Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-25
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SATURDAY, AUGUST IS.

he Founding of the Forest announc'
,,ors svnsalion this evening. Having
60 ~ IA This celebrated Play with consider
,..o,;on, we conceive it to be admlra'
1 r calculated both to amnse and instruct.
i, is rcplete with the most striking and ma
Incidents. The characters possess
F n,b originality, and speak language at
III =. nolished and energetic. The author,
- ',ost inimita,l= skill, unites in this
&c.. he charms Of Tragedy, Comedy and
n,-,a-producing combination, as inter
,'iop aud affecting, as criticism can elicit,
mr. imagination pomtray.
The m.bounded appreciation it has been
boo,ycd with in London, Philadelphia, &c.
&c. proves inconteslibiy its intrinsic merit,
anti superior attraction; aad we doubt not
,,, -. in,ultive facility with which the
l.roodr:aas discern excellence, will TO
,;pa, b. eminently apparen, 10 a cr0ud,
I'd hsrse. iHlLo~ORAMA.
Capain NAcNA%AHA, CT the big Louisa,
hound 10 Alexandra from Lisbon, arrived on
sroa,y the 18TH inst. in hampton Roads.
Can't. Al. left Lisbon as late is the Four!h Of
Jgly, al which time there had been no action
B IN the frontiers. It would seem that the
commander of the combined English and
Portuguese array had determined TO act on
,te defensive. The Investment Of Ciudad
Ro,lerigo by the French does not appear to
have changed Lord X ellinS; tons plan, nor is
Improbable that lie will hazard general &C
ton to relieve that place. ! lie difficulty of
drawing supplies for tile French army, will
il IS pycbs5sc, incline General Massena to
forcS an action
Markets continued good fer American pro.
duce--Flour l6 II dolls. per barrel-Wheat
10, and Germ , l.2 per bushel.--Jt, Pub
LeGsrr, .:rs';a: 20
Hiii'C" >"e nSAA'S G@} AZ IA'anPton iAoElkiS,
bound 10 snnapolis With dispatches, His Bri-
tannick Maje@;y's br;r, Ncllcy, Lieu. Jack
son, from Ani5ua'-I5.
Extract IF g letter fran Lioerb0oL, dated
6sh JuIy, 1870.
" As the varied events by which the
commercial world has been so long, and SO
frequently disturbed, have At las, given way
toamore general STATE Of tranquility, we
are enab! d 70 address you with greater con-
hdrnce, and TO convey more decisive infor-
nation than we have had 1t il our power to
communicate for several months past. If,
as We sincerely wish, the natural union TO
winch we ,hav" been restored, should re-
main without further interruption, it may,
perhaps, be Supposed that the fluctuations
III cur market, fur the produce OF America,
VIII, when compared with more unsettled
periods, be few in their ramber and triAing
IN their extent. We may, however, OBJ
serve, thar when any article has declined,
10 What may be considered its standard Va
ine, or at the rate at which consumers have
'alr prospec, Of reaiising moderate pro-
Ut there will always be found spectators
ready to take advantage Of the opportunity,
and their eagcrness to purchase induces the
holder to encrease his demands. The pri-
ces IN consequence continue 10 advance, I'M
"'the buyers become anxious to lessen the
magnitude Of their stocks, and this desire
frequently urges them to press their sales,
with so little caution, as tn encrease the evil
winch they are endeavoring to prevent, and
0y tins routine, without any external cause
'"warrant such opposite extremes, the same
Effects are produced, in minor degree,
which We have witnessed, to an unprece-