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g: /I ;. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. l ‘ icen daY, Feb. 21, LONDON. Nos. 1,8, 14, 15, 22, 104, 284, 293, 308. CouNTox. N 05.20, 72, 192, 219, 311, 368, 423, 509, 510, 521, , 563. "esuaY, ----- 22, Lorrnom. Nos. 86, 235, 349. COUNTRY. Nos. n 3B, 67, 66, 145, 427, Wednesd a y, - 2 )6 3, LONDON. No. ? ". Lodge of Berwyn knee. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 112, 215, 314, 414, 440, 442, 478, 548, Thuisday, - 549, 661. 24, LoNnom. Nos. 7, 39, 82, 142, 15(3, 216, 327, 481. Gen. Coin. Fern. Sch. at 11. COUNTRY. Nos. 119, 153, 176, 178, 243, 2(39, 453. --- 25, LoNnoN. No. 239. Vaiday, S aturday, 2 COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236, 283, 709. 6, LONDON. • • • COUNTRY. Nos. 412, 492, 675. PA RLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mercurii 16° (lie Februarii, 1 825. foamhe ouse met, and Forty Members not being present at o'clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House. • NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. 111 r. Stuart Wortley —Bill to amend the Game Laws. 2 . Lord Viscount Lowther—Select Committee to inquire into the management of Turnpike Trusts in the vicinity of the Metropolis. 3. 111 r. Gou lburn—Re-appointment of the Select Committee of last Session on the state of Ireland. O RDER OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I r surY Laws Repeal Bill—Second reading. Dropped Notices of Motions of Yesterday. 1. Mr. William Smith—Bill for granting relief to certain Dis senters, in relation to the Solemnization of Marriages. 2. Air. Hutne—Select Committee on the export of Machinery. 3 . Alr. Alderman Heygate—Bill to alter and amend the Laws against Usury, and to mitigate the Penalties therein con tained. 4. Mr. Hume—Return of the number of British subjects who have been banished from British India without trial since 1 813. H ume — Expenditure of Ordnance vot e d t o t h e N avy. 4 r. Chancellor of the Exchequer —Grant of Exchequer Bills, Transfer of Aids, and Annual Duties. (In Com mittee of Ways and Means.) Dropped Orders of the Day of Yesterday. 4 'Weights and Measures Bill —Second reading. 3. SuPPlY—Committee. 4. Si'ays and Aleans—Committee. Su PPlyßeport. Dropped Second Readings of Private Bills. Spittle Gate and Bridge-end Road Bill ; and Liverpool Im provement Bill. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS Iluk 3 Per Cent Stock . Heti ................... 237 i ii 8 . .... 94 3 Per C ent. Cons- 94 93 3iper Cent. ............... 1018 vino Red. Pet Cen t. Dimsd• ...... New ...IN 5i 6 Hank Long. Ann. 23 s.l6ths Imp. 3 per Cents.. ...... ..... India Stock .................. 285 Ditto Bonds ...... 98 South Sea St ac k 9O pm. DAY AT ONE O . CLOCK. 01(1 Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 2d. 63 6-1 Ditto ............ I Ad. Ditt0...... 5001. `2d... Ditto ........... 14d. 65 63 Ditto Small ... 2d. Ditto ........... 14d- 65 63 Ditto Comm . erctid Bank for Act. India for Acct. 9 85/ Cons. for Feb. 25. 93i PItICF:S op roiteiGN Ft Austrian Bds, 5 per ct. Brazilian Bds .............. 884 Scrip ......... .... 4 pm. Buenos Ayres Ilds ...... 91i Bds, 8 per ct....... (!olont bi an Ild s. 6 per ct.... 91i 1)0. do. 1824 ......... 90igi fireek , vanish 5 per cent.......... . .................... Scr, ..... pm. ,4texican ip 1825 Ilds ............. 80iii Scrip 1825......... 3 ai pm. NDS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 5 per teat Neapolitan Scrip — Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per ct. Ditto New 99i 1084 Russian, New, 5 per ct. Kit Spanish 1821, 5 per cs. 24p4il 1823, ditto 181 18 ii French Rentes 164 1031 Exchange —l. —c. Scrip PitICES OF SHARES AT'OX6 184 O'CLOCK. Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company 7 4 4 1043, Marine Department 125 130 Anglo-Alexican Mining Company 134 A Anglo-Chilian Mining-Company 16 4tigna Iron and Coal Mining Company 25 trazilian Alining Company 20 19 20 Chilian Alining Company 37 'Colombian illining Company 13A 14 General Mining Association 33 34 33i 34 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 2 ( 4 29 Rio de la Plata Mining Company United Mexican Mining Company Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company 135 5 14 4 2 41 : 6 - 35 7 14 6 5 i 9 84 9 Cont._ental Gas Company 24 i 2 rrovincial Portable Gas Company 13 ,united General Gas Company 38 Blanch General and Liverpool Railway Company • 7# ilt it4h hon Company 1,220 f. French Four Canal Shares 25f. 10c. Exchan e . al 74 8 01(1 Lost Ai_Association . 14 Ncumkoljtan Fish Company 7 8i p e w uarn Exchange 174 10 earl Fisher Company , Yellow Receipt 1 Pro • • Y 84 1 ~ vincial Rank of Ireland 24 ("met Bricks FOItEIGN MAILS. Lisbon Gottenborgh namburgh France ARRIVED. D. IQ---..