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Guernsey and Jersey Lisbon - Gottenburgli Jiamburgli - France Buenos Ayres America - Dui. 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 11Iorning, 40 minutes after 5. 1 Evening, 0 minutes after 6. THE SUN. SOLEM QUiS DICERE FALSUM AUDE4T LONDON, WEDNESDLIY EVENING, FEB. 23, 1825. We have received Buenos Ayres Papers (the i lrgus) to the 23d December, from which we extract the following important articles, detailing the progress of military operations in Peru, and confirming our sanguine anticipations that the cause of In-dependence in South America will be completely triumphant. It appears that the National Assembly of Buenos Ayres was in ' stalled on the 12th December with great so lemnity, and that the favourable and tranquil condition of that Republic will enable the British Commissioner there to enter into those commer c►al treaties, by which the recognition of her in dependence by this country will be solemnly established : ( From the Argus of Buenos-Ayres, Nov. 13.) A. letter from Juan de Dios Vidal, dated Santiago. Oct. 7, States that news had been received of a bloody battle in the Plains of Janja, in which Bolivar lost 4,000 men, and Canterac 6 5200 ; and that Bolivar was marching upon Cuzco to surprise La Serna. The vessel that brought the news came from Callao, and received the accounts from the enemy themselves, who had abandoned Lima and shut themselves up in Callao. The po- Pulation of Lima had risen, and the Captain of the Cambridge had landed 100 men to keep them in awe. 'Nov. 17.—Three mails that arrived on the 13th, by the way of have brought various accounts of the triumphs of the liberating army. They first communicate the complete route of Canterac, in a bloody battle, as communicated in the extra- Ordi nary Number of Saturday. But the last agreeing on the Principal point, viz.:the destruction of the enemy, contradicts th e statement of the terrible loss of both armies. It is certainly remarkable, that the same notice of the action which kas been communicated by different channels from Callao, is exactly similar to that we had first received by way of Up- Per Peru, and wi t h the same details as are given in the le tters from Callao. The natural inference is, that the re treat of Canterac has been equivalent to a complete route, and that the enemy is not only without force, but without spirit in the remains o f hi s army, and w i t h out power to res t ra i n t h e pa ' , netism of the people. 12/ e. I . —General Canterac continued his precipitate retreat towar ds Cuzco, with great l oss b ot h i n t h e num ber and spirit r ills troops. The Secretary of Bolivar, in a letter of 12th Au gust) addressed to the Prefect of the Department of Truxillo, " Since the advantage gained over the enemy on the 6th of this month, he has continued his flight without interruption. 13 7 the last accounts he had already reached Iscuchaca. The ~1 1°Ises sinu of thi s fi ne va ll ey i s very i mportant f or t h e f urt h er yllerations of th e campa i gn . I ts f ert ili ty, i ts f i ne temperature , a n d the p atr i otism of the inhabitants will be highly useful to the 1131 Y. 1 hare the honour. to tell you this by his Excellency's °ruler, for your information and satisfaction. " JOSE DE HIRAS." Letters of a later date say, that the advanced troops of Gen. , 13°113 rar were at Guamanga , and even in Andaq ua ilas (45 le goes fro m C uzco). Valdez bad not joined Canterac, his att itY being in such a bad state in consequence of the civil war with Olaneta. It is probable that even if their junction should t ' l ke Place speedily, it will not improve the situation of the Spaniards, especially when they are so straitened in their resources, both on the North and the South. A letter from Huancayo, of the 13th of August, says :—" The enemy have left this country as if troops of their own had come to occupy it, for we have found all kinds of provisions, and their magazines entire. The number of prisoners and deserters is considerable. This is for us a second victory. DEC. 8.--The -journals and private letters received by the last mail (from Peru) give the most flattering accounts of the progress of the Cause of independence in that Republic.