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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House re-assembled this day. The SPEAKER took
tie Chair, precisely at Three o'clock.

A great number of private bills were read a third time
and passed, and others forwarded a stage.

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. ELLICE, a new writ was
ordered fa. the borough of Shaftesbury, in the room of
Mr. Dugdale, accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
The SPEAKER informed the House that he bad re-
ceived a petition from John Hart, complaining of an undue
election for the city of Londonderry..—Ordertd to be taken
into consideruion on Tuesday, the 3d of May.
Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL was introduced by his
father and another Member, and took the oaths and his
seat as Member for Clare. The Hon. Member after the
usual ceremony of shaking hands with the Speaker took
his seat on the right of Mr. O'Connell.

Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from the
merchants and others of Manchester and Salford against
the Reform Bill.—Ordered to he printed.
The llorr. DIEMIiEn then presented a petition from
Wigan, in Lancashire, complaining of the great distress
in the cotton trade, and praying that a duty might be laid
on cotton yamn.
Mr. HUNT supported the prayer of time petition.
Mr. lIUME admitted the distress, but in his opinion,
if a duty was laid (:1 cotton twist, it would only aggravate
the distress that at present existed.
After a few words from Mr. HUNT and Mr. llnmE,
the petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. WILSON PAT fEN then presented two petitions
from other places to the B:tine effect.
Mr. SANDERSON presented a petition from the town
of Cavan, Ireland, praying to be allowed to return a Re-
Pre,entalive to Parliament.
General GASCOYNE presented a -petition from the
Corporation cf Liverpoolin favour of the Reform Bill;
hut the petitioners objected to some of its details. The
,Gearlploanoit Ganenderiatletityeineinp.:rtesentedda similar petition from Li.
of opinion, that yZvhaenn tterved• that he was de-
cidedly;•anme to be perfectly understood thPaituiteiwPiolsulodfbe the
Billp
onlar in !be country. It was only opening way uton-dce:

mend further streeping
_innovations in the C ►nat;tut;c.n.
He supported the prayer of the petition. ,
Mr. O'BRIEN consiilered that Ireland vas entitled to
a larger number of Representatives; He would reserve
what'be had further to say on tbe subject until the ques-
tion came regularly before the House.
The Lonn ADvocarn took the oaths and his seat for.
Mat ton.

