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THE SUN. SOLEM 0171 ti DICERE FALSUM AUDE3T LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 18, 1825. We understand that an express has just arlived from Liverpool with favourable accounts to the cause or Independence in Peru. The account is dated from Panama, late in December, and states that Bout VAR was in the neighbourhood of the city of Cusco. The remainder of the Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night. The only articles of political intelligence worth extracting are the following : ( From the Constitutionnel of Tuesday. ) LISBON, JA). 31. . It is asserted that M. Sivestre Pinheiro Ferreira, named for the present Minister for Foreign Affairs, will go with Sir Charles Stuart, Ambassador Extraordinary of Great Britain, first at our Court, but now to that of Brazil. M. Pinheiro will, 4 is said, be charged with full powers to obtain the best possible conditions in favour of Portugal, as the price of the acknowledg - rnent of the independence of the new empire. - It is.generally-acknowledged here that so delicate and intri cate a commission could not have been placed in better hands than those of that able statesman, who possesses the double advantage of having long dwelt at Rio Janeiro, and in conse quence of having been ahlefok&ow and appreciate all the men of influence in the country, and enjoying the perfect confi dence of the King, his master, and that of the Emperor Don Pedro. Besides which, men of all parties look upon M. Pin heiro as a good and loyal Portuguese, and do not doubt that if the news of his nomination should be realized, as it is thought it will, that he will chew much zeal, talent, and warmth, in the defence of the interests'ahis mother country. MADRID, FEn. 3. The King was so ill the day, before yesterday, dint he was thought to be at the last gasp, and all the Court already went to the Infant Don Carlos. The dreams of our Government upon the conquest of Ame rica strengthen every day. Two of the four regiments destined for the new expedition, viz. the regiment del Rei (King's), and the regiment de la Reina (Queen's), have received orders to set out immediately from Valladolid, where they arc at present sta tioned, in order to march for the port of Ferrol. N. Gregoire Ribalcabr, a rich merchant of Madrid, has just set out for London, accompanied by aM. Gregory. Their mis sion is to enter into a negociation respecting the propositions Made by some London bankers for a loan of 200 miilions of teals, on condition that the goodness of the loan made by the Cortes should be admitted for a nominal value of ten per cent. A Flanders Mail, with Brussels Papers to the loth instant, arrived last night. The Kr c. of the Nr.T En- LANDs has granted fronehis privy purse 100,000 florins for the relief of the sufferers by the inundation. The accounts from the Northern Provinces continue to give h deplorable picture of the ravages and destructive effects of the late extraordinary high tides. The letters from Guelderland contain the most melan choly details, and the town of Embden has suffered greatly. It is most gratifying, in the midst of these calamities, _to sec the humane feelings which have been called forth, and the zeal anti eagerness with which all classes have come forward to the relief of the distressed sufferers. Subscriptions were opened on the Exchange at Amsterdam, which produced 1,000;000 florins. A single house is said to have given 250,000 florins. A project of a law has been transmitted to the Second Chamber of the States Geheral for a vote of credit, the maximum of which is fixed at 8,000,000, for the reparation of the disasters caused by the inundations. The accounts in the liamburgh Papers of the 11 th instant, received this morning, relative to the effects of the late storm and inundations are of the most afflicting nature, and the damage sustained is a counterpart to that caused in North Hol land. Not only are the dikes broken through in a great many places, but the waters in numerous instances rose over them, having reached a height never before known. In the Duchy of Bremen many houses were entirely washed away, and a great many persons perished. The dikes of the Stor, which runs by Gluckstadt, are broken in above fifty places. At Gluckstadt a Greenland whaler and two barges were forced through the dike, and carried away two houses on the harbour ; thirty_ persons are said to have perished there• The accounts from the Hanoverian side of the Elbe are equally melancholy. Besides the