§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made by the Coomassie relief column; and will he state what number of persons escaped from the fort with the governor, and how many reached Cape Coast Castle.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINAccording to the latest information, Colonel Will-cocks was at Bekwai, about twenty miles from Coomassie, on the 12th instant. It will be seen, on reference to the telegrams from Sir. F. Hodgson which were published in the newspapers on the 7th and 10th instant, that the column which left Coomassie was 600 strong, including twenty-six Europeans, and was accompanied by 700 carriers, and that on the way to the coast seven men were killed, and two officers and some more men died of their wounds or were missing. The exact number of those who reached Cape Coast is not stated.