Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-29
LAST EVENINGS Mail.
LITE INTELLIGENCE. !

NEW YoRK, March s6.-Numerous let
tiers from havre OF the 20 OF Feb. are re-
| ceived in this city corroborat,ve OF the Ros-
too intelligence, We have one OF that DAT =
which states-"War is all the talk here al
present; and II is the general belief that
| England utit make common cause zviih
Spain. Cotton rose YESTERDAY three cents
per Id. and all IN market Wa, Dough! up.
I Il is now rs sous per TO- "-Tbe following
| Is postscript toa letter from very re-
| spt ctable French house al Havre, OF the
same date.
a house of this city, received yester-
day by express from Paris, orders to pur
chase all cotton remaining IN market, tor
account OF house IN Paris, which Us very
intimate with our prime minister, NJ. DE
Viilele We are assured the minister is
interested in the speculation Ii 1t be so
you may consider il certain that war will
take place between France and Eng and !"
Extract of another letter. from Havre.
"There has been great rise 10 every
article OF produce in our market, tobacco
excepted Cotiohs have .Isen OF sous.
Grurgla may be quoted al 90 SOUS. and as
the demand is great, will no doubt so
higher Thirty sous have been refused
Tor Louisiana. ST. Domingo COFFEE has SOLD
al 42 SOUS. FreCch sugars at lU per cent
profits although they have fallen little 10
Pai,., All kinds OF dye woods have risen
veIy much. aud rice IS worth ~ francs
some even ask as 10 any event the
French cannot make war before the hrst
OF April, and great caution should prevail
on your side Not to give too nigh prices,
counting on the certainty OF war, Tor
cannot yet think, as many do, that 1t IS
inevitable"
By the Combine, the editors OF the N
York Gazette have received CadiZ papers
to the 18th ult, They contain Madrid
dates to the 5th, under which Is inserted
the French kings speech, without re-
r.ark. We find various reports OF Skin
mishes between the royal and radical for
ces in differeE: parts OF Spain. and symp-
toms of disquie'ude at Madrid
A Madrid paper OF the 4th OF February,
gives report. that at meeting OF gene
raj officers, that day, il was agreed, III
case OF invasion, that Nina should CON-
mand the army OF Catalonia AbIsval that
of Aragon and Navarro !; ssd Morillo the
reserve, which will be formed IN La Man
cha and Andaiusia.
Ii is evident from the complexion OF al
tars, that war was expected, aud that the
Spaniards were determined TO act on The
defensive
The French Ambassador lett Madrid On
the sob of JANUARY and his arms removed
from the front OF his ho.el.
The king and queen Spain. are re
presented as having been in1isposed.
FROM LIMA ANO RIO JAN@IRO
BALTIMORE, March 28.--The Logan;
brig Harriet. capt. Matthew Kelly, Ihm
Lima, an, - days froe Rio JaueirO, ar
rived below las, night. Captain K. who
came up in The steam boat Maryland. has
politely communicated tor the American
the following interesting intelligence. 4
revolution had taken place IN Chill, aud
an army was on It's march from Conception
,ys,nsr Santiago he crops OF Cbll were
20. d: American -four was PROHIBITED, and
80 per cent duty charged or all other :m-
ports from the Uuited States.
There were Tor sale in Rio Janeiro about
twelve thousand barrel, OF -four. A Rus
san vessel with wDeal from Archange! ar
rived on 18th January, and brig from
London with wheat came IN on the 9th oil
February. No Gales OF -four were making.
The nomlna! price was 6 to 9 mi!lress Oh
credit for old aad new. Alexandra brand
was worth two millreas less than Baltimore
Or Philadelphia. Produce was scarce and
hign-Spanish dollars one millrea each
Exchange on London 33 per ct. advance.
The Brazilian Congress had not assem-
bled. and i, was doubtful II they ever
would. Some of the provinces refused 10
send deputies. Pernambuco had declared
for republic
A Russian fIigate bound to the North
West Coast hai put into klo aud was re-
fitting, accom- panied by store SHIP. lin,
il is stated shat lturbde, who was ap-
pointed ks the ff,ars To be trustee over
the church plate. in the absence OF the
| Bishop OF Mexico, Is converting II into
| more active purposes, by causing /, 10 cir
culale III the shape OF doub!oons and dol =
! lars.
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