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e : ing them to the subjection of Spain, but felt no ap rehension for the result of such an attempt. The long , ac just ended had been the means of creating for them a nu merous army of well-diSeiplined troops, with which t h e y were confident of being able to resist any force that could be tent against them from Europe. The fortifi cations on the sea coast were repairing with all expedi tion, and the strong hold of Puerto Cabello would, it is a id, be shortly rendered impregnable. Generals PAez and BERMUDEE entered this place on the Ist of De cember, with the brave troops who effected its conquest. The foreign merchants at La Guayra, natives of Spain and of the Canaries, Who have been expelled the coun try by a late decree of the Colombian Government, had petitioned the Intendant to be allowed to prolong their stay a sufficient time to settle their affairs, in which they were joined by several Colombian houses, who were deeply interested in the subject. The nature of the In tendant's reply is not stated. The Venezuela frigate, Bolivar corvette, and a 64-gun ship, sailed from La Guayra on the 19th of December, with military stores for Puerto Cabello, and another frigate with a schooner were taking onboard stores for the same place. In a New York Paper of the 10th ult: under the bead of intelligence from Canada, it is stated that the Legis lature of the Lower Province have passed resolutions, declaring—l. That it is expedient further to regulate by law the commercial intercom se of the Province with the United States. 2. That the illegal importation of tea and East India goods from the United States, is car ried on to an extent highly injut ions to the revenue of the Province; and 3. That the evil cannot be checked by law, and is entirely owing to the great difference in she price of those articles when imported from England, or purchased in the United States. The Legislature had, therefore, further resolved to petition the British Go vernment to authorize direct importations from India, by the inhabitants, through an arrangement with the East India Company, or that they may be permitted to supply themselves from the United States, on the pay ment of a reasonable duty. VIE LATE SIR FREDERICK FLOOD, Ilan The decease of this distinguished character took place at ~11 o'clock on Sunday morning, the Ist instant. Sir FREDERICK FLOOD was Custos Rotulor um of the county of Wexford, which county he represented. He also sat in the Irish House of Commons during three successive Parliaments. Sir Frederick was the descendant of John Flood, Esq. of Flood Hall, in the county of Kilkenny. lie married first Lady Juliana Annesley, sister of the Lite Earl of Mountnorris, who died without issue. He ifieltV3ids married Frances, daughter of the Right Hon. ;,;,- Henry Ci.vendish, Bart. of Deveridge Hall, Derby thile. by whom he has left one child, Frances, wife of Jan ilarsvard Je•sop, Esq. of Doory Hall, county of Longiold, acid York-place, Portman-square, London ; to whom he has bequeathed the whole of his real and peisonal property. He was the oldest bencher and member of the Irish Bar. COURT OF CHAS ChRY.-THIS DAY. QUEENSBERRY CAUSE . The Lou CHAPCILLOII,this morning, on the subject of the ciseesuberry cause, said " I have inquired in the House of Lords, low king the Queensberry cause will take; they told me seven or eint days. The Duke of Queensberry died 14 years ago, sur rounded by debts of all sorts. The ease has been here all that time, and during a great part of it in the Courts of Scotland, and in the Housed Lords. The executors say that they cannot pay anybody, anti) all those debts are settled • during all that time no complaint far delay is made against the Courts in Scotland, or against the Bowe of Lords, bet the poor Court of Chancery taint bear it all." COVERT-GARDEN THEATRE. oust 1/". MIMS. • The Lon Cnsiseenr.os on taking his seat this day, proceeded in dying judgment in the above cause. Alluding to the appointment of a Manager, his Lordship observed that the deed of 1812 did not provide for that, and hence a question would arise of some difficulty. Mr. Lawn said, there was an agreement subsequently made, by which Mr. Harris was appointed. Mr. Hawn—l never heard of that until now. The Losa Cortweattoa.