On-the motion that the 'petition he printed,
Lord ENCOMBE made several observations, which
could not be distinctly heard in the gallery, and, after
touchinw on several points, he concluded by asking the
Noble Lord oppoSite (Lord J. RusSell) whether it was the
intention of Ministers to abide by what they termed the
corrected returns of the population in various towns and
cities in the year 1821 ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said, that Ministers when they were
considering the Bill for Reform, obtained from the Koine
Office the number of inhabitants in all cities, towns, and bo-
roUghs, sending Members to Parliament. They afterwards
sent to the returning officers of all boroughs a copy of
such statement, and requested to 'be informed if such list
was correct. These returns, and the answers of the of-
freers, had been laid before the House in separate papers,
and also the corrections of the census of 1821--
These returns and the letters were now in the
course of printing. All inetnorials complaining of
erroneous returns that had been presented to the
Secretary of State would also be laid before the House,
as well as the corrected returns. From these documents
it would be able to pursuean equal course of justice to-
wards all places.----( Hear, hear.) He would mention one
place where the return had been erroneous, he meant Buck-
ingham.—(Hear. ) A petition had been received stating that
certain parts of that town hail not been included in the
population return of 1821, and that the parish contained
more than 3,000 inhabitants. He should therefore pro-
pose to leave that town out of schedule A.—(Hear, hear.)
Truro had also presented a memorial, complaining that
the population of that town was not properly represented
in the census of 1821., This memorial would have its
proper effect when the Bill went into a Committee.__
(Hear, hear. Guildford also complained that it
possessed a greater number of inhabitants than was given
to it in 1821, as several streets were not then included
in the returns, but the way in which this complaint was
made was so vague and unsatisfactory that without in-
formation it could not be acted upon. It was his inten-
tion, on Monday next, when he moved that the Bill
should go into
,Committee, to state the grounds on which
he meant to propose an alteration in omitting or add-
ing Members to the various towns named in the schedules
of the Bill. By so doing, it would give an opportunity
to these places to apply to Parliament if there was any
mistake. He should also pursue a similar course towards
all cities, towns, botoughs, and counties—,-(Hear, hear. )
There were one or two other points to which he would
say a few words. He could assure the House that the
whole Bill had been well considered before it was brought
in by his Majesty's Ministers.—(Hear.)—lt had also
since been well considered by the friends of the measure.
—(Hear.)—And with regard to the wording of it. it was
probable considerable alterations might be made.—( Hear.)
But the principle as laid down must remain the same.—
(Loud cries of hear, hear. )—On three or four points some
alteration would be made, but he must repeat they would
not alter the principle.—(Hear.)—He would more parti-
cularly allude to those points on the motion for the Bill
to go into Committee on Monday next. There were several
other points under consideration which he -would notice.
The first was to interfering with the right of freemen to
vote, whether such right had been obt deed by birth or
servitude. That subject was now under consideration,
and would be treated with what was consistent with
justice and equity. With regard to another point, namely,
the reduction of the Members of that House—(Hear)—
he could not deny that it met with great opposition. Go-
vernment were persuaded that by a reduction of the num-
bers great advantage would accrue to the public, and great
advantage to the public business. On this essential
point, if the House thought it necessary that the pre-
sent number should be kept, 'Government would have no
objection to relax its determination upon that point.—
(Hear.) The Gallant General had made several observa-
tions on the provisions of the Bill, all of which were under
the consideration of Ministers. He could assure the House

that his.ll,,jesty's Government in whatever they considered

essential as to the principle of the Bill, saw no reason and
had no intention to :make any 'alteration.—(Hear.) In
fact they saw no reason for alteration. From day to day
it was evident that the feeling of the country was in fa-
vour of the measure, and he thought little doubt existed
that it was calculated to promote the interests of the
country.—(Hear, hear.)—With regard to the proposition
of the Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Vivian) t t allow the whole
of the present boroughs to retain the elective franchise,
such a proposition could not be listened to for a moment.
—(Hear, hear.) If the number of Members were to be
retained the rotten boroughs must be disfranchised and
given to large towns. All further observations on the
subject he should reserve for Monday next.
Sir E. B. SUGDEN complained of the insufficiency of
the returns on Which Mini,tera had proposed their plan
of Reform, and if alterations were to be from time
to time proposed, it would be impossible to enter in.()
the merits of its details. He would, however,
contend that if the 62 Members were to be restored, it
would altogether alter the principle of the Bill.—(Hear,
hear, hear.) He should, if it was proposed to lower the
Member of Members in England, and give them to Ireland,
offer his most decided opposition. He would never con.
sent to take from the English to give to the Irish repre-
sentation.—(Hear, heir.) He would con'end that it
wou'd alter the principle of the Bill, by which Ministers
had stated they would stand or fall.—(Hear.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he felt himself compelled
to correct a misunderstanding under which the Hon. and
Learned Member for Weymouth seemed to labour. He
(the NAle Lord) had not said that any of the boroughs
named in Schedule A or B were to I e retained ; what he
said was, that if there was an unanimous feeling in that
House, that the whole number of its present Members
(658) ought to be retained as the future number, the Go.
vet potent would not feel, if they found that to be
the sense of the House, that they were altering a
vital or essential principle of the measure, if they con-
sented to ilter that part. His Hon. and Gallant Friend
near him (General Gascoyne) hid misunderstood him
likewise, if lie thought that his Majesty's Governmeot
would agree to any motion relative to the proportion of
Members between England, Scotland, and Ireland, fixed
at the periods of their respective unions. He did not
understand that any proportions had ever been so fixed, and
he believed that if that House were to declare it now,
they should be fixing that proportion for the first time.
In the Union with Scotland There was indeed a proposi-
tion that fifty should be given to that part of the United
Kingdom, the English Commissioners, however, had pro-
posed thirty-eight, and the number forty-five, being a
kind of cotnpromise, was ultimately agreed to ; but, in

the Act of Union, no stipulation was contained to preserve
the existing
.proportion of 513 to England, and 45 to
Scotland.

Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the Hon. and Learned
Member (Sir Edward Sugden), after professing a great
regard, to the welfare of Ireland, had laid it down, that
the number of Irish representatives had been definitively
settled at the period of the Union. He would, however,
recommend that Hon. and Learned Member to take the
trouble of consulting the Act of Parliament; where he
Would find that the number of representatives then given
was with the view of some alteration being afterwards
made in that proportion.
Mr. BANKES wished to understand whether it was
the intention of his Majesty's Government that the House
should go into a ComMittee on tl e Bill on Monday next.
He (Mr. Bankes) understood the Noble Lord (Russell) to
say, among other details, that on Monday he should state
to the House the mode in which boroughs included in
the sweeping clause of disfranchisement could most con-
veniently represent their case to that House. If that were
so. upon what princip'e of justice, or propriety, or with
what expectation of coining to an enlightened and un-
biased conclusion, could this llcuse then go into a com-
mittee 2

Lord JOHN RUSSELL would only say that be had
made no alteration whatever to any determination of his,
for none such existed, of pointing out on Monday next the
manner in which certain boroughs should relieve them-
selves from the disfranchisement proposed. On the
contrary, the course of the Government had been
quite clear. The Bill proposed that the disfranchisement
of certain boroughs should take place, founded upon the
population returns of 1821 ; but at the same time it was
stated, that if there was any error in particular places
care should be taken to correct such mistakes. In conse-
quence of that statement various petitions had been pre-
sented, and latterly the Hon. Member for Tamworth had
moved for corrected returns. These returns had been moved
fin.:a fortnight ago, and he mentioned it merely lest any Hon.
Member was not aware of the fact, and that the House
might feel thorougly satisfied that every means had been
taken to produce all necessary documents that related at
all to the important subject under its consideration. He
should on Monday as lie had already said, state what
particular boroughs there were out of the sixty, and in
the forty-six, which seemed to him to come out of the'
rule originally laid down.
Lord G. SOMERSET said, that when this Bill came
into a Committee, he should move that an additional

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Member shoat' lie given to some-or the towns in theo
county of Lincoln. Ife.hoped that Ministers would not;
find it necessary to re luee the present number of the.
Members'of that House. -