— The enemy's force is diminished not only by the great disper sion of his army in the retreat which he has made since his de feat at Junin, but also by entire squadrons of his troops joining our ranks. We have seen the official account of • the desertion of the Spanish lancers, - commanded by the traitor • Navajas, who it is said escaped by a miracle-the death which his own soldiers had threatened him. • According to an official notice in the 7'ruxillo Gazette, the Government of Peru had received official communication, an nouncing that thero were at Panama 8,000 Colombians under General Paez ; that in Guayaquil 2,000 men were ready to embark, perfectly well armed and disciplined, with the assurance that in December Peru may depend on the aid of 10 or 12,000 brave men, accustomed to humble the Spanish pride, We have seen a statement of the naval force of Peru and of the Spaniards at Callao, which we think worth publishing:— PERUVIAN SQUADRON. Vessels. Guns. . Men. Prueba - - - 46 . 400 Macedonia - 100 Rapido - - - 12 - 100 Pinchincha - - - - - 16 - 100 Chimborazo - - . 16 - 129 Guayaquilena - - - 16 . - 103 . . Total 6 - 119 - • SPANISH SQUADRON. . . Asia - - - _ CI - 600 Arica - • - -- - 2'3 - 120 Aquillo - - - 20 - 120 • Pezuela - - - 111 • - ' 100 Constantb - - . 9 - 75 Total 5 • - 139 • - 1075 DEc. 11.—The Argus of this date contains some bulletins of the Liberating Army in the following order • No. 2,—Dated head-quarters at Reyes, Aug. 7, gives an ac count of the defeat of the Spanish cavalry under Generar Can terac, and the retreat of the infantry. The loss of the enemy is stated to be-2 Commanders, 17 Officers, 345 men; 80 pri soners, and above 400 horses taken. The loss of the Liberating Army is stated at 45 killed and 09 wounded. No. 3,—Dated from the head-quarters at Huamanga, Sep . - tember 18, says, " Since the 6th August, when the enemy lost the greatest part of his cavalry, the Liberating Army has marched without interruption, and is received with enthusiasm by the people, whom its presence has consoled. After some details of their progress it continues :—Fourteen Provinces of those•occupied by the enemy are now free, and will continue so. ,The 14th, 15th, andlOth, several corps of the army, marched forward ; the last proceeds to-day in pursuit of -the enemy. Our troops have been very well received in the City. The soldiers have rested as well as the horses, and the army continues its march in a more brilliant state than from Truxillo and Cajamarca. News has been received that Olaneta is in pursuit of Valdez, after a serious action, in which the enemy lost 30 officers and many soldiers. The enemy must have now passed the bridge of the Apurimac. This operation will entirely decide his fate. _The total loss of the enemy in this disastrous march is not less than 4,000 men, and his effective force will hardly reach that number. A Note, No. 1. dated Aug. 31, announces that Bolivar had taken several spies, all of whom he dismissed without any fit nishment, having no objection to allow any officer of the Spanish army to come and examine the state of his army. This note was sent to the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Army with some spies that had. been taken. DEc. 16.—The National Assembly was installed at Buenos Ayres on the 12th Decnnber, with great solemnity. General Don Juan Gregorio de Las Heras presented on the 15th an Address to the Assembly, in which he gives a very favourable view of the prospects of the country ; he speaks in high terms of the noble conduct of Great Britain ; the solemn recognition Of the independence of the new Reptiblic will, he says, be the consequence of the principles which it has pro claimed.—( The Argus to Dec. 23.) Letters have been received from Valpar►iso of the Ist December, which bring favourable ac counts from BomvAa's army. They state that BOLIVAR was at the head of ten thousand regulars, and four thousand auxiliaries, driv ing the Royalists before him. CANTERAC'S force consisted of 6,000 men. The following extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Valparaiso, dated 14th November, communicates the particulars of a well-contested action between the Peruvian frigate Przteba, of 46 guns and 400 men, and the Spanish ship of war Asia, of 64 guns and 600 men, which terminated without any decisive re sult. When we look at the disparity of the force of the opposing ships, we cannot speak in too high terms of the gallant conduct of the Pe ruvians under the command of our countryman, Admiral GUISE. " Arrived the American brig Benezette, Cowel, from Pisco, in 18 days : she sailed from Callao the 14th ult., during the action between the Prueha Peruvian frigate and the Asia Spanish 84. The engagement commenced at nine A.M., and continued four hours, when the Asia returned to Callao, and the Prueba to her former anchorage at San Lorenzo, where she is rapairing her mizen-mast, which was much injured. The Asia, after putting back, had taken out her main -mast, having received a 24-shot through it.