Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-11-13 00:00:00, page 2

*SSB5r FOREIGN.
New-York, Nov. 5.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the fast sailing ship India. Cap
tain Terry, in SO days from Liver
pool, the Editors cf the Mercantile
Advertiser have received a file of Lon
don pap-rs to the evening of the 28th
September, Lloyd’s Lists to the 25th,
and Liverpool papers of the 27th.
The I. dia has performed her voyage
in 97 days. She arrived within the
Hook on Thursday evening, where she
rode ont the late severe snow storm.
On Friday morning, Preserved Fish,
on«- of the owners of the India, and
A inns Butler, one of the Proprietors
of this paper, embarked on hoard the
Pilot Boat Champlin, with 3 Branch
Pilots, and the boat’s crew, and pro
ceeded to 'Sandy Hook. On the way
thither, epoke all the vessels at anchor
in the B »y, and found two (a ship and
a brie) that had come within the Hook
Without Pilots, which we supplied them
with i and then proceeded on for the
India, which we hoarded, and took out
the Lester-Bag, Newspapers, &c. ar.d
immediately started again for Ncw
Yorfc. The snow continued with con
sider*abTe severity; the wind was at
N. E. and the tide of ebb; the Pilot
Boat under close reefed sails, and made
very good head-way, until about three
quarters of an hour before sunset, the
boat unfortunately struck on the East
B^nk, tvfccre she thumped a few mi
nutes, the sea making a fair breach o
ver her. and she soon filled. AJl hands
remained on board the wreck until
dark, and used every exertion to get
the boat off, but in vain. Our situatL
on had now become very perilous, and
the jtfbly alternative lr.ft for the preser
vation of our lives, was to 1 much the
pilot boat’s yawl, and embark in her,
although the wind still continued to
blow very hard* and a tremendous sea
running. After launching the yawl,
we all embarked (six in number) and
took a bucket for the purpose of bail
ing the boat, and a compass, the latter
of which Was of no use. Vv'hen we
shored off from die wreck, we shaped
our course for the ship Golconda,
which was riding at anchor, about a
mile and a half distance in'Gravesend
Bay ; and after rowing and bulling the
boat lor about an hour and a half, ha
ving lost sight of the ship, we gave up
*\P lropes of reaching her, and condu
, <11 rg to put the boat before the wind,
endeavored to reach the Jersey shore,
or fill in with some of the vessels at
arf'hor in the Bay. in about 2 hours
and si half after leaving the wreck of
the piiot-boat, we providentially fell in
with the brig Hannah, capt. Akeroyd,
which we got on ho-rd of, nearlv ex
hausted with cold, fear and fatigue.
We cannot express too much gratitude
to' th t over-ruling Providence, who
sv.vctl us from an unnm !y and watery
grave’* To capt. Akeroyd and his pas
sengers, we return our most sincere
thanks, for their kind and humane at
tention alter getting on board the Han
nah.
Extract: firm T.on.lon Papers to the 28th Sep.
umh?r. .ece'ivtd at the otGcc of the Mercan
tile /kdvurtisei by the ship India, Terry.
London, S'ept. 21.
It was fufnored yesterday afternoon,
on the atir’r orityofa letter frrm Liver
pool, that the CRpt.iin of a vessel arriv
ed ?.t Dublin in ten days from Oporto,
h»»l brought an Account of a general
battle having been fought between the
ttfir.it s-of Lord Wellington and Mar*
shal Massena, the result of which was
the rc ;r> at ol ihe former.-This ru~
v-ji \ve consider as entitled to no cre
dit. It has probably arisen from some
incorrect statement respecting the fall
of Aim-, id a.
A !rtier from Malaga dated the end
of July, states that no new duties hire
beeti imposed there since the French
took post. S3 on of the place ; but that it
wa* suj-puscrl that the enemy would
8Vi-.il h.iRaelf of such a source of reve
lute as soon as ho could do so with a
ny pros ect of adv-niage. No further
cor.friLtuit ns had been recently de
manded. The Foies in garrison con
duct'd tbenr.eeIves w.th strict discip*
Ji.ie, ; n l to the aprrirobaiinn of the in
Jial'i ants. borne opaf.i it Cancel shad
been r.cn: Irom Cadiz to’the neighbor*
hood of Marbella, a lew leaguer, to the
w.rst of Malaga, to organize the pa*
tiiotic peasantry in that vicinity.
We understand that JO,OOO, stand of
arms are immediately to be sent to
Sp. in, the half to Gallicia, and the re
mainder to Valencia and Catalonia.