Sir GEO. FORBES said, that whatever might be the.
opinion of peOple out of deers he would leave these out of!
doors to ascertain ; what he rose particularly fur was to'
reply to an observation (almost the concluding one) of the'
Noble Loid opposite ; namely, that the measure waa •
calculated to proniote the happiness of the country•.
As regarded Scotland; he (Sir G. F.) was decidedly of
opinion that the measure would have just the contrary ef-
fect. The ITliuse might judge of this from what had
already taken place, and that too upon the simple bringing'
in of the Bill. Six weeks ago he ha :I had letters, in which
the parties who wrote them prayed to God that every part
of the country might be as quiet as in Scotland. What
was Scotland now ? The Noble Lord had talked of illu-
minations. Would to God those who had lit the fires had
waited till they got out of the wood before they had
whistled.—(Loud laughter ) Those flames had set all
Scotland in a blaze. The account of destruction
in Edinburgh alone, he was enabled, on the best autho-
rity, to state amounted to no less than 20,0001. A copy
of a petition was now in circulation, at 10 places in
Edinburgh, for signatures of those who paid rent under
101.—it might be to the amount of 91. 195. Ild. yearly
—complaining that they were deprived of the elective
franchise intended to be given by this measure. The pe-
tition prayed that the petitioners might be allowed to
have the franchise, or that they might be excu,ed from
serving in the militia, and from paying taxes directly
or indirectly ; or if they were draws in the
militia that they might be allowed to choose their
own officers, commissioned as well as non-commissioned,
by btllot.—(Laughter. ) Now this was a pretty little
sample. of what the House might expect if this
notable Bill, unfortunately for Scotland, unfortunately
for Europe—unfortunately for all the world—this revolu-
tionary measure should pass into a law. He had no doubt
this petition would shortly come into that House, signed by
tens of thousands. What were the petitions that had been
presented, praying that the measure might be carried
into effect, from Edinburgh 2—(Hear.)—Wl►y, they
were petitions which had been opened at gin-shops
in Edinburgh, into which people were taken by boys placed
at the doors, with placards, crying out, " walk in Gentlemen
now's your time to sign the petitions;" they asked what
would be the consequence ►f the passing of this Bill?
" Oh," said the fellow, " we shall then have whiskey
for nothing=---we shall have no guagers—we shall have no
excise laws—we shall then have every thing of that
sort on liberal and moderate terms." Thousands and thou-
sand] had been got to sign the petitions which had been
sent up to that House in this way. All the blackguards
in the neighbourhood of the Caniangate—all the young
blackguards in the worst places of Edinburgh were set
to work to induce people to sign those petitions. But as
to the respectability of the country—there was not

a county in Scotland that was not decidedly
against the measure. Even the towns were against the
clause restricting the franchise to a rent of 101. If this
revolutionary measure was carried, how would
his Majesty's Ministers be able to quench the flame
of universal suffrage ? It was not easy to raise a flame
there, but when it was well blown up the House must know
the rifficulty there was of overcoming it. lie hoped the
Noble Lord would indeed address the House on Monday
next (as he had said he should do) for the last time on
this momentous subject, because he hoped and trusted the
House would throw the Bill out—it ought to have
thrown it out long ago. There was not one Member out
of ten in the House who had not thought the Bill in
the first instance a mere joke.—(Hear, hear, and
much laughter. )—lf it had been grappled with as
it ought to hive been it would have been tossed over-
board on its first a; pearance, and it would have even the
new Bill as it was to be, to have a very different plumage
before he could give it anything but his most unqualified
opposition.

Mr. HUME slid his Hon. Friend had adverted to him,
and said that he had been to-day advocating universal
suffrage. Why, the Hon. Member was altogether under
a dream, for he (Mr. Hume) had Int opened his lips be-
fore this moment to-day. The Honourable Member had
talked about some petition lying open somewhere for
signatures in Scotland about something nobody knew
what, and which was to find its way to London
eotnetime, but nobody knew when.—(Hear, hear,
hear.)—This weds marching much too quick for
him (Mr. H.) therefore he should say no more on that
subject. The Hon. Member for Weymouth, the Gallant
Colonel opposite, and a Noble Lord not far from him, bad
pointed out errors in the Bill. Ministers had listened
to them, but they had not in the slightest degree altered
the principle of the Bill—and yet those who were opposed
to the Bill now carne forward and said that his Ma-
jesty's Ministers had completely altered it. No man could
really say so who was not labouring under a delusion.
(Cheers.) As to what had taken place in Scotland, the
Honourable Gentleman who had just eat down could cer-
tainly only speak from what had been communicated to
him, and so could he himself. Now the House ought to
recollect that the counties in Scotland were exactly
like the close boroughs in England—as close as the
boroughs in Schedule A.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.)
the few freeholders in the counties were the monopolizers
—they were the persons who opposed the measure, and
with the exception , of them, there was scarcely an indivi-
dual to be found in Scotland ; not a borough, town, or
corner in Scotland, from which an universal expression
of congratulation did nor arise at the bare contempla-
tion of the passing of this measure,—(Loud cheers.)
And with the exception of Edinburgh and Dundee, there
was nut a place in Scotland in which there had been
any disturbance. In Edinburgh there were a few windows
broken, and the -only individual punished for engaging in
that act was the s•.n of a gent!em in, a connect,on of an
Hon. Member of that House, and who was fined in 101.
—( Hear, hear, hear:)—He believed it to be entirely the
Anti-Reformers, who had broken the windows ;: there was
no earthly reason for the reformers to resort to such au act
—the breaking' of the Edinburgh windows rested entirely
on the shoulders of those who were opposed to the pass-
ing of the Bill:-(Loud elieers- and' much laughter.)—
In Dundee an unfortunate interposition on the part of the
police to suppress the illuminations, led to a slight dis-
turbance—nothing serious took place, and the whole
had passed over. If the Honourable Member
therefore had been for any length cf time,prst labouring
under any apprehension that his native country was being
desolated in consequence of this measure he might allay
his fears, because the whole of Scotland was as quiet and
peaceable as the most tranquil part of London.—(Cheere.)

