Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-04-23

q there wa, ! considerable disorder j
lshe French chamber Of deputies, Feb :
ley NJ. Rev saving the royal authonf''
aas almost destroyed thas there wa
% more common good, no more puoii.
1 ririt, no love of country.
The French funds were at 62 y
The Diana Packet, from New York
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Translated for tie Boston Palladium
From the government paper OF havanna
March %. 1916.
Rv a resolve Of his excelsency the
Governor and captain general, ard tht
Superintendent and subdelegate OF the
lroyal revenue. pro TEN. it is ordered
lsubiect to the appr ,bation Of ms majesty
THAI the duties on the flour that shai
sbe imported into this island De dlalinsh
led in the manner following, being al
ALTERATION of the provisional resolve OF
1.-The 9th of MAY, 1909.
Foreign flour Imported in foreign yes
sells shall pay FIVE dollars per barrel, IN,
stead Of the eight. that have been psid
as royal duties, and besides the NUM-
cipal duties.
Foreign -four imported BY spanisf
vessels from foreign port that pad hvt
dollars, shall pay two per Barrel. and al
50 the municipal duties.
SIP nish -four imported from Spanish
| port In national vessels srali be free from
royal duties.
The payment of the duties shall be
made indiscriuinately, whether the
-four be of ;ood quality or damaged
epealirg by the present, the custom es-
|tablished as to the flour damaged; ant
as to what is divided in the said provi
SIGNAL resolve. respecting the entrepot OF
Aour, its duration and eXaction of duties
| it rem ms as heretofore. Which is Gem
lmunicated to the merchants in pursu-
lance OF the decree of the said superin-
ttendant OF the twentieth of this month,
SEDANO.
Havana, March 21st, 1916.
From the London New Price Current,
of Feb. IS, recei ed at this Office, b.,
the Nestor, from Liverpool.
We mentioned in our lat We should
Estate briefly the principal Foreign mar
Ikets for some time, on account 0! the IN
|iuence on colonial produce, &c. in this
scountry; the letters yesterday from
Holland, and those from hamburgh and
lBremen, at the latter end OF last week +,
mention the markets rather heavy tor
every description Of goods: the Exchange
jcomes over fully higher than formerly !
the river at Hamburger had become so
full of ice as to prevent navigation; Bre'
Inen was in the same situation q some
| of the lie tors state an exl alton OF the
Imarkets Improving, on account OF the
severe weather preventing any ne" sup
piles from this country.
In the Refined market little business
| Twas effected few limited purchases
iwere made in Hanabro' and Powder
lLoaves for immediate export and Sc
Ineraily, had offers been made, prices a
shade lower than eur quotations would
probably have been accepted. Double
Loaves declined SIS. Some sales OF N :
asses were effected for shipping 1t 26.
In Havannah or Brazil sugar the'e
was no variation.
TIE sale at the India House this fore
noon has gone off at considerable de-
preston; it consisted of li574 bags Of
East-India sugar: the brown at 42s d
ass; Yellow, ass a sos; White 5Ss a
!62.
Hemp, Fqar and Tallow.--The prices
of Hemp and Flax are little varied. TAI
low has again given way 2s SIS per owt.
yellow candles may be quoted at 54s to
| IS; the prices have also declined at st.
Petersburg; the exchange by the last
accounts remaining about 10 19.
Cotton.-The sale at the India House
last week went entirely to the trade !;
| the following were the particulars: The
cotton subject TO tie duty of Id per b.
500 Bengals. good D. t. ID Is; IA l.
4: about 1900 do. fair do. IL SD and
Sd; 1873 common at lid a IL I'D
|OfSurats 459very c.ean and good. Toe
mel Id 16 II SD. averaging IS
IS 8; $50 ordinary to good common, ave-
raging IS I'D. the prices beisg IL IA
I'D. There were only IS bags bour-
bon in the sale: the fine sold al SIS, Jar
quality 2s sd IA. The export de-
mand having ceased, the request by pH-