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THE LONDON JOURNALS• DAILY Extr act' from the Murnin.; Papers, Feb. 25 : 18c25. [MORNING CRROSICLIA The Paris Papers of Tuesday are filled with the report of the Debate on the Indemnity Law. The speeches on both sides are very warm, not to gay violent. General Foy exclaimed, "W . hat did the Emigrants wa nt, with foreigners ? 1 hey War in the train of the in will answer, war. vatiers of France. War under Chiefs and with soldiers, whose ambition and fury after the •vic iory they would not have been able to restrain." ?ri de Viltele endeavours to act the mediator, :Aid to set Off against the evil of emigration the immense benefit of which it had been productive to France, in preserving for it the race of its binge : • " Amnon (says 31. de Viliele) is made of the evils caused by, emigration: but 1 demand, what would have become of our Princes—what would nave become of the august author of the Charter—what would have become of the King, who governs 4a, if they had not emigrated ? What would we ourselves - nave been but for the emigration of our Princes ? Without Chia emigration, what could we have opposed to the armies of Europe, in 1814 [keen rumour, interruption] ?" Voice to the left : We should have driven them. back, instead of paying them a ransom 1" de Villele, with warmth : " Undoubtedly, France would have vomited forth the foreign ar mies ; but at the price of how much blood and de vastation ? flow many humiliations must have been suffered, before all hearts could have been pene trated with those sentiments of indignation which would have been necessary to bring about at last our deliverance ! The liberation of the territory operated without convulsion,and without violence, the return of the general peace, and the public liberty, the prosperity which we now enjoy. This is what weowe to the emigration which has preserv ea - for us our Princes !"—This concession, extort ed from M. de Villele, in favour of the vanity of the Nation, that France could have beat off the invaders, though it .‘ as, upon the whole, better to buy them off, will Itardry, we fear, be palatable to this proud and prosperous people. If Monsieur tie Villele has been forced to concede so much to national vanity, why may not some other person recommend to his master to efface the memory of the Battle of Waterloo (which no Frenchman can digest), and at the same time discharge a 'sacred debt to Ileaven, by carrying the Banner of the to Irish ground. We suspect the addition to the debt of France caused by such an expedition, would be consented to with much more pleasur e than that created by the indem nity law. A French King may not always be proof against the temptation of unbounded popu larity, though the rulers of the country, in fur nishing him with such a temptation, are proof against the suggestions of common sense. [NEW TIMES.] In the House of Lords last night, the second -reading of the Bill for Regulating the Proceed ing of the Scotch Courts of Law, was moved by the Lord Chancellor, and the further considera tion of it fixed for Tuesday next. Lord Suffield brought in a Bill to declare the use of Sprinc , •Guns unlawful for the protection of game, and the second reading was ordered for next Thurs day, This Bill will introduce a Most important change, and will excite the lively attention of many friends of humanity, who have long taken the deepest interest in the matter. Petitions were presented by the Earl of Donoughmore and the Marquis of Lansdown respecting the Catholics of Ireland. In the House of Commons Petitions relative to the Catholic 'Association were present- ed by. Sir 3. Newport, Mr. C. Hutchinson, and Mr. Aberrromhy ; and the presenting- of one on . the same subject by Mr. Denman, led to a some what animated conversation between hint and Sir T. Lethbridge, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Peel ; %lien t!ie [tight Honourable Secretary distinctly al rrried, that he had never in his life encouraged the presewaiion of Petitions against the Ca- . - &Italics. Mr. IVodehouse moved for the appoint . inent of it Select Committee on the removal of the Norfolk Spring Asizes from Thetford to kforwich,; and - on a division the motion was lust, there brig; 21 in-fa...our, and 72 against it. [MORNING POST.] Sir John Newport's LSill, rehitive to Vestries and the. Assessment of Church Rates in Ireland, is.a. most important measure. The manner in which it has ht -en received by Mr. Goulburn, on the:.part of the Irish Government, and as the ergarvolthe.