Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-28
mi. Giless Speech continued.

state OF bread StuHS IN Gs Diit'siA. ~ 80
LIVERPOOL price current of the 9th Sept.
find this information upon this subject
- Our grain market for the most part OF the
last month was very dull; however, WITHIN
this day or two there haze been some extern
sive sales made of New York wheat at IS
Sd Der 5olbs. and the holders now demand
:s6d to f4s Cor prime parcels, which may
possibly be obtained, as the appearances Tor
the harvest in most parts Of the Kingdom are
not qnite SO favorable IS. was at tlfst mot,
the late heavy rains having proved injurious
in many places, and the grain IS much light
er IN the ear than former seasons but as the
dealers and country millers buy only to sup
DIV their immediate wants, we do not caicu-
late upon amater;al Improvement on the an
nexed prices, unless some export vent to
Spain or. our w. India colonies take place.
Good sweet American flour is not to be had
In this market"
In.the price current of the soth, | md
these observations Large speculauons
have lately been made in tobacco, IN eonse-
quence of our stock becoming limited ; but
should the embargo be raised, this and eve
nv other description of your produce must
very materially decline in price, waeat ana
flour excepted.
aOur stocks Of grain are but moderate,
although we have been much favored in our
harvest.
What reflection docs this information IA
turally present to the mind Iaat the crop
Is !;nlited-shst bread stufs are high, and
likely to be higher--that there is such de-
s ficicncv of bread stufs, that our whole sup
ply viii not depress the market, even in the
even. oss raising tEse embargo; ard CERTAIN,
l., continuing it, (which does not seem at all
calculated upon in England1 would lessen
The quantity and raise profortionabiy the DC
msnd ans, price.
The gentleman from Connecticut (Hsr.
Hilihouse) tells us, we cannot starve Gseat
Britain, she being mistress OF the trade OF
the world, will supply herself with bread
atuas from other quarters, and particularly
from, Spanish America. never heard 1t
suggested, except BY the gentlemen IN the
opposition. that we could ssarve q. Britain;
but, that through our produce, particn'ary
our. bread stuffs. we could make a strong
appcal to her interests. This fact is demon
strated 60 nv mind. The Liverpool mer-
chants diasr with the.eentlenan N MS mer-
camille information. They tell us that oar
whole supply Of bread stuffs Will act dePTess
their market. If ready supply could De
obtained elsewhere, upon better terms, there
would Be no need of supply from Us. But
Hhen has it happened, that Spanish Amer
ca could afford this supply : So far from al
fordinS 4 supply to G. britain, it gets por-
ton of It's own supply nom US. The gen
tlcnlsn tells US, that Spanish America eS-
port great quantities of hides and tal!oW.--
That is true. These, however, are not
bread stufs. 1t is not pretenoted that 1reat
Britain is In want OF meat, but bread
bread is an essential of liie-neat IS no SUB
stitute for bread-it could not prevent even
a famine. These documents also go to
show the reason of the low price OF N.York
-four, quoted by the gentleman LON Mas
sachuscsts Mr.. Lloyd. 1t IS because the
-four was not sweet. 1t had been so long
4 kept, as to become sour. have no doubt
that the British cabinet is now looking at
this subject with great anxiety; and parti-
cularly at our movements In relation to it.
Again, sir, suppose G.. Britain should be
able to provision her islands, it would be at
such an expensive rate, as to render them
very Improbable.
The next important article is cotton. Let
US see the prices current respecting that ar
ticle:
The operations in our cotton market
during the whole of last month have been