Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-10

there previous to his departure, the capt.
of which aiIured him that on his pahage
to Antigua he had fallen in with French
feet, conGaipg offs fail Of the line and
40 trarfports, bound to SAINT Doninge
with troops, and having II months pro-
vificns on beard.
Capt. Leary, Of the brig Francis Nix,
on, informs us that off tie Rock Of Glib
ralier he fpoke the U. s. frigate Adams,
who was watching the motions OF Til
poline brig of lo guns.
Letters, we are Informed, were received
n town on Saturday trora Portsmouth,
IN containing the difre iliag in elllgerce
that fire broke our there the beginning
Of laA week, by which between and
900 buildings were continued.
Entered, Glip Midway, Potts, Madeira;
brig Francis Nixon, Leary, Malaga;
Boa. Amizaae, Cspe-de. Verbs; Argonaut,
Jawley, Antigua; fch'r Polly, Haight,
Alexandria; New. York, Holmes, Phia-
,lelphia; Sally, Browne, Halifax, N. c.
sloop Wonder, Wakefield, n. Carolina
Hope, Judlon, Exuma,
Brig George IS arrived at Bottom, from
this port.
A,Yived Jfaee arr laF.
Englllh fhip Midway, Potts, Madeira.
Dec. zzd, fpoke the Britilh lhip Princels
Amelia, bound from ST. Thomas to Liver
pool, out 81 days.
Brig Argonaut, Hawley, belonging to
Bridgeport, Conn. from Antigua, bound
through the Sound. Sailed ia company,
brig George Warrington, Ward, of Der
wick, MaG. Olive Branch, Bradley, of
New Haven, bound TO ST. Kits. Dec.
10, failed fch'r Douglas, of N. London,
for ST. Kits. 10Th, failed ieh'r Wealthy,
Pratt. of Saybrook, for N. York arrived
the brig Globe, Of and for Philadelphia,
was to fail the 18th. Sch'r Triton, Of
New York, arrived there before captain
H. failed, and uuaber OF other yenels,
names not recolletfed. Flour s dollars,
pork IA, beef 9, corn meal 20 dollars
per puncheon, corn IS CENTS per bulhel,
rum 6aI cents per gallon.
Brig Francis Nixon, Leary, from Ali
can't and Gibraltar. Left there brig Mary,
Jenkins, Of Newburyport; brig Canton,
Cafe, New York; ihip Arab, Sergeant,
Newbnryport. Nov. IS, in lat. 20, 50,
long. IS, w. fell in with the brig John
Adams, Pratt, Portflnouto, bound from
London to Sayannah, out 5 days; parted
with her on the 10th, in lat. 70, 26. long.
zs, IS. Nov. a5d, in long. rs, II,
fpoke (hip Atlantic, Penn. bound from
Liibon to Baltimore, out 10 days. Dec.
10Th, in lat. "a, 10, long. 50, So, ipoke
fch'r Mechanic, bound from N. London
Martinique, out days. Dec. II, in
lat. 36, 50, long. II, fpoke ch'r Betfey,
bound from Salem to the Welt Indies, with
hories had lott II OF them ovefoorad.
Relo4u lgf eveaiag.
Sloop Hope, Judfon, from Exuma. Came
paHenger, capt. Ifaac M. Griffith, of the
lchooner Jefferlon, bound to this port from
Jamaica, with rum, which was caf away
on Exuma ialt pond the 9th Dec. laf On
the Hopes paGage the mate of the Jefer-
ion William D. Hawkridge) was by ac-
cident knocked over board and loft. He
was native of Lime ia Connecticut, and
has there a wife and thee children. The
Hope fpoke, Dec. z9th, in lat. 80, long.
IT brig Henry belonging TO BATH on
her PaiTage from ST. Croix to Bolton, out
10 days ALTO iloop from North Caro-
lima. captain Cox, bound to this port.
Returned, ichooner Berley, bound to