Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-04-13

following they demanded a contributions
I OF 5000. ste; ling, threatening. that ii nos
tpaid by thcncst day,to iniorcc itby a ge-,
neral plumber :---I'he President aud coun-
Gil, accordingly .act, 10 lake the demand
into considerations. aud compromise w:lir
the French commanders. for the sum OF
$500. sieilins, wh.ch was paid them tho
morning following, after which iranauili-
W seemed 10 be again restored. The
same, evening they hegan to spike up the
cannon, and throw all the ammunition into
the sea, preparatory to their esscua;ionof
tosseau the next morning; about 10 o.
clock OF which day. all the out posts aud
troops were called in, assembled on the
beach, and re,enbll ket' and at / ? O'clock
lt'encral LIE Grange left the Government
House, with his suite, desired the Flench
flag 10 be struck aud re-einbarked also.
In justice to this General (although am e.
tnemy) we add, that the Lady of Ceneral
Provost was teeaie wiki evcty testimony
ofrespect; and that on hearing the bra-
tai conduct observed by his soidicry ia
their rapaeity he issued such orders, thai
two or three were shot in The acl oil pui-
dering."
Our informant adds" That Gag of
truce bad been forwarded on MONDAY To
General Provost, 10 demand the surren-.
der OF Prince Eurert's; that the snswer
returned by his Exce,iency was, lie was
waiting there with greatpa,iencc, S would
be happy 10 receive m."--That vessel
arrived from Martinique on Wednesday,
Infringing the intelligence that advices had
been received there, Of an alarm having
been fred at Barbadoes on the appearance
OF a feet of British men of war, sad 10 be.
20 sail ;--that the day he escaped from
Dominica, intelligence had been received
from Prince Rrpests tia, that garrison
held 1900 effective men, with provisions
and tor SIX months; and, that when
Inc quilted the island, The eDemy's flces
were all under weigh, bound fer Prince
Rupert's, I've presumed"
April S.
We have the pleasure of laying be-
fore the readers of the Mercantile Adj
ivertiser the interesting Letter OF Ma
poleon Ito his Britannia Majesty, pro-
posing Peace alluded to in the speech
to the Imperial Parliament at the o.
peniug of the present session. We
find It in the Moniteur (the Official
Journal of the French government of
the 5th OF Feb. with which we have
been favored by captain Hazard, Of
the brig Patty from Bordeaux. The
Patty, we understand, is the bearer OF
dispatches to the President and secre-
tary OF state.
Translated for the Mercantile Adver-
4
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
Paris, 4th February.
: The senate assembled this day in
grand costume, under the presidency
OF his serene highness the arch-chan-
ceilor of the empire.
His excellency M. Talleyrand. nil
mister of foreign relations, was intro
drced, and presented the following re-
port:
M. TaIcyrand. The national So
. lemnity OF the coronation, that noble
: and necessary completion of our social
institutions, attached to it sentiments
too profound and too universal not to
occupy the whole attention Of all clas-
ses OF the state; at the near approach
! OF this great internal event, which has
lust assured for ever the destinies of
France, in consecrating by the voice of
men and heaven all that we have ac-
quircd CT glory, of greatness, and OF
independence, the interest of all other
events was generally, as if by one COM
mon impression, felt to diminish and
grow feeble even the thought Of war
seemed to vanish from the bosom OF
a nation which owes so much to its VIC
tories.
All is accomplished the empire is
founded and in reassuming the cares
OF the exterior, and recalling genius to
the interests of war, the first sentiment
OF ;he emperor has been to elevate
himself above all the passions. and to
Justify the great dignity for which Pro-
violence reserveshim, by shewinghim-
self inaccessible to hatred, to ambition
and revenge.
If there exist men who have con-