Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-26
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Mretga 9ntaIgeute.
LONDON, Augue 4.
Attic Court of Weymouth, the seth Of

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His Majeay in Council, was this day
| pleafed to declare his Grace, William
Henry Cavendhh, Duke of Portland,
Lord Pre6dent of his Majeay's mott Ho-
norable Privy Council, and his Grace took
his place at the Board accordingly.
His ,Majefy having been pleaied to ap-
! point the Right Honorable Thomas Lord
Pelham, to be one of his Majeity's Prin,
cipal Secretaries of State, his Lordhip
was, this day, by his MARTY scominand,
fworn one Of his Majefy's Ptinci pal Sc
cretaries Of State accordingly.
This Gazette contains his Maehy's
Order in Council for further proionging,
for fix months, from the I eth Of Auguts,
the prohibition of the expectation Of fheet
copper, Or copper in any form, 10 that the
fame may be converted into naval fore.
AuguR S.
CORN EXCHANGE, Aug. 7.
We have had few tIelh arrivals Of
grain fnee Monday. Oar wheat buyers
being of opinion that article viii be low
er, there were but few iales made, altho'
offered at great reduction il price. Rye
is full IS. per quarter cheaper. Barley
and malt continue pretty feady. Oats
are fall IS. PER quarter cheaper. Flour
is los. Per fack lower.-We have had
fch little bufnels done to-day, and pri-
ces 70 much lower, that there can be no iet
prices quote. until Monday.
The A!kmar hofpital lhip is getting
under weigh at the More, for the Downs,
to accommodate tuch men as may be hurt
in Lord Nelfon's attack en- the French
coat.
The following large Quantities Of grain
and -four arrived at Hull in the courle of
lat week, viz. Io,3z5 quarters of wheat,
$500 quarters Of oats, $50 quarters of
Barley, $50 quarters ofrye, s54 quarters
Of peas, es4 cwt. of wheaton, and go
cwt. Of rye -four. A comfortable part of
the ABOVE has been brought trem Cueb> OK,
and New York, !
At late representation of Genevieve
de 8cabaat, at the Dion theatre, at the
moment when Solo plunges dagger into
as bofom, folder Of the sd demi-b bril-
gade preEent ftabbed himielf with pen
knife and fell, but his wounds are not NOR
tai.
A new faint, Crecentia, the abbefs of
Convent of Kaubeurn, who died I774, is
to be ihortly canoniied at Rome.
The 49'h regiment, which ierved in
the Baltic, has landed at Cork.
The king of Tufcany, on his way to
Alexandria, went to Witt the celebrated
plain of Marengo.
Among the variety Of fuPendous i'm
provements in arts and mechanics on
every iide Of Dublin, now effected, and
in progreis, there is marine forge at
Ringfend bridge on the greatea fta'e.
The harveit is going cn happily. A
great quantity of new wheat has been bro't
to market, abundant in produce, and ex-
cellent in quality. From this providen-
tial fupply it will be impofiole, we be-
lieve, to keep the prices Up. The pub
lie have now great opportunity Of help
ing thenielves by the VAT fupply Of We
getabIes, particularly potatoes, which are
mott plentiful, remarkably good, and
cheap as in the latt frafons. The proper
ufr of them mutt greatly aid working ia.
miles, and may make confiderable iav-
+ ing in the ufe Of -four. BeGdes our own
aock, the importation of Watt QUANTITIES
is fill continued, and many Of the corn
markets have been reduced in price mate
rally. The Taft letters from Paris fate,
the narvea was nearly clofed throughout
France, and had proved every where a.
hundant.
Two acres Of land, ftuate about mile
and an half from Lancafer, for which the
father OF the prefenr owner gave 4Sl. were
laii week fold by private contract for ie-
ven hundred guineas.
A letter from Brighton tates as fol-
lows: The haryeit will begin pretty
generally this week round this part OF the
country. The crops of every fort Of grain
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