—Well. let that rest for the present. It was not enough for the proprietors of the seven-eighths to say that tinder the deed of 1822, they would meet when they liked, and Mr. Coon might come if be pleased. With respect to the discharge of Mr. Brandon, there was no doubt its his Lordship's mind, that without consulting the whole of the proprietors that could not have been duly done. With respect to the appointment of Mr. Robertson, his successor, Mr. Conn certainly ought to have had notice. To rebut the charge of Mr. Coast, it must be shewn that be bad acquiesced in the proceedings, but that was nut done ; and his Lordship would now recommend to Mr. Robertson to consider how far he was duly appointed, and also whether he could act in any way under the deed of 1822, contrary to the provisions of that of 1812. His Lordship strongly recommended to the parties to settle the matter out of Court; and, alluding to the sum of £l5OO paid to Mr. Harris, observed that he could not conceive that Mr. Robertson would be safe in so doing. His Lordship con cluded, by saying, " If C ovent - gar d en Th eatre w ill come i nto Lin s Inn-hall, there are many who now hear me will sincerely re -1 it. If they sviil not appoint a Treasurer, I must do so ; and recommend them to call a meeting for that purpose, at which whole will have a v o i ce , an d l et me k now t h e resu l t b y Mon d7.y se onight. If they do not agree, the Court will be under the et:essay of doing as I have stated." COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE LIBERAL. Notice having been served on Mr. Hunt that Judgment would he this day moved for, at the instance of the Constitutional Asso. vatton, that Gentleman accordingly appeared in Court. Mr. Anut.ruus moved for Judgment. lhe COURT said, there was other business before it, and ADOLPHUS submitted that Monday might be named. i:be COURT intimated that that day was also full. Air. AsoLtd us sat down, and Judgment stands postponed sinc The tall of HARROWBY entertained Viscount and ~ .otntess GRANVILL; and a distinguished party, to dinner on laursday, at his house, in Grosvenor-square. "J"ae Marquis of LANSDOWN bad a dinner party yes tilLy at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square; among whom were Lord atd Lady KING. Lie Right Honourable the SPEAKER of the House of Ccomons gives a grand Parliamentary Dinner this day, and ano dic: to-moriow, at his tone, Palace-yard. Setretary CANNING will have a grand dinner - Fto-ziorroW, at Gloucester Lodge. C. ELLts, Esq. ftl.P. will give a grand dinner this azy to a distinguished party, at his house in Audley-square. The Earl of ROCKSAVAGE has arrived in town, from tetT. The Earl and Countess of AEINODON and family have l':-7 , 41 at their house in Dover-street. The Earl and Countess of ST. GERMANS and family, 'fie.new4;er Countess of Sr. GIeaSIAINS, and Lard &tor, have e:r:ved in St. James's-spare, from Cornwall. Gowen has arrived in town, from Richmond. Lord BYnoN and the Himont able LEICESTER STAN !"._were re cen tly at Z ante , on a v i s i t to Si r F aEntat ez Stowe., Cqvernov. These intrepid patriots and trivellers were then 14v-4anguine In their lopes for the ultimate sucevas of the cause vi 4 : ()Mks. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Aftet the Opera of Mini, which was well aeted and well received, a new Farce, entitled The Poachers, was performed. It is said to be from the pen of Mr. Pitititc. The Piece involves a series of very comic mistakes, arising from the determination of a certain widowed Countess (Mrs. CIIATTERLEY) to fathom the character of Baron Wolvenstein (Mr. JONES), on whom her bro ther wishes to bestow her hand. She proceeds in mi litary costume to her brother's estate, and discovers that both he and her intended aie unbridled poachers on l, their neighbours' matrimonial manors. She is induced'' , to personate Grizelte, the betrothed of Sourcrout, an I old farmer (Mr. BLANCHARD), who has been guilty of deer-stealing, and she proceeds to the Castle for the purpose of pleading on behalf of her supposed good man. Here much agreeble confusion occurs. The farmer chuckles at the amorous attentions which he sees paid by the Count and Baron to one whom he sup poses to be a young Officer in disguise; but at length, after a good deal of fourberie, the widow is confessed to be the Count's sister, while the Baron is recognized as the brother of the Countess. The Baron, who had of course fallen in love with his si:ter-in•law, is ho noured with her hand, and the piece concludes with a laughable exposition of the delusions under which all the parties had been labouring. It is a lively and spi rited farce; at times a little too luscious in its allu sions, but always full of life and eheerfulness. It went off in the best manner. EDINBURGH. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, FEBRUARY 2. ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. A case came on for trial this day, which seems un paralleled by the recent atrocity in Hertfordshire, and can only be compared to some of the crimes which the busy tongue of rumour had alleged against Thurtell and t his gang. In the present instance, the accused, Thomas Hay, resided in a solitary manner in a house in King street, Leith : no living creature cohabited with him. Having fitted up his inner room as a human slaughter house, he set out one morning in July last, in quest of his intended victim, whom he decoyed to the place of sacrifice, and against whom he aimed the murderous blow; but happily failed in the accomplishment of his diabolical purpose. The prisoner was prosecuted under the Scotch law, that of Lord Ellenborough not extending to Scotland, and stood charged with assaulting, stabbing, and wound ing, with a lethel weapon, Mr. William Moffat, to the effusion of his blood, and with intent to slay him, on the 18th July last, at the prisoner's own house, in King street, Leith. At a former diet, in consequence of a statement by the prisoner's Counsel, that they considered him in an unfit state of mind to be put on his trial, the Court ap pointed a Committee of Medical Gentlemen to inquire into the state of the prisoner's mind. Their report was now delivered in, and it stated that they considered the prisoner to be of sane mind. The indictment having been read, the prisoner pleaded, " I am not guilty, my Lord ; but Mr. Wilson is guilty of rousing me out of my bed this morning, and bringing me here without my breakfast, a state, I pre sume, which no one present is in besides myself." The LORD JUSTICE CLERK told the prisoner that his manner bore evident signs of being affected and pre meditated; and he would just caution him to look more narrowly after his own interests, and to remember that awful situation in which he stood. His plea of " Not Guilty" should be recorded. John Mackay, Esq. Baron Bailie of Leith, was called to identify the declaration of the prisoner. Mr. William Moffatt, wright, in Leith, knew the pri soner. On the 28th of July, he happened to take a walk out as far as Lochend. and, on returning about eight, when about fifty yards from his own workshop,which is situate at the Yardends, Leith, he saw the prisoner standing alone, who, as soon as he saw witness, came towards him, and said he had some repairs to make; witness said he was glad of it ; he asked witness then to go along with him to his house, to see what they were; the prisoner conducted through a bplane from the Yardends, and they proceeded down the lane, to St. Andrew's-street. The prisoner moved on a little below him occasionally, and particularly when in sight of his own house. Witness followed him` up two stairs to his house. When they got in the prisoner shut the door, and locked it ; the prisoner then asked the witness to go into the other room. Witness said all the business they had to do might be transacted where they were. He pressed, and said, 66 Mr. Moffatt, do go in ;" and he went in. Witness observed, on entering the room, "You have got very tasty now; I see you have a car pet, but it is not laid down properly." It was a waxed oil-cloth, turned the red side uppermost, and the sides and corners standing up in front of the chairs and bed, instead of being laid down under them. The prisoner then invited witness to take a glass of spirits, as he had been out that morning; witness at first declined, as he was not used to take spirits in the morning ; but he said he was going to take some himself ; be did so, and wit. ness tasted it out of compliment to the prisoner. The prisoner then said he had bought some property in Edinburgh, and wanted some partitions to be put up in it, as it was too large for him to occupy himself; but that his leg was so painful that he could not go to settle with the person whom he had bought the property of. He repeated this so often that witness thought he wished him to propose to do it for him, and at last offered his services. They sat down; the prisoner took hold of his hands, and said, " You have a stronger hand than I." He seemed rejoiced that the witness had offered hisser vices, and said, if he would write out a receipt for the money he would intrust it to him. Witness, before writing it out, said he should like