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. . „ IT H ir.... % ,. - rill,o. 1 / //2 ~-, J. 4 i% ~, e ,_ 4 1 1 / 7 11Ni S I, * ' 1 -' 4- ---- "4.1...11•••1••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ; 4 ,•• .4t4ii,Te;4 UN. Lrked !d on , =' 4 '` ~.. ihich 1, at sport Is on Jan- , fi NTr AIBER 9849 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1824. PRICE SEVENPENCE. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that an EXTRAORDINARY COURT or GENE RAL MEETING of this Company will be held at this Rouse on Friday, the 19th instant, at One o'C/ock in the Afternoon, pursuant to the following Requisition, agreeably to the Act of Parliament : " West India Dock House, March 5, 1024. -" We the undersigned Members of the West India Dock Company (being severally Proprietors of five hundred pounds Or upwards of the said Company's Stock), do hereby request ; Special General Court or Extraordinary Meeting of the said Company may be calleJ, for the purpose of considering the e xpediency of making certain further reductions of rates, in co nsequence of the present state of the . ComPany's Funds, and on other special affairs. JOHN TiOURDIEu " RICHARD LEE " W3'. MITCHELL " ROBERT LANG " G LORG E " DAVID . LYON "`JOHN'" PLUMMER JOHN HY. DEFFELL ANDREW COLVILE " JOHN IRVING BARKLLY " C. ROBERTSON." By Order of the Court, H. LONGLANDS, Sec. West India Dock House, March 5, 11124. N.B. The Chair will be taken at 2 o'clock precisely. EUROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY OFFICE, 10, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS. London, March 10, 1824. NOTICE is hereby given , That an EX TRAORDINABY GENERAL COCRT of PRO 1311.1ETORS of the above COMPANY will be held at their OFFICE on WEDNESDAY the 7th of APRIL next, at 9ne o'clock p rec i se ly, fo r th e p ur pose of takin g into consider ation a PROPOSAL from the BOARD of DIRECTORS for all EXTENSION of the PROPRIETORY, and for Amend ing: Alt ering', and Repealing, some of the existing Laws, Re lrutatims, and Provisions of the Company. JOHN CLARK, Managing Director. BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE. COCKSPUR-STREET, MARCH 11, 1824. T"E commt r rEI4I for the RELIEF of the REFUGEES from SPAIN. PRESENT. Sir THOMAS DYER, Bart., in the Chair. Jahn Ca el, E John Bowring, Esq. Je„ P s q• Ines Barnett, Esq. Colonel Jones A. AI. O'Brien, Esq. John Smith, Esq. M.P. -The Committee for the relief of the unfortunate Strangers, Who have been compelled by the late political vicissitudes to seek an Asylum in England, have to report to the Public, whose bounty they have endeavoured to distribute with fidelity and discretion, that more than 4,0001. has already been divided a inong the numerous and increasing elliimants on their funds, and that a sum little exceeding half the above amount, is ndw left to them to provide for a current . expenditure of 8001. per month, without making any allowance for those contingen cies, which cannot but arise. The Committee would contem plate the threatened exhaustion of their finances, with greater anxiety and alarm; were they not persuaded that the generous benevolence, which has enabled them so long to provide for the Argent claim s upon their Treasurer, will still continue to en. to nirag'e their exertions, and to that benevolence they venture m a k e a renewed and confident appeal. The Committee request that any Subscribers wishing to be informed, in detail, of the application of the funds, will attend for that purpose at its weekly meetings, when all the accounts will be laid before him for his examination. Amount of Subscriptions already announced - £ 5,999 1 4 £. s. I £. s. A Caledonian's two last spare sovereigns, on the Altar of Spanish Liberty - . - 2 0 J. B. C. ( Walworth) - 1 0 Paul... Tate, Esq. - 5 0 Lady D., per Col. Jones 3 0 Sir Jl. W. Ridley, Bart. 111. P. - 20 0 John Iluddleston, Esq. 10 0 T. S. Bailward, Esq., 4 0 M.A. Bailward, Esq. 1 0 Mr. Henderson (Stockton)l Messrs. A, Haywood, Son. and Co. Liverpool 20 0 A few friends atDartford, per Mr. 11. Ellis - 113 D. O'B. . 1 1 Sittings at the British Coffee ^hursday, at One o'Clock. by all the Country Bankers; :oare, & Co., Lombard-street ; tar, and Co., St. James's-street. 1 0 A small offering SUbscriptions at Lei cester - Jonas Davis, Esq. - 3 0 Prom Greenock, for the Widow Riego - 10 10 Oeo. Woodfall, Esq. - 1 1 Alexander Hector, Esq. 2 2 Dr. Bradley, of Clifton 2 0 R. AV. co mva y, E sq . -10 0 - - Charl es I vatts, E sq. - 10 10 1 0 Luke W. Walford, Esq.2l 0 11. 