-- b t il WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ...._ ........... _ .„....._ nrnin R, 35 minutes after 2.1 Evening, 54 minutes after 2. THE SUN. QUIS FALSU.II AUDEAT MI TRSDAY ODO, EVENING N , FE8.17, 1825 _ We this day received, at a l a t e h our , an Ex la ar es s fro m P ar i s. The following are extracts Mal the Etoile, dated yesterday : CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 19. Jilinziacky has lately addressed a note to the Reis-Effendi, t° (lettland certain clauses which have not been executed, con terrii ng the Navigation of the Black Sea, and the future admi tration of 'Walachia an d M o ld av i a; the aaswer of the Divan ' 4 3 eYasiv e . The French Ambassador, Count Guilleminot, has , enl anded a second audience of the Sultan, to present to him 44 new credentials. The MADRID, FE B . 3. of Ring of France has sent the grand Leader of the Legion Honour to his Excellency Count 'Lea Bermudez, first Minis ter of his Majesty. They write from Barcelona, of the 3d Feb., that General Don Francisco Espoy y Mina. Don Antonio Roten, ex- Governor of that town, Don Joachim Busquel, Don Fernando Butrin, Don Pedro Sans Castillanos, Don Francisco I‘lilans, and Don Antonio Gil, are cited by the first and last Bann which has been published by bon Felix de Payez Oehoa, of the Council of his Majesty, and his Aicade in the Criminal Chamber of Catalonia, of the Ist February. CHAMBER OF PEERS.-SITTING OF 14T11 FEB. The Chamber sat at one o'clock, and continued its discussion on the project of the sacrilege law. . The Chamber had not come to any decision on that question, and it was put off to Wednesday. An article from Madrid, dated Feb. 8, says--" The Consul of his Majesty at Lisbon writes, under date of the 15th Jan., that there entered that port the Chasse-maree Del Carmen, the Captain of which, Garcia Marina, declared to him that he fell in with, on the lath December, in the morning, fifty leagues to the north of the Canaries, a Spanish division of seven frigates, which sailed on the 7th December from Ferrol to America. This news is confirmed by a dispatch from the Commandant of this expedition, Don Fernando Dominici, to the Minister of the Marine. The Journal des Debats and the Constitutionnel represents the Britannic Flag carrying all over the world this device— " Liberty, Civil and Religious ;" but they do net tell us that on this flag there is wrriten in characters ineffaceable—" In dostan.—lreland." They also forget to inform us that there is not in the world a Government more absolute than that of the English in the East Indiss,and no Government,except that ofthe Romans,exereised religious persecution with more severity . The Journal des Debuts and the Constitutionnel say, that Mr. Canning is going to unfold his flag before the one hundred and twenty millions of subjects over which England reigns in Asia. Let them go to Calcutta, Bombay, or Madras, and give British Liberty ; or to spare them so long a voyage, let them stop at the Cape of Good Hope, and applaud the fine phrases of Mr. Canning, but soon will Lord Charles Somerset cause them to know the value of these speeches. We do not pretend to say that Mr. Canning does not wish the emancipa tion of Ireland—we believe he will use all his influence to effect it. Renter opened at 103 f. 75c. 80c. for the end of the month, at half-past three o'clock, 103 f. 90c. We have received the Paris Papers of Monday, and if any credit is to be given to the private correspondence of the Journal des D6bats, it would seem that Spain had foreseen the probabi lity that the independence of the South Ameri can States would be recognized by this Country, and had in consequence entered into a secret treaty with Russia, engaging to cede to that Power the two Californias, on condition of her opposing that recognition by all possible means, and if necessary, to resort to force for that pur pose. We annex the article above alluded to:— ( From the Journal des Debuts.