Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-01-16

the evening of the 18th of December.
The official Gazette confirms the appointment
of Cabinet Ministers, as published In yesterdays
Gazette. The following additional appoint
ments were announced on the 18th:
Joint Secretaries ofthe Treasury-Sir George
Clarke and Sir T. Fremantle.
Secretary to the Admifa lty-hlgnt f1oh' w.
r. Dawson.
Under Secretary to Foreign Affairs-Lord
Mahon.
The Colonial Department and the Duchy Of
Lancaster remain vacant, and no under Score
tary he's yet been appointed for the Home De-
partment - +.
Lord Lowther is expected to be the Chief
Commissioner Of Woods and Forests.
The additional Irish appointments are
MIR. Sergeant ther-AttorneyGeneral.
Mr.. Devonsher INSTRUMENTATION General.
Sir William Gossett is like 10 continue Under
Secretary.
These appointments are all from the ranks OF
the Conserrators The Queen has also recalled
to her household Earl Howe and the Earl OF
Denbigh the former Of whom was dismissed at
the express instigation of Earl Grey, in conse-
quence of his vote against the Reform Bill.
The TEA TRADI-The mysterious visit of the
British schooner Post Poy TO New York and the
thousand -and-one surmises put forth on that oc-
casion, will doubtless be recolIected by our rea-
ders Soon after the Post Boys departure it
was ascertained, that she had carried away
cargo Of teas; with the object as was under.
stood, of proceeding with them to the Cape Of
Good Hope, and thence to England, in the hope
of being the first tea vessel which should arrive
in that country under the new system, from the
Cape of Good Hope or beyond; which first yes
sci, we believe, was entitled to some peculiar
privileges In this hope she was disappointed,
some other vessel having anticipated her
The following paragraph is from the London
Morning Herald of the l7th relative to the dis
position OF the cargo.
Yesterday further sale of Teas imported
under the new system, in the Post Boy from the
Cape of Good Hope, took place at the CONNER
cial Salerooms, Mncing lane. These Teas were
brought from America, and after having been
imported at the Cape Of Good Hope, were con
signed to this country, and enterered Tor home
consumption.
On the selling broker Mr.. White, having TAX
en- his place, he stated that some OF the teas were
withdrawn from the sale in consequence oil the
Inspector Of the Customs having decided that
some of the teas designated as bohea, were Con-
gou, and liable to the duty Of Is. Cd. per pound.
In consequence Ofthis decision il was necessary
to withdraw the lots from to Sc, and also those
from 90 to 95, which were objected to as being
Of mixed description, and liable 10 the duty OF
g. Cd per ID. also Iflhis arbitrary conduct was
10 De pursued, lTe llleGCIdllS dUu WIZ
engaged in the China trade would be placed in
state Of extreme difficulty. 1t was his decid-
ed opinion that the tea in dispute was bohea,
and liable only to the duty of Is cd. per h. and
he should be borne out in the statement that at
the East India Company S sales many ofthe con-
gou packages of hohea were superior to the teas
now offered, but only paid duty of Is Cd. per
ID. He had letter from wholesale house of
long standing expressing their confdentopinion
that the teas which the Inspectors considered
liable TO IS. I'd. duty
member of the trade said that there could
be no doubt but that many Of the boheas sold at
the E. India Company's sale, were superior to
those now offered and paid the low duty.
Mr. wining said as the Teas were Withdrawn,
he did not consider it necessary that any COM
munic alton should be read as to the character Of
the teas in dispute.
The sale then proceeded. 1t consisted Of 920
chests Of bohea in congou chests 1877 chests of
caper, 100 chests of hyson skin, so chests Of gun
powder, and 90 chests of young hyson. The
boheas sold at Is ID. to Is. I'd per h.; the gun
powder at As. 3d. to 5s per h., and the young
hyson at As. to As 10k per lb.-being compare
lively high prcess.
The stock of tea in possession Of the East In
ola Company is now equal to about one year
and halfs consumption, OF forty million
pounds The Company will offer this large
quantity for sale to meet the wants of the trade,
it being understood that not so much tea as
was declared for the last sale will again be Of
fered in one quantity, viz nine millions OF
pounds. At the quarterly sale just concluded,
about 100000 pounds Of teas were refused
at the taxed price. Every quality ofteas Tex
cept the congou kindly sold at lower prices than
last sae-congous from I'd. to 3d., twankays
about 3d., and hysons from 4d. to Cd. per ID
The demands of teas continue to be large; in
the last week they exceeded 100000 pounds
THE SLAVE TRADE.-The Journal COlloginl IT.
dende, Of Copenhagen, publishes the Convention
by which Denmark accedes to the treaties con-
cluded on the 3Olh November, 1881, and 22d
March, 1888, between England and France for
the suppression of the negro slave trade; it is
dated Copenhagen, 26th July, 1894
FRANCE.-Paris dates are of the l4th-one
day later.
The Moniteur congratulates the country on
the municipal elections of the West of France,
where the Legitimists have universally been set
aside. This is no wonder. The legitimists form
merely the rustic populations; the Liberals reign
uncontrolled int the towns. But this is not the
case in the South of France, where the Reform
list party has succeeded in obtaining the nomi-
nation of great many of its candidates
The early mart of the sitting of the Chamber