
and 13th, skirmishes took place with some de-
tachmeots which they had left to cover their rear,
in which they also experienced considerable
loss. At the time when the Thetis sailed, the
22d of July, nothing further had heen heard or
seen of them, and it began to be thought that
they were on their way back to their own
country.

[yams!' raEss.]
Dispatches were yesterday received at the Co-
lonial Office from Cape Coast Castle, dated the
IL2th and 18th of July, announcing the highly
gratifying intelligence that the Ashantees were
signally defeated in a general action on the llth
of J nly. Presuming on their success over the late
Sir Chas. M'Carthy, they came down to the coast
in great force,with the King at their head, avow-
edly to take the Castle, and utterly destroy the
British power. Fifteen thousand of these savages
are calculated to have taken part in the battle.'
They were allowed to advance within the range
of our field-pieces, when the artillery opened upon
them, and occasioned great havoc and consterna-
tion. The grape and canister shot produced terrific
effects, and finally a gallant charge of the British
troops routed the enemy, who fled in every di-
rection. Our loss did not exceed 500 killed and
wounded, principally Fantees. The battle was
fought within three-quarters of a mile from.the
shore. On the 1 2th and 13th some skirmishes
took place with detachments of the enemy, in
which they were again defeated with loss. One
of the first results of our success was, the release
of Mr. Williams, who had so long been detained
a prisoner by the Ashantees. Lieut.-Colonel
Sutherland, who commanded the British forces
on the day of the victory, came home with the
dispatches in the Thetis frigate. The charge
had therefore devolved on Colonel Grant. The
dispatches were instantly forwarded to Earl Ba-
thurst, who is at his seat in Gloucestershire.

Our Private correspondent at Madrid gives use
some curious and important. explanations of the
cause of the arrest of M. Cruz, the Minister of
War. It appears that Cruz was secretly the
abettor of the views of General Capape, who had
attempted to effect an insurrection in Arragon.
The plan was, to have excited the people to arms
in that and the neighbouring provinces, and as
soon as he had found himself at the head of a
force sufficiently imposing, to have com-
pelled the King to make some modifications
in his Government, the particular nature of
which are not well known ; but, above all,
that he should give orders for the evacuation
of the Peninsula by the French troops. A great
number of military, and several persons of dis-
tinction, were connected with this plot, of which
Cruz was the principal agent. A quantity of im-
portant papers have been found upon his person,
which it is feared will give rise to several arrests.
Cruz is still kept an secret le plus rigoureux. The
knowledge of this affair has produced a strong►
sensation at the Tuileries. It is discouraging to
the French Government to find that the Spanish
Ministers themselves conspire to drive the French
troops out of Spain. It is thought that the
French Court will insist strenuously that Ferdi-
nand should cause this affair to he fully investi-
gated, and that those who may be found involved
in it should meet with exemplary punishment.---
(Ibid.)