—To-morrow the O'Higgins Chilian frigate, of 44 guns, Galrariano, and Chacabaco cc.r vette, sail to join the Peruvian squadron, under Admiral Guise, at San Lorenzo." [Extract of a Letter _from _ the Agents to Lloyd's at Lima, dated 28th October.] " A letter from Captain Mallard of the Erin, dated Guacho, 19th instant, states, that standing in for Callao on the 12th, he was warned-off by Admiral Guise, commanding the Peruvian squadron, who indorsed his register, and threatened him with capture in the event of re-appearing there whilst Callao con tinued under blockade, which compelled him to proceed to Guacho." Lisbon Papers to the 12th instant, arrived this morning, but they do not contain any news whatever. An Express from Paris is in town, and it is re ported on 'Change that the Rentes are 104 f. 35c. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived last night, with the Etoile dated Monday. The latter Journal asserts, that the Divan had resumed its former tone of insolence and arrogance towards the Russian Minister, since the account of the inundations at St. Petersburgh had reached Con stantinople, under an impression that such a dis aster had reduced the Russian Empire to total, debility. The Constitutionnel confirn-N the fact that the Swedish Government had resolved to follow the England in r ecogn i zing the indepen example-of dence of the South American States. It will be recollected that Prussia had, a short time ago,, ma nifested its intention to cultivate commercial re lations with those States, by the appointment of M. ESCHENBEAG as Consul-General to Buenos Ayres; and it now appears that. Sweden had taken the start of Prussia, for M. M. de HASWALF was sent from Stock holm four months ago to Colombia to nego date Treaties of Commerce with that and the neighbouring Republics. Prince METTERNICH, it is now said, will certainly leave Vienna for Paris on the.24th of this month ; and if the ob ject of his journey, as conjectured by some, re late to the recognition of the South American States, the conduct of Prussia and Sweden leads us to augur favourably as to the decision that . Austria and France will come to on the same subject. The discussion in the Chamber of Deputies, ors the indemnity to the Emigrants, was conti nued on Saturday, but seems drawing ,to a close. A very material amendment was proposed by M. de LAUILENCIN, which gave rise to one of those scenes of tumult and personality which are so common in the deliberations of that Assembly. The amendment suggested, that, in order to provide a fund for causing the inequalities in the compensations given to the sufferers to disappear, a tax equal to one-fifth of the increase in value of the estates sold, should be imposed. On this M. de VI LLELE interposed : " this proposition (he said) is directly contrary to the following article of the Charter: All rroperty is inviolable, without any exception of those called national, the law making no difference between them.' Fhis last part of article 9 is formal. I hope that the Honourable Mem ber %vitt withdraw his amendment ; but, at all events, if it should be put to the vote and adopted, it would be a motive with the Go-1 vernment not to proceed farther with the law, after the introduction of an amendment contrary to one fundamental part." This observation gave rise to great agitation. M. DE LA BOURDONNA Yr. contended that the Chamber had a right to pro pose an alteration in the Charter as well as the KING. " It is not the Charter then," he said, " which prevents us from proposing amendments, but the will of the Minister ; it is the menace which he holds out to us, that the KING would withdraw the project, if the amendment should become the subject of deliberation." One fact is disclosed by the amendment, namely, the great increase in the value of landed property, from the increase of arts and industry, and the pro gress of agriculture, manufactures, and inland navigation. Frankfort Papers to the 16th instant arrived last night. They do not contain any news, but are filled with extracts from the Oriental Spec tator, injurious to the Greek Government. As the Greeks have been triumphant over their ex ternal foes and their internal enemies, the Ori ental Spectator animadverts on their conduct for sending the Archbishop of Naxos to Napoli di Romania, and detaining him there a prisoner, with a monthly allowance of '250 piastres, because he had been detected secretly treating with the CAPITAN PAoIIA for the submission of Naxos. Another charge against the Greeks is the removal of the inhabitants of Casso. The Turkish Advo cate would have prefered that they should have remained and shared the fate of Scio and Ipsara. The importance of our Commerce may he con sidered as essential to the vital interests of the Empire; and, considering that our relations with the new Governments of South America are likely to lead to an incalculable augmentation