Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-08-21

liverpool, July l4.-We mentioned
last wee, the melancholy fact OF several
people having been drowned 10 Princes
dock, by being precipitated from stage.
The young man who was mainly instru
mental 10 saving the lives of so many in
dividuals by his undauDted and highly
merltorious conduct, is carpenter, nam
ed JOSEPH EDWARDS, a native of the u.
States, and belongs TO the ship Halcyon.
of Philadelphia A gold medal has been
presented bIm as an acknowledgment of
his great exertlons on the perilous occa-
sion.
LIVERPOOL. Saturday, July l0.-There
has been tair inquiry tor cotton this week
from the dealers and spiDners, but the
holders having met the demand very free
ly, the prices of most kinds have further
declined 10 per Id. The public sales
yesterday went of heavily; s29 Egyptians
were offered and Withdrawn, with the ex-
cep!ion of one lot at III per ID; there
were sold 800 Demarara at 9 SD to IL
5.3 Tor inferior to good, and 80 w. Indies
at 9! to 81. The sales by private contract
consists Of middling 10 fully fair, 93l7
bowed-i5O I'D; 4IO7 z Sd: 9Ol4 8l-Sd;
1864 Sad; 2O27 Sd; 1868 SD.
Fully good $50 5-8; fair TO good, 94a
Gid, 293 Cd; 1893 Orleans, middling to
fair. 20 81; 81 Old, $50 Sd; 937 cad; 81
3 SD; 80 81. Good fair TO very good.
100 Cad; IS iO l8d; 20 II l Sd; 100 III;
80 hid; 60 IL So. Sos Alabama at 2
7.8 TO Gid.
$50 Sea Island, middling to fair, lSl I3d.
81 l3 I-3; So l94d: 80 Is SOD; 80 l33d;
Good fair TO good, 1873 lad; lie IA l.3d;
80 LAID; 40 l5d; 20 l6d.
lOl stained Sea Island at I'D to led 837
Pernambuco at | 3-8d to I'D l594 Ba-
bia al 10 $3.50 $50 Msranbam at 10 So
to lid. 80 Para at l05d. 60 Nina Nova
at Tod. 40 West India at 9 l-8d. 100
Egyptian at Hid. Sd Demersra at ll4d
and lid 40 Carthasena at lid. COL
Surat at Sd to Tad,
Making total, including those sold by
auction, OF about TO- Zoo bags; about Goo
Brazil and 400 American have been taken
for export, loco American 90 speculation.
The arrivals are 1879 bags. 1900 Bengal
and 500 Surat are declared for auction on
Friday the 10th inst.
Our Tobacco remains in an inactive
state. the business done during the week
being scarcely worthy OF notice. Csroii-
ma Rice sells slowly at our quotations.
which are with difficulty supported; about
$50 tierces have been disposed OF at l4s
I'D to les per Cwt. for fair to good new
If h., Id
Of the weather, our Corn market has be.
come dull, and most descriptions Of Grain
have receded tri6e from our last weeks |
quotation, sales OF American Flour cont.
nue TO be made for export to tae West In.
dies, Brazils, &c in Baltimore of els and !
Virginia at 99s per bbl. The speculative |
demand Tor Clover Seed noticed IN our
last, has subsidized, and no sales have been
made this week. The heavy imports of
Iurpentine still pressing on the market,
sales have been made in some instances
At rather lower prices; the quantity sold is
35oo bbls, at IS for hard, los Sd TO 1lsi
I'd for middling to good, les Sd to lbs per
cwt. for fine quality. Nothing has been
done in American Tar, and of Stockholm
he only sale is cargo OF 1000 bbls. at
5s Sd TO les sd per Dbl. No bidders ap-
pearng for parcel of SO hbds. New
7 ork Bark offered by auction, it was with.
1rawn. Our market TOR Ashes has been
rather more animated than last week, but
without any improvement in prices; in
some instances, indeed. decline of Sd t
per cwt. has been submitted to ia order TO }
effect sales; the business done consists OF
Zoo bbls. Montreal Pot at 3ls Sd to 39s
Sd; leo bbls. New York at 49, Sd TO 4os
md small lots Of Montreal Pearl at 37s to
ed per cut.