Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-22


return TO their encampmeC, at night.
AGibraltar paper of the 18th Of September
states, that the Treaty for The cession OF the
Florides has rot been ratified by the Spanish
government, bu, referred back to Washing
ton. II is stated. that the American minis
ter has taken more permanent residence at
Madrid, and that Spanish Duke has bees"
appointed Envoy Extraordinary TO ihr Uni
ted States. lGa-effe.
Extract of letter received at The otii,e OF the
Charleston Gazette, dated
g HaDre August 9.
" Our market is now very brisk, and Of
fers some encouragement for shipments OF
cotton, if prices have moi got up zoo much
OIL your side. Good Upl nds are worth Az
soils Sea Islands ST Sue. a A.; Louisiana
AZ "a soils. duty paid and there is little
of what can be termed prime in the place
In Rice there is nothing doing at The mo-
ment--the nominal quotation is "a 35i. ac-
quite. Coffee, St. domingo and Havana,
80 a 81 soils.
Kentucky Tobacco is quite out of favor
here, and we recommend our friends not TO
ship any at present. Virginia, on the con-
trary, is in request, and sells readily at 7Oi.
free OF duty. forgood quality, crop OF 1918.
Exchange on LONDON. "a 70 "a go"
On the 3oth of August last, The intendaDt
Of the Havana, Don Alexandra Ramirez, or
dered, that alter the Isl of September. prompt
payment should be exaeied OF the duties on
such goods or merchandise. as would by
their ready sale render its consumption, ena-
BILE the merchants 10 comply with the order
without Inconvenience. Provisions of all
kinds. falling under this rule, the duties on
them must De paid before the vessels in
which they were imported, leave the port.
lfthis regulation should cause any serious en-
barrassmenl 10 The mercantile interest. such
steps would be taken either partially or ge-
neraily, as the nature OF the case might seem
to require.
A new Tariff, fixing the valuation OF the
goods which pay ad vaorem duties, has been
adopted by the Custom Heust OF the Hava-
ma, and went into operation on the lst OF
this month. Il 10 continue in force for six
months, when the ad valorem duties will t'
changed according to the variations which
may have taken place in HE commercial
world. Ind.
Mex. York, Oct. II.
A Halifax paper received yesterday from
OFT correspondent contains The following ex-
trac's:- Kingston, Jam. .4ug %.
Private letters received from Panama state,
that about thee weeks since plot WIS dis
covered TO have been torned by the British
prisoners, made at The rec pture Of Porto
Bello; The object Of which was 10 obtain pos
session Of battery and powder magazine,
near the city, and then to bombar! tie place
In the nrean time part OF ;hsm were TO take
possession Of th. Spanish hTig Een'urosa, iy-
ing in The ha,bor of Panama, and it Was III
tended that the whole of them shrud proceed
in her, and join Lord Cochfsne IN the South
Seas Two OF tire riGgleadeTs were shot by
order of General Hero. who shortly after
wards issued an order 10 al foreigners to de-
part from Panama " ithin Ten days.
II twas rep rted al Psnans, that Id Coch-
- IL -. n a., II Ill, IN IA. h, rbor of
which port vessel was al anchor, having on
hoard ten thousand dollars. 1t was further
stated that his hardship had actually passed
on his way t" Gill.
Aav,ces from Lima 10 the 9Th June, have
reached tn,s city. b. them We learn, that
Lord Cochrsne htd captured the American
schr Montezuaa, belonging 10 Bsltimore, on
her way int Roads,ead, of Galloa; she had
OIL hoard cargo valued at 10000 dollars
His ior.iship had also taken from port in
Para. TO- dollars.
The report OF rich prize with two MILL
ons said to have been CAPTURED by Id. Coch
rane, is sscer,aired to be without founda-
tiun.
The government Of Lima had dispatched a
fast-s ling schooner 10 cruize of Valciyia,
TO apprze any Spanish squadron of the move
mems OF Lord Cochrane, and she had passed
in safety his feet. Subsequent 10 this, his
lordship had raised the blockade of Callao.
His reception at Valparaiso, il was suppo-