-sentiments of the Protestant Clergy of Ireland on the subject it respects, is another convincing proof of the desire prevailing in all quarters to serve awl conciliate the mass of the - .poople in the Sister Country. We trust, how . aver, that in the present instance the Legislature will take care to circumscribe the operation of those feelings within such prudent bounds as shall be . consistent with the perfect safety of the Esta blished. Church. Circumstanced as Ireland is - having (on an average) in every Parish of the - island a vast majority of the inhabitants Catho- Tics—if these are admitted to vote at vestries on the same conditions as Protestants, the rates for • the w e of the Established Church, which must tiltinrately come oat of their own pockets, we predict:(though, not given to prophesy), that the overthrow of the Irish Establishment will follow ere- long as a thin!.T., of course HOW can it be otherwise? Will any sincere Catholic be hypo crite enough to assert..that• he has a single feeling far Protestanism or the Protestant Church, but heartfelt wish, emanating from what he con-' reives a re ligious duty, t o destroy- both as soon as possible ? No honest Papi s t wou ld d are to an. swer candid l y , a nd answfbr , i n the negative. 1 s then the tiblect of Sir J. Newport's Bill, upon n . basis scarcely. larger than a mathematical point— upon 3 or 4 cases of apparent mat-appropriation of Church rates ih fte whole of I ,reland, , to strike at the root of the 11;stablistfzuent in th at country ? .Are Catholics fat i n elges (4 the expence whi c h . aught to be eelnvally iocurred in a Protestant Church fork:die' sacred elements ? Are they fit judges tetif4 proper, qualificatiot;s anti . Proper rerntipefhtiiius of auy,officer employed directly or inairPoily in ,the,. performance of the Church o f England service ? The idea. is monstrous. — We know that in the case where Catholics are now legally capable of voting at Vestries in Ire. land, and form a majority of the Parishioners, they act, even from natural indifference to every thing Protestant, so as to bring the Established Church, and all appertaining thereto, into con tempt and degradation. We distinctly assert, that if a job, however flagitious, should be at tempted to be carried in-an Irish Vestry, its au thors, or those whom it is intended to serve, have only to beat a revile among the Catholics, and muster them in overwhelming strength to vote through thick and thin till the object be gained. We do not say that Catholics would be as utterly regardless of the consequences of their own con duct on such questions as are embraced by Sir John Newport's Bill ; but we are sati,fied they would be equally regardless--nay, they would be positively inimical—to the welfare and re spectability of the Established Church. The fundamental Institutions of the Empire are not to be trifled with. In God's name let us know explicitly whether the Protestant Church of Ire land is to he upheld or not—but let no man at tempt to deceive the public by secretly under mining, while he affects to support it. If Sir John Newport's Bill were to pass in its present shape, the Catholics, in all that regards the in dependence and respectability of religion, would be in a much preferable situation to the Pro testants of Ireland. For our part, we think Mr. Flume's barefaced assaults upon the Irish Esta blishment infinitely less objectionable than insi dious measures calculated to effect the same pur pbse by stratagem. [THE TIMES.] An official critic on our article of Tuesday, relating to the Army Estimates, betrayed, in an Evening Paper of the following day, a degree of soreness which it would have been wiser policy _and better taste to conceal. We had thrown aside the Estimates, and could not at the moment lay our hand on them, or we should not have postponed until now the obvious answer which they suggested to this inmate of Lord Palmer ston's office. Our remarks were drawn from the Estimate before us for 1825, and not from those of the year preceding, and with which we had no business to meddle. The increase of the army we stated to be one which would raise in numbers from about 102,000 (including artille ry), being the gross amount for the first quar ter of the — year 1825, to about 117,000 for the nine months remaining. The man in office more than bears us out, for he - makes the augmentation upwards of 19,000 instead of 15,000, at which we stated it. But he says that, " as ap " pears plainly from the abstract of the Estimates themselves, the three regiments of Veterans " are to be continued to the 24th March only," thus deducting the amount of the Veterans,which again he counts up at 3,354 men, from the total of the prospective increase. In the separate ab stract, at the , end of these papers, notice is in deed taken of the Veteran Battalions, as being to be disembodie - d after the 24th March ; but who • ever talked of these as forming part of the regular force of the country ? Are we not to have, exclusive of these 3,000 Veterans, a stand ing force of 117,000 men ? And if the Veterans be disembodied, what pecuuiary saving Is that to the country ?