of our trade, it is highly important that every ac commodation and facility should he forwarded to the increased number of merchant shipping that may be expected to arrive in this country. The subject of the proposed St. Catherine's Dock was warmly agitated in the House of Commons last night. The numbers for the second reading were 118, against 30. Mr. MANNING was against it, alleging that we had already sufficient accom modation in the existing Docks. But did the Honourable Gentleman teflect on the vast aug mentation likely to occur on the ground which we have above mentioned? Mr. WA LLAcE, on the other hand, resolutely supported the Bill, ob serving that no exclusive privileges would be given, and maintainiog the advantages of open competition. DEATH OFg SIR THOS. FREEMAN HEATIICOTE BA RT. Yesterday morning died at Hursley-lodge Sir T. F. HEAT HCOTE, Bart. He was about 45 years of age. He had suffered under an internal complaint for some years, but so little did he think that he was so near his end, that he did not send for medical advice till Saturday afternoon, when lir. Wickham, his house surgeon, found him so dangerously ill, that knowing that Sir A s tl ey C ooper was coming from L on d on to see Miss Rich, he prevailed on him to go and see Sir Thos. Heathcote also. Sir Astley thought him in imminent danger, and so it proved, as he did not survive twenty-fours hours after. Sir Thomas was a widower, having married a hiss Freeman, a Gloucesterhire heiress, who died without issue some years since. Sir Thomas sat in Parliament both for Bletchingley and Hampshire, hut retired from representing the latter at the last election. He brought up a young man, the son of his steward, who is now one of the Fellows of Corpus Christi Col lege, Oxford ; he, together with his brother, the Rev. S. Heath cote, and his brother-in-law, , Air. L ove ll , are suppose d to b e appointed the executors. 'I he entailed property devolves on William, the only child of the late Rev. William Heathcote, who married a daughter of the late Mr. Bigg Wither, of Many dowl7, near Basingstoke, Rants; he is n ow , therefore, by the death of his uncle, Sir William Heath cote , B art . , o f Hursley park. llorden, or Burden, is the name o f th e manor ; i t was once the property of Richard Cromwell, eldest son of the Pro tector, who obtained it by marriage. MRS. ELEANOR FRANKLIN. --We feel sincere regret in announcing the death of this Lady, the wife of Capt. JOHN FRANKLIN, R.N., one of those gallant Officers who have distinguished themselves in the Northern Expeditions so honour able to the enterprizing spirit of this country. Mrs. Fnawxrarr has not less distinguished herself in the province of literature, by works of high poetical and scientific merit. She was one of the daughters of the late eminent and respectable Air. Po nomi, the Architect. Iler Poem, entitled The Veils, has been justly admir ed for genius, learning, and the beautiful union of Poetry, with Chemical and Geologic knowledge, by which it is characterized, as well as by other works of a similar description, and many effu sions of wit and humour. .But ease, politeness, and good humour adorned her personal ch aracter, and a total exemption from She was in the p r ime have met with a pa r tner tion than the manly more life, ,as suitable v e a a bi r lt a e n w c ta e os ohf impossible literary t r a a b r i y ts o f s oa t rn e n hd t e a rd t i its o op n virtues, scientific attainments, and gentlemanly qualiti es , of Captain FRANKLIN. The sep aration which took place on the 14th inst., when the Captain left town on the Northern Expe dition, was of so affecting a nature as to threaten the melancholy event which has unfortunately occurred. 11I rs. L A."IIANKLIN died last night at her house in Devoirshire-street, Portland place, deeply lamented by her numerous friends. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord Molyneux, at his father's house in Arlington-street, from the Earl of Jersey's seat Middleton Park, Oxford shire ; the Honourable Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smitti, at Whitehall, from their seat in Bucks; lion. Richard Ne ville, M. P. from his seat in Bucks ; Sir George Nugent, Bart. at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat in Bucks ; Mrs. Hicks and family, in Somerset-street, Portman-square, from Oxfordshire; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, at the Lon don Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Chester; Lord Thomas Cecil, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Burleigh, Lincolnshire ; Colonel Chewston, at ditto, from his seat in Lan cashire ; Mr. and Lady S. Bailey, al ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Bo sanquet, at