(t.ErT STEALING.)

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(rßom OUR CORRESPONDENT.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.=-The William Miles
arrived yesterday from Sierra Leone : she sailed
from thence ou the 2d of February, leaving his Ma-
jesty's ships Dryad, Commodore Hayes; Medina,
and Black Joie, at anchor, and all well. The
Atholl sailed on the 18th of January, for the Bight
of Benin. Mr. Herbert, mate of the Medina,
stabbed a man for mutiny, while on service, in the
boats of that ship, which occasioned the man's
death ; and afterwards the circumstance became so
distressing to Mr. Herbert, that he shot himielf. A
Court of Inquiry was then held,'and the Court was
of opinion that Mr. Herbert had done no mote
(painful as it must have been to him) than his duty.
The favourite sailed, all well, late in December, for
Cape Palmos. The Plumper, with hardly enough
men on board to work her, had captured a fine
schooner, with 550 slaves on board. The vessel
had been condemned, and sold for one thousand
pounds. She may be expected in England every
day. Immediately after the capture, the Dryad and
Favourite hove in sight, when the latter ship con-
voyed the slaver into harbour. The Conflict had
been very sickly, and the remaining part of her crew
and officers turned over to the Plumper. The Con-
flict had captured a Portuguese slave-vessel, after a
most tlespera'e resistance, in which the slaver lost
a number in killed arid wounded ; the Conflict had
none killed, but several wounded. In consequence
of a dispute having arisen on the trial of the crew
of this vessel, between the Grand Jury and the
Chief Justice, on the construction of Lord Ellenbo-
rough's Act, of cutting and maiming, Mr. Rose,
master of the Conflict, the officer who commanded
during the' attack, had placed under his charge, for
conveyance to England for trial, the Captain, mate,
and two seamen, all Portuguese. One of the sea-
men had turned King's evidence. On the 29th of
January the boats of the Conflict chased a vessel,
the Carolina, for twenty miles, but, on boarding,
found she carried French papers, &c. ; :IS they were
about to leave the ship, a liberated African slave
boy, Juan Antonio, came from below, and stated
that he and his brother were trading among some of
the African isles, with some:wine, in a small boat,
when the Frenchmen, carne upon them, and took

