Star.
London, England, 1818-03-25 00:00:00

SOUTH A:.IERICA:

The following is an extrut from the Trinidad Pa;.
pers to the end ofJanuary, received this morning :
" TRINIDAD, JANUARY 3i.

We arc in possession of important news froth
Caraccas. Mr. Lindsey, of Grenada, the day before'
yesterday, arrived here from Cumana and Caraccas,
which last city he left the eod of December. He
states, that confidence in the Royal Government was
restored—that many emigrant families had returned
from St. Thomas's and Curacoa, among which, we
understand, are two sisters of the Marquis del Toro.
Orders had been received from the Spanish Cabinet
to observe the strictest obedience to the Royal pardon,
of those who would wish to return and avail them-

selves of it.
ti All the families returned were immediately put
in possession of their property ; and from the known
character of the present Captain-General, Brigadier-
General Pardo, all the emigrants who wish to return
to that country may expect an entire compliance
with the Royal Indulto.
" From two to three hundred houses were re-
building at Caraccas ; and at La Guira, and Puerto
Cabello, trade with the neutral Colonies and with
Old Spain had greatly revived."

The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday arrived
last night. The Theatre Royal of the Odeon was
burnt down on Friday night. The particulars will
be found, with other extracts from these papers, in
another column.

The Duke of WELLINGTON is expected in England
in the course of a few days. The frequent discussions
which he has had of late with the French Ministers
on the subject of the liquidations, and of the removal
of the Allied Troops, are said to be so important,
and the situation of affairs, at this moment, so criti-
cal, that it is thought essential for his Grace to come
over to advise with his Government on the matter.
Lady CHARLOTTE STRUTT had a quadrille ball on
Monday evening, at her residence in Hertford-street,
Ma'-fair, which was attended by nearly one hundred
and fifty fashionables; dancing commenced at eleven
o'clock in the principal drawing-room,which was most
brilliantly illuminated, and continued till past three.
Madame DE BOURKE, the Danish Minister's Lady,
entertained a large circle of fashionables yesterday
evening, at her house in Welbeck-street, Cavendish-

square.
The Bridewell and Christ's Hospital boys, in num•
ber about 700, walked in procession, yesterday, to the
Exchange, from whence they proceeded to the-Man-
sion-house, where they were shewn the Egyptian-hall,
with the ornaments and decoration 3, as fitted up for
the grand dinner the day before. They were headed
by their tutors, preceded by beadles. After returning
to the grand Saloon, where the LORD MAYOR, Re-
corder, Sheriffs, several Aldermen and Ladies were
seated, they passed in review before his Lordship,
when each of the boys, according to annual custom,
received a sixpence from Ins Lordship, with a bun
and a glass of wine. After this ceremony his Lord-
ship and company partook of an elegant cold colla-
tion ; they then went in state to Christ's Church,
Newgate-street, attended by the City Officers, where
an excellent sermon was preached on the occasion.
Monday the Prince Regent's Stag Hounds turned out a deer,
which was a very fine one, at Wlnkfield Plain. The deer :hewed
great sport, taking through the woods by St. Leonard's Hill,
crossed the Thames near Surley Hall ; the gentlemen sportsmen
and hounds came through Windsor and renewed the duce near
Salt Hill, where be took across the country towards Uxbridge,
and ran with great speed by Harrow-on-the-Hill, and about three
miles on the other side he was taken after a long day's diversion.
St. John's Church, Westminster, which is called by
HORACE WALPOLE, " a wonderful piece of absur-
dity," is one of the ponderous masses ofstor.es erected
by Sir JOHN VANBURCH. It has lately been repaired
at a great expense, but from the immense weight of
the roof, it has since been found necesa.ary to secure
the temporary safety of the building by large square
oak beams, which ascend from the ground to the
ceiling. They form a striking contrast to the modern
slender pillars which support the galleries. Sir JOHN,
however, was a favourite at Court, like otl-.3r preten-
ders, as a proof of which he was appointed Comp-
troller and Surveyor of the Board of Works, in pre-
ference to Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN, the immortal
Architect of.the Cathedral of St. Paul's !
The Venetian Manuscripts, lately, at an immense
amount, purchased by the Curators of the Bodleian
Library. ale safely landed at Portsmouth, and will
shortly arrive at the place of their destination.
The criticisms which have appeared on the Cre-
re,:es in Dulwich College, must be very amusing to
those ix ho know that there is not a single picture of
that great master in the whole collection, nor, indeed,i
in any collection in England, with the exception of
that unrivalled production of his pencil, Christ in the
Garden, which is now in the possession of the Duke
of WELLINGTON. This celebrated picture belonged
to the King of SPAIN, and was selected from the Royal
Gallery in the Escurial by JOSEPH BONAPARTE, in
whose carriage it was found on his retreat from Madrid.
Wednesday night some villains dragged the fine
piece of water belonging to Lord ELLENBOROUGH, at
Roehampton, and carried off nearly the whole stork
of tench and carp. The net used for the purpose
must have been one with very small meshes, great,
numbers of extremely small fish being found scatter-
ed on the banks of the lake. The robbers were not
satisfied with the great quantity of fish which they
obtained, but also carried off two large nets of the
value of SOL which were placed to dry near the
house of his Lordship's gardener.
BAR Wer.—ln a late trial at Oxford, where it -rms.
observed that a young Oxonian had more Wine than
could be judged requisite for him, a 'celebrated bar-
rister remarked, that it only proved he had the port
of a Gentleman. Many persons, whose manners may
not be exactly formed in the school of Chesterfield,
may, nevertheless, lay claim to this port,;n consequence
of the smiles of Fortune in the present Lottery, which
entitlo foam to demand their Port of Rim; nay, they
may even be re-Pour-ed if they make a lucky put-
:base before To-morrow ; as the report is cuareat that
the Tickets and Snares are gaing ?#: