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Vi a' "it AA.r "•;;Z4i' . FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoik, dated Tuesday.l VIENNA. FEB. 19. The Audriea °Wert?r of to-day contains the following article: CONSTANT I XOPI.F.. JAN. fa. The news of the landing of sevetal thousand men of the Egyp. flan army at Modon (in the Morn), must have originated, it vents, in some false or ill-understood report, though it was trans mitted to the Porte by the Paella of Smyrna hiniscit. Ibrahim Pacha, it should seers, has detached some vessels to Modon and Cornn, but there are no troops on hoard these vessels Ibrahim himself is gone to Rhodes, to fetch the artilkry, ammoni. our. and troops that he left there, and to convey them to Suds in Candle, where he will make preparations fur a real expedition. Should not writers who value the good opinion of their readers be at length tired of these eternal announcements of the prepora tiers of the Mussulmans, who, for these four years and a half. hate been constantly beaten and humbled by the Greeks ?--Note of Ed. of the Etotle. Omer Pacha has set out with his troops from Arta towards Joan. v a ries, whence it is inferred lie refuses to obey the order of the Sultan to go to Salonichi. It this be the case, there is nothing for pint to do but formally to join the Insurgents. As for the troubles in the interior of the More*, the Gazettes of Hydra represent them as entirely appeased. Several chiefs of the switch have taken flight. (Frain the Cost-rite Fcan:nis of Monday.] CONSTANTIWOTI.F., JAN. 25. The news which the Divan spread concerning the disembarka tion of Ibrahim Pitch* in the Mores, with a numerous body of Egyptian troops, has not been at all confirmed. It is on the con. rare well known that that Chief has been constrained, by want of provision!, to quit the port of Soda, with the greater part of the vessels he had left ; but it is not yet known where he has gone to. Some say he has gone to take in provisions at Rhodes ; others, that Ise has returned to Alexandria. All the letters from the Mores mmtian the tranquillity which at present exists in the Peninsula, and of the total annihilation of Colucotrones party ; bat that the fate of that Chieftain himself is uncertain. MAIIIIII3, FES. 17. Thanks to the medical knowledge of M. Castello, his Majesty is now not only out of danger, but in full enjoyment of his health. It is hoped that the important service which this enlightened phy sician has rendered the King on this occasion. will contribute to meliorate the fate of those whose political opinions have, as upon him, drawn so much persecution. This hope, however, may be soon put an end to. According to news received by Government from Cadiz, and from General O'Donnell, who commands the troops encamped at St. Roch, it seems to be feared that :he refugee Spaniards assem bled at rangier would make some new attempt. The fact is, that troops have been just desp atched to Ceuta and St. Roch. M. Villahermosa, who has lately had several conferences with 31. Zee Bermudez, is about to take his station as Ambassador at Lisbon, althoughehe leave of absence he has been spending with Ins family is npt yet expired. For several days past there has been a report of a great disagreement between the Court of Lisbon aLd ours, because our refugees find shelter in Portugal. These reports tally with what we hear front Badajoz : we have letters from that place which inform us that it has just been put on war _regulations, and that, in order to mount the artillery on the ram parts, the inhabitan :5 have been constrained to assist personally io that operation. It seems that General Quesada, to whom the fanatics had -already giten the command of the army which is to threaten Por. fugal, has, all at once, fallen under the displeasure of Government. lie has just been sent off to Valencia. The Commandant of that place, Al. de Bassecourt, is promoted to the government or Gra nada. It is not known whether this General owes hls promotion to Iris ballads or proclamations ; but it is well known that he has shewn an equal capacity fur both. AMERICAN PAPERS. Last night we received American Papers to the 9th ult. They contain no political intelligence of interest. The 9th of February was fixed for the two Houses of Congress going into convention, in order to ascertain the votes of the veers! States for President and Vise-President of the United States. Mr. Clay, owe of the candidates for the Presidency, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, has brought before that House the conduct of Mr. Kremer, a Member from Pennsylvania, who had published certain statements reflecting on the character of Mr. Clay. The latter, in his communication to the House, prayed for the anointment of a Select Committee to itivestiete the charges, and which was accordingly appointed. fhe fol lowing are the objectionable statements published by Mr. Kremer, in a letter to the Editor of the Colombian 05serve : III"Fer some time past the friends of Clay have hinted that they, like the Swan, would fight for those who would pay best. Oyer urn were said to have been made by the friends of Adams, . ‘ to the friends of Clay, offering him the appointment of Secre tary of Stitt, for his aid to elect Adams. And the friends of Clay gave this information to the friends of Jackson, and hinted, that if the friends of Jackson would offer the same price, they scald clove with them. But none of the friends of Jackson mid descend to such mean barter and sale. It was not believed by say of the friends of Jackson that this contract would be ratified by the Members from the States who had voted for Mr. Clay. "I woo of opinion, when I first heard of this transaction, that tom professing any honourable principle could not, nor would not, be transferred like the planter does his negroes, or the farmer his team and horses. No alarm was excited—we believe the Republic vat safe. The nation having delivered Jackson into the hands of Cmpess. backed by a large majority of their votes, there was on no mind no doubt that Congress would respond to the will of the Orion, b 7 electing the individual they had declared to be their "Ails. Contrary to this expectation, it is now ascertained to al • "'lint! that Henry - Clay has transferred his interest to John Q .itri Adams. As a consideration for this abandonment of duty to his Constituent., it is said and believed, should this unholy coalnion prevail, Clay is to be appointed Secretary of State." A letter from Washington of the sth says—"'That it 1 14 the prevailing opinion at the seat of Government, tliat nothing of importance will result from the investiga tion of the Committee appointed by the House, and that the affair would terminate without personal