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, FEB, 3. M. Zea, first Clerk in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and brother of the Minister, set out yesterday for St. Petersburgh ; his departure was occasioned by the note of the British Govern ment, relative to the independance of the Americas. It is now affirmed that our Government, having foreseen that England was only waiting for a favourable opportunity to acknowledge their independance, had concluded a secret treaty with Russia, by which that Power engaged to op pose the recognition of the independence of the said American States, and even to resort to force for that purpose if necessary; and in return, that Spain would cede, to her the Californias, if the succour offered by Russia should actually be given. It is consequently asserted, that M. Zea is gone to St. Petersburgh to obtain the execution of this treaty. The following articles relate to the dangerous state of health of the King of Spain, and the dis turbed situation of affairs in that country : (Front the Courier Francais. ) (PRIVATE CORRESPDXDENCE.) MADRID, FEB. 3. A notice is published to-day, that, on account of the state of the King's health, prayers for his recovery will be performed to-clay, and the Holy Sacrament will be exposed during the service. His Majesty is, in fact, very ill; and general alarm is felt for the consequences of this illness, said to have been produced by a violent fit of passion, into which his Majesty fell during a Council of State on the affairs of Spain. It is reported that his Majesty even deplored the sad fate which placed him at the head of his Government ; he complained bitterly of having never been seconded by his Ministers, though he had selected them from the persons whom he thought the most attached to him. Lastly, according to the same reports, the King said that he now saw that every body deceived him, anti that he was not without uneasiness for his own safety, and that of his family. Whatever may be the causes of his Majesty's indisposition, it has certainly caused great alarm for these three days past; the gout seemed disposed to fly to the stomach, but the exertions of the physicians have arrested the progress of the disorder. Letters from Corunna say, that the Royalist Volunteers there have been disarmed, and that the Spanish troops of the line have been obliged to leave the city for fear they should come to quarrels with the French garrison. This operation has been effected, it is said, to the great satisfaction of the inha bitants of the town, and without the slightest opposition from the Spaniards, though their discontent was visible, and their hatred concentrated. BARCELONA, FED. 2. It is confidently stated, that General Reiset has addressed a letter to the Captain-General Caro, announcing to him that he is informed that efforts are making to inflame the minds of the people against the French troops, and expressing a hope that the Captain-General would take the necessary means for putting an end to such plots ; adding, that if his Excellency did not so, he should himself be under the necessity of adopting vigorous measures. [From the Quotidienne.] MADRID, FED. 3. Troubles, of rather a serious nature have taken place at Gre nada. The pop u l ace wante d to break up by force a Consti tutional Meeting, or Club. The soldiers, instead of obeying the authorities, joined the populace. General Quesada has sent a courier hither to i n f orm t h e G overnment o f w h at was passing. (From the Etoile.) PARIS, FEB. 14. Lucien Murat (son of the ex-King of Naples) was at Gibral tar, on his way (as he said) to the United States of North America. Being taken on the Spanish territory, he was ar rested and sent to prison in Algesiras. On his arrival at Alge siras, he was interrogated by General Joseph O'Donnel, who did not conceal from him that h e h a d rece i ve d or d ers from Madrid to arrest him if he should set foot on the Spanish ter ritory. FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per cents. opened at 103. 75. ; closed at 103. 70.; Bank St oc k , 1,980.; Neapolitan Rentes, n . don 88 . 7 0 . ; Royal Sp an i s h L oan , 1823 , Falconers ._x ' c h certificates , ng e on b 0 24. 85.--(Cours Authentsque. , J ne month, 25. ; three months, Lisbon Papers to the 6th instant arrived this morning. They do not contain any political news, but the following articles will shew, that the neW Portuguese 'Ministry are laudabry direct ing their attention to the improvement of the financial and naval departments of Portugal : Ltsnox, FEB. 3. Don Miguel Antonio de Mello, Minister of . Finance, and: President of the Treasury, having represented to the King that in consequence of various extraordinary circumstances there' was an excessive accumulation of business both in the Trea- . jury and the department of the Finances, and that he was unable to attend to all the extensive ramifications with the real and success required, and that it would therefore be advisable to form a Junta to co-operate with him to superintend the seve ral divisions, to examine the state of each, and propose any niprovements that might be made 1 his Majesty has been pleased to appoint a Board, consisting of three persons, for the purpose above stated. FEB. s.