13erkbeek, Esq. - 5 0 5 J. Sandy, Esq. - - 3 1 1'. S mit h son, Esq. - 5 0 'rh Duke of Norfolk 60 0 Vis Evrington, ALP. 10 0 The C ommittee hold their house, Coc kspur-street, every'l Subscriptions will be receiver by Messrs. Hoare Barnett's, II and by Illessrs. Her - ries, Farqul CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MEETING of MERCHANTS, BANKERS, S HIP -OWNERS, awl TRADERS, con nected Commerce of the City of London, will he held at the CITY of LONDON TAVERN, on THURSDAY, the 18th Instant. to receive th e Report of the Committee op pointed to cons id er of the Expediency of Forming a CHAM IIER of COMMERCE in the City of London. The Chair will he taken by JOHN SMITH, Esq. M.P. at Two o'clock punctually. s Day was blished, . A 'NEW and Thi IMPROVE pu D MAP of INDIA, compiled from the latest Documents. Engraved by JOHN WALKER. ,C ) n one lar ge sheet of doubl e "elephant, price Ws.: or on c "11, bound in a case, or with rollers, 11. Is.; or mounted On roller s and varnished, 11. 4s. London: Printed for Kingsbury,'Parbury, and Allen. PORTRAITS OF SHAKSPF.ARE. Iq This Day was published. 8 t o. price 155.; and in 4to. with Proofs on India Paper, Ils. N INQUIRY into the A UTHENTICITY of various PICTURES and PRINTS which, from the v eeeas e of the Port to our own Times, have been offered to Public as PORTRAITS of SHAKSPEARE ; containing to be t!trefill Examination of the Evidence on which they claim received, by which the Pretended Portraits have been ;t.lected, a n d t h e Genuine confirmed and established. Illus. ;t e l 'l t ed by Fiv e accurate and finished Engravings, by the 4::ttiswtrAittyt.ists, from such O r i g i na l s as were o f indisputed ',lied for Robert Tripbook, Ity JAMES BOODEN, Esq. 23, Old Bond-street, London. TIMFOR COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS, &c. PECTORAL ELIXIR.. Experience during a very lung period has incontestibly proved the superior efficacy of this Aledici a n e , in all cases of Colds, Coughs, and Asthmatic Affections. By prou'uting gentle expectoration it very shortly relieves the Patient o f a slight in recent Cold, and a few ;loses are sufficient to rm,,,, th ose which neglect has rendered genera more ll c y onfirmed and "bstinate, and whi c h are accompanied with Cough, Spitting of Blood, and other serious symptoms. Its peculiar balsamic Pnweis tend to h ea l soreness, and allay the irritation of the lungs, in eases of Cough ; and in Asthmatic Affections it as 'i,ts and gives freedom to the Breath. nu • r's Clie i§"id in Bottles, at Is. lAd. and 2s. 9d- by ~lle (nea r n:'ts. 4, theapside, St. Paul's, and 2K), t jle Argyle booms), Loudon ; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh _..e :lsvillv-street, Dublin ; and by the principal Mee""" B e gent-stree!, ; % enders throughout the United Kingdom. f.. - ' Be careful to ask fur Butler's Pectut al Elixir. From the LONDON GAZETTE, March IG. Forrign-Office, March 16, Mt. The King has been pleased to appoint Henry Newman, Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul tbr the States of North and South Carolina ; to reside at Charleston. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. J. Perkins, Uppe Thames-street, stationer, from March 22 to May 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Freethy, Acton, Middlesex, canter. BANKRUP T S. T. Boswell, Surrey-street, Strand, tailor, to surrender March 23; 30, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. W. Richardson, Walbrock. J. Underwood, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, maltster, April 6,7, and 27, at eleven, at the Fox Inn, Shrewsbury. Attornies, Mr. J. Foster, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Willis, Watson, Bower, and Willis, Token-house-yard. _ _ _ W. C. Cotrie, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, lace dealers, March 24, at six, 24, and April. 27, at the. Hind inn, Wellingborough. Attornies, Messrs. Hodson and Burnham., Wellinghorough; and Messrs. Bridges and Quilter, Red Lion square. , J. Keele, Waterlco-road, Surrey, stationer, March 23, April 10, and 27, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attor nies, Messrs. Oriel and Leader, Wormwood-street, Bishops gate-street. DIVIDENDS. . _ April 10. J. Pettit and S. R. Burch, Southwark, hop-factors —April 10, J. Barker, Stratford, Essex, common -brewer— April 9, T. Davis, Great Barr, Staffordshire, inaltster—April 8, %V. Walke r , Waffler, Yorkshire, merchant:—April 5, H. Clark, Swallowfield, Wiltshire, grocer—April 7, E. Chitten den, Ashford,.Kent, ironmonger. CERTIFICATES, Arum O. J. Lincoln, Norwich, miller.