Central Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1873, London, Middlesex T CENTRAL S. No. 3,327. NOVEMBER 18, 1873. PAGE 1. A Newspaper for Newspaper THE TRIAL OF THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH The trial of the Claimant to the baronetcy and estates was resumed this day after an adjournment of rather more than a A few minutes after twelve o'clock Master Cockburn announced that he had received a telegram from the Lord Chief stating owing to having missed his he could not arrive at the court for some It was understood at the moment of going to press that another adjournment would be asked The Lord Chief Justice arrived at ten minutes to one and said he was extremely sorry he should have caused any but the fact that on coming to the railway he found that the train he usually travelled by had been and he was consequently obliged to remain until the Hawkins at once applied for a further adjournment of the in order to enable witnesses who were on their way from America to One set of witnesses left New York on Wednesday and in all be in London on Saturday Another whom it had been necessary to procure from New could not arrive at New York in time to start by Wednesday's but he was informed by telegraph that he Bailed on Saturday and in due be in England early next Mr. the assistant solicitor to the had filed an affidavit stating that the witnesses were necessary and the purport of their evidence being to contradict the testimony of After an objection raised by Dr. Kenealy had been in the course of which he said he intended to call farther rebutting the court adjourned till Thursday week THE ASHANTEE THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE BRITISH TROOPS A Third Edition of issued on contained the following telegram from a special The naval and military forces disembarked at and having marched twenty miles through the defeated the after a brisk and burnt five and six are Upon the news of the defeat the broke up their great Another correspondent says Our after thirteen successful have destroyed four The operations were conducted with and a complete surprise was Colonel Macneil and privates Walsh and Broderick are severely Captain and and a with twenty were slightly and two negroes were killed The are attempting to carrying prisoners and plunder across the The Admiralty and War Office are very anxious to obtain the earliest possible news relative to the progress of affairs at Cape Coast For that purpose the Vigilant is ordered to proceed to Madeira and Libbon to intercept the West African mail steamer ana convey its news to to be telegraphed to the A telegram dated October 27, to the Daily says -An attack on the enemy's camp is in progress The Ashantee retreat is cut LATER Cape Coast October 27th.-The report that the had broken up their camp at and commenced to retreat has caused considerable excitement On the morning of the 26th of October Sir Garnet Wolseley marched out with the Marines and a Naval with the intention of cutting off the retreat of the His destination was understood to be According to another the have and are within a few miles of the while Sir Garnet Wolseley reached All the troops from Elmina and Cape Coast Castle are in the and severe fighting is hourly A number of the Marines who marched out on the 26th, returned to Cape Coast on the morning of 27th quite There has been thing to the west of about the 26th of Several villages have been burnt by the Colonel and Captain have been both severely Two hundred tits for Captain Glover's and a number of horses have been brought from A detachment under Captain Goldsworthy is to start on the 28th. The Morning News on Monday morning correspondent at Cape Coast telegrams fro giving particulars of an engagement between the enemy's forces near Elmina and our Indian reinforced by natives and blue jackets from all the ships of war in the Our forces were landed under cover of and on October 14th they attacked the A very sharp encounter resulting in the complete defeat of the whose although very is they were in the where they could not be Our forces having destroyed the inland town of marched westwards towards the getting the natives between them and the where the guns of the ships were brought to bear on and they were again and the town of was Registered at the General Poet as a Our troops then Captain Colonel and Captain Forbes were Ten privates were killed and sixteen Further operations were anticipated almost Captain Glover's expedition up the Volta would be ready to start in a few and great things were expected from it. The health of Europeans was although the weather was excessively hot and provisions The special correspondent of the Standard thus narrates the manner in which Captain Freemantle and Colonel MacNeil received their Captain while getting a gun into was hit by a which passed right through his He at once tied a handkerchief round and continued directing the service of the In the meantime the with Colonel had gained ground in the bottom of the when the colonel received a severe wound in the the missile being a jagged cutting out a large piece of flesh and severing two medical aid was at and the bleeding was but not before the colonel had fainted from loss of Sir Garnet has issued the following proclamation all the Tribes and People of the Gold Coast i ye that certain chiefs have harboured and other enemies of the tribes in alliance with her and have supplied them with munition of war and other whereupon I duly summoned them to appear before me. They neglected to attend to my consulted with the Ashantee enemy now at On Tuesday last I moved from here upon and pursued They fancied they could meet me in the In the bush tney were beaten and and are now charred being unwilling that any tribe should be exposed to a like from ignorance of my power to warn all men of what will befall those who are faithless to their country and to their alliance with her 24th We are happy to learn that Commodore Commerell is progressing By advices dated Simon's 14th he was able to be moved in a for a short time in the to a tent on the lawn of the Admiralty Large quantities of supposed to be from internal at the time he was had been brought and this made hi It is now hoped that he will Nothing ceed the sympathy and kindness of his classes at the RUSSIAN OPINION AND THE ASHANTEE The Hill of the vernacular press which has yet appeared on the Ashantee war England boasts of her peaceful but cannot keep up this boast in time of Her present policy is to keep on friendly terms with the but she exhibits a formidable appearance towards the When the French and very powerful engaged in war with each England issued a proclamation to the effect that none of her subjects should interfere in the under her very eyes France was almost trampled to death by her but England did not for a moment regard In the Alabama question there was a fear of coming into bodily contact with America but England got rid of all anxiety by the gift of a large sum of The Russians by gradually stretching out their twelve arms and conquering different kingdoms approached the very doors of England does not believe that they have any and therefore expressed much gladness at beholding their and is exerting herself with a view to strengthen more firmly the ties of good will with this indifference of England to mixing up herself in war is very praiseworthy on the other n we see England chastising the vulgar decapitating the King of and it is then that our devotedness to the English cause since its bravery dwindles into The custom of the ancient and independent sons of India was the contrary of They were at all times prepared to fight with the but despised contending with the The Hill of candidates at Haverfordwest fixed for and the polling for Mon 24th There is reason to believe that the desire of the working men of Glasgow that Mr. Disraeli should address them will be so strongly manifested that the right hon. gentleman will do so. An insult has been offered to the British flag at for which no adequate satisfaction is said to have been A deputation of Licensed Victuallers waited on Mr. Lowe on Saturday to an extension of the hours of Tho Home stated that he would not oppose any proposal for extending the period for remaining open in London till twelve on The horses of Sir William late Chief Justice of the Common were sold at on and realised the following bay gelding 90 ditto 57 black ditto 31 Saddle A brown maw a brown gelding 40 and a brown mare do The sale was under the order of the exec John
