Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-09

had been supplied with bread and cheese
for several days, by opulent landhold
ers.
LONDON, July 20.
Price of Stocks. -Copsv!s, IS $685.
Reduced, ca IL s4-4 Per Cent. 70 81
43.
Wereceived this morning the Paris pa
pers of FRIDAY last, and nails arrived last
night from Holland, Flanders and Ger
MANY. The Dutch and Flemish Jour
pals continue to furnish details of military
preparations making in France; and there
is probably some foundation for those
statements, notwithstanding the profound
silence observed by the French papers on
the subject. In these ornaments, how
ever. we can discover no cause of anxiety
or alarm respecting the pacific relations
srbsisting between France & other coun-
tries, and they are probably made
merely with view of protecting the go
vernment Of that country from the effects
Of any change in the councils of a neigh
boring state. The policy 81 France must
for considerable time to come vary with
every fluctuation that may take place in
our own country and we are inclined to
believe that The causes now operating in
England. it duly weighed, would furnish
key to the recent conduct of the French
government.
The mptia|s OF her Royal Highness
Princess Mary, and his Hishness the
Duke Of Gloucester will take place at
O'clock this evening, at the Queens Pa
lace.
The uegocia ions respecting the Duchv
Of Lanenbarg are terminated, and that
territory is defnitively annexed to the
Crown OF Denmark.
Letters received Oh Saturday from
Cadiz, distinctly state, that the projected
marriage between the King of Spain, his
brother Don Carlos, and two Processes
of Portugal, has been finally broken of,
The Duke OF lnfantado and the Count OF
Miranda who were officially employed to
receive the Pripcesses OF Portugal, and to
conduct them to the seat of the Spanish,
empire. have returned to Madrid. The
preceding information, we understand
has been confirmed By accounts obtained
addressed officially to his Excellency tie
Spanish Ambassador, resident in Lon,
don
The unexpected turn which Cur rela.
tons with the NaFaulse have taken, is
sand to have arisen from their Sovereign
having died before the late Treaty was
ratified. His brother, who succeeded him.
refused to ratfy it, and entered into a
correspondence with Scindia & the Berar
Rajai', hostile to the British interests.
in German paper is a proposal to
prohibit the disti!iation of spirits from
corn, till there shall be no reason to fear
any want of bread and seed corn for the
next year. The author affirms, that in
the greater part of Upper and Lower
Saxony, the March, and >iesia-that is,
from the Baltic Of Breslau--the greater
part of the land sown with winter corn
has been obliged TO be ploushed up; ard
that OF the corn that remains standing,
scarcely the third part of a crop is to be
expected truly unpleasant prospect, the
extent OF these provinces be-
Ing near Coz German $4,000 Engiish)
,quare miles.
EXPEDITION AGAINST ALGIERs
The wind having gone to the eastward
at al earl houy on the morning Of yeSter-
day Sunday Lord Exmouth m4de signa!
ior the llect-at Portsmouth to get uTder
weigh. had not the wind blown SO vio-
ieut!y adverse for s0me days, his Lord
ship would have cleared the Channel ere
Til, batit was not Until Saturday his
i4crdship's hopes Of sailing had any pros
pect Of being realized. and we fear that
they have been again Disappointed. as in
the course ot yesterday the wind again
TO the southwark His LordshipI
embarked Oh Saturday atnoon. intending
to proceed TO 81 Heicn's. with Tie fol-
loving ships; 0ueea Charlotte, Minden,
Albion, britomart, Cordeia, Infernal
Fury and Recia the Albion and Heela
only joined his Lordahip on Friday night
from he River. The Severn and Glas-
row Are hoorely expected to join Rear
Admiral Milne, who hoiSted his flag on
v ednesiay, in the Leander, of SO guns,
capt Chetham, sailed OF Saturday for
Plymouth, for the purpose Of shifting into
the Impregnablc, and getting ready tol
Ipin Lord Exmouth, WITH tie ships at that
port, on his arrivals off there The fol-
owing shipS--which have been in everyl
nrct suitably fitted for this narticuIsr