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force at the time, and the Dahomans were again driven, and,
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a part of the personal
, I luggage and provision! of the fell into their hands,
1 and that he was obliged to fly on foot. The number
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disarmed, more,
could
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they (the Dahomans)
fought, and refused to surrender, and they were killed.
I am sorry to report that one of Mr. Crowther's com-
municantsis missing, but he may yet be found.
In order to find him, if he were amoung the
slain, Mr. Crowther passed over the greater part of the
battle-field, and his report of the number of slain is such
as to give a great number. He says they are lying in
fours and fives, in various directions, over a large extent
of ground. The length of wall attacked was upwards of
a mile. I sent two persons out this morning to count
the slain Dahomans ; one counted them in tens, and the
other wrote the number down, and to our surprise it
amounted to 1,209. It confirms the report brought us by
a deserter, an Egba man, who had long been a Dahonaan
Islave, that the Dahomans, when gathered together at
night, were struck dumb at the loss they had sustained,
especially of their female soldiers, and only one thing was uttered by all—viz., a fear that they would never
be able to return home. This is a slave war, and
we might justly ask—for what were all these slain ?
To supply the slave market with slaves would be a just
reply. The people everywhere here seem to ascribe their
deliverance to God and the white men. I hope the Da-
homan King will learn a lesson from this, and cease from
these barbarous wars, for which not the shadow of a
cause was given by the Egbas, nor, I suppose, by most
of the other towns that he has warred against. It is to
be hoped that the Egbas will not become too boastful of
their victory, and be led into excesses.
"I hope you will excuse this hasty letter, but I could
not let an opportunity slip, or the probability of one,
knowing that you would be anxious on our account,
more especially as false rumours may reach you by other
channels than those available to us. With much thank-
fulness to God, and desire for your prayers and sym-
pathy for this unhappy country.—l remain, &c.,
"H. T.
" P.S.—I can form no estimate of the number of pri-
soners, or of the Dahoman army. I asked a captive
how many r.tired with the King, when they felt them-
selves defeated, to be out of danger? He said 200. I
asked again how many were there in the army? He
said that even as it was impossible for me to count
the people of Abbeokuta, so was it for him to count
their army. The Dahoman captives are deperate;
there are three several instances of their rising
against their captors, and slaying them in their own
houses; one when he was in the act of giving his captive
food. The people treat their prisoners kindly, but I fear
all these will be killed unless we can prevent it by any
means. I was with Sagbua this morning, and the sub-
ject was discussed. I protested against it. A meeting
was proposed, and I told him that they ought not to
have a meeting without calling me to it. The prisoners
are, however, private property, and this may hinder
their being killed. I feel assured that the Egbas would
exchange a captive for an Egba slave now in the Daho
man country."

THE LONDON GAZETTE, June 17.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 7, 1851.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord
Cowley, K.C.8., late her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Swiss Confederation, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic
Confederation.

WAR- OFFI
Ist Regiment of Life GuardCEs-„TuNx 17.
Walter de Winton, Gent.,
to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant by purchase, vice Caul-
field, promoted, June 17.
2d Dragoons-Robert Scott Hurter, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Gratrex, promoted,June 17.
7th Light Dragoons-Captain
lydston Newman, from the
72d Foot, to be Captain, vice Cooper, who exchanges; Cap-
tain Charles Henry Spencer Georke Lord Garvagh, from the
10th Light Dragoons, to be Captein, vice Bowles, who ex-
'hanges, June 17.
9th Light Dragoons-Cornet Villiam Wedderburn Ar-
retires ; Charles David Rich, Gent.,to be cornet,vice
by Pirchase, Hallett, 11 e
purchaset t, w ho,
:iuctehAnortbuttohnboet,Ljiaenuetenl7a.nt,
10th Light Dragoons-Captain :diaries Bowles, from the
7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain,vice Lord Garvagh, who
exchanges; Guy Webster, Gent., ti be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Cuthbert, promoted, June 17.
17th Light Dragoons-John Themes Cator, Gent. to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Thernsonprmoted, June 17.
