Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-05

annum. This, however, is only por-
ton of the sum TO be raised-,he total
amount being &c, 500 900; buttbe Com
missioners believing that some arrange
ment will shortly be entered into with
Portugal for the independence OF Bra
iii, conceive that by postpon'ng TIL
then the negotiation of the contract,
they will be enabled to raise money on
more favorable terms.
Colombian and other S. American
securities are Oh the decline. and ge-
neral dependency prevails regarding
the sffairs Of thai country. The arti.
Gle which appeared in the Courier, OF
the Goth, sufficiently accounts for the
decline 10 Colombian Bonds, for It's
tenor is so much in conformity with the
views of the Holy Alliance. that it is
impossible to doubt, that, in this article,
the opinions Of the British Ministers
are promulgated TO the people.
Morn ChrOR.
There has been another payment this
week Of ten per cen. on the last Colon
bian Loan con racted for, and which,
we think, has been the principal occa.
sion Of the retrograde movement Of this
Stock, which is now at II per cent dis.
count Engishman.
The information, at Paris, from eve-
ry part of Spain is exceedingly unsatis.
factory to the French Ministers. 10
the Sierra Moreus great disturbances
had occurred, and it was currently re-
ported, that even tie Constitutional
Government had been again proclaim
ed there, and the determination of the
invaders declared to be the object Of
the deeply oppressed native Spaniards.
The King Of the Netherlands has inn
posed duty Of rs per cent. on all cot
ton or WOODEN manufactures imported
into his east india possessions, not made
at che Netherlands, and cons gned from
q place to the west of the Cape Of Good
Hope, and OF 35 per cent ii the goods be
from place not belonging to the Me-
therIands to the east of the Cape. -
This is to encourage the manufacturers
Of the Netherlands, who (says the proc.
lamation) 'bave now brought their ma
nufactures to degree of perfection,
which not only places them on an equal.
ity with foreign articles. hut, in many
respects, even sGrpass them.
The governor of the Sandwich Is.
lands, and the rest Of the suite Of the
late King, Cd Wednesday, week, paid a
visit to several mercantile houses, for
the purpose Of purchasing samples of
the different manufactures which will
prove valuable in those Islands. They
profess great desire to purchase all
that they may want in this country, in
preference to deriving their supplies
from the Americans, with whom they
now carry Cd trade far more extensive
than ia imagined: and they estimate
that the islanders, even in their present
state of civilization, will require arti.
cles from this country to the amount Of
more than 100000 snnually.
The celeb, ated traveller, DR.. Sieber.
arrived on the lat of August at Nuremr
burg, on his return from his voyage
round the world. He comes now di.
rect from London where he landed on
the 18th July. His collection Of natu.
raj history are said to be Of extraordi-
nary magnitude and value.
Jerome Bonaparte arrived at Vienna.
under the title of Prince de Moutford
conferred upon him by the late King Of
Wirtemberg.
A gentleman recently reformed from
the Continent, reports that the wheat
harvest 10 France 10 nearly finished,
and that the crops, both In quantity
and quality, are good.
tits supposed that 5000 houses will
be built in Birmingham and the envi.
rons, during the present year
The ReU C.. c. CsIton.-Ths state.
ment that Dir Cotton, the author Of
Lacon, sc. 10 arrived in London, and
living 10 Princes street. Leicester
square 10 totally void of founda,ion.-
Not only 10 be not arrived in town, but
up to this moment we know from our
most intimate friends that nothing Ger.
tain whatever ia known about him; and
equally groundless. We have reason to
believe, have been all the pretended or
real accounts respecting h,m from the
other eide Of the Atlantic. His living of
Kew and Peter.ham, is sequestered for
lwo years, by the Bishop Of Winches
ter.
The Roman College has again been
placed by the Pope in the hands of the
Jesuits.
From the Journal des Debats, Paris,
14nguSt 9.