Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-10-09

rather than wit, that Of the Morrill, II
this all the CONTINENTAL nations have the
same. wishes 10 form, viz. that the energy
of the French governments may comnu,
mic ate Itself to the others; inst Persia and
. above all the Ottoman Pore, may assume
! civil, and military manners more adapted
, | 10 the defence OF their liberty thS1 these
. powers, once independent, may form wiz a
, those of Europe family, IN which the C.
js,,i,brium ofpoIlicaI fortunes may hence
forth rot permit any of those revolutions
which re plunge nations into barbassm,
ana des,royiior several centuries the bene-
fits OF civilization.
Adviccs from Corfu state that Russi-
an General there commands eigh, ba,ia
lions of Abanese and Maniots, all deter.
| mined enemies 10 The Mussuiman name.
These le,ies have excited great displea-
sure amongs, the Turks of the Morea, and
particularly of Ali Pacha. The SerJgiio
alsp is highly d'scon cn,cd with the mode
o. conduct adopted by Russia, but what
can il do, weak as it is9 BE silent, & thus
perhaps receive the blow little later.
Afon;fcur.
BY an imperial decree the members OF
the Legion of Honor are 10 be augment
cd by 5000. The Grand Chancellor oil
the Legion IS TO be presen, before the 81
OF VendemeIre next, the nomination OF his
Majesty the Emperor and King, the 1000
| new LegionarIcs, who for this tirae, are
TO he chosen FROM among the officers aud
soldiers who have distinguished them,
selves in the war, and who have received
al least one wound.
The Monileur OF Monday last publish.
ed the sentences Of the Military commits
sion, which condemned 10 death on the
9th inst. Andre lsa, convicted of being
IN accumrlicc with Dubuc and Hosselin
According to the report of the Captain
reporter, Laa was employed on board the
iouIon fleet when tl-st was evacuated by
the English, he followed them 10 England
where he lived years, and received sol.
a year STERLING from The Government.
On the i2th NIvose. year l3, he returned
mo France by Nlorlaix, in the false quail
ty OF prisoner OF war on beard a cartel. Il
is also IN the same quality and by The
same way that Dubuc aid Rosselin were
afterwards sent from England to France.
Laa who had sci of from Morlaix, with a
passport given under false name of Mi
chaeI, cook, arrived IN this country at
Pau, procured passport in his own came
Tor Spain, and after having thus collected
every information concerning the situali.
on of the co-ls from Morlaix to Corunna,
returned 10 England and gave an account.
OF HIS mission. A short time a!ter he
Quilted England second time, 4 returned
10 France by way of Hamburgh, after has.
ing hsd his passpot, revised by the French
pienipotepliafy of Lower Saxony. The
papers x confessions of the accused have
proved hat lie was sen, 10 Dubuc, by he
English Government for the purposcoi en-
gaglng the latter L. press the EXECUTION #
the scheme which was the grand end Of
his journey.
In leuer dated the i4lh May. written
by d'imbclt, and addressedSto Dubuc. IS
the following phase: 81 inrea, you to
give him ito Lsa) the most g circYmstan.
tiai details concerning the bes, and quick.
est means 10 attack the usuIper." By ,hi.
letter, d'imbert informed Dnbuc, tgat la
4 had just sent him an emissory Nth some
| sympathetic ink. This ersissaFy sas de.
noted Under the name OF Michael. IL il
proved by the Confession of the accu.ed
that Michael is Andre La. He ayeivsd
al Paris on the morning after his occom.
plices had been condemned aud he MAS
1 igtotant oiiheir being arrested. lie foe
warded them the letters and phial of SYM
pathetic ink, which he had brought with
him, but the sentence against Dubuc and
+, Rossrlin burst on him like thunder. He
fastened 10 take place in The Diiig nee
but was soon arrested and conds mned
and as we have already reIa cd suffered
the punishment of his treason a lew day
since.