The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1824-05-21
HINTS OF AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.

Extract ofa Letter from an american
gentleman suho has 6een several years
IN Eurohe.
LosDoN, siARoH 1st, lS24.-sYou will
probably have seen by the newspapers
tina, brisk Interchange OF commuDica.
lions has been going OH betw cen this and
The leading courts of the continen,.-
Their objec, probably was to settle the
great question relating TO South Amcri
ca, or perhaps TO determine the modus
oferandi Tor lis re-subjuga,ion. How
that question was likely TO be settled sc
lar, ! mean, as ii depended ON Euro.
pean ea6mefs, l have already indicated
according 10 the best Of my knowledge
and Judgment, in my Two former letlers.
III ADDITION, however, TO what there STA.
led, will mention an observation made
IN the house of commons by the chan
celior oil the exchequer few days ago,
on the occasion Of bringing forward the
financial estimates of the year, or wha,
is called the Budget That high funs.
tIonafy observed that it migh, be found
necessary 10 alter his proposed arrange
ments, and TO increase instead Of
diminishing the taxes, for that the coun-
Try might, have 10 take wariike attitude,
ID consequence of the ambition OF
the emperor of Russia, or, of the lea.
ioHsy which there suouid aisyays be Of the
U. States. This remark of the minister.
thrown out incidentally, and without any
apparent necessity, did not al. first appear
10 me so important as on further rellec>
iloD | am disposed 10 think it. 1 am now
OF opinion that you may extract from j.
The TACT which ! have heretofore attemp.
ted to show as probable, viz. that this
government will firetend to be beutral in
,be approaching contest and another
tact, scarcely less important to US than
the first, which is, that this same govern.
ment IN their sham neutrality is going 10
compel us to observe real neufroiifu.bv
menacing US with Russia united with
themselves and that on the other hand
they iutend 10 keep Russia quiet as il re.
CARDS both Turkey and America by
threatening TO bring upon her, in case
she stirs, the force of the u. States com.
bined with that of q Britain leaving by
this arrangement France and perhaps
Austria free 10 assist Spain and Portuga,
IN The medIiated attack on South Ameri
ca. The chancelior's observation i'm.
plies to my mind the idea of holding the
balance between Russia and the u. S.
and when you view The state of Europe in
general and the particular situation and
past policy OF this government, the pro.
babilily OF the inference | have drawn
from the chancellor of the excheouer,s
remark, is infinitely strengthened. 1 re.
peat (wha, indeedI have said before. bn,
never can too often repeat,) that The Rri.
fish king and cabinet fear reform at home
on one side, Ind the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
rival nations on the other, and il NAV he
added that oil all those rival nation. Russ,a
is now regarded by both government and
people as the most formidable. have
no IDEA that this government win object
TO any secret and Indirect influence which
Alexander may please 10 exert 10 subyert
the South American governments. On
the contrary the more the emperor ex.
erts such an influence sVithou. hretend
ing TO claim a re1oard for II, the better
will the British cabinet be pleased with
himj Tor he viii then be doing precisely
what they intend to do themselves.
This may seem very wild, to those
who are thinking of nothing but the
presidential election, aud calculating
nothing only how great they shall be and
how much money they shall have in case
OF the success of their fayorite candidate.
Shall we quarrel among ourselves abou,
petty ephemeTal and hersonaf interest
"hen The existence of-the republic is at
stake! For we are menaced with an at.
tack upon our rights, honor and very
existence, the most terrible, perhaps, that
was ever heard OF since that of Xerxes
upon the republics of Greece.
a distinguished lieut.. general under
the emperor Napoleon, now in exile and
al present here, assures me that he knows
that the proposition has been made to the
British government, to re.coDauer and
re-possess n. America, making OF that
and the other re-coDquest, viz of 8
America, joint concern With the Elo,y
Alliance. ! asked the general whether
he was willing that I should state that,
and he replied, Eyes, sir, and on my au.
shortly
Several countrymen of ours lately arr
rived from Paris, inform me that it is i'm.
possible for three Americans to be to.
geiher in that city, withou; being logged
By from one to half dozen spies of the
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SOMETHING FURTHER.