Star.
London, England, 1824-08-18 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY ns LA 'MG F.D.

Benjamin Laing, late of Fenlintels-street, ship-owner, from Au-
gust 28 to September 11, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners
of Bankrupts, Basinghall street.
BANKRUPTS.

Robert Brooks, Oldham, Lancashtre, shopkeeper, to surrender
August '3O, 31, and September la, at ten, at the Star Inn,. Man-
chester. Attornies, Mr. Chester, Staple Ion; or Messrs. Blunt

and lioardtnan, Manchester.
George Andrew, late of Manchester, merchant, August 30, 31,
and September a*, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attor-
nies, :Messrs. Willis and Co. Tokenhouse-yard; or Mr. Wilson,

Manchester.
John William Braddock; Portsmouth, musical-instrument-maker,
September 11, 14, and 28, at one, at the Court of Commis-
sioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Young,

Poland-street, Oitiord street.
Joseph Ranson, late of Sunderland, currier, August 27, September
10 and 28, at eleven, at the Crown and Thistle Inn, Newcastl•-
upon-Tyne. Attorttiet, lears. Bell and Brodrick, Bow Church-
•yataii or Mr. Dawson, Newcastle.
John Brettargh, late of Manchester, merchant. August 28, 7,0,
and September 28, at ten, at the White Bear Inn, Manchester.
/Ittornies, Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedforebrow ; or blr.
Morris, Spring-gardens, Manchester.
Henry Alogford, Quadrant, Piccadilly, tailor, Ana* 21, 28, and
September 28, at eleven, at the Court of Conunis4otiers of Bank-
rupts, Basingltall-street. Attorney, Mr. Richardson, Walbrook.
Dll' D ENDS to be made in 11 AS INGII A LL-STRERT.

Oct. 2, H. Parsons, Swansea, iron•muter, at ten. Aug. 24, G.
Plinth, London-wall, nntrchant, at twelve.

DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.

Sept. 10, J. S. Jones, Frome-Setwood, linen-draper, at ten. at
the Wheat Sheaves Inn, Frome Selwood. Sept. 14, T. Ince, late
of Yedingham, Yhrkshire, horse-dealer, at eleven, at the San Inn,
New \ Talton.

CERTIFICATES:74m. 7.

G. Hassell, late of Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, dealer In
horses. H. Campion, llorslydovrn-lane, cooper. W. Newbold,
Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, tailor. T. Hedges, Bristol, grocer.
11. Spofforth, jun. llowden, Yorkshire, scrivener.

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.

Drescher and Donking, Manchester, German-clock-makers.—
Kendall and Co. Goodman's-yard, Minories, snap makers. Veit&
and Co. Regent-street, ironmongers. Layton and Pepler, Lalekam,
coach-masters. Crawley and Co. London, meat-salesmen. Osamu
and Co. Aliddlewich, Cheshire, drapers. Stevenson and Vickers,
Manchester, ironfoienders. Rtdish and Co. Liverpool, brewers.
M. J. V. and F. J. V. da Gama, Lisbon and Leeds, woolkm-ma-
nufacturers. Belki and Harrold, Birmingham, merchants. S.
and I. Addenbrook. Birmingham, brass. founders. Sweemppte
and Co. Bath, dealers im horses. Spencer and Allinson, Red Lion-
street, Clerkenwell, jewellers. Bradley and Tress, Nicholas-lane,
tea-dealers.

SIERI7 A LEONE.—CAPE COAST.
FROM THE SIERRA LEOSE GAZETTE.
FREETOWN, JUNE 26.
Saturday la,t Me had the pleasure of again wit-
nessing the arrival of his Majesty's ship Bann. Captain
Courtenay, in thirteen days from Cape Coast. Tile Com-
modore had previously sailed in the Maidstone, with
the Victor and Swinger, on a cruize to leewa:d ; the
Driver and Owen Glendower had left for England.
The news from our settlements upon the Gold Coast
were of the most melancholy aspect ; notwithstand-
ing the exertiens of our Officers to insphe the Pants
with a proper sense of what they owed to themselves,
and to the cause they had engaged in, ►hey ehd not ap-
pear inclined to make any stand against the enemy ;
the protracted nature of the war is thus evety day more
sensibly felt, and not only from the dispirited character
of most of our Allies, but also from scarcity of provi-
sions. The Ashantees were not much better off--they
are now stated to amount to 20,000 men, under the
command of thcir King. Small-pox and dysentery
were making great havoc among them; to much sr,
that it was currently teported they were desirous of
making peace. The reinforcement of Officett and men
which has ere this reached the Cape, will, we hope, et-
fect this on our terms.

Daring this unfortunate contest, it is singniar to ob-
serve the difference of conduct betwie the Authorities
of an European Power (the Netherlands) and a power-
ful Native Chief in the River Calabar (Duke Ephraim):
the former have, in the mo't open and barefaced man-
ner aided and assisted the Ashautees horn the Com-
mencement of hostilities, notwithstanding their profes-
sions to the contrary ; and it is well known that some
of their subjects even foeght in the ranks of the enemy
in the last action bile the latter, on hearing that ve
were in want of aims, sent up the whole he had in stole
(two hundred and fifty stand), without making any sti-
pulation as to the mode of repayment ; and expressieg
his regret that he c•+nld not afford more assistance. In
speaking of the Dutch, vet :tee really itfluenced rather

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by a feeling of commiseration than otherwise towards'
the Governor of D'Elmina, who, we believe, is desirous
of observing a strict neutrality ; but who has not even
sumcient influence over the natives of the town to pre-
vent them from insulting him, and those under his pro-
tection, in the very Castle.

During the period that Captain Courtenay com-
manded on the coast, he took every opportunity of as-
sisting our forces, and in some instances obliged the
Dutch to abide by those rules which they, as a friendly
Power, ought never to have deviated from. These in-
stances of cordial co-operation on the part of Capt. C.
and his officers deserve our warmest thanks, and we
sincerely hope will be favourably noticed by the Go-
vernment of our country. The Bann sailed again on
Friday for the Gambia and Portendie, where we trust
Capt. Courtenay may arrive before the expiration of the,
gum season; satisfied as we are, that his presence there
will be of the same service to our merchants engaged
in that trade, as his exertions upon the Gold Coast
have been to our troops in their cause against the
common enemy.

FREETOWN, JUNE 19.
We had the pleasure of witnessing, on Sunday even-
ing last, the arrival of his Majesty's ship Thetis, Captain
Sir Jolla Piiillimore, Knt. C.B. having on board a number
of officers for the Royal African Colonial Light Infan-
tryand 2d West India Regiment, with a detachment of
100 non commissioned officers and privates of the for-
mer corps. Among the officers we noticed two (Lieu-
tenants Clements aad Cartwright) who had served in
this colony for some years, with great credit to them-
selves, and advantage to the service.
The men themselves ale a fine body; but knowing
as we do the irregular and intemperate habits of this
class, we have but melancholy forebodings respecting
their fate; should they, however, fortunately have an
opportunity of bringing the Ashantees into action im-
mediately on their reaching Cape Coast, we augur the
most favourable results. The news of their arrival
there, and of the force assembled on the Coast, will, we
almost fear, induce the enemy to retrace their steps, and
thus prolong the war, which is much less severely felt
by them from the facility with which they procure sup li
-
plies from the Dutch settlement of Elmina, than is
generally imagined.
The best force to employ in this service is, no doubt,
Natives ; and our Government appear to be perfectly
aware of this by ordering the 2d West India Regiment
and Colonial African Corps to be recruited to 1,000
men each. When this is completed, and we have no
doubt but with common exertion that it will be speedily
accomplished, there will be but little necessity to em-
ploy European troops, who, in this country, like the
West Indies or any other within the Tropics, suffer much
from the difference of climate acting on their general,
intemperate mode of living.
Extract of a letter received from the Gold Coast,
giving some details of an action with the Ashantees on
the 21st of May last:

" At break of day 21st of May) we were all on our
legs, armed cap-a pie, at the martial (though not most
inviting) air of ' Turn out the whole.' About eleven
o'clock a e marched with 4,500 men (which, as nearly
as I could calculate, was the number of our whole
force) to engage the Ashantees. The attack com-
menced now with tremendous volleys from right to
left. oit troops in the centre gave way in the first
onset of the battle, but they soon advanced again, and
stood their ground like lions. Lieutenant —, with
every effective man of the 2d West India Regiment,
was placed as a reserve, immediately in the rear of the
parties engaged, and across the main path : this post
he and his men maintained with great firmness the
whole day.
"Here we came regularly into action under every
possible local disadvantage. The Ashantees occupied
a high, thickly wooded, steep hill, and we were in a
cleared farm directly under them. On the road to the,
Pa Demba Farm, the plain of rock which looks like a
meadow on the right hand, will give you some idea of
the field of battle at Fetue. Captain —, of the
Militia, was severely wounded in both arms in the com-
mencement of the affair, and every ten minutes after
this, there was somebody going to the rear with a bro-
ken head or leg. We fought until our ammunitian ,
was expended, and the sun thteatenei to leave us in the
dark. Upon the whole, we rather gained ground upon
the savages ; and from subsequent accounts, it appears
that they never before got such a regular threshing in a
6 bush fight.' This they acknowledge themselves, for
we have had some of them taken alive, and received
some men who deserted from their camp, that were
taken by them in Sir Charles's action. Our bullets did
great execution amongst them, I assure you.
" In consequence of the circumstance before men-
tioned respecting ammunition, &c. we could not follow
up our success, for in addition to those reasons, we after-
wards found out that no less than 2,000 ol our cowardly
allies scampered off during the fight, and left '2,500
men to maintain the unequal contest! There was but
one alternative, and the Major gave orders to retire to
the camp at Garden Hill.
" I wish that I had time to describeto you an African
field of battle. Severed heads staring you in different
directions—some brought to the Commanders as tro-
phies by the men who did the deed; hallooing and
shouting on both sides when firing at one another ; the
shrill notes of the native horns; the warriors almost
naked, creeping from one ambush to another to have a
shot at the enemy, &c. give a curious and awful effect
to the conflict.
lg Every day's account tallies with the preceding as to
oar having given them the worst of it. The numbers
of their killed and wounded ate, I am told, very great.
So much for the battle of Fetue. lam quite gratified
at having witnessed the threshing they got, and still
more so at having lent a hand in it myself. Captain
-- left this two days ago for Accra, to try to bring
up forces from that place, in order that we may be
enabled to attack the Ashantees again. \Vhether he %ill
succeed or not, Heaven knows ; or whether the natives
here can be rallied on again to glory, is equally
doubtful ; but I will keep my letter open to the last, and
give you all the news afloat."