Alexandria Advertiser And Commercial Intelligencer

(N.Y. Gaz.)
The following is copied from a late number of Bell's London Weekly Messenger.

THE POLITICS OF EUROPE.
Remarks on the true Official Notes transmitted to the French Minister, Talleyrand by count Kalitcheff, the Russian ambassador at Paris.
IN these notes, the Emperor of Russia requires from the First Consul five important concessions, expressed in the following articles :--
1. The absolute restoration of the King of Sardinia to his estates in Piedmont.
2. The emancipation of the King of Naples from the various restrictions laid on his power by France.
3. The preservation of the temporal authority of the Pope.
4. Adequate compensation for the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Italy, and not in Germany.
5. And finally, that the arrangements planned in the Treaty of Luneville shall not be carried into execution without the participation and consent of Russia.
These mandates are evidently too hard of digestion for Buonaparte; but since the Emperor of Russia has so far compromised his dignity, he cannot recede with any decorum. The interference of one of the first Sovereigns in the universe ought not to appear without effect, and the nugatory answer which his Imperial majesty has lately received from the Thuilleries, cannot but determine him to pass the Rubicon. It would be an idle flattery to tell him that the means of compulsion are absolutely within his power: all the forces of Russia, however formidable, cannot have much influence on the mind of the First Consul: and if those who preside in the Cabinet of Petersburgh consult the interest of their master, they cannot fail to advise his Majesty to seek the assistance of Great Britain without delay. The muscular vigour and gigantic shape of Hercules were not the chief cause of his triumphs: it was the OAK which he held in his hands that crushed so many monsters, and made him immortal. A strict coalition of Russia with England is the only measure that can be adopted in the existing circumstances for the welfare of the two empires, as well as for the tranquility of all the globe. The enormous strides made by the ambition of France, have operated like the most dreadful convulsions of nature. All Italy, the greatest part of Germany, Portugal, Holland, Switzerland, are in a state of deplorable confusion; and while the prevailing system of the French Republic continues, it is in vain to seek for a remedy. All the plans that wisdom may strike out for a general pacification, present a Gordian knot, which no political sagacity can disentangle. But if a new Alexander chooses to cut it off, his success is not dubious, and he will be sure of eclipsing even the glory of the Hero of Macedon.
Spain is reduced to a shadow, and cannot but feel like that unfortunate Queen at Ravenna, who, after that her beloved husband had been murdered in her arms, was forced to drink from his skull, and to embrace the assassin of her happiness. Austria and Prussia are the only powers whose junction with France might be of some weight, but the former is in a state of relaxation, which demands tranquility, no can we think that she would be so imprudent as to help her destroyer. With regard to Prussia, though her political interest may not appear repugnant to the aggrandizement of France, she knows too well that her co-operation in favor of the latter would be a measure more calculated to.
endanger her own safety, than to promote her advantage :--A Fox tied to the tail of a dog, is an unnatural combination.

The complexion of the times never was more favorable to the union which we recommend than at the present juncture.--Plunder, which has hitherto served to patch up her finances, is absolutely at an end : her extortions from Portugal has closed the scene of rapine, and unless the French philosophers can instruct the First Consul in the art of transmuting metals, so as to enable him to make gold, it will not be much longer in the power of his treasury to satisfy the wants of an immense army.

Reason leads us to think that the united efforts of Russia and Great Britain must needs oblige the cabinet of the Thuilleries to lower the tone of arrogance, and it is not improbable, that they might chance to strike a mortal blow into the heart of the French Republic. The Chief Consul cannot hope to receive any aid from allies. We cannot but consider the First Consul as entirely abandoned to himself, and in a state of political desolation. In the catalogue of his hopes, nothing remains except two romantic schemes--one is to invade this country, and the other to attack Constantinople. The vigilance of the present minister, supported by the good sense of the nation, will never suffer France to attempt the first with impunity in any part of the empire: and as to the Ottoman territory, if the Porte cannot defend herself, there are other ways of repelling any aggression of the enemy in that quarter, and of disappointing his depredations. The fate of Egypt seems to be almost decided in our favour, and though the late report relative to Cairo should not prove literally true, we sincerely believe that the next intelligence will proclaim an important victory from the British arms. There is a tide in the affairs of empires as well as of individuals, and we hope that the cabinet of Petersburgh will not fail to seize it at the flood, by entering into an immediate alliance with Great-Britain. At this moment, Russia may gain possession of part of Egypt, and even obtain a settlement in India.

Under the present circumstances, it is undoubtedly the interest of this country to invite the power of Russia to a close connexion, by an offer of essential advantages. If the cabinet of Petersburgh neglects the opportunity, we cannot see any prospect of peace, unless the blue-eyed Virgin seizes Buonaparte by the golden hair,* and inspires him to avail himself of the candour, moderation, and politeness, of those who now guide the helm of our affairs.

* Iliad Book 1.