—His Majesty, by an Alvara dated Ist February, has raised the Navy Board, called Council of Marine, created by a decree of 3d October, 1323, to the rank of a Royal Tri bunal, giving it the same honour and privileges as the Council of War, and ordering that it shall judge in the last instance all litigated cases, the decision of which depends upon naval know ledge. It shall likewise be consulted on every thing relative to maritime legislation.—By a decree of the 3d, his Majesty orders the same Council of Marine to draw up a System of Re gulations for the Navy, and a Maritime Penal Code. Every thing that has already been done on the subject, in conformity with previous decrees, and according to a plan approved by his Majesty, is to be communicated (together with the said plan) to the Council, which shall proceed without interruption till the conclusion of this important duty, that the best order may be at once established in the Naval Department; The latest intelligence from Spain justifies the opinion which we have often expressed, of the necessity that such a portion of the French army should remain in that country as may be sufficient to give support to the Government. It appears that the higotted FERDINAND has been alarmingly ill, and it may be supposed that in the aweful moments of expected death he became sensible of the critical state of the country and of the dangers that were likely to involve him self and his family. He lies, according to re port, bitterly inveighed against his Ministers, ac cusing them of having deceived him with erro neous counsels. It has beet► found necessary on the part of the French, no doubt with the autho rity of the Government, to disband the volun teers, who had shewn some unruly motions, whether of disaffection towards the Monarch; of dissatisfaction with the general state of the country, is not distinctly stated. If the fear of death has really brought the misguided FEunt- NAND to a better understanding of his duty, and sounder notions as to the true interest of his country, time will soon show I but, in the mean while, it is evident that a crisis is at hand s and that a general convulsion of the State would pro bably have arisen, if the Government had not been supported by the continuance of Freud) protection. By the arrival of the Celia at Liverpool, direct from Lima, and the Urania from Buenos Ayres, letters have been received front Lima to the sth of October, and from Buenos Ayres to the 12th of December. The American brig Stranger entered the harbour of Callao on the 22d of September, with provisions for the American vessels of war under Commodore Hu LL. She left Valparaiso on the 13th, at which period two Chilian frigates were ready fot sea, and would sail in a few days to join Admiral GUISE. Three Colombian vessels of war had joined the Admiral, either at Iluacho or Salinas; and 1,500 troops from Panama had landed at Iltianclutco Or Silpe. Ad miral GUISE, thus reinforced, was expected to arrive off the harbour of Callao shortly after the sth of October. The Asia, ship of the line, remained at anchor in the harbour. A letter of the sth of October mentions that General itonit., the Royalist Commander in Callao, was fitting out several transports. The Patriots, it was expected, would take possession of Lima on the sth October, as six officers and six men had visited the city on the 4th, to deliver Landes from Gen. Hot:lvan. The feelings of the inhabitants were, it is stated, decidedly in favour of the Pa triots. A letter from Chile, dated Nov. 8, received via Buenos Ayres, states, that the Stranger, which left Callao on the 7th of October, had returned to Valparaiso. The Captain re, ported, that on the morning of that day Admiral GUISE, with his fleet, appeared off the harbour to resume the blockade. The Asia and the Achilles had been previously strongly moored close to the works of the fortress. On the appearance of Ad- Infra' G UISE, Governor RODIL requested Adm iral G u itu z ETA to proceed to sea and attack GUISE, which he declined doing. Ropit. immediately threatened to turn the guns of the fortress upon him, if he did not instantly obey the order; in conse quence of which, the Asia and Achilles were getting under weigh when the Stranger sailed on the 7th of October. The Captain did not remain to ascertain the issue of the expected ' engagement. Governor RODIL had about 1,500 men in Callao, the fortifications of which he had repaired and strengthened, as far as his means would allow ; but, front the circumstance of his having prepared the transports, it is doubtful whether he intended to evacuate the place, or to attempt to obtain rein forcements from the Intermedios. ODYSSEUS. —The following particulars are re listed of this celebrated Greek Chieftain, whose exploits have rendered him so famous in the history of the war, now waging for the independence of Greece. Odysseus is said