Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-02
By LAST NIGHTS MAIL.
NEw YoRK, March so.
I.4TE g IAEfCE1n VT .N'EWS.

q fhs FtFc- tb)K Gazette ha0e f'sceaved
LenJoa fahsgy 70 tAe 27th, and Lloyd's List
TO tte 25E6 ct Febru1ry, from zydich they
haUe gioen cofai4uS e1StgNcts.
II IVES 70 De hoped, that news from England,
subs qNent to lh1 Prince Regent being. cloth
cd with kGii powers, would, IS far as respect
cd our relations with that couDtfy, have been
ola more pacific cast; bu, tie reverse Is the
fact. The Orders in Council are not only to
be continued, but to be defended, if necc ssarv,
at the cannon's mouth. o. this subject, VIC
ret2r readers to the remarks OF the CuaACei-
Tor .of the Exchequer.
The receipt OF the war,ibe proceedings OF
Congress down to the Cd OF January, produce
ed considerable sensation in England, and al
torded pretty general belief there, that hosti.
it!es would ultimately arise out Of the exist
ing difficulties. May Heaven avert so dread
lui Calamity.
/; The dispatches for government, per the Or
bit, were sent Off BY express, by Gen. Bailey, to
pvertaEe The mail.
The United States sloop of war Hornet, did
cot leave England fer France until the lth
uit
The London Statesman, Of the 18th ut
contains a long article on the subject of A
aief>Gan affairs, and observes, that It was BE-
ieved, tiat BoIaparte intended to send the
Scheldt fleet ont half manned 10 toe Untea
States, where they were to receive full com
plmcEt CT American sea1neu. The editor no
ices this with great sincerity, and really be-
ncVc3 the fact. To meet lbs new cal !ni,,
says the edtor) our WISE AID EMERGE
/ IL rulers have ordered lumber Ct SHIPS Of
war TO be commissioned, aid press warrants
to raise seamen 6ut let the pilots ct the re-
ton beware, before it is too lie, of the cor
sequences Of provoking hostiiities with the U,
States
The English ff;sate ManiI!s, It appears, has
been lost or the Dutch Coast, and all her
crew made prisoners, except IL men, who
persisted. WheH it was found that she cout
not be got Of, sha WAS set on fire.
Tie talk OF war bctwesn France and Rus
STA, was still continued in England.
The Statesman OF the 5th ult notices the
contents Of Gov Gery's Speech, and Joins
him in the abuse of the British goverpnent.
The same paper says, 1t is said, LAT Joe
Barlow, the Anne ican Minister at Paris, is
atte,nptlng TO negotiate Loan in holland for
the use OF his sogernment, and it is expected
ne would succeed"
ORDERS IN COUNCIL
II the English House Of Commons the 18Th
OF February, Mr.. Whitbread brought for
ward lis promise d motion for the production
Of papers relating to the Orders i'll Council.
Mir. w IN lis speech entered into discus
sion ci The merits OF the Orders, and OF their
bearing upon America.
Mr. IPcrceval (the Premier) replied to Mr..
Whitbreati. From tie declarations OF the Mi
mister in this speech, we have no hope Of the
repeal Of the orders in council. The follow
in are extracted from the speech:-
Mr., Perceyal said, " he agreed with the ho-
norable gentleman (Mr. Whi'bread) in consi-
dering the subject as one Of extreme impor-
lance and interest 1t was, moreover, sub
ieCt of great importance to US, whether it was
this country that should be forced into a War
(if war could not be avoided) by America, or
whether the war should proceed from any
misconduct on the part OF the BRUSH govern
ment. He must. however always MAINTAIN,
that as to the spirit -ot concIiiaton always pro-
fessed in the diplomatic correspondence be-
tween the two countries, it was most sincere
upon our part. The government was alive to
all the ad' antages OF reconciliation with Anne
RIGA; but still they felt it their imperious du.
ty not to abandon those maritime rights wnich
this country had ever maintained, and which.
if once leinquished, would leave the county
but little ,!.orc to give up
hgs.in-
/" he thought the gentlemen who support
ed the original measure i'll 1906, Mr.. Fox's
blockade fought not now to be the persons to
raise Their voice against the justice and tie
policy of TIE measures since pursued, He
should be at all times ready to maintain. that !
they were consistent with justice and policy,
and with the relation which states bear to each