September 23.
The French schr. cartel F.liza,Cap*.
"MortlaV., has arrived hi Falmouth
frem M'V.aix, which poTt she left on
the l4litmatau . She landed nt Fowey
on the* 17th Mr. Ridgtvay, American
C.'rnnui at Antwerp, his family, and
•event pu-sangera. Mr. Kidgway
tva* charged with dispatches from Gen
era! Armstrong to Mr. P.nkney in
London. General Armstrong had left
Paris, and was expected to embark for
America on the 17th instant. When
the Eliza left MqrUix it was said that
Generals Junot, Macdonald and llclli
ard, had been recalled from S^ain,
having incurred Napoleon’s displea
sure;
Government this morning received
dispatches from Corunna, dated the
8th instant, which state, that through*
out the whole of the north of Spain
the spirit of insurrection against the
French had once more become gene
ral. The Freuch troops were dying
daily in great numbers for want of
food, and numerous desertions 'were-,
taking place. Expeditions were fitting
cut at Corunna against Santana and
Santander, and no doubts are enter,
tained of their success, from the pa
triotic spirit of the inhabitants having
been again raised.
The latest account from Lord Wel
lington’s army are dated from Oporto
on the 5th instant, where letters had
been received dated two days subse-'
quent to his Lordship’s last dispatch
announcing the surrender of Almeida.
At the above date the Head-C-iuarters
were still at Ctderico, and the army in
its former positions. Skirmishes and
affairs of posts daily took place, but
nothing more impoitant Was immedi
ately expected.
The following very distressing in
formation has just been posted at
Lloyd’s. It rests ou the authority of
a private letter, received this morning
by a house of the first respectability -
in the city
“ Gottenburgii, Sept. 10
“We have just heard, that out of a
convoy of thirty-five sail, bound to the
Baltic, twenty-one have been lost with
all their crews, a few days ago, not far
from Marstrand.”
N. 13. The Gottenburgh List, re
ceived this day, is of the same date as
the latter, and makes no mention of
the circumstance.
September 24.
By a Portuguese brig of war, arri
ved at Plymouth, a report has been
brought to this country, that the ene
my have been defeated in a general
engagement in Portugal; but the date
is not stated, nor any of the particu
lars.
This Torenaoh arrived two Gotten
burgb mails, the contents of which are
rather important—The King of Swe
den continues so much indisposed that
there is some probability that the late
ly elected Crown Prince will soon as
sume the reigns of government.r— A
Treaty of Alliance, offensive and de
fensive, between France aud Austria,
I i» talked of, and a war with Russia is
mentioned as its primary object*
September 25.
A respectable American House yes
terday received letters from Paris, sta
ting in positive terms that Lucien Bo
naparte had embarked on board the
American ship Hercules at Leghorn,
-md it was presumed that the destina
tion ot the vessel was the U. States.
ne ib accompanied Dy his wite and
family, with a retinue, consisting in the
whole of forty persons, and he had
obtained, it is addtd, passports from
the Emperor to facilitate his design.
By a gentleman Nvho has arrived from
France, this information is in a great
degree confirmed, and we learn that it
had long b*en the intention of Lucien
to quit the eastern hemisphere, where
he could only be second to his brother,
whom he conceived to he subordinate,
and to be indebted to him for the Im -
perial Diadem he wears. It is repor*
ted that JLucicn had amassed an im
mense treasure, a considerable portion
of which he has deposited on board
the ship in which he takes his farewell
of Europe.
All the American property confis
cated in the ports of France, Holland, j
Italy, and Spain, as well as the ships !
conveying it, had been sold, and the*
proceeds placed endepot. There was'
not the least ground to believe that •
Napoleon woul I on the 1st November
next, repeal the Berlin and Milan De- j
crees, as proposed in the official fetter
of the French Minister of Marine to I
Gen. Armstrong. This suggestion j
was treated as it had been considered '
in England, merely as an illusive os
tentation of a pacific disposition, for]
j the purpose of inducing the United j
' States to take measures hostile to Great I
Britain. This gentleman Also sup*]
I ports the rumor of the peremptory re I
cal of Jonot, Belli an f, rod M'D >nn!d, j
they having fallen under the displea* j
sure of the^Kmpcror, in consequcpce j
of some representations, or misrepre*'
sentntions, by the Prince of Esling.
