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via Valparaiso, of the total defeat of the Patriots, must
be incorrect. We have Panama Gazettes to the 18th
January, which do not furnish any political news.

VALPARAISO, NOVEMBER 30, 1823.
The second Lima expedition to Alto Peru, under St.
Cruz, Sucre, Miller, &c. has again been defeated.
St Cruz was completely defeated at La Paz by Val-
dez, without the latter ever filing a gun, and only
saved about 1,200 out of 4,500 men. In consequence
of this disaster, Sucre retired from Arequipa with his
division, about 3,500 men, and took shipping for Pico
and Callao, where they have arrived.

We have a report that La Serna has declared Peru
independent.

The Cloninel Herald states, that on Sunday se'nnight
a man was shot dead in endeavouring to escape from
the police at Lismorta, in the neighbourhood of Kille-
naule. Without any particulars as to the circumstances
which induced the police to fire on him, it is impossible
to say to what extent they are culpable; although it is
impossible not to regret the event. It will, however,
.
afford a fresh ground for abusing the police, as if they
Avere the authors of the principal crimes of Ireland. But
outrages of this description have not been confined to
the police alone; if they have committed one or more
murders, the work of deadly retaliation soon commenced
against them. At the Assizes of Cork, no longer ago
than Thursday last, four individuals mere arraigned
and tried for the unprovoked murder of a policeman
of the name of Orpcn, whom they butih!red in cold
near Kantn:k, in that County. Tlnee of the
prisoners were acq iii• t.:d oa trial ; the fourth, Linehan,
was capitally convicted, and has since been executed.
—On the evidence given, it al.peared that the only
cause of deadly quarrel with the unfortunate deceased
was his heing a policeman. Cronin, the principal wit-
ness for the Crown, stated that Linehan fol.owed the
unfortunate Orpen on the road, and urged the murder,
whispering in I.is ear, that " there was a policeman on
the road, and to go back and give him a knock." The
witness soon after saw four n:eti strike the policeman

to the ea: !h, and mur.!er before they quitted.—
His evidence was corroborated by a Mr. NASH, who
heard the principal nun derer, Linehan, say,—" A
policeman is at Murphy's, of Seart ; let us kill him."—
Mr. Nitstr saw the mangled body of the wretched man
on the next morning, ahr ut ten o'clock, when he was

going to Kanturk, in company with his brother, and

found him dead near a stream of water, at the side of
the ditch, and some bashes hanging over his body. The
:act is horrible, as occurrences of this description are
both on the Fart of the police and the people ; and
v e ale far from justifying the police on the last
oc.:asion, in which they have caused the death of a hu-
man c:e,lture, ytt, until we learn the circumstances un-
der which they committed the act, we shall not indis-
criminately condemn them. The situation of troops in
an enemy's coui try is comparative peace and security
to that of a policeman in some pairs of Leland. We
ought not, timeline, be too rash in deciding on their
conduct.

I'he Gazt.tte contains a notification that the Right Hon. George
Canning, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af.

fairs, has received his Majtsty's commands to signify to the Minis-
ters of friendly and neutral Powers, residing at this Court, that the
necessary measures have been taken, by command of his Majesty,
for the blockade of the port of Algiers ; and that from this time all
the measures authorised by the Law of Nations will be adopted
and executed, with respect to all vessels which may attempt to vio-
late the said blockade.

Yesterday evening, Mr. DRAFFAN, one of the King's
Messengers, arrived at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, with
Dispatches, in 16 days, from Sir CHARLES BACOT, at Petersburgh.
Th=. KING has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland appointing the Earl of Fldon Chancellor of
Great Britain, and the Chancellor Lord Keeper aniCommissioners
of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the time being ; Lord Redes-
dale ; Lord Gifford, Master of the Rolls, and the Master of the Rolls for
the time br.ug ; the Right llonourable Sir John Leach, Knight,Vice-
Chancellor of England, and the Vice-Chancellor of England for the
time being; Sir CharlesWetherell, Knight, his Majesty's Solicitor-
General; Samuel Compton Cox, Esquire, one of the Masters of
the Court of Chancery; Anthony Hart, Esquire, one of his Majes-
ty's Counsel learned in the Law ; Stephen Lushington, Doctor of
Civil Law ; Williani Cuurtenay, Esquire, one other of the Masters
of the Court of Chancery ; Robert Percy Smith, Joseph Littledale,
John Herman Merivale, Nicolas Conyngliam Tindal, and John
Beames, Esquire, Barristers at Law, his Majesty's Commissioners
for inquiring into the practice established in the Court of Chancery.
His MAJESTY has appointed the Earl of MORTON,
K.T. to be High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland.

Yesterday Ili', MAJESTY received visits frpm the Duke
fa YOWL. and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER.

Monday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and a select
party dined with the Princess AUGUSTA.
The Princes AUGUSTA received a viit from the Du-
chess of GLOUCISTIR yesterday.
Yesterday then :ncess A UGUSTA honoured Viscountess
CAFMORNE with a morning visit, at he: Ladyship's hut:- c, Chelsea.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER continues indispo'etl.
The Duke of CLARENCE is completely recovered from
his indisposition.
The Countess of ARRAN had a musical pa: ty, on
Monday evening, at her house in Dover-street, which was attended
by upwards of fifty distinguished fashionables. Among whorniwere
the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Leeds,
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Darnley, Lady
Thigh, the Earl and Countess Cathcart, the Ladies Ashburnham, &c.
The Countess of SANDWICH entertained another dis-
tinguished party at dinner, on Monday, at her house in Dover-
street. Among whom were Lord Dungannon, Lord Ellenborough,
Countess Powlett, Mr. and Lady Harriet Baring, Mr. F. Baring,
Mr. sad Lady Vernon, Messrs. B. and C. Greville, &c.
We under tand that Mr. Justice BEST has beets ap-
pointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
On the 7th instant was married, TriomAs ROBINSON,
Esq. eldest son of A. RAMSAY ROBINSON, ESC'. of Kensington, to
Purim-an:a, only daughter of the late Sir GEORGE R:tAIIiWALTE
Bout:ill-nu, Bart. of Poston Court, Herefordshire.
Saturday, General ITURBIDE, Es-Emperor of Mexico,
arrived at Wright's lintel, Dover, for the purpose of raceiving his
wife and family on their landing from France; but they not arriving
so soon as lie expected, lie proceeded again for London. They
reached Dover on Monday, by the Due de Bordeaux packet.
Lord Avr.Essuny is arrived in town, from Paris.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.—We are not much surprised
to !tzar that this Work has been, accot ding to the booksellers' phr:ise,
' 'Jut of print" for sonic time. As a consolation, however, to those
%/ho have not yet been fortunate enough to procure a sight of it, we
enabled to state, that a accond,edi.ion will appear in the course
wet.