Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-22
IMPORTANT NEWS.
From London papers to 9ennasy2s BY the
Sachem, capt. Hatch, arrived at Charles.
ton.
LONDON, December 81.

WE now lay before our readers copy
of the Armistice [See the Ad0eytiser of
Monday last concluded between the en-
peror of Germany and Bonaparte. The
French retain till the conclusion OF def
nitive peace, their positions in Meravia,
besides occupying all upper & lower Aus
tria, Iyrol, the Venetian States, Carln,hia,
Syria, Car6nda, 4stria, and the country of
Gortz, besides grea, part of Rohe mia -
All the territories taken or not taken, from
the southern coast of Istria 10 Vienna, TO
Rrunn and Olnutz, all are to be consider.
ed as occupied by the French. Hungary
alone is to be considered as unoccupied;
yet even there the Emperor of Germany is
not permitted to order any Levy Masse
or Instruction. He is not to recruit in
Bohemia and no foreign army is to en-.
ter the Austrian territories. The Russians
are to evscuate Merapia and Hungary in a
fortnight, and Gallicia in a mouth - No
mention is made of the archduke Charles,
though we suppose the armlstice Is to be
considered as extending tc him. Negocla'
sions for defnltive peace are immediate.
ly TO be opened at Nchelsbourg. Ehe ar
miseice is not'signed by aay person on the
part of the emperor of Russia; and it
should seem as If it had been concluded
without his having any share in it. He
asks general SaraTy what its contents are
and makes use Of the following eSpressi-
ons. IS shall return to my capital -
came here to assist che emperor of Germa.
ny he sends me word he is satisfied
so am E"--that is, ss have nothing
more to do" 1t appears then as if the EN-.
peror Alexander were not very well con.
tented Indeed it does seem little ex.
traordinary, that when the Russian forces
were SO much larger than that of the Aus
trians, VINO had but small number of
men in the battle Of the second, an armis.
tice should be concluded for the Russians,
without the participation or knowledge Of
their emperor. The armlstice was not
signed till the 9Th The principal copdi-
tons OF the armistice were agreed upon
between the emperor of Germany any b.
naparte in person Oh the 9Th why it was
not signed until the h, we know not; it
IS now however of little importance.
Itwere vainto deny that the armistice
is real capitalization of the allied army, a
discresional surrender ofthe house of A U.s.
tria. We must indeed believe that the
battle of the second was disasterous, since
it has produced such an effect. Nothing
but the last extremity could have justified
such measure. AS TO the negotiations
at Austeriits, they will be but of short
durasions We do not see why they cannot
be concluded as soon as the negotiation
for the armlstlce.
To attempt to conceal the disaster to
which the continents now exposed is 81.
gantic, the danger mighty, would be ab.
surd. Such calamity Europe never ex.
perienced before.
January 8.
The conclusion Of The armistice is fully
confirmed, and We have TO regret, thar
nearly about the time the emperor Francis
was ratifying the melancholy act Of his els.
grace and subjngation, his two brothers,
the gallant archduke Charles and prince
Ferdinand were successfully employed in
+reviving the dropping spirits of his sub.
iiects, and restoring the glory of the Aus
trian name. The former, after one of the
most skilful marches ever executed, and
which is admitted, even in the Vienna
Gazette, TO have been chef d'eavre in
the military art, and after defeating, with
the loss of 5000 men 10 killed and wound.
ed, general Ney's division, penetrated in.
to Austria. and on the 10th summoned
the garrison left by Bonaparte in Vienna,
to surrender up that city. The latter, a,
the head of an inferior force, succeeded
on the 5th in routing the Bavarian army,
and took a strong position at Igau, abou,
IS leagues in the rear of the French grand
army. These important successes were
further strengthened bv the arrival of :