injury to either InrU." The Secretary of the Treasury has given notice, that the tie Per cent. stock of 1815 will be paid off on the Ist of April next. lFrom the New York 3fercantik Advertiser.] A letter Was received at New York on the 4th from Baltimore, written at the moment of the departure of the mail , stating that a 7i"t had just reached there that Mr. Clay had been shot in a vel with Dr. Darlington, nf Pennsylvania, formerly a 31ember ''' Gruen. The Philadelphia Papers of the 4th do not, however, l'ilide to any such occurrence. tame idea may be entertained of the prostrate state °Commerce i! tipa.n, when it i s k nown , f ro m the authority of the Cadiz 6 :'-ults, that the insurance premium at Cadiz, to the West Indies a d . iiie Mexican Coast, is 40 per cent.; and the mere coasting toadto Benicia, the Asturias, and Biscay, is as high as 26 per nett Mr. Appleton, Secretary to the American Legation to Spain, rived Li town last evening via England. in the packet ship knells, f rom L iverpool, with despatches for Government. ) A letter from Chili, written in October, states that the Pope's , _, 'ili'llii, dissatisfied with the late measures of Government, in '77: to Friars, C onvents , &c. and despairing of being able to 7t e in that country any longer, even spiritually, subject to Me Pnre his master, had asked for his passports, which were Erich aid he bad departed to resume his functions near the .rir Allis:w e , ..the Covenment of Chili, in order to raise money to meet the Hires! a ibeir loan in London, have granted a monopoly to a Company for the term of ten years, of tobacco, spirits , wines, tea, 7!.!ilrite cards ; mine of these articles can therefore be imported , T ture except by the monopolists. The act has caused much ale :aasfaetion. The Foreign Money Market was yesterday very buoyant. The south American Securities, as might naturally be ex- Prtad, in consequence of the surrender of Cantarac, all ad ,_.'"ced in price. W e h ave se ld om seen more business 'airlic• Colombian Bonds went up to 911 New Mexican 4 1 1 3 1,2 3 as high as 411 ; an d B raz ili an S cr ip recovered rn nit decline of the previous day, and took its old sta k,4anjf New Greek Scrip was I and the Old 1 7' 0 "us SII 44. I. The buatl e in the Foreign Market caused by success rendered the business in English Secun- JWa mare than usually dull. Consols for money were done at • and the account pri were 9 t and 93i. The "arts, particularly those connected with South America, I Zlnnsed y esten l ay :—Pasco Peruv i ans were at 374, an d a s Z ereT e'Y ghbd to see the Irish Bank Shares at a pre mium 9, and the Hiberni a n Joint Stock Company at 44. Th— shaernew Mexi can Company came out yesterday, and the d? w we re very soon done as high as 12. They after reached for a short time 15, and subsequently con -0%4,1 steady at 14. The applications for Shares in this l t "'cern were, we bear beond precedent, even in Lese times or speculation and en y terpri all se. The number of err rr:e:ved would not, if the request of all the appli ;l4 had ball complied with to be enrolled as shareholder+ , ~zr4 r , 1 , 4 more th an one s h are a nd a half to each indi !h. .•, rhe Shares are very much sought after, even at • prem ium they now _bear. We understand that s iplation. _ There • -7 LIBERATION OF PERU. At lengtlt all doubts are removed respecting the successes of Bolivar and tile fate of Peru. The Lion cutter has ar rived from Uartliagena at Plymouth, and the Captain set off immediately rot London, where he arrived in eighteen hours. By this euniteyance a letter has been received from General Souhlette, dated Carthagena, Jan. 13, enclosing the Official Gazette, of which the following is a transla tion :—• - W THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. The following is an official copy of the Resolutions passed in Committee yesterday morning by the House of Commons:— I. That it appears to this Committee, by cert tin Acts passed in the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland respectively, certain declarations and affirmations are required to be made, as qualifica tions fur the enjoyment of certain offices, franchises, and aril rights therein mentioned. 2. That such parts of the said oaths as require a declaration to be made against the belief of Transubstantiation, or that the invo cation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other Ssint, and the sacrifice of the mass. as used in the Church of Home, are super stitious and idolatrous, appear to this Committee to relate to opinions merely speculative and dogmatical, not affecting the allegi ance or civil duty of the subject, and that the same may, therefore, safely be repealed. 3. That it appears to this Committee, that in several Acts passed in the Parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland respectively, a certain oath, commonly called the Oath of Supremacy, is required to be taken as a qualification for the enjoyment of certain offices, franchises, and civil riAhts, therein mentioned. 4. That in the sai d oath and declaration is contained, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, ought to have any jurisdiction, power, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within these realms. b. That it appears to this Committee, that scruples are enter tained by his Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects, with respect to taking the said oath, merely on account of the word " Spiritual" being inserted therein ; and that for the purpose of removing such scruples, it would be expedient to declare the sense in which the said word is used, according to the injunction issued by Queen Elisabeth, io the that year of her reign, and recognised in the Act of the fifth of her reign, and which, as explained by the 37th of the Articles of the Church of England, imports merely that the Kings of this Realm should govern all estates and de grees committed to their charge by Ood, whether they be eccle siastical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil doer. 6. That it is the opinion of this Committee, that such act of repeal and explanation should be accompanied with such excep tions and regulations as may be found necessary for preserving unalterably the Protestant succession to the Crown, according to the Act for the further limitation of the Crown. and better se curing the rights and liberties of the subject, and for maintaining inviolate the Protestant Episcopal Church of England and Ire land, and the doctrine, government, and discipline thereof; and the Church of Scotland, and the doctrine, worship, government, and discipline thereof; as the sante are by law respectively tablished. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. Wind S.E.