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Estimates of H Expenses form an impetant feature.
There is a dngle subject connected with housekeeping,
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cellar which is out treated of in the present Volume."
mei sad by H. Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1824.
THB FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Coosob opened this morning at 93j for the Account ; they are
now at 92 to h. There have been some heavy salcs, but not of the
magnitude of yesterday.
An Express has arrived from Pads, bringing the French Itentes
of Thursday at 911 f. 30c. •
FOREIGN FUND&

There is little doing in the Foreign Market this morning, except
in Alliance Shares, which have got up, owing to a great icarcity of
them in the Market. - -
Current Prices :--New Spanish 15, Old 2111, MINIM 94j 1,
Alliance Shares 11$ 121, Mexican 54, Colombian &rir.s to 41
disc. Civilian 76, French Scrip 11, Portuguese 861 87, Bisenos
Ares j prem.

PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Rank Stock 256 4-3 per Cent. Reduced 92% 7/8
8 per Cent. Cons. 921/4 92-
4 per Cent Assented 1004 5/a
4 per Cent. New 10534 %
flank 4. Ans. 227/8 15-167-India Stock 28514 284
£l,oool..schequer 4; (I'4d.) 41 39
£.500-00. (2d.) 45 39 '
ElOO and £2OO Do. (21) 41 3 ; (11Ad ) 43 4
Consols for Acct. 91Y6 92t/8 92.

DEFEAT OF THE ASIIANTEES.

This morning dispatches were received at the Colonial
Office, Downing-street, from Major CtIISHOLNI, at Cape
Coast Castle, to the 28th of May, announcing the defeat
of .the Ashantees, in an engagement which took place
on the 21st of May.

The Ashantees had taken up a position within five
miles of Cape Coast Castle, and were in considerable

force, when Major CIIISHOLNI having assembled his
f.rces, consisting of a, few British ttoops and his Fantee
Allies, attacked them. The Ashantees fought very bravely;
and the action, which lasted for upwards of five hours,
was terminated by the defeat of the Ashantees, who re-
Ii eated in confusion. enfot tunately the Fames could not
bc prevailed on to follow up the alvantages Major Cuts-
110L51 had gained, and the regular troops and militia
were not sufficient to risk a pursuit, the consequence of
which was, that the Ashantees mated on a position

they bad formerly occupied, previous 0 their ad-
vance so near Cape Coast Castle. The King of the
Ashantees, with considerable reinforcements, had come
up, but no new °petition was attempted on the part of
the enemy.

The loss sustained by the British troops is compara-
tively trifling, while that of the Ashantees was very
great. The only Officers wounded on the part of our
troops are Captain Htrrottltisom, of the Royal Cape
Coast Militia, severely; and Lieutenant Kno, of the
Royal Navy, gaiglitly.

Stra wow* says " nothing pleaseth but rare acci-
dents." and se thinks the Editor of the Morning Chro.
*ide ; he yesterday told us that " one full third of the
whole population of Spain is in durance in public jails,"l
that is to say, four millions of persons, exclusive, of
course, of women and children. are in confinement.
No wonder, then, that agriculture and trade are ne-
glected in Spain, for its population beyond the walls
of the prisons must be of a feeble and extraordinary
character indeed. The Chronicle's miracle of to-day
is nearer home—it relates to Mr. BROUGHAM' whose
" birth and existence," we are told, " depended
or on a chance circumstance, which will strike our
readers with wonder." The wonder of the Chronicle
renders is perhaps easily excited ; but for ourcelves, we
expected that the birth of the Orator had certainly some-
thing very surprising in it when it was thins prefaced.
We did not know whether it had taken place in a balloon,
on the top of Br ougham Castle, or on one of the Lakes ;
but anything less remarkable than this we certainly did
not expect. Judge then our surprise and disappoint-
ment on learning, that the event which was to strike the
Public with wonder, was, that Mr. BROUGHAM'S father,
losing the object of his early love before marriage, went
to Edinburgh, took lodgings at the house of Mrs. SIM F.,
" in the second flat of M'Lelland's Land, Head of the

Cowgate (marked No. 8), a tall house in Candletoaker
I!,),‘"—that he married Miss SYME, " forgot his
. early sorrows," and begot Mr. HENRY BROUGUAM,
who " first saw the light" in Mrs. Symes house.—
Such is the circumstance which is to strike the readers
of the Chronicle with wonder. They will, no doubt,
exclaim with Nicholas Bray, 4, Well, I never heard
that before." The wonder, we presume, is, that Mr.
BROUGUAM, having been born on a fat, should be so
s.'•atp as the Chronicle always says he is.

It is said that Lord BERZSVOID is about to return
from Portugal, and various conjectures
,are afloat as to
i
jectthe cause ; the great probability is, e tger that the ob-.
of his mission is .concluded, or that ourGoTero-

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