Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-17

ordered 10 be closed up, lsOme p!anSs ba.
wing been removed to admit Of the Tree
circulation OF air) and have their cabins,
&c. fitted. A large number OF shipwrigbts
have been eInplo1 &c on thus service since
Monday last Store are also getting lIi
readiness, should tieis equipment iVr COM
mission be rendered Gecessary hereafter.
Al present, IL must be regarded only DIS a
precautionary measure. Similar orders
have been issued al Portsmouth, for the
Victory iU4, Wellesley ~, Melville ID,
Ampatrite 46, and TrIncomaiee 46 IL
appears generally expected that squad
ron of observation VIII be formed OF ten
sail OF the line, with a proportion of fri
Gates aud small ships, under that expe-
Tenced and gallant officer, Admiral Lord
Esmouth.
More than six hundred passports have
been within very short period granted
nv Sir Charles Stuart, our ambassador al
Paris, for English about 10 quit that CAPT
iol
An offer is about TO be made by certain
individuals. TO furnish the Spanish gov
eminent with steam vessels, fitted for war.
The Courier says, that Lord Fitkroy
Somerset has failed ia the object OF his
mission TO Madrid. Il, as we have good
reason to believe, that object was to PEE
vail on the Spsnisrds ts consent 10 certain
changes 10 their constitution, We are glad
VI il.
An announcement as made at the Stock
Exchange by The brokers OF Mr. Solomon
Cohen. OF bis inability to pay the losses
be has incurred by the tall OF the funds
W. IecOllect no event OF ,hlS nature for
several years past, that has excited gres'-
er regret HIS transactions, both m the
English and ForeIga funds, are sad 10
have been on the largest scale.
The snow has been So deep in the coun.
" of Durham, that road was actually
cut through drifted pile OF 40 ieet nigh
having an arcbSay so that the mail passed
under Il.
ID IS stated that Bslsoni, the celebrated
traveller, has been employed 10 search al
Ter Mongo Park, the celebrated trav, Her,
ard will endeavor TO visit the city Of fom-
buCtoo, 90 the Joliba RIVER.
Germany Bavaria & Wurtemburg,
the press, the deliberative assemblies, and
the publishing Of debates, are TO be put
down.
Parliamentary Bull On account of
the great number Of suicides, member OF
the House of Commons moved for leave
10 briug IN bill, TO make it capital OF
fence,
Much injury was occasioned 10 the steam
boats and o her vessels at Glasgow, by the
breaking up, on the Goth OF Jan. OF the
ice in the Clyde, which has been frozen
mp for IL OF IA days. The ice had got
blocked up opposite the Bromielaw, and
after increasing the river 10 great height,
it suddenly gave way. about 10 o'clock at
hight, viii the noise OF an earthquake {;
aud a most destructive scene ensued.-
Nine steam boats. and several other ves-
seIs, we're forced from their moorings and
ssrried down the stream, all OF them re
Cpiying more or less injury, and some si
them nearly ruined. Fortunately no lives
we're lost.
The Duke Of Wellington (says the
News Is about TO proceed On an lmPor-
taIt mission 10 the emperor Alexander, Al
St. Petersburg We think ministers are
right In directing their attention towards
th. ,emi. barbarian" as he has lately
been not insptly termed, tor they may
rely on it, he is the lever witch is moving
the great European machine at tbs pre-
sent moCaent,