—High Water, S l minutes past 7. Arrived the Lagrange, from Virginia; Aurora, from New York; Bibby, from Dublin; Catherine. from Killoygh ; Flying Fish, from St. Michael's; Hope, from Glasgow; Aurora, from New Or leans; Lucias, and Two Friends, from Charleston; Lady Douglas, from St. John'i, N.B. ; Preston, from Dublin ; Lilly, from Bel fast ; Java, and Stag, from Glasgow ; Star. from Belfast ; Liffey, from Dublin. Off, the Corinthian (packet ship), from New York. Also, at half-pist five o'clock, two ships and nine brigs. Arrived last night after post, the Halcyon, from Virginia; Mars, from Dundee; Preston, from Dublin; Nile, and Fairy, from Ipswich; Perseverance, from Halifax; Diamond, George Pon earthy, Marquis Anglesea, Hibernia, Marquis Ely, Rarer, and Hope, front Wexford; Mary Ann, froni Dundalk; Varwsgteng, from Harlingen; Eliza, from Isle of Man. Coffee has been sold at high prices again to-day —say Ss. a 61. and some speculation. The cotton market is lively, but not so much doing as on the preceding days. Molasses are higher. CORN MARKET, TUESDAY, 31,ascn 1. GRAIN. Wheat pm Bushel 701b.—English -- -- - 9 6 a 10 10 Scott* - 9 0 a 10 0 Irish - - 9 0 a 10 G Dantzie (in bond) . 4 8 a 7 I Pomeranian _ , 4 8 a 7 0 Petersburgh and Riga 4 C a 7 0 Oa* per Bushel of 451b.—Irish Potato - 1 6 a 3 9 English,Seoteh&Welsh 3 B • 311 Common 21. a 11 lower. - Darlisr per 001b.—English - 5 6 a 4 9 Irish - - - 5 3 a 5 6 Oatmeal per 3401b.—Engluh - 31 0 a 33 0 Irish - - . 20 0 a 32 0 Flour per 2001b.—English - - 53 0 a 55 0 Irish - • 52 0 a 54 0 American per 1361 b. (sweet) 0 0 a 0 0 Ditto . (In bond) 24 0 a 26 0 Danteic . - 0 U a 0 0 Foreign. free 0 0 • 0 0 Beans per Quarter—English . . 46 0 a 52 0 Irish - . 42 0 • 46 0 Foreign - 0 0 P. pet Quarter—English, White - 0 0 a 0 0 Ditto Grey 0 0 a 0 it Foreign - - .11 _ . O a 0 0 The demand for Grain"continued limited until Friday, when some parcels of Wheat were taken on speculation ; since when the transactions have been considerable, at an advance of W. a 9d. on Wheat, 2d. a 3d. on Oats ; other articles are held higher, and the market to.day closed at the advance. IMPOITID TROY Tilt flia TO TUT 28TIFI TIBRI:AkT, INCLUSIVE. Wheat . . 9,064 qrs. I Peas - 136 qrs. Oats . • • 15,352 I Flour - - • 2,330 sacks. Barley 76.5 Do. (American) 1,0011 brio. . . Rye • I 0 Oatmeal - 506 leads. Ex IPOITID—Peas 8 qrs.—Flour 250 brls. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, blancs I. SHIPS ZYTIAZD INWAIDI.—The William and Henry, Francis, from Alexandria; Fame, Amoyl, from Ilamburgh ; Abrinca, Mika's, from St. lichaers ; Elisabeth, Sky, from aot tenburgli; Sincerity. Smith, from Jersey ; Six Si s t ers , Cl ar k, f rom St. Michael's , Wellington, Thomas. from Dundalk. ENTERED OUTW•ADS.—The Janes, Wilson, fur Elsineur and St. Petersburgh ; %Verret; Hastings. Rawes, for China; L'Espoir, Emens, for Rouen ; Laurel, Dunlop, for Cape Ilaytien ; Caledonia, Clown, for Port au Prince. CLIAIED OCTWAIDS FINALLY AT CRAVESTXD.—IIiptio. menu, Ross. for St. Übe*, and Cape de Vend; (lope, Ormiston, for flamburgh ; Frau Dorothea, Gilberts, for ditto. Cr.xantwo Out wartiss.—Critis, M•Manus, for New York; St. Mary, Burton, for Madeira. Barhadom, and Jamaica ; Fame, Ilatrield, for Hamburgh ; Sophia, Rae, for Tampico (lilexico ; Naiad, llempseed, for Almeira; Comet, Ormiston, for Madeira, Teneriffe, and Quebec. LAI . r IlfTrier.LlGTA'elL COURT OF COMMON P1.E.4, WIDNESDAT, 41a.1a4t Before the CHIEF JuartCE and a Special Jary. ItOrtGAW r. LAMBERT. • Mr. Sergeant PE LL stated the pope to the Jury, and said it wet an action brought by the plaintiff. a bile girl, named Ann Matilda Morgan, for an injury occasioned her by the negligence of the defendant's coachman. The father of the plaintiff was a baker, and the defenßant was proprietor of a Madman and Poplar siege. On the 20th of July. last the plaintiff was coasting the Commercial.. mad, with another little girl, ecnoipg frompcbool, at five o'clock in the evening. The defendant's couch. happened to be driving up at the time, ran against the children,threw one of them down, the wheel passed over her thigh, broke it, cnd the coqsequenee would be—her remainino a cripple for,life. lie would call witnesses who would prove the defendant', coachman wan on his wrong side of the toad at the time of the accident, although he was called out to previously i but not in time ft; him to draw up till too late. This case required po cdtnment, and hc should leave it in theit hand?, as parents. to say what damages they would give. The following witnesaea were then called : Charles l'ineyard—Witness was ahopman to 3'r. Whole hopse was exactly opposite the spot where the accident happened. tie house was sometimes called Bromley IjOUte. it was • cheese monger's and grocer, shop. Witnem wan :n the shop at the Mao of the accident. The stage Ina ease to the shop. It era, coming from London, on its wrong side or the way. Saw a man just &trove the stage coach ; he was opposite Demers-street. Witness particularly observed the coach was cur.:no very near to the pave mem. The coachman's attention was called to the man who was cross.ng the mad to the foot-path. He was veto near the pole of the coach. This was nearly opposite Mr. Gallus' house. At the same moment lie saw the children ;,they were then about sit yards from tbe,eoach. Did not at first cb.erve rehnse the children were coming from. They were pbout ten feet from the pavement, on the side of he way 3lr. Gillins' house wan. When the itttimtion of the coachman was called to them, he called oat to them " boy. - The coach proceeded on its way, and the children were fraseked down by the horses. The fore wheel pealed over the thigh of one of them ; send upon the coachman's pulling up his hoesea, it re. passel. There were soon/zees on the outside of the coach. It was about five o'clock on the 20th of July. The children, after the accident, .were brought ie!to the witness's shop. The troachmen stopped to see whit was the spatter. The road it . gravelled on the aides. but is paved with granite in the centre. It is about or fits feet in width .where the, accident happened.. There was a sewer °pole! or: the opposite side of the way. The stied` oetnpied, per. haps, one-third of the width of the road. There wan cothing to prevent the coachman keeping on her proper side qf dread t there were no carriages nor °that , impediment in the *mad, except the sewer. After the accident the defendant called ma Mr. Online. He did not direttly address himself to witness, Sett witness was present whilst he asked Mr. and Mrs. Gillins in what manner the accident had happened. l'pon whirls hg was told In the same manner witness had just related it. When defenaant had heard it, he asked what business the coachman had to be so near the curb stone, on