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and be cautious, adding, that we should let his Govern ment know. of the discovery of the plot, but conceal the nair.es of the partie , ;—(llenr,ltenr). In my c , thcietice, I believe thet we thus prevented the completion of the scheme; and, I ask, whether this was an instance of abuse of the powers of the Alien Bill ? (,Heer, hear). The case to which I te;er, happened within the l.t t fon.' night, and while my Right lion. Friend and I (I give him the priority because he is entitled to it) were hesita ting about this measure, this incident occurred, and corns pletely satisfied us beth that we should not do our duty if we did not propose it to Parliament--(Hear, hear).— Nuw, then, the House has the liktory.of The origin of this Bill, and it knows Our intentions in endeavouring to make it an enactment. 1 ask, then, Honourable Gentlemen on the other side, whether in the enactment, or in the mode in which it has been applied, they see anything that rouses their Constitutional jealousy ? But I mistake when I talk of their Constitutional jealousy -1 ought rather to say their Continental jealousy—• (Bear and laughter). When this instance was men tioned by my Right Honourable Friend on a former night, a Noble Lord (who does not often deliver his opinions upon lot eign pot cy, but when he does, what he says always bears the starli) of good sense) suggested that all the advantage to be derived from a. temperate use of the powers of the Alien Bill might be attained by an Act of Parliament brought in for each specific case. The Noble Lord has had some experience in Acts of Parliament : he has one now befote the House for cor recting the practice of certain small Courts, and when he get.. rid of that, I would really beg of Min to try his hand a little further at legislation ; let him bring in is Bill to arraign a foreigner in this country of treason to. , wards his own Sovereign—(hear, hear). At least, he' • will have to encounter the difficulty of being without a precedent in the history of any State, ancient or modern. I omit here eieitely the consideration that the Noble Lord's prolusition, or that the law shall be applied to the particular case, so as to render it a sort or privile gium. I only reque-t the Noble Lord, when he goes home to night, to try his hand at framing such a Bill, and depend upon it, even the mighty undertaking of regulating the County Courts will sink into insignifi cance.—(Ulcers and laughter). Ile must not only try a new mode of legislation, but he must erect new Courts for his purpose, such as hitherto the imagination of man has never conceived. In the meantime I assert that this Never has been misapplied in the instance I have de tailed ; I do not say it is the only one, but the particu lars of diat are clear and fresh in my recollection. The object is not to let the crime ripen into punishment, but to. stop its progress before the commencement of execu tion. I admit the soundness of that maxim of our law which presumes every man innocent until he is proved guilty ; but we al e talking now of the practical safety of tie! world, and of the preservation of the peace of this country ; and I say, that if the peace of other countries isendengered by plots, hatched under our protection, do not let us be accused of not having done our best to prevent the evil. It would be but a poor answer to any foreign Poser that complained, were we to tell it that . ae had thought well of the party accused, but that he shall take his trial befoie a jury composed of half fo reigners.• Our object, I repeat, is to check and anticipate danger, and to prase. ve Great Britain from the guilt of having even improvidently contributed to the peril of other States. The Bill upon the table seems to me peculi it ly adapted to the purpose; nor is there any thing in it which goes beyond the fair execution of that purpose. I admit most readily that you must subject to its opera tion rainy who do not entertain the remstest notion of evil designs; but that is unavoidable: it arises from the infirmity of human nature, and the imperfection of human institutions. The guilty must be reached among the number of the innocent; you must spread your net wide enough to cover more than the mere prey you in tend to include. I must observe, however, that on this part of the subject there has been a vast deal of exag geration. We are told that all the foreigners that seek shelter bete are models of their kind ; more angels than men, though somewhat fallen, and with at least The excess of glory obscued:" heroes of the noblest older, and patriots of the purest water ; forgetting the uuth of the lines: " Loudon! the needy villain's general home; The common sewer of Paris and of Rome!" I do not say that the Alien Bill has completely effected