to know the amount, and prisoner said two hundred and twenty pounds, and gave him twelve twenty-pound notes. Witneas said that was more than was required. The prisoner replied that interest was due on the money, which only left a ba lance of £l7; and if he (witness) would write, he (pri. soner) would dictate the receipt to him. Prisoner turned his back, and appeared to' be looking out of the window, repeating what he wished witness to write in the receipt. Witness objected to the terms, and said he could write a better one himself; the prisoner desired to write one, and they could then compare the two. Witness wrote a receipt, which the prisoner said would do very well, if witness would add, after the amount received 4 the words " from Mr. Thomas Hay, King-street, Leith. Witness did so. The prisoner then asked witness if he could read crampt hand-writings4and witness said lie was not much accustomed to them, but he would try. The prisoner then fetched a letter from a drawer, and witness said it war a crampt hand indeed, it would take him sometime. Theprisoner told him to takalkis time. Wi tneisi after looking it over some time, said, 11 %%MY, you Must have read this °if& before, and are well aca quainted with its contents, I dare § ty; I must now 09 and see what the men are doing." Pritnner insisted on witness; reading it over to him ; witness proceeded with the letters On taking his eyes off, witness saw prisoner unfolding something which witness supposed would be the money; but shortly afterwards witness was surprised to hear a very strong suction .1 breath very near him, and sur prised at hearing it so plain, after having seen the pri soner at such a distance ; looked up, and saw prisoner standing over him, and making a thrust with a knife, which, in attempting to ward off the blow, witness re ceived in his right arm. Witness then collared him, and called him a murdering scoundrel ; and wrestling with him, drove him back against the bed, and held him on the floor, in a trembling state. Witness, in at tempting to take the knife from the F.risoner, cut the leader of one of his right hand fingers, and all the leaders of his left hand; witness haviugsecured the,knife, considered whether it would be best to cry out murder, or to fly to the door; witness did the latter ; and the door being locked and bolted, witness had some difficulty in opeaing it ; this he at last effected, then called for assist ance, and the prisoner was apprehended. A large bock , horn handled carver, stained with blood, was now pro duced in Court. Witness identified the same to have been that which was used upon the occasion ; bad seen no such knife in the room before the attempt was made upon his life. When the police arrived at the dcor of the prisoner's house, it was fastened within side. Wit ness said he would be responsible for anything the police would do ; they then forced an entrance, and appre hended the prisoner. Had previously been acquainted with the prisoner for about three years, and had been in the habit of repairing his property. Never had had any quarrel with him ; had not seen him for a fortnight be fore this event ; witness, on that morning, saw nothing different in his manner from what was usual, and had not the least conception of his being in a state of de rangement. Prisoner drank a glass of spirits and water, but was by no means drunk, either before or after taking it. Witness identified the surtout coat which he had on at the time. It bore marks of blood on the sleeve, and there was the mark of its having been pierced by the knife. "It was St. Giles' -street, not St. Andrew's -street, into which the lane from Yard's-end led them, The wax cloth was turned up in such a manner, that all the blood spilt would have fallen upon it. Several witnesses deposed that they knew the prisoner, who did sot appear to them as an insane person, though somewhat strange and silly in his manner. The prisoner's declaration was now read. Among other things it stated that Mr. Moffat made up to the prisoner in Giles -street, on the morning in question, and accompanied him into his house; that the wound was occasioned by his foot tripping, while he had the knife in his hand cutting bread and cheese with it ; that in falling he upset the table, and cut Mr. Moffat's aim. He (the prisoner) was unable to say where he purchased the knife, shish appeared new, and never to have been used for any other purpose; he was unable to account * for many other circumstances, and refused to answer several pertinent questions. Mr. Coombe, surgeon, stated that lie was called to dress Mr. Moffat's wounds on the morning in question. Does not conceive it probable that these wounds could have been inflicted in the manner described by the pri soner in his declaration. The following evidence was then called by the pri soner's Counsel : Mr. John Harvey. a solicitor in Leith, examined by Mr. ROBERTSON.