his wrong vide of the mad. Other conversation pseud, but witness did not notice it, as he was attending to bit work. gentleman had since applied to witness to shCv him the sp ot , th at he might measure the ground. Did not know the semicolon's name. Cross-examined—When the accident happened,, he was in th , ;hop, but was not attending to his business. Mrs. Gillins saw the• accident, but Mr. Oillins did not. The children were crossing from the opposite side of the way. fled every fncility for steins: them. There were waggons In the road, Iguo not near the children; they did not pass under a waggsn ; when witness first saw then thee was no waggon near ; there was no waggon between him and them to interrdpt his view at the time the accident happened. Witness swears the .coachman called out to the children. It was the coachman himself that called out, and not a passenger ; at that moment the chiidten were just coming off the paved part of the road ; there were abdut seven yards between the paved part and the foot-path. The coachman Was driting at the nsurt pace t did nut consider it to be fast ; there was only one pair of horses is the coach ; the children were about eight year! of years; the chil dren did pot run backwards or forwards, but walked straight on ward withcut altering their pace. It was the horses kmeketi them down. Re-examined--Cllirly saw the nati . .re of the accident. Cross-examined by the (1411:* Jutrtciii—The children were reading in a book as they walked along. One of them had het arm thrown ovet the otht‘t's shoulder. Mrs. (idling was in her shop at the time of the imii.ent. confirmed the material facts peeved by the last witnesc. Philip Bloodman—Witness has been carman to Kerrison and Co. for many years. On the day in question he was coming to wards London on his proper side of the road. He saw the coach coming up and called out to the coachman, but too late to prevent the accident. Witness lifted the child up, and gave her won the hands of a person who took het into the lut witsess's shop. There was no carriage near the place at the time. In other respects he confirmed the evidence of the former witness. Cross-examlned—There Ives nothing like a waggon either before or after witness. Witness can see before him, if he looks, and behind him too, If he turns round. (A laugh.i The toad is newly straight, with nothing to impede the view for two hundred or thus hundred yards. There was nothing in sight when the accident happened. The children crossed right before his heroes' head. Don't think his leader was nearer than two yards to the coach. The coachman pulled Op his horses directly the child was thrown down. witness called to the coachman. the children was already down ; don't think the coachman saw the children. Mr. Illingay was on the coach at the time. Ile confirmed the general account already given, and added, that the coachman could not go on his proper side on account of the sewer. 11r. O. Ilammack—lVitness was a surs•eyor. He tneasured the width of the carriage-road, and found it to measure fifty-three feet. It was divided into three parts. On each aide there was ravel ; in the centre was a granite pavement measc . ring about twenty feet ; on the south side there were about eighteeh feet of gravel, and OM the north aide about fourteen feet. Ihe beginning of the robbisit of the sewer is in an angular direction, eighty feet from the shop. The rubbish extended three feet on the paved road, leaving seven teen feet. Mr. Dalesworth, a surgeon, saw the ehrt.d at the parent's house. where it had been earned on the day of the accident. The rigti: thigh was fractured about the middle: the parts round the bone were much bruised. The child had surgical attendance till Septem ber 23. She was then able to go about cm frutches. Had since seen the child ; she was not much better ; the thigh was shortened : she would never have the free use of her limbs. ('roes-examined—Witness is an assistant-surgeon to Mr. Ben nett; but it was witness who attended the child ; it was a sunpls fracture, and the etpense— Mr. Sergeant Prct.—The etpense is not here in question, it is not the father who brings the action. The Omar,. J nixie E—The expense had better be included ; as it would save the expense of bringing another action. This was agreed to. Re-examined—The *moon of the bill is 71. IN. The CilltlP JUST Icr observed, that it was a very reasonable charge, and did the surgeon's humanity greet credit. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant VAUtitIAN addressed the Jury for the defeadagt. lie *es corsclous that in a case of this kind, all the sympathies of human nature were against him ; but he nevertheless hoped the Jury would look at the evidence with impartiality. There eras nothing more common than to hear cases of this kind, purely oc casioned by the negligence of parents in permitting children of such tender age to go Into the public streets unattended. There were men who would calculate to an inch whether they could get across a crossing before a coach, and was it to be wondered at it a sometimes happened that accidents occurred ? There were others who on seeing a coach on its wrong side of the way, would say to themselves, " Oh, is no matter if I get a broken leg. for I shall get swinging damages, for the coachman is on the aide of the way he ought not to be." The CRUET J vet tcr.-.." Brother Vaughan that lagdmect might suit a native of the Sister Island. It is like the story of the Irishman who was carried ups ladder in a hod, for a wager, and when he was brought down, telling his comrade that he had had hopes of winning his wager, for that he once nearly fell." After a few mote observations from Alt. Sergeant VAI:01114N, the following witnesses were called : James Gordon was walking in the Commercial-road on the day in question, and looking out for the c oac h , li e not i ce d t h at the coach was in the centre of the road when he first saw it. When u came to the sewer it was obliged to turn on one side. There were several waggons in the road. They were in the centre, which obliged the conch to go on its wrong aide. The coach had passel the sewer about twenty yards when the a c c id en t h appened. Ta t first thing that attracted witness's attention was some person (tying out, which made him turn his eyes to the spot. He then saw Its children on the ground. The horses stopped itnniediately the ac• cident happened. Cross-examined—lie doubted whether there was more than one waggon ; but certainly thinks the children came from behind 1 , . Witness was nut on the side the accident happened. !Ir. Griffith positively swore he saw the children run up agai.tat the horses; and thought there could be no ne!Tligeoce imputed to the coachman. The coach was