Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-21

and would therefore join his
farces to those of nther powers united ;ar
the destruction of the pirates.
The story of the assas ination of tbs
Dey Of Algicrs, and the SUBSEQUENT ar.
rest Of the English there by bis successor
is repeated |; but it rests ppon no better
authority than before.
s The funds were yesterday cons:dera,
by affected by the number and anoan.
Of sales. One broker sold half million
of Consols, and another served the CIV.
Commissioners with 1bsavsele
sum which they required "A siis llssn
.feat gloom over the nsGse ia lies
left off full half. per cent Zgxf g 81 tIIE
day. s!S
The idea that Minisles lsI|i leeigs
10 be their duty to assemble Parliament
|is become gene..l. A rpquisitian is n
course Of signdtare, for cal ing az ommom
|Hall, with the view of presenting peti-
|,ion to the Prince Regent for hat pnl
|pose as the only cilectuM meaas oil e'iey.
ling the distresses Of the people attl.is time.
There can be no reason for not Being So.
kept that it would be ( ono to minis.
tiers themselves, as they euld naye ques.
Itions put to them about retrcachAleats x
fecopelny that they might Ind itincoayc.
inient to answer. NJ Chron,
PAuts, August q.
The duke Of Wellington will be IN
Paris on the day of the tete Of his s.aies.
icy, 18th August.
.iIl the letters from Burgundy an.
itaannce that the raj !, and the intempe.
Irate state of the atmosphere. have done
much injury to the fine vines. The coars.
Ter kinds madc "a longer resistance, but
lave finally suffered also. Fair and warm
weather is wanting for the preservation
Iof what remains.
The bad weather ST.! continuing, the
Ev:cars general Of the metropolitan Chap
tier have ordered nine days prayers. to
commence this day, Sunday. in all the
parishes Of the capital.
A letter from Corfu, received yester.
day, states, that ship arrived there had
brought news rather contradictory Of The
assassination Of the Dey Of .Aigiers, the
European Consuls, and all the English
then III that city. We hope that this dis.
agreeable report is not tine. However,
|, Spanish vessel from Gran has brought
"a report to Carthasena of the Dey OF Al
siers having been massacled, and the
English, who were there arrested and
in these ba,barous states from arrest to
assassination is often but a Step.
Fiveper cent Gensels, 81 l-2--Bank
Actions, 1858 5-4.
!. -
LAUSANNE, July q.
The waters of the Rhine cause dread.
ftul havoc in the Canton of st. Cali, and
i'm that Of Grisons. The bridge Of Tardis
mas been partly destroyed, & the Rhine
has overflowed in the ncighborhood Of
,falans, and rendered the road from
Mayen6etl to Coire impassabIe.
The bosders of the Lake oil Bicpne are
overlooked in several places, aud the
charming island of St. Pierre, is also
prey to the ravagcs that the neighborIlin.
countries experience.
Loadog, Aug 9.
The list of subscription to day Cor the
relief Of the Manufacturing and labouring
poor exhibits donation which we have
satisfaction in witnessing.
We notice it becauSe it is, indeed, re.
suggests various reflections,
The Duke of Berri, prince Of the house
Of l,surboD, appears with subscriptions
TOR the support Of the British people, to !
the amount of two hundred pounds, with
an in.Imation to subscrib fifty pounds
till the spring. Again we say
we are glad to see this instance of con-
sideratlon Oh the part of, at least, orc
member H a family who have cost this
country SO much, ard aho so long aud
largely shared in it, generous hospitality.
One good turn deserves another But,
gracious Heaven :! to what pitch OF mi.
sery and degradation are the British pee.
PIE reduced, when we see them standing
in need and thankfully receiving the
aims OF a Bourbon; becoming the Daupers
of a French prince
Lord Arden too is announced for
pounds Lord Arden enjoys
sinecure which yields above thirty thou
sand pounds per anrum. Do We net
live in generous days !?
The Duke of Lexemburg, the new,ml-
mister oi. Paris, had arrived at the BraEiIs :
before the last accounts came away ;.aps
by the same mail we learn, that the Mas,
sau, a Dutch ri, bound to Batavia, mao
put into Rio-Janciro in distress. no lew
er thaa Go families were on beard, nav
ing it IN contemplation TO settle In'u'e