The lelt banks at the Upper Eibe,
; up to Wollenburgh or Torgan, are to
| be occupied by French troops, for the
purpose oF preventing all trade in co
lonial produce, and additional mea
sures of rigor have for the same pur
pose been ordered by the couit of
D n r.ark.
G ner;d Armstrong is recalled "from
France, in order to fill a situation in the i
Amtrican government. A Mr. Rus
sell remains at Paris, as Charge d7Af>
taires for the United States.
J September 26.
Paris papers to the 19th instaht ar
rived last night. The principal arti
cles which they present are two Re
ports from Massena to Berthier, con
taining some further details respecting
the fall of Almeida. From one of
thrs<? it appears that 1200 of the Por
tuguese Militia which, by the terms of
the capitulation, were to have return
ed to their homes, have by their own
consent been taken into the French
service / The ci-devant Portuguese
Commander, the Marquis D’Alourna,
was the agent employed by Massena
to corrupt the Portuguese’prisonjrs.
Some of the private accounts re
ceived by the Gottenb^rgh Mail of
yesterday are highly interesting. It
appears Certain that Napoleon had ac
tually applied to the Danish govern
ment for permission to occupy Zea
land, not with 25.000, but with 30,000
men ; and it appears equally certain
that the king of Denmaik has given a
peremptory refusal. What will this
lead to ? .
That Napoleon lias planned the
subjugation of all the Northern Pow
PfS. Or iwKnf nmonnto fn fl.A Dnmp
' ; <- - . ...Oi
to seti ska he present reigning fami
lies, and to elevate his own creatures
to their sovereignties, has long been
apparent to those who have studied his
character & actions. Wrll the refusal
of the King of Denmark to permit the
passage of nis troops through Holstein
alter his views? We thiuk not. In
deed, bv the accounts brought by this
mail, this appeal b already to be the
case.
One the letters observes, that
Frederick William, oppressed with
the humiliating state of dependence to
which' "he was reduced, had actually
proposed to Napoleon to resign his i
crown ; to which measure, it is said,
the French Ruler was not prepared to
accede.
September 27.
RETREAt OF LORD WEL*
LINGTON.
It was generally expected that the
fall of Almeida would prove a signal
to Lord Wellington to retreat, howe
ver slowly. From private letters to
the 9th inst. from O orto, brought to
Plymouth by a ship laden with Merino
Sheep, it appears that this speculation
has been realized. Of these com mu*
nica*ions, the following, which is dat
ed Oporto, the 8th inst. shews the ex
tent of the retreat, and the positions
of the several armies
Opouto, Sept. 8.
i write to you by the opportunity
of a Portuguese schooner, bound for
Plymouth with Merino Sheep belong,
ing to Gen. Stuart, to give y»u the la
test information we are in possession
of from the armies, which you will
naturally be anxious to hear. I am dis
appointed in receiving communica
tions to day from head-quarters, which
I consider as a proof that the army
continues to retreat towards Ponte de
i’.Tardella, where the first stand is to be
made should Massena’s army follow
Lord Wellington. We are uninform
ed where head-quarters are removed
to since they leftCclcrico on the Sd or
4th inst. but by scftne it is stated, that
the British are at sea, and the Portu
guese at Genveia, which is not impro
bable ; although I am more inclined
to think that the former are at Ltr
hares, which is much nearer to Cele*
rico ; but this is of little consequence.
The war will now be brought home to
us, and our brave soldiers must pre
pare for blows i for should ihe enemy
follow Up the British, an immediate
action must be the result. As yet I
do net find that the French had pass,
ed beyond Pinhel and Fraxidas, where I
cur dragoons a few days ago had a ve- !
ry smart affair with some French ca. j
valry and infantry, which were com
pelled to retreat, leaving behind them
a few wounded and prisoners* Guar- ;
da at'll continued occupied by a s'rong
detachment of English troops, who, no
doubt, will maintain that strong posi
tion to the very last. Gov. Tract,
with his brigade of militia, was at
Moionenu de Beira, and Torre de
Moncorvi, in the vicinity of»he Dou- j
ro. After toe Lll of Almeida, the'
garrison, which surrendered prisoncis
of war on the occasion, had t e option
of either entering into the Frenchser
vicc or being marched off to France ;
a considerable number accepted the i
former, but with what view will best'
appear by the event* for srnce that pe- (
riod nearly the whole cf them have
come over and joined Col. Ti ant, Mar
shal Beresford, and some ths British
army. This shows that the French
have no men to spare to look after the
prisouers they takfc.—-You jnay, how
ever, expect gloo.uy accounts from
Lisbon ; for the advance of (he enemy
will damp the spirits of the natives.**
We have received German Papers
to the 19th, French to the 22d, and
Dutch to the 26th inst. The Grand
Signor had set out from Constantino
ple to place himself at the head of hid
army ; and a general and decisive bat
tle was expected. Voluntary eiilist
'i.ient has ceased in the Neapolitan ar
my, and its ranks a 19 in future to be
fi'led by Conscription! A Decree for
this purpose wps published on the 27th
of Aug. from Murads camp at Piale.
