Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-09-08

demonstratlve Of design immediately 20
MAKE an attempt Oh this county; to re-
slst which, ministers seem TO have some
new measures IN contemplation. by mes
| sage sent down from the HING TO the
house fcomc.ons on Saturday. TIL mes
sage is worded in such vague and general
terms, that we can collect nothing from it,
except that government has new cause to
expect the invasion will speedily be at
tempted, and that they intend proposing.
new precautions.--ln what these will CON
s'st we are at loss to guess, probably in
some arrangement respecting the yolun-
teers.
[ Letters from our feet of Bres. have been re-
| ceived c,"so late date rs the I'll inst They
J mention that from ihc different appearances and
| 'nanoeryres OF the enemy, il is supposed they
! VIII soon put 10 sea; 4 suppos;tion which seve-
raj neutral vessels from France confirm, having
heard II positively stated, boli at Bordeaux and
a. I'Orent, thar o,ders have been sent from
Paris to risk an engagement. and that in conse
quemce the troops in the vicinity OF Brest, within
circle OF twelve leagues, have received INSTRUCT
ons from Genoral AUSere2u 20 concentrate them
selves to that town that they may be ready to
embark at I moments notice Every day the
number of French ships in the outer harbour at
brest changes On the 9th nit there were q
ships OF The line. and thirteen frgates and cutters
On the 28sh only - shins Of The line and nine
iriSates and cutters On the 29;h 81 ships of
the inc and sixteen f'igates aud cutters. On the
SUN, the same 4uinOci coutinueo; but on the LIST
instant only q ships Of the line and fourteen fri
| gates and cutters were counted by cur ciu,zers.
These changes and maneeuvres are evidently
performed TO deceive our craizers as to the real
strength OF the French fleet
private le'ter from the His gue, on the lst IN
slant says, " We are uncor,ain how soon the
eNpeaiuon against England viii nc upder,a ken,
still although every thing is ready, and several
regiments have been embarked for more than 4
| fortnight on board the feet i'm me Texel; en- the
otheT hand, nearly one hundred merchantmen.
put INTO requisition, or hired last autumn. have
been restored to trade gradually so thar the
whole number of transports actually employed
and ~ anchor in the TexeI, do NOT amount ia
more than eighty TIE armed vessels, as FIJI
gates gun boa's, and cutters &c have Lecn aug.
'nented, every where on the coast, on a-count Of
the repeated attempts CT The English cruizers
In the Meuse alone, one fri. ate, Eve gun boats
ano thfFe cutters, are stationed, in addition 10 the
number employed last May.
| "Ot The fourteen thousand men at the Telde,
and in North Holland, eight thousand are EN-.
parked, the remainder are yet encamped bnt IN
such state that they may be taken on board in
|
| general Marmont, contains only Is COO men
mostly French; Of whom 1900 are at Anlster
Gam, i,2OO AT Rotterdam, and 500 at The Hague
several corps of French recruits or conscripts
70 the amount OF Ia 600 men have passed through
Holland for Hanover, within these last 4 weeks
!" he business Of the indemnity to the Prince
OF Orange, for his family property in Holland i.
now settled, and the Princes raeica, ion is only
wanted to make 1t public. Besides three million:
] in rsaIN L.
IS 20 receive two millions and t&lf as private
ihaennihca'ion, partly in yearly instruments and
Partiy Tor an annuity, which has to run for one
hunoTed wears. l, is reported thar the French
government does not approve OF this arrange.
ment wishing TO have 1t unsettled until neSo-
c'a'lon win England for peace. that it may pay
- s,Hfe ei'heE III money, or by restoring the
Dutch settlements la'ely conquered"
| Large reintorcenents arc said to have been
detached to The French army in Hanover. and
also that considerable encampment is fornine
near LuDenburgh.
! a Ieoer rom gentleman in Leehorn to his
friend IN Leith, dated June |, saws dare saw
/ before this gegs to Your hands Won will have
neen alarmed by accounts of the English r7er.
chants OF Leshorn having been nut into a for
UeHs IL So can only confirm the report as one
or me sufferers; but have now the satisfaction 70
inform you. that we were Yesterday liberated
lh's rigorous measure proceeded from the report
sen' from hence by general Verllier to the general
IN CHIEF Jourdan, that three of the Enelish mi.
! soners IN. Il. they were three CorsIcans, En-
gl'sh pensioners) out upon their parole had left
the state The general i'm chief wrote an an.
swer, thar after search made in all the bureaux
! he could find no note of English prisoner. but
that he was surprised Gny Eng!fsb prisoners
should be ont upon their parole and that
IS three hid escaped he desired the others shorll
be secured. We Immediately applied to the
! Queen Regent, who sent Of courier 10 the Spa.
msh Minister at Milan, with orders 10 present n
remembrance TO the general in chief who, surpri.
Sod TO Ind thar the prisoners were all merchants.
and not as he had supposed Englishnen. taken
in state of hostility against France. promise
10 give orders to general v. for their release
which accordingly took place yesterday, as
have already stared -
A letter from Amsterdam SAYS, Z" The French
general, influenced by the threat Of Lo~d Nelson
70 lombard Leghorn if ,he British subjects de
tanned in Etruria were not Immediately released
! obs!ina'eIy opposed the wishes of the govern,
! Tnent; and it was not until the Queen powaser
had written to him a letter in very humble and
supplicaiing terms, that nc condesceuded to
! acquiesee in their liberation"
.Tub 70.
We are sorry to learn by accounts from
Dublin, that symptoms Of disturbance are again
I discovered in Ireland Some DAYS a-o We head