—J. Antrobus, Liverpool, draper.—E. Davies, High-street, Southwark. —J. Fletc.her, Plumbland, Cumberland, limeburner.—C. Dowse, Chancery lane, law-stationer.—.l. Rawlins, Milton; Oxfordshire, drug.. gist.—W. Mercer, Packer's-court, Coleman -street, wine-mer chant.—H. Hodge, Duval's-lane, Islington, hrickmaker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Lovatt and W. Harvey, Compton-street, Clerkenwell, ma chine sawyers—ll. Pegler, R. Cox, and D. Hewlett, Stroud, Gloucester, plumbers—J-, E., M., W., H., 8., and H. Franks, Snedshill, shopkeepers—C. Standen and B. Lea, Long-lane, Aldersgate-street, tailors—J. Moore and A. East, New Bond street, breeches-makers—J. Thom Son and J. Forshaw, Liver pool, coopers—J. Roy and J. Ramsay, Perth—T . Plowman, V. Hammond, and J. Moore, Bungay, Suffolk, coach-masters —J. G. Smith and R. Rhead, jun., Newcastle-under-Lyme, paper-manufacturers—D. Gladstone, J. Foster, and T. Dove, Liverpool, iron -founders, so far as regards T. Dove—J. Foster and J. Eveson, Manchester, bricklayers—R. E. and C. B. Heathcote, Shrewsbury, common-brewers—E. Mason and I. Hobley, Southam, Warwickshire, Plumbers—E. Priestly, S. Norris, and 3. Sykes, Huddersfield and Marsden, Yorkshire, merchants, so far as regards E. Priestley. THE ARMY• [From the LONDON GAZETTE of Yesterday.] Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County ~ ...s. by the iiiit.......- alatine Laste r. To be Deputy Lieu P tenants of —Th anc e Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount 111 o lyneux ; Thomas Richard Plumbe, Esq James Shuttleworth, Esq., Thomas Wilson, Esq., Th om Greene, Esq., Wm. Gale , Es q ., Thos. Entwisle, Esq. 2d Battalion of Royal Lancashire Militia—Robert Entwisle, Esq . . to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; George Marton; Esq. to be Captain. Liverpool Battalion of Local Militia.—William Ripley, Esq. to be Captain. Leyland and Ormskirk Battalion of Local Militia—Edward Ltollliean‘y3iiblural.iidiaeilili,,}E]ssqq..,, to o be e e Bootle Wilbraham, Esq., to be Lieut.-Col.-Commandant ; Lieutenant-Colonel; Richard Major. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of of Ross. tenant. Francis Alexander Mackenzie, jun. Esq. to b e Vice-Lieu- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, MAncH 15.-STATE OF THE ODDS. RIDDLE WORTH. 2 to 1 agst Reformer 4 to I agst Rebecca 5 to 1 agst Katherine 13 to 2 agst Don Carlos 12 to 1 agst Lyrnessa 16 to 1 agst Cressida. BY. 20 to 1 agst Reticule 20 to 1 agst Hurly Burly 22 to 1 agst Silk Worm 28 to 1 agst Cydnus 30 to 1 art Cressida. 3 to 1 apt Reformer 7 to 1 agst Osmond 7 to 1 apt Grenadier 16 to I agst Jessy 17 to 1 agst Elephant 18 to 1 agst Don Carlos DEF OAKS. 7to 2 agst Rebecca I Bto 1 apt Lyrnessa. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 13 to 2 agst Swiss 115 to 1 agst Rosanne. 3 ATCII OF 300 Mx LEs..—Captain Fairburn, whose pede ►trian feats stand equal to any on record, started on Nirednes day morning to go on foot from Hyde Park to the 150th mile stone and back, in five days : he finished his labour at RIX o'clock yesterday morning, having performed the task in twenty minutes within the given time. PEkISTRIPHIC PANORAMA. — We are lovers of Panoramas, because they supply to us and persons like us a share of the pleasures which others purchase by a life of travel and adventure. If they do less to cultivate the taste than ex exhibitions of Cabinet and easil paintings, they generally give a much more vivid and detailed conception of the objects th e y represent—more especially by the novel mode of introducing a succession of views by the Peristriphic or moving system at presen t so universally admired in the Panorama of theßattles of Li gny, Les Quatre Bras, and Waterloo, at Spring-gardens, which, although painted on an immense scale, is finished with much care,. and presents many excellent portraits of the different eminent officers engaged in those memorable conflicts. We believe we are behind many of our readers in having neglected, until within these few days, to visit this ingenious and interesting Exhibition, which consists of twelve Views of the Battles above mentioned. These Views, disposed of round the circumference of a circle, which revolves on an axis, pre sent themselves one after another to the eye of the spec tator, who sits unmoved and enjoys the varied pageant.