Star.
London, England, 1825-02-15 00:00:00

he Bill an opportunity or nrarJ:alling every argument
.hey can adduce against it.

This forenoon we I eceivea Hamburgh Papers to the
Bth inst. and Dutch Pipers to the 12th, they contain no
political news whatever, but ate filled with details of
the inundations. At Hamburg)), on the 4th inst. the
flood rose upwards of twen►y feet. On the Hanoverian
coast of the Elbe, the effect of the floods had been very
distt essing, and many dikes bad been washed away. At
Ritzebuttle, the dike in the east of the harbour gave
way, and the water poured into the town : the whole
country became a great lake. The Sea Dike of Groden
seems to have been broken through in five or six places.
The foundation of the light-house is greatly injured.
Tue bathing house and its dependencies are in part
swept away. The warehouses are all gone. Ships
that were on the stocks are turned upside down,
others thrown on the strand or entirely carried away.
The island of Neuwetk has also suffered severely.
All the cattle are drowned, and the inhabitants have
fled, destitute of everything ; only the inhabitants of the
light-house, and the attendants on the lamps remained
At their post, to whom prOvisions had been sent.
The accounts of the disasters caused by the late hur.
ricanes and inundations, on the coast of Overyssel, are
most melancholy. Many houses are washed away, and
it is certain that a great many of the inhabitants have
perished ; the quantity of cattle lost is extremely great.
In some parts, whole houses, with all they contained,
weie carried away, and many persons have perished.

Charleston Papers have arrived to the 16th of Ja-
nuary. An article from New Orleans, dated the 80th
of December, says—" At the moment we are about
putting our Paper to press, we learn that a letter has
been received from the Havannah, stating that a Co-
lombian squadron of twelve sail, under the command
of Commodore Beluche, had arrived lately before that
port, and there established themselves." The letter
adds, eg that a number of Spanish vessels are equipping
for the putpose of giving battle to the Colombian fleet.
We may expect to learn the events of this contest by
the first arrivals: we hope the result will be in favour
of the arms of liberty."

The Paris Papers of Saturday are filled with the de-
bate in the Chamber of Deputies on the prec;ding day,
on the Report of the Committee appointed to consider
the subject of indemnity to the emigrants. The speech
of M. PARDESSUS, who acted as reporter, was three
hours long. Several amendments were proposed, but
none materially affecting the character of the measure.
It was moved that the discussion should be .fixed for
Thursday next, and finally carried.
in the course of this debate, M. BENJAMIN CON•
STANT alluded to the influence exerted by Russia over
the French councils. "We know," he said, " and the
Minister of Finance has himself told us from this
tribune, that in 1822 we made war on Spain in order
that we might not be compelled to make war on the
Rhine." M. DE VILLELZ endeavoured to explain his
declaration by representing it as having bees used
merely to shew that the system recommended by
General FOY would have led to that result. The
General, however, immediately stepped into the
tribune, and proved that the President of the Council
spoke before him in the Secret Committee of 1822,
and that his words were—" We have only the alter-
native of fighting on the Pyrenees, or of declaring
the Spanish Constitution on the frontiers of the aorth.*
M. Da VILLELE acknowledged that he might be mis-
taken. A long list of speakers are inscribed for and
against the project.