Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-01-12
Nautical Intelligence.

NdutscaI Intelligence.
Very far from the Rcpublic of France
having gwen up the idea of any fu. ure eff
forte by fca, we are enabled to ftate from
undoubted authority, that it has "A ihips
OF the line at prefent building, 9 of them
hra rates; aud the exertions ufed TO GEM
plete them, are unequalled in the hifory
of that or any other nation.
Every perion who eau ufe the Ak or
adze, and can be procured, though alto
gether unacquaiDted with ihip building, 10
employed ia the Interior under proper di
rettofs, in eating out, boiling aud fha-
ping the timber, add the who'll IL convey
ed TO the dock yard entirely ready for
! the various uies required.
As the timber made u(e Of, however, 10
by 40 means properly feafonsd, the du' a.
tion oftheir fhips nun be Mort, and t ap-
| pears irnprobabic that they can man thea.
but that they are determined eli her to try
their areEgth again OH the ocean, or to
attempt foms expedition of the gsea;et'
| conieqaense is pat all doabt.
! Tue Admiralty have received certain
advice tina; the Touion Feet is arrived a,
! Brett. We have nc. learnt the number OF
hips that have ftolen rouod and evaded
the vigilance IF our fleets bar the rumour
10 that they are tx lhios of the line. The
mutt be thai part OF their feet, therefore
which was left ar Touion whe7 the expe
ditifn was made to the Adriatic Sea and
the ihiPs of that fquadron aie not includ
ed in the heet that has come round to
BreA.
This meafu'e fcems TO indicate feriou,
! cehgn OF new armament at Brett. Ac
cortinglY, if we may give credit to III
mour, the ihip5 which had gone into To
inner road have come again into the out
en- where hey are now lying at anchor,
" fail 10 number.
In addition 10 the above intelligence re-
| iative to the naval preparations making by
the French, we fate from the beft su'ho
| rity, that the Spaniards have thirty three
| or thirty four chips of the line at Cssiz.
| equipped and ready for iea, belidzs 8 ihips
OF the line equally equipped, lying Ia AL
gehras' Bay, near Gibraltar, and pretty
| trong feet filled at Ca,thagena.
"A Bill is to be brough, into the Houfe
For the protection of the underwriters, 10
abiige all trading vslies to fail with con-
vcy, aud not to leave il for the fake ol
| gaining the hrf o. a market. This is to
De done by making it impoiEble for them
to break bulk after they arrive ia the port
OF their aeieiuation, until the convoy with
which they failed ihall alto arrive.
| November 10.
| Yeferday French papers OF the 9Th,
nth, and Izth, were received in town,
but their contents are of little Importance.
| Permifiion has been given to the French
| crnilers To capture Portuguese vefes, in
| copfequence of the decentralization OF the
I treaty of peace.
We lave already Rated, and on further
enquiry we find, very accurately. the gene
al outline OF Mr., yiit's financial fcheme,
which is to double, treble, and in fome in
frances to qusdrupie the AGeGed Taxes
at which each individual is rated, for
three years to come. This afIeHment ia
calculated 20 produce from 10 millions
yearly; bot as the fUpples OF the eafuing
year are chiefly to be- RATED 90 its pro-
dnce, there mutt Of c"uYfe be a copfidera~
bic drawback on the Fam total, bythe mo-
mics paid for advances aud diicount. The
whole fun TO coRe inn the Excheauer by
this plan, cannot therefore be calculated
at more tAln from no to 81 millions fer
ling.
November 60.
Letters from Madrid, received by the
Liibon mail OF Saturday, appear to con-
firm the Ratement, that the Court Of Spain
tfufes to admit of the Freuch troops
marching acrofs that country 10 attack the
frontier Of Portugal. There are no Iongar
any warlikes preparations MAKING il the
Spsnifh CORY; the troops are moreover
withdrawing from the Portuguefe frontier,
and the camp OF 81. Roche The Spanifh
miBiitry has undergone a confiderable
change Of wbioh the Prince of Peace is no
longer member. The exchange cfcoa
ie between the two courts of Madrid
aud Lilban, during the Ian month. has
been more frequent than at any period
during the war.
All the account, both public and pri-
vste, Rate, that the utnzoff harmony con-
tinues between the Allied Courts of Spain I
and Portugal.
a fquadron, 20 be commanded by Ad.
miral Lord Duncan, is ordered 70 he fitted
out Immediately. for the purpof- of cruz /
ing IN he North Sess, bsfore the wiu,er
leaion fets 10. His Lordlhip had an in,e-.
view with The Lcrds Of the Admiralty ,ec-
terday on The fubjed.
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