—Had known Mr. Hay for about four' years. Two years ago he appliclif to him for profes sional advice. He said he had some property, and feared some one was going to take it from him. He said he wished to talk with witness in private ; witness took him into a private room, where he opened his story ; it was very inconsistent ; and witness felt convinced the prisoner had no property whatever, and that he was operated on by some delusion. The prisoner was ad mitted !into the Corporation of Weavers. A member c:pressed his surprise at the prisoner being introduced, observing, that he was only likely to be a burden to their funds; witness was of the same opinion. Witness afterwards discovered that he had property, because he conveyed some from him to a client. Witness thought him of a sound mind, though he considered him a weak mar., and that there was a great deal of mental imbe cility about him. Mr. Steadman, - merchant-tailor, Leith, had known the prisoner for fourteen or fifteen years past. His disposi tion was quite simple and innocent. Witness really thought he was not in the full possession of his intel lects, and considered him of so silly a nature as to af ford game for his people, rather than anything el,e. From his infancy upwards he might sometimes have been called " Daft Hay." The Loan ADVOCATE then addressed the Jury on the part of the Crown, and contended that the evidence proved this to have been a premeditated attempt at murder. Mr. P. Roscarsog addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and ably contended for his insanity. The LORD JUSTICE CLERIC summed up the evidence, An d the Jury, after about a minute's deliberation, without re tiring, returned a verdict by the mouth of their Chancellor, J. W. Brougham, Esq. unanimously finding the prisoner Guilty of the crimes libelled. _ . The LORD JUSTICE ark: pronounced the sentence of the Court, that on Wednesday, the 18th instant, the prisoner be puhlicly whip ped nn his naked hack, through the streets of Leith, which he had disgraced by his crimes ; and that he be afterwards trausp..rted be yond the seas for fourteen years from this date. The prisoner, after the admonition of the Loan Justice Cr.mix, at an early part of the proceedings, continued in a real or counterfeit stupor, seldom exhibiting any signs of animation, except when he bad recourse to his snuff-box. His appearance was pale and sickly, and he walked lamely out of Court. QUEENSBERRY LEGATrE= understand that the Queensberry Appeals are specially appointed to come on in the House of Lords on Monday next, and it is stated that the Loan CUANCELLOIL has been pleased to say, that he will sit, de die in tent, until they are finished. DEATH OF AI AUSHA L WREDE.—A letter from Stock holm, dated January 20, states, that Field-Marshal Waaox had died at the age of 63, after a long and painful illness. Letters from Oporto of the 20th of January mention a very unjust proceeding by the Camara of that place towards the merchants. By the existing law respecting the importation of corn, foreign wheat was admitted, if the price of the Alquive was 1,000 reas; and the ace rages are taken weekly. The return of the 10th of Ja nuary was below, but that of the lith above, the pre scribed price; the Camara, however, of their own au- thority, annulled the latter average, and the merchants, consequently, who had large carg'oes waiting at Vigo, could not being them to Odorto. Sitocxxso Aceroxim—About five 'o'clock !his morning, three thieves broke into au oil-shop in Iloundsditch. An alarm w a s g i veu by the cry of " Fire! Thieves !" The servant girl, who slept on the third story, on hearing the cry of " Fire !" instamly jumped out of the window, and on assistance coming to her, alit was found dead ; the body was carried to the workhouse. A young man in the house fired et one of the thieves, who unfortunately escaped, alter haii his bat shot through, which is now iu the patina man's possessian.