—about one-fifth of what we should gain by disbanding an equal force of- marching regiments. • These old men are sent back to their pensions, which for the whole 3,300, come within about 27,6001. of what their full pay would be were they capable _of' active service. So that it is unfair to state -the reduction of these in valid corps, as if in point of economy it bore the same proportion to the whole of our mi litary expenAiture, as the same number of re gular soldiers would bear to our whole mili tary force. With regard to the number of troops of the line, we read distinctly in page 4, 'which gives the total of the army, for the first quar ter of the current year, exclusive of artillery and of roops in India, but comprehending every other description of regular force, that the entire muster for that first quarter is 71,165, and for the other nitre months (the same descriptions of force being included and excluded) we find the number 86,436, making an augmentation in [he troops, exclusive of India, of 15,271 men. — Of matters not contained in the Estimate fur nished to Parliament, we can be supposed to know nothing ; and if the information derived from it be imperfect, let our critic look at home. [BRITISH PRESS] Lord Donoughrnore last night presented the Catholic Petition to the House of Lords, and took advantage of the occasion to pronounce his panegyric upon the " so much calumniated Ca tholic Association," and the " calumniated idol of that Association, Daniel O'Connell," who, with the rest of the Deputation, were below the Bar, observing . how the Noble Earl performed his duty. All his Lordship's anxiety, however, to agree with the Association, could not persuade him to confirm the "representations made by that body and its friends in its defence. They allege that the tranquillity and improvement of Ireland, are owing to the Catholic Association ; and we have heard that Mr. O'Connell has de. dared, that, " if it he put down he will not be answerable one moment for the peace of the country." According to the Learned Gentleman and his coadjutors, " nothing can be more co mi ea I than to ascribe to the a dministration of Lord Wellesley the happy result produced in Ireland." But what said Lord Donoughmore last night ? In what terms, under the eye of Mr. O'Connell,. did he destribe the conduct of the Lord Lieutenant? These were the Noble Lord-' s. words : " I will say, that for that illustrious peonage I have the rs highest respect, and I believe that his .Majesty never had a more faithful or more honest representative in Ireland than he has been during the time he has governed there. From the beginning of his career he has been determined to do that coun try all the good in his power in every ny that could be done. :In the reformation of the Magistracy, in particular, his Excel. lency has been eminently successful ; and, in many other in stances of equal importance, his justice and his liberality have been often proved." The only pretence on which the existence of the Catholic Association 'can be excused for a mo ment is, as its advocates have felt, its supposed utility in assuaging party feelings, and extending to all theinhabitants the protection of the law.. If these objects had been previously neglected by the Irish Government, and were for the first time attained through the instrumentality of this Association, a case might have been made out to have induced us to have viewed it with no very decided disapprobation. But the truth will come forth ; his Majesty has an able and faithful Lieu tenant in Ireland. lie has proceeded right onward in his course, turning off neither to one side nor to the other. Justice is impartially meted out to all the King's subjects. One evil only exists in the land, which thwarts and hampers him in the be neficent career he is pursuing, and to suppress that evil he has suggested the measure now be fore Parliament. The question is then simply whether he who, it is admitted, has done for his country " all the good in his power in every way in which good can be done," shall have free scope to go forward, or whether the new evil that has sprung up by a fraudulent evasion of the law, shall be allowed to mar all that has been done, and carry the country back in despair, to the point from which it started under the au spices that yet preside over it ? rMORNING HERALD.] Several Petitions were last night presented to the House of Commons from Waterford, &c., against the Bill for putting down the Catholic Association. Sir J. Newport, in presenting that from Waterford, in the course of his address had occasion several times to beg the attention of the House, the noise being so great, that it was evidently painful to him to have to repeat his efforts to be heard. There appeared to he no remarkable anxiety to renew, on the presentation of petitions, the discussion on the Bill. In a sub sequent part of the evening, however, in the course of conversation, Sir J. Newport contrived to fix the attention of the House, and rather to startle the Home Secretary, Mr. Peel, by open ly declaring according to information which he had received from a Noble Member of another place, that the Lord Lieutenant, the Marquis ‘Vellesley, had borne testimony, in his dis patches to Government ) to the often-repeat ed statement " that the Catholic Association had largely contributed to restore and pre serve the tranquillity of Ireland." The 'Mem bers of the Ministerial Bench were astounded, and there were some demands on the Right lion. Baronet to name his authority. He did so forth- with. lie said that he had been so inform