SIR E. ASHMEAD-BAETLETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information as to the arrival of British reinforcements at Coomassic, and any further intelligence regarding the rising in Ashanti.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN, Birmingham, W.)I have received no further news from Coomassie of later date than that which was published last Monday (the 7th instant); but there is no reason to think that the garrison is in any danger of being overpowered, and I hope that the outbreak will be suppressed as soon as the further reinforcements now on the way arrive.