Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-12
london, May IS.
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Since our last publication, several malist
and messengers have arrived from the con-
tinens, but, nothing, has ,ranspired to-,
warrant the hope, expressed at the open
ing of the present session. OF Parliament,
Of continental connection. Dispatches
received by government. and the Russian.
Ambassadors, are stated to bring the ratih-
cation of the treaty which has been so long
negotiating between this county and the
Emperor Alexander. The ratification OF
a treaty may sound very well, bns we want
something more than sames set to an a.
greement. We wanr to see substantial as.
surances of action, and ia that respect we
much fear that we shall be disappointed, 1T
there be any weak enough to entertain
suchhopes.
SO eEelusivs is the prospect ola conti-
mental war, that we learn from letters, dat
ed Hague, the 9th instant that Bonaparte's
new title ofKing of Italy has been recog-
nlzed by the emperor of Austria. Indeed If
any thing were wanting to prove the conscir
Gus security in which our mortal enemy
reposes, and the contempt with which hr
considers our endeayours to form Conti-
nenta. confederacy against his gigantic
power and his unbounded ambition, it might
be found in his present visit to his Italian
domin;ons.
He leaves the care of his good pc ople
Of France TO his military banditti; he
smiles at the chance of imsurrection, and
proceeds by easy Journies with all the tessi-
monies usually paid to a beloved and We.
nerated sovereign through the cities and
towns of his empire.
At Lyons, GrenobIe, Geneva anu Tr..
rim, he is hailed with ,riumphal honors
he graces his train with the AFFECT pre-.
sence OF the successor of St. Peter, who
is now literally what he was before but
Hguratlyely SerOus SerVoyunl /; he creates
Princes and Princesses he eyerawes the
Court OF Vienna terri6es that Of Naples
and all this he does with as much indiHee.
ence as if not only he had nothing 20 ap (.
prehend from Russia, but as if even an al.
lance, defensive and offensive, had been
cordially concluded between him and The
Emperor Alexander.
So well is he served in his absence, that
expeditions are undertaken, and his Geets
put to sea without what was formerly tho's
indispensable, MS special instructions, or
his personal superintendaace lie waits,
no doubt, with Impotence, the moment
when the grand attack upon our coasts may
be attempted, but he feels that ia order to
facilitate the execution IF this formidable
ANf ha F.. -
at home. To this conviction we May iust-
ly attribute the late attack upon eur West
India Islands, and the sailing of the cum.
bined feet from Cadiz which is Certainly
distlned to execute soale act uf colonial 40.
gresslon.4 He attacks Us In The extreMl.
ties tor the purpose OF striking fasa!
blow at the heart Of the British empire.
But although be has calculated On the pre.
earlous system of biockades, and on the
ultimate contingency of having superior
torce At sea, he has not taken into his &C.
count the spirit, the masnanitni,y, the
numbers OF The British people, to whom
death would be preferable to the yoke Of a
foreign iyfant. The season is now az hand.
wben the grand aoilla at Boulneae vii!
resume aii's activity, aud when bonaparte
will himself, after his Italian coronation.
preside over its movements. The vast
number OF small craft that compose is con.
:, .lnues 70 increase, and the army Of Ing
land, on the opposite coasts, as it is as,en.
tatiously called, has of late been considera.
bly, reinforced. In proportion rs the enc.
my aagments the means of aggression, we
are confident the country will not be want.
ing ~ adding to lis resources, and con-.
.hrmln5 It's pa'riotism.s Government is well
aware Of The policy ofEBonaparte if hi.
maJesty's ministers once thought an inya.
sion fkely to De attempted, sprely this sen.
tlment must derive new weight from the
present relative state of naval affairs he.
tween the two ,,o,.,ers 49,.