actual immense damage, the flood has deposited in many districts such vast quantities of sand, that it is feared the fields will not recover their former fertility for many years. . The reports from Embden arc dreadful beyond all expression. Even on the Bth, several streets had no com munication with the other parts of the town. A letter 'from Steinhausersitl, on the river Jande, says the water rose in an hour and a half (from half-past nine to three-quarters 'Past ten in the evening) fourteen feet above the usual high Water mark. I t flowed over the dikes in every part. The flood is said to have exceeded by four feet that of 1717, the highest on record, and according to which all the dikes and other works were calculated. The Senate has appointed a Committee of three' Members (Senators Jenisch, Abendroth, and Benicke,) to receive and distribute the contributions for the relief of the sufferers. • Dutch Papers to the 17th instant, continue to 'give lamentable accounts of the late disastrous floods. It seems that the whole coast of Overyssel, from Kampen to Kuinder, 15 overflowed, and that the water impelled by the storm ca rried every thing before it, co that very few houses could resist its im petuosity, and many persons lost their lives. In the provinc e of East Friesland alone it is supposed that 200,01)0 acres of fertile .land are under water, and that 10,000 horned cattle have perished. Accounts froni llusunt, on the coast of holstein, are of a similar nature. It is certain that the numerous small islands on the coast have suffered severely, as is evi dent from the quantity of household furniture, among .Ivhielt are twenty cradles that have been washed on shore.— There is no positive information, says a letter from llttsum, but as far as we can see from the beach, only three houses are left on the islanA of Kleinmoot, and Judfall seems to be entirely ~ashed away. It is intimated that above 200 waggon loads of household furniture and other goods are washed on shore. EXCHANGES. llAmnunon, FED. H.—London, 36. 4i. ; 2 Us., 36. 11. PETERSBURGII., JAN. 28.—London, AMSTERDAM, FEB. 15.—London, 39. 9.; 2 months, 39. 7. New York Papers to the 25th ult. were receiv ed last night. The impression seems to gain ground that General JACKSON will be elected to the Presidency of the United States. The fol. lowing extract from the Nez,7 York Evening. Post of the 20th, contains the only intelligence re specting South► American affairs worth atten- on : Nr.w YORK, JAN. 20. It can no longer be doubted that the Liberator Bolivar's suc cesses in Peru, and the triumph of the patriot cause, have been such as we hare all along represented. The Colombian Gene ral Cortez, who has arrived at Philadelphia from Alvarado, has communicated the following intelligence to the Editors of the Aurora and Franklin Gazette : " Mr. Santamaria, the Colombian Minister resident in Mexico, had received accounts from Callao of the 3d of Nov., brought to Acapulco .. by the brig Pallas, Capt. Henry Ber mond, from Guanchaco, a port in the province of Truxillo.— Bolivar's head-quarters were at Andaguailas on the road to Cuzco, on the 16th of October, having defeated Cantarac in Guarnanga and Rio Pampoa. Of 6,000 men that composed Cantarac's army, 1,800 had united and were retreating towards Cuzco, to join the remains of La Serna's forces, who had been defeated in the neighbourhood of Charcas by the army of Buenos Ayres. The army had taken possession of the provinces of Potosi, Cochabamba, Oruro, Puno, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Bolivar himself writes to Mr. Santamaria, assuring him of the speedy termination of the campaign, as a Chilian army was marching from Arica to join that of Peru and Buenos Ayres. The reinforcements from Carthagena, Santa Martha, and Puerto Cabello had ;arrived at Guanchaco from Panama, whence also had been shipped a million and a half of dollars for the army in Peru. Lima was occupied by the Patriots, and Callao was blockaded by sea and land, by the combined mili tary and naval forces, the latter being under the command of . Commodore Blanco, of the Chilian service." It is not consistent with the supposed courtly etiquette of the French Government to suffer the Elazig to pour forth incessant abuse on the Go vernment of this Country, ever since our virtual recognition of the Independence of Spanish Ame rica. But, perhaps, by not interposing to re strain such attacks upon a Government in alli ance with France, the French Ministry mean that the world should infer its respect for the liberty