Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-25

wanna. Lumber re- dollars Aour ~ to is,
duties on which, 8 SO; fish 10 10 IS. "A
large English ship Of about four hundred
tons, under convoy Of . sloop Of wal, froln
Jamaica, with . full cargo Of Sugar, ram, Y
coffee, called the Ellington. Of London, was
lost near The Moro, aud bat very little OF
hsr cargo saved. She was supposed TO be
worth forty thousand pounds sserling. :.
Prices at Naples, Dec. so-Coeoa Car
racas 81 cents; coffee green so do; eOd-'
FISH S14 so per quintal; Indigo, 6 -9s per
ID $ pepper 46 cents; sugar Hav. white
$40 30 per C.; tobacco 80 a. per G log.
wood Ss1s per ton brandy 81 cents per
gallon. f-,.'2 -
A, Tonningen Feb. 8, prices merely no.
Important considerations. The intel.
ligsnce by the Juno, may be considered
highly interesting, as far as relates to the
future destiny of America, as well as to
tina. Of The European world. Such chan
ges in affairs Of principal states in Europe
have occurred, as entirely to alter the stu
alton Of the Globe. gs.....' s.....,s.-
The union of the family of Bonapartes
with the house Of Austria, is an event OF
such primary importance, that it Cannot De
! parable in the history of Europe. BY this
event Napoleon cements more strongly the
bonds of control, by which be has hitherto
forced the continent to obey his mandates.
The great check to the contamination of
his continental power is thus rendered void.
aud Russia pressed by Turkey on the ons
hand, and Austria and France on the other,
will become, comparatively uuimportant in
| the scale of nations. The project efuni-
! versal empire seems now to be more than a
dream. France, Italy, Holland, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, Spain, Poland. Germany
and Portugal, we fear, will all be involved
in the vortex Of one mans power. Ameri-
ca will then present three. distict empires,
the Spanish, the Portuguese, the anslo-A-
merican empires. An interesting question
forcibly presents 'itseR to the consideration
of every man " What is 10 resist the ex.
tension OF this gigantic power across the
! Atlantic :" We answer the English ma
w! I, is from consideration Of self-ex.
istencs that We should dePrecate the down.
fall Of England in her present struggle.-
D, s,roy her navy, and our disputes about
the colonial trade. the impressment OF sea.
men, and the Chesapeake will probably
subsde but what will then become of cur
liberty. and our riches, our spirit OF ester-
! paize aud enjoymen, of peace! The un.
happy princes of Europe may now, with
Coriolanns turn their backs'upon their ter
ri,orirs, and exclsim, there is world rise
where )" but destroy the navy and there is
! no safety in ideal, the ir new world will be
| as rotten and insure under their feet az
! their European territories has been.
The evident interest Ut the commercial
countries will be to commence such a sys-
tenn of friendship towards each other, as to
present the most formidable obstacles to the
further asgrandizement Of Napoleon, and
commence such system of trade, as may
perpetuase those obstacles. 1t will at once
becem. evident to Alexander, tina, he has
been the dupe Of Napoleon and his pas
sioas as well as the iateres,s OF his empire,
will require him to cultivate community
| Of interest with Great Britain. All the
Spaniard. and Portuguese, who can escape
to America, will for.a settlements IN Bra
iii and Mexico, and probably unite in The
general system of commerce. England
considering the great and increasing dan
gers which threaten to destroy her com
merce, will be forced, by her interest, to
treat with the United States upon basis OF
mutual safety. and commercial prosperity
| BY means like these, the British navy car
be maintained, and thus an imPre gnaD'e
barrier 10 opposed to the gigantic hostility
of Napoleon in America. 81.
A. to any future hopes of continental re-
sis,ance, they must be founded upon vague
contingencies and remote probabilities. q
Britain, and the commercial powers mus
depend upon their own exertions, tor the
maintenance of their prosperity and haPpi
ness, ..a.,.. - Boston Gaz