— Some of the views are sufficient for a panorama of themselves, and are excellent as landscapes ; while others again give us a brief idea of the bustle, animation, and terrors of an engage ment. Upon the whole, the exhibition is got up in a most hand_ some style, and ranks high amongst the list of novelties at pre sent in London. A very general Report prevails that Ministers intend dissolving Parliament in the month of June. We do not pretend to know how far the Report is correct, but, we un derstand, it was alluded to by a distinguished Visitor at the Mansion-House last week.—( Nezycaras Chronicle, Marchl3.) The German papers state that the planting of the Vine in the neighbourhood of Odessa has succeeded ad mirably. It is now about eight years since they were first intro duced : about 100,000 Vines have been planted, which already yield a good stock of fruit, so that by and bye an excellent vintage may be naturally expected. The number of Births at Hamburgh last year was 3,553, and the Deaths 3,554 ; 1,141 couples were married. A recent letter from St. Petersburgh says, a new modification has just taken place with regard to the mus quet manufactories of Tula and Sartarept. For the mainte nance of the former, including the salaries of the agents, 125,000 rubles has been assigned; and for the latter, 127,830. The manufactory at Tula delivers annually from 50 to 70,000 new musquets, and that of Sartarept from 30 to 40,000. In the night between the 17th and 18th ult. 102 village dwelling-houses and 113 barns were destroyed by fire at Ostritz, in Upper S;xony. FOR THE SUN. GAME LAWS. Ma. EDITOR.—I have not seen the Bill for the , 1 Repeal of the Game Laws, but I understand that it 1 is meant to do away all manorial rights, and to' vest the right to the game in the owner of the land. Now Parliament, on all other occasions, seems particularly cautious how it interferes with established rights, insomuch that it scruples to remove a clerk from a useless office without re muneration do not hear that the Lords of Manors are to have any remuneration on this oc. casiou ; but their guns and nets, !;l i gs and game keepers, are, by a swelog eint4to be brushed at once from the face of the earth. I should therefore advise, that the said-Lords of Manors should by some means associate, backed by the gamekeepers (for their trade will be at an end, too), petition Parliament against all such innova tion, the true motive for which is the longing of the monied part of the community to partake of the more delicate produce of the land, at a less expellee, if not a safer conscience, than they can do at present, though the ostensible reasons are, that the laws cannot, because they do not, pi .e. vent poaching, and that the convictions for selling game in the great towns have been very few ; which latter reason, by the bye, accounts for the alleged incompetency of the laws, and shews, at the same time, the moderation and forbearance of the country gentlemen, and that those laws are by no means so oppressive as the expounders of our law have been pleased to represent, exciting thereby in the country (which was very far from their intention) a spirit of Radicalism beyond what they were aware of, for that there is a con nexion in these points appears from the French Revolution : one of the first steps they took was to abolish the Game Laws. But if these laws are to be here abolished because they are seldom enforced, and cannot accomplish the purpose ef fe f or which they were designed, the same a ill hold good with respect to almost all t e i n i% al statutes. Petty felons often escape be crl'alcustsupjY .rill is better to put up with the first loss than to be at the trouble and expellee of a prose cution. Hedges and posts and rails are pulled up and carried away, and the farmer will not apply to the Magistrate, because, if the offender should be sent to the House of Correction, he must help to maintain his family. Vagrants swarm in some parts of the country, because the farmer is afraid to offend them, or because the expellee and trouble o f removiti- them is a greater evil than to let the m rem ain. yet still these penal laws han,ging over thei r heads, keep them g in some sort of orde r, for, if they were abolished, the thief would take away the go ods before y our face, and the beggar vrould stare in at your win dow, and come in at your doors, if they were open, and you would have no means of getting rid of him but by a notice and • • action, and the old proverb tells you what you would get by it. It is not the stripes, i