Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-05-01

New. Ork potaSheS mas peen maue at 49,
in bond, for the French market. Flax
seed has been sold at IS to zoos. a cask. 81
Extract Of letter from Ns,O Orleans,
dated March 20.
"Our banks resume specie payments
tomorrow, Ist April.
"Cotton, 81 10 to % 1-2-some very
prime has been at 90 tobacco Q to 8 Ia,
cash quick, but will probably fall-sugar,
IL to l2 l.s-molasses. none-four Is
henpen yarns 9 dull-pis lead 7 to g.
corn Is ;per bushel-cognac brandy S,
scarce-s lsret wine S67 to 70 per cask.-
whlskey, 80 to IS" Bait. Pat.
Tue following extract OF a letter
from respectable house in Liver
pool, dated sth Of March, 1917, to
their correspondents in this city,
contains a more correct and dispss-
sionate view Of the real estate OF
affairs 10 England, than any thing
we have seen. 1t will be read With
interest. N. York EUening Post.
We have nothing new to eommu-
lnicste on the subject Of our market,
but conceive you will be anxious
to hear what opinions are general
IL entertained by Individuals on the
,alledged disaffection of macy of the
lower classes. and the consequent
suspension Of the Habeas Corpus
Act-Such a measure is calculated
10 Impress those vino hear it. at u
distance, with erroneous views ofour
situation, and to excite apprehensiOns
respecting the tranquility Of the
Kingdom, entirely uulOunded in fact
It'll the report Of the secret com.
mittee appeared, tho existence 0fia-
ny extensive organized association
was never even matter of suspicion,
and much AS we are disposed TO de-
Ipreciate those attempts which are
said to have been made to subvert
civil government and the principles
of morality, we trust they have pro-
eseded from comparatively few indi-
yiduals, and that the progress will
be speedily checked.--The present
distresses Of the country are unques
ItiOHabiy great, and the sufferiuss
arising from our new state Of things
have been borne with iuimitable for.
Ititude, but turbulent individuals ap.
pear to have svailed themselves of
the misery of the lower classes to
'|attempt 10 render them dissatisfied
with their cOuntry.-You will res-
IDLY imagine that il is an enquiry of
deep interest at the present moment,
whether the causes Of cur sufferinss
arc Of temporary or permanent ma
ture, and much variety Of opinion
prevails on the subject. We appear
at this present moment, notwith-
standing the profusion with which
our national resources have been la
Wished, to possess more of every thing
which cGnstitates national wealth,
than at the commencement Of the
last war. 4 soil infinitely more
fertile, and an immense accession
of ships, Ware houses, buildings
fsrtning stock. machinery, manu-
fractures. lsbonr 4 capital, Il yet q
suffering population and extended dis
tress. would not this rather lead us
to conclude that much oSour present
suffering may be traced to our pc
culiar situation on the return off
peace. to IA excessive population in
duced by the various employ merits
afforded by the war, and by the en-
couragement it presented TO the
extension Of our trade by securing
a monopoly of the commerce Of the
world. Had our present population
been graduly produced by the gradu-
al extension of our legitimate trade.
ali classes would DOW have been en-
Ipleyed, but. unhsppiIy, Thousands
are throws out OF occupation, and
the rate of wages is reduced by eur
large excess OF labourers, to a sum
inadequate to the purchase ofthe ne
.eessaries of life. This state OF things
of course, cannot be permanent =; by
death or emigration, the iabouring
population will be reduced, and will
ultimately, be regulated by the en-
ploymen from which its subsistence
is 10 be derived but the accidental
circumstance Of the present excess
of lsbourers, will no doubt have the
eject ofcompelling the m to more
saanfu nnda nf luinn and Of infno