Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-16

tired Of peace, dissatisfied with half pay,
uneasy under the benevolent and Paclle
sway Of Louis XVIII. which was honor
led by the respect Of the other nations.
The history of the times since tue
French revolution, Showed the danger e
arising from a confidence in the Paeinc
professions Of Bonaparte, who weakly
imagined themselves to be safe by the
policy of peaceful relations with hm'
|lhear.) Bonaparte's character was pecu-
liar to himself; and he knew clrcum-
stances of his conduct marked by system,
atical bad faith. and Of which he had
sufficient evidence. Dispatches had fall
len into his Lord C's.) hands in which
the ministerof Bonaparte was desired TO
conclude treaty, but to keep back GER
tain parts as long as he could, the execu-
ton of them being to be delayed, not
outstanding any notifications, SO that an
unfair advantage might be afterwards
taken of them. This was a circumstance
contrary to all experience in such mat nal
tiers. There was expressed deliberate
intention to ratify and subsequently to
refuse compliance with the treaty and
what were those points on which this
bad faith was to turn? Why, they
were what Bopaparte called the three
great keys of the French Empire, ano
(which sufficiently Showed what his OBJ
iects were. The first of these keys was
|Antwerp, which might be called the key
of England; the second key was Mentz,
which was in fact the Key of Germany :
and the third key, which was to be kept
back even after ratification, was Allies
sandria, which was in fact not the key OF
France, but the key of Italy.---What bet
ter proofs could be given OF the Nature
of the man? 1t was clear he would
break the treaty as soon as suited
him.
An interesting conversation took
place in the house of Lords on the sub
.iect of the treaty. of the allies, lately re-
ceived & published. They %ill see that
the Earl of Liverpool> disdains the idea
of this country being pledged to TIE Re !
establishment of the House of Bourbon.
He says that the treaty with the Allies !:
with the memorandum of explanation an
nexed to it, contains three distinct pro-
positions, VIZ:
/. That the government of Bonararte
was an evil which must he got rid of.
Q. That it was highly desirable that
the legitimate Monarch of France should
|be restored. -
8. That that, however, was byno MEANS
a sine qua non, and that TIVE Allied
Powers disclaimed any iltentidhf Inn.
posing government on France. G
LONDON, April %.
A General officer arrived YESTERDAY
morning with DISPATCHES to government
from Louis XVIII government pack
ct sailed with him on purpose from Os-
tend. Nothing has transpired as to tie
nature of the dispatches OF which re Isl
the bearer; but it is surmised that they
contain the Kings accession to the treaty
of the 18th of March.
The Exchequer Bills funded up to the
close of Yesterday were to the amount OF
S,SO0,0C0l
Paris papers of the e6th, and Dutch :;
Flemish pa pers to that day (including the
Journal Universal, dedicated to the
cause of Louis XVIII.) reached US in the
course of Yesterday. The first and most
striking fact that they present to us, is
the continued declension of the French
finances. The symptoms daily become
of more cadayerous complexion. Not
only are the five per cents. b low our
threes not only are the treasury obllga-
tons at sixteen rer cent. discount but
we observe in ore of the journals me-"
indication of alarm in the monled men.
Gold, as being more portable than silver.
begius to bear high agio. Twenty flal g
pieces are at IA PER cent. premium.
This is the country whose finances We
were lately told we're so tar superior to-
our own but the falsehood OF that as
sertion is too gross even for the imPu-
dence of partisan journalist. There IS
a long article in the Journal dc l'Emplre,
written not with the vain hope OF coh.
cealing too obvious truth, but OF lalllat-
ing it, by throwing the blame on the king!
The writer confesses in so many words
!" we have no public credit in France !;
and perhaps it would be difficult to esta-
bIish any. What sort of confidence is to
be created out of this derair We do not