Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-09-24

, The Harvest in France is stated to DC
| The most abundan, ever known. Wheat
would not sell fer more than 6 livres.
Sept. IL.
"Arrived this morning. ship Delaware,
Farmer, so days from Amsterdam; Ru-
fus, Paul, Nantz, ~; brig Luna, Star,
Savannah; and brig.
"The Delaware was sent into Ports
mouth, eng by British cruiser, and
cleared. Sailed from thence about the
9th OF August, and brings London dates
TO the 9th. They state the almost abso-
lutte CERTAINTY of PEACE. Lord
Lauderdale had gone over to France in
quality of Minister P!cnipaten,iary. The
news Of a treaty between France and Rus-
sa is confirmed.
Lord Lacderdale sailed from England
in the Clyde frigate, and anchored in Ca
lais harbos, ~hers he landed amidst The
accismaluns OF The populacc As con-
| iirma,oSof the strong prospe6l ola gene.
raj PEACE, the Dutch flee, in the Tex
ei had been disr.aoticti,. and the French
troops were evacnating Holland. A grand
national fsee was to take place in Paris
early in September"
The following interesting extract is
icom an American geotlcmao, OF whose
intelligence and correctness we have a
personal knowledge, dated Nantz August
l..
1t is reported on the authority pri-
vate letters from Paris, that the Preiimina-
~ Treaty with England is actually signed
and some statements 20 so far As to speak
of the ARTICLES. Among a. var,e of
others Eave heard tina. France cedes
to England the Isles of France and all
claim to her possession, in the East In.
dies, the Cape of G.. Hope, Hanover. sc.
I" England csdes To France Gibraltar,
Malta aod reiiaquishes far ever the trade
Of the Mediterranean. l mention these
as mere reports but no doub, exists Of
the principal articles being mutually a.
greed upon. and thai both partles are Sc
rlously bent on making Peac."
A letter from Naples of the 'y,h JuIys
inherited in Que of our last Frsach papers
contains the following account:
Sos the LIST July 6Goo English disem-
barked al the gu!ph OF S, Enphemia, in
Cdabria. They were sracke on the 8 h
81 the general OF division kegnier with tho
Polish regiment and the fo,ty second IS
the linz who were warmly repuised.-7
Gen Compere, grievously wounded and
500 Poles. were made prisoners. The
English having been joined by a rein-
iorcement of 5000 men, and by three or
coo Calabrian insurgents, committed the
error Of advancing into The country, and
qoiued the protection Of their, vessels.
Within league ct COsenza, they were
tdriousiY attacked by the general OF divI-
sion Verdier, al the head 10000 ,nfan-
try and 1900 cavalry. The F.glish were
beaten. put TO the route. and at Ihe mo-
ment OF wiring, 1900 English prisoners
have arrived al head qoastets General
Verdier is IN pursnje of the fugt,yes..
GA the oiher hand gsuerai Rcgnierhaving
marched TO CotroDe ha. siYen up to pli-
lage the village de Listoia 500 Calabri-
an reyoi ers nave seen put to she sword"
The same paper says French pri-'
soner In England writes that general Ro-
chambcau, SO long detained in this island,
having requested by virtue OF his capipia-
ton, that himself and his army should he
debarq9ed in France, has obtained his re-
turn OH paroIe.---it was given by the
solicitations of marshal Rocharnbean
his fathers who demanded ii in reci-
prncity for his own conduct to Lord
CORVALLIS, made prisoner with his army
an event which produced the peace of
i7sS. Lord CORVALLIS, az well as all
hia raen, received on this occasion from
general Rochambeau treatment so ge-
nerous Ihat he conceived himself obliged
signa!ly 10 acknowledge it to his ceun-
trymen in the journals Of the time.
Who has been, according to tbe Engkis5 Par
Per', suilotined ten years ago
Septeribes ID.
MORE NEWS FROA MIRANDA.
Our Boamen came up lase last nigh with the
arrivals which appear in IBIS days Gsz,tte--and
with the following article respecting Miranda.
which We give verbani5t az II was written. We
Tege, that we did not see the gerleEan who SO
ob.isingy communicated it for publication
- The SchcoEsr Amazon eft Laguira in the even
ing Of Sunday. 24fh kngust--esrly The next
moraing wan boarded by lieut. Boyd, of the Bri-
tisb asrled echooner Gypsey who gave US ihe fol-
lowing INFORMATION: thar aborn the 1Sih Avg
he went pso Coro in order ask leave oe gens-
raj Miranda 10 repair his schooner III that baibors
that day OF two after his ARRIVAL there, captain
Thompson. OF the ship I.sandsr- wen, witha nun.
Der VI his people 10 the watering place (sbout