to be now residing, again forsaken by all his companions in arms, iw a cavern on the eastern declivity of Parnassus. The place is absolutely inaccessible to an enemy; it can be approached only by six long mounted ridges, rising almost perpendicularly one above the other. The cavern is of very great extent, so that it could contain some thousand men. It has excellent water, which is preserved in cisterns, which the new Hermit had made in 1823. He has also built a hovel detached from the walls of the cavern, several magazines, containing provisions and ammunition, and even a kiosk ; an d he posSesses two ood field pieces. Since the summer o f 1824 he has had with g him his wife, his mother, and the children of the latter by a second marriage. One of these children had the misfortune while playing on a terrace to fall down the precipice, where it was dashed to pieces. He has, besides these, no companion except the well-known Englishman (Irishman) Trelawny, one of the most intimate friends of the late Lord Byron, who was very active in Greece for some months, afterwards quarrelled with Mavrocordato, and is how an idle and discontented spectator. An express arrived yesterday from Liverpool, bringing intelligence of the entran ce o f G eneral of of BOLIVAR' S army October. It i s rn division 4 1 o t i l i i was expected on the,follow:ng a S d u d c e a d E i t i t i i t a o t day, Letters from St. 1 homas s state, th a t a ser i ous j :i i l m ot a he o conspiracy among the negroes had been disco vered. The white inhabitants were in conse quence obliged to appoint guards during the night, and the alarm was very great, as the plot was represented to be extensive, and to be con nected with the negroes of the neighbouring islands. '• THE KIN'G'S I r estdtday, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a Court tit his Palace in PaManall, which was attended by the French Ambas sador, the Spanish Minister, the Sicilian Minister the Danish Minister, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Exche quer' the Master-General of the Ordnance, the President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Chief Justice: 9of the Court of King's Bench, the Re corder of London, the Master of the Horse, the Treasurer of the household, the Master of the Ceremonies, Earl Cathcart (Gold Stick in Waiting), the Hdn. F. Cathcart.—His Majesty gave audiences to his Excellency the Prince de. Polignac, Ambassa dor from his Most Christian Majesty, when M. Des Chesnes was introduced for the purpose of delivering to his Majesty the Insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, which had been conferred upon his late .Majesty Louis XVIII. His Majesty also gave audiences to the Count de Ludolf, the Sicilian Minister, and to the Chevalier de Los Rios, the Spanish Minister, to receive their Credentials; and likewise to the Count de Moltke, the Danish Minister. They were all attended by the Right Hon. George Canning, his Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and Sir Robert Chester, his Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.— The Hon. Frederick Cathcart was presented to the King, upon his being appointed his Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confe deration.—His Majesty held a Privy Council, when some alterations were made in the pricked list of Sheriff's for the present year. Mr. Buller attended as Clerk of the Council.— The Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council, when he made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at the last January Sessions and others, at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey, when Vood, Harris, and Durham, were ordered for execution ; the others were respited during his Majesty's pleasure. His Majesty gave an audience 1 to the Earl of Harrowby, the Lord President of the Council.-- Lord St. Helens and Sir Andrew Barnard were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Court did not break up till near seven o'clock. ~ - - • . . • i -.--) f 4 c -r• 1,, • t ., ,r• 1 • AT- 'c' • %.•<,' 4 :e , I N V ri -- 4 IP Ai . ' II . , c.: , ' ' . ) l- X i .<•4 1 ; ' :54 ...-: ea. sit " ''' . - 'iltAfr.oo - 'l" )--• , 4, -„. " -. 1 p %,: . 