Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-18
been issued 70 the royal artillery relative

mere are accounts rum s st~tS 1850
some weeks subsequent To che date CT tue
last of his dispatches given TO the public
No fresh assault had been made on bhurt-
pore.
General Gardsaer has succeeded general
Bower in the command OF Nova ocotla
and New Brunswick.
A letter from Harlaem, of the 10Th says,
that new military CONSUMPTION has been
secretlyordered, & is executing in France,
comprising all persons capable OF bearing
.arms, between the age Of II and Is. and
from Which neither artists nor professors,
or students of sciences are exempt.
It is said that the French minister
at Cassel, after sotne unsuccessful a?pllca-
tons TO the ELECTORAL court, for the dis.
missal of the British minister, Mr.. Taylor,
early in August, declared that unless the
wishes of Bonaparte, on this head were
Immediately complied with, French ar
my would enter Hessia, and that marshal
Bernadotte was already instructed on the
subject. It is added that the Elector re.
turaeda temperate yet decided answer, Il
sent off courier to Berlin 20 communicate
the threat. On the return ofthe messen.
ger the French agent was informed. that
the Elector would not comply with the de-
mand which had been made TO him
and that should French army enter his
domlnions, he would cot be wanting 10 en-
ergy or preparaLionto aleef y. Var. iay'or
at the same time received assurances OK
protection, and the most marked attention
and civilities. We are further assured that
the king of Prussia, in the most eneqaiyo-
cal terms, expressed his disapprobatlon OF
the cunductof the French agent at Cassel,
and declared hin1self bound in honor and
Nv treaty to support Hessia in the event of
ber beng attacked.
The Hamburg mails due on the 18th 81
18Th instant arrived on Sunday night ---
Mach Of the intelligence contained n the
public journals, has been anticipated by
the ample extrac, FROM the Dutch papers
OF Wednesday last, which we exclusively
gave Yesterday Our private. adslcss how
ever are extremely interesting.
The fact of the Russian troops having
catered the Austrian territories, is placed
beyond all doubt. The corps which en-
tered Gallatia was commanded by general
Kn,usof, and consisted OF 80, 900 men.
Another army OF sky thousand men
was collected in the ishborhood OF War
sa,g, we believe under the veteran Nit.
chelson & the head quarters OF the third
army, which was 70 be commanded by the
emperor in person, were established at
wilma. whittier his imperial majesty meant
20 proceed at the latter end Of last month.
In addition to these instances OF exiraordl>
nary activity, there is reason 10 suppose,
that Russia is determined to occupy Swe.
dish pooaerapia. Thirty thousand men
were &c embark at ST. Petersburg g Rrvel
on the three last days oF August, aad vi.
AIcpsus, the Russian ambassador to the
court Of Stockholm. brother to the ambas-
sador NJ Berlin, has landed at Stralsund,
accompanied by two Russian generals. As
the Russian troops viii be landed IN the
Swedish territories, under the teftas SsIs
is said, Of treaty OF alliance, offensive g
defensive, between the two sourfs the pro-
visions OF which have probably been com.
munica,ed TO Prussia, any remonsfrance or
oppositioa on the par, Of the court OF Der.
lin will require extreme delicacy or deter
minatioR.
Whatever resolution has been adopted
By the Prussian Monareb, he seems too
/ nit ne precausion to enable him TO meet
| with dieai,y and effect either alternative
The magnitude of his military preparations
| is fully equal to cause his neutfatly to be
respected. or to give considerable pre-
pondrance ia the-war, should he engage.
| in it. He has given or ders for the esfa-
/ blishaept of two armies Of observation,
the united force Of whishis from eighty TO
ope hundred thousand men.