Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-14

Ufhce ana VIC u@SC hSai - - 49, A>-'s 1sNf
asserted that lord Melville had decl'usd.
"A new government. constituted IS this
seems likely to be, though II may possess
the confidence of the king, can be barely
calculated 10 command the confidence OF
The country. Under such circumstances
we shall abstain froa expressing what our
wishes would have been, 10, which We be-
7lieyc great part Of the public would have
been disposed TO sympathise. According
TO presen, prospects, what have we to look
forward to-, butte the'daugersus step OF a.
mother dissolution Of parliament, and 70
the possibility of those great measures %.
ing but stop to or rescinded, from which
the country had SO much to hops. a he
auent change of system is always ru'noas;
and we doubt whether it would notbe less
injurious iapersissin even dsfectlss enc
Zine and the hour" can alone dispeI o.
confirm these anxiesies. Astc the nsiE'se
terial arrang men,s, we should 10; be sur
prissd If it took another week TO complete
them.
To the candid and dispassionste 1t ap
pears ne, little singular hal difference
in opinion between any two OF the tkfss
branches Of the legislature, respecting tae
proprie.y Ct any proposed MEASURE sh'ula
/ on almos. every occasion, SO lar d'sifaet
the Governments as torsnder chapge Ct
miuis.srs necessary. Those who are not
versed ia The nature ct the contrary forces
which dis,usb the oscilla ions OIL me ?pi's'
cal psndulun, would be apt to tt1ink tna'
the balance Of the three powers should, Cd
snv occasion, Of the kind shath occurred,
be able to restore equilibrium 10 The ma
chine of government, wlthout the nscsssi
ty Of suspending lis mosenehis; mls
chief Which IL some degree or ether ausna
every new arrangement, aud OF winch tde
real extent CAP never be calculated. lime
alone can unfold the imaginable OF The e.
wi, resulting in any case from such Dc
.rangemens, and the aischisf is bvquta d
ed to posseTiiy.
8 [.Star
TIRES asaiIssfrom Denmark arrived laie,
this morning hr,ogiag intelligence OF nach
importapce. Wehaye no time TO do more
than lay it before our readers without apy
comments. There have been two ac;;uns
between the Russians and French on The
25lh add 26sh Of February; the + enchs
of course claim the advantage; one CT tbs m
was fought a. Braunsbctg, a cen:iaeisb!e
DISTANCE from The Hregsl, and on this SIDE
gift. The French hsad quarters were un
he 1,t at Csierods. q her. accounts give
us reason 10 suspec, thatthsy are about to
be removed to Thosn. Danszic has besa
invested.
The Woolwich, we understand, briggs
Intelligence from the river Plate Of The Q i
of December. The expedition under sir
Samuel Achmuly had Cot arrived at that
period. Our roeps continued in posses
sion Of Mcdonald. The Woolwich sail
ed from St. Helena On. the,2s of Jan. at
which time the ilonevard bouad East In
dIa fleet was lying there.
10. consequence Of important dispatches
which government have received from the
commanders Of the sqaadrons eff Erest,
Boulugoe and Rochefor,, the admiralty. il
is said, is about TO change the system OF
blockade |; and on the sugges,ioo Of the eas'
81. Vincent, TO adops measure OF more
efficacy, aud less peril II has now been
proved by experience, and particularly by
sene recentincidcnts, that the .ystem Of
blockade is not calculated 10 answer ats pur-
pose and we understand the sabstsnce of
the dispatches 10 be, ,hst the adm'raIs AID
cemmodores on the several ssstlons Gao no
logger be, responsible fo- ths execution
OF their orders; that his majessy's vessels,
according to late examinations, have SUE.
feed the .mess serious INJURY on this s-rv.
ice and that the consequent expense to
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