full. . . Mho children wereranning. Cheeks Nib Was called, bet proved nothing material. Richard Sims, the coachman, swore there were some sa tpwlk coming along the centre of the road, just by the sewer, which obliged him to turn oil: The children ran against the horses' legs The children ran front behind one of the witgeo:;si and ;too * 6o ' s run over. D.d not himself call o ut t o t he rivldrirn, beeittee he upon his horses. A shout was giv e n, b u t n ot L) nett the child was could not see them. Witness was only driving at the Fite of it or seven miles an hour, and wa s ne a rer to the paved part at the road than the foot-path. re b l i t: i ttest aid bu ot t o u r ee h a ; Cnitiatmainined-1, itness saw the waggoner lkoodman. Nat ' l t w ood i i n th i i n .e h a r n i c m u hu t id he would tame ti ht n oi ri lmd t a;hsikhm he w a sadedhnioni p to ugro g li o inct t to atthrheerbeul,: and i l i e n p es ha sii • would had not *id to hint " did fOu see the make Bi eaecidenr?d"ln apresent4 "Sa w him about a fottialwnt since at the Wes: India Docks: he met him promiscuously, as it were; did not then u.g.B . an iwoodii d otni t h i e hn n eeleh l b l oo l du wel finwir ti nd a hy h esked u hew id ocur h di e ldunire s t h :sin o k u era let aghn co itmhi u rona e tat : ;roseese t be .: : : :34e. positively ask him m cane to the Elephant. but said his thend odt s hou l ds not.a rbewag go n t hat Iti ti up again st did not say to bon, you know the childuri cane from bobtail the wa,grcoo. Ro.exammed..Bloodtwatt told his be sa* the cluldren woo 1 CrY I , , t : - New- ht ices I : o 4ll Sagar Couipany is in contemplation. There The health of l'arris lm proving, and strong noPcs less e =s t igl a y C Mansion great ly born in this Dr. t . in n e D o ay . i . s. t en_tho n num_ber of m u n se n itlberuse depriveZthe able assistance of that rAIItIKOT7Tm. MARCH I.—The Royal Union, PytMlol, of New. Iftt!sy " on several speculation in the Colonial Market yes- are en t ertained of his u ltimate recov e r y . children castle, got on the Neweotne Sand yesterday, but was awaited off by na t i, a preceding days :—St. Lucia and G re - The grand Easter entertainment and all at the . forty lit the f iri litst tution P.1?16 ng o , 3 o ll e lll ( ten :ha c t i ri ea ty w ; h. o .noPn of poor persons, boats from Lowestoffe. as bu wn t th s o i r d e ered was' alinf:trrnhe; ou ti c it a w p r e i o s f a: x o n c:o l , l l l* H a o c s : . 1 3 — a trr y i:red ae th met e A t l ; aer fr i t 'tz : F f lr r. i• d b l ics ay, ; frn an m d al a strong ground for upholding h. th :liga . rt were principally bought in at a luwer price by House has been t ned in co uence of the neces- p" P° • nge l • Th 1, they were sold at on Tuesday. They were after- sity of putting the Egyptian Ilea uni er repair. ground. .. ahe health of such a large metropolis at this depended several others too late for' !boa. Sailed the (Minton, Latium. for ." old at d • noted Cff es were steady tertaintnent is not expected to take place before the middle much upon the circumstanc f hbi t Where a ma re , e epression quo • e CS its in a . tan e. ere the houses Temente; Londwa, Purvis, for Dew aaaaa Brilliant, tiresassll, for Y 'Picea. There was nothing doing in spices. of May. sere so very Nemirow, sod the populat ion so dams, many diseases R.ga. • 4, :74 •••minmiumiiilMMlNd REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. CARTIIAGENA, JAN. 13. The Commandant. General of the isthmus writee—" This mo ment I have received a note of despatches from the Secretary of the Liberator, from Lima, as follows : " Lt MS, 1)1C. 18. " At five o'clock this afternoon despatches were received from the army and General Crux has confirmed the complete rout of the Spanish army, on the 9th inst. at Guamanguilla. The Viceroy, Serna, and Generale Cantarac end Valdez, are prisoners —the first badly wounded ; the second, having succeeded in the com mand, capitulated with General Sucre, and, in consequence, gave orders to the Governor of Callao to put that fortress in the pos session of the Liberator. " His Excellerey gives me orders to assure yogi, that no new sacrifices are wanted for this part of America, and that 4,000 men of the expedition now at Panama are sufficient to secure the inde pendence of Peru. (Signed) " THOMAS DE BERES, Secretary." OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. LtMA. DEC. 18. 1824. GREAT VICTORT.—DECISIVE TRIU3II'H. The Liberating Army, under the command of General Sucre, has completely routed the Spanish army, on the 9th of this month, in the plains of Guamanguilla. General La Serna, who commanded it, has been wounded, and is made prisoner, with Generals Can tame, l'aldex, and Carraiela, and other chiefs, officers, and troop'.. In consequence, all the baggage of the enemy, their arms and accoutrements ' are in our possession . . L'eutenant-Colonel Medina, Adjutant of his Excellency the Liberator, carried the official despatch of the action, and it is to be lamented that he had the ill fortune to be assassinated in Guardo by the rebel.; in that town. But all the Authorities of the towns in the immediate vicinity of the field of battle officially anpounce the triumph of air arms, adding, that General Can:arse. who took the command when lie. nerd La hems was wounded, capitulated to General Sucre, ex ' preesly stipulating that the fortress of Callao should be given up to the Liberating Army. On the 9'h Dee. was completed the day which. commenced at I Junin : in the beginning the Spaniards pretended to re-conquer I America with that army which has now ceased to exist. The plains of Guamanguilla have witnessed the victory which has terminated 'the war of independence in the Continent of Colombus--there was decided the q?ostioo which divides Europe, which immediately concerns America, interests the whole human race, and the influence of which will be felt, no doubt, in a thousand attcceedir.g genera tioas : the question is, whether the world is to be governed by the absolute power of those who call themselves legitimate, or if the period is arrived when the people are to enjoy their rights and liberties? The Liberating Army has solved the problem, and has raised the last monument that was requisite for its glory. Grati tude will inscribe on it the names of the conquerors of Ottoman ghillie, anti of the Illustrious Genius who h:ta directed the war, I preserved Peru, and in the events of February has only met with new roads to glory : his fame will last to the end of the world, and this is a feeling which animates all hearts desirous of liberty.— Press of Limn. cartfiagena de Colombia, eleven o'clock at night of the 12th of January, 1825—15. At the Government Printing-office. I. A. CA LVOt REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA. - -.