Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-04-17

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nood shall proceed to the city ul Guayaqull, Du'
wonld wait on the Admiral in the morning" Cap
lain Bo,erin wished to keep the death OF inc Az
miral secret, surprising 1t was not known IN 'he
CITY. On Captain Aulicks visiting the fr'sate, cap
tain Boterin protested in writing his proceeding
IN TO the city and after sharp conversation Oh
snme minutes. our captain told Boterin, that u ne
fred into him. he would return his fire and strike
his coIurs and 10 such event. he (l'otern) would
no considered as an enemy and would have all the
vuns nj all the foreign squadrons IN the Paclic u
rected against him. We Immediately proceeded,
about 10 A. NJ. and got under weigh without any
mulestation.
Yesterday II. B. NJ. ship Alert. Captain Bay
en- arrived q was brought too alongside OF the bloc
L.d,v sou,drop the captain an. officers were per-
mitted to come up i'll the boats. In the course o.
conversation with the Captain, Boern observed
that Canaan Aulick was the prime mover OF lhe ex
nediton against the squadron-that the Co!omoiahs|
had not sense enough To have planned such an ex-l
pedtion without foreign assstance-that from TINS
circumstance, and breaking OF the blockade inc
DOLPHIN was prescribed, aud would NOT Dr. permitted
TO enter any Of the Peruvian ports-this, however
will soon be settled. for we sail in two days Tor ray.
IA and Callao. Our officers and crew are all well.
From The Richmond UMg.
The f)lloyngis from the best possible American
source in England. We nag inc that II may De de-
pended upon. The prospects Tor our breaa grow
ers is better than .he present prices Indicate.
LoNpoN, Feb 9Th 1929.
It would give me sincere pleasure 70 DC serV'cea-
able to Won. 1t has struck me, that oy cois''''ca
ting TO YOU fro ii time TO time, authentic anh early IN
formation OF the most interesting events 70 us
might effect the object which would be SO aSreea-
bic to me. and throu Ii your valuable paper fena-
er an essential service to my conntiy-aha PdIt1u
larly 10 Virginia For example, in the fluctuations
of the value of our staples were you regularly aa.
yised of existing prices and OF future prospfcls-h
mght prevent injudlcious specnations on me one
b,nd or INJURIOUS sacrifices on the other-and the
present time furnishes, as think, III occasion ior
the commcncement--its continuance VIII aepcno on
circumstances to which it is unnecessary now 10 re-
fer. | proceed TO give an earnest oil me klhu q
information, propose to communicate.
Firstly. the present and future price (probahiy)
Of wheat. The price Of go,d wheat at thus time, Is
60 o5 the Winchester bushel. Much speculation
nreymls here on the probable rise or ali oi ehe 1'
cle--and some difference OF opinion es'S's--'ne ~
anlt IS of great interest to our iarmers--lny own
on;nion Is that no material change VIII take place
nv reasons will sta,e | beg to premise When
aneokinu of quantities, il is an proSimatioHuhsIeaa
nj arithmetical precision, which Is lmpossipie) 70
products and supplies on hand whch IS re"e' nPo',
Stl with the admitted source OF uncertainty, mucn
LIGHT is elected by estimates drawn IRON h'sn anu
respectable authorities. The population III ",e'l'
R,,,o;n alone is estimated at sixteen millions. ne
rant,,v of wheat necessary for the support OF this
nnmher were nothing 10 be substituted IN lien OF
wheat az bread could not be less than quarter or
eoht bushels TO each pcrson--and hence 10 oVo'ouo
of onarters for the whole--to this add l''1uo'ooo
quarters for seed making the aggregate 'ooo,ooo
But Mr.. Jacobs reduces the .qnantley consumed 10
ordinary years Of prodncveness 10 l@,ooo'oou
.nd hc seed being 800 ,G0o--the quantity requlr
ha uuoptitv prUuuc Ell this wear
IA estimated at about 1000, OO0-lnaksng deiici'
encv nf $40 900 quarters. Now in the year SIX
,oen ,hev made the same quantity-he price theI
rose in America TO from SAT- to SOU. 1et, !"
s;yseen the stock on hand of preceding crops was
the larre amount Of 6,000.0OO quarters. wh''e IN
tweo,y eight the stock on hand Was reduced 10 aoou
100000 quarters. ooo
oon quarters for expectation beyond their own con
r,mn,;on indeed France said to be short IN he
cron so ms to require foreign aid. The whole sur
r,us from America | apprehend could not reacn u
ro,nd numbers half million OF quarters. nj
wheat in bond did not exceed the same quantity
hence il is impossible that the usual quanl'y con
s,mad nv Great Britain can be brought into tin
l,inqlom. But as the poor have not the means 0
purchasing, at the present high price, potatoes an'
o,ts must be substituted to some extent--and 7
vchnt extent is the principal question In answer
inc which would say, that as necessity can alon
reconcile the use of these inferior articles, whea
will be used wherever there rs tue ability to puT
chase it, and hence the supply Is unqnestlona
blv short Of the demand, there is good ground t
believe that the present price will be maintained
and apprehend also that the existing scarcity WI
,nsiby felt on our growing harvest
The price Of tobacco. That has a'
= 30 per cent. within the last nv
led short crop in America ha
.alt to this advance. And the pro;
the diversion of labor. from the cultur
,,,, to wheat--tobacco will continue TO az
lvance. 1t is believed that tobacco suited TO tn
French market will bring 200 francs to the klllogra