The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-18
PRICES. THIS DAY,

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Upland Bowed, new O1la o So
old O10a 1 O.
Tennessee Ol0a oil 1r2
New Orleans Ola ~
Surat, long O1Oa o 10 -
short O7da O8
| Good and fine Tooaccos command a saiei
but in the inferior and export qualities very
little is doing the holders do not appear
very anxious o press, and prices are airea
lily too low {, apprehen1 Any further Ia
terial reduction. James River, ordinary.
Cd. a3i-2i. nid1ling aud good Al.
6 I %. fine ID. Sd. stemined 4 I'D.
Sd. Rappaharnock. 3D.. Cd. PotowMack.
I'd Sd. &c rgia I'd. 4 4 :. Kentucky
81. 81. Marylanduncertain.
In the corn market little doing, except
for American Wheat, which goes off at 12s
Cd. las I'd. and Dsntzig 13s Sd. IA Sd
per 70lb. Rice. old 2is a 3Ss. and new PAS
% Cd per cwt. Nearly all the new Rice.
is taken out of the market
| Offoreign coffee aud sugar some sales
have lately been effected for shipment at
low prices; but as the season advances.
and. our position not being favorable for
the Baltic demand. we apprehend that the
improve nent in the London marke, will
! not make any very sensible impre ssion
here. Super. foreign Mrscovado. ordinary
4
triage ordinary and fine ordinary Cos 4Os.
middling ana fine middling 42s Sos St.
Domingo and Brazil 2Ss 3as.
Nothing 'ecisive. We are persuaded, is
hkely to take place until we nave radical
change of Counsel upon this side or. if the
present ruling party in America maintain
their ground until the period of general
Pacihcation. The injury sustained BY Mr..
Madison will. by and bye, be lost in the
r nf III =
IL; and afser all wesee nothing very dex-
teroas in Mr.. Smiths contrivances, or de-
cisive IN his testimony. Had his indigua-
ton seen OF genuine character, it is most
| hkely 1t would have had an earlier explo-
sion, = =:
We remain, veryrcspectfuily, Your ODE.
dent servants. Phil Press.
| THE COMET.
| rs what has be. u tsonie once. NAV be DONE
agoin-as indeed the Comet which is now
in our sky. begins already to scare ali the.
Old women ,ver 80 and young children under,
twelve month--as even some wiseacres saw
mat our present spell Of warm weather 4
wing e. IS influence though the cause.
seems apparent enough in the qutnos Which.
mas been tor some days blowing from the
souFh--for these and other reasons we hes
leave to submit he following narrative of the
Auu'orous enects OF the appearance of the
cometin 1712. Whoever wishes to see mose.
OF me same story, must seek it in the mer r.
pages OF Dean Swift
In the year 1712. Mr.. Winston. hayiAp-
/ Calculated the return OF Gomez. which WAS
70 make its appearance on Wednesday che
i4th OF October at S inmates after five in the
morning, gave notice to the public accord.
| msy., with this terrifying addition, that
total dissolution IF the world BY FIRE was to
l m ID r.
reputation Mr. Winston had maintained :,
Ergland. bolh rs a ;igine aud phiiosooher.
leh little or no doubt with the populace If
the truth OF his prediction Several Judi.
crous events now took place. A number of
persons in and about Lo .don, seized ali the
oarges and boats they could Law hands !, i'm
sne Ihames, very nationally concluding, that
~hen the confiagra.ion took place, there
~ou,o De the most safety on the water. A
geh!ieman whohad neglected family prayer.
lot better than i've years, infrmed his wife.
that it was his determination toresnme ,h.t
landaoie practice he same evening bu, !, ..
wife, having engaged a ball at her bouse..
persuaded her husband to pu, it off ill ther
saw whether the comet appeared mr. ,o,s,
lha South Sea stock immediately ell! To 4
| per cent. and the India 70 II; and the ca nt-
OF Dutch ship threw all Ms powder ina
me river. that the ship might not be endan,'
sered.
"The next morning, however. the co,pen
appeared, according to the prediction. anss
oefore noon the belief was universal. that thes
Gay OF Judgment was II hand About tnil,
time l23 clergymen we're fcrrIed over e.
Lambeth. it was said. 70 petition that shors
prayer might be peDned aud ordered. theirs:
oeing none IN church service OH that occasi. Z
on. Three maids of honor burnt their col,
lect,ons OF novels and plays, and sent to 4,
booksellers o.! to buy each of them bible. and.
Bishop Taylor's Holy Living and Diving = I.
ihe run upon the bank was so prodipioua
tna' all hands were employed from moroir1,
I'LL nigh in discounting notes, and handing
1u' specie. On Thursday considerably more
nan nan ,ooo kept m,stresses we're legally man
and 10 crown the whole farce, sir Gilber,
hea'hcote, at that time head director to the
ank, Issued orders to all the Fl Offices in
London, requiring them "to keep good.
bank of England" f'' $50