The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1819-01-08
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
ReceiUed By an arrivak ak .Mezu- York.

heceiued ey an arrival dt .Neau- York;
LONDON, Nov. Is.
Saturday nights Gazette contains an
osder in council for prohibiting the ex-
portations of gunpowder, arms, or am
mm'ition to Africa, the West Indies, or
any part Of the continent of America, ex-
cept with permission from his majesty's
government, the prohibition to continue
IN force for six months from the Goth inst.
The present prohibitory order in conncil
will expire on that day. =
1t is understood that one part Of the con-
tents of the late dispatches from st. He
lena relates TO attempts made to corrupt
some Of the troops there. While Bona
parte is able to draw for large sums upon
the bankers in Eurone to whom his IA
mily and his adherents are doubtless res
ponsible, II cannot he wonderful that he
should endeavor TO make this use of his
funds. But the whole OF his conduct, sup
posing no such attempt to have been de-
tected, must have convinced the allies
how unit an object no is of the extreme
indulgence and compassion shown to
him.
Sva provision in the act for combining
rescue him, is made capital offence.
1t is still rumoured on the continent
that England is to exchange Hanover for
Belgium, ceding the former territory to
Prussia. This improbable conjecture is
thus refuted in one Of the Paris journals,
''the attention bestowed by Prussia upon
its new Rhenish provinces, the foundation
of the University nF Bonn, and the forma-
ton Of line of e ustom Houses along the
frontiers of Belgium, as we'll as the fact
that all tho corps of the English army are
taking their departure without even
touching the supposed. arrangement"
The town Of Portsmouth was OH Tues
day thrown into the utmost conservation.
in consequence of Goodwin e Cos. bank
having stopped payment, for 20o,0OOi.
Such was the confidence of the inhabitants
IN that firm, that there is scarcely an incli-
vidual in any sort of business there that
does not hold some of their notes
SOUTH AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
For some time past, buckingham
str ct, in the Strand, has presented a
motley assemblage of-meu, sometimes to
ahe number oftwo hundred, rendering
their services for the Patriot service in
South hmericag "A colonel in the patriot
service resides i'll that street, and it ap-
pears receives such persons as are dispos-
ed voluntarily to enrol themselves in his
corps. No bounty is given and the men
are promised to be conveyed to ships in
the river, provided with Immediate sub
sistance, and finally dispatched to the
transatlantic. shores The preference is
given'te~meB who have been already in
The army, as disciplined body is there
by secured without the tedious process of
drilling many otthe poor fellows who
are drawn TO the spot exhibit the most
stretched appearance.
SECOND EDtI1oS, Nov. IL.
Cop,rer office, three o'cIoek--The fatal
event, which our Readers must have been
prepared by rhis mornings bulletin to
expect, has taken place.
The Queen is dead.--A modification
took place III her malesty's leg last night,
Antiit was evident to her medical attend
ants that she gould not survive many
hours
At half past twelve o'clock the Prince
Regent and the Duke Of York arrived at
Kew.
At one o'clock her majesty departed
this life quite tranquil, without struggle.
An extraordinary Gazette will be pub
lishcd this evening, and expresses have
been sent off to such members ofthc roy
al family as are abroad.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-N is stated that Sir
Gregcr M'Gregor has sailed from the
Downs with his staff, which is composed
ofcoloneI O'hara, capt. Laye, the hon,
capt. Semple, capt Colelough, and several
others. Two more vessels forming part
ofthe expedition, are to leave the river
Immediately, in one o. which is Sigi.or
Mendez, who arrived in this country as
an agent from Venezuela, but whose com
mission has not been recognized by the
British Government. The second part of
the expedition will clear out as soon as
possible, Under the orders of Colonel Ma
CHROME, formerly aid de-camp to Buona-
parte.
The.marquis dc CSraman is mentioned
as having arrived at Paris from Aix-la-
Chapelle, with dispatches of the most i'm
portant and satisfactory kind. They
doubtless reiatedto the.cxtensioa of time
granted for fiquidating the sums to be paid |
by Farce.
PAFts, Nov. t4-On the I 18th inst. Nj:
ne TalIcyraud (whose return to Paris we
noticed few days since,j resumed ms