Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-11-20
From the New York Mercantile AID
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From the New YORK Mercahtiie fAu i'
yertiser.
The News by the HarleqainIhe let
ters received by this vessel contain IN
formation Of the failure of the harvest ~
England to such 40 extent as to leave a
deficiency of one third of the usual guam
|tity Of grain, and that the remainder Will
not be sufficient for the general censum9-
ton. 1t was, in consequence. calculated
that am order of council would be issued
ON the 18th of November Ton which day
the previous regulation will expire) for
opening the ports Of the United king
dom to the free admission of grain, Hour,
and bread staffs generally.
We have been fayoured with the fol-
lowing extract from letter to respec !.
table Mercantile house in this city, dated
Liverpool, October IA.
& A very great and impo tant change
having taken place in our corn market,
which leaves no donbt of the opening OF
the ports Oil the 18th of next month, we
consider it ofso much Importance, not
only as it respects grain and -four, but
las to its influence on the exchange, the
shippers interest, and tie seneral inter
lcourse between the two countries, that
I'VE have chartered fast sailing vessel
lforthe express purpose of giving our
Itriends the earliest and fullest iniorma-
Ition en- this interesting subjec,.
" American wheat would Dow sell Tor
lies per 7olbs. and -four at 65s. per Dbl.
lon completing our usual surveys
lot the crops, we find the produce so de-
leidedly detective, that on an accurate
lcomparisoA Of the result, we consider the
present as scarcely tive thirds OF last
years crop, without taking into view the
great inferiority Of the quality and the
lproducein aour,7 from the grain being
Ilean and in very bad condition. During
the progress Of eur survey, and since, we
fad that scarcely one third of the wheat
lis yet secured, not more than Que tenth Ut
1.-THE barley, but few of the oats, and none
| of the beans. The barley being all a
broad in the great corn districts, lis consi-
|dered a ruined crop. Potatoes will also
lbe very deficient. ADD from the lateness
Iof the season and the still exposed state
Of SO great portion of the crops. there
is no calculating what further injury may
yet be done ;but the injury already sus-
Itained is so great, that we shall probably
want any quantity of wheat anu -four
which is likely to be shipped
" The season is now too far advanced
Ito admit of our receiving any supplies
of consequence from the Baltic, and in
Holland the prices are high. In many
parts of Italy, and in the Mediterranean
1.-THE crops are Sc defective that they are
likely to stsnd in need of large supplies.
From the extremely damp and un-
sound state of thenew grain, good dry
sound foreign wheat will he particularly
valuable, and much wanted for several
month to come. Rice has also advanced
| to Sos. per cwt. in bond, and this arti-
Gle rising rapidly in all the continental
markets.
"Cotton Upland ~ to 90 IA; New
Orleans 10 to %, in far demand for con-
sumption, and some for export; Sea Is.
lands, Is. to Is. sd. very dull, and pric-
es looking down. Ashes. pots, SIS. to
SIS. per cwt--in bond 4ss. to AS dul
and prices looking down pearls, Cos. q
t69s. advancing. Jurpentine, rs Gil
Tar, rs. Sd to 1ss steady. Bark, l5s.
cd. a 19s. very dull"
CIn consequ nee of the intelligence
10y the Harlequin from Liverpool, -four
rose ..yasterdy in this market, New
York; from 2 to dollars barrel a
number Of expresses were dispatched to
the southland, and a pilot boat sailed for
Charleston, yesterday morning.]
Specie pienty-Grain scarce.-More
ssecie has arrived at Norfolk in the John
land Adeline from Oporto. The market
may now be said to be glutted with what
was recently termed the Precious Me-
tails.