ditto, from Trent Park ; Mrs. Deides anti family, at ditto, from a tour; the lion. Captain Cathcart and Lady G. Cathcart; at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from the Continent ; Colonel and Mrs. Clements and family, at ditto ; Lord and Lady Arundel and family, at ditto, from Wardour Castle, Wilts ; lion. Captain and Mrs. Cadogan and family, at ditto, from Brighton; J. Saville Lumley,. Esq. at ditto, from Brighton) the Rev. William and Mrs. Gretton, at. Hake's Hotel, from Frome ; Sir Harford Jones, Bait at ditto, from Bonitibroke ; Major Evans, at ditto - Colonel Bruen, M.P. at ditton ; William G rea m e , E sq . at ditto; the Rev. Wm. NVil kieson, at ditto ; Sir James and Lady Witshead, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street. CIIANGES.-Sir Eardley 'Wilmot Bart. from Hakes's Hotel, for Barkswell Hall ; Mr. Pearson from ditto ; Captain Lyons from ditto ; Captain and Mrs. Perring, from the Pulteney Ho tel, Albemarle-street, for the Continent ; Wm. Owen, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Foley and family from Nerot's Hotel; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Smyth from ditto, to Bourne House Bridge, Centerbury ; Mrs. and the Misses Cummins from ditto; Colonel and Mrs. Langton, from ditto. ~,-..,;-,.. • - . - ea . / .,, t. 4 , t , o r • , 1 / 4 .,.,,,.„ , )., ~..; •., •\. • ,i, v N.,, *1 . ,, .4,..At 5 • ' ' , rirlt oy Itj' 4e ..-:,--#4* V ll- - 1 1 r y a FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury entertained a large party of the haut ton on Monday evening at her house in Ar lington-street. Lord Saltoun entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Monday at his house in Great Cumberland-street. The Countess of Arran had a fashionable party yesterday evening at her house in Dover-street. Lord Bexley had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Great George-street, Westminster. Sir Charles Coote, Bart. had a dinner party yesterday at his house in Connaught-place. Dowager Lady Neave had a select party yesterday evening at her house in Albemarle-street. POETRY. IMPROMPTU. If we should POPERY restore, And Bigotry oiewhelm the nation, Our CONSTITUTION will be o'er, And nullified THE REFORMATION. HARRY TUE EIGHTS!. ANOTHER. If Portny again you own, Entailing on the State confusion, Why did I sit upon your Throne To bring about THE REVOLUTION? WILLIAM THE THIRD. The KING iS expected to remove from Carlton Palace to 'Windsor in a day or two. Ills MAJESTY received visits yesterday from the Duke of Yong and the Princess SOPHIA. Earl BATnunsT and Count MUNSTER, the Ha noverian Minister, had audiences of the KING yesterday. The Earl HAnitowni transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, the Duke of Volts, as Commander-in-Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was numerously at tended. Among those present were, the Marquis of Donne gall, Lord Spencer Chichester, Lord Hothani, Lord Charles Fitzroy, General Sir George Nugent, Lieut.-General Farmer, Lieut.-General Croker, M a j or - eneral Dalrymple, Major- General Dana, &c. &c. INSTITUTION.—We lately observed that there are thirty candidates for the prize offered by the patriotic and liberal Directors of this excellent Institution, for the best Picture on the subject of the glorious Battle of Trafalgar. The point is not yet decided, but the delibera tion shews that the award will be allotted accord ing to the intrinsic merits of the work, without the possibility of any partial bias. The Insti tution itself has much advanced the Arts of the Country by its laudable patronage of rising Ge nius, in Sculpture as well as Painting. Mr. GIFFORD, we understand, as soon as lie has completed his new edition of SHERLEY, a Work much wanted by every friend to the Bri tish Drama, means to turn his attention to SHAK SPEAILE. A new editiion of our Immortal Bard, from such a profound and enlightened Critic, can not but be a valuable addition to the Literature of the country. his illustrations of MASSING En and BEN JONSON afford the best promise of ade quate justice to " Nature's Darling," as Gray has desigated the chief of Dramatic Poets. MI. KELLLT has been graciously permitted to dedicate his Memoirs to His M,tJEsry. The work is finished but is not yet delivered to the Bookseller. It is said to abound in anecdotes, foreign and domestic. We are happy to learn that Miss M. TREE is likely to resume her professional duties next week, after a most severe indisposition. The Managers of all the great Provincial The atres are . on the alert to secure the attractive powers of Miss FOOTE—in many cases the terms proposed exceed 50 guineas a night—The Lessee of the Dublin Theatre, it is said, has of fered Miss FOOTE one