Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-31

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cantain Barrie: Unite, of 80 guns, Cap
tain ChambcrIayne aud the Stout Drlg.
of4s Guns, Capt. Sharpe. Our Piymoa'l
GORE snontent, in his letter of this day.
COMMUNICATES the following particulars !
PLYMouTH Dock, June go
rExtract OF private letter.
N,ear s p. III have just received an
.xtrs ct of a letter from the Pomone, stat
;ns that an action had taken place at Cor
s;s S between that ship and Unite, ant
Scout br;o in company--thc Pomone, alter
being lowed by boats Tor two hours Was
brought into action. when they ensageu.
Freneh frigate and two large two deckeo
store sb;ns. and, after two hours anu {
half hard lighting, they blew up two forts
and a marte,Io tower, and tue enemy's
sh;ns shared the same fate. The Pomone
had two men killed and II wounded; the
Scent. two men, one lieutenant d a boa,s-
vain. wounded; the Unite had none Kill
ad ryh;, came by way Of Malta"
A, officer arrived this morning at the
admiralty with dispatches from the Medl
terrauean. We understand they contain
an account of this gallant achievement.
4 captain in the royal navy arrived TINS
morning at the admiralty with dispatches.
announcing, the capture ofthe Dutch island
~ porda. in the Indian seas. This cap
tnrc mas been long known to the public.
By the decision OF the committee OF
privileges of the house Of lords on the
berkeley peerase, the four eldest sons Oh
the late earl and present countess Herke
lev. are declared illegitimatc, and the IT,
tie devolves upon the nth som who IS the
first born in wedloek. viz. Thomas MOI
TON Fitzharding, now Earl Berkeley born
10th October, 1896.
The private letters from Rotterdam
by way of showing the oppression under
which the Dutch labor, state, that the
workhouse, which had been hitherto APP
propriated to the use OF the poor Is no"
converted into state prison. Ghe regular
ones being oyerflowedD and that 1t, 100,
is completely filed with persons confined
on suspicion OF having counteracted the
views Of government.
Monthly agricultural Report.
The grass is generally down IN the Vi
einity OF London, and the hay harvest pro-
cceded in all the forward parts OF fhe
country. Although a considerable q pro,
iitabIe bulk, the meadow hay does not
quite equal the general expectation as to
quantity but pasture lands, and the arti-
fetal grasses. were scarcely ever more re-
mark able for weight ofswathe. The grass
is also very forward on all moved d clear
ed grounds.
Wheats are now in high bloom, and
although the late cold & changeabie winds
have in some degree affected their color,
no damage is yet apprehended, and in ten
days or a fortnight more, the blooming
will generally be over in the southern
counties. In some OF the cold and wet
lands wheat looks rather sickly, and re-
eoyery will depend entirely on the state oil
the weather during the next two or three
weeks. They talk oftoo great bulk oil
straw upon their infcriorlan for the crop
to be very productive on such, but the
warm and good lands are of the highest
promise. The growth of the spring
wheat is full as considerable as last year.
The spring crops promise general a
bundanee, with the exception OF some bar
leys and oats, which have been blishted,
probably as well by the lightning as the
chilIs and variable weather. Peas and
beans will be a full crop--potatoes an ex-
traordinary one. Ii is said the potatoe
crop in Lancashire has been for several
wears overdone, much undrained and i'm
proper land being applied to that purpose,
to the great deterioration OF the quality
Of the Lancashire root. Hops will be an
universal crop, and fruit most abundant.
Some little damage has been done to the
rutaboga, by the slug or fly. English tur-
rips will be rather a late season. The
lands work admirably.
Fat beef uneommonIy dear-stcre eat
tie somewhat cheaper, the grass going
off.
In Ireland and Wales, tic seasons have
been wet, cold and backward, probably