ed by the Marquis of Lansdown (who is the Chairman of the Irish Inquiry Committee in the other House), that various documents had been laid before the Committee there, by Ministers ; and that amongst such papers was the dispatch in question. He added, that he would this day move an Address to his Majesty for a copy of such declaration of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land in favour of the Association ; and that in the meantime he would o btain the particulars of such document from the Marquis of Lausdown. Mr. Peel rose, but it was evident that he had been" taken by surprise ;" but he was understood to state, that if there were any such document, it would of course be submitted to the Com mittee of that House, now inquiring into the state of Ireland. But that would not satisfy Sir John ; he repeated that he would this day re quire it to be laid before the House and the coun try. With respect to the history of the docu ment, it ought to be borne in mind, that pre viously to bringing in the Bill, the Ministers in both Houses, in answer to questions, declared that they should submit " no papers" in justifica tion of the measure ; but it was afterwards found by several Lords, that, according to the precedents of 1819, regarding England, and of subsequent measures respecting Ireland, &c., it was not the practice, at least, of the Upper House, to entertain such measures with out having some official documents to warrant them. Such is the on did on the subject ; but certain it is, that on Friday last, papers relative to the state of Ireland were presented, by com mand of his Majesty, to the House of Lords, and they were forthwith sent to their Lordships'" Se lect," (not Secret) Committee on the State of Ireland. Amongst these State Papers, the Un lucky document, according to Sir John New port, seems to have slipped in. Alderman Thompson presented a petition from several Charitable Foundations about London, against the Legacy duty ; and several petitions were presented against the constantly-evaded duty on Receipts. Mr. Hume this day brings forward his Resolutions touching the votes of Members directly interested in Private Bills, and Lord Palmerston moves the Army estimates, when he will enter into details as .to the increase of the Army, which will be effected by an increase of companies and not of regiments. [THE PUT:LIG LEDGER.] We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday, and the Male of Wednesday's date ; but, with the exception of local matter, their contents possess very little interest. The Rentes exhiLit an improvement, too slight, however, to be a ble to found upon it any serious speculation in favour of the continuanc e of peace. Besides, they are liable to be ta m p ere d w i t h b y t h e Minister ; and what is not subject to the controul of this Agent of the Holy Alliance, %vial the exception of a very small host of uncompromising Libe rals, whose consistency, honourable at it may be to thems e l ves , on l y serve s t o ex hibit, it; more glaring c o l ours, the general subservien cy ? Perh a p s we are too har d upon th e na tion, itt attributing t o i ts i nertness t h e uncou trouled power w e ild e d b y the Ministry ; for, i f the continuance of th e ex i st i ng sys t em w e re put to the vot e , f or one that shoul d b e i n f avo ur of it, there w ou ld p ro b ably be ninety-nine ag ainst it. Rut th e swor d of the Holy Alliance is in t he former sc a l e ; an d this is the reason , no doubt, of its turning the balance. As the Ministers know well the real source of their ascendancy, as well as the means of their retaining it, they will, no doubt, neglect no art and omit n o concession, by which th e y can hope , to se cure the fav our of their benefac tors . As the mere cr eatures of that League, whose object is the extinction of human liberty, they a re , b y Wei r te nure of office, hostile to En g l ish principles, particularly to the prin ciple of our p o li t i ca l re l a ti o ns n •ith the new States of America. If our recognition of the latter has given umbrage to the Holy Alliance, we may count, to a moral certainty, upon seeing the French Cabinet arrayed against us upon the same ques tion. Should they attempt a compromise, their dismissal would be the immediate consequence ; and the men who now administer the affairs of France, in the name, and under the surveil lance, of a Foreign Junta, are nut the persons to incur such a risk. Sooner than abandon office, they would probably expose France to any ha zards ; and we cannot insist too much upon this point at a juncture, when there is every proba bility of the French Government being placed in front of the opposition which is obviously direct ed against this country, on account of her recog nition of the late Spanish Colonies. kVe do not know what degree of credit is due to a statement which has been given in one of the Paris Papers; but this we know, that, if it were true, hosti lities between France and this country would be inevitable. in that statement it is said, that 'a part of the French army has broken up from its