Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-04

The will of course obtain the Islands aud
territory that once costitu;ed Grcc;au
Greatness and this without b!oodstcd.
The views that Russia had been nourisb.
ing OH Turkey, for these fifty years, are
vanishing day by day--the silly attempt to
| strengthen Corfu by seizing the mouths
of the Casfaro before Austria could deliver
Dafmatia to its present owuer, has cost
much more. than its own defeat. 1t has
kept an hundred and fifty thousand troops
in Germany these six months at the ex-
psnse of Austria who is to pay near Gf.
~ millions, ltournoisl extra, for their
subsistence, austria has. at last sent four
thousand troops to retake the mouths of
the Cdnoro, by the consent of the Court
| Of Peterborough, who must otherwise have
been a, war with 4us,ria on that point.
Meanwhile Prince Ifurat is becoming
an eleGtor and Prince of Germany. Car
dinal Fesch is already Coadlutor of the
| Arch Oh .ncellor .of the holy Roman
Empire The Hector of. Baden! [iuni-
orr who is married to a ,seuu French Prin-
cess will become King. So that if you will
look at the map, you will not fail. to re.
mark consolidation Of family power that
must take root and extend its branches
over the west and south of Europe:
The rupture of the peace OF Amiens, and
Mr. PITTS continental politics, have done
more for the emperor Of the French ia
three years time, than thirty could have
accomplished without them -.
The sooner Great Britain makes
peace the better for herself. Every
years delay must make her condition to
stipulate, less eligible. This man has
all the raw materials for working her
ruin gradually. Her only policy is to
materials. Let him have commerce
and colonies" to blunt the edge Of marti
al enterprises, and there are chances in
favor OF long peace ; or if but short
one, Great Bri.ain may hnd something
new OIL the water to pillage. But if
the war continues ten years longer, the
CONSUMPTION extending beyond the limits
OF France proper, will accumulate such
an armed force that million of armed
men may be allotted to the invasion.-
What is now probIemalicaI. would then
become enevitablc. The means of eros.
| sing tile channel in calm, would NOT
be confined 10 one point, hut would EN-.
brace many. Venice, Genoa, Spain,
Portugal, the ports of Holland even
the Baltic might be used--not for ma.
tritime dominion, but absolute invasion
and fearful subjdga,ion. Among the inn
pendi"g perils that Great Bci,ain should
calculate upon, it the war be carried on
for two years longer, no sound politician
can put out of sight the probability of an
Invasion Of India by land. ,Da!matia
brings all France to The sa.es ofConstan.
tinople. Should the Ottoman heartily Sc
! cond his only dear friend and grea. ally,
what the ancient conqu-ror Of Macedonia
did perform, the modern victor, of Europe
certainly may psrforn,- e, No leader that
ever swayed sccp,re knows better than
NAPOLEON the great difference between
achievements. Dery, difficult. and achiey.
ments absolutely ;Gshossi6ie, 49,,
49," His holiness the Pope is in very de.
Ginning health. j.. French troops occupy all
the ports of his territory. II is conjec-
tured that the next Pope will reside at
Avignon and that, in that case, Rome
as formerly, will become the metropolis
OF the Italian domnions. -,
The Emperor signaized his return 10
II
Fairs by measure or two thu. perhaps
! you may not have learnt: He abolished
the public gambling houses throughout
his domiGions: He doubted, and in some
instances Tebied, the salaries of the Jud.
| ges OF the tribunals He repaired and o.
! pened sixty f1Oo tiubGc fountains through
every. quarter of Paris, which since the
hrst OF July have diffused living and con.
iinual streams Of water. Tathese eighteen
more are to be added. On the l5th of
August there is TO be grand festival at
/ Paris, in the field Of Mars, at which the
Iaain army of Germany are expected TO
assist; whether merely 10 eat. drink and
be merry. or to march afterwards TO Bo
logne, know not. There is colossal
triumthal arch and column erecting near
the {" Grille dr. Chatiiof," SO as 10 form
terminus TO the grand vista that opens
tbro' the Elysian fields. Many hundred
workmen are founding it 10 the honor OF
the heroes Of AusterIitz.
"After the grand festival in August,
grand fair will expose at Paris, specimens
or samples of all the manufactured pro.
dueiions IF the French Empire.
:" I understand that our negotiations at
Paris and Madrid are likely to prosper;
and doubt not that in London, also, our