Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-03

uahYe in this tedious affair. 1 nc DaillSiloa
nriinces are recalled the Espoir sailed last
night to bring them. Lord w. bentlnck IS
to have the disposal of the Sicilian army and
seat in council. The hereditary prince Is
to command all their forces. This place IS to
be gar,isoDed by British troops. Achille is
now at Melatzo, waiting to bring them here.
The additional tax levied Oh our mercantile
goods is all abolished.
{. In the event of this government not hav-
ing yieed, we had 5000 troops ready to en-
bark at Melantzo, and, by what l could see
and learn, the Siciians in general would have
Joined US. The Queens influence is now O.
yer as to the king, he cares nothing about
state affairs. The prince Of Belmonte and an
other of the banished princes are to have lead
ing situations"
February | L.
The seizure of Swedish Pomerania by 30
naparte seems to be part of plan tor appro,
priatine to himself all the southern coast Of
the Baltic TO Dantzic, Konlgsburg and Me
mel On almost every side Prussia Is sur
rounded by hostile powers, which breaking If
will oyerwhe!m her. BonaParte no doubt has
it in contemplation to seize her territories, ant
TO close at once upon Russia. His prepare
lions AGAINST the latter power have been Car
wing on actively, but silently--and troops
have been marching for some time towards
the Polish frontier and the eastern confines OF
Hungary. From the former it is understood
he will make direct attack upon Russia, while
fron, the latter he will endeavor to cut off the
return of the Russian army employed against
Turkey. He has about 100000 men in Dant.
zick and on the Vistuia, and about third OF
that number on the confines of Hungary. His
preparations, if we may believe private letters
from Paris, are nearly complete for they
state that orders have been given at the public
Offices so to arrange the public business
that his presence may be no longer necessary
at Paris after the conclusion Of the present
month.
The French troops have been withdrawn
from the Elbe, the Weser, and the adjacent
rivers, and have al taken the direction Of Po-
md The Gejzl@a Of Swedish Pomecania
viii Of course tend to Increase the dissatisfac
ION Of the Swedes against Bonaparte, and
shei, disposition to be upon friendly terms with
IS. Aad even the king OF Denmark is stated
o have evinced more favorable disposition
towards Us.
IL the aeizure Of Pomerania he may read
sh2 iatc that awaits t;m !; neither services roI
.rbearancc ccnciaate BCEaparte his amoi.
ton has 10 h4.lt, and he will taIl upon Dan-
mark with as HUE rcHorsc Us he committed
,hat Infamous treachery against Spain. Whe-
lneI "I ua'of' between the three northern pow
rs Is !.kely, or whether Trey couid ulzP7s- d
successful resistance 10 the tyraGt, We pre-
sumo not to decide. The issue Of former Goa
iitions would seem to check the Indulgence OF
very confident expectations-bu there is one
circumstance which must sill be taken into
the account--Spain has shewn what people
can ehcct, and has taught all other nations a
lesson which they can hardly tall TO profit BY
1t was impossible for q nation 10 be invaded
ander circumstances more favorable 10 al IN
vader, yet she is still unsubdped and ii Is III
Strain and Portugal that the boastcd lnylncI-
bilty Of his armies has been destroyed and
his troops and bis generals proved TO be lnt2-
ri0r to the British, ~ Wh0m they have Been
beaten in every encounter. There IS another
fact too, which canuot but strike us--Russa
and Denmark viii moi be suffered to remain
independent. Tie most pacific demeanor Will
not couciIiate Bopaparte. Thcir independence
IS hostile to his political system. He will not
permit them to remain Al peace unless they
are as much the creatures Of his will as Aus
tria, Bavaria, or IYi!tembor8, or any Of the
procedures iEto which Germany is divided
They could not be reduced to a neaner con-
dition by the most unsuccessful war than they
must be by remaining at peace. Yet, if they
fell by war, their fall would have some dignity
in it--thcy would at least be able to say that
they had not deserved their fate.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 90.