t scr ams (as Mr. BURKE said upon the American Q uest ion), that they complain of, but the Por-'er of inflicting those stripes ; but who is it that complains of this grievance but the very people who are bent upon having a share of their • t netgabour's property through the removal of it It may be said, perhaps, that the Lord of the Manor has not a right in the game, unless he has also a grant of free warr *en ; but he has a right, by himself and deputy, to kill the game, and apply it to his own use, which nobody else has. This is a right which has been long established, a nd is held in high estimation, and 1 cannot think that Parliament will ventur e to violate it, without giving some fair compensation at least. Should it be wished to relieve the Statute Book by repealing unnecessary laws, it would be scarce worth while to look back for that purpose beyond the reign of GEORG E the SECOND, before which time they were comprised in a small com pass, and were clear and intelligible ; but of late years they have increased in bulk as well as ob scurity (thanks for this ti.,Eya xxxoc to the ar gutive and refinements of Counsel in their exposi tion.) These it might be well to amend and compress, &c., for if they are continued in like manner as they have been, we 'must add new ' shelves to our libraries to contain, and send our children to Mr. OWEN, of Lanark, to enlighten their understandings to comprehend them ; with him, perhaps, they may attain knowledge and Fortunatus's wishing-cap, but what will that avail when, like poor Mr. PETER SCIILEMIIIL (see British Critic for February), they shall have lost their shadows ? G. • Free warren extends over the lands of other people—how will this be adjusted ? HAZARD and Co. have sold, in Shares, another Twenty Thousand Pound Prize, drawn This Morning (No. 12,299), and it will be recollected that, on the first day of the present Lottery, they sold Both the first-drawn T wenty Thousands. ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—This morning, at ten minutes past nine o'clock, the Ticket No. 5,299 was drawn a Prize of 120,9.00., and was shared by Bun, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross, in One Quarter, Three Eighths, and Six Sixteenth Shares. The Quarter was sold by his Agent at Glasgow, One Eighth at Liverpool, One Six teenth at Chester ; the other Two Eighths and Five Sixteenths were sold in London. The for tunate Holders may receive the value of their re spective Shares on demand, at either of Bisn's Offices, 4, COllllllll, and 9, Charing-cross. THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 17. [MORNING cur.osietu.] Papers were last night presented to both Houses of Parliament, " in explanation of the measures adopted by his Majesty's Government for the amelioration of the Slave Population in his Majesty's possessions in the West Indies, and on the Continent of South America," extending in all to nearly 160 folio pages. They consist of, Ist, the various instructions addressed by Loyd Bathurst to the Officers administering the Governments of the respective Colonies. 2d. Letters and inclosures a ddressed by the Officers administering the Governments of the Colonies to Lord Bathurst. 3d. Papers received since the docutuents in ihe two preceding classes were printed. And, 4th. The draft of an Order in Council for improving the condition of, Slaves in Trinidad, and proclamation to be issued in the West India Colonies, &c. There is no question, that if the provisions of the Order in Council could be enforced in all the Colonies, the condition of the negroes would ho materially; improved ; but xlonies.lp) t rr i e e n xi t oa om i k s i ob e which ,e tried s l iisyst oiltf(r, n a. only. the in r ti i c a Canning, oc to emancipation proceeding from the interests of the master, and the improvement of the slaves, to be wrought by a consenting and co-operating Legislation in the Colonies, not by reviving a question almost as dangerous as slavery itself, rather by the right of reason than by the coer cion of authority." But, if example could have wrought on the Colonies, Trinidad ought already to have had its influence on the others ; for many benevolent provisions have long been in force there, and the condition of its slaves is better than that of the slaves of any of our old Co lonies. " It is the misfortune of our Colonies, as was well observed by Mr. Wilberforce, that all the affluent, enlightened, and liberal pro prietors reside here, whilst men of a fur dif ferent character reside in the Colonies."