a beneficial change ; but it is not to be taken for granted that because a foteigner comes here he is persecuted and driven away from home. Besides these illustrious he roes —these immot tel patriots—these champions of free dom, and martyrs of virtue, we have also that quack doctors, and some others—Augur, schcenobales, medi cur, magus, and id genus came of needy persons, de sirous of fattening upon British hospitality. IT Honour able Gentlemen wha oppose this Bill contend that none but heroes and patriots arrive here, I have at least as good a right to assume that persons of a very contrary descririon also find their way to our shores. All I con tend for is, that there is a necessity for some such super vision—that the Alien Bill is addressed to the specific danger of the times, and that it has hitherto been found effectual in suppressing, or rather in preventing it.— I have not heard even all ito,hatation of an abte.e of its powers, and so long ac the danger continues, I will con clude as I began, with expressing my hope that the measure may not outlive the term for which its renewal is now proposed. Whenever the danger is at an end, 1 will return with all my heart to a more mitigated and moderate legislation, but for some legislation upon this subject, I shall still be an advocate: wit:.out it Parliament would leave &fenceless both the Crown and Country. ['l'he Right I lonountble Secretary sat down amidst loud cheers, which continued foe some time after he had resumed his seat.] Mr. TIERNEY replied tu slur flight honourable Gentleman in a speech, through which we lament that our limits will not enable us to follow him. }le said, if ever there was a speech which looked one way while it rowed another, it was that of the Right Honoura ble Gentleman. The Right I lonourable Gentleman's text was the safety, the peace of England—so much was the same text his own, that if any man could convince him thzt the Bill was necessary t o the peace or the safety of the country, be would heartily vote for the measure. But he was perfectly convinced that -the interests of Great Britain did not call for the Bell, anti the Right I lonourable Secretary had admitted that lie himself had doubts of the necessity for it even within the last fortnight. The Right lion. Secretary had wasted a great deal of classical research in ascertaining at what pe riod a nation was in a fit state fur rape—( Laughter). But from the Revolution down to a late date, a period dating which the country Lad existed in great prosperity, up such law as that now before the 1 I.use had been deemed necessary—a measure which went only to any poor devil of a forei gner who .—These men sought a n reable Government to worry should come into the country -- (.A lau g h) asylum here on account of political differences between them selves and their rulers; one party styled the other t y rants, th , tse called these rebels. The Right Honourable Gentleman bad referred co . .' plot. lie waS convinced that . the kn ow l e d ge of It-had not been otstained by an y system of espionage est a bli s h ed by his Majesty's Government—(Hear, hear, hear)—tor he could rut suspect them of such unworthy conduct ; .hat but still the plot %vas comntunicated . to Alinisters— i an they done? They told the indisidual w . Loni n t 117 of it . Is N et s re . them, that V it Ist tossary they would inform Ins h a v e am Alien Act to enable them to make that they should • 1 , 11.... r t e. •.: such a communication? If it never existed, they could have done so with the same facility. The argument in favour of the Rill, founded on that circumstance, 'therefore fell to the ground.— The Right Honourable Gentleman had work enough of other kinds On his hands, let him not, therefore, for GOD'. sake, become the political agents of Foreign Governments—(Hear, hear). He (Mr. Tierney) disclaimed any intention to apply-that language offensively to the Right Honourable Gentleman; but he implored of him to (rave off hunting of poor foreigners. While Europe was distracted from one end to the other by plots and conflicts arising out of broken promises, all he should ask of Government was, to pursue strict neutrality. His objection to the Bill was, that it was in fact a breach of neutrality, being directed again-t one party only. England had no thing to apprehend ; and he joined the Right Honourable Gentle man sincerely in asserting, that she was never before in a state of greater prosperity—(Cheers). Mr. Secretary CA N N IN G rose to explain.—He assured the Min. Gentleman, on his honour, that the information respecting the plot to which he alluded did not come to him from any foreign Minister. Mr. TIERNEY—Did the information come to the Right lion. Gentleman from ar.y person of his own acquaintance? Did the Right Hon. Gentleman set any person to look after those foreigners? Air. Secretary CANNlNG—Certainly not —(Loud cheering). hlr. PEEL rose to reply.