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he disappeared altogether, takio tile direction of the
Goiefl Garden, Elmina) and. Itetue. towards
Dooatits, which is pa, the direct route to Ashantee.
We have since heat that the result of the action, and
unpOpulavity of the war, together with the enemy's
herrible sufferings and losses; from disease and want of
provisions, had elicited strong symptoms of insubordi-
nation and discontent in the Ashantee army ; that as
early as the night of the 11th, whole bands had deserted
from the King; that four out of six Captains, who had
been retaken, had been beheaded, after being tortured,
the other two remaining prisoners in heavy logs ; but
that, notwithstanding these examples, his Majesty was
now making his way back, accompanied bt only a few
hundreds of followers ; in proof of which, it is said, he
was yesterday obliged to move with his own guard to
cover a convoy of gunpowder from Elmina, which had
been assailed, and three barrels captured by 50 or 60
scouts I had ordered out in that directioa, with a view
of ascertaining his hiding place; and I have little doubt
that numbers of the Ashantees wl be cut off doling
their retreat by the Wassaws and Fantees.
I am happy to inform your Lordship, that I have rea-
son to approve of the conduct of every individual, whe-
ther of the Army, Navy, or Marines, employed in these
operations, which,lt not brilliant, were at least extremely
harassing and arduous, and throughout which I
trust his Majesty's Government will be satisfied that
all did their duty, and that up to this period as much
has been effected as our means, the nature of the coun-
try in which we acted, and the circumstances we were
placed in, would permit.
Where all evinced zeal and alacrity in the discharge
of their several duties, it may, perhaps, be deemed su-
pererogatory to particularize any ; but I.cannot, in jus-
tice to the service, omit to direct your Lordship's atten-
tion to the merits and devotion to the public service al-
ways displayed by Major Chisholm, Royal Aft ican
Corps, whose conduct in command of the right bri-
gade, which bore the brunt of the battle of the 11th, was
everything I could wish, as was that of Captain David
Campbell of the same corps, at the head of the Cape
Coast Division, on the extreme right, which was warmly
engaged throughout the day ; of Capt. Dowson, of that
regiment, commanding the reserve (regulars and militia)
also engaged ; and of Lieut. W. 0. Aitcheson, -Royal
Marine Artillery, in charge of the field-pieces in position
on this occasion.

I beg leave also to request your Lordship's notice of
the services of Major Purdon, Royal African
_Corps,
commanding the left brigade; of the zeal and enter.
prise of Captain Blenkarne, of the same regiment, who-
some time ago volunteered to proceed to Accra in aol
open canoe, to assist in collecting these auxiliary forces„
whose opportune arrival at this crisis is to be mainly.
attributed to his praiseworthy and indefatigable exer-
tions, and who, in these operations, commanded the
British Accra Division (in the left brigade), part of which,
on the 11th, burnt two of the enemy's camps; of the
impOrtant services of Captain Ricketts, 2d West India
Regiment, Brigade Major to the Forces, in performance
of various essential duties, and who was wounded in the
action in which the late Governor 'was killed ; of Cap-
tain Hutchison, Annamaboe Militia, who having been
severely wounded in the affair of the 21st of May was
placed, on his partial recovery, in command of the Hill
Tower, where be gave up his whole time to improving
the defences of his pest, the disciplining of the garrison,
and to a most zealous and effectual discharge of his
military duties; of Captain Scott, of his Majesty's ship
Swinger, late of the Victor; and of Lieutenant Drew,
First of the Thetis, who commanded the seamen and
marines employed on shore.
I deem it a pleasing duty to acquaint your Lordship
that I received the most cordial co-operation and effec-
itual aid from Major de Richelieu, the Governor of his
IDanish Majesty's settlements on the Gold Coast, who
Made use of his best influence and means to collect and
equip a strolls body of Danish dependents, who ar-
rived at Cape Coast, -under the command of Captain
Poulson, a Danish Officer, with the other auxiliaries,
and fought bravely in the recent engagement.
To Captain Sir John Phillimore, Knt. C.B. of his
Majesty's ship Thetis, the senior Naval Officer present,
my best thanks are eminently due, for the very great
and cordial assistance he repeatedly rendered to me, in
landing the seamen and marines of his own ship, and
Swinger brig of war, to garrison the fort, whenever it
became necessary to march the troops out of it, to rein-
' force those engaged or in position, for the liberality of
the supplies of powder, lead, &c. which be furnished to
the utmost extent of his power, and for employing his
ship, men, and means in every way in which they could
possibly benefit the public service; and as this experi-
enced Officer was present during the whole period em-
braced in this dispatch, acquainted with every occur-
rence detailed in it, and an eye-witness to many of them,
and the difficulties we had to contend with, I beg leave
to refer your Lordship to him for any particular infor-
mation you may wish to obtain relative thereto.
W. SUTHERLAND, Lieut.-Col. ed West India
Regiment, commanding the Forces.
1117111111 Or THE KILLED AND WOUNDED, MT 1, 1824.
2d West India Regiment-3 rank and file wounded.
Royal African Corps—Lieut. Swam, killed.
Militia-1 rank and file, killed; 5 rank and file, wounded.
Unorganised Armed Force.-102 rank and file, killed; 440 rank
and file, wounded. •
Cape Coast Castle, July 23,1834.
Since I had the honour of addressing your Lordship,
on the 18th instant, repOrting my arrival, nothing very
particular has taken place respecting the enemy.
Lieutenant Colonel Sutherland's report will acquaint
your Lordship of the enemy's repulse near this place on
the 11th inst. On the 19th, I leaiwt that he was en-
carriped at about five miles distant from this place, and
sent out an auxiliary force, with a view to entice him to
approach within reach of our guns : they returned on
the following day with a few prisoners. The enemy
shewed no disposition to approach the garrison. Ile
made off on the 20th, in the direction of Annamaboe;
and it has just been reported to me, that some firing had
been heard yesterday at one of the Annamaboe villages,
seven or eight miles inland. I fear the villages will
suffer, but I am under no apprehension for the sort.
I regret to state to your Lordship, that the Europeans
in garrison have suffered much during the last quarter.
A. GRANT, Lieut.-Col. R.A.C. Cumg.
•