These Papers also contain the Official
Act of the election of Bernadotte as
Crown Prince of Sweden. They give
no account from Portugal or Spain in
chese papers ;from which we may con
clude that nothing very favorable to
Bonaparte had occurred in the Penin
sula.
September 28;
Letters were yesterday received
from Dunkirk to the date of the 23d
inst. inclosing several licences for the
introduction of indigo and spices on
the export of the stipulated cargoes of
wpne, grain, &c. —We have also a ta
riff under a new secret, which is as
follows;
* ^ U« U A « Uiil'UUj 1^1 loui,
American Pot A*h per quintal Fr. 300
Do. Leather in tjQe hair,per s!un 25
Fisb.Qil per quintal 2.5_
Cod Fish do 10
Dried Fi»h do 8
Elephants Teeth do iOO _
Tortoise shell do 1500 .
Mother of Pearl do 200 _
American Rice do 20 —
Cashoo do '600 _
Red Bar per kellerdram cr 2vfri 20 _
Ye’low do do 4 _
Rhubarb do 4 _
Ipecacuana do 12 —
Sumac ti Ginger per quintal 30 —
Pimento or Black Pepper do 4<>5 —
Cassla Wood like Cinnamon do , 110*5 _
Gum Senegal, Arnbick 61 Guyacum do 75 _
Gum Copal do 200 __
Idem Ammoniac do 200 _
Cayenne Wood do 30_
Red do 150 _
Red Sandel do 20 _
Brazil do 15 _
Death of Mr. Abrabam Gcdlsmidt.
Never was the City a scene of grea
ter confusion than it was during the
whole of this morning. Business
seemed at a stand, and the Stock Ex
change and the avenues leading to it
were etowded to excess, to ascertain
the particulars of an event we are a
bout to mention. It is the death of
of Mr. AbAa m Golclsmidt, one of the
great contrtfctors for the loan, and we
grieve to add, by his own hand. He
shot himself, this morning about 8 o*
clnck, at his nouse at Merton. The
The state of the public funds, the at
tempts against, (which we adverted to
some time ago) and consequent de
pression of the Loan—perhaps too, the
recent death of one of the Contractors,
Sir Francis Baring, had for some day s
proauceu at umts an irritability of
temper, and at ethers a despondency
wholly foreign from his natural dispo
sition, which was mild, equable, and
cheerful. We have heard that he has
of late, when in his office or in his
house, burst out in paroxisitis a
gainst what he declared to be a
combination against him, in the midst
of which he would burst out of
the room. In the moments of his an
guish he has been heard to declare,
that he suffered more than he could
bear. He would then relapse into des
pondency and silence. But still he
was as attentive and active as ever in
his business. Our readers have re
marked that the funds have fluctuated
more within the last three weeks than
they had done for months before—
Omnium has been at 8 discount. One
of the great causes of this depreciation
was the failures, which had rendered
large sales of stock necessary j money
in consequence became scarce, and
the difficulty of borrowing grea‘. This
was peculiarly unfortunate for those
concerned in the Loan, which under
such circumstances, could not but be at
a discount. When, however, being at
8 it had improved to only 5 1-2 dis
count, great hope was entertained that
it would improve still more. But more
failures took place yesterday, and it
left off at 6 1-2/ Mr. Goldsmidthi for
titude is said then to have forsaken
him, and we have heard that he rear
ed from the Stock Market yesterday
in the rlee&g|t despondency. The first
intclligen^Mrmt n ached the Stock Ex
change this morning was, that Mr.
Gddamidt had put a period to his ex
istence.
Words would be inadequate to ex
press the surprise, the alarm, and the
dismaywas visible.