—He was happy to hear the testimony which the Right Hon. Gentleman here to the happy, contented, and prosperous condition of this country. After all the prognostics of disgrace; after all the prophecies of failure, it was gratifying and cheering to hear this announcement from the very persons who were foremost in indulging in these ill-bodings—( Hear, hear, hear). Should the efforts be renewed which had before been made fur effecting a change in the established Constitution of the country, and more particularly of this House—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches, re-echoed by the Opposition), he hoped the House would bear in mind that an acknowledgment of the increasing prosperity of the country bad been extorted from those by whom failure and dis grace were uniformly before predicted. The Right Hon. Gentle. man (Mr. Tierney) had impugned the motives of those who intro duced the present Bill, and also di,anproved of its objects. He stated their motives to bc,not to preserve the internal tranquillity of this country, hut to aid the Continental Sovereigns in crushing the aspirations of freedom. Now he would make the most positive de- c'aration that no compromise bad been ever re.ade ; that no bargain , or agreement, either wtittert or implied, had been ever entered into with a Continental Power, as to the policy of continuing or aban. doning this Bill. To the imputation of such a motive he was there fore prepared to give the most emphatic refutation and denial that the terms of language could convey. The Right Honourable Gen tleman had contra sled those whom he called the despots of Europe with the people of Europe. • These were the extreme principles to which his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Canning) had alluded. It was the duty of this country to adopt a middle course — a polity of neutrality; and acting upon that principle, as he would refuse those who, in 1821, held monarchical princiyles in Spain (ruin making this country the theatre of intrigue against the Constitutional Go vernment as then constituted, so would he equally disallow those who were then of the Constitutional part) , (some of whom, he be tieved,were now in this country) from making this, England, to use an expression of his Right lion. Friend," the workshop of inachiva dons against the established Government of their bathe country." It had been said that this measure was not enforced formerly ; but if not, still severer measures, such as the suspetsion of the Habeas Corpus Act, .were put in force at the period alluded to. The Right lion. Gentleman had cautioned him against being the police agent of the Sovereigns of Europe. He knew his duty as an Eng. Heitman too well to condescend to be the agent of the interests of any country but his own. The Right Hon. Gentleman recapitu lated the arguments he had previously 'urged, and concluded by saying, that although all foreigners should be hospitably received,tbey should not be permitted by political intrigues to desecrate the asy lum Into which they had beets received—(Hear, hear.) Lord A LTHORP briefly explained. The Right lion. Secre tary (Mr. Canning) had somewhat misrepresented his sentiments in the course of his address to the House. He admitted, the prin ciple of placing some check over alien; ought to be vested in the Executive Government.- His objection was to the arbitrary power of the present Bill. lie would prefer certain regulations should be introduced, which gave the accused party an opportunity of meet ing the charge brought against him, and, if he could, of vindicating his innocence. • To dismiss him peremptorily on suspicion, was a most oppressive and ungracious measure.—The House then divided, For the second reading - - 172 For the Amendment - - 92 - Majority - - - The Bill was then read a second time. The other Orders of the Day were then read, and the House ad. journed at One o'Clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 95 to I, and got up to 95i for the Account, at which price they remain steady, with little doing. It is said that au Express has arrived from Paris, bringing the French Ileum at 102 f. 10e. FOREIGN FUNDS. The chief business done this morning was in Colombian and Spa nish Bonds; In all other Foreign Securities there was little doing. Current Prices:—.New . Spanish 17, Old 19, Colombian 84 (sel lers), Chili= 80k, Austrian Scrip 16i, French Scrip 17k k, Greek l; disc. Mexican Scrip 7i, New Prussian 99, Old 981 ex. div. Russian 97J k, Portuguese 711, Alliance Shares lsk k. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols 95V8 % 4 per Cents. New 107% % % India Bonds 86s. 84s. 86s. Exchequer Bills (ELMO) 545. 535. 565. Ditto Small 545. 535. 