thousand guineas to perform 14 nights in Dublin. The state of the KING'S THEATRE, it is said, now occupies very seriously the attention of those in whom the property of that building is vested. Much difference of opi. nion, it appears, has existed among the architects employed to examine it; some reporting that the danger is extremely immi nent ; others that it might be perfectly safe for as long a period as the season about to commence; and others that no dan g ers whatever need be apprehended. The subject, we hear, has even attracted the attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who, not satisfied with the reports of the architects employed by the proprietors, himself engaged Mr. SMIRKB to inspect the building, who is understood to have represented the danger as imminent and very alarming ; but that it is by no means impracti cable to devise means for preventing the further sinking of the building. Workmen, we hear, are to be immediately employed for this purpose, and it is now said that the open ing ,will not be deferred beyond next week. If we recollect right, there existed apprehensions, at the time the present King's Theatre was completed, respecting the security of the building; to obviate which, the architect who built it as sembled within its walls the whole of the workmen who had been employed in its erection. It is more probable, however, that the present sinking of the external wall of the gallery has arisen from some local cause affecting the fo un d a tio n th a n from any Mondayanydefe defect in the e thevoerinngig, original building._( Ti mes . ) Onbetween 300 and 400 Gentlemen were locked up hi the Royal Ex change, owing to their non-complianCe with the regulation of departing at the customary signal. FOR THE SUN. NETHERLANDS' CONSULATE, DEAL, FEB. '4, 1815. MR. EDITOR—The following particulars of the devastations in Holland, owipg to the north west gales, and consequent 'high tides it?, the Zuycier Zee, the beginning of this month, have just been given to us by a gentleman who arrived here by the Ostend mail packet. GOODWIN, CURLING, and Co: r " On the 2d, 3d, and 4th instant, severe gales from the N.W. prevailed, and especially in the night of the 3d, with great .vio lence, producing the most disastrous effects in North Holland and Frieseland.—About five miles from Amsterdam, the prin cipal dyke protecting the side of North Holland from the Zuy der Zee, suddenly gave way, and an immense tract of country was immediately inundated, • the inhabitants having only time to save themselves by taking to their boats, or ascending to'the upper part of the houses ; many lives were saved by assistance from•the inhabitants of Amsterdam as well as cattle, but no estimate can be formed of the damage done; an immense quan tity of cattle were drowned in their stalls, many swam to the dykes and whatever elevations they could reach ; notwithstand ing which, the lee-part of the dyke presented one mass of wreck of houses, cottages, furniture, and the dead bodies of cows, horses, and other cattle, and farming utensils. From the. dyke as far as the eye could reach, nothing was visible but an lin mense inundation; covering every thing but the tops orthe tallest houses, trees, churches, and mills ; the spot where the breach took place, is reported to be that which was cut by the French in 1794, to cover the approach to Amsterdam, when the British forces took possession of the Helder ; the breath itseet is about 390 feet wide, and such was the three and weight of the rush of such an immense body of water, that it has plough ed the earth immediately within it to the depth of upwards of 90 feet. A committee was formed of the principal merchants, inhabitants, and ship-masters, to render and regulate needful supplies and prompt assistance, and amongst others of the lat ter class, Captain Sipkes, (lately commanding the ship Cor nelia, wrecked near Ramsgate), was particularly active and conspicuous. " The accounts received when this gentleman left Amster dam, were still more disastrous from Frieseland ; the breaches in the dykes exposed to the North Sea were wider, and the difficulty of rendering assistance greater from their distance. The inundation spread so rapidly, that many had only time to jump into:their boats to save their lives. It is said that only 15 lives are lost in North Holland, but it is feared several hundreds have perished in Frieseland. To the credit of the merchants aud others in Amsterdam, a most extended and liberal subscription had commenced in aid of the suffering people ; amongst other large contributors, one merchant subscribed the enormous sum qf 150;000 guilders, (upwards of 13,000/. sterling), and the King was taking measures for a contribution in Belgium for the like humane purpose." