Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-18
Extracts feoa commercial letters.
LirerpooI Jan. "a.

The dema d for cotton ha- beer Init
ed this week; ard, with The exception 81
"A i,land-, ;rlcrs OF all s"rts have de.
lined Led. The sales amount TO 1000
,ags, Of winch $50 are sea islands at -
81 a as .i; $50 0rlears. at FL eS3d;
and I450 Bowels, II Is IA 2 lad
To-day new Bow eds offer freely at CID
ithont meeting purchasers 500 bags ct
God q atty were sold yesterday III ore
hani a 90 s.4d. Tobacco has been in
good demand, and prices Of mtddling
aud fine leaf a,e higher. $50 CT Ks new
aoiua rice has ben sold by auction at
81 SIS per cwt
In the week erding i7,h jar. 1000
bar. OF cotton h ID been sold in liverrnol F;
am. ne which a small lot Of sea islands
brought SIS Sd.
January 81.
The demand for cotton con inues We
" moderate. srd ven uplands are heavy
al Gid; parcel e 500 has ben sold u,
90 SID, and 20 led Was nff-. I'd and re-
fused for an entire cargo of nearlv 1000
bale Yer, fine SEA Island, are scarce
AID forvery ch"icc marks 2 a Sd advance
has been s,vcn-say s. 81 SIS OIL
K ce is lower abos' $50 casks have been
sold at 81 a So per cwt.
Prices at Lirsrp6o', Jan 90.
Cotton. per Id Bd. Georgia l. Cd Is
9 I'D Sew Orleans Is GIL a 2s West
India Is 81 Is Cd sea island Is Sd
SIS; stained Is 81 . ed: Aarseed, per
hid Ter crushing, 81; soring los; rice,
pc cwt. American, 81 a 80 BAIL so
S4s East India "a a &c.; rosin, per
cwt. American. 8 a @ i; .taves. white
oak. pipe, % 3es : hid Ia e7s biol.
9 15S; red oak. bid. 8 g.; Ter. A
merican cargo. 10 a l9s I; Virginia 90
81; tobacco, per ID james River a
9n Rarpahannock ~ Ma Ward t
Led l.; stemred 6a 10i Kentucky
4 ID turpen'ine, per cwt good, lss /;
middling Is Us
London. January 90.
We have received this morning thu
Paris papers of Saturday last. TIE prs
jet Of the law for rec ui'ing the French
army was still under discussion in the
Chamber of Deputies. There vas not
much novelty Of Argument displayed on
either side. Those vino objected 70 the
aw urged the same grounds Of objection
as preceding speakers, that il nearly re-
sembled the old system Of conscriptior !;
lille those who supported il main'a ned.
That a, COMPULSORY service was only TO
be enforced where voluntary enrolment
proved insufficient. the spirit Of the char
ter was not violated. If, indeed. the
principle be admitted, that France re-
quires an army to place her upon a pro
per footing Of equality with the other
continental states, il seems unreasonable
to condemn the only means BY which
that principle car be practically adopted.
Voluntary service must alNays br preca
rious and limited. Men who have any
regular occupation are not ikel, to abaG-
don il for military life, especially in
time of pcare. That martial ardcr,
which. during war, may stimulate iudi.
vIduals, can form no excitement when
war is at an end. We should not be sor-
~, however, Il the amendment for taking
an annual vote upon the army should be
adopted. Such check NAV tend to Sc
cure a state of peace; and we are glad,
the elore, to fird il so strenuousIy insist
ed upon BY the Chamber.
LORD byron.
A letter from Venice of the 2fst Dec.
received BY gentleman Of EdiDburg on
the llth inst. says, "Lord Byron is here,
but does not e" much into society-he
KEEPS four horses, which, With the excep-
ton Of the brazen steeds of Lysippus, are
the only animals Of that species in the
Gho!e city"
January "a.
Tie Spaech for opening the session
of Parliament BY Commission was as
ranged a, the Cabinet CourciI held yes
terday at the Foreign Office. This NOR.
ming the ministers proceeded to Brlgh.
ton to submit, it to the Prince Regent in
Council for his apr citation.
No amendment, we learn, is intended
to be moved By the opposition. Indeed
it is not yet publicly kn"wn, who is to
he their leader One report mentions
Lord George Cavendish. another Lord
Morpeth. a third Lord Milton, the latter
however, is not very probable. Mr.. Tier
ley wauld seem 70 be the most fitted
{ r the >tation by his talents. None Of
the party will hear Of Mr.. Brougham.-
There is special mediocri'y Of talents
m the opposition benches.
Our readers rec"llect the unfortunate
s'air Of the Coun, de ST. Morys, who
nas lied 10 duel on the 2lst Of July
st. His widow has instituted suit a.
pain.t the survivor accusing rim Of no.