cantonments on the Ebro, in order to proceed into Estremadura ; whilst another division has taken the route of Gallicia. As these movements would be a contravention, in the first place, of the articles of the convention by which the French Go vernment has agreed to withdraw its troops, with the exception of the garrison of Cadiz, behind that river ; and, in the next, a menacing demonstration against Portugal, we do not see how this country could blink the question. Estramadura and Gallicia are the points at which an attack upon Portugal alone is practicable ; and the movement of the French in that direction would evidently imply either an insulting dis trust of England or a menace. In the present state of Spain it is clear there is nothing to justify it ; but then, it may be asked, why should this necessarily involve us in hostilities ? We can only answer that where there is a dis position to bear rather than resent an insult, the question would be very pertinent ; but as this country is not of so crouching a tem per, it is most irrelevant. Portugal is our oldest and most faithful Ally ; and besides, we are bound by treaty to assist her in case of at tack. She has a right to call upon us for aid in the event of her territory being menaced ; but, besides this obligation, we have the deepest interest in keeping that kingdom out of the orbit of the Holy Alliance. Should it be once drawn into the European system, as it is called, we cease from that moment to be an European Power, at least we should exercise as - little controul as the United States of North America, over its concerns. But as long as our treaty with Portugal re mains in force, we can give the law to those very Powers, who otherwise would treat us as an outlaw. 'Whilst we have an entrance into that kingdom, we hold in our hands the lever by which the whole of the Continent can be moved at our pleasure. On the other hand, the military occupation of Portugal by a French army, hacked by the whole force of Russia, and per haps of Austria, would be so full of portent for the safety of Ireland, since coercion is unfortunately substituted for conciliation, that we cannot con• template it without the deepest anxiety. BUENOS AYRES. Tie following Address was made by the Local Government of Buenos Ayres to the National Congress of the Provinces of Rio de la Plate, on its installation in the Capital, on the 12th of De cember. This interesting event is considered to he preparatory to the formation of a Treaty of commerce between those federated Provinces and Great Britian, which will establish the recog nition of their independence by this Country : " SENORS—It has been the fortune of the province of Buenos Ayres to receive-you as our guests; and this circum stance allows its Government the honour of congratulating tine National Representation of the provinces of the Rio de la Plata, on the day on which it is installed. The people hope that tide day will be a day of festivity to them and to their posterity ; but this hope imposes from this day a responsibility on you. If the recollection of past misfortunes, and the idea, perhaps exaggerated, of present difficulties, terrify you, at entering on the arduous task of re-organising the nation, you will quickly see that prudence can take advantage of the trea sures of acquired experience, and form a strict alliance with the invincible power of time. This ancient friend of holy truth appeared to have renewed his wings and his arms in the great struggle of the human race, against its oppressors, of which we are witnesses. Let truth appear, and those who act the despot, in the name of heaven, or in the name of the people, will be quickly known. As soon as they are known, liberty triumphs, and the compact of the national union is formed. This compact will unalterably exist, or will change, if public reason dictates, without changing the friendship which exists among nations, or coming accompanied with desolation and ruin, for reasons sufficient for all, when men in society enjoy the right of examination and the freedom of thinking. j " The province of Buenos Ayres has made a happy trial of the truth during the long period of disunion which haspreceded this. Without its support we should not to-day have witnessed the realization of the difficult object proposed in accelerating a u piicsas: d rieil n ttute o hhtoi t eaot t s.nn o .ia.i d ttnsi i to s Tre c ner o ialpot u aalt r tsi a oeugdn e osss t ,wie h nri e cnt i he r . the meeting of the National Congress ; nor would its Govern ment have been able to maintain for so long a time such rela tionsarable functions, placing in with foreign states in the name of the other provinces, as were indispensable to ward off the blows which their enemies friendsrnunceasinglycn tterminates mi tihn a d t thierese to - d ad a against ha them, hpcientoe your hands, as it does, the collection of the documents relative to tAh r ne h p u err s ii i tc n i ac e in s p s lces o o of awt which ei e cn n ht e : r taaal ndnaturetheactual t prepare t h e year 18'20. These documents will completely inform you of re-organ ization, its conduct with respect to the independent states of the European Powers. ic A s rega rds the first, it proceeded on the convi4on that it is not possible to form a solid government which is not purely national. General interest only can serve as a bond for the union of the provinces, Authorities founded on prejudices sprung up in times of barbarism, and yet may subsist and be useful among civilized communities, because personal interests successively collected and consolidated into time, may reach tile point of becoming almost national ; but to create, at the present moment, an authority o n such a basis in these provinces, is as impossible As i t wou ld be to condense the events of many ages into, a single day. g reat masses by " Public opinion is so decided upon this point, that no error can be feared, except in the specification of general interests. No example will be able to lead us to 'prefer' as . the beit Mans of government the false superiorities which spring from privi leges to the real superiorities which depend upon personal merit : but it may happen that legal provisions and prohibi tions may be considered as the productive means of riches and national prosperity. This fatal error would banish from our territory the free competition of industry of men belonging w the whole world. " You will easily recognize the importance of dissipating With a vigorous hand prevailing allusions on this capital object. You who, without hitherto possessing, like old nations, any thing which can impede your progress in social science, feel yourselves called upon to apply to the virgin soil the most power ful instrument which is known to people and enrich it, are like wise in a happy condition to establish a law which will be re gistered one day in the code of nations. By the side of thilaw for securing individual liberty, freedom of thought, the inviola bility of property, equality in the eye of the law, open the free competition of industry to all men in the territory of the Unit ed Provinces. This law will be a consequence of the rights of men in society--it will strengthen the vital principle of union among the provinces —it will extinguish the seeds of jealousy and prejudices which may agitate them—and, finally, it Will destroy the necessity for treaties of commerce, which, being -the offspring of ign orance , h ave g i ven occas i on to wars, bloody in themselves, and useless to the conquerors. At least, Gentlemen, the Government of Buenos Ayres has a right to expect that you will not disapprove of the analo gous policy which it has followed to nationalize the provinces of the ancient union. The laws which have been dictated with this spirit—the consolidation of' the national debt—the creation of public credit—the projects which have sprung up under its protection to promote enterprises of industry in the provinces— all this has produced salutary effects, excites great hopes, and presents a basis of unio n which public opinion has hitherto sought with anxiety. " The examination of the official correspondence will s' - you the care which the Government of Buenos Ayres hae exerted to preserve a good understanding, and to draw closet the bonds of friendship with those nations of the Continent fight for the common cause. A just correspondence; and mo tives of high national interest, require the mission of a Mini ster Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia. I'he situa tion of Peru since its last misfortunes rendered necessary the nomination of another Minister to that Government ; but both those Ministers must now receive new credentials from the general power of the united provinces. " We have fulfilled a great national duty with the republic of the United States of North America. That Republic, which since its origin stands at the head of the civilization - of the new world, has solemnly recognized our independence. It has at the same time made an appeal to our national honour, supposing us capable of contending single-handed with the Spanish Power : but it has constituted itself as guardian of the field of battle, in order not to permit the introduction of 'any third party to aid our, rival. " The neighbouring empire of Brazil exhibits a contrast with this noble republic, and forms a deplorable exception to the general policy of American nations. The . province of Monte Video, separated from the rest of our provinces by the .. most ignoble artifices, and retained under the weight or arms, is a scandal which is made more odious by the appearance of. legality in which it endeavours to conceal the usurpatioti.