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. FALMOUTH, FEB. 21.—Wind S.—Arrived the Lady Louisa Packet from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 24th December, and from Monte Video the 28th ditto ; Duke of Kent Packet from Lisbon, sailed the 13th inst. Sailed the Francis Freding Packet for Buenos Ayres ; Duke of Marlborough Packet for Lisbon, and the Dove Packet for the Leeward Islands. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrived the Dis patch, Johns, from Denia, in 18 days. COWES, FEB. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed his Majesty's. ship Owen Glendower for the Cape of Good Hope ; Jasper and Arrow cutters for the Jersey station ; also the Hon. Company's slip Farquharson for St. Helena and Bombay. PORTSMOUTH - , FEB. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the South worth transport from the eastward. Sailed the Honourable Company's ship Scalehy Castle for Bengal and China ; Coro mandle, Bayes, for Madras and Bengal ; General Palmer, Truscott, for ditto; and the Para Packet, , for Para. DEAL, FEB. 22.—Light airs from the North.—Passed through the Vittoria, Tate, for Trinidad. Remain his Ma jesty's ship Ramillies only. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.—Arrived the John, , from Bahia, sailed the 20th of December; Sir H. Douglas from St. John's, N. B. ; U n i on, P i i ng, f rom St. Douglas, Barnett, Davies, from St. Domingo; Magdalen, Walker, from St. John's, N. B. ; T rus ty, Findlay, from Halifax ; Europe, Canny, and Iphigenia, Bond, from Al ex a n d r i a; B etsey an d Mary, Somerville, from St. Michael's. CORN EXCHANGE, Fr.n. 23. The quantities of Corn fresh in this week are only small There is not much doing in the Wheat trade to-day, and prices remain as reported on :Monday. The Barley trade continues extremely heavy. In Beans and Pease there is no alteration. Oats meet few buyers to-day, but the prices remain much as last quoted. In the Flour trade there is scarcely any business transacting. ARRIVALS—EngIish Wheat, 1,400; Barley, 1,000; Oats, MO; Irish Oats, 935 qrs.; Flour, 1,600 sacks. EXAMINATION OF PROBERT.---BOW•Street was this morning thronged to an amazing excess, by persons of every description, anxious to catch a view of this notorious character. He was brought up from the House of Correction by two Officer.i, in a hackney-coach, at eleven o'clock, and on alighting observed, alluding to the crowd strug gling to look at him, " How curious people are." He was dressed precisely the same as on the last examination, with the exception of a white neck kerchief. He was immediately placed in one 9f the lock-up rooms. His manner, we understand, is very cheerful, and he speaks with great confidence as•to his ultimate acquittal. Our Re porter is informed that at present there is not ao , y other charge of horse-stealing against Probert, ; but the case of Mr. Meredith has been, as far as evidence goes, rendered perfectly complet; , , the prisoner having been traced on the road, and seen in London with the mare (which, by the way, was walked through Bond-street during the day). It is expected that a chart;• of stealing a saddle will also be brought forward, and a request wilt be made to have him again remanded. M'r. Mere dith, Mr. Eames, Mr. Couzens, Lerig, Jones, and the other witnesses, were in a room adjoining the Office. The prisoner was fully committed to New gate. OLD BAILEY.—This morning, soon after o'clock, the RECORDER carne into Court, and immediately proceeded to pass sentence upon the numerous prisoners convicted during the pre sent session, when 30 received the awful sentence of death, two were ordered to be transported for life, and forty-four for seven years. A .great number were sentenced from one year to one month, in the House of Correction and hard la bour ; among whom was Mary Keaton, for the murder of her husband, and William Bennett, for a similar offence on the person of Mr. Parry, the solicitor.—The Sessions then adjourned to the 7th April next. co GRAVITIES,m i ng are a t a he Se Ni rie E LITERARY NOVELTIES.—Among the various new works of peculiar interest immediately forth in 1823 and Comic Tales, &c., written by herself, in 2 vols. GAIETIES and or the Man of Re smoofilEtsssoaryMs,AvAmE DE GENLIs, D by ßt o s n st e s, o 3 f v t o t i l: . Au t hors of the. REJEcTED . Are_ finement, a Novel, attributed to a distinguished political personage, 3 vols. Journal Of a Resi dence 1824, 2 vols. giro. By Capt. k:Z 0 C. ,-,: , OCHRA R.N. Don Esteborn, or Memoirs of . and Travels in Colombia, a Spaniard written by himself, 3 vols. And the M 7 emoirs Of the C o nrt of France. By the Marquis , e vir , u an. gm ], 2 vots.