565. Bank for Acct. 247 1 / 2 Consols for do. 95 1 / 8 34 The proceedings in the House of Commons last night were of peculiar interest. We have no roam for comment, but must refer our Readers to the brilliant speech of the SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AF FAIRS, on the subject of the Alien Act. For historical and classical research, soundness of argument, and feli city of expression, it will rank among the best efforts of this distinguished Orator and Statesmen. Mr. TIERNEY, in an ingenuous speech, attempted, not to controvert the arguments of Mr. Secretary CANNING, but to counteract their effects on his friends. He, how ever, had the manly honesty to acknowledge, that " this country was never in a state of greater prosperity than at present." What will the Orator of the Mermaid, at Hackley, Mr. HOBROUSE, say to this? " Hey, :ohnny Cam, are ye waukin et?" ig, yg The French Papers of Thursday have teached us , but they contain nothing half so interesting as the pro ceedings in Parliament. The intelligence from Greece states, that Lord BYRON had proceeded to Tripolitza, where he succeeded in reconciling the Greek Chiefs— that a gunpowder manufactory had been erected, mili tary and Lancasterian schools established, and thatevery thing promised success. In France the Government has made an attempt "to seize the papers of the Duc de CA:kin/IC:Mt:4, which his Nephew opposed, and the affair is to be referred to the Civil CivilTi ibunal. Accounts from Spain state, that some sanguinary scenes have taken place at Barcelona, where the Con stitutionalists aie numerous. ... . . This . forenoon we received a German Mail, with Papers to the• 26th ult. The /11Igemeine Zcitung con tains an important article, pretended to be from the Danube, in which the policy of the. 11 itish Government towards the South Ames ican States is warmly applauded. The writer, who has evidently received his cite from authority, notices the effect of loan, to divert mo ney ircim commerce, and the necessity of gradually re ducing the interest of the Austt ian Funds from five to four per cent. whenever they shall reach 108 or 112, and afterwards probably to three per cent. in order to indem nify the Exchequer for disadvantageous loans, and bring the money back to animate industry and commerce. lie then points out another reason, in which he declares that Spain herself must be made to recognise the inde pendence of South America. " Since 1810," says this writer, " the remittances of gold and silver to Europe have decreased to such a degree, that they, have been by no means sufficient to meet what is annually wanted for the colonial trade, for what is consumed in the manufacture of gold and silver plate, ornaments, trinkets, &c. and thus a sensib!e want of metallic currency has arisen, which is a heavy burden on manufactures and agriculture, and which' cannot be remedied, except by the speedy pacification of South America; that the rich mines of Mexico and Peru may be again worked, and their produce again come to us. But to repair all the evils that have arisen, a free trade with the new world is absolutely necessary; fur what is the use of our manufactures, and various .iL.ruductions, if we have no means of disposing of them but the poor exchange of them amongst ourselves: we must, at length, (to use a vulgar proverb) be choaked by our own fat, and so be ruined. " To prevent this evil, the Independence of South Ame rica, and a free trade with it, are indispensable. England, hich proceeds on the wise maxim constantly to jnake its great commercial interests harmonize with its poli tical relations, sees clearly what is wanting, and that the necessary measure cannot be delayed ; viz. to ac celerate the independence of South America, and to re store peace and tranquillity in that part of the world. ".Thus alone can our productions again find a market, .and on the other hand, gold and silver come back to us, without which our industry and agriculture cannot flourish or recover their just equilibrium. It may there fore be justly expected that the other great Powers will have regard to the distressed situation of Europe, and will advise his Majesty the King of Spain, to recognise the independence of South America, and the more so as England engages to arrange matters so that Spain, if it soon accepts the service offered it, shall have greater commercial advantages than other Powers." TILE. A 1-1 .11 Y. Roamer DAY Szorgs, Esq. is appointed Paymaster of the Kerry Militia, vice ORP.KX, resigned. The 45th Regiment, from Winchester, are ordered to embark immediately on board the transports Loyal Briton, and Joseph Green, for conveyance to Malta. Government House, Jersey, March 26,1824. His Excellency Major-General Sir Comx Ilatitex has been com manded to ivsue the following order to the Jersey