Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-13

whole crop is nearly ready in the Y. otate
in the Brazils and the West-lndles, when
with the residue of the last crop not yet come
forward, and which in the u. s. Is still large.
furnish grounds to apprehend that the SUCCESS
will receive further heavy additions, unless
the supplies from the U. States should by any
circumstance be stopped. The quantity OF
Surats in London is very large, and the price
Cd to lod. per To- at the same time the COLI
sumption of cotton for export is dccreasing'
and may eventually by the events In oiciiy' DC
further circumscribed for home consump-
tion it is yearly increasing.
The American papers received here 10
the sth uit. from New-York, speak OF an En-
barge, on the meeting of Congress; on the
other hand our government may inteidict the
entrance of American ships and produce
We fear there is little hope Of harmony being
soon restored, yet lii either OF the above states
hostilities might be still prevented for some
time, which we conceive both governments
must be DESTROYS of; yours, from the violence
Of parties, and the difficulty of raising money
and troops; and ours, from the difficulty OF
sparing large bodies Of troops for the support
of Canada, &c. whist engaged i'll the conflict
in Spain, Portugal and Sicily.
( "The RegeDcy,>it is expected, will be In
full power in the middle OF February; I'LL
then, the system which had been pursued be.
fore the kings illness, will no doubt be con-
tinucd. The admirers OF the prince expect
after this period, radical change in men and
measures the partizans of the present mi
nistry, that things will go on as before. In
the former case, the blocka9lng system might
be relihquishcd, and the principal bone OF con-
tenton between this country and the United
States removed. Our principal hope OF any
general and substantial improvement IN trade
is founded Oh the chance Of this taking place.
In the event of an American Embargo, or of
our government interdicting the entrance of
American ships and produce. Turpentine,
fax-seed, quercnron bark, and other produce,
of which our supplies come chiefly from the
United States. would advance materially: cot
ton, on the other haiid from the lavgenes. of
the present stock, and from the extent of the
other sources Of supply, would probably adj
vance very slowly.
1t is now nearly one year and a half since
the heavy embarrassmcnts in trade were first
felt in this country in which interval the
whole class of adverturers, at least in this
town, and of houses whose capital was made
ouate to their business, have filled many
houses still remain, which after tho loss of
nearly their whole property make stand
And there are some houses when the lOals
they have received from government are re-
paid, will find it difficult to go on. In the
mean time, the pressure for money remains
undated, owing chiefly to the great efforts
made by holders of Mediterranean, Brazils
American produce, and Of coffee, to defer
selling at the present rC.nous prices.
"Below we quote the prices of produce
this day, the demand generally being duh.
"Ws are Just informed. the lords in 9oun-
Gil have determined to permit the cxporta-
ton Of British manufactured goods in any
neutral vesseLs, from our settlements in North
America, and that they are on the point of
transmitting orders to Canada for that pur-
pose. We have confidence In the accuracy
OF this information.