Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-07-21

t''N'" upon q large SCdiS IS 10 Dc
announced; eySry Officer in the army will
be advanced step.
tfie arrival of vcralcouriers in Paris,
fron Germany has hastened the prepare
Ni0IFs Tor the Coronal;on, which will take.
pace IN defiance OF the circumstances OF
ceNan courts. At the last assembly, by
Madame BoHaparte, her husband said,
soud e0oaBh 10 be heard by all present, in
addressing himself to certain h;,h.rto
AV" nc ambassador, pray, Sir, have not
the french people The same right 10 give
The supreme chief what title and prero.
&a'ive they think necessary for their no.
nor aad tranquility, as much ~ to Choose
freely their own form Of governments"
~ bow ut submission was the only answer
10 question purposciy made as a com.
mAha or an explanation TO the whole di.
P.omatIc CORPS present; of whom several
t's next day dispatched couriers TO their
rcSpe Give courts, with this sophistica! de-
claraton Of the First Consul.
She coronaliGa robes have been en-.
pfodered M Lyons, and with their dla-
monds are estimated at two inilions Of IL
Fres; gnld and silver medals TO The a..
mount often millions Of livres report says,
are already Struck at the mint, add are TO
oe 02Irihutcd on the coronation day, in all
the aitnieS, as well as among the people in
the cities and towns. The coronation car.
riage has been made long ago, by Simeon,
al brussels, under the pretence that il
WAS intended as a present 10 the emperor
ct Russia. he coronation is to be per-
formed by The Cardinal Archbishop OF
Paris and the Pope's Nuncio, Cardinal
Caprara, assisted by three other revolu-
tionary Cardinals, and twelve revoluliona.
ry Archbishnps and Bishops. The Pope.
on account Of his age and iuhrmities has
been excused journey 20 France, where
his Nuncio has full power 10 assist on his
part, and give his Blessing.
Among other appointments in France
by The Emperor IN petto, are 81 pages
ior himself. and twelve for his imperial
consorl. They are children of the mem.
bers OF the legion of honor; and when
they have attained the age of 8, they
VIII OBTAIN each a company in regime nj
o! cavalry or dragons as retreat. SIX
lords IN waning for the Emperor, and four
Tor the Empress are To be taken from a.
mong the members of the senate, tribu-
na.e and legislative body. A civil list Of
twenty tour millions OF livres viii be fix
ed. The household troops are 10 be aug
mentcd to twelve thousand men Of d.ife-
rem arms. The palace of Versailles is to
be repaired, with those of Compigne and
Fontainbleau, and every season the En-
peroo vii! change his place of residence.
The winters will, however, exclusively be
passed at Paris, ST. Cloud and Malmai.
son.
Nay. l7.-This morning we received
Dutch journals 10 The 10th inst. The ar.
ticles OF importance which they contain
relate to the assumption Of the imperial
dignity by Bonaparte. An extraa from
Paris paper s'ate1, that The resolution OF
the tri5unatc upon that subiecl has been
transmitted 10 the conservative senate in
the following terms" That Napoleon
E7naparte be declared emperor of the
French"
the Argus makes the following inte-
resting remarks on the exaItation of the
First Consul, They certainly speak the
sentiments of lie C0rsican and his cabinet :
From events which will result from
this important step, some augur the ap-
proach Of peace, as it will demand the
Hearty appro ba,ioa of a certain great po.
tentate, whose decision on the one side or
the other, will doubtless, have happy in
nueaee in settling the existing differences.
" This ACT IS the eternal dsnheritance
OF the B1urbOns, which the French PEG
pie are about IN pronounce by it they rid
themselves Of all apprehension and of all
iGqWetude; they have performed nothing
more solemn Or more productive of uni,
vers1l safety. This general wish is the Fl
MS to the history of the revolution. 1t
has been said, that like Saturn, the rcyo
luton devoured its children; at present
the ancient fable seem, to be completely
Tealz d it is child of the revolution
who takes is place, without forgetting the
benefits Of is mother"
We cannot undertake to say, whether
the Potsntate alluded to be the emperor
Of Germany Or the emperor Alexander,
bat it appears from the publications which
have recently issu from the press at Der
lin, that BonapaT,e has obtained the sane.
ton of his Prussian majesty.
Curee, who made the motion in the tri.
bunate for a change in the constitution