Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-07
From the Boston CENT1NEL.

European d,fMrs. Though we have not
received any later European papers tran
those announced on Saturday, we have
culled number of additional articles which
will not BE- unworthy the attention OF
newsmongers.
However strange it may seem to those
+yho have marked the lively interest which
the Emperor Bonaparte, and his ministers
have taken in the affairs OF the eiector or
Bavaria the entrance into whose terrific
reis, by the Austrisn troops, has been
deemed sufficient cause OF declared war
on the part of France-it is asserted by the
British mlnisteriaIs, for truth, that Bavaria
is neither the ally nor the friend Of France !;
but on tae contrary, has recently become
the ally and friend of Austria; and OF
course the enemy of France; and that
son of the Elector had been detained an
hostage in France, in consequence OF the
treaty lately signed betweea his Electoral
Highness, aad the Head of the Empire !
Strange as this may seem, it is pronounced
to be true if true, it is strange.
Though the hostile forces in the North
of Germany were not far distant from each
other, at the,last accounts; the French ad-
vanced corps being not far from Mentz !:
and the Austrian advance in front OF Uim-;
abount 100 miles apart the first combat
may be expected in Italy, near Verona,
where only river (the Adige) separated
the combatauts. The Austrian force in
that quarter; that which extended from the
Adriatic, near Venice, to the Tyrol, is
stated, in some accounts, to amount TO
10000 men. The French also, are IN
great force, and headed by the ever active
M1ssENA, who was with his advanced
guard at Villa. Franco. The energy with
which the French armies were advancing
to the combat, commanded as they were,
gave promise of success against the Aus
trisrs, before they could be joined by their
Russian allies. But it will be recollected,
that the first operations, after the rupture
OF The treaty Of Campo Formio, were high
~ favourable TO the Austrians, even be,
fore they were assisted by the Russians );
and that the French were then commanded
by such Geoerals as Moreau, Massena,
Bernadotte, Jourdon, Lscourbe, Des8aix,
Toubert, Schcrer, &c.--the flower of the
French staff. 1T is true Bonapsrte was not
then present.
The subordinate administrators Of the
French government appeared to partake OF
the spirit Of their Imperial chief. Their
language, like his, has been bold, CONF.
dent and menacDg, and the measures OF
the revolution were in requsition. Every
effort was making to render France, what
it was then, the land of CodmuS. The
conscripts of reserve of FIVE past years
and Que in advance, were ordered 70 their
alarm posts; and the most vindictive pu-
nishment threatened to deinquepts: the
old soldiers, who had retired from service,
were invited back to their colors 70 ts,s-
cipline their recruits The Nation al
Guards were to be again called ous--a
measure never resorted to but in the great.
est emergency: And such was the haste to
adopt the most prompt measures, tina, the
barriers OF the constitution offered not the
smallest impeachment: BY that instrument
Legislative act was necessary for new
levy of troops. But the emperor decree
! ing that time would not admit the call of
| the Legislative body the conservative Sc
nate was directed to provide by Senatus
Z Consultum, for the emergency, and 80 900
conscripts, and the reorganization of the
national guards were ordered by two OF
those instruments. This violation of the
: constitution, which had the old plea of
/" imberious necessity" for its sanction, was
submitted to without shrug, by the same
people who few short years since were
so feelingly alive to constitutional punctil.
:. linal Rntin France every thinn bends be.