Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-05
BOSTON, Nov. IS.
LdFEST FRo.M EUP0PE.

what Is now officially announced, that
WAR HAS ACTUALLY COMMEN.
CED BETWEEN FRANCE, AUS
TRIA AND RUSSIA. This inteili-
yence is received by an arrival at New
York, frsm France, and at this port from
ENGLAND, bringing dates from the former
place to the ID, aud from the latter 20 the
SIN Oct.
At present, we 6nd little more in the
papers, by these arrivals, than what appears
through the medium of official DEGREES,
MaaifestoeS, Declarations, aud Addresses
of Toe powers, engaged In controversy.
The extreme length of most of those decu-
meuts. precludes the possIbillty'o of admit
ting chem, in paper like ours but such
extracts and summaries are now given,
with those presented 10 our last, as will, It
IS hoped, afford tolerable correct view OF
the design aad tendency of the present Eu-
ropean War,
The force and situation OF the armies,
assembling aud marching 70 their appointed
nosts. viii be distinctly seen IN the arrange
inees of WarEke Preparations, given IN the
proceeding column.
a N -
Declaration of Var, the Courier Of yn- e.A
October makes the following remarks:
Inthe Manitestoes and Declarations pub.
riished by Bonaparte, there Is great same.
ness of stile and manner--the same strain
of inyecuye against England, the same pro.
fessions of purity OF intentions, and OF re-
parl for the welfare of mankind /; the same
tone of menace against those who dare TO
take up arms against him pervades them all.
in the exposition or declaration OF war
against Austria and Russia, Bonaparte
speaks as If he had not himself furnished
The leas, ground for complaint or suspicion;
he adopts the language of an injured man;
dwells upon the slight acquisitions which
Austria has made 10 Germany, as it they
: utterly Destroyed the balance OF power, and
keeDs wholly out of sight the main fact, that
tor all these acquiSions an equivalent was
gwen; upon his own principle, therefore,
he has no right to complain. But IN pro.
norton as hs exalls the acquisitions of Au.
strla, he passes slightly over ms own ag.
presslons. The incorporation OF Genoa.
which ne first represented as the tree act OF
the Genoese, he R3ws atesas legitimate
comnensation for the extension OF the Au.
srr,an possessions III Saabia. Genoa adds
roth;ag. Ne saws to his Continental force,
though the very first measure he adopted
after the incorporation was to extend the
levy of T.en for the army to all the &c
noese Department he keeps totally out OF
sipht all the other aggressiens COM
nls,ned of by Austria and Russia he IS
N1o Taf tha
Treaty of Luneville, In respec: to the l.
taliaa Hevetic, aud Basavian Republic So
and of the stipulatous entered into with
Russia for arranging the affairs of Italy land
UNDERWRITING III king of Sardinia-he does
nor seem 20 think that he has committed
the least aggression in the uaon OF the
crown of I,aly with the crown OF France.
He forge,s whilst he is complaining OF the
independence of the snpire, having been
violated by the emperor Of Germany. that
he hashimself violated its independence by
the invasieu of Hanover. by the seizure OF
neutral territory, Imprisonment ahd robbe-
nv of an ambassador, by the violation
Of the territory of B den, and the arrest
aod infamous assass nation OF princc,
LIVING under the protection an eieesorot
the German Empire, neither does he think
that he has offered the slightest umbrage to
the continental powers, by the offensive
language and upvarying insolence OF his
Journals towards every sovereign Ia Eu'
rope.
6 But does he really believe that Austria
and Europe will be duped by an affected
moderation of tone, or that, when every
year and month gives the lie to his pro-
misses of not extending the territories OF
France, any power, upon simple deciara-
tion chat ne does not desire further acces-
sion of territory, will lay down it's arms III