The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-13 00:00:00

THE ASIJANTEE WAR.

His Majesty's frigate, Owen Glendower, Capt.
Tuna is PRICKETT, arrived on Wednesday morning at
Cowes, and afterwards proceeded to Spithead. The Owen
Glendower left Cape Coast Castle 31st Itlity2_lB24, having been
relieved by the Maidstone,Cotomander C. Millen. The rains
and sickly season had sat in very severely; before the Glen.
dower's departure, the mortality on the Cape Coast was truly
distressing ; the European troops and merchants dying at the
rate of eight or nine, a day, besides women and children, from
the malignant fever of the country, which had taken off so
many poor fellows who lately arrived, that coffins could not
be procured fast enough. Of the white soldiers of the 2d West
India Regiment who had lately arrived from England and the
Cape of Good Hope, there remained only 95 outof 250. The
officers belonging to the above Regiment had shared the same
fate. Thu following are some of the deaths which happened a
short time before the Owen tnendower left :
Lieut. M'Cumby, 2d West India Regt.; Lieut. M'Carthy,
ditto; Ensign O'Meara, ditto; Ensign M'Kenie, ditto; Mr.
Collett, merchant; and Mr. Ruth, ditto—all of fever.
Col. Sutherland, of the 2d Went India Regiment, was carry-
ing On active measures against the Ashantees ; several slur-
tmshes had lately taken place in the bush, under the command
of Captain Blenkarne, and the loss of the Ashantees was very
great, supposed to be upwards of 1,000; the King was at the
head of his troops ; our loss is not known, but It is said to be
trivial compared to the enemy's. The Ashantees had, how-
ever, surrounded the Fantee country in immense bodies. The
following promotions and appointments had taken place In the
squadron :
Lieut. (i. Woolcombel acting Captain of the Bann, to be
Captain of the Victor; Captain G. W. Courtney, late of the
re-appointed to the Swinger; Lieut. Theed, in
Owen Glendower, appointed to the Bann; Lieut. Scott, acting
einontibmeaNtriid octoPthe Swinger, re-appointed to the Victor ; Mr. 0.
Manning, Midshipman of the Owen Glendower, appointed
Lieutenant of the Bann ; Mr. J. W. Thomas, Midsh pman,
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of the Owen Glendower, appointed Lieutenant of the Victory
lint died of fever a short time after; Mr. M‘Kay, Assistant
re : the Maidstone at Cape
Surgeon of the Maidstone, to he acting Surgeon of the Victor.
The squadron was thus di
Coast, to sail in a few days to t Bights of Benin and Biotin',
lOr the suppression of the slave trade; Ranh, to Sierra Leone
and Gambier, Swinger, and Victor, in the flights. There had
died lately on board his Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, of
fever, Mr. J. Finlaison, Master, and Mr. Thompsom, School.
master. The crew all quite healthy on their arrival here, and
,in 'consequence of the Captain's affidavit and Doctor's certifi.
,cats, that no infectious disease had prevailed on board, she was
not placed under quarantine. The Owen Glendower called at
Ascension, which she left on the 2d July ; the island was very
healthy. July 9, spoken with in hut. 5.50. N. and long. 25. W.
f
the Maitland (country ship), from Calcutta or London, anti
Prudent, Statth Sea-man, from Valparaiso for London ; on the
28th July, in lat. 39. 40. N. long. 35. 20. W., spoke ie trans.
port Princess Royal, Lieutenant Hewitt, agent, bound to Ha-
lifax; the above vessels are all well.

TILE IRISII BAR and LORD NORBULLY.

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During Oin astitua of the Crown Court at Mary.
borough on Thursday last, Lord NortutritY addressed the
Crown Solicitor in that complimentary strain for which his
Lordship is so 4istin,guished, concerning the general correct-
ness with which the business of the Crown-office is transacted ;
charging him at the same time never again to surer any per.
son to take a prosecution out of the bands of the Crown, by
employing Counsel in cases where the Attorney-General has
directed a prosecution. ..``,.l. do not allude," he added. " to
any thing that is now going forward, but you know to what 1
allude."
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(The allusion is believed to have been made to the engaging
of Alr. Wallace at the last Assizes among the Counsel for the
prosecution, at the quit of the King, against the Police Con-
stal►les in 111`Daniel's case.)

CIIAMBEALAIN WALKER begged leave to controvert
the position, which he considered to be un encroachment upon
the privileges of the Bar. lie was quite sure that a person
interested in a prosecution had a right to employ Counsel,
whether' the Crown took up the matter or not; and that the
Counsel so employed to assist the King's Counsel, had an equal
right to bcheard.

lord Nottntirty.—Well, I am not going to argue the point
with you. I only tell you, .11.1 r. Crown Solicitor, to attend to
what 1 ssy.
sh. Wst.trEn persisted in maintaining what he considered
to be the right of the liar, and he appealed to the Recorder,
who was present.
The ItEconnEn shook his head, but nothing dropped out
of it worth being recorded.
Mr. A rtAntx, who is generally engaged on the part of the
Crown in criminal prosccutioss, said, that it was not the time
to discuss the subject, as no case was before the Court.
Lorin Nonnuny.—l am always ready to protect the Bar
and its rights.
Mr. Wm.:mt.-41y Lord, it is in behalf of those rights that
I have made the allegation.
Lord Nonnunv.—You are not counsel for the Bar : they
did not employ you.
Mr. WALKEn.—I will venture to say that every member of
the Home Bar concurs in the view I have taken.
Lora Nounruy dissented from this observation.
Mr. WALKEL—Let them say so, if they don't.
Here the matter ended for the present, but we understand it
to be Mr. Walker's determination to take the sense of the pro-
fession at large upon the question.—( Freeman'. Journal.)