„ CARTIIAGENA, JAN. 13, 162&. TO Till COMMAYDAWT•OEXEIIIAL AT ]T. DIAGDELANA. Sta—The Commandant-General of the Isthmus, dated the 3d instant. rates to me the f.llowing : I have this moment received a despatch from the Secretary of his Excellency the Liberator from Lima, the tenor of which is as follows : " REPUBLIC OF PERU. " MINISTRY OF WAR AND MARINE. Lima. DEC. 18, 1824. "TO TEL INTENDANT AND COMMANDANT-O ZZZZZ LOF PANAMA. It is extremely satisfactory to me to apprise you, by order of his Excellency the Liberator, charged with the dictatonid power, that at the hour of five o'clock in the evening various despatches have been received, and among them one from General Santa Cruz, confirming the complete rout of the Spanish army on the 11th inst. at Guamangullla. The Viceroy Ls Sens, and Generals Cantarac and Valdez, have been taken prisoners, the first being seriously wounded; the second (Cantarac) having succeeded him in com. mend, capitulated to the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sucre, and in consequence gave orders to the Governor of Callao to place the inns at the diseosal of his Excellency the Liberator, and to the other Spanish Chiefs on all sides to submit to the General. Lieutenant_ Colonel Medina. Aide-de-Camp of his Excellency, who carried the despatches of General Sucre, the capitulations and the orders of General Camara; was attacked and killed on his Journey by some rebels, but the moment I receive them I will transtuit them to you. These fiattering and extraordinary successes, his Excellency the liberator orders me to tell you, our open and intimate ally, the Re public of Colombia, make any new levies unnecessary to assist the Republic in the war which, till the 9th instant, It carried on with the Spanish power in this part of America. His Excellency con siders quite sufficient the 4,090 men of the expedition front Panama to secure the independence and liberty of Peru. Colombia remains as free from the engagements she had in the south as Peru obliged for the assistance which she has received from her in the melan choly epoch of her calamities. In consequence his Excellency the Liberator commands me to say, that if you have any reinforce ments to send to Peru, or you should in future receive any for that purpose, you are to hold them at the disposal of the Government of Colombia, in order to determine who , . shall be done with them ; as existing circumstances render such reinforcements unnecessary. " 1 am your obedient servant, " T. DE lIF.RES." This I have the honour and satisfaction of communicating to you for your information, congratulating you, and the department under your command, not only on this happy news, but also on the immediate part you have taken, by your co-operation, in the bril liant success of our armies in the territories of the Inds. Permit me, Sir, to have the satisfaction of communicating to you the news of an event so glorious for Colombia, so important to the cause of South America, and so decisive as to the pretensions .f the Peninsula of Spain, and to congratulate you, and all Colom bians, on the peace of the New World . - May God preserve you! C. SOUBLETTE. 7•i•rmr7. MR. WI h RFORCE. traost ♦ CORItEIIIONDIST.I It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report of yester day, that this Gentleman has at length retired from the fatigues of public life, by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. It is not our intention here to enter into the merits or demerits—as some of his actions have been termed—of his various duties: but when we take into consideration his length of service—the many important measures he has brought forward—the various discussions to which they 'have given rise—the support which he has received, and the testimonies of respect evinced by all parties—we may fairly hope that in his re tirement lie may enjoy the otium cum &culture to which his talents and his exertions so much entitle him. He has been indefatigable in business, mild and gentle in his de meanour ; and if he did not always convince by his argu e ments, every one was satisfied of the zeal which charac tensed his efforts, and many were won to his opinions by the integrity which guided his every action. It has been admitted, that in whatever subject he submitted to the House, he could command fifty supporters, solely on the reliance placed in his integrity, and the wannth with which be argued on any question where the feelings were excited: and when his partisans implicitly yielded to his judgment, his very opponents acknowledged and gave him credit for purity of intention. We understand that an Association is about to be formed for the purpose of producing silk in this country and Ire land. The plan is under the auspices of persons of the highest respectability, who are sanguine of its success. We are glad to find that a portion of the vast surplus capital of this country is likely to be so usefully employed. LA N CA ST ER CA N • L.—From the report of the Committee made at the late General Meeting of the Company of Pro prietors of the Lancaster Canal Navigation, it appears that very considerable progress has been made in the branch to Glasson-dock, and that there is every reason to expect that the communication, uniting the canal with the sea, will be open and navigable in the next autumn. The traffic on the Canal also seems to have been much greater than at any former period, for we perceive that the increase of ton nage duties for the last year exceeds that of any former year by 2,733/. ; and that, after deducting every expenditure, there remains a balance of 21,8231. 16s. 7d. The amount of duties received on the Lancaster level and North-end, in the last year, was 14,057/. 18s. 541. on the South-end and Rail-road, 1.5,796!. II s. 3d. The profit of the packet boats, for the same time, 541/. Is. 1141. A dividend of 30s. per share was declared.—Liverpool Advertizer of Tuesday. The health of Dr. Parr is improving, and strong hopes ~'.s's ?:i THE BRITISH PRESS. ROYAL UNIVERSAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN The celebration of the ninth anniversary of this excellent Institu tion took place yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. The Right Honourable Joint Galla2r, Lord Mayor (Presi. dent), was in the Chair. Among the company, which consisted of upwards of two hundred gentlemen, we noticed (besides the Lord 3layor), Lord Bolton, Chain Barclay. Esq. V.P., Robert Hedger. 1.-19., Dr. Copland, Dr. Vetch, W. Palmer, Fag., the Rev. Dr. Kenney, he. The nature of this Institution cannot be too extensively made known ; it is equally important to the statesman and to the pinion- thropist, its objects being the alleviation of human misery, an d th e increase of a healthy and an effifient population.