Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-07-26
Foreign Intelligence.
NETWORK, July IS.


brig Jane from Bordeaux and 10 captain
Manning of the schooner Nimrod iiom
Halifax, who hsve fayoured the editor of
the Me rcantiIe Advertiser, one with Pa.
rls papers 10 the 9TH, aid the other with
Halifax papers containing London news to
the same date, received there by the BIZ
fish packet Princess Mary, which arri.
we'd on the fourth July and wa, to sail
for this port on the s,h. From the for.
mer we have translated, and from the lat
ter copied the subjoined interesting ar,i.
cles:
BY adtices from Rotterdam, received
yesterday, we learn that Schitnmelpen.
nnck has formally resigned his Office of
grand psnsionary. The ostensib!e rea
son given by hin, for this measure is, that
old aye, and concommisant infrmites, dis
Qualify him for the prompt and faithfui
discharge ct the duties OF his Office. He
is succeeded by Van Sleenwycl, The
succession OF ibis gentleman augurs well
Tor the Batayian republic; he is the lea.
der ofth- republican party. and FL ,nly op.
posed 10 the concentrating system OF
Mons. Napoleon. But, says our cores.
nondrnr, the general opinion of the
French party ia that Mr.. Van Stecnwyek
Will only continue in Office ill the arrival
OF Louis Banaparse, who was expected at
the Hague early in June.
HAElSAx, July 8.
Arrived, Princess Mary packet, CAPT. Po-
cock, with The. mails from Falmouth, IS
days.
Sailed since our iaaf.
His niajesty's ship Tartar, Driver, and
Indian. His majes Us brig Nirnble,
for England, with dispatches and a mail.
HIS rpaiesiy's ship Vile de Milan vice
admiral the hon. G. c. Berkeley, capt.
SIT Robert Lawric, passed Falmouth on
he Sd of J.uoe, with tbs ship Heroine
under her convey Tor this place.
a squadron OF sail OF the linz, . fri
gates, and briggs, under sir. J. b. War
ren, sailed from Portsmouth June -
destined, as Is sad, for an expedition to-
the West Indies.
Lord Melviile's trial was ended; bu,
the result no, publicly known. A letter
received at Falmouth, mentioned lha, he
was acquitted by majority Of &c to A.
-LONDONJ May IS.
The method of Furnishing the seamen
on board the men of war, by running the
gauntlet, is ordered to b. immediately
discontinued.
The French have not changed their
position in Germany nor has Prussia
made any further aaemp, on Pomerania.
History will remark that the three adj
nirals English Spanish and French, en-.
gagged in the battle off Trafalgar, have
all los, their lives. The English adni-
raj was killed out right; admiral Gravl.
MA died Of The wounds he received and
The French admiral V,llsneuve finished
bis mortal career by his own hand
HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY %.
Thanks 10 ne managers oftAc imyteach.
mes,s
The secretary ofwar rose, and moved.
" thai he thanks of this house be given TO
those members who were appointed ma.
a?gsrs Of ths impeachment of lord Wis
count Melville, for their faithful manage
ment OF the tru9t reposed in them"
The question WAS pat, and was carried
with one disseItient voice.
hC ov-Hh-l tsiCO IO1s 10 return thanks
to the managers, who rose also he ad.
dressed them to the following effect -
"Centlemen---'rhis house has, upon
the result OF 50 great and Important an
enquiry respecting the administration
oil The expenditure Of The public none y,
come to resolution TO enter upon the
most grave and solemn Of oil its functions,
Seresortto its prerogasive Of Impeachment
agains; Henry lord viscount MelyilIs.
IL is the power ofimpsachment which has
enabled the commons Of this country, at
all Times, TO lay open the misdeeds Of
tbe highest servants Of the crown, and to
prevent, or punish, all inroads which may
be- made upon the liberties Of the subjects
Of his realm, In the prosecution OF This
impeachment, the house has appointed
you to prepare and arrange the proofs of
the complicated Transactions on which
their charges were groun led. Their
charges we're against a noble person,
whose rank and high consideration in the
state must hold him forth as signal ex-
ample either fgcod or ofeyil.-Throueh.
out the progress of the trial, they have
witnessed, with peculiar satisfaction,
your great attention and dispatch, which
have rescued Ihe trial by impeachment
from the disgrace TO which Il, had fallen.
and restored II TO its former strength s. no
nor. They have Witnessed in Won an an,