Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-21

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ffoopseiibef tnihe bf6rsa of "a csnd;
Ii IS sai tibet early the month sa' :.
sembly, consulting OF deputies from Eli i, &, ns
Greek provinces. was to meet a, Z ca ,l.e
lnata.
A Vienna, article Of the 7tb inst 49,.
that the whole Russian army Of the S ssyss
had been in motion towards the P, uu!o
since The 93d ult. and that three d;,s;..a
passed the Dniester on the 26th. ~'Ous
The Gazette de France states tha, ~
tiers had been received from Madrid d., .
the evening Of the 7th inst announs ;sl
that the King bad at length determinsd !,
accept The resignation OF his Ministers "
The same Journal mentions The ern..
tation OF the arrival atParis Of the pTrtsese.
de Galiizin, Aid de Camp to the Emp..lass
of Russia. r''"
The County Meeting Of Norfolk -.
called Radical Meeting by the Minis
rial Press, because the Speakers cha,oss
Ministers with wasteful expendiors :;
the public money, and expressed !, W "
their opinion that diminution Of taxat;os
alone could afford reliet to the dstressooas
AgricuItursIis.s. The same radical ser,;
ments however, pervade the whole conn
try. We yesterday inserted report NJ !.
Somersetshire Meeting, and we hi, do
insert > report Of meeting at Exeter >,
both Of which the spirit which di,nlsssS
itselfin Norfolk and in SUSSEX, wa, yer.
unequiyocalIy exhibited. At the Exe,.,
Meeting It was resolved that meeting of
the great County of Devon should be cal
led and meeting of the county of Surr
has, we see. been fixed for the fourth 4
next month.
We are informed by gentleman exleu.
sively connected with our West India ca.
lonies, that the accounts from them by "a.
last packet are extremely unsatisfactory
in commercial point of views "
The price of rum here he obseryel
does DOT half pay the cost of the ca.k, ana
several Planters have ceased 10 manuf,c.
ture il; the same as to molasses. Sugar
too, is so low as to bring the estates in the
Leeward Islands in debt. Formerly. tbe
rum and molasses paid all the expenses n
the Island, and the net profit on the sugar
was the income OF the planter--now The
sugar nets about liz per hid; on an eslat.
of 100 bids about 1900, from which all
sthe island expenses, the supplies from
home, the support Of negroes, the public
burdens, all to be deducted; so that the
whole is absorbed even where the planter
IS not in debt TO the merchant; when he is,
ruin is the consequence. Formerly, With.
in three years, the sugar averaged from ls5
TO $50 per bids. or 5000. and 90 island
charges, for they were paid BY the rum
and molasses; the stores about llb0, were
the only deduction; 50 that nan, with
$4,000 a year, three or four years ago.
without having been guilty Of any impru,
dence, becomes at once beggar. IN
short, the expenses absorb all profit.
[Cour,er.
By letter from Paris, dated Jan. II,
we find that it was confidently stated in
that city, on the authority of letters Just
received from Spain, that Rieg0 had died.
The same account stated that his death
vas occasioned by poison administered by
Priests. There is no confirmation Of thi,
in the Paris papers Of Friday or Satur.
day.
Letters from Mslta TO the goth of Dec.
state, that the government of the Island
had issued proclamation prohibiting The
expectation of warlike stores or ammuni.
ton. The brig Nymph, which arrived
few days before from London. with mus
kets and 400 barrels gunpowder on board
was LAID under ah embargo; but as herc,r
go was originally intended for Constant.
nople, it was supposed she would be SUI.
fer.o to proceed. The only consequence
Of the prohibition would be to transfer all
the trade in the articles comprehended in
it to Genoa and Leghorn, where no such
impeachment existed. This measure was
extremely unpopular with the British uer
chants residentin Malta, who were looking
with some degree Of hope to the removal
of old restrictions, rather than anticipating
new obstacles to their declining com.
merce. Sir Thomas Maitland arrived
there few days before from Corfu. He
has desired the principal merchants OF
Malta to submit to him their opinion re.
specting the continuance of the monopoly
in corn, together with the grounds on which
that opinion was formed. report ws
current that this branch of The trade OF 6s
island will be thrown open in June next