Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-31

bic, two armies, one Of 10000 mento the iron.
tiers of Pru2ia, and another of SO. coo 70 the
frontiers of Aaaria, to lupport these powers ~
cafe Of their being attacked by France, who
might 1ufpeG them oil. negotiations unfriepdly to
their views. And both his Imperial and Britain
mic MajeRy, on the other hand engaged 10 make
common caufc sgainR every power. nleh Ell.
ther by the employment of its force or to intimate
an xaioa avab Frame, might pretend to ralic oo-
facies to the deyeopement OF the meafures which
might be neeeGary to obtain the objects concert.
ed upon.
1t appears, that before direct negotiations
we're entered upon with Sweden & Aufria,th aca
.ceiIi9n of thcfe two powers were negotiated with
lordI L. Cover by the RuR,an Mniatiy; and It
is not till the a,hof AugaR that any direct com :.
municatiens arc made upon the iubJSet by the
Aultrian to ttc .Britah Ambafador, from which
time Autria became party IN the Treaty.
Sweden may be conGdered as having finally ac-
ceded to it ON the Sd of October, tor the COS.
yentiops of the gift OF Augua, and OF the sd Of
December Of the foregoing year, related merely
TO the defence OF STRAIT and. ~
!, Such were the objects. Of members OF
the league. Il remains TO be seen what
were the means on which they counted for
the attainment Of these objecss. In the ori.
ginal treaty conceit Of it Is proposed, thas &
force should be collected of $4,000 men,
independent of the British troops. To.
wards raising this force Great Britain was
TO pay to the powers whIcblaight contribute
the different forces 10 the form CT subsidies
in the ratio of $50, oOoi. a year for every
100 .Oo3 men, which was about ri. los.
year for each man, The subsidy was 10
date, wish Russia, from the line her troops
passed the confines, and with austria, from
the 1st of Oct. and was to be continued I'LL
end Of the war, or till the troops returned
home TIE subsidies were to be pad by
the monthly ins.almeats; but three months
subsidy was to be paid in advance to Rus-
sis, and five months subsidy in advance to
Austria, as a premiere ms en- ed1nPa8g!I1e,
and fpe months subsidy was likewise to
| be advanced to Sweden. Had the whole
force, therefore, of 100000 men been
| raised our annual subsidies would hare
| amounted to $3.50 oool. large sun, GER
! tainly; bat if we consider the amount OF
| the effective force which it was to produce,
it will be found to be by far the most Geo
| nomical mode of carrying on the war that
! could have been adopted. Government
are at this moment paying, we believe, :2ll.
| man as bounty.money to recruits, SO that
| had it been possible 10 have collected an
! equal force in this country, which 1t GER
tairly is not, the bounty.money alone
would have amounted to 10 5oo,OCOl. with.
out counting their pay, subsistence, acc
| coutfemeats, and the whole expence OF
their equipment. The economy Of the
| arrangements will be further obvious if it
be compared with the army estimates laid
betore the house of commons by the secre-
tary at war last Friday, in which the ex.
| pence of thepay and subsistence of 50 ,473
men is estimated at 1881 for three
months only, which makes their expence
! for the year to amount to 4,472,A2O
| whereas the same force on the continent.
! when raised by subsidies, would only have
cost about l ,7oo,oool. - .r
Though 100000 men was the force
which It was proposed to collect, it appears
by one OF the separate articles, that the
treaty was to be acted upon as soon as they
could bring 10000 men into the field ).
OF which Austria was TO furnish CSC, COO,
Russia notices. than lis 900, and the re-
.mainder was to be made up Of Hanoyeri-
ans, Neapolisans, &c, And for these mum.
bers wetmay suppose that there has bsen
paid to Austria Rye months subsidy, which
would amount to; somewhat more than
13o,oool; and to Russia there must have
been paid, we should think, at least four
! months subsidy, which, on her proportion
, Of the force, would amount to about
s5o,ooof. Besides this, 100 oeol. has been
paid to the king of Sweden for the fortif.
cation Of Stralsund and $4,000 Swedish