Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-30

ron which has overwhelmed the continent of
Eurols from which, as she IS in great de-
gree severed by the Baltic, we should be glad
10 see her likewise separated from coinmnnity
os suacring
..Coaeabagen, .4,tg. 8, lsH.-According TO
the i.tese, and, we believe, the best lntornla-
tiol from Stockholm, it appears that the
fNncA minister there has been defeated In
x<yhttempts to govern 10 Sweden. 1t is con-
Md-hf!y reported, that after long and truttiess
conference with the migister for foreign af-
f,Ifs, Nj .aiquier I'd recourse - the Crown
Prince, oil whom DC obtaued on au>lisnce.-
raouga nothi0f ssh,s t.ansp:red as % lis OBJ
;ect, the visible iii numor and vexation which
;he French minister his eyinced ever since,
SPEAK sufficiently 10 MS disappointment"
,BonaDaste is sid in an article from ko-
nia-s5argh, by wae or Gottenburgh, to have
demanded of the King Of Prussia the surrend-r
o, Silcsia, or the fortress of Colberg Grau-
dCntz.. The demand was Instantly and lndl;5-
manly rcjececd ms Prussian Majesty reply
ing that he would sooner risk the cohse-
oucnces ofa war. unequal as the contest must
be, than give up Siiesia, Or his last strong
holds. Couricrs were, il is added, immediate-
Ir sent o., to I'c;@rsburgh, and to the Russ,an
C.u.~a! on the POLISH frontiers, who had III
c-,se1ueace,, advanced with his army 10 CO.
o,,erate with the Prussian troops. ne ENG
OF Prussia, at the same time, conferred the
chief command OF his army on tien. biUehef,
who distinguished himself so emlnentIy In the
last This able general immediately Is
.ued orders to collect the Prussian army,
strengthened Coibesg and GFaudentz, and e
nabied them 10 stand Z long siege, wnIle, with
the rest of the troops, IL fell back towards the
Russian army, IN ORDER 10 effect junction
with it more speedily.
Several letters are in t,wn from Prussia,
hut they merely refer in obscure terms 10
some important change in TIE posture OF al
fairs. A letter dated the 9th instant, from
Wineo Sound, only says, that "tAe reports
from Prussia are various and contradictory.
We are by no means prepared to say that
this intelligence is not true; bat the last
French papers certaialy did not induce Us to
exnect Any ruplure between Prussia * France.
And indeed In one of them of the latest
date, there is the following article from Ber-
lin :-"The manner in which the government
has afforded succours to the different parts OF
the kingdom, has given great satisfaction, and
has been attended with the most beneficial Ell
fccts. This is the more visible as Sliesian
bonds are now al IS ID per cent" TINS ar
tcic is TO proof certainly that the intelligence
from Koningsburgh is untounded. But we
quote j. merely to shew that the Paris papers
were not prepared Cor any hostile tone between
the French and Prussian governments We
are most anxious for the next arrivals from
Prussia. If Bonaparte has indeed made SUCH
a demand, war in the North is certain. 1t Is
reported that he delayed doing any thing tnat
should evince a determination to go TO war,
till the season had arrived when our ilcet
would be under the necessity of quitting the
Bxltic. But we have already supplied RnS-
sia with various articles OF whlch she stood
mos, in need for wariike operations, such as
powder, ball, lead, sc.