- AU . PAL INT RL . LiCENC4. Thri Jane, Cdtinta, weir *reeked in Tattle iElayi Cape of Gooti Hope, during a gale on the 102 d November. The Braibford, Briano, from Bombay, had arrived at the Cap e of Good Holie, leaky, and it was soppoied Would be Obliged tti dig charge part of her cargo. The Manta*, lately arrived at Portsmouth, reached Glbiaitar on the 19th Janudry, and Sailed again the 25th. The NALAH frigate, Honourable Captain *recta, having completed her provision)* Gibraltar, sailed thence on the 19th January, with secret ordeni, is did also the CAMELEON, 10-gun sloop, Captain J. R. BURTON. The Mama was released from quarantine on Thursday. The Vurronv, 100 guns, was commissioned at Portsmouth on Nionday, by Captain CHARLeS Nous, and is ordered to be fitted as a guardship, for the flag.of Admiral Sir G Wittig MARTIN, who will succeed to the command at this port about the 25th of Manch— Lieutenants J. Nl' DONAL% S. KENTISH, F. Aretzar, G. S. Duo, W. Hats, J. T. T. Dixos, and U. Lawai+, and Mr.JoHwlticHaans, Purser, are appointed to her. Captain Sir W. Wisratax, Bart. Lieutenants W. B. APCLiteroce, and M. T. Baowstuoc, and Mr. H. 11. H. Lose, Purser, are ap pointed to the SAMAIIANO, 38 guns, ordered to be commissioned at Portsmouth for a foreign station; Lieutenant E. Hasorirtb is ap pointed to the BLANCHE; Lieutenant P. I. BLAKE, to the Twerp; the liev. S. W. Roarass, late of the SSIIIKOAPATAM, to be Chaplain of the PHAKTHR; and :Vt.. J.Wl:llr, to be Purser of the JAspisit. The Mow, 26 guns, Captain. H. &rya ter, sailed front Ports mouth on Monday for Bermuda and Halifax. On Tuesday, the STaninro cutter, Lieutenant C. F. Teases., on a eruize. On Wed nesday, the RANGER, Captain FISHER; and on Thursday, the JASPER, Captain A. D. Y. Atsummarr, to the Westward, to eruize against smugglers. The SCPISCAPATAM, 46-gun ship, was paid off' at Portsmouth on Thursday, by C..ptain S. WARREN, and laid i.p in ordinary. The Lamm, tender to the QUEEN Cnattarrtr, sailed front Ports mouth on Friday, for nyinnuth, with nuluey for the Pay Office. FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY s.—Wind S.W. Arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet, from the Mediterranean—sailed from Corfu the .24th December, Malta, 30:11, Gibralt...r, 25th January, and ft oat Cadiz, 26th January. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY s.—Wind W.—Arrived the Maria, GREEN SLADE; and Antelope, Fanner, front London; and Phyleria, lliu., from Newcastle for Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 6.—Wind S.W.— Sailed Lis :t.Ljesty's ship CALLIOPE, on a eruize. Ships at Spithead PHArrotX and Carmors. In then - liar QUEEN CHARLOTTE, VICTORY, ALSTON. JCPITF:R, TwEED, SPARROW HAWK, PANIX)RA, GRAtsHoPritil, ARACHNE, CYGNET, and PLOVER. DEAL, FEL 6.—Wind N.W.—The West india packet, fil yea°, fot Jamaica, came out of Ramsgate harbour this morning and has sailed, with the:Henry Davison, Salacia, London packet, and several others. Came down from the River, the Weilington, ALLEN, fur Jamaica; Segar, HOARE, for Berbice; and Nicolas, CARLISLE, fur St.Thomas's. Arrived and remain, the Highlander, from the Westward; and Lady Combermere, front ditto; Cape packet,—, front the Mau ritius; anti ilehry Wellesley, LUKE, from he South Seas. The Alfred, Dominica, Clarkson, Pyrennees, Topaze, and Segar, remain. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 5. —Wind S.W. —At rived the General Brown, SHARP, from Charleston—sailed 15th January; Manning, SHORT, front Catania; I'etrell, CARES, front P..roina ; Lady Dou glas, McKvaszis, front St. John's, New Brunswick; Stanley, —, front Malta; and Cleaner, KERR, from Oporto. COWES, Fens ttAR.Y G.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Rhoda, Buasar, from Buenos Ayres in eighty•five days, for orders. CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 6. Slurs Exraarn rawAttos—The Vigilante, Junge (knit, Wilhet. mina, Elizabeth, and Flora, from Rotterdam ; Troii Antis, and Hoop, front Antwerp ; Robert, and Triton, from Oitend ; I larriet, from St. ; Caledonia, from Aquilas; Betsey, from To bago; and Orpheus, from Smyrna. ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Vine, for Caen ; Union, and spring, for .12sineur ; Esper.ince, for Antwerp ; Oporto packet, for Per nambuco; Rambler, for Teneriffe ; Belina, for Demerara; and Elizabeth, for Dublin. CI.EA Outwaans—TheCaroline, for Batavia ; Dart, for Sierra Leone; Sir Joseph Banks, for Jamaica ; George, for Havanna; Hope, fur Barbadoes ; and Reward, for St. Vincent's. UNIVERSITY and CLLR; CAL INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, FEBRUARY 6. The late Dr. Smith's Annual Prizes of £'2s each, to the two best proficients in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy among the commencing Bachelors of Arts, were on Friday last adjudged to Mr. John Cowling, of St. John's College, and Mr. James Bow stead, of Corpus Christi College, the first and second Wranglers. At the Congregation on Wednesday L. t, John atitskell, Esq. of Sidney College, was admittrd Liachei,.: of Arts. PRIZRS.