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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1744, 7 March 1874, Page 2

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■raAminmTAW nv> TTTTi 1 . CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT.

THE ASHANTEE WAR— CAPTURE OF COOMASSIE, AFTER FIVE DAYS' FIGHTING.

[ANGLO -AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.]

Bluff, March 6. The Omeo left Melbourne at 6.30 p.m. on the 28th, and arrived at the Bluff at 10 a.m. on the 6th. She bring 30 in the saloon, including 26 of the English Opera Company, and 45 in steerage ; 400 tons carg), 76 horses, 107 rams, for all ports. London, Feb. 21. The new Ministry is officially constituted. First Lord of the Treasury, Mr Disraeli ; Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns ; President of the Council, Duke of Richmond ; Lord Privy Seal, Earl Malmesbury ; Foreign Secretary, Earl Derby ; Secretary for India, Marquis of Salisbury ; Secretary for the Colonies, Earl Carnarvon ; Secretary of War, Gathorne Hardy; Home Secretary, R. A. Cross (?); Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Northcote ; Post-master-General, Lord John Manners; First Lord of the Admiralty, Geo. Ward Hunt. The Marquis of Normanby, Sir Alfred Stephen, Mr M'Culloch. and John O'Shannassey have been appointed Knights Commanders of St. Michael and St. George. Charles Reed the eminent naval con structor has been Knighted. The opening competition of the wool sales was well maintained, and prices well sustained. Greasy descriptions were largely sought. It was determined to hold a series of five sales a year. The corn market is flat ; wheat supplies are abundant. Money easy. Bank rate, three and a half per cent. An influx of gold from Australia is expected. Speculative purchases of New Zealand hemp have caused the recovery of the market, Arrived-rWild Duck, from New Zealand. February 24. The Hon, Robert Bourke has been ap?pointed Under Secretary, fnr Foreign Affairs ; Sir Henry John Selwin Ibbetson, Under Secretary of the Home Department ; and the Right Hon. O. B. Adderley, new President of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Hartington, Chief Secretary of Ireland under the late administration, is to be raised to the peerage. Sir Henry Barkly has been created a Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. The death is announced of Shirley Brooks, the celebrated author and editor of Pmich. Tho Rev. Thomas Binney, late pastor

of Weighhouse Chapel, died, aged seventysix. London, Feb. 24. The German Emperor has written to Earl Russell, acknowledging the receipt of a resolution passed at St. James's Hall, sympathising with him in his conflict with the Ultramontanes. The Emperor states firmly that he is determined to battle with the clerical party without infringing the free exercise of religion. Feb. 25. The following additional Ministerial appointments have been made — First Commissioner of Works, Lord Henry George Gordon Lennox ; Attorney-General, Sir J. B. Karslake ; Solicitor-General, Sir Rich. Baggally ; Chief Secretary for Ireland, Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach ; Joint Secretaries to the Treasury, Abel Smith and Wm. Hartdyke ; Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Bath. The Marquis of Westminster is to be raised to a dukedom. A.n unofficial report has reached the Admiralty, stating that a battle took place on the 3lßt January at Acromboo, lasting twelve hours. The Ashantees lost very heavily, and the British loss was also severe ; several officers were wounded. General Wolseley was a hundred miles from Coomassie, waiting for reinforcements. Madrid, Feb. 25. The Spanish Republicans have recaptured Portugalete, a port town in the Province of Biscay. London, Feb. 26. The following additional appointments to Ministerial appointments have been made :— Diike of Abercorn, Viceroy of Ireland ; the Hon. J. T. Ball, AttorneyGeneral for Ireland ; E. S. Gordon, Lord Advocate for Scotland ; Colonel Taylor, Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster ; Schlater Booth, President of the EducaBoard ; Cave, Judge- Advocate ; General the Hon. Algernon Fulke Egerfcon, Secretary to the Admiralty ; Sir Marsey Copes, Civil Lord of the Admiralty ; Jas. Lowther, Colonial Under-Secretary ; and Lord George Hamilton, Indian Undersecretary. A despatch has been received from General Wolsely, dated Coomassie, Feb. 5, stating that lie had reached there the previous aay, after five days fighting, during which the troops behaved admirablp. The casualties of the British are under 300 killed and wounded. King Koffee Calcalli had left the town, but was located close by, and had promised to visit Coomassie that day to sign a treaty of peace. General Wolsely hoped to commence his return march to the Coast next day, the 6th.