hirdand the wine, leaving Ms brother and the boat
behind. Since' he had been on board, they had at-
tacked a French schooner, killed a marine, and took
two thousand dollars out of her. The prisoners will
shortly be conveyed to London.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9.—His Majesty's ship
Rattlesnake, 28, Captain C. Graham, arrived on
Sunday, from the Mediterranean. She left Malta
on the 3d ult. and Gibraltar on the 20th, and has
brought to Englund, from the latter place, a detach-
ment of the 90th Regiment, fifty in number, one
distressed British subject, one discharged soldier of
the 11th Regiment, tour invalided seamenoind three
Midshipmen. The Rattlesnake was towed into har-
bour on Monday by the Meteor steam• vessel, and is
ordered to be paid off and re-commissioned imme-
diately. She brings no intelligence beyond what
the Columbia brought, and which appeared in our
paper of last week.
In Harbour—Asia, St. Vincent, Wellesley,Royal
George, Pallas, Pearl, Actaeon, Rattlesnake, Manly,
and Linnet, tenders.
PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &c.—Capt. Henry
Hope is appointed to his Majesty's ship Dublin,
ordered to be commissioned at Plymouth ; Lieut.
the Hon. B. C. Carey is also appointed to her, as
well as the following :—Mr. John Chimmo, Purser;
Mr. Thomas Miler, Surgeon; and Messrs. Charles
Smith and John Christie, Assistant• Surgeons.
Captain David Dunn is appointed to.his Majesty's
ship Curacoa, ordered to be commissioned at Chat-
ham ; Lieuts. A. C. Duncan, of the Prince Regent,
R. 13. Beachey, supernumerary., Lieutenant of the
Belvidcra, to join the Blonde, and EdWard Dixon,
are also appointed to her, us well as Mr. John Drum-
mond, Surgeon. Commander John Shepherd (b)
is appointed to his Majesty's ship Donegal, vice
Marshall. Lieut. T. L. Massie is appointed to his
Majesty's ship Prince Regent, vice Duncan. Lieut.
S. P. Pritchard is appointed to his Majesty's ship
Donegal, vice Stewart, sick at Haslar Hospital.
Lieut. J. R. R. Lilburn is appointed to his Majesty's
ship Savage, vice Blair. Lieuts. F. Henderson,
John-Wise, add John Steane, are appointed to the
Coast Guard, vice Buckle, Hales, and Byne. Lieut.
William Gibbons is appointed to the rank of Re-
tired Commander at seven shillings a day. M.
Samuel Irvine is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of
his Majesty's ship St. Vincent. Mr. E. P. Snowe
is appointed Second Lieutenant of Royal Marines at
Plymouth. The Rev. John Baker, Chaplain of his
Majesty's ship Astr.es, is appointed Chaplain of the
Dublin. The Rev. Thomas Ferris is appointed
Chaplain of the Asti mt, vice Baker. Captain Chas.
Graham, brother of Sir James Graham, is confirmed
in his rank as Captain of his Majesty's ship Rattle-
snake. The appointment to his Majesty's ship
Alfred, of Mr. Joseph Geach, late Boatswain of his
Majesty's ship Thetis, has been cancelled. The ap-
pointment of Lieut. H. FL Bingham to the Coast
Guard has been cancelled at his own request. The
appointment of Commander English, as lately an-
nounced in our contemporary on two several occa-
sions, has not taken place; Commander English has
received no appointment. Mr. ff. Arnot is ap-
pointed Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's steamer
Messenger.

Seco.nd Lieutenant 'William Lee is appointed,
from the Royal Marine Artillery, to this division of
Royal Marines, vice Second Lieutenant, J. P. N.
Clapperton, appointed to the Royal Marine Artil-
lery, by exchange.
First Lieutenant Andrew Hendry, of the Wool-
wich division of Royal Marines, and Second Lieu-
tenant HamnettParke, of this division, with a de-

tachtnent, consisting of ninety non-commissioned
officers and privates, embarked on board his Ma-

jesty's ship Asia, on Tuesday last, to complete that
ship to the full peace establishment.

His Majesty's ship Belvidera, 42, Captain the
Hon. R. S. Dundas, was paid advanced wages on
Wednesday. Mr. Fairen, his Majesty's Consul-
General for Syria, having embarked on Friday, the
Belvidera sailed for the Mediterranean yesterday,
taking out -despatches for Vice-Admiral Sir Put-
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teney Malcolm, and disposeable supernumeraries for
ships an that station. The Belvidera's complement
of Marines has been increased from fifty to sixty-five,
in consequence of the service on which she is or-
dered.