Militia:— " That his Majesty having been informed that certain Officers of the Ist or North-west Regiment-of Jersey Militia have considered themselves as released, by i tender of their resignations (which re signation the Lieutenant-Governor has refused to accept), from the obligation of military duty imposed upon them by their commissions, and had accordingly refused to perform the same : his Majesty has directed him, the said Lieutenant-Governor, to declare, in the name of his Majesty, that no Military Officer can, without leave, resign his commission ;• and that until such leave has been ob tained, he remains liable to be called upon to perform military duty: That his Majesty does not doubt that such Officers, who have acted, under a contrary, but erroneous impression, will upon reflection be recalled to a due sense of their duty and relieve his Majesty from the painful necessity of noticing their conduct with marks of his Majesty's severe displeasure. The Colonels will forthwith assemble their Regiments, and read the above order, in English and French. By order of Major-General Sir COLIN HA LKET, (Signed) IL TOUZELL, Inspector of Militia. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the Duke of YORK yesterday.—Tbe Princess ALICE:STA received visits yesterday from the Duchess of Gtocersreft and the Princess SOnSIA. The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by two Ladies and Captain Ctrs?, was in one of the side galleries of the House of Commons last night, during the Debate on the Alien Bill. The Earl of 'PHANcr, who has been daily expected in town from Pais, is mush indisposed The Earl and Countess of PEMBROKE and family have arrived at their house in Privy-gardens, from Wilton-house, Wilts. Sir CHARLES FLOWER gives this day a most splendid Dinner to his Royal Highness the Duke of Yost, and several of his Majesty's Ministers. _ _ Cards of invitation for grand dinner parties in cek bration of his MArrsTr's birth-day, on the 29th instant, are now being issued by the Cabinet Ministers. Thomas Doyle, a Catholic Priest, who bad lately married a Protestant and a Catholic, for which he Was tried and convicted at Mu!Ungar ' is a suspended or di sf ranchised Priest, and the proceedings against him in this case had equally the approbation of Catholics as well as Protestants. Letters Patent hive passed the Great Seal of Ireland, appointing the Marquis of Ete Custas Rotulorum tot the County of Wexford, is the room of the late Sir F. Fwoo. A Gentleman of the name of Prampton was thrown from his horse yesterday at Newington, and killed.—The accident was occasioned by . the horse shying at an organ,' . when he reared up upon his hind legs and fell back upon the rider, who was taken up senselefs, and died shortly aftcr. An unpublished, unknown, ale of TAsso has lately been discovered and printed at Rome, the subject is religious, and the execution is highly beautiful. Monday, as George Smith, of Wapping Old Stairs, was in the act of takirg a passenger on board one of the Gravesend boats, for London, he (Smith) fell overboard, and was drowned. The MarQuis Of LONDONDERRY has given £lOOO, and the 'Marquis of DONIGALL a similar suns, towards erecting a new bridge in Belfast, which will connect it with the County Down. The Edinburgh Pitt Club, on Saturday, came to the resolution of setting aside 2.1000 of their funds towardserecting an appropriate Monument to the memory of Mr. Pier. The Emperots of Russia and AUSTRIA have deter mined to effect a considerable reduction of their respective armies. HOMa CIRCOUT.--The Surrey Assizes tinisked at Kingston yesterday, when no case of importance came before the Court.—The Home Circuit thus concluded. Saturday, a reprieve was received at Lancaster, from Mr. Justice U*rtar, at York, for John Allinson, now under sen tence of death for forgery, in Liverpool. '1 hontas Fever, who was left for execution at Maid stone, it minted until further orders. Cannel Pasts , ' the Pedestrian, will start at one o'clock on Monday morning, for three hundred sovereigns, to Go toffs miles iti twenty-four hours, namely, from the Tyburn-gate to the mile stone and back, on the Oxford-road. Ile is back4.d at odd:. to win. WIIALK Rs:maim—Thirty-six ships are already hued out, or in preparation, fur the ILivis' Straits and Grcenlaod fisheries, from Hull. Nineteen have already sailed for Davis' Steaks nd aone for Greenland. Miii=MlNNlM== .r ~ ~~..~xya , :7 77 g :_-- ;~--Y-.~ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Admiral Sir G. MA RTIII, G.GB. expected to hoist hit Bag on boArd his MAJESTY'S ship Vtoroav, Captain C. haws, on the wth instant, at Portsmouth. Tirwiss Tattucksx, Bal. is to be th e : Admiral's Secretary. Admiral Sir J. Satiataar.2, Bart. Q.C.B. and tee -Admiral of Crest Britain, will hoist his fiat in a few days nn board the Bat.. TIN NJA, which ship is ordered to be paid 4 and tecommissiened. Captain Pn tor Prams, is appointed to her; Joss I.I 6 AnTULTI4 rs q . to be Secretary to Sir J. SstrstAuEs. 