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCTOBER 4.
Extract of a letter from Commodore Bullen to John Wilson Croker,
Esq. dated on board his Majesty's ship Maidstone, Cape Coast,
Gold' Coast, July 42,1824.
I have gloat pleasure in being able to acquaint their*
.Lorddlips, by his Majesty's ship Thetis, that on Sunda)
week the troops under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Sutherland 'completely routed the Ashantet
army, *which had advanced in great force to withir
about two miles of the Castle, leaving an innumerable
number of killed on the field ; and that on account of
total defeat, they *.are, 1 learn, retiring in all haste
towards Cpomassies their ca;ital: this 'has been* further

•
['confirmed by the information obtained from two pei,
soners brought in yesterday, sltto state the enemy to be
in full retreat, and suffering severely from famine
(calm,' by their having laid waste the country ou their
advance), dysentery, and small-pox.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Captain Sir
John Phillimore, whose unremitting exertions and ju-
dicious arrangements, in taking his own ship into shoal
water, manning and arming the boats of the Thetis,
Victor, and Swinger, landing detachments of seamen
and marines to co-operate with the army, and garrison
it. tower on the height beyond the Castle, which be
armed, and placed under the command of his First
Lieutenant, contributed materially towards the success
of our arms. His personal exertions were such as t,
call fotth the admiration of all; and Lieut.-Colonel
Sutherland acquaints me that no language of his can
do justice to hN merits, or describe the cool and deci-
sive !wanner in which he acted throughout: and to him,
who was an eye-witness of the whole transaction, and
is fully master of the subject, I must beg to reter their
Lordships- for further information on this subject; and
I beg to assure them, they may rely on my paying the
most vigilant attention to their direttions on this im-
portant subject, and rendering every assistance in my
power towards the attainment of so desirable an object.

THE EVENING STAR..

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. This morning we received the Moniteur of s
Monday.
»a nd the Etoile of yesterday, by Express, the Paris par'
of Sunday having previously readied us. The/IL/situ?
in its " pantie non officielle," contains the letter front
Jassy, given elsewhere, stating the evacuation of Mol-
davia. A Royal Ordonnance has been issMd, restoting
the Staff of the Royal Corps of. Engineers to four hun-
dred Officers, exclusive of the General Officers. The In-
fant Don MIGUEL, of Portugal, left Paris on Monday,
with his suite, for Vienna.

The Constitutionnd of Sunday, bas the following
paragraph:—" There is a report in circulation, that the
Government has received this evening the important
news that the Turkish squadron has been completely
destroyed, and that 'tile brave CANARIS has blown up
the ship of the Caiiiin.Pacha, in which service•he was
himself destroyed."—The Etoile, alluding to this Para•
graph, says—ft We could .wish that the great news an.

nounced in the letters from Venice, which we take from
the Journal des Debate, were confirmed, but our Cor.
respondence) as well as the foreign Journals, which we
received to-day, does not permit us yet to give it as
certain."

The same Journal, however, gives an article re-
asserting the destruction of the Capitan Pacha, and the
defeat of the Turks at Samos. The same article also
appears in the Journal des Debats. The following
are extracts:—

FROM THE ETOILE OF TUESDAY.
PARIS, OCTOBER 4.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, the King presided at a
Council, which lasted till halfapast four o'clock, at which
the Dauphin assisted.
Duting the absence of his Excellency the Marquis
Clermont Tonnerre, Baron Dames, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, will keep theportefeuille of the War Department.
They write from Pernambuco, dated 10th August,
4g since the 3d of this mouth our roads are occupied by
a Brazilian division, composed of two frigates, two brigs,
and two corvettes; this division is commanded by
Carvalho, who is going to form the blockUle.”
We read in the Augs6urg Gazette of the 29th of Sep-
tember, that some Tartars have brought news to Bucha-
rest, that there will be a change in the Turki h Mi-
nistry; the Grand Vizier, Ghalib Pacha, has been
replaced by the Pacha of Sailtria. Glplib was hated
by the Janissaries, which patty is triumphant at this
moment.

The following is the details of. the affair of Samos,
which took place on the 19th and 20th :
Ten thousand Turks landed, on the 19:11, at Samos,
and were destroyed by the Greek, as they could not
receive succours in time from the Capitan Pacha, whose
fleet was, at that moment, attacked by the Greek
squadron. in the battle the Greeks, for some time,
could not use their fire-ships, but afterwards they pro-
•Juced the expected effect.
They also lost three brigs (armed), and what Was
more unfortunate, the immortal Canaris, uho has had
already the glory of destroying two Captain Pachas, or
Grand Admirals. The loss of the Turks was the .41-
miral's vessel, commanded by Koreb, Captain Podia,
which blew up. The infidels had the mortification to see
destroyed before their eyes, ninety-four fligates,
corvettes, &c. which were sunk, blown into the air, or
Jestroyed. This is the end of the Ottoman expedition
which came from Constantinople, aid the same fat:
jwaits that from Egypt! This news wa, brought t
Corfu, by a ship of war of his Britannic Majesty, whit'
was a witne4 of the combat, and immediately sailed