Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-30
From the AURORA.

-. for a consinentalswar, which never
lass appears not so probable ia the
o,rse of the present year, as Ia the sue
a.ding spring.
\ The marches Of the Russian army IN one
E,,,n,,ud seven hundred and ninety.eight
S..,h. froutler of the seat of war, were not
'.,omul,shed in less than four mouths
gndths campaign ofItaly did not open until
4 oril one thousand seven hundred & nine
nine. No advicss of the march OF the
s snsiau. had been received in England or
F+aucs IN the early part of September last !;
Ind scarcely two months were then lett tor
ms adequate military movement on the
Asr, Of an invading army. which must be
brssumed to carry ITS baggage, and train OF
Arilery.
81 The hardness of their operations would
uIuce an opinion that the armies were
arshalled to negotiate rather than 10 hight
Ia that in the intermediate time OF prepa.
htou, measures may be on The taPis tor a
,ssorston of peace, upon some new Prin.
ples Of partition or plumber - in which as
preceding wars, the allies OF the chief
lIigsrtn,s may pay the price of Paclhcati-
Russia may now obtain footing in the
IOrea, BY which she may approximate the
pyai6cens projects of Catherine III. on
D: Turkish empire, she obtain Malta and
crpubtc of the seven isles, already pos
ssng bu a nominal existence as an lnde-
nd,nt state, may be added TO those vast
% dispersed acquisitions of Russia, which
an so strong an evidence of her ambition
aso weak an argument in the French
te Of replication to NovozlltzoF. The
r,Sh monarch may make tia matter OF
race to cede TO Prussia her right and title
Hanover aud their other territories in
Ernsny already in thu possession of the
%snch armies.
Austria on the other hand may be soeth-
with new acquisitions on the Turkish
batter, and may perhaps be so far favored
round offhef dominion, by The add.
N Of Albania, Turkish Dalmatia, and
Mia, and the countries which fill up the
rs space between the Adriatic and the
nabe, by which acquisition Hungary
@d no longer form her actual frontier,
dhe inland commerce, BY the numerous
T', Driaa, Morrava. Bona, &c. 81.
20 the shores ofthe Adriatic. might give
"ssources to the growing spirit of com
acIal activity in the German empire.
@'hese after all may be mere reveres !;
hMg absolutely renders them absurd,
ause experience has repeatedly realized
alrences much less probable /; the par,i-
Of Poland, and the sequestrasion and
aoa OF Venice were events much more
aOrGinary than any of these which we
surmised, or than others which we
ao anticipate as appendages 20 such a
aSe of events.
0athe other hand should hostility actual.
Prominence on the continent; il is to
presumed that the winter will be occupi-
Mapreparaslon, and the arrangement of
emS and means of attack by the combln-
lowers. Ii Russia determines TO act,
'ua cannot be neutral; as the passage
fmt OF Russia unresisted, will be
uefed as violation of the neutrality.
'os the interest of Austria to engage
"sr situation renders her involvement
@oE. The war would then be carried
ne heart of Germany, and the Da-
~ Soults, Marmonts, and Augereaus,
auce, would emulate the glories of the
vans, and the Hoches, and the Mo.
: % that celebrated theatre of militia.
Sasvastation.
plains of Italy would once again feel
90 OF hostile legIons, her valleys re.
,n "e the tones of horror, and her ri.
"usn with human blood.
os Efforts of the grand moving power
aeeessarilv be directed to keep the
"lsmose from Great Britain as practi.
most congenial to her views OF
4 % Commerce, aud as mos.perDlci-
Trance. The countries on the Me.
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