—This C was instituted on the 27th of April, 1818. upon the suggestion of its benevolent founder, the late Dr. J. B. Davis; and under the' auspices and personal attendance of their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, and the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, it commenced its operations on the following June, on St. Andrew's Hill, Doctors' Commons, as the " Universal Dispen sary for Children," where it continued to dispense its benefits and annually to extend its usefulnen in a variety of ways, particularly by•the establishment of station, in several popular districts. It being however desirable, if possible, to receive as in-patients those little objects whose cases might require surgical operations, it was ascertained to be most advisable to erect, in a central spot, an edifice that should combine the two fold purposes of an infirmary for surgical cases, and a dispensary as heretofore; accordingly, at a general meeting on 16th July, 1822, it waa resolved to take a lease of a plot of ground of Thomas Lett, EN. in the Waterloo-bridge-road, and to raises separate and distinct fund,lry voluntary subscription, to defray the expenses of the building. - Nearly 2,0001. having been contributed to the building fund previous to June. 1873, • contract was then entered into with Mr. Thomas Piper, for building the shell of the intended Infirmary, and his Royal Highness the Duke of York attended at the ground on the 19th of July to lay the first stone of the building. The amount contributed in aid of the building being still short of the sum required, it was proposed, at the last anniversary, by Thomas Lett, Esq. one of the Stewards of the day, that the de ficiency should be raised by loans, to be advanced to the charity for five years without interest; this suggestion being instantly adopted, nearly 70W were so satneribed, to a very short period. The lonthly and Building Committees were soon after authorised to proceed towards the completion of the Infirmary ; and accord ingly in June last, they entered into a contract with Mr. Henry Pew, for completing such parts of the building as was considered actually necessary, the funds at their disposal not permitting the whole to be finished. On the 4th of October, business was re moved from St. Andrew's-hill, and was commenced at the new building in the Waterloo-bridge-road ; and the works specified in the contract are now completed. The following extracts, from an Address published by the Directors and Governors of the Institution, will more fully explain the nature and objects of the Charity : " Among the charitable Institutions of this great metropolis, the Royal I.7niverial Infirmary for Children now holds a foremost rank. It directs efforts to the cure and prevention of diseases among the children of the poor, in London and its extensive suburbs, and has reduced upon a very large stale, as the Bills of Mortality show, in every district of the metropolis and its adjacent villages, the number of premature deaths under twelve years of age, which annually occurred previous to its establishment. " In founding a Charity for this twp.fold purpose, it was deter mined to establish it upon the principle of treating with prompti tude every kind of disease to which the infant rate are liable (small-pox only excepted), and of protecting the children of the I poor, as fur as could be, from disease, by the distribution of rules among the parents of the patients for their domestic management.' A painful experience has also shown, that the metropolis abounds with objects under twelve years of age that require to undergo surgical operations, and who frequently cannot gain admittance I into the public hospitals until their cases have become aggravated by delay. It is therefore proposed to make a provision for this ' I clue of sufferers, in the Infirmary lately erected on the Waterloo Bridge-road, for the reception of surgical patients into the house as soon as the funds will possibly permit. Ilence this Charity now partakes of the nature of an infirmary, as well as of a dispen. sary—the former for surgical cases, the latter for the administration of advice and medicines, in every case (with the exception of small pox only) within the Physicians province. " It is a fact, too well known, and too melancholy to be slightly passed over, that a very large proportion of the children of the poor who were born in the metropolis, perished before they attained their fifth year, from want, in a great measure, of that prompt and particular medical aid, which till/ Institution has of late years so extensively afforded. " To a charity, therefore, of such a nature, !n a antral part of ' the metropolis, with a provision in it for affording advice to the children of the poor, without recommendation in eases where im mediate relief is required, the Directors and Governors were urged by the consideration of' attempting to rescue from actual disease, as well as from future suffering, this pitiable class of individuals, of whom so many, from want of timely medical aid, combined with the inattention and ignorance of their parents, fall early victims to a lingering and premature death. „ The most enlightened of the medical profession candidly ad mit, that the diseases of children are not only more rapid and se vere than in adults, but often so unintelligible and obscure, as to render, at least, an exclusive and more particular attention by the Faculty than has hitherto been bestowed very desirable. In the hope, therefore, that a more successful mode of treating their dis orders would be found out, and much future suffering thereby pre. vented, this important Institution has been established for their special investigation. " The public, it is presumed, will readily perceive that it is not only to the interest and advantage of the parent, but of every class of society—particularly those classes in whose manufactories strong and active men, capable of enduring fatigue and labour are required—to encourage a Charity which, at a trifling expense. may nut only, by the promtitude with which it succours, afford ease and relief to, and save the lives of, the afflicted infant off spring of their servants, labourers, and dependants, but, by . means of the rules circulated in it—by its preservative inf l uence — instruct the ignorant parent in the best mode of obviating disease, and conducting his child to manhood in strength and vigour. There can scarcely be an individual, when he fully considers the objects of this Charity, and the advantages which society must derive from it, who would not favour a plan for checking the ravages of those its which would, in place of a hardy and vigorous set of men, substitute