Ist Regiment of Foot-Charles Harto, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Webster, promotid, June 17.
2d Foot-Major John Burns, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Carruthers, C.B, who retires ; Captain
Thomas Weston Easterbrooke Holdiworth to be Major, by
purchase, vice Burns; Lieutenant :ecil Squire to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice lloldsworth June 17.
To be Lieutenants, by purchase -Ensign John Chalmers,
vice Gollop, who retires; Ensign Villiana Henry Grimston,
vice Russell, who retires; Ensign John Thompson, vice J.
R. Jackson, who retires; Ensign Ciarlea Gibbs, vice Squire,
June 17.
To be Ensigns, by purchase-.( x/rge Augustus Boylan,
Gent., vice Baker, who retires, June ; William Henry
Spencer, vice Chalmers, promoted,June
18,
Assistant- Surgeon Henry Clinton Foss, from 55th Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice George Roche Suith, placed on half-pay,
June 17.
12th Foot-George Robertson, %era., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Goodrich, promoted,June 1.7.
14th Foot7-Charles Monk Wilsoe Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Barlow, promoted, time 17.
18th Foot-Gentleman Cadet Colorer Lynch, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensim, without purchase, vice
Cripps, appointed to the 24th Foot,June 17.
24th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Nmgle, from the 67th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice John Nagel,who re tires upon half-pay
Ceylon Rifle Regiment, June 17.
27th Foot-Nathaniel Barnadisbn, Gemt., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Somerville, wheretires, June 17.
39th Foot - Frederick Wilmot Flster, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Wall, promoted,June 17.
40th Ftot-Adolphus Haggerstea Stephens, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Hara,promoted, June 17.
41st Foot-Gentleman Cadet 3eorge William Wallace
Carpenter, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eccles, who re-
tires, June 17.
44th Foot-Ernest Henry Backenbury, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Whit, appointed to the 25th
Foot, June 17.
43th Foot-Henry Safe Willoughby, G-ent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Cameron, who .etires, June 17.
55th Foot-Assistant Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vise Foss, promoted in the 2d
Foot, June 17.
59th Foot-Lieutenant Richeed Percival Wigmore, from
half-pay, Ceylon Rifle Regiment to be Lieutenant, vice Pee-
bles, promoted to an Unattached Company, June 17.
60th Foot-Captain Charles lamilton Roddy, from half-
pay, Unattached, to be Captain vice Alexander Crie Meik,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Peer Burton Roe to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Roddy, who retires; Second Lieu-
tenant Thomas Nicholson to be First Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Roe, June 17.
62d Foot-Lieutenant and Aijutant Charles Lambert to
be Captain, without purchase, lice Fender, deceased, June
5; Henry John Adeane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Olionnell, promoted, June :7.
66th Foot-Leslie Eames, Gen., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Paget, promoted, June 17.
67th Foot-Lieutenant John I)man, from half-pay Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenart, vice Nangle, appointed to
24th Foot ; Louis Walter Fisher, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Arnold, promoted, June 17.
69th Foot-Charles Edward Melton, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Straton, appointed to the 64th Fovt
June 17.
70th Foot-Lieutenant R. Wligham, from 72d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, who exchanges, June 17.
72d Foot-Captain Edward Henry Cooper, from the 7th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Newman, who ex-
changes ; Lieutenant James Atkinson, from the 70th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Whigham, who exchanges; Ensign John
Shaw Wyllie to be Lieutenant, ty purchase, vice Thellusson,
who retires, June 17.
78th .Foot-William Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Burrow es, appointed to 45th Foot, June 17.
87th Foot-Edwin Biron, Gert., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Flamstead, promoted, Jane 17.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 14.
Royal Regiment of Artillery - Captain Edmund Neal
Wilford to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Mee, retired upon
full pay ; Second Captain William Manley Hall Dixon to be
Captain, vice Wilford; First Lieutenant Charles Ogden
Evans to be Second Captain, vice Dixon; Second Lieute-
nant Charles Frederick Cockburn to be First Lieutenant
vice Evans, June 6.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 185 i.