of the Puacic PitEss. Such an inference, however, cannot be warranted by their general conduct, for if the PUBLIC PRESS were to use the same liberty in commenting upon the measures of the French Government, there would soon be an end to its boasted freedom. Besides its illiberality and injustice, there is so gross a violation of mere taste in the perpetual invectives and unsparing rancour of the Etoile, that the French Govern ment, for its own credit, ought at least to give a hint to the Conducter of the Paper not to indulge itself in such vulgar acrimony. But the practice is also impolitic on the part of the Paper in question ; for as the example of England must be followed by that of France, in admitting the in dependence of 'Mexico and Columbia, the Mode will be obliged to justify that very measure which it now so virulently condemns. The new transatlan tic Republics, like the progress of time, will pursue their course, and cannot be retarded. They have passed their childhood, nonage, and the hour of filial submission, and they have acquired a matu rity of strength and knowledge which will event ually rank them with the most powerful and flourishing nations on the face of the globe. We have received the Colombian° Caraccas journal, to the 29th December. General Paez, the Intendant of Venezuela, had returned to that city from his visit to the in terior, and issued a proclamation to the inhabitants on the subject of the late attack on the village of Petare. The affair is fully ascertained to have originated in the design of a party of lawless individuals to possess themselves of a small depot of muskets in that place, and to have had no connection with any political feeling of a nature hostile to the existing Government. They were repulsed by a ser geant's guard, which happened to be in the village, and had nearly all of them been taken prisoners by a party detached in pursuit of them. Five of them were put to death. The pro clamation of General Paez, declaring martial law in the pro vinces on the Apure, Venezuela, and Orinoco, is also pub lished in these papers, and is evidently founded on the false alarm that France was about to co-operate with Spain in an attack on those countries. A few weeks must necessarily restore affairs to their usual state. The most curious part of these journals is the free tone of discussion on the proceedings of the Government which seems to have been adopted, together with the use of the English jointly with the Spanish language. In the Colombian° of the 15th of December the right of the people to attend public meetings for the purpose of electing represen tatives in Congress is strongly contended for as a necessary part of a free constitution ; and also that of Congress to origi nate laws and all public measures, rather than the Executive. how soon both these points may be attained, will depend on the progress made in civilization by the great bulk of the po pulation ; and to judge from the evidences their public jour nals afford, the period cannot be far distant.—(Timer.) Private Letters have been received by the %de East Indianian, which left Calcutta on the 31st July, and Madras the 3d of October. They state, that on the 13th of September two Burmese stockades were carried, after a sharp contest, in which several English Officers were wounded, but not mortally. It is reported that letters are in town from Laguayra, dated the end of December, stating that the Spanish ship Asia has been taken, and that CANTERAC has been again defeated. lie has only 1,200 men left. We understand that their Royal Highnesses the Dukes Of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE will both visit this Metropolis in the course of the en. suing month. The Grand Duke NICHOLAS and his consor left Berlin on the sth inst., to return to St. Peters burgh. On the 25th January Lord YARMOUTH had the honour to be presented to the Emperor of Russia at St. Petersburgh. M. DE VASQUES, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires at Stockholm, has been instructed to make a for mal complaint, in the name of his Government. to the Swedish Court, for the conduct of the Swe dish and Norwegian Consul-General at Tangier, in having hospitably received into his house some emigrant Spaniards, who had taken refuge in the dominions of the Emperor of Morocco. THE THEATRE. DRURY.