a puny and debilitated race, incapable of sus ' taining the laborious employments that constitute the sole means of their subsistence, of the su.aport of their children, and their aged acd infirm parents. " For One Guinea the Donor may annually rescue from twenty to thirty of the afflicted children of his necessitous neighbours, de pendents, workmen, servants, and labourers, from the ravages of disease and premature mortality : nay, by such well-timed liber ality, the progress of disorder would, in many children, be entirely stopped, and the disorder itself cured; and in others, the seeds of future suffering and disease would be eradicated by the timely ex ertion of professional skill ! " If, therefore it be of inoment to the State to promote the health land vigour of the subject--the grand sinew of public industry, and the strength and happiness of a nation—this Charity has likewise' the strongest claims upon the Legislature, and the guardians of the people's lives: since it is a public good—a common interest—a sound policy—to contribute to the abatement of those diseases io early life, which tend to produce a feeble race of beings, unfit for the active duties of the great mass of the people, and the service of their country." The Committee in their Report make the following statements of the annual nuniber of patients admitted since June 1916, and of their results to the present time. In the first twelve months, from 21th June, 1816. there were admitted - LIM ICI the second ditto - • - . 1,826 In the third ditto . - - - 2,171 In the fourth ditto - - 3.282 In the fifth ditto . - - - 7.907 In the sixth ditto - . - 10.726 In the seventh ditto . - - - - 12,370 In the eighth ditto - - - - - 12,613 And in the last six months, to the 31st December, 1824 6,672 59,363 • Of whom there have been cured and reliev e d 63.220 Have died - - - - 1,255 Have been vaccinated - - - - 2,281 Are at this time an the books and under cure . 6412 89,368 The Lord Mayor entered the room about half-past five o'clock, and dinner was immediately served up in the style of excellence usual to this escablishwen•. _ ..... _ The do h having been removed, " Benedictus sit Deus," was then sung by the professional gentlemen present. The LORD 3I•Yoa t en proposed " the health of the Royal Patron of the Institution, The King"—Three times three. Anthem—" Uod save the King. " The following toast were then drank—" The Duke of York, Vice Patron ; the Duke of Clarence. and the Royal Family." Olee—" Now the bright morning star." " Army and Navy." " Rule Britannia." The Louts MAYOR then begged leave to propose to the cots. pang a tosst,which he was sure would meet with their unanimous ap. proval. The institution, the Anniversary of which they were thee met to celebrate, needed no eul og ium from him. When Its te. fleeted on the great objects proposed by its benevolent founder, and when he considered the extensive benefits which had already been effected by the operations of the Institution, he could not b u t look forward with a confident assurance that its prosperity would pro gress, and its usefulness be more widely diffused. No less thus 111 1100 children had been the objects of the care of this Charity le the course of the short veriod of nine years, and this when its means were limited, and its power of doing good consequendy small. The loss which the Institution had recently sustaioad by the death of the benevolent founder of this Chari, must be are• dowdy regretted by all. lie felt, however, convince d, that great se this loss was, still the Institution would not be suffered to become less extensively useful, because deprived 2f the able -- • ~_ Frigr were liable to be generated ; and it therefore became a paramount duty on those who could afford it to endeavour to preserve the liesi:ll of the lower orders, and thereby secure the whole of the in habitants from those serioni effete which too frequently occur in large and crowded cities. Ir reference to the rate of the funds, he would not disguise the feet that the Institution were labour ing under difficulties. The contractor for the building had kindly suffered eleven thousand pounds to remain at interest of only three and a hiif per cent for four ur tire years. The sum of 2 0001., however, would enable the Charity to pay off this debt, and also the loans, amounting together to about 6001., which had been male without any interest being required. He therefore hoped the friends of the Society would not allow their exertions to abate, hut to apply themselves 'woad, to the sup port of an Institution which was in every way worthy of being supported. He begged leave to propose— Prosperity to the Royal Universal Infirmary for Children." The toast was drank with much applause. Song—" Aly win firc.side."—Alr. Broadhurst. The LORD MARDI then read a letter from his Royal Higlinrss the Duke of York, expressing his regret at not b e i ng able to attend at the anniversary dinner, owing to other very pressing en gagements. " The health of Lord Bolton" was next given. His Lordship ihonly returned thanks. (flee—" When winds breathe soft." " Charles Barclay, Esq." - -Whoreturned thanks. "Sheriff Brown' —Who rerurned tha-ks. Song—" London Improvements."—Mr. Pitzwilltam. " Nicholas Palmer, Esq." This Gentleman begrod to express his thanks for the ho nour conferral on him, and to propo•..e the health of their highly.respected presiders', the L rd Mayor. He hal the ha nour of his Lordship's personal friendship • and he could safely affirm of himt hat he was worthy of being the presid ing Ilagistrnte, over what it might be our pride and our boast to call the metropolis of the world—where all things were to be found conducive to human happiness, and where too, he would say, every thing was to be found that could alleviate human misery. It had been stated that this Institution was much in debt, but it should be recollected that humanity was also much indebted to this Institu tion. If every Genthoran present would determine to get ten or fifteen friends to become subscribers of I!. each, he was sure that at the next anniversary they "gold have the satisfaction of hearing that the whole of the debts of the Institution were paid off and that the Charity was proceeding in its benign operations without any thing to impede its way. He begged to propose— " The health of the Right non. the Lord Alayor."—.Drank• with great applause. His Lordship briefly returned thanks. The Lord Mayor and several of the Gertlemen around him shortly afterwards left the Chair, which was taken by 'W. Hedger, Esq., who presided during the remainder of the evening. The donations and subscriptions received during the last year were read by the secretary, and amounted to upwards of 4301. T _ ___ sup ~l~! Off ..-. ....