Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-02-05
From the N. Y. Com. .Adusrtiser, Jan. 80.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

dv Can't. Osborn, as days from Falmouth,
we have received from. our Falmouth
and London Correspondents, London pa
ners to the 18th Of December, two days la
ter than were received by the Atlantic. a
few items are selected.
Price of Stocks, Dec. l2.--Bank stock,
e7O 1-8; three per cent reduced, ~ l-S
IA; three and half per cent, SO l-S, 81
7-8; four per cent, 50 To Sc.
Corn Exchange. Dec. ll.-in conse-
ouence ofseyeral arrivals from the Norfolk
and Suffolk coasts, a large quantity OF wheat
was in The market, and the price fell Is.
per quarter. English wheat sold from 7Os
to 82s. per quarter -four, SIS topper sack;
rape seed, f44 As per cask. l4S4o sacks
OF American -four were imported the last
week.
Markets, Dec. 12.-Rice, Carolina, bon
ded, new, AZ 46 East India, 10 2Ss.
Cotton, Bahia, cd lOd Maranham,
I Cd "a 1 lod Pernambuco, ! lla Is.
Tobacco. has been little or moth
ing doing, nor can any correct quotations OF
prices be made under the present state OF
the market, which continues dropping. AT
a public sale on the It'll inst. so hhds OF
Virginia and Kentucky, some purchases
were made by the trade at reduced prices;
ieaky Virginia sold at I'd Bad, and some
fine at cd. The greater part which con-
sisted of dry ordinary and middling Ken
lucky, met no buyers at cd Cad at which
prices they were withdrawn.
The king Of Prussia arrived at Potsdam
ON the 28th of Nov. from Aix-la-Chapelle'
The persons who had been arrested al
Brussels, were, OH The 5th december, I'M
der examination they were charged WIN
,'plots tending to excite civil war, by arm
ing the inhabitants against each other, IN
the Kingdom of the Netherlands. "
On the 10Th Of December, there was
considerable sensation in the money mar
ket. owing to the Bank Of England having
rome 70 The determination to limit their dis
counts: the bank had thrown out IAN 'm-
mense quantity Of bills, presented by bank
ers and individuals of the first respectable
ty." Specie was 50 scarce in the city, that
good bills were with difficulty, cashed
at per cent.
The king of wirtemberg has abolished
the punishment of the gauntlet in his army
A new candidate for Westminster was
expected to offer himself ina few days; his
political principles are the same which 60
verued Sir S. Rolnily.
A meeting Of the Common Council OF the
city Of London has been held for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety OF petit
tioniug Parliament TO revive and alter the
penal code, in order to diminish the num-
Der of capital punishments for minor Often
ces. Mr. Flavel, one of the Speakers, OBJ
served that during the reign OF Henry VII.
two lhous3 nd persons were executed annn'
ally.
Lord Ellenborough is stated to DC consl-
derably better Sir Isaac Heard, garter
kim al arms, attained his SSH year The 10th
OF January. He has oficiated at the tune
raj Of six Of the Royal family.
The new Austrian levy is to consist OF
$4,000 men.
A Bristol paper states that deputation
will be sent by government to the Princess
of Wales, 10 negotiate her return to Eng
land, mo other person having right to
hold drawing room"
The commerce Of Leipsic has sustained
a considerable shock, by the failure OF the
house of Albrecht and Bauer, for the sum OF
Soo. 900 dollars, of which one third is due
to the merchants OF Leipsic.
Letters from Paris, anticipate warm work
during the session Of the Legislature, which
had lust commenced. 1t is said the Minis
tiers will have to withstand the attacks OF
violent parties which are in array against
them.
In the court of Exchequer, several more
convictions against vendors ofimitatise tea,
coffee and tobacco, have taken place
Mr.. Copes, grocer in Leeds, has been n
ned l4s5!. and T. s. G. Neeson, of dian
chester 3OOl.
The search for the kings jewels has
been renewed in every direction, but with
out success, the casket which contained
them, has been found empty.
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