We republish from the Times, an article explaining the telegrams which have lately reached us, of an attack by the Ashantees on our possessions in Upper Guinea, What was the origin of their invasion does not appear; but they seem to have beaten back the tribes friendly to us who opposed their advance, to have found sympathy among the population of the districts lately transferred to us by Holland, and to hold the few troops at present on the West Coast, nearly blockaded in the several, stations, So closely are the English pressed, that they have had to destroy the town' of Elmina, and to retire within the fort, where an attack was daily expected. A correspondent of the Times writes from Sierra Leone, that this step was taken because the Elminas had continued actively to aid the Ashantees, supplying them with arms and ammunition, "Pwo or three days before the destruction of the town, a party of Ashantees openly came into the streets of Ehnina and were supplied by the inhabitants with all they required. When the Calabar on the morning of the 16th passed by Elmina, the town was still burning, and the boats from the men-of-war firing on it. Before taking this step a proclamation was issued offering shelter in the Castle of Elmina to all loyal people who where willing to take the oath of allegiance. The town, which was of some size and well-built, afforded good shelter to any force advancing to attack the Castle. Its population was probably about 10,000 people before the war began,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.