Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-27

ult. there was every prospect OF afurther
| decline, which plainly evinces the very
| exhausted state OF their stocks at that Pc
riod-we think it is long time since
thew were SO much reduced. Since the
revival Of the demand, uplands OF 0rdina,
| ~ and middIing qualities have advanced
SD per 10. II Is very striking ciIcum.
stsnce that between the 18th Sept. and
| the LIST Dec. only 1860 bales Of Orleans
were sold here, and between the ION
Oct. and a1st Nov. only 1910 uplands,
though we compute the consumption OF
Orleans was 5000 bales, and Of uplands
| 10000 in these periods. In general there
| r, not much business done in December,
but il is probable this month will form an
exception, or at least there will be good
business done in it. The INDIA sales 10
London on the asth ult. although for or
binary aud middling qualities lower than
the previous sales made here, were CON-
sidered as favorable ones, and they have
assisted in strengthening the market
the demand this week has been good, and
the market is steady and looks favorably
The sales amount to 7080 bags. the i'm
ports to 1908. There was public sale
of sea-isIands yesterday, which went Oh
at Is Id to % I'd for ordinary to good,
and few ordinary apIands we're sold at
II IA per lb.
Rice will continue to be admitted free
Of duty till the 5th Of April next. Very
little business was done last month in Ca
roiina rice, of which the stock is small,
but the prices have been gradually ad.
vancing. OF East India Rice there have
heen some considerable sales by auction.
Patna and Java fetched % q SOS Cd, and
Bengal 24s Sd q As-good Brazil is
worth SO s4s. Though rice is scarce,
both on the continent and In this country
we cannot expect the present high prices
will be maintained when the new rice, Of
which the American crops are stated to
be very abundant, comes freely forward,
especially as the continental ports to the |
north of Flanders will, as usual, proba- |
bly, close during Some Of the winter
months.
We can say nothing particular about |
wheat and -four in addition to our circu. |
lar Of the 2sd ult. since the closing OF
the ports there has been very little doing |
in this market, and the prices are almost |
Nominal. Nearly all the sweet -four IL
in the hands Of one house on London ac-
count, with orders not to sell. The two
last weekly averages for wheat were sSs |
Id q s4s I'd per quarter. At this days |
corn market very little business has been |
done, and prices are nominal.
/ Potashes advanced q S. per cwt in
the course of last month, in coneequeDce |
Of an expectation that the supplies from
Canada would fall materially short Of
previous calculations. There is still a
good enquiry for them, but the trade is |
not willing to give the advance required.
Of the present stock about 200 barrels
are pearls, which is rather considerable,
and therefore though they are in fair
demand, the prices have declined and
2s per ewt.
In consequence of the high prices Of
oils, faxseed for crushing continues to |
be scarce, and by the time you receive |
this, it will be about The middle of the |
shipping season for sowing, by which time |
you will, we presume, be able to form a |
tolerable accurate estimate Of the quaint
ty that will be shipped. About $4,000 |
hhds is the fair average quantity sown in |
Ireland, and the prices will, we expect,
be high or low in proportion as the supply |
from the U. States falls short or exceeds |
| that quantity, except that we think that
more than the usual quantity will be sown
this year, in consequence Of the scarcity
and high prices Of fax, 4 that the crush
ers will continue to require considerable
supplies till after the sewing season. We
think therefore, that there is favorable
prospect for this article, unless supplies
from the U. States prove Unusually large.
During the last 90 years the avera BE price
Of flaXseed in years d fair average supply
and unrestricted trade, may be stated to
have been from 81. los. to 81. is. Irish
per hid in years Of short supply 1t has
been n. los. and Of over supply il has
been declined to 81. los. This Is exclu-
sive Of embargoes, non-intercourses and
war, when the prices have ruled from n.
to Isl.
The stock of tobacco here on the LIST
instant was 1883 hhds.-on the 1st Jan.
last it was 1900. In London the stock
or the first inst. was 5876 hhds; so that
here the supply has not been quite equal
TO the demand, and in London considera-
bly, less. Four vessels with tobacco are
shortly expected here, and two in Lon
don. The quantity remaining in Vir-
ginia BY the last accounts was but limit.
ed. We have letters from Gibraltar Of