Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-06-12

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-, AZ occurrence, which is said 10 have
taken place at the French theatre. PARIS.
wish which the ministerial ;ournal;st ne
London has undertak m to amu,. mn, ooiv
~. v''e Hf'achss of their own country,
~. A'new'se those of America, FOR CODE
-12asnss are to De found every where.
we 90 not pretend to deny that such
an event would be very extraordinary but
notwithstanding to prove that such an event
conla not possibly take place.
II never happens at the theatres Of pa.
rus as It sometimes does at those of r.on.
ooa, that we see orange aud apple Aim.
thrown IN the face of the ROYAL ra,n;Iy
On the contrary, it is known that At pr.
the civil and military police cooperate in
maintaining order and decency in the gal.
'e'ies oil the theatre, where there Is al.
ways stationed commissary of police.
an officer OF the Etaf major, of the govern.
or' or oi the general, and at the great the.
aires an officer of L'Esat- major of the
place. 'A-
We know still further, that anv .sor
isexprcssly forbidden, (eyen in ,b- al
sence OF the chief of the Empire and the
Imperial Family TO read any letter or pa.
per whatever, either thrown or found ui,on
the stage, orin any other part of the house,
without: having previously submitted il
10 the civil or military officer, and having
received an express permission to read II.
Now We will leave il TO any man of good
sense, Gor every where are men of sensc
to be met witty ifitis possible that an ac-
LOT would be permitted to pronounce the
hneiious verses quoted by the journalist
before TIE Emperor--before Bonaparte.
Our love Tor truth constrains us 10 tell
the author Of this anecdote, that he has
fabricated gross falsehood.-Nat. Int. 5
The sailing of the Toulon feet is ONE
OF the most interesting events 10 the poll
tlcian which has occurred during this war.
The Rochefort squadron and its operati.
ans as lar as they could be surmised. have
excited very strong sensations in the iner-
can'iIe world IN England and in the Unit.
ed States; and the Toulon fleet being so
much stronger in force. must produce a
greater. alarm in proportion. Ey an ar,i-
Gle inserted yesterday, culed from. an En-
giish paper, It appears that the views of
the writer AID Ours are in unison--Every
thing indeed piainiy declares tia, he
grand objeet ofthe French government is
adiyisiono of the British force.
The escape ofihe Toulon Feet, i'm what
ever ligh, viewed, must be regarded as no
tr'iling affair. The blockade of Cadiz be-
ing set aside; large Spanish squadron
have joined The French aud there can be
no doubt of their having sailed immedi.
a'elya IT IS well Known, iba, from Bees, TO
Iouon, all The French and Spanish ships
have been waiting for good opportunity
only to leave port.-NumberIes conside.
raiions induce belief that fighting is not
The object, at least in Europe--aI,d shIs
distribution of the combined maritime
force will have more injurious effects than
appear upon superficial examination.
The total amount Of the French vessels
is upwards of 6fy men of'war--which, di-
yIded into small bodies, will distract the
attention of the British ministry, and in
descri5ably perplex them--for however
absurd the idea Of invasion may be in il
self, (and that il would be eventually I'M
successful few can doubt,) there is the
highest probability that it will be attempt
eo.--Tliose only who have been in En-
gland since the declaration of war, * who
have experimentally known the vicissi-
tudes of business since that time, are full
ly competent TO Judge ofihe effects which
the alarm on that account has produced.
In whatever point Of view we consider
The subject, it has been the most pernici-
Gus tale which could have been propagat-
ed. The loss in manual labor only, by
the military exercise to which the volun-
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