Star.
London, England, 1825-03-03 00:00:00

EAST FRIESLAND, FEBRUARY 16.•

The high flood of the 3d and 4th inst. which flowed
over all the• dikes on the sea coast, and rivers in East
Friesland, and the adjacent countries on the North Sea,
:as taught us, at the expense of above three millions Of
dollars, that all our dikes are from two feet to two and
half fret too low. It will be
.therefore necessary, on
repairing the dikes, to raise them also from•three to three 1
and a half feet, far greater security, and to allow
for the sinking of the earth. In Holland they are con-
vinced of this ; and ti's high flood will serve as a rule
for the height of the dikes. If ene•third of our loss had
:)ern expended in raising the dikes, they could not have
•eon over fl ,wed.
IJANOVSR, FEBRUARYJI3.. •
The details isf the high flood still fill our Gazette.—
We cannot! l•Et form A competent judgment "of the
'mount of the loss, parti.lularly that of the cattle

«~,.

that perished. At EmitOen great eff.tts ate making to!
:repair thfitmets. •
sdniNaur.o, FEBRUARY-dn N.. .
During the unpaitilbled flood of the 4th ibt.ithp
,Elbe rose a foot at this towis. This is the fiAtt time
that the tide of the sea*ser reached this placsi.-.liiralith is
,25 (112) miles from the mouth of the

We have received Aleeo York Papers to the Bth ult.
They quote advices from Havannah of the 15th. of
January, stating that information had restated that place
from Barraela, tit the landing of ÜbOdy of troops horn
Spain, supposed to be destined again.st Vera Cruz, but
whose services will, ;n all probability, be requited for
the protection of Cuba itself. Some official documents
are published in these papers relative to the acknow-
ledgment of the independence of the late Colonies of
Spain by the United States, but which possess no pe-
culiar interest. They exhibit the same insolent preten-
sion and disregard of truth on the pact of Spain which
has distinguished most of the articles on that subject
in the Madrid Gazette. The American reply to the
remonstrance is couched in terms of great moderation.
It appears from one of these documents, that a request
had been made by England to Spain, for permission
to land troops in Cuba to pursue the pirates, if neces-
sary, which has been refused, as well as a similar ap-
plication from the Government of the United States.
A Bill is before the Senate for authot izing Congress to
make a good road, protected in a ptoper manner, be-
tween the State of Missouri and New Mexico,' for the
convenience of the trade with the latter country by
land, which is_ represented to be very considerable. A
survey has actually commenced, preparatory to an un-
dertaking to unite by a canal the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, set on foot by some individuals in New York.
The -route chosen is that by the river St. Juan and the
lake of Nicaragua. The election of President of the
United States was to take place on the 9th ult. at
Washington. A report was in circulation that Mr.
CLAY intended to thrdw his influence into the interest
of Mr. ADAMS, by which the latter would gain the
votes of several States.

In the STAR of yesterday we gave official intelligence
of what may be considered the liberation of Peru, by
the last and complete victory of BOLIVAR's army. The
Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa being the only place where
the slightest resistance can be made on the whole Con-
tinent of South America, it cannot be expected
that-it -will long hold out when the cause is so hopeless;
thus has the sceptre departed from Spain in the New
World.—We are yet without the details of some of
those intermediate operations which led to so great a
triumph in Peru.
It will probably be found that the distinguished leader
of the indePendent At my, having done all that he Icould
to bring the Spaniards to action on the Apurimac, and
being unable to effect his purpose by their continued
retreat, stationed his army between them and the capital,
and proceeded to Lima to organize the Government,
considering the' war as terminated when he had left
the enemy no resource but in flight—no safety but in
dispersion or submission. In support of this suppositinp,
it ought to be recollected that BOLIVAR was appointed,
not only the Military Chief but the Political Dictator of
Peru, and that he had to restore the internal Government,
as well as subdue foreign usurpation. It is not improbable
that the Spanish Generals, learning his absence from the,
army, may have thought the occasion favourable to
striking a blow—a proceeding which was rendered the
more urgent from the threatening position of OLANETA.
Private letters brought by the Lion, from Jamaica,
state, in the capitulation for the surrender of Callao, the
Asia and other Spanish ships of war are included ; but
were this not the case, Commodore Gum will be able
to give a good account of them.
The Governor of Chili has made an important re-
form in the ecclesiastical establishment ; the property of
the church is confiscated for the use of the State, the
clergy to be allowed a competent salary, for their sup-
port. The fiiars that wish to renounce their vows and
leave their convents, are permitted so to do, and are to
receive a decent maintenance. All convents that do not
contain more than a prelate and eight monks, are to be
closed, and in no part of the Republic is there to be
more than one convent of the same Order.

A Morning Paper of yesterday, somewhat unge-
nerously we think, cavils with the reduction proposed
in the taxes by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER;
the alleviation, it is said, amounts this year to no more
than. a million and a half, upon an expenditure of up-
wards of fifty six millions. This is not a fair view of
this subject, for out of this expenditure of fifty six
millions, thirty three millions are for the interest of
the debt, in which, there can be no reduction, so that
the alleviation is in fact a million and a half in twenty
three millions, or about seven per Cent. Then we are
told that the relief granted in the Assessed Taxes,
affects only those who are on the confines of pauperism.
Who, we would ask, ought to be the first objects of re-
lief btit such persons? The middle classes may be
deprived of some comforts by the taxes they pay, but
to those on the confines of pauperism, every tax, how-
ever small, encroaches-on what is requisite to procure
the necessaries of life. _ _

Another Morning Paper, the Chronicle, more sys-
tematic in its hostility to Ministers than the one to
which we have alluded, takes a very different view of
the financial plans of the CAA NCEI:LOR of the &cla-
w/En. u Generally," says the Chronicle, " the Mercan-
tile Interests of the country are greatly pleased with the
Badge,' and it adds the following observations on
the same 'illicit
li* The West India Interests have received a great beon
—the settlement of the import duty on Muscovades at

iiMPAgaltittakNiMMl