Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-22
! NEW YORK, February IS.
Lats9 Irons Eu1o6e.

| with London papers to the evening Of the 18th
December, three days later than before re-
} ceiyed. They contain but little news. The
following articles are copied from the Co.lsi-
| er:-
LONDON, December Is.
We received this morning several letters
! from Plymouth, all Of which state, that a
confident expectation prevails in that town Of
| the Immediate arrival of important inteli-
| gence from sir Sidney Smith. The universal
opinion is, that the 1agus IS his destination
| in confirmation Of which, letter from ral
mouth has been CT eel, stating that dispatches
were Forwarded from that port BY the Alban
cutter not Albion, as mentioned in the other
j papers, addressed s. To rear-admiral sir s.
/ Snitn, at Lisbon" On the same day an ex-
| press from Falmouth passed thro' Plymouth,
! and Il was currently reported, that the gallant
admiral had taken fort st. Julien, and proceed
/ cd up the Tagus, where, after a warm con-
| test, he had effected the capture of tie Por-
tuguese and Russian squadrons in that river.
This is an idle report and we mention itmere-
~ to show the public feeling and expectation
upon thessubject. That sir Sidney Smith has
struck a blow before t..ls, we think, however,
there can be little doubt Tie best informed
people at Plymouth have been, since Satur-
day, on the look out, expecting the arrival OF
some crippled ships, as an order was given
Oh that day to the kings pilots OF that port,
to be Oh the alert, and ready at q moments
notice.
We have received papers and letters from
Holland 10 the 5ih inst They contain an &C
~
assembly on the ESD ult. In their address,,
presented BY their presidential king Louis,
they express an eager and anxious wish for
peace, and the al sWer shews,, that Louis is
oniy nominal king, that he wielels barren
sceptre, and that the power to make his coun-
try flourish is in the hands Of another He
SAYS to his distressed Subjects Ycu willsee
that, Notwithstanding the peace upon the con-
tinent our situation is yet extremely difficult;
bus still We may finally hope, that, by ge-
neral peace, we may reach The end CT our NIL
SERIES" Yes; and they will see, that, 80 far
from having the power to dcTgooa, he has nos
even the powerto promise. The Dutch frogs
may indeed be truly said, SO fer a. regards
Louis, TO have log for their king. Il ap-
pears, then, that Bonapartc is not anxious to
/ conceal the distressed situation IN which the
continertis placed By his measures. II he
we're, this kind of laaguage would not be
permitted In Holland Whether his conduct
n this respect IS the conseGue ace Of indiffer-
ence to human suffering, or whether he isre
ally disposed to peace, AMI takes this me-
tilo;! Of showing us thaa he has strong motives
to desire It, we Leave to onT readers to deter
mine.
There IS no mention made OF the changes
reported to be about to rake place IN the go
vernnent of Holland.
Among other articles, there IS decree OF
the Dutch government, prohibiting the future
negotiation Of all bills drawn by or Oh any OF
the subjects OF Great Britain; and ordering
such other restrictions as go to the etiectud
interdiction OF ali commercial intercourse be-
tween this country and Holland.
Private letters from Petersburgh, received
By the Gottenburgh mail, state the important
fact, that most of the old nobility of Russia
| had presenteda strong remonstrance to the.
emperor against the present policy Of his
! councils, which had led to the injurious con-
| sequence OF a war with Great Britain, instead
of cultirating the friendship and alliance OF
that power, which, 1t is justly observed, the
| true interest of Russia so obviously require.
| The reply Of the emperor was not known at
7, the date of the latest letters from Peters
burgh; it was looked for with an interest
commensurate to the Importance OF the sub
ject; and, in the mean time the people, as
well as the princip alnobility, did not affect to
conceal the deep feeling of resentment they
entertained at the present disgraceful predo-
| minance of Gallo influence in the councils of
| his imperial majesty.
Some letters from Helsingbourgh, of the
Sd instant, state, that his Swedish majesty
! was still there, but that he was about TO set
/ :. ts>,,r throucrl, bIS floyoinionc The