In consequence of the Royal Marine Corps be-
ng so many men short of the complement, owing to
he late increase made in their establishment of one

housand men, and but a small portion of this aug-
mentation having yet been made, the following
ohic•ers of that corps have been sent on the re-
cruiting service, from the different divisions, to the
places respectively set against their names :—Capt.
A. H. Gordon, Woolwich Division, to Bishop's
Stratford; Captain Michael Burton, Woolwich
Division, to Bedford; Captain George Wright,
Chatham, to Swaffham; Captain Robert Gordon,
Chatham, to Cambridge; Captain Jos. Williams,
Plymouth, to Wincanton; Captain Hugh Mitchell,
Plymouth, to Monmouth; First Lieutenant T. R.
Thomas, Plymouth, to Caernarthen; First Lieut.
George Lloyd, Chatham, to Stamford; First Lieut.
William Haig, Woolwich, to Worcester.
Orders have been received at the different ports
to complete the complement of the guard ships to
the full peace, establishment, and to equip them •for
sea. It is understood they will proceed on a four
months' creise, but their deStination remains un-
known. Sr John Gore and Sir Thomas Hardy are
both spoken of as likely to have the command of
this squadron, which is expected to rendezvous off
Cape St. Vincent.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
promulgated the following regulations, relating to
Commanders in the Navy. Capta'ns of line-of-
battle ships may nominate their Commanders, sub-
ject to their Lordships' approval, but no Commander
will hereafter be deemed eligible for an appointment
to a ship of the line, or any other ship authorized to
bear a Commander, unless he shall have served three
years in command of a sea-going sloop of war, or
three years as First Lieutenant of a rated ship.
At Spithead—Ariadne, Satnarang, Dispatch,
Nautilus, and Savage.
(From the Devonport Telegraph.)
DEVONPORT, APRIL 9.—The Donegal, 78, is
ordered to fit for foreign service, and the Curacort
(the command of which report gives to Captain
Dunn), is to be commissioned immediately.
The Coast Blockade Service is now generallfdis-
persed, most of the officers have joined the Preven-
tive cr Coast Guard Service under the Custom-
house, and the best men have been drafted into
ships of war. The Talaveru, in the Downs, and
Hyperion, at Newhaven, will shortly be paid off,.
being no longer wanted as head-quarters. We stated,
in a former paper, that the saving of the country
would not be much under 200,0004 a year. The
reduction in number, and the different constitution
of the two services, will enable the Government to
effect this object, though it will be deprived of the
supply of seamen hitherto obtained from the Coast
Blockade upon any sudden emergency. The change,
however, is a desirable one, as it is generally consi-
dered that the Blockade Service spoiled the sailors
by destroying the esprit de corps, arid giving them
indolent and lubberly habits.
The Lords of the Admiralty have postponed their
visit to the outports, on account of the pressure of
public business in London.
Captain Henry Hope, (1808) who commanded
his Majesty's ship Endymion, 50, in the action with
the American frigate President, and Mr. Chimmo,
purser, are appointed to his Majesty's ship Dublin,
50, ordered to be commissioned at this port for
foreign service.
His Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, being ordered
to complete her full complement, the marines have
been this week embarked, and it is understood that
this superb ship will be sent to sea shortly on a
cruise, to try her qualities, after having been stripped
and re-built upon a broader principle, with a view
to her carrying a more powerful battery of thirty-
t wo-pounders.
Lieutenant John Wise, R.N., is appointed to the
Preventive Service.

Remaining in liamoaze—Caledonia, Revenge,

Orestes, Trinculo, Druid, and Carron, Colombia
and Meteor steam-packets, and Industry Naval tran-
sports. •
At the Island—Royalist.
In the Sound—Starling tender.