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London, England, 1824-10-04 00:00:00

very critical period, when such an accession of European
maw was of the gr_eatest importance, a numerous
army of Ashantees, commanded by his sable Misjisty.
inyersort,. having just encamped close to the town,
with the-avoired purpose of attacking the'eAstle.. Skir-
mishes took place • every day afterward between the
Ashantees and outposts of our allied fOrce, *until, the
when the Ashantees made a general attack
on our-position, alsoutthree quarters of a mile from the
'shore. The engagement lasted, without intermission,
until dark, and terminated with their total defeat.
Their loss is computed atnitout 2,ooorrien, and ;he Bri-
itish and allies about 103 killed, and 450 wounded.—
Their defeat was so decisive, that their twholeforce. ap-
peared' disorganized ; 'they broke up the following day
froM tbeir..Otheinted positions, and commenced a dis•
orderly retreat to Coornassie. The King appeared to
have been so confident and determined .of success,' that
in hii approaches towards our Colony, be laid- the whole

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country waste through which he passed; in order to
'deter his people from retreating or deserting- from him ;
and the consequence was, they all became ut a stiie of
starvation, and were seized with ntswerous diseases,
which, with the small-p(4, were 'making the greatest
I ravages among them... Poring these Important Ope..'
rations to our settlements and commercial interests In
that quarter, the enemy being of superior numbers, and
our allied forte composed of vaninef. native tribes (some
of them little better than an orgenized rabble,) it became
necessary that .the :few ships lying at Cape Cont—
umely the'-Thetis, Swinger; and Woodbridge mer-
cbetfiaip, should render the most effective co-opera-
tioneaud. with all imaginable celerity. Accordingly,
lir:John Phillimore •anchored 'the Thetis to the West-
Ward,' and the Swioger gun-brig to the Eastward,
within grape range of the beach, so VI to command the
approaches oil eath side of the-
. Castle; And he landed
Lieut. Drew (First Lieut.-of the Thetis); Lieuts. Tucker
(R.N.) aod.Alexander (R M.), -Messrs. Roweell;
O'Brien,. Campbell, Littledale and. French (Midship-
men). Mr. Stewart, Assistant Surgeon, several other
Officers and about 130 seamen andmirines, to defend
the Castle, whilst• the troops marched out to_eneet the
enemy. The gnnoer.ind carpenter, with their crews,
'were landed, to lay a gatform on Phipps's 'Tower, on
which tuna were afterwards alienated, and this impor-
- earn position was intrusted to Mr. Rowse% Master's
Mita having under him Mr. Littledale, and eight'
'seamen. The boats of the Thetis, Swinger,.arid Wood-
bridge, were also armed, with each a; brass • field-
piece,
and 'put under' the' comnianci of Lieutenants,
Cotesworth, Teed, and Smithers, IL N. ind sent to act
along the beach, or with the Castle, as circumstances
might require. The Mate, and . fifteen men of the'
Woodbridge also volunteered to serve in the Castle.
—The whole of these Officers and men were re-em-
barked on board their respective ships on the
.1 fith; with-
out one instance of illness; but shortly afterward, about
thirty of the crew of the Thetis were attacked with the
peculiar diseases:of tare country, and to Mr. Littledale
(si'veifilne young alep),
they proired fatal Lieutetiant-Colonli: autbdtlittd, who
l'Commarided the Mites' hi the battks.‘ came hamar in-Ala.
Thetii; having 'been succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel
Brant, who arrived at Cape Coast, in the' Finsbnry
transport, from England, on the 17tbJuly.
The. Thetis left Cape Coast for England on the 22d
July, landed Captain Campbell to take theCominand at.
Acra, tonched'Prince's bland for water, and at St. Mi-
.cliael's, on the 12th September, for a supply of bread,
her stock of that necessary article being nearly. t:.
haunted, although the crew had been six Weeks on short
allowance of it. Commodore Bullen arrived at tape
Coast, frorti.A.Cra, on the 19th July. The Thetis brought
dispatches from him.. 'The Thetis is cemeinto harbour
.p) be docked!