The flfst price of tlircc prrcrnr, wss
65 1-2 ; they fell soon to 6J 1-4, ami
were at 64 when our piper was put to
press. Omnium began a* T disc. f-R
1 to 10, and was at 8 at 1 o’clock. The
Stock Exchange, Chapel Court, an l e
ven the Royal Exchange were,crow
ded, ail persons ergerly making en
quiries about this event and forgetting
almost every thing 'else. Those c'^r.
cerned in the Stock market were ma
king up.tbeir accounts, una.lhlle wl.”**
real business was done. VVe quescioa
whether peace, or war suddenly m.ule^.,
ever created such a bustle as the cl ex r\
of Mr. Gold^midt. Few details have
yet transpired, except that he went to
Merton last night in the greatest dis
tress of mind—thnt he rose this morn
ing at the usual hour, arid without
speaking to any of his family, wenc
into the water, closet where he blew
his brains out. fie expired instuu
l>\
This is the second suicide in Mr.
Goldsmidt’s family—hut the first pro
ceeded from different causes.
Mr. Goldsmtdt was a man much be
loved, liberal, hospitable, and human?.
He was the promoter of aU charitabie
institutions ; and there are many per
sons who owe all their success in l»fe
to his kiodness and protection. L t
ui hope tbut such deeds will be accep
ted as some atonement for this l.^st
act, committed in a moment of phrer,
zy an^Ldesperation.
jjJ^ships from Oporto have arriv
ed ^^rlymouth, but we cannot fiud
that they have brought any accounts
f confirming the intelligence ot the re
I treat of Lord Wellington to Lauhares
or Cea.
There ii some rersrm t-n ikn»
by this time a battle has taken place.
It was reported this morning that the
king of Sweden is no more.
Letters from Holland state, that the
French have lately made domiciliary
visitajn Amsterdam, and most of the
comiKrctal towns in that country, in
qifRiii%F English manufactures and co
lonial produce. Property to a consi
derable amount has been seized, under
the pretext, true or falte, thut it v.*a3
English. In a riot which this rigorous
measure Occasioned at Amsterdam, two
French Cus:om-hc.use officers were
killed.
P^€£ OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 12,
^yree per cent Con-. 65 1-2 3 1-4 4
—-^Omnium 7 10 7 3-5 8 dis.
Paris, Sept; 10.
On the 4th ijjstaat his Majesty is
sued a decree, by which the exportati
on of French silks continues to be pro
hibited. The law of the 30ch April^
permitting the exportation of certain
kinds of silk-, is suspended until the 1st
Ja»y, -1811.
An Imperial Decree of the 28th u!f.
cont. ins the following provisions .*
1. Vessels sailing with licences are
expressly prohibited from taking on
b.-arr! passengers for England, or bring
ing back with ilietn passengers from
England to France, unless provided
wi-bjtofsports signed with our hand.
2*®£jpry passenger found on board
any fcenccd vessel, going to, or com-*
ing Am England, without a pasaport
signtW by us, shall be taken into cus
tody.
rprtr S/Oceol _•_A1 _
present order sb«ll be put under seques
tration, on her arrival, and reported to
us.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
Berlin, Sept. 6.
The following has beem pujlislad
here :
“ His majesty being desirous that
all the orders which have for their ob
ject the maintenance of the Continen
tal system should continue to be exe
cuted with the greatest rigor, has re
solved, in order to accelerate the pro
cess of confiscation commenced against '
*11 possess or import Colo
nial irVppitdizf*, to appoint a Tribu
nal of Commerce, which shall pro
nounce Exclusively and definitively on
matters connected wih this kind of
confiscation. This Tribunal shnl' sit
at Berlin, and shall ok-.; informations
at the different places by means of com
missioners appointed for that pur
• pose.
" His Majesty, by this measure,
wishes to conciliate the interests of
the state, with that ju-tice which in li
viduals have a right to expect. 14 Ber
lin, Aug. 16, 1810.”
BALTiMaftc, November 9
LATEST FROM LONDON.
The fast.satin" ship l!arrio», c.t" tl( \
S, P. Child, arrived this morning, rails i
from the Downs 9th OtiobcT, md rtach :i
the Ca££A in 26 days. Captain C.! as p-1
Mtfclwifurnished us with flies of Lnnrlou pa- g
ptrMut ult. —frmn wi.icn we f
\ ha« onlyCme to % ve the follow.ug au.n*
<Ecl<^^Pni;P*w ar,,l family are it OL
! brs»r, by his choice.
PW^^r- ct vul in Lon I n, to
| Septemt^gwfrspeak of a triple alhanett
between <l?b thrre great powersol t’i» con
tinent. Denmark .ibs'dntely holds o'lt a.
gainst the Franck entering Zealand.