•LANE. - -The sudden rise and fall of Masoniello, the Fisherman of Naples, has given occasion to the production of a Tragedy with that title, which was brought forward last night. It is ascribed to Mr. JOHN SOANE, the son of the eminent Architect. The subject seemed to be alluring in one respect, for as the popularity and power of the low-horn rebel were of such short duration, the time of action might be expected to correspond with that of the representation, al ways a desideratum to the severer Dramatic Critics, and naturally Might be supposed to be ef fected on the present•occasion. But then the paucity of incidents rendered it difficult to excite a strong inherent interest. Mr. J. SOANE was therefore obliged to deviate from historical ac curacy, to resort to his imagination, and to expand the plot by the introduction of domestic characters. lle has therefore added to the fableLo rimi, the wife of Masaniello (Mrs. WEsT), Guido (M rs.YATEs),his brother,(Nympia(Mrs.BusN),his noble mistress,in his elevated state,and Zama( M r. TERRY), a tipsy and assassin.---Masaniello (Mr. KEAN) is of course the hero of the piece, and the character is well suited to his bold and spi rited style of acting. The historical event is so well known that it is needless to detail it. The pride of popularity, and the insolence of an-tip start, suddenly elevated into supreme authority, and intoxicated even to madness with power, are shown with effect in the play, and were well represented by the performer. In order to aug ment the plot, Lorina; actuated by jealousy, hearing of Masaniello's attachment to Olympia, avowed indeed by the latter, resorts, in male attire, to the Hall where Masanie l lo is a guest at the Ducal banquet, and interposed when her husband declares his love for Olympia. Enraged at the interruption, and not knowing her in the disguise, he stabs her, and she dies on the spot. Fall of penitence, Musaniello repairs to the tomb of his departed wife, and is followed by Olympia, in a religious habit ; but grief for file loss of his wife overpowers his affection for Olry►rrpia, and she is dismissed. At length the abuse of power, and the derangement of a mind unfit to exercise the Government of a State, alienate the giddy multitude ; they return to their submission to the Duke, and Masa/del/0 is . shot by one of the rabble whom he had instigated to rebellion. Mr. SOANC evidently understands what is styled the jeu de Theatre, and has given effect to his Piece by processions, banners, splendid scenery, music, dances, &c. Fix., and in this respect he has received ample justice from the Lessee. The artful, temporizing, policy of the Duke (Mr. A ncuett), the noble pride of Count Manfred (Mr. WALLAcK), indignant at any submission to the rabble Reformers, but par ticularly Zama, the gipsy, are well drawn and discriminated. The play altogether, though it made no strong impression, was not unfa vourably received ou the whole. Mr. KrAx was so warmly received on his entrance, and through his performance, as to chew no trace of his recent degradation ; but then it must be observed, that the pit was chiefly filled by those who had carried him through, and to shorn opposition would Lave been hazardous and hopeless. At the end of the Play Mr. Wm.r..sca came forward to announce the future perfor=m ance, but the clamorous call for KEAN by his partizans prevented his .°ll.lsking laid no future performance was mentioned. The House was very well attended in all parts. The Buenos Ayres Argos to the 18th of De cember, was received yesterday. The principal article it cot.tains is a diary of the operations of Or.ANe•ra's army in Upper Peru : from which it appears that he has not thrown off his allegiance to the Crown of Spain. lie styles himself a Royalist, and makes war on the Viceroy Laserna, as a Constitutionalist. Valdes, it appears had at the end of August retired, and left Olanpla mas ter of Potosi and Chuquisaca, probably in conse quence of Bolivar upon Cuzco. A Petition for lea%e to bring in a Bill to incor porate the Pasco Peruvian Mining Company was presented last night to the House of Commons. The SPEAKER'S Parliamentary dinners for Satur day and Sunday next are postponed, in consequence, it is stated, of the death of a near relative. C.trrAlN FRANKLIN'S OVERLAND EXPEDI TION.—Captain FRANKLIN, Dr. RICHARDSOW, and 10 other persons composing the overland expedition to the Arctic Re gions, embarked at Liverpool on Wednesday last, on board the packet-ship Columbia, for New York. When they left the Prince's Parade, in the steam-boat, they were loudly cheered by the crowd of spectators assembled on the Pier to witness their departure on their perilous enterprise. Captain Franklin and his companions returned the cheers, and departed attended by the hearty good wishes of the multitude. A NEW ZEALAND CI! I EV.