—So long as this state of things continues, we fear little good is to be expected from the operation of example. Mr. Canning announced the receipt of a Treaty with the United States, in which " the two first Maritime Powers of the World have conceded to each other the right of visit," in order to enforce the more effectually the laws against the Slave Trade, the English carrying American ships into an American port, to be pro ceeded against in American Courts, and vice versa —the making slave trading piracy, and conceding this right of search, will go far to extinguish 'that odious traffic. [MORNING POST.] -The proceedings in Parliament last night were important. Earl Bathurst in the Lords and Mr. Secretary Canning in the Commons presented the Papers which they had promised relative to the measures recommended by his Majesty's Govern ment to the Legislative Assemblies of the Colo nies, pursuant to the Resolution passed by Parlia ment last year. These Papers, for which we have no room this morning, on account of the length of the Debate, consist of the two letters addressed by Earl Bathurst to the Governors of our West India Islands, and dated tke2Sth of May and the flth of July : of an Order in Council, approved by his Majesty on Wednesday last, and emb od y in g all the recommendations for improving the condition of the Slaves, which had been previously sug gested by the Colonies : and of a Proclamation issued directly from the King to remove from the minds of the Slaves the dangerous impression that his Majesty had given orders for their eman cipation, which had been disobeyed by their masters. Both Ministers explained in a clear and satisfactory manner the regulations proposed to be established in favour of the Negro popula tion. We have no room to enter into their de tails in our Paper of this day, but they will all be found wise and beneficial. They are upon the safe and rational principle that man must be released from a state of slavery by slow and silent gradations—by relaxing power, and by consenting legislature ; and that the mind must be prepared by degrees for a state of freedom, and brought to that state of discipline in which the li g ht of reason would render unnecessary the coercion of authority. In addition to the mea sures thus recommended to the good sense and humanity of the Colonies, Mr. Secretary Canning introduced a practical one, by bringing in a Bill to make the African Slave Trade Piracy, and announced that a Treaty had been signed be tween this Country and the United States of America, to allow the mutual right of search for slaves, and to enable each Power to capture the slave traders of the other, the trader so captured to be delivered to a port belonging to their own country for adjudication. [BRITISH PRESS.] Though the retreat of Santa Cruz, in Peru, appears, as far as concerned his division, to have been disastrous, and attended with great loss, we are convinced it cannot save the Royalists from ultimate defeat, or avert the liberation of Peru. The movement of Santa Cruz was imprudent and unsupported ; the force he possessed of na tive Peruvians, was physically weak, and every way inferior to that opposed to him. But though the Royalist army in this distant province may have been successful in a single instance, it is wholly unequal to maintaining an asc•enda►►cy by force of arms throughout Peru. Spain can afford no aid; and La Serna and Camerae will soon be pressed by superior forces, di rected by all the energies of Bolivar. The great strength of the latter lay between Lima and Pisco, consisting of 6,000 Colombians, 2,000 Buenos Ayreans, and 1,000 Chilinos ; 2,500 of the latter were further expected, who.' were to leave Valparaiso on the 15th. Three thousand Colombians, from Panama, -were also on. their passage. Riva Aguerro, the Peruvian' Chief, who had yielded to the mediation of. Bolivar had also 3,000 armed Peruvians attached . to him in Truxillo. Bolivar had also i3OQCI mea in Moquelma, under the orders of Santa Crux, and was further supported by General Lana wrii.ll 1,500 men. Tile heroic Liberator would thus have an effective force of rnore than '20,000 - men, directed against La Serna and Canterac, by his vigour -and experience ; and the-. Spa- . nish Viceroy and his followers must be over whelmed should an armistice not immediately take place. Bolivar was prepared to push the war re solutely, and free Peru with - his whole force. This is the last expiring effort of Spain for