THE EVENING STAR.

firnalt.`. The -piediction.:that .inoner.vrould become
scarce, Iris been complete) r falsified ; cash, in general,
beanie more abundant, and

steam•boat Virginia.; he states that the Gene.
'er has had a successful cruize of 22 days
the coast of Cuba,.and on the 19th in.
Florida Channel, fell in with a fleet of
under convoy of the French Emig of war
guns. Captain Northrup had previous in.
..ation of a fleet of Spanish vessels being out, and
-this 'kg:. rltl
a flag for a negociatiom and seht his first. Officer. An
bosted,the-Gegi, to ascertain the charaetet.:of the Ijeeti
as welkas.to:leara from Captain Borstals, if it was his in-
tentionT.to
,protect them ?. 11,11 e Officer returned with
Captairs...BOrdais answer,• that they were French:—.
CaPtain,4lorthrstir, however, 'having some doubts,
ran, alongside:one of themiand asked what 11 eg s'te teas
underl eherlottsrned for answer Spanish, and
struck, at tfieCoMmand of Captain Northrup, who took
-possesSionlotilie vessel; he nest came up with the
Notieits9, Qt. to guns and 45 men, which also sur.
rendered ; these prizes he manned and sent to Poito
tavello. The approach of nighty revented him ca;; taring
the fourth-vessel:. • -

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Brussels Papers to the: 2a instant re.tehed 'us this
forenoon. The fallowing are extracts :

FRANKFORT, bRPTEMBERa.,.
The trade is foreign public securities appears Nihau
at length declined in a great measure, and with_the.ap-
pearance o(.being succeeded by another if gieater
lily, that in corn. Considerable 'cOnstnercial-hobsei have
already made,laige speculations of this description,
which hold out a favOur.able prospect to eat industliens
farmers. Rik-seed Is very much in request; and
berty to iMpott oats-into England, on the payment.of
very ..sicitieritte duties, has already caused a rislin
the prices- of that •article. AU the accounts frOni the
North of Getrniny agree that the corn trade is very ac-
tive there, and that they are pteparing to send consider-
'table giant ides of bailey andwheat to Spain and Pot fugal.
• SIEPTEMISLR 260-.. The other' tote& which are to be-
come fortresses of the Get man Confederation, are. at
length agreed upon; for hitherto the Sovereign Prinies
of. Germany had differed with respect to the tom*
which :Muhl be fortified. .The decision of this .point
esplains the reason far which .the twenty millions of
francs which, with thrpnerest, Low amount to twerny-
three millions, have been withdraWn from the house of
Messrs. Rothschild, where they had been deg °sited' flier
since France paid the sums agreed upon by the Trea-
ties of 1815.

We have the following statement from. *Mk:
" One of the great foreiin Poweri had demanded of
'our Government, that it should give op Messrs... Snell
and Follenins, Profeisois in, the Universities, who are
natives of. Germany. Ttietiule Council has not tbotight.
fit to comply with this demand, but it bas decreed that
aPplicotiOn should be made for a communication of the
docunients 'of the proceedings relative to 'the paid-
teausgreiloiii forkted nd theie to o Professor', nn4
that then they should be • tried: according to the lawi
of Bile:" • *


The death-:of his Majesty Louis XVIII. has given
;he Magistrates of Air la Chapelle, an opportunity to
claim a Vightlotinded on an ancient usage, according to
which the Pall of the Kings of France is.the propertyof
the Cathedral of that city. This .usage, the origin of
which is Involved in the *.o*ttrity of remote ages, has
not been observed since the death of Louis XV. in
1;774 ; when the pall of that Monarch was deposited in
i ate vestry of the Cathedral, it was adorned with rich
.fringes and embroidered with Fleur de lys of gold.*

The following is posted at Lloyd's:

" The • George the Fourth, Pausscr, from the Mauritius to
Loudon, Waildiunsasted dulls* heavy gales from the 27th of June
to the Silt of Jidy, and was totally wrecked on the ISth,at the Cape
Hof Good Hope. The Mary, Aarkurr, from Bengal to London, was
loss' in Mussel Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 9th July ; and the
Cowie Picket was lost in Alga; Bay, in Ady.•
?ha Star, Tnoirav; front Sicily, was stranded of fie*Nolir
&di, Dublin, au Thursday."

THE ASHANTECS. • his throne by his clemency. The following are extracts: ing, in the ste
2111012.6 JItA LION A Wilk MESS EN, 51000811-4YN ral Santander
• POWSMOUIIMIIIINCTir Gant 2; •.; •
Wedagiday, hie MajeAy'llship.Thetis, 46, eaijoaiit .•* an: ' • irmiteieolai, since leaving
receiver4Sitleh*Thillimos., returtorkftbrvitapir Coast Castle; •Tha-settltng acc etas ced no:ditlifflfrok stant, in the
state, that
.ahei:slsopto_c!#led_4l.-May lot, with 4 detichnier!t dqPi: In Ihe early partifethtinonping, thrveUerflhaijng your vessels,
the Egyp-,onne!Pnalii,itriclin Covps. andypplies for that gam.
pa:ow their efforts,...., ,pte ire way, butoltifter- foeni, of 18
vesselo to son.. She unwed at Cape Coait on the 4th July, at 4 • .
•.:-.1 ettph J.... Am.-inn rtf Rnireanm.s. wards recovered, and the market maintained itself formation of