--In the Urania, Capt. Reynolds, which arrived at this port on Saturday night, front Buenos-Ayres, came passenger a king or chief, of one of the islands of New Zealand. The Urania, on her voyage from Calcutta to the west coast of South America, passed through Cook's Straits. A great number of natives came off in their canoes to the ship, and, headed by this Chief, were permitted to come on board. The captain, not over pleased with the con duct of his visitors, soon desired the king to order his subjects on shore, fearing that these cannibals might, if suffered to re main on board, take a liking to himself and crew, overpower them, and feast on the bodies of the slain ! They willingly obeyed the command of their liege lord,-and returned in their canoes to the shore. His Majesty, however, when Capt. Reynolds wished him to follow his subjects, expressed an anxious desire to re main on board, and to proceed with him to England, of which, he said, he had heard many wonderful things, and was extremely anxious to see his " brother George," our gracious Monarch.— Finding all his endeavours to induce the King to return to his subjects unavailing?, and not wishing to employ force to com pel his departure, the captain permitted him to remain. The Urania then proceeded on a trading voyage on the west coast of South America ; afterwards she sailed for Buenos Ayres, and arrived at this port on Saturday night. The chief is finely ta tooed, after the fashion of his country, and is described as a very good looking savage. We understand that a letter has been transmitted to Lord Bathurst, announcing his arrival, and re questing to be informed of the pleasure of Government respect- mg the futUre disposal of.his New Zealand Majesty.—( Liver pool Courier.) Died, on the 10th of February inst., at his seat, at Darrinane, in the County of Kerry, in the 98th year of his age, 111 auntcs: O'CONNELL, Esq. He was the elder brother of General Daniel Count O'Connell, Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Ghost, first-cousin of Maurice, Baron O'Connell, Grand C hamberlain t o the Emperor of Austria, and uncle to Counsellor O'Connell. Mr. O'Connell left a fine fortune. He was seized in fee of an estate, which was most singularly circumstanced, it having never been for feited, or subject to Quit or Crown Rent. It remained in his hands from the times of the Irish law, without a single line of title-deed, or any muniment, save immemo rial possession. lie has, we hear, distributed his person al fortune amoun ting to about 45,0001. b etween hi s t h ree nephews. On two of them, Messrs. John and James O'Connell, he made large settlements in his life-time ; and on the third, Counsellor O'Counell, the greater part of his unsettled estates descend. FASIIIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Arran, at their house in Dover street, from their seat in Sussex ; the Dowager Countess of St. Germans, from her seat in Cornwall; the Earl of Brecknoch, in Arlington-street ; Lady Burgh, in Pall-mall ; the Hon. Wm. Bligh, in Half Moon-street; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Browne, in Porland-place ; the Misses Byng, in Charles -street, Berke ley-square ; Major-General Augustus Mr. Barnard, in the Al bany-buildings ; Major Edward Cost and Mrs. Cust, in Great George-street, Westminster; Marchioness Cornwallis and the Ladies Cornwallis in the Regent Park-crescent, Porland-place; Lady Janina Elliot, in Dover-street; Major-General Fermor and Mrs. Fermor, in Baker-street; Dowager Lady Floyd, in Upper Seymour-street; Gesreral and Mrs. Gascoigne, and Miss Gascoigne, in South Audley-street ; Lady Ilandyn Wil liams, in Upper Grosvenor-street; Sir Philip Keating Roche, in New Bond -street; Mr. and Mrs. Littleton, in Portman square ; the Earl and Countess of Listowell , sit Kingston !louse; Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey, and Miss Gordon, in Berke ley-square; ley-square ; Earl of Longford, in Sackville-street; Mr. St. John Hugo Meynell, in Lower Grosvenor-street ; Mr.M ilbanke, • at Melbourne House; Mrs. Parker, in hill-street; Mr. and Mrs. J. Round, in Albemarle-street.'; Countess of Sheffield and Lady Anne Holroyd, in Portland-place ; the Misses Strutt, in Upper Grosvenor-street ; Mrs. Scott and Miss Grewe, in Hen rietta-street, Cavendish-square ; Mrs. Stainforth and Miss Allen, in Waker-street; Lady Harriet and Miss Sullivan, in Harley-street ; Mr. and Mrs. William Steuart, in Hill -street, Berkeley-square; Mr. Stirling, in Pall-mall; Lord Tevnham, . in. Gloucester-place ; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thornton, • in Rus sell-square ; Mrs. Williams Wynn, Miss Wynn, and Miss Charlotte Wynn, in Whitehall-place ; Col. and Mrs. Wharton, in Baker-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, in Grosvenor-street; Colonel and Mrs. Woodford, in Upper Harley-street ; Gen. Bligh, in Chesterfield-street; Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay, and Family, at their house in Berkeley-square ' from a tour; Alexander Adair, Esq., at his house in St James's-square, from his scat, Flixton Hall, Suffolk ; Colonel A. W. Johnson, M.P. from his seat in Lincolnshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Crawley, at their house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square ; Mrs. Rowley, in Audley-square, from Hastings, Sussex; the Marquis of Lothian, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street from a tour ; E. Knight, Esq. at ditto, from Hants; J. P. Tudway, Esq. M.P. at ditto, front Wells; Mr. and Mrs. Ermitt, at ditto, from a tour; .1. Page, Fsq. at ditto, from Surrey ; the Bishop of Chi chester, at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Sussex ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley Noel, at Thomas's Hotel, Berke. ley-square, from a tour. 1 . j ~, ' ' - -:: - 7- 1 1 7 7 . :::_• ' , , - , - ~ - • 7.• , • „ . z:„. .".t.7.: ,.......:::::._%,..: :: :: : ::: : ,: ! ,4,r, ° :„. ,, , ...1s. :::«0 ._ ~.. .t . , I P, . t i ' 1 3 . ,,7 Q 1) t± . -r„'.-:f p - „-, . 114 .-.-1 i l -e-- Sri -4 R y 11 4 "'-' , ` '4 -,- il .. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Mr. Serjeant Lawes entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday at his house in Montagu-street, Russell square. Henry Peters, Esq. had a dinner party yesterday at hitkiiett.lse' in Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Dowager Lady Neave had a select party yesterday- ;, at her house in Albemarle-street. : The Countess of Arran has issued cards, " At Ho Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, until Easter. The Egyptian Hall in the Mansion House is nowb ,1114 a complete repair, a great number of workmen arOl t rjed, in order that it may be ready for the ensuing Givier. Al on Easter :Monday. POETRY. LINES To Mrs. D-11, on the Birth of her Daughtcr. Lov'd of my friend—of every charm possest, To cheer his toils, and make him truly blest ; With conscious feeling would the Muse portray, The joy she felt, on the auspicious day, When, pleased, a Seraph visited the earth, And blest the hour that gave Augusta birth— But ah, she feels incompetent to raise A structure equal, by her warmest lays. Hear, then, the benison, the heavenly maid, Declared—while on her tongue the 'dtisc delay'd, " Blest, said the Seraph, be her infant mind, " By spotless purity and love refin'd— " Blest like her mother in each pleasing art " That charms the eye, or captivates the heart : Blest like„ber father with a feeling mind " Where the best human virtues are Coiribin'd.• • " And, blest of Heaven, be her's in time to bless " Some worthy youth with love and happiness— " And see from her Augusta's others rise 44 To add new comforts to her happy eyes, - "So that on earth perpetually may move " A race renown'd for virtue, kindness, love !" 11. CAMPBELL. 'l' II F. ARMY. The establishment of the Regiments of the Line will be in creased, and the Consolidated Depots, if formed at all, will be composed of Companies belonging to a certain number of Regiments abroad, by which the Recruiting Service will, in some degree be promoted. We understand that the Militia will be called out, for the purpose of training this year, and that the same description of force in Ireland, will probably be trained also. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, FEBRUARY 17. .MEIMITR'S FRIZES.