Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-01-10

Except this very voracious account, there
not one word of this memorable combat in m
Paris papers, An account had been received a
Bordeaux, which, when more az leisure we wi
publish for the amusement of our readers th
summary of the loss of the British ACCORDING r.
this account is S sunk. one blown up and thrc
drove ashore. The Prince Of Wales of 90 gurt
which was not in the aaion is among those sunk
and adr,ral Bickerton, who was NOT in the &C
ton is said co be Killed. and this the accour
adds, is according 10 admiral Collin wood',
statement"
From these circumstances our readers will ma
turaily make some allowance for other accounts.
But after large allowance, there is enough 70
prove the discontinue of the allies. In
this, and our succeeding papers. we shall! presen;
our read ers with details of this summary.
PARIS. November 20.
The public were yesterday in exreaa,ioh Of
receiving the confirmation of the news afioat for
some days past. upon the entry of the French in
to Vienna, which was to have taken place ON
the 18Th Bru marie ooh November out IN.
2lst Bulletin. which the Moniteur gives da,e6
from Molk the same day, making no mention
OF this desirable event. seems TO be lie the news,
However If it be observed thar on the nno.ni,,r-
OF the 18th. prince Musar was only teE or u
leagues from Vienna. and thai he detached the
same day corps of dragons towards that CITY.
from whence the emperor and his courts had ale
ready departed. 1t will readily be conceived ,ha,
there being no Further resistance, the Erst dvIsi
on Of the army may really have entered thar ca
rital the 18th, and possibly the emperor Napo-
leon himself may have made his enssy the same
evening that the Bulletin is dated
In circumstances of such moment.
it is not astonishing that public r,l-
mors should precede a few DAYS the
official reports. 1t is possible that
speedier communications or fame
that gains in its carriage, arrive soon
er and are mutilated by the exargera-
ton OF public avid;Iy. For IN lance,
Rumor was yesterday SO busy as to
spread news CT peace, ti.e details Of
which are SO very vague and uncer-
tain that no attention can as yet be
paid to them. 1t was added that lord
narrowly is 70 stipuiate for England,
In the general treaty. BE this as it
may, beace was certainly not the pri-
mitive object OF the nozzle lords mis-
sion. But it is the fate of Mr. Pitt
ever to see his projects turn in an ex-
traordinary manner. The denou-
ment OF his political drama mas the
quality required by Aristotle it is al
ways unforeseen. The expedition that
he has so long been nleditating is at
length sailed, against all expectation.
He wished to silence the laughers !;
but, to avoid one reproach, he exposes
himself TO receive greater. The de-
lay attending it was a ridicule the
expedition itself, in such circumstan-
ces, is capital fault, a treSh 5!Inder if
its protector be not assured Of his
means. Mr.. Pitt begins to grow dis
tracted; he entangles himself IL the
nets which his own pretty tricks first
spread for him; he has lost his SEN
ses before he has lost the ministry.
Bat, to return to the affairs of the
continent, whatever truth or falshood
there may be in the new rumors in
circulation, we can blame nobody for
crediting them. So many wonders
are wrought in so short time, rem
der every thing credible. It is more
natural to suppose that the French will
make peace in Vienna, than it was to
presume that they would be there as
days after their quitting Strasburgh.
This war, which may hereaf;e r be cal
led the Sir Weeks War, will be more
celebrated in history than the Seven
Years Mar, or even Thirty Yecrs
liar ; and, as no other war is more
replete with extraordinary events, it
is reasonable 10 beiieye that the peace
which must follow it, will have more
important results for the future tran.
guilty of Europe.
TWENTIETH BULLETIN OF THE
GRAND ARMY.
LLNTZ, 1874 Brgnaire, nm Non. J
Year IA.
The engagement of Amstetten did
great honor to the cavalry, and parti.
cularly to the 9th and 10th regiments
of hussars, and to the grenadiers oil
the division of general Oudinot.
The Russians have since accelera.
ted their retreat they in vain cut
down the bridges upon the Fps, which
were quickly rc-established, & prince
murat arrived as far as the ahbe,, M