Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-22

pected immediately 70 proceed towards Fiji
land.
A vessel arrived yesterday from Mcneil,
after very short passage. She brought no
intelligence, except some melancholy ac-
counts Of the effects of scarcity, which, It
is said, has now bceorne general and IS SCI
verely felt in every part OF the Prussian do
minions.
The king of Prussia is still at Memcb
where he lives quite in retired way.
December II.
Sir Arthur Paget, is arrived from the Me-
diterranean, and dispatches have been receIy-
ed from lord Collingwood. We understand
that sir Arthur was not able to accomplish the
object of his mission.
General Spencer's and general MsFar-
lanes horses were shipped yesterday, and
the expedition, it is now understood, was
certainly to sail on Saturday. It only: waited
for some ordnance transports from Woolwich
which were expected at SpitheaG this morn
ing.
Several documents Of the highest import
ance are said to have been transmitted to go
yernment relative to. the designs OF Bona
parte. They are signed by him and Ialley-
rand; and upon comparing the signatures
with those to official papers in the possession
OF governments noldoubt, We understaLd, re-
mains, Of their being genuine. Not having
seen the documents; having heard noting OF
their contents; and wholly uniformed efthe
manner in which government became pos
.essed of them, we are unable to pronounce
any opinion upon the subject. But the sig
natures may be genuine, and yet the docu.
ments may not deserve much confidence or
credit. tits possible that Bonaparte and his
crafty minister may have prepared them for
the purpose of misleading the government
with respectto their designs.
The hate ministers, speaking of Bonaparte's
policy In America, assert, that slt you'd be
insanity in him not to concillate the Anerl-
cans just lin the proportion as our ministers
are anxious to provoke them" BY what &C
ton this anxiety has been manifested NC age
vet to learn but we perfectly well remem.-
Der that many Of those who are now SO deslr-
Gus to have it believed that ministers wish to
provoke America, accused them OF having
too strong disposition to concede 10 her. t.
IS extraordinary what a sensibiity certain per
sons have in this country, to every thing By
which the interests e America are likely TO
be effected-they are always ready 70 presume
every thing agaist us--had they their rThole
fortunes vested in America shey coald rot be
more trembhngly aliye--they never consider
her conduct with any degree OF suspicion Or
displeasuce. We should be glad to know
what America has done that should cntitle
her to such particular .avol and Tenderness
from us. She entices our seamen to desert
and refuses to give them up--she submits To
every aggression on the part os Fraroe--al'e
uses every artiHce to infan9 her people g.
ga,nss US, whilst she 5ghtl? tcucaes upon the
hostile measure adopted by our eenehly--end
yet ". are not to complain, nor do any thins
ths.s may tend g TO provoke her" Have thsse
persons heard of her insulting demand to us,
60 surrender our right OF searching her msr-
chant vessels, and do they charasterize our
determined rejection OF that demand, 6 as an
snxisty to provoke herr" We have been re-
peatediy reminded that it is the mutual in
terest ofthe two countries TO remain in pee &C.
It might be supposed then that where The in
terests were mutual there would be a mutual
disposition to make sacrifices Or concessions
for the purpose Of obtaining an object desira-
bic to each, But when the American advo-
Gates descend to particulars, we find that their
ideascf mutual interest is, that the demands
should all be on the side of America, and the
concessions all on The ide of Great Britain
A strange kind of reciprocity tlris--a recipro-
city all on enc side. Courier.
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