The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-02


dto suspend their payments for III
resent Che latter hou Sc has for som,
ime past issued none but bank OF Eng
and aotes--Renfish Gazette.
Nessrs Moxon, bankers, of Huh
VINO stopped payment in Dec. last, ars
now paying their notes in full, with in.
terest; so That the present value OF
tneIr one guinea notes is III. IS 81
each' Several other banks in difTeren,
parts OF the Kingdom, which had been
compelled toyield 10 the pressure OF
temporary endorsements, and sus-
Penu their payments for a time, have
proved TO be ultimately solvent.
he duties Of manager and stage
mapager OF Drury-lane Theatre, are in
Rae y
"a young man in having paid his an
sofesses to beautiful young lady, his
co'sfin. In Paris, by whom they were
rejected or account of his bad charac
Ter, went on "wednesday 10 her nous
IN tue rue des Lavandiescs Saint On.
perfume, armed with poniard and
three pistols, when he renewed his ad
uress; bu; the young lady still persist
ing In her refusal, he shot her in the
lower part OF her body with one OF The
pistols, and stabbed himself with his
poniasd. He was not expected TO sur
vlve' but some faint hopes were enter
tanned oil the lady.
Ersraorcicary circumference A younr
woman who keeps the turnpike near
llenly upon Thames, Oxfordshirc.a and
VINO mas oeen married four years, has
now nine children who are all living
aad well. AT her first lyinc-in she had
entee chilfren at her second. threo
Ut her th'rd, two; and at her fonrth and
Iast' one. The circum stance has ,sto
pished the whole neishborhood and is
supposed to be without q parallel in
eny age or kingdom.
lac freedom OF the CITY of I.ondon
was, on the ll.hinst. presented. IN rold
boxes OF exquisite workmanship, to
their roral tighnesscs the duke Of
ken!, the duke OF Sussex, the duke Of
gloucester, AMI his serene hiehnegs The
prince of Sake Cobourg.
FrHncs "A barking. nouses in ,he
city h,s recently met with consi1crabie
losses from the iraudulcm conduct NJ
two OF their clerks. Oae ofthcm, after
having cmbszz:cd to the amouo, NJ
.soof had the good fortune to escqne
OUT OF The county, add is supposed to
have sailed for America FMS cir.
cumstance induce the house 10 be moro
upon the alert IN scru;inizine OF baian-
c1s nahe up every night by the clcks
when II was found, few nights ago
that the balance understood as correct
was entirely false, and that the sum Of
about l7o0i. referred TO as in possession
OF he house, had oeen taken away BIZ
the -le1k who had given in the false
STA taercby imposed upon the
re" OF h colleagues On Tuesday
mornlng, Wien the clerks were all at
b. ktas. he erroria the balance was
an aei and an immediate inquiry
into she Sffa:r was ordered but before
the investigation was gone into. the psr.
son who had purloined The money made
his escape from the house. An officer
was immediately obtained. and he Was
instructed TO search for him. as direc.
ted, at the vest end Of the town. The
young man was found dangerously ill
ihbed, having taken quantity Of poison
with the Intention of destsoyinr him
self, but which failed in its e fTeci. =
Medical assistance was Afforded him
aud although lie continues seriously in
d'sPos@d. the probability is, that he
will recover.
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