—The Subjects for the present year are, for the SENIOR ➢ACIIELOfiB. De statu futuro qutenam fuere Veterum inter Gmeos et Roma nos Philosophorum dogmata ? minDLE BACHE IMRE. Quantopere sibi invicem prosint populi libere mutandis inter se mu recbu-s. The Ref. Mara SedgwiCk, 11. A. Woodwardisui Professor, and Fellow of Trinity College, is presented, by the is er and Fellows of that society, to. the vicarage of Shudy CAmps, in this county, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. George Mac farlan. The Rev. W. C. Madden, B. A. of Queen's College, has been licensed, by the Archbishop of York, to the perpetual curacy of Christ's Clutch, at Woodhouse, in the parish of Huddersfield, on the presentation of John Whitacre, Esq. the thunder. The Rev. K. C. Packman, 8.A . ., of St. Peter's College, has been instituted, by the Bishop of London, to the rectory of Langdon Hills, Essex, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The Rev. William Corbett Wilson, jun., M.A., of Trinity College, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Peter borough, to the vicarage of Bozeat cum Strixton, Northamp tonshire, on the presentation of Earl Spencer. Last week N. C. Barnardistion, Esq., 31. A., of Trinity College, was called to the Bar by the lion. Society of Lincolns inn. The Rev. Chas. J. Orman, Dial., of Soham, in this county, has been appointed chaplain to the High Sheritl'of Suffolk (Sir Henry E. Bunbury, Bart.) LONDON GRANT) CENTRAL STREET IMPROVEMENT.— It will have been observed in the proceedings of the Court of Common Council, reported in our Paper of yesterday, that a memorial was presented by Mr. Alderman Waithman from cer tain respectable individuals who had formed a Joint Stock Com pany, for the purpose of forming a new road to be extended from Fleet-market to Clerken well-green, and thence right and left to Islington and I3attle-bridge, praying the assistance of the Corporation. A project of this kind was, it seems, in contem plation about 12 months ago, and a Committee wns then tbrmE d to take the subject into consideration ; and by that Commit tee, or their Solicitors, Messrs. Knight and Fyson, a circular had been sent to the Members of the Corporation, and others, appointing a general meeting upon the business, to be held at the Guildhall, yesterday , and by two o'clock rom 150 to 200 Gentlemen were assembled in the Old Court of King's Bensh, which by the direction of the Lord Mayor had been prepared for their reception. Mr. Alderman Wool) took the Chair ; and it appeared from his statement that the committee had not found that there was any legal objection to the plan, but recommended a postponement of further proceedings until the removal of Fleet-market should be in greater forwardness. After speeches froM Mr. Alderman Waithman, Mr. Galloway, Mr..Vyson, and other Gentlemen, the meeting adjourned without coming to any resolution in furtherance of the object for which it was convened, OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.—(T rs DAY.) TRIAL OF MRS. KEATON. Mars Keaton, aged 28,wa;pt;t — tOthe bar, on Keaton, h e r husband, in the wilful C murderoroner's Inquisition, Joseph charging her with the the Parish 'of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, on the sth of February last. Mr. ANDREWS stated the case to the Jury with . great feeling. Richard Cocket, examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS, stated he was an assistant at the Rose and Crown, Broad-street, St. Giles's ; he knew the deceased, and on the night of Saturday the sth Feb., about, half-past eleven, he came in with his wife, and, drank some porter ; they appeared very friendly and affectionate, but were rather intoxicated. Mary Taylor deposed, that she lived in the, same house with the prisoner and her husband, and on tho night of the murder was going out, when Mrs. Keaton called to her, and desired her to drink some beer ; she did so ; and the de ceased also requested her to drink, which she did. They were then sitting very composedly together, eating beef steaks, and appeared rather elated with ' liquors. After being some time in his own room, the witness heard loud talking in the prisoner's . room ; it appeared they were quarrelling ; a short time after witness heard a voice calling out " Mary, the man is bleeding." On going down, she found several persons in the room ; the , prisoner was kneeling by her husband's body, and crying " Oh ! I have murdered my husband." Witness returned to her own room ; the prisoner appeared very much agitated ; they lived very happily together. John Taylor, husband to the last witness, de posed to the same effect. Wm. Moore deposed that he lived opposite Mrs. Keaton's, and about twelve o'clock at night of the sth inst. the prisoner came over and begged him, for God's sake, to go over and pacify between her and her husband; she was then bleed ing at the nose profusely ; she said words had happened between them: he went over, and on entering the prisoner's room could not see any person ; he came back, and with his wife en tered, the room, and the prisoner said, as he went in, ( C Oh, he must be looking for me," (meaning her husband) ; on looking about, the