Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-13
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

the evening Of the 10th of October and Liver
mol ofthe nth, have been received. The Vir-
g;n;an was detained from the 9Th to Sunday the
18th.
ENGLAND.
. G.. hroks out on the night Of the 10th Oc-
,ohsr in liverpool, and destroyed 1900 bales of
So,,on 600 hhds of Sugar, and other proper
=, IN the extensive warehouses oil Messrs. DO
"a Go at Launcelofhey-loss estimated at
gao ooO Another fire had also done great da-
maze in Jordon street, Park lane
a shirt Of speculation, particularly IN Span
isb stock, had preVaiieu III Lonuo" " @" ""P'~
cedented extent. =
There had been considerable amelioration OF
the nressnre for capital, among the mercantile
classes in London, although two heavy failures
vsrs announced The stock-jobbing mania
was deeply reProoated.
The English Court had gone INTO mourning
t,r the death Of Don Pedro.
II il said that the oldest person living had no
recollection of any thing like the heat OF the
,ysather in the month Of October with which It
has this year set In
Pear Admiral Dundas died on the 9th ultimo,
In the 57lh wear of his age. Ills decease Gre
ates a vacancy among the Lords OF the ADM
atty Gen. Sir Henry Ward, the father OF the
Conntess of Guford, also died on the lst oil
October. s
James Patterson, ESQ, had been recommend
sd 70 SIMPLY the place Of Mr.. Raikes, as Govern
or of the Bank of England
The quantity of Goals consumed in England
and Wales is calculated as follows:
In the manufactures, 3.5OO,0OO Lonoon cnal,
drons: in household consumption, 5,5OO,OO
making 9 OOO.O 900 London chaldrons, consum-
ed from inland colleries. The quantity sent
coastwise on both sides of the island, is 3,OOo,-
mn cbaldrons-making 100000 in all.
Adverting to the subject OF emigration to the
Canadas, a London editor remarks Inc
nrovimitv of the United States influences the
ppr;ce of labor in Canada, and no system with
rrasDect 10 future grants of land can have the ell
feel of keeping labor lower than 1t is IN the uni
ted States, and the extent OF land alreacy
granted in Canada, in an improvement manner,
must also in a great measure determine the
price of future grants"
II apoears from late sem-annual report,
that there had been an increase on the Man
chester and Liverpool railway during the last
half wear. of merchandise seven thousand Sc.
ven hundred and twenty-Seven tons, and OF
Messengers twenty nine thousand TWO Qpnoreo
and ffty-fve persons. dividend OF TOUR anG
a half ner cent for the last six months had been
declared, leaving surplus OF TOUR thousanu
mounds to meet contingencies.
A,rp,c,S SrocKs Oct. 9th.-U. s. Bank f23
ga IN New York Fives los. Do Skies, ia
ms. Pennsylvania Elves 100 a 1O4. Ohio Six
es, ll3 ia. -,
i,oNpoN, Oct. 1Oth.-Consols, at O'Clock this
afternoon, were 9O5 for the account.
Hops.-Tbe present is said to have been the
most remarka able year for an abundant crop OF
hons almost ever known. The quality also was
fne and in the county Of Kent, the picking had
been brought to q close. In the early part oil
the season, the duty estimated at f6O,OO
whereas the general opinion now is that 1t VIII
reach fl65,OOO. NJ,
We understand that the liabilities of Mr..
tha Lotto
gland, do not exceed E9OOOo.
The distribution OF the Navarino prize mo-
new has been announced-the highest sum to
be received is f7 4S0, and the lowest thirty shil-
lngs.
Gnvernment have resolved to discontinue the
practice Of giving presents TO foreign ministers,
and no longer to permit British ministers to re-
ceive presents from the foreign governments 10
which they may be accredited.
T.s TEA TRApE.-The first sale of tea, being
the cargo imported into Lordon from Sinca-
more. since the opening OF the trade oy the dis
continuance of the monopoly OF the East INDIA
COMPANY, took place Oct. SIN, at GarraWayS
house, and was numerousy auehueo'
There were declared for sale 400 chests oil Bo-
bea as chests and Is quarter-chests ofyoung Hy-
con 10 chests of Hyson, ia chests OF Congou,
AZ chests of Orange Pekoe, and chests OF Gun'
powder. When the sale began, great competi-
tion was evinced to purchase the hrst chest OF
tea put up under the new plan. Inc Congou
first offered realized Is Std per 10. and the
other portion of the tea went off at Is to Is ID
per 10. in bond Padre tea in small parcels re-
allied from IS Sd to IS 63d per 10. The next
lot occasioned some discussion. 1t was &C
knowledged by the selling broker to be spurl-
Gus imitation, containing not one particle OF tea
and was ultimately withdrawn. The sale was
then continued The tea put up sold from lslOd
to Is Id per ID. for Congous, and Padre from
IS Sd to Is sd per ID. The result OF the sale IS,
that, allowing for the quality of the tea sold,
prices were realized on the average from I'd
to Cd FER ID in advance Of those obtained at
the quarterly sale of the East India Company.
Ireland and the United Stdtes.-So great
has become the communication between this
country and Ireland, that il was ascertain
ed by a clerk in the Post Office at Dublin, that
the Postage received upon the letters in an
American post-bag, in one day, was upwards of
f300.
Mr.. OConnell is employing himself in pre-
marathon for a strenuous effort to procure the
sboIition of the tithes in Ireland. He intends,
..ys the Dublin Register, to give notice of bill,