The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-05-28

'StSr from Gibraltar, brought by
me mail which arrived on Friday, states
mat an ahrAy had unfortunately occur.
RED at the ont posts between some Eng.
ish and Spanish troops, in which seve.
raj oil The latter were killed. The Spa.
nish governor or commander at Aige.
sifa7' interfering to qucll the tumult,
was stabbed Subsequently an inves,i.
CATION had taken place, and two English
soldiers, who were ringlesders in the
disturbance, had been tried at Gibraltar
and executed
Letters of the 10th inst. from Paris,
state, that bills upon London were pet,
ting unusually scarce, in consequence
OF the English wishing to remit the mo,
ney arising fIom sales in the French
funds.
n private letter from CadiE, Of the
20 oil Msrch,states, that 4 regimen, of
Lancers, and the regiment of Navarro,
forming part Of the force destined TO act
against the Patriots of South America.
broke out into open mutiDy on the a5tb
and bid defiance to the controul of ,be;r
officers. They cried out they would
not go out TO act as butchers to the Ca
dIz monopollsts swore they would Ii
eerate all confined i'm the prisons. and
themselves obtain their arrears of nav
OUT oil the treasury. The ether cuiet
regiments were marched against Them,
and after severe contest they were
compelled 10 embark on the following
day During the whole time the great.
est alarm prevailed in Cadiz, the win
COWS and doors Of every house was
smut up a postscript ofthe same letter
ADDS, that the contest was renewed on
board, when great number of men WAS
shot, whose numbers, as we'll as three
hundred who had previously deserted,
were rePiacedb by part of the Cadis gar
An order is just received from the
secretary OF states Office, for raising a
troop o. Yeomanry about Keyns ha !, land
part OF hrStoi laying in The county of
oomerset,Iso be attached TO the North
somerset yeomanry, commanded bv co.
lionel Horaer. y ~
ViscouIt Exmouth attended on Ca.
,urday at he admiralty. His Lordshin
is said 10 lave had several conTerencap
with sir Sidney Smith, and the otber
knights at Paris, engaged in the aboli.
ton of slalery in Africa.
Strawberries sold in Goyent Garden
Market, onSaturday last, at half crown
the aidernan's thumb polite middle
sized asparagus at 2os. the hundred
aud pea gpsberries, at SIS. the pint boz.
tie.
Corn Erchanse, AhrQ, 2l.-We had
a good supply Of wheat this morning
from Esse;, Kent. and Suffolk, but sao
wing brisi demand for fine qualities,
those descriptions met ready sale. a.
an advance Of IS. per quarter on last
Mondays prices; having an arrival of
barley, th;t article was heavy sale, and
luli Two s'illIngs per quarter dearer,
and grey peas sold ready at last weeks
prices n oats and other articles no
alteration.
~. DOUer, .1trR 90.
HIS grace the duke of WELLINGTON
and suite, have just landed from the
Ant, capt. BarneI, from Calais. and gone
10 the snip Inn.
~ . H'""hJUt sdnTI 9. 1
travellers who arrived yestei day pos,
rom Milan, bring the alarming news
that the Phgue has broken GU. in that
city,
we expect with anxiety the mex,
news from Italy. A merchant of this
city, who arrived here yesterday from
Milan, from which place he travelled
WIN the greatest expedition, afirms,
nat at the time of his departure, the
plague had broken out there. We hone
hat fear has exaggerated the matter
lnt the contagious disorder in Middle !
Italy lead US to believe that there are
some reasons for alarm, and we musl
loPe that proper precautions will be
AIKEN to check the progress of this ter
lble contagion, or of any other that
nay resenbleit.
Ertract Of a letter, dated .Hnfqoerh.
aflrH Ia - 1t has been officially an
'ounced here, that in future all vessels
IRVING at tiiis port will only be sub.
sct to tonnage duty of two guilders
hd twelve stlVers per last once a wear,
1stead OF such payments formerly made
ach time such vessel arrived here,-I
his resolution must be considered oF
reat importance to The traders between
'ngland and Antwerp.
toigned) " n. ELLERMAN.
Agent to Lloyds."
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