witness saw the deceased lying on the floor bleeding ; on the witness lifting him, the deceased up, he appeared to breathe ; witness rati to several places for medical advice but could procure none; the prisoner was given into custody; witness saw a sweeping-broom in the room, the handle of which was broken in two. Mary Moore, the wife of the last witness, gave similar testimony. Hardman and Harrington, two patrol, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody, and the con fusion that prevailed in the room. Several other witnesses were examined to s'- milar facts. Mr. Ager, the Surgeon, described the injuries sustained by the deceased, and was of opinion hq. must have received repeated blows; but this was matter of mere conjecture. Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the case to the Jury, and they found her Guilty of Manslaughter. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced this morning pur suant to adjournment, when the Jury proceeded to investigate some frivolous cases. J. F. CoNsT. Esq. was Chairman, and the Bench had a full at tendance of Magistrates. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, F. 17.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived and remain the Clyde, Driver, from Calcutta, sailed the 31st of July, ft-cm Madras the 3d of October, and from the Cape the 13th of December ; John Troughton, Rovely, from Rio .Janeiro, in 76 days ; Harmony, Walker, from the Mediterranean ; Sarah, Hammond, from Bilbao ; Europa, Anthony, from New York ; Boyce, , from Constantinople ; and the Baws, Col lins, from Odysa. Arrived from the River and remain, wi h the outward-bound as before, the Honourable Company's ship Farquharson, Cruikshanks, for India ; Mary, Steel, for Bata via ; Amazon, Holda, for Jamaica ; Demerara Packet, Vena ble;, for Demerara; and the Bebe, Buller, for Buenos Ayres. PORTS.MonTH, FEB. 17.—Wind S.W. blowing strong. Arrived the Dart, Creath, from St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, FEU. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Meteor, Gardner, from New York, sailed the 24th ult. ; Leander, Leitch, from Alexandria ; Susannah, , from Cepha lonia; Pelorus, Goodwin, from Messina ; Belem Castle, Jones, from Lisbon. Off the Port the Mars, Mitchell, from Maran ham ; David, , from Leghorn ; and Bootle, Blun dell, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived tie Forti tude, Dupen, from Lisbon, in 12 days; and liero, Prawens, from Jersey. Sailed the Countess of Chichester eacket for Jamaica; and the Kingfisher, ditto, for the Brazils. CowEs, FEB. 17.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrived the Congress, Kinsman, from Batavia in 104 days. The lion. Company's ship Royal George, Timmins, is in Yarmouth Roads wind bound. ...... The lmperador Alexander, -, from Lisbon, was totally wrecked off illaranham the 30th December. The America, Lewis, from New York, was driven on shore near Leghorn, during a gale on the 3d instant, but was ex pected to be got off: The Baroness, Vander Copello, from Batavia to Antwep, put into Bencoolen, with loss of rudder and much damage, having been on shore ; cargo discharging in good order, ship expected to be got off. The Doris, Sefstadius, from Uleaborg to London, is stranded on .Ameland ; cargo expected to be saved. The Jonge Jacobus, Bonn, bound to Rotterdam, put back to Bencoolen the 22d October, with loss of fore-mast. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 18. The arrivals of all sorts of Corn this week are tolerably good. There is not much prime 'Wheat at market, but plenty of other sorts ; the trade remains very heavy at last quotations. Barley is also very dull, and hardly maintains the terms last reported. Beans and Pcz,se have no variation. Oats, unless of fine colour, are very dull in sale, and with difficulty teach Monday's terms. The Flour trade is almost stagnant. A R RIVALS—EngIish Wheat, 5,350; Barley, 4,200 ; Oats, 12,750; Irish Wheat, 290; Oats, 5,395 qrs.; Flo ur, 7,600 sacks- SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB• 18. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithheld Market this m orning CATTLE AT MAIIKET Beasts 327 I Sheep Calves llO 1 Pigs of 81b. 0 To sink the Offal, Per s Beef 4s 2d.to 5s Od i Veal 5B 8d to 6s w mutton 3B otl to 6s ocl Lamb Os Od• to Os Od. AND STRAW, PER LOAD. HAY A Hay £3 Os to £4 lOs I Clover £4 Os to £5 10s Straw ....... .C 1 16s to £2 Bs. 4s d Oto 5s 4411 Pork R e port about to be come proprietor of the Surrey Th ea tre. s t a tes that Mr. KEAN is the