—The subjects for the present year are. for the Senior Bachelors--" An tecentium ingenii vim insitam veterum Poetarum ezemplarla prnmovent ?"—Middle Bachelors." Quznarn potissimum calls= Tragicx Catncenz aped Latinos offecerint ? ' PORSON PRME.—The passage fixed upon for the present year is— Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Scene I. beginning with—Portia: " (If a strange nature is the suit you follow." And ending with—Shylock " The penalty and forfeit of my bond."— , The metre to be Tragicum lambieum Trirnetrum Acatalecticum. OXFORD, FEBRUARY 7. Saturday, January vl, the following Degrees were conferred: 'MASTERS Or ARTS.—Edward Everett, Balliol College; Rev. Robert Litler, Brasennose College. BAcusa.mts or ARTS.—Alezatider Goode, Pembroke College; St. Vincent Keene Hawkins Whitshed, Esq. Christ Cl.urch ; Tho mas Henderson, Student of Christ Church ; Augustus Short, Stu dent of Christ C hurch ; George Augustus Legge, Student of Christ Church ' • Granville John Penn, Christ Church ; Hon. John George Charles Fox Strangways, Christ Church; Robert Wickhatn Christ Church ; Scrope blihter Culquitt, Brasennose College; ildward Duncombe, Brasennose College. . . Friday bennight, being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First, the Latin Speech was delivered in the Senate House by the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, M.A. of Corpus Christi College. ECCLESIASTICAL. PROMOTIONS. The Rev. William Burrough Cosens, of Wensley, has been pre sented to the Rectory of Munkton-Farley, Wilts, by the Bishop of Salisbury. Tuesday last, the Rev. A. Grayson, M. A. having being previously presented by the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, was ad nutted Principal of St. Edmund Ilan, with the usual ceremonies, by the Rev. Dr. Hall, Vice-Chancellor. The Rev. A. P. Kelly, M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, is presented by the Bishop of Chichester to the Living of Litt!champion. Monday se'nnight, the Rev. Hugh Ralph, M.A. of London, was elected Minister of the Scotch Church, Oldham -street, Liverpool The 15eh ult. the first Associate Congregation of Sunderland gave a most harmonious call to Mr. Alex. Shaw, preacher. Rev. Charles Bradley, of High Wycombe, is presented to the Rectoty of Glassbury, in Brecunshire, by the Bishop of Gloucester. The Rev. Thurgar, of Nurv:ich, is elected Curate of High Wycombe. Rev. It. Lumley, to the Vicarage of Sheriff Ilutton, Yorkshire. Rev. G...orge Norris was at the last Wells Sessions appointed Chaplain to the Wilton House of Correction. Rev. C. R. Hutchinson, to the United Vicarages of Ileddington ' cum- Firle, Sussex, vacant by the death of the Archdeacon of Lewd. Wednesday, the Rev. John Whitford, Clerk, was imtituted to the Rectory of Stratford Saint Andrew, iu Suffolk, on the presentation of the King. The Rev. John Kinaban, A.M. to be Rector of Kuockbreda, vacant by the death of the Rev. fslervyn Pratt. Dutch Papers to the sth instant have arrived. They bring intelligence from &. Peteriburgh to the middle of January, at which time nothing'but fetes and masque- Tildes were going on. The teruperattne of the weather was extremely mild, and what would be deemed a blessing in other countries was considered a great incon venience as the want of frost interrupted the communib cations with the internal parts of the Empire, or ren dered them very precarious. Bogota Gazettes to a late date contain an intercepted dispatch from Morales, the Royalist Chief, in which be states positively that Spain, with her means alone, can irever recover the Colonies; and from the projects of laws to be submitted to the Colombian Congress in 1824, it is evident that the conduct of the Independents will be s'rch as to ensure their own felicity, and the respect iif Europe. To facilitate the commercial intercourse between Russia and Poland, a general Agent . has been ap pointed, who is to reside at Warsaw , and Is Immediately under the Minister of Finance. This post is conferred en Major-General Lange, hitherto Director of the Cus -Itoms fo: Poland and Russia.