Star.
London, England, 1824-08-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.

There is little doing in the Foreign Market this morning, except
in Mexican and Colombian Scrip.

Current Prices :—New Spanish 16, Old '2l il, Russian 941 1,
Mexican 53, Alliance Shares 121 t, Colombian Scrip 41 discount,
French 101, Milian 78, Portuguese 861.

PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2361/2-3 per t. Reduced 92% 93 92%
3 per Cent. Cons. 92 91% 921/2 ya
per Cents. 1011/4.-4 per Ct. Assented 101 100%
4 per Cents. Old 1011/2-4 per Cent. New 105% 5
Bank Long Anns. 23
India Stock 284—India Bonds 82 83
£l,OOO Exchequer Bills (2d.) 42 39 ; (11/2d.) 41 39
£5OO Do. (2d.) 41 39 ; (11/4d.) 41 39
£lOO and £2OO Do. (2d.) 39 45 ; (11,4 d.) 41 43
Consols for Acct. 921/4 91% 9234 1/2.

In the STAR of Saturday we gave an account of an
engagement our forces had with the Ashantees, near
Cape Coast Castle, on the 21st of May, on the authoritY
of dispatches received at the Colonial Office ; and in
the preceding part of this column we give, from an of•
cial source, some further details, which will be read

with interest, to these we art enabled to add an official
return of the killed and wounded :n the engagement :
aIOVILAZIL .. XII4IOI. WOMIDED.
Royal Atrtam Corps, and 14 West India Re-
giment - - - . . 1 20
sauna.
One Captain wounded - - S S 4

MOM.
Unorganised Force -

The Ashantees are a powerful nation—for to call
them a tribe is to underrate them ; and they are so far
advanced in that part of civilization which relates to
military tactics, as to render them far from despicable
as soldiers. If the accounts of travellers can be relied
on, they have a very favourable opinion of the whites;
and wt confess we have more hopes in the present hos-
tilities being terminated by an amicable arrangement,
than by the terror' r success of our arms.

This morning we received the French Papers of
Saturday, and the Etoik of yesterday, by Express,
those of Friday having previously reached us.
The Mentikur of Saturday contains, from Rio de
Janeiro, on important correspondence between the
French Consul at Bahia and the President of the
Government of that Province, relative to the rumour
that France was on the point of assisting Portugal. to
recover her South American Colonies, which is posi-
tively denied by the French Consul. There is also a letter
from the Consul offering the Academies, &c. of France,
for the education of such young Brazilians as may wish
to adopt them—a circumstance with which the British
Public has long been acquainted. The following are
the articles to which we allude:
RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL so.

Ever since the European newspapers announced that
Portugal intended to make great efforts to reduce
Brazil to a state of dependence, it was believed, not
only here, but in all the principal cities of Europe, that
the French Government would aid Portugal in an en-
terprise which alone she has not the means of under-
taking. We now, however, give a literal translation of
a correspondence which has taken place on this subject,
between the Consul of France at Bahia, and the Govern-
ment of that city :

BAHIA JANUAItIf 9, 1844.

Mossuxua—Reports have been publicly circulated for some time,
that France has manifested a disposition to aid Spain and Portugal
in reconquering their late colonies. These reports, which are directly
contrary to the truth, ate not only calculated to render individuals
uneasy, but to injure the commerce carried on by French subjects
ie this Province. It therefore becomes my duty to declare to your
Excellency, that I am authorised expressly to contradict these re-
ports, and to assure you, that so far from France having any hostile
designs against Brasil, she desires on the contrary, to unite more
closely the bonds which existed between the two countries, and to
give to the commercial relations a reciprocally advantageous et-
tension. I have the honour to be, Ike.
The Consul of France, GUINEBAUD.
To his Excellency M. Joaquin Jose Pinbeiro
.de Vasconctllos, Secretary to the Provi-
sional Government of the Province.