Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-01

te d tho tuSee S0ss0Wso8 psssSos as5+.
'",ieo6 ~-k6s3 $50 '
= 1907 eso,sa7 ~
:. 1905 : oae'SSi -
'T Nov, let Il be observed, shsr 9hiS-spas
medisy psld . duty waleh lassyser egSassf
ed en- 4soS1 Ind ,hAt n~svsr{hslssss from
very rsesps psEipd when irelanAto ~ can.
sumsd the half Of The +47,lo4 duisesis of
sugar which che now CONSUMES, tAs duty
has been raised from 10 Sd, 70 ~ % a pa
rquinsAi.H And hsvsa comparison may b
inst,.u.sa NOT isss susioss Aan he anss'us'
tive. 80 ..., - :
: fhertpdtss frdta tke custom house ante.
rior 20 The blockade Of the Baltic, valued
N. importation Of raw 'and refined sugars
into Russia as feurmillions OF Troubles, which
would correspond with the purchase of
about one hundred thoussnd quinuis>-
Now With regard4,o France, the last oaRe'I
repor. which we have on this subjees T. .hSe
of chaptal which goes back to the ysss
1900, and which aseersained the eonsahp.
,ior Of sugar, which, though double that
which took place under. the dirsctorial
govt, was limited to 'saosooo quihtais.. !.
Admitting that Bonaparte had sueceeded
only in diminishing, by one hall, the Ton.
sumption Of that period, blythe duties which
he doubled, quadrupled, occupied, one after
the other. that hesmisht plseeI that -eommo.
dity beyond the reach Of the French, and
that he might the more eHeetually make
them. give, up all relish for the expensive
enjoyment Of t~hose-rxotie Injuries. still Il
will appear in the result, that the 6ve mil.
lions ofthe inhabitants of ireland, now con-
sumo. themselves alone, twice.a greater
quantity ofesuear, than the eighty, miAiens
of souls who compose thepopulnion Of the
two vast empires Of the East and West-
The following fact is not less extraordinary
than the preceding one,; and which serves
indeed 10 explain il: Since the union be-.
tween the two islands but more especially
since the coalition of Europe and the u. S.
of Anreriea against' the commerce Of both
these islands, the commerce Of ireland has
been revived to such q pitch, thai in fsos,
her join, exports and imports have amount:
ed to 2l,4s7,s43L ~at-value (about>452
millions OF livrss) which, however, ascer.
tains Tor that island, lately so poor and in.
significant, a trade as A~ourishins, snd IN
interchange Of commodities as eeosidesx.
bic a. the whole commeree Of Pranee,
meaning, always; NOT imperial France, i'm
.poverished IS i, mus, be by her conquesss;
but the ancient monarchy Of France, At the
most brilliant era Of her commerce, when
Mr.. Netker, for the first time displayed
the mssni6cen. picture other resources,
and exclaimed - f
"1Wha. a wonderful degree of,po~er
how many motives to silence all complaints
Of jealousy, add what abundant room for
that the world should be inundated
with blood il order to obtain some small
of superiority, of which there is no
necessity, and which must be purchased at
the exprnce Of the public good to which
such additions might be made.""~The 10.
'~vrstiea,ion Of that minister who possessed
such lights on this subject, presented IS
years ago an annual importation Of $50
millions. & an :xpor,a,ior: Of soo-.otal52o
-millio-s Of. livres.E The difference Between
the trade Of ireland in 1903 and tina, of
in 1888, would therefore be, that
So milbonsin favor OF the latter, If; of the
500 million of EXPORTS colonial produce
which IS the result 'of African labor, did
not constitute IS millions, while the whole
exports Of ireland arc produced BY ,hs Ia.
Dor of her wi inhabitants. .. :
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