domi nion in the New World—a desperate and a: hopeless exertion, by a power who cannot send , a siugle soldier across the .Atlantic. Southern America, with the magnanimous Bolivar at its head, has wisely leagued its forces on this occa sion, and sent a contingent to Peru, from al-, most .every province. The cause of one is in fact the cause of all. If Spain succeeded in Peru, she would soou extend her tyranny to Chili and Colombia, and mako the La Plata feel its heavy effects. The policy of our Govern ment towards South America has latterly been 'narked by great firmness and wisdom ; by en tering our powerful protest against an armed confederation, or attack on these proVinces try the Continental Powers, and opening our ports to their flag, we have at once ensured their safety, and virtually acknowleged - their national inde pendence. The great and last concession eveu from enfeebled and jealous Spain must now soon follow ; it will be beyond her power to refuse it much longer : it is but a name, and she must make the grant, of absolute necessity ; her des pairing struggle in Peru will very soon close, and. not an armed follower of her supremacy wilt then remain through the wide extent of South America. These great countries must, in the possession of freedom, rapidly increase i❑ wealth, M population, and in power, and present an im measurable field for commercial intercourse w ;Hi this country, to whom they will be equally bound by ties of gratitude and mutual interest. [NEW T►-tEs The great length of our Parliamentary Report leaves us no space for observation on the. itupor taut discussion of last Flight.—The measutes pro posed by Government for the mitigation of Sla very in the West India Colonies will he found fully and clearly stated in the speeches of Eat Bathurst and Mr. Canning ; and the announce ment of a Treaty with the United States of America, admitting a mutual right of %isit a ti ou Of merchant vessels for the more effectual sup pression of the Slave Trade, will be received with feelings of satisfaction by every lover of humanity. [THE TIMES.] We believe, that in ►egard to the politics of this country towards the States of South America, the speech of Lord Liverpool on Mouday night will have created no disagreeable sensation throughout this country. We practically ac knowledge the independenct.• of the new States ; we trade with them ; we station Consuls in their ports ; and, at the moment that we pub licly attest the inability of the mother country to recover her ancient possession of them, we declare that we shall not suffer a third Power to interfere. The States of South Ame rica, we should conceive, can want nothing more from us than this ; and if they are content, the friends of freedom in England may he content lik ew ise. Could our refusal to acknowledge their independence prevent or suspend the at"- tainment of that blessing, then, indeed, they would have reason to complain, and their more ardent friends in England might with justice re-echo their cries ; but as they may be perfectly free without our taking any public or formal notice of the fact, it appears that we have no thing more to do, for either their convenience eiC ours, than to treat them exactly as they aie--ls we find them, without truub!ing ourselves to declare what they are, either, to others or tv themselves. imonNING nEitALD.] • There is no leading article in this Paper to-clay. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A young female, only 18 years of age, MU lied LAURA STEVENSON, this morning attempted to put a pe riod to her existence by taking laudanum. The nefortunate young woman lived in Gray's Inn-lane Road, and on Sunday evening last, having gone to chapel, she observed her sweetheart in company with another female, to whorn,he seemed to pay particular attention. This so preyed on Itcr mind, that she resolved on destruction, and ac tually first attempted to hang, and then to poison herself. She, however, was, after considerable exertion, restored, and made sensible of the folly she had become a prey to. DEVOE AND ItEunEm Iv.--These mpn fought at Moulsey yesterday, and after a manly contest for an hour and seven minut. , s, during which 21 rounds were fought, Martin w as de clared the winner. It was sto 4 against Martin on entering the ring, which in the second riunil was increased to 10 to I—but he proved himself a good man—changed the odds the other w•ay, and won cleverly. iced' 4alt- od od od od 705 755 821 Od 50,d I se l ie . ur for [rig ere