Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-31
LATER FROM EUROPE.


ing, and from London to the 23d of September,
have been received.
GREAT BRITAIN-The people ofEngland, hav-
| ing nothing at present to distract them at nome,
| seem to turn their attention to affairs ABROAD,
and peculiarly those which relate 10 their COM
mercial interests. The Colonial markets at
| Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and the great sales
of nutmegs, cloves, mace and other spices, seem
| to be among the most prominent topics OF dis
cusSion.
II was understood that Sir Charles Grant was
about TO be appointed Governor General Of In
dia. in the place of Lord William Bentnck
Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls-an i'm
portant judicial office in England, and Mr.. Da-
vid Scott, Professor Of the University of st. An
drews in Scotland, have recently died.
American Stocks, Sept 22-New York, per
cent. 1s45, 114al5; Pennsylvania, 1853, l02la3;
| Mississippi 1854; Alabama, 90. Banks-Unit-
ed States, 23i; Louisiana State, 263; Bank OF
| I louisiana, 26; New Orleans C.. and b. Co. 219a
| 2; New York Life and Trust, 80.
British Stocks, Sept. 23.-Consols closed yes
terday at 9Oa. There was nothing of interest
| in the Foreign Stock market, which is droop-
| ing. Spanish is down to 5l8. The accounts
| from Spain, relative to military movements,
continue so contrary, that no person pays any
regard to them.
| FRANcE-The different Chambers of Com
merce in France have been advised by NJ Du-
chatel, the Minister of Commerce, that il is in
tended to submit to the Legislature, in the
course of the next session, new law relatlVe
| to the customs duties. M. Duchatel became
| q jealous advocate of free trade after his In
ouiry in concert with Messrs. Villiers and Bow"
ring, into the mode most consistent with the
commercial interests of France and England
| of effecting reciprocal alterations OF the GUS
toms laws of the two countries
The presence of M. Rothschild in Paris Is
! said to have infused new spirit into the mar
| ket. The Spanish securities, with the eXcep-
tion of Cortes Bonds, all improved in price. II
Is stated that the Ministers Of Marine had given
orders for the immediate sailing OF several YES
sells of war; for the purpose OF checking piracy,
which is at present being carried on 10 Srea'
extent in the western seas.
paris accounts of the 22d (Monday) furnish
nothing of importance. The London Cou-
rier says:
"The report of the Finance Committee still en-
cages much attention in the French papers, and
when the grounds of the decision are consider
ed, that report will be found very remarkable
document. They do not enter into the financial
ability of Spain to pay the debt, but they deny
its validity; they do not, by refusing to pay the
loans contracted by Ferdinand, confess to an act
of bankruptcy; they proudly say that they never
borrowed the money, that they DO not owe II,
and, therefore, will not pay for it.
an. Sebastian is said decidedly to be about
to set out for Naples. There is some contro-
versy between different organs of the French
press, as to how far Austrian counsels have
prevailed over the liberal propensities OF the
Young Monarch of the latter kingdom, some as
serting that the national guard would not be Or
ganized at Naples; others, that it is in some de-
gree already formed.
French Stocks, Paris, Sept. 20.--The i'm
;,>t Oh isb oil Of n
has been very considerable. The Cortes have
not varied so much as was expected. French
Stock maintains its price with firmness. There
is no official intelligence current The me-
fiance which has reigned at the Bourse for seve-
raj days past has not been so observable to-day,
and business has gone on with activity"
Observation-Disclosures was received at Fal-
mouth, from Lisbon to the 9Th of Sept Don Pc
dro was said to be in dangerous state, and that
his medical attendants had issued bulletins an
nouncing that there was not the slightest chance
of his recovery The Cortes and House of As
sembly were occupied in debates of importance
relative to the future welfare of the country and
particularly the abolition of the present restric-
lions upon the press, which there was every
prospect of being carried.
SpNN-The latest accounts from Spain were
Of the 18th Of September. The petition on the
bill of rights was finally approved of by the
Chamber, and ordered to be presented to the
Queen. 1t does not appear that any division
took place at this stage, so that the ministers
are convinced that it is impossible to resist the
stream.
The Procuradores Qhe popular body were
said to have presented petition to the Queen,
calling on her Majesty to dismiss the present
Minister'S and to call to Office in their stead &C.
neral Valdez and others of liberal principles
The popular voice was decidedly against the
recognition Of the Royal Loans.
1t was reported on the Bourse (Exchange)
at Paris, on Saturday the goth. that an insurrec-
ton had broken out at Madrid, and that the Pro-
curadores had been compelled TO meet and to
pass such votes as The populace prescribed
Very little credit was attached to this rumor, but
the Courier Franchise observes in relation to it
=" the departure of NJ. Rothschd from Lon
don for Paris has also been the subject for va
riety of conjectures, and the REGAL of Mr.. Lion:
ell Rothschild, (by telegraph.) who was on his
way to Madrid, was also spoken of as an event
of some importance. We do not see exactly
why any of these reports should have affected
the prices Of the funds. But the very air we
brao tho csanS inn with terror and the