Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-05-04

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March i8.
The great ground of complaint agalna
The Minifers in the preient tate OF at
fairs Is. thar they have given no infoIma-
ton Of any kind, either as to the points
in diicuGon between them and The French
Cabinet or the nature and extent OF the
ornaments preparing in the ports of France
and Holland. The latter ipscies of IN
formation, they are leis excuieable tor
Withholding, as it could conff only OF
itatement of facts, which could NOT at all
effect the negotiations pending, while II
mutt afford the mott satisfactory rcsion
for counter preparations on our part, and
the belt mealure for the extent and limi-
tation of thole counter preparations. The
prefens fatemcnt of the French military
Establishment given by the Secretary at
War, as ground for the increale o; the
peace eitabliihment, .hews how eafy it is
10 afcertain, NOT only the collective force
of a countfy 70 near and 70 ealy of accets,
but allo Ire details and difribution. +
very one recolleds The effect Of tina, fate
ment in The Houle of Coamons, where il
was felt as the mott urgent cauie for an
increafed eaabiiihmens On our idc; and
it was only lamented that any preparati-
on which prudence would permit US to
make mutt fall 70 infinitely ihort Of the
half million of men which the Hon. Secse-
tary lhewed to be at the command of the
Fitlt Conal; and which that Coniul
boats .hat he has in readiness TO defend
the Republic from England, ard to avepge
any attempt made from this tide Of the
Channel.
This tstement is now recollcded, and
oppoied to the bare demand ofa vote made
by the Chancellor Of the Exchequer. E.
very one is furpriied that the number OF
fhips in the different ports Of France and
Holland, together with their iize and for
wardnels fer equipment. their declared
deitination, ard the number Of land forces
in readiness to be embarked on board
them, as well as the Arength of the bodies
Of troops fationed in the vicinity of the
ports, 70 as TO be an available force i'll cafe
of hotility. Every one is furprifed that
Minifers have not aicertained all theie as
prudence lhould have directed them 10 DO,
even in period of the mott profound and
unfnfpeefed peace, and as they might witt.
cafe have done by means of three or four
higates, commanded by active and intelll-
gent officers.
If the Chancellor of the Exchequer
prefaccd his vote of 10, 900 ieamen with
fnch itatement of the naval preparations
Of France in all her ports from Toulon
TO the mouth Of the Scheldf, he would
have laid ground of the mott urgent and
irreGfabIe kind for preparation on our
part, and be, would have aitonifhed and
COMPOUNDED the enemy by fuch difplay of
the vigilance with which their defgns
were obferyed, and the energy with which
they would be countera6ted if they mould
prove unfsir. Now all thar we know
is, that there are ornaments In the ports
of France and Holland. and that the pro.
isGed object ofthefc aImaments is coloni-
alierVice. But what preciie force, eli
Their naval or military, there is in any