Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-12
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FURTHER EXTRACTS I
From London Papers received at che Oh
fee of the True American, BY the
Britih Packet, arrived at y.
N.-l- Ern,a EnI,,,nuth

LONDON, may TO-
The pref n;inclemcncy and n!eaiona'
bic weather 8 ,erhaps unparalleled tor ma
ny years. On Friday and Saturday morn-
ing the ice 6 or , miles from town was
halt an inch thick, the cold continued
with I,ttle or no intermifion TIL Sunday
afternoon, when a warm CLEAN OF tln-
lhine broke out, this was fue'c,ded by
thandef, and that again by a lhower OF
feet or more properly of inow. Yeitet-
day morning was trolty even beyond 'hoie
of Friday and Saturday, and the cold con-
,inues mutually fevere. The efe<t OF
iuch weather upon valetudinarians . eat-
er imagined than deictibed, and will not
inp,obab'y furnifh in shofe not Previoai-
ly .ndnpoied ample work tor the ions OF
Galen. The only inaances of flch late
colds, and even thole lated only few
hours were in the year 1910, when
fhower of fnow fell in fome parts of the
north of England, particularly Borough
bridge in Yorklhire, and in the year 1850
when boar froa took place on the 18th
of Iune. Theie phenomena lated not
long enough TO do material harm, but our
late cold. mutt have done incredible da-
mage to the fruit, fnce even the leaves CT
hardy trees are cropping off.
Maya.
Our readers will remember that Tome
time ago we mentioned the diicovery made
by an American in France, of Plunging
Boat, which could be 70 contributed as TO
remain good while under water, and that
it could even be made ufeiul as collste-
raj Object of blowing mp hips of war.
We did not pay much attention to the
thing at the tins, bot it feems that Lord
Stanhope has afce.;ained the pofibilty ct
reducing the invention to practice, and
that the vef1el could be made TO remain
ieven hours,uadsr water; s. thar IS pounds
OF powder, tattened on the keel Of a "A,
would blow her uP. This certainly would
render blockadcs Of ports extremely dan.
gerous.
Nay 70.
FIRE AT WOQLWICH WARREN.
On Thurlday morning, aoous 4 CLOCK,
the folder on guard dlicovered fire that
had broke on, at the depoitory ar Wool
witch Warren. The alarm bells were rung,
and the drums beat 10 arms, when every
effort was Immediately uiel 10 flop lis
progreE. The greateit precautions were
taken TO prelerve that iteady and cool at
tention which is the fource Of every hope
and excellence on iuch momentous occa-
fion. As foon as the drums had beat to
arms, the gates Ct Warren were fhut, to
The evolution of the townspeople, vino in
their oficious zeal, might have produced
that contuiion which was he with of the
military power TO prevent. Towards
five O'Clock, the FIRE ragged with uncom-
mon fury threatening the dearuction OF all
the adjoining buildings. When it fpread
nearer and nearer to the Laboratory, the
conlequence OF fuch an exploiion was truly
alarming, that at one time, 10 prevent a
greater evil, it was in contemplation to
batter it dswn with cannon. The wind,
however, very fortunately confined the
deva&ation to the D,roiitory; for, had
i, blown from another quarter, the mott
intelligent men are OF opinion, that not
only the Laboratory and the Worren,
bur nearly the whcle town of Wool
WIKI, would have been reduced TO ruins.
After two hours laudabie eSertion on the
part Of the folders, fremcn, and iome,
Inhabitants of the town, who were after
wards admitted, the fury of the flames
began to ahate, ard the ire was gradually
maifered in iuch a mamie; as to diipel
every alarm for its further progrels. The
frft and chief care was TO remove the
bombs and mor,ars from the imminent
danger in which they were iituated. Be-
ides the fears for the Laboratory, in ano-
ther building adjoiRihg were about fix
thoufant gun-carriases, and vaa guam
,itiesof ammunition, in .houies ard
workihops. With the exception CT three
mortars which made terrible exploGon.
indeed, all the articles of dangerous ma
ture were removed. The damages accord.
ing to the beit accounts which could b.
collected were inhnitely more than mi III
have been expeesd iiom the time of the |
duration ofthe fire, the whole of the curl !