Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-10

10 get rid Of him. But after this, captain
Ramage was, on his arrival in Havana. i'm
portuned to notice he affair, which result
ed as stated in the Courier Of the 2oth ult.
We are further informed, that the United
States schooner Lynx, Lieut.. Madison, ar
rived at Havana the day before the Sheerwa-
ter sailed, and that similar application was
made to lieut. M. but that he declined any
further interference in the business.
A government packet from Cadlz, via
Porto Rico said TO be 65 or 10 days from
the former port, arrived at Havana Gay OF
two before the Sbeerwater sailed she had
been dispatched in great haste from Cadiz,
and it was asserted that she orohght lnior-
nation Of an RESURRECTION IN SPAIN
that forged proclamation in the name OF
the King had been made use Of for the pur-
pose of assembling body OF 10000 men,
and that when embodied they had marched
to the gates of Madrid, determined on a
| change of government. The packet, i: was
reported, had been thus suddenly dispatch
| ed, TO prevent the execution of certain for
| geo orders, which were supposed to have
been sent out to the colonies, in the name of
the king.
FROM FRANCE.
Accounts from Havre de. Grace to the 7th
Jan. reached US yesterday, via Savannah -
Extracts of commercial letters will be found
below. The arrival furnishes no political
news.
| Extract of letter to commercial house in
| this ity, dated
Hayrs, Jan. S.
The present opportunity enables US a
gain to hand you our corrected price cur
| rent, from which you will observe that ge-
| nerally our'present quotations do not 7ary
very materially from those annexed to our
letter of the 9Th Dec.
The recent sales Of American coltons
have consisted chiefly of inferior parcels, OF
which the ordinary to gooG ordinary bowels
obtained from "a to 81 sous, and Orleans "a
TO SO middling TO pretty good bowels 38,
and Orleans 80 to Al. There are no prime
Orleans or bowels remaining in this market
! Of the latter kind we sold the last parcel on
the 18th ult. at 10 sous per half kllogram.-
Scarcely any of the new crop has yet made
its appearance here. The only sale we are
aware Of, is one made about ten days ago,
and consisting OF about 40 bags bowels, OF
fair quality. but not prime, at 80 sous.
e As the remaining stock ofold cottons is
very uncomfortable, We shall not be surpri-
sed ifthe prime bowels and Orleans OF the
new crop obtain 90 and 43 sous-which
prices will respectively remit about 2l5 ana
% cents per h. American.
Although we are scantily supplied with
rice. prices still continue to decline. we
cannot obtain more than 28t, tor good ne"
Carolina, which prize will not remltsaoo'e
81 dollars per cwt.
.eP S. By two vessels arrived to day. say
the Neptune and Clarissa, both from your
port, about 1900 bags cotton, OF the new
crop, have been imported
prices CURRENT"
Cotton, Sea Island, per ID. Gam. VT. and
money! 9Th cents; Upland, 34a; N. Orleans
364 Pernambuco, rs; Maranham, 364 +.
India, Ia 81; rice Carolina. 5 dolls 60 c::s.
+ India, 9 9o--tobacco, unc. can only be
sold to government, or held in bond for re-
exportation or transmit. Beeswax, 434;
coffee. Mart. and Gaud. SO; Havana, 263;
sugar, Mart. l74l Havana, yellow, 10 10 !;
white, Is 49,"
From another letter, dated
Havrs, Jan. s.
" Some Georgia cotton has been sold last
week at If. Soc. ". Orleans, ct. l25c. We
have but small quantity of rice OF the old
crop--it is difficult to sell at 28t, which is
not extraordinary, from'he abundance Of
grain in France. Tobacco, Va. Goa 85: do
". Carolina, SO 55--only superior quail
ty in demand, Business generally dull
arrivals beginning TO be considerable. ;"
From the ". Y D. Advertiser. March 9.
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