— The Government of the provinces of Buenos Ayres has tried. the means of reason with the Court of Janeiro ; and although its efforts have been hitherto ineffectual, still it does not des pair. Perhaps•the counsel of powerful friends may bring it to listen to reason, an d remove from the coasts of America the fatal necessity of war. " The vacillation of some of the great Powers of the Euro pean Continent, and the malevolence which others spew To wards the new republics of this part of the world, arise from the constrained position in which they are placed by a policy inconsistent with the nature of things. Kings can . possess neither force nor power, except by means which the perfec tion of social order, presents. They k now ver y we ll -th e ex t e nt and advantage of those means; but; frightened with-the move ment which they see around their throne, they endeavour to return to their past immobility. They would desire that truth and error should form an alliance to strengthen their authority. Thence has sprung the inexplicable dogma of ligitimacy, which now torments the nations of ancient Europe, and for the-pro pagation of which the Holy Alliance should recognize as legiti mate Governments whose origin is not obscure, and whole authority is supported not upon prodigies, but upon the simple and natural rights of nations. But it will not be just on that account to fear that the soldiers of the Holy Alliance intend to traverse the Atlantic on. purpose. to establish here the odious legitimacy of the Catholic King. . • " Great Britain, released from compromises with the Allies, has adopted towards the States of America a noble conduct worthy of the most civilized, most.free, and, on this account, the most powerful nation of Enrope. The solemn recognition of the independence of the new Republic will be a consequence of the principles she has proclaimed.. And you may believe , Senors, that this important event, as far as relates to the ply' vinces of the Plata, depends chiefly on their showing them selves bound in a national tteion, and with the Capacity ° 1 maintaining the good institutions they already possess. " The Catholic King has annulled the preliminay'converle tip which his Commissioners concluded with the GoVerntuer“ of this province, and through its intereention with most of the Union on the 4th of July last year. He has declared that the language which he employed as the. King of a free people, i 4 not, and cannot be, his own. But his absolute authority hi curse to Spain, and his name only passes to this part of the world to serve the interests of some Chiefs, who make war on their own account in the interior provinces of Peru, like the adventurers who first conquered it. " But for the unfortunate dissensions which have crippled the provinces of La Pl ata, t hi s war would have been ended. sit has compromised too long the honour of the Allied Republic s of the continent, but every thing announces that it approaehee the hour of its termination. Already the illustrious Liberato r of Colombia hastens victorious towards the very centreof the power of the oppresors of Peru. The republic of Chili 1 11 ,1 moved its naval f orces to c l ose the Pacific against them ; the Government of this province, uniting its efforts to those of Salta, prepares the_elements which may serve as a basis to th national power for a more extended plan of operations. " Such is the situation of the general business at this moment' We enjoy favourable auspices. If they are realized, the ye" which approaches will see an end of the war, and the cow' mencernent of the national existence of the provinces of Rio 4e la Plata. (Signed) " JUAN GREGORIO DE LAS lIER.V 4 ' " MANUEL JOSE GARCIA." DUDLEY EUCRINITES.—A very scarce and mag niticent variety of this fossil has recently bee'' discovered in the lime-stone formation at Dudley , and is now in the collection of Mr. PAYTON, °I that place. From its elegant plume-like fort' it has received the name of the Plumage Euc' mes. It was found imbodied in a stone thirty" eight inches long, eighteen broad, and about one inch in thickness. The fossil itself is not 1 05 than thirty-one inches in length, from the base of the crown, and is the largest and the mos t beautiful yet discovered. LANGUAGES.—From the work of the learned ADELUNG, we find that there exist not less than 3,064 different languages employed in va rious parts of the earth! There are of these European 587 Asiatic 937 African - . 276 American - 1,2E4 BAROMETER.—It appears that in . the course of last month the barometer stood at Worcester, at the amazing elevation of 30, inches 96-100ths this fact is the more remarkable as the air was not, at the time, remarkably dry. BIRTHS. On Monday, the 21st inst., Mrs. Darby, of Aston, lierts' of a son, still-horn. On Thursday, the 24th inst., in Doughty -street- .Meeklen burgh-square, Mrs. James Patten, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 22d instant, at St. Mary's, Newington' Surrey, Mr. Thomas Love Bull. of Blackman -street, to Sara/ 1 7 second daughter of Mr. William Hill, of High-street, South wark. On the 24th inst., at Battersea, the Rev. E. Bellamy, of .the . Priory, Downham, to Mary, the eldest daughter of Gorge Scholey, Esq., of Clapham-common. DIED. On the 31st of December, 1824, Robert Mitchell, Esq., ° Pembroke, in the island of Tobago. On Tuesday, the 22d inst., at 'Wingfield, Wiltshire, in the 82d year of his age, Thomas Morris, Esq., formerly of the Terrace, Camberwell. Printed and Published for the PitorniETons, at the SUN' OrrlcE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CansTAlns.