'life Unanimous, Mem, from Sligo to London, is many lost in the Stein—most of the cargo saved. csrOCTIC, A rkir. I.—Wind NV.S. W.—Arrived last reening. his Majesty's sloop Gr.Assmorrra, to collect controy for Gibraltar; when MY Portland on Turstl.ty; at nine r.x. (very datk), she ran foul of the schooner Industry, DZA ITN, laden with slates from Wales fur London. 'The violence of the blow caused the Inlistry forme. diatcly to sink—the crew were saved, except a buy, who was tin. fortunately below. The GRASSHOPPEa sailed this day for Plymouth, to repair her damage, having carried away her cutwater. His 11:, jesty's brig PLOTESI will make convoy signal for the Meditertane zn , and give instructions to vessels that may arrive, until the Gnats: HOPPeR returns, which is expected in a day or two. PLYMOUTH, Artist. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the tally Ara. belle, Renner, Kianersley Castle, and Tom Bowling, from Loudon, outward bound. PORTSMOUTH; APRIL 2.—Wind N.N.F.--It I:214)100M a very heavy gale from the N.W. until three e. s. it is now more moderate, and several of the outward bound ate under weigh. The wit(' having chopped round to the N.N. E. the following °lnward bound have arrived here; viz.—Charles and Will;a01, George, Fairy, Alchymist, Albion, Diadem, Plicenix, Tyne, and Maria. DCA E, •Aea it. N.E.—ln the course of last night and early this morninet came on to blow excessively bard front S.W, to S.S. W. during Which the Ann, Therm, from London to Quebec, drove so near the Break Sand that she slipped from her chain cable (having struck) and brought up in the Downs. The Ogle Castle, Ben to from Madras, drove in the hawse of his Majesty's ship Meer, Lies, lost her boat, and sustained soma trifling damage. The Demerara packet. from Detnerara. also drove in the hawse of the it unseen, cut her cable, cleared her, and brought up again: the above three ships have since been supplied with anchors and cabin. A brig, name ut,hnown, tan thruegh the Guns to leeward, firing and exhibiting blue lights; reported to be from Jamaica. About three P.M. it began to blow suddenly from N.N.E. to N.E. Two barks, supposed hound to Quebec ; one ship, homeward bound; and several brigs, including the Hare, for St. Kitt's, appear to have lost anchors and cables.—Five, T.M. Blows strcng. The Ogle Castle, Demerara packet, Ann, Sdney packet, John, Layton, and Alt/l ender, appear to ride well. The Shepherd; from London to Kitt's„ slipped and proceeded. SIIRRRNESS, MARCH 51. Sailed esterday, the Phmuis (trans. port), with convicts, to New South Wales. G IBRA LTA R, M•RCII 11, 1824.—We expect a good account to be shortly received of the Algerine squadron, which I am informed by the American Commodore (now here), is contemptible ; it con sists of about five vessels, the largest 26 glens, and not worthy of the appellation of a frigate. Five of our fine frigates, the Glasgow, Tri bune, Phaeton, Active, and Ranger, have, With the Chanticleer sloop, dropped in here within these few days, and have all proceeded on to Algiers, where they will meet several others, as well as the Dutch squadron, anti int e' rcept all Algerine vessels, but I hope will not again venture an attack en the shore-batteries, which are said to be strong and well prepared. Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Genoa, dated the Seth of March Captain LANCMACIE, of the Ainutoss, arrived from Messina, which he left the 6th instant, states that there were thirteen British vessels laden with fruit there, which intended to proceed to Malta for convoy, to protect them Through the Straits of Gibraltar. He saw three vessels on shore outside the Plans. near Scylla; they had been stranded daring a severe gale the 4th instant ; one was an English schooner, with her sails set, (had the appearance of the vessel commanded by Captain Betriort, of Ply mouth). A letter from Messina states, that the Ulysses, Coma ur RE (Sardinian), from Alexandria, and an English veuel from Alex andria, with pilgrims, a vessel with Oil from Tunis, and an Austrian vessel, had been stranded on the coast of Calabria." Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Gibraltar, dated March 11 Convoys are appointed to protect the trade both eastward and westward. His Majesty's ship Remus sailed this morning, with eight vessels under her convoy, for the east ward ; and his Majesty's ship ALACRITY, which arrived on the 9th inst. with four vessels from Malta, will sail with the trade bound to the westward, as soon as the wind is fair." Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Messina, dated March 6 We have had tremendous north-west gales from the night of the ed instant till last night. The shipping in peat basset suffered, but there are bad accounts just arrived front Calabria. where it is said nine vessels have been driven on shore, or lost, be tween Pizzo and Scylla, viz. two English, one of them from Alex andria; four Sicilians, two Genoese, and one Russian." The sloop Ruckers got on *bore in working out of Granville har bour, in Grenada, en the 9th Feb. but was got off with loss of rud der, false keel, and other damage, after tutting away her mast, &c. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. James Hawkens, to the Algcrine; Benj. axiom°, Blanche; john Ward, B r isk; William Turner, darnelcon; James liaise, Fury; K ; Vidal, Gloucester: Thos. Evart", Griper • Wm. H. Hooper, Hecla ; Henry Tucker (act.), Helicon; Jas. Ake, Jasper; Aug. Davies, Jitplter ; Sam. G. Bunn, Medina; John Lord (act.), Owen Glendower; Harry Sine Man, Perseus; Thomas Shears, Primrose; Jos. Williamson, Prince Regent; William Willie, John Nairne, and Wm. Savory (step.), Ramillies ; Henry B. IL Long, Samarang; Arthur Frame, rertor ; T. bi. J. Tilby, Valorous; and John Richards, Victory. The Dublin Papers contain an account of another of those horrible outrages which are alike disgraceful to the age and the country. A farmer of the name of Kehne, living in the Barony of Bantry, has not only had his cattle houghed, but his house has been set on fire, and his wife and another female burnt to ashes. Ye.terday forenoon, two persons burst into the house of Mr. lona, the Naval Historian, Chapel field, South Lambeth, and after home threateuing language, fell upon him with bludgeon', struck hint on the head, and several other parts of his body. His wife, who was beginning to recover from a severe illness, suffered a relapse in consequence of the alarm into which she was thrown. On the servant being ordered out for a constable, they ran out lm mediately, pursued by I .‘lr. James, and escaped in a coach which was in waiting for them. One of the individuals introduced himself by the name of a gallant Captain in the Navy. A Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Liverpool and the vicinity, was held in the Town-hall, on Friday, the t:Otli instant, " for the purpose of taking into considvration the propriety of adopt ing measures to oppose the Lancastei Judges Lodgings Bill, now before Parliament," when it was resolved that Petition! to both Houses of ParliaMent should he presented against the Bill. The fall of snow, Thursday, was very great in several places in the country. In some parts of Leicestershire it was tour teen Inches in depth, and so near town as Hitehin it was alms ancle deep. Messrs. KNIGHT and LACEY, in consequence of their names having been affixed as Publishers to a Magazine announced for appearance this day, think it necessary to state, that the only LITIMARY work commenced this day, with which they have say connection, is the. 1a oe Ltrrses, priCe ad.—Paternoster-row, April 3. PATENT PSRTE GLASS WINDOWS and SPLENDID Loomitu G I.A SSE. I':: • trt WINIOWS, Wftbolit Cross Bran, having the effect of one uniform sheet of Glass, have obtained the highest approbation of the first Nobility and Gentry in the King dom in whose mansions they are pl...ced; similar to which may always be •ieen, adapted to French Catc.:nents, Conservatories, Li brary Bookcases, Skylights, JUIIN Hinson' hooking Glass Manufactory, the corner of Dean and Compton-streets, Soho, Lon don (Established Fifty Years), where, (rent the immense fall that has lately taken place, Glasses of :he first quality, elegantly framed, are sold on a very reduced scale ; and Large Sizes, up to One Hun dred.and Forty-lour Inches in height by a proportionate width, et prices less thin ever known; front which they will be delivered to order on his spring machines, expressly constructed for that purpose. - • • • JOIIN SALTER, 55, Stra.id, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Sword-cutler to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sums, re spectfully returns his most grateful thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, his Friends, and the I'ublic, who have so liberally supported hint during twenty-four years. Ile takes this tipportunity to ittferm them, that he has rebuilt the house (lately destroyed by fire), at the corner of the Adelphi, where he has laid in a new and fashionable Assort ment of Goods, such as, lie trusts, will merit the continuance of their patronage, support, and approbation. Every attention has been paid to increase the accommodation of his Friends, and be is determined to meet the times, by selling the best articles on the very lowest terms. - 7 -- MAILS ARRIVED THIS DAY.-.-1 Dublin Waterfor moue. LONDON: rrinted and pubilahrd hi Lavin. Kinr, Pktnes. I °Tic- Bar ; 3 1 ~~