Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24

tHis boi' ufts Ayoce, Sooo, ioI odtat-
nah /; ship James NJ. Fleming, for Pt,.
delphia ; ship Gen. Knox. -,forN
Orleans. Left, among Others, ship IN.
nj and schr Spartan, Ter N. York u,
next day Manchester Packet, for do in
is days. Passengers, Mr.. Jones, Cant
n Kenzie, OF Philadelphia, and fourteen
F'eHoh passengers Spoke nothing.
The letter bag was received here tbs
morning and we have Paris papers to he
goth ultin'o.
Three per cent. eonsols, 70, at Iordo,
March IS.
New-York papers Of the 10th Of Febr.
airy, were received in London the llS
ultimo.
II was reported in London on the 81
March, that the Spanish minister had a.
fered to give up The Flnridas to the uri..
ed States, for six millions u dollars: b,,
the proposition was rejected, aud oDIv
three millions were offe ed.
ftarpears from private letters, that b.
markets for American and colonial rr,.
duce, had advanced tribe.
The average price Of wheat in E..
gland March II, was 85s Sd.
Upland cotton, at Have, March "
was So to Sc francs. Rice As TO &
francs. Potashes 81 francs.
The Paris papers speak of the gensnl
rise Of colonial produce, particularl, cal.
fee, which WAS lS5 francs the qui1,,l-
Bourbon was $50.
On the s6th Of February, At Bordegr
the appearance of wheat was yer, fEs.
hg eat stagnation in the sale Of wine,
had taken place in France. but the term.
nation Of the next month will fix the pric,
OF this article
The long pending cause between Nj.
Swan, an American gentleman, and d..
cas- and others. has terminated, ultimate.
~, in favor of the former, who has ,.ec-
vered upwards Of 100000 francs.
An article from the Isle of Rhe, Of he
9th of March, states that the tempest had
continued seven dsys; and many vessel,
totally lest.
There have been severe gales on tie
coasts Of France ard England, the itA
and 5th of March; during which seve'sl
vessels were driven Oh shore and lost
The brig Hol and. from this part bound
to Holland. was totally lost; and h.
Duke of Wellington, from Baltimore, lad
received damage
Letters from Deal of the 5th Of Marl,
enumerate numerous vessels which were
lost the night before in gale No Aue.
ricans are mentioned
London, March,.
A letter from Plymouth, dated On the
5th, gives a dreadful account of the hur.
ricane. At noon, the time Of writing The
lette', the winds were blowing in q fright
tul manner, and a vessel was lost in sight
OF the port. The Losses sccs.ionpd b.
the st,rn are incalcuiable. Far for
moderating, the Wind seems to iacrrss;
il is s. s. W. and 8 w every moner.,
and the squalls are so violent, as to blos
peopl. into the water. Within the ne.
mory Of man, nsthing like it was ever
seen.
March 10.
Contrary winds and the storm han
DELAYED tor several DAYS the arrival ii
the French newspapers We may forn
an idea Of the badness Of the wea,s
from the circumstance Of the packets b.
ing afraid to 20 to sea.
March II.
Letter from our principal ports If h.
latest date. continue to give the not
affecting details of the immense dist
tiers occasioned BY the late tempest
.Murch IS. I
Funds.-3 per cent eonsols II : 81
70 Ia 1.e; do in acct. 70 1-8 I-2 "a;
8 per cent reduced, closed 4 per GET;
closed 6 per cent los 5 8 lie SO.
To relate every day the scandals
scenes that occur at the elections wagi
be wearisome to the reader, were it No
that they manifest the proceedings of b.
opposition, fur the purpose Of end,i's.
ing to obtain majority in the ne" pr
lament Fists and clubs are made w
Of, and those who think that tbsv can ID
tain votes by giving dinners, resort 10
that method.
The amnesty bill has passed the hose
Of commons by the immense majority d
23S votes to IS. II will be long b'fofs
the opposition will recover from so terri
bic a shock.
Prices at Havre,. March N.-Ahs,
pearl. 70 75f pot ash dull. but paris
scarce coffee. Martinique and Gn'di'
loupe green. ! rs 20 I On. Coffee e.
tremeiy scarce and in such great dsm"rt
it's difficult to quote prices; st nom'E
20 and Havana would command 'a'l
sous. in entrepot; ice is very fucfu''ri