Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-25

emperor Napoleon, in prosecuting the nd
val war, the great expsnce whichi lie has IN
cured in the formation oil a new marine,
the immense armamens@which he had des-
tined for the glorious expedition against
England, leaving lis frontiers on tae side
of Italy and Germany, without soldiers,
arms or magazines. prove his avcfsiol 70
war, and tia relving on the honor Of Rus-
STA and Austria, he was intent only upon
the prosecution of al enterprise, in tie
success of which the whole con.i,rrnt was
deeply interested.
September 80.
The English papers just arrived in Paris
are barren OF information !: they contain
nothing positive upon opening Of pariiamvn,
that great councilof the nalionwlii assemble,
however when new subsidies are 10 be.
voted for the coalition, which Cannot
fail Of soon being In need of them. as
this war is made only for the benefit of the
English government, they must dispose
themselves 70 defray it largely. In the Isl
war Of the revolutions, they gave subsidies
only as their contingent in the common
cause /; sc this time The ~pecuniary sue
cours are unlimited ; all the expenses are
at their charge he TWO emperors of
Germany and Russia are themselves only
the vassals OF the monarch'o of India. Thus
every thing induces as TO believe that his
Britannia majesty will soon call his faith
ful commons together. The pay OF the
Russian arms must peihaps be supplied be.
fore they reach their destination aad in
this interval The emperor Napoleon may
furnish a proper text TO the orators ot the
oPposilion who wish TO hold forth upon the
advantages and utility OF this new coallti-
on.
For this long time past nothing has been
talked OF but the immense preparations OF
Russia and Austria. Newspapers are dali
ly Flied with the details o. the march Of
the troops, they carefully describe their
compositions, their progress, the place they
stop AZ to-day, those they will arrive atnext
week, &c. In France less is said of the
movements of the French armies: indeed
they arrive before people have time to
speak of them. 1t is a thing worthy of
remark and which already gives apercep.
tlon OF the fate of the coalition, and the IS
sue of the contest. chat the two powers who
medisated the war with so much precauti.
on should be in some measure prevented,
and taken By the one who wish.
Ell tor peace. It's now upwards of fifteen
months since the Emperor Alexander put his
troops upon the footing Of war and began
70 transport an army into the Medi,erIane-
an,--For this year past the emperor of
Germany has been making sccre dispositi-
ons, getting arms manufactured, and raising
men he has been storing up immense
quantities of corn and other provisions at
the risk or creating a scarcity among his
subjects aud OF occasioning popular com.
motions even in his very capital. 1t was
discovered some months since that he
made nuebers of soldiers file off in the
dead OF the night, under the guise of ira
~vellers, by cross roads to assemble upon
the frontiers. And yet after so much care,
preeautien & preparation, it is probable the
French army got together 10 haste, with.
out either magazines or military stores up
on the spot. Will meet with no Austrian ar,
my ON the borders of the Rhine, capable Of
wIlhstanding it, and the Russian armv will
perhaps only arrive iu time to witness the
disasters of thosewhom Blindness calls their
allies, bat @hom good politicians will call
their euemies, Ii is another glorious spec
s%acle, 70 beho!d energy all Of a sudden I'M
pressed upon the French people, to see
he re-orGa .!zatior of che national guards,
the rise of stocks at the very anoment when
tAe departure of court, the generals and SO
many distinguished personages must have
carried away a considerable quantity of
specie from the capitaI.--This emipentlv
proves that France has lost nothing of her
national vigoor. She Will enow how to par.
ry the blows that her eneaales were ready