Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-12-01

shore. in which was lieut.. Harvey, of The
British navy, second in command on the
island. Went an shore with him, and
visi'ed the fort and other parts OF the es-
Enlistment. ] he settlement is on the
w. side OF the road, ond contains i've or
Fix buildings. The area on which this
little colony is settled is about 500 wards
square, and has been cleared OF cinders
and ievelted by tie garrison since the is
land twas Il ken possession OF. They
have 10 guns mounted IN tie tcrt, and S
or Little below TO the eastward. The
garrison consist OF the governor, lieut..
governor. seven other officers, and 40
ssamen, boys and marines, A sloop Of
war stationed there had gone to the is
land OF Tristan d'AncGnba, TO transport
10 Ascension the stores, building mate
rials, etc. from that settlement, which
we we're told the colony was about aban-
doning. They generously furnished capt.
w. with water from a very scanty supply
they had on hand.
ST. hELENA.-The gentlemen Of the
garrison expressed considerable anxiety
respecting the fate Of st. Helena their
alarm was grounded on the following Gil
cumstances Ion the s7th Sept. the
Ocean, London, and Alexander, trans.
ports from the lsle.of France for England,
with part of the l2th regiment, touched
at Ascension, having on the Saturday pre-
rious, (19th) sailed from S.. Helena On
Sunday, the a0th, being 20 miles NV.
from the island they were greatly alarm.
ed by several violent shocks Of earth
quakes, which were repeated at shor; To-
tervals for several minutes, threw them
out OF their beds, and caused great com.
motion. Four days afterwards (24th)
the Gen. Gl aham, English ship, endeayor-
ed to make the island, but did not find il.
We were told they had excellent cLrono.
matters on board, and had taken several
sets of lunar observations. Their rela-
ton oil these circumstances reminded Us
OF the similarity CT our situation to that
OF the Gen Graham, which otherwise pre-
badly would hardly have been thought Of
again. Sunday, 5.h Oct. we observed in
the parallel Of theNS. part Of the island
Of st. Helena, at that time, BY the means
OF recent lunar observations, our run
from the Cape-of- Hope with fair
wind, aud our thermometers, we were IS
leagues to the eastward of the Island
We ran from that point til! O'Clock,
w. northerly Is leagues we were then
in the lat. Of jamestown, Che port) and
not seeing the island, bore up for Ascen.
sion, which we made precisely where We
should by our computation. However,
it is very common when in the Tropics,
to have thick haze, which often OBJ
scures the land to such degree that it
cannot be seen till quite near. This may
have been the case with st. Helena.
~ Since the above was in type, we
learn that capt. Hart, Of the Oscar, pass
ed st. Helena on the 9Th Oct. and was
two day. in sight of the island. Itmust
therefore, as before conjectured, have
been enyeloped in fog when the General
Graham and Palladium were in search
of it. -
From the ". FORK DAILY adrertiser.
MARKETS AT ROTTERDAM.
We are indebted for the following LET.
ter (received by the brig Janus, r. Rot.
terdam) 70 a Commercial house Of the frs.
responsibility in this city.
Rottsrdam, Sept. so, 1917.
FIattering ourselves a continuance of
our informations will prove acceptable,
we hand you again our Price Current.
and beg leave to express our wish, that
our former advices may have encouraged
you, to try shipment this way of such
articles, as We then pointed out, 4 which
we trust would turn out much to your sa-
tistaction and advantage.
Ashes in consequence OF pretty heavv
importations, have experienced some de.
cline; the demand however at this mo-
ment is steady, and the season of getting
supplies from the Baltic being now over,
we have no doubt that prices will be sup
ported.
Cocoas remain dull, and of a heavy
sale.
The business done in coffee between
May and July last was very extensive,
and 1t was natural to expect. that The ar.
rivals Of the immense quantity sent to
Germany would cause staguation there
this has actually been the case, ard We
were without any orders for upwards Of
SIX weeks; the demand at present is a.
gain more animated, aud we anticipate
a considerable briskness still before the
close Of our Rhine navigation the rate
of this nIndncR In the SnIinr Mill denend