4. • . ~-.1.,:-..,g_ikor:›l- -' - ' O . ; .tyy,c , ~;, ibi. ;z i , ~,,,,,.0 . , N S ' :rk:: Rdi 1 ..). C " . , .. ~,,, t • * 414 F. il. . i . O A '' .. ' .. +' FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and family, at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Woburn-abbey; Baroness de Willoughby, and the Hon. Miss Burrell, at their house, Whitehall, from their seat, Richmond ; Sir Geo. Chetwynd, Baronet, and family, at their house in Great George-stree, Westminster, from their seat, Brocton-hall, in Staffordshire; F. H. Rigby, Esq., and family, at their house in Upper Grosvenor -street, from Mitley Hall in Essex ; Sir John and Lady Hamilton and family, at their house, Baker street, Portman-square; Mrs. Blanaw and family, in Queen- Ann-street, from Brighton ; Lord Charles Manners, from his brother's (the Duke of Rutland), B e lvoi r C as tle ; Lord Apsley, from a tour; Hon. W. Vane Powlctt, at his house in Curzon street, from his seat, Somerby, Leicestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell, and Miss Wilson, at Gould's Hotel, Jemlyn.street, from their seat in Essex ; Henry Hutchins, Esq. at the Water loo Hotel, Jermyw.street, from a tour ; Lord Thomas Cicil, at Kifham's Hotel, Lower Brodk-street, froM his brother's, (the Marquis of Exeter) Burleigh, Lincolnshire ; the Hon. Captain Craddock, at ditto, from Yorkshire ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Bosanqtlet, at ditto, fforn their seat, Trent Park, Suffolk ; Sir M. Cholmeley, Bart. at ditto, from his seat, in Lincolnshire; Charles Davon ' Esq. at Read's Hotel, Lower. Grosvenor-street ; from a tour ; Jukes Clifton Jukes, Esq. at ditto, from his scat in Shropshire; J. B. Lester, Esq. M.P. at Fenton's Hotel, St: James's-place, from Pool # Richard Rushbrook, Esq. at ditto ; from his seat, Rushbrook Park, Norfolk. CIIANGES.—Lord Bolton, from town, for his seat in 'lamp shire; Lord and Lady Selsey, from their hOtise in Lower Grosvenor-street, to Sussex ; Sir William Elliot, Bart., froth Upper Brook-street to his seat, Stops Castle,Berwickshire ; Lord Wm. Lennox, from town to Windsor; Lord Muncaster, from Curzon-street to Melton Mowbray; Lord George Lennot, for his seat in Sussex; Sir Thomas M. Wilson, Bart. from Nerot's Hotel, Clifford -street; Col. Smith and Ladies, from ditto; the HOn. Mrs. Montague and Ladies, from ditto; the Rev. E. arid Mrs. Smythe, from ditto, for Canterbury. eASIIJONABLE PARTIES. The MatchioressOfHertford has issuedc;rds of invitation fdt an Evening Party do Thursday, the 24th February, and every following Thursday until Easter, at her house in Man chester-square. The Duke of Montrose entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Earle of Cassilis had a dinner party on Tuesday, at his villa, St. Margaret's, Middlesex. LOrd MOrley entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at Kent House, Knightsbridge. The Countess of Essex had an elegant Circle of Fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Lord Colchester had a Dinner Party yesterday, at his house ih Spting.gardens. Sir George Warrender, Bart. entertained a select party of friends to Dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall-place. Lord GWYder had a Grand Dinner Party yesterday, at his house in Piccadilly. PEttu, , --=The 28th of October a vessel arrived at Valparaiso, in 22 days, from Callao. The letters received by it in Chili all agree that Cantarac and his army were approach ing rapidly to their dissolution: The Libertador must have occupied Cuzco on the 15th or 20th of September, as the same letters affirm that the Viceroy L a S erna. was drawing all the Spanish troops out of garrison, to decide the fate of Peru in a general battle. It was said that even the troops of Callao would he taken away for this purpose, anti that Admi ral Guise would declare the port open, But in o ppo s i t i on to this, the Liberal of Chili, of October JO, says, " the ship Asia, land the rest of the Maritime force, were ready to sail front Callao; and according to the most respectable accounts, say that they would sail for the Interniedios (the ports between Lima and Chili), to take on boatd La Serna, Cantarac, Valdez, &c. since the cause of the Spaniards is believed desperate, and as they cannot fall back towards Brazil on account of the war with Olaneta. By letters of late date, the advanced posts of Bolivar are stated to be in Guamanga, and Andaguaylas (47 leagues from Cuzco) Valdes had not joined Cantarac, in conse quence of the bad condition his army was left in by the civil war against Olaneta. It is probable thai if he could realize this junction, it would not much improve the conditidn Of the Spa niards --(Buenos Ayres Argus, Dee. 4.) Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the Earl of WESTMORELAND, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Yesterday several Noble Lords, appointed to form a Committee of Inquiry intd the affairs of Ireland, met, for the first time, in the house of Lords. Their Lordships did not transact any business. The meeting was pro forma. The late Mr. COOKE, generally styled "Con versation COOKE i " on account of an excel lent Poem, entitled Conversation, died at a very advanced age about a year ago, in the full pos.; session of his faculties, except in remembrance of recent events. Ile was well acquainted with all o th f e D g r r a e m a a t time, t A ie c c to r r i s ti o ci f sm hi , s ,,liis and his " Elements " Life of MAGI LiN," and of " SAMUEL FOOTtj" she* that he was thoroughly conversant with the Histrionic Art. Hearing of the extraordinary success of KEAN, he was induced to visit the Theatre, and he gave the following account of what happened :—" I went," said he, "%VllO a full reli ance on t h e common-sense of the Public, expecting at least to behold and enjoy the triumph of another GAttnicK. Th e part was Richard, which I was told was KEAN's best effort. After hearing him through two Acts, I looked round to see from whom burst such tumults of applause, supposing that they must spring from the younger part of the audience, but when I found that grave el derly Dons were equally clamorous in his favour, being myself full satisfied, I withdrew, exclaim , . ing in wonder, with uplifted arms, as I left the box, " God help ye.", IVIERCANTILt SHIPPING., DEAL, FEB. 16.—Wind S.W.—The Honourable Coniz pany's ships Kent and Scaleby Castle, remain wind bound, with the Gilmore, Ocean, Columbine, George, and a TranspOrt. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind S.--His Majesty's s hip Wellesly, of 74 guns, went out of harbour this morning, and brought up at Spithead, preparatory to her d e p arture for Lisbon and the Brazils.—No arrivals or sailings. FALMOUTH, FEn. 15.—Wind S.S.E. to S. fresh breezes.— Arrived the Stanmer Packet from Lisbon, sailed the 6th inst. Highlander, Le Brun, from St. Domingo, in 30 days ; Ebene zer, Bastard, from Cette, in 32 days; and the Cambria, Cook, from the Downs for Vera Cruz. . . Lt VERI'O o 1., FE S.S.E.—Arrived the Danube Huntington, frOm Wilmington, sailed tile 19th of January. Arrived off Weymouth the Ocean, riffle. from Tene- Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz. :—Capt. John Hine Atlas; and Capt. Wm. Hope, Here fordshire, for .Madras aril]. China. [Extract of a Letter from the British Consul at Havre de Grace to JOHN BENNETT, Esq., Secretary of Lloyd's, dated Feb. 10.1 I have the _honour to enclose you a letter from my Con sular Agent at Treport, a small sea-port in the department of the Seine Inferieuse, respecting the loss of the English ship Four Sisters, Stockell, Master. The very handsome manner in which M. Hoitrel, clergyman of the village of Mers, came forward on the occasion, I hope will be noticed in the newspapers. M. Hoitrel hating come to the wreck, had all the surviving crew, 13 in number, carried to his house, and not only gave them every thing their case required, but even gave them up his own bed and a quantity of his clothes, and for these three days has subsisted them all in the most noble and disin terested manner, having refused to receive the money offered him for the reimbursement of his expences he has incurred on their account; and it is one of those acts of Christian puma= pity and charity which deServe to be noticed. I leave this to your care, as such actions cannot be made too public." The following is a copy of a communication from the Board of Trade to the Chairman of then Ship Owners' Society : " Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade+ January 11, 1825. " SIR-I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee of British Ship Owners, that it appears by a communication to this Board froM the Foreigh Office, that a Royal Order has been passed in Spair, directing that foreign vessels shall not enter the Spanish Ports without a Muster Roll and Bill of Health. —«I am, Sir; " Your most obedieht humble Servant; • " GEORGE LYALL 4 Esq." " THOS. LACK. ' i ARCTIC LANt) EXPEDITION. — C apta ti FRANK LIN, accompanied by Lieutenant Back and Mr. Kendall, have left town for Liverpool, where they will embark, with Dr. Richardson and the other individuals composing the expedition, in the Colombia packet for New York, from whence th e y pro.: ce.d to Upper Canada, and then to Fort Chepewyan, on their way to the Polat Sea, by the Mackenzie River. On reaching its northern extremity, Captain Franklin and Lieutenant Back, with part of the expedition. proceed to the westward, in the hope of reaching Behring's Straits while Dr. Richardson and Mr, Kendall, with the other party, proceed to the eastward, tracing the coast of America, if possible, to the Coppermine River. .Not long before the departure of Captain Franklin from town; he received a message froth Akaitcho, the Indian Chief who accompanied him on his former journey, that he and his tribe were perfectly satisfied with the stores and addi , tional presents which bad been sent td them, and that they would be willing to accompany him on another expedition. Mt. WiLBERtontE is ; in eOnsegnence of the declining state of his health y about to retire fro►n Patliamelit. The Joseph i ne, Colombian vessel, is arrived at Liverpool, from La Guayra, with coffee, This is, we believe, the first instance of a Co , lombian ship arriving in a European port, She left the bth of January, and brings accounts therefrom, only two days later than those re= ceived by the Leeward Island packet. AUTO43IOGRAPIIY:—FREDERICIi REYNOLDS, the veteran Dramatist, and MICHAEL KELLY, the veteran Musician, are now employed in writing their lives, and the work of the latter is said td be ready for publication. The biography of REYNOLDS will, of course, be the history of his own dramatic times, with anecdotes of Managers, Actors, and his early gay companions. There will doubtless be originality in his mode of relates ing them, as his own character is sui generis, and humorous. honest MICHAEL KELLY, who has been an enemy to nobody but himself, by his former generous, but improvident, hospitality, having lived much abroad, and having a quick perception of character s may be expected to pro , duce a very entertaining work, particularly as it Is to be revised by a Gentleman well known itt the - literary world, and highly esteemed fot' learning, talents, and integrity. Mrs, Onte, it seems, perseveres in being one of the Society of THE FRIENDS, or Quakers, as they are vulgarly styled, and assumes their sim, plc garb, but the spirit of her character and the vivacity of her conversation remain the same, nor has her new faith lessened her propensity tch literary pursuits. ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS; Oft Tuesday a Deputation from the Committee of Manage ment of the important and national undertaking for a Ca nal between the English and Bristol Channels, had an in terview with the Earl of LIVERPOOL, for the pUrpote of sub mitting to his Lordship an explanatory account of the scheme, with the reports of Mr. TELFORD and Captain Nicnotts upon it, and were most favourably received. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE PORTABLE GAS LIGHT COMPANY.—An inquest was held in the Committee room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, before T. SHELTON, Esq: Coroner, on the body of Frederick Thompson, aged 30, who came by his death under the following dreadful circum stances i—lt appeared by the evidence, that the deceased was employed by the Portable Gas Light Company, on whose premises he was at work on Saturday last, when a person Visited the place to whom the deceased was describing the works of the steam engine, which at the time was rapidly at work. The deceased, during his description, was stand= ing near the fly wheel, which was at work, and in ordet to get nearer to some of the works he got under the wheel.__. In an attempt to rise, his head came in contact with it, and an endeavour to release himself he was completely drawn into the machine and dreadfully mutilated. His head was fractured in a horrid manner ; his ribs were also broken, and he exhibit- ed a most frightful spectacle. Every assistance was procured, and he was carried to the Hospital, but he was quite dead prior to his ariival there. Several witnesses gaVe evidence to prove that there was no blame attributable to any party, but that the accident happened through his own incaution: Th.= Jury returned a veruict of " Accidental Death." ATTEMPT AT DROWNlNG.—Yesterclay evening , between nine and ten o'clock, an elegantly dressed femalwe,. ap o . parently about the age of forty, drove in a hackney-c o ac h Wellington-street, when she alighted at the toll-;; ate she was terloci-bridge, and discharged the driver. 0 by a by. ed the first flight, when her progress was , intercepte d .tier reply was in.: gander, who inquired what she wanted to convey her stantly, that she was looking for some waterman likely to ply at that observed to descend the steps leading to the river, and lead pass over. Being told that no waterman 4 hour, she returned to the p s a a s w s e h d e r with d the ea.. man, called for on the occa t its Sad extre mityavowed intention of watched by . two young women, from the second seat upon tl vouring to jump into the water , from st m f elancholy design upon h sbiroind,ges.h she was herself, nackney-coach with the tw and atterwards put into ay oung her to her home. proceetdailing-gtaoteV'auxhall ;but her stepswere According to not only married, who wwh a i t cs l h en s g h length differences. ' She had women, lady is rumour the unhappyeitLildren and was driven t I • by matrimonial with sovereigns in it, one of pursewhich she had changed when she discharged the hackney-coach. mother of several With hs agreed tthePPei assistanceton h . see r F