Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-09-27

ure OF the negotiation. The guards, who
have been for some time kept. in rather
an undecided state at Chatham, Deal.
Rsmgate, SC. and marched and counter.
marched IN various directions, after being
AT length embarked, have hecn ordered 10
proceed with all expedition TO Ports
mouth, whence the expedition for Sicily
will start.
Many officers of the Guards have pro.
ceeded to Portsmouth by land mos, of,he
s.af Of them have lone so. There are 10
be immediately embarked, and to fellow
IN Portsmouth with all specialize Koyai
staff corps the Royal waggcn corps, The
Royal artillery, the 35,h regiment FIVE
com anies, the 4Oth regiment, The s2d do.
the SD do. and he SSH Go.
August s.--rhs Clyde fyg.te returned
to Dea! yesterday, after hayIo:; safely Ian.
died. lord Laudefdaie a, Calais. Sumo
Messengers have proceeded To France
with dispatches, Since his Lnrdship left
town, but no dispatches have yet been re-
csived from hrs Lore ship. The dispatch.
es with the result of nis irst Comic exc.
with he French Pieni,o enuary. or the
minis'e, for f,rc.gu afIairs him ELI, may
D: expected at the close of The present, or
early In The next week.
Mary people are So sanguine in their ex-
pectalion OF peace, that they allow tb~ m.
selves 10 believe the bus;ness in such for f,
sardncss, ,ha, lord Lauderdae will have
little else 20 10 but to sign the prelimina-
ries immediately, and that the de6ni,e
treaty will b. concluded soon after. This,
however, Will not be so speedily effcGted
as they promise themselves, for there are
many important points to arrange, which
| will ieke up con iderable lime nor must
we 'nier ANY Ting from ne precipisapcy
with which nj D'Cubr,l sigacd pre.i,ni.
nary treaty for Russia Indeed we can
take upon us TO state with cpnhderct,
that he is believed to have exceeded the
powers which were given him and that
TOT only our government, bu, the Russian
embassy he'ei were much surprised at
the haste with which that pieuipotentiary
! signed treaty, which must have be N
ready drawn up by The French ministry,
before Il. arrived in Paris, and which
could cot possibly have been discussed
with thnt debberation which a matter OF
such magnitude required. Now that it
has been slgned, the Court of 81. Peters,
burg las 60 decade on the ratification, but
to many poiiucsaDsii would even nov, be
no surprising even, TO see tina; couri hesi-
tate on he measure.
The Emretor Of, Russia is understood 10
have proposed % his 5wed,sn majesty to
discontinue he blockade OF the frusslan
ports; dit.. supposedit his FepresentI-
| lions should sol DC attended to, Ina, he
you'd give his permission tor the INVASION
oil Pomersnia. Il was genei ally believed IN
| hat prDyince, tina, the Pruss,ians would
! pass The frontier on the 25,h uii. This ap.
| prehsn:ion however, may be considered as
pre- mature. Prussia wilt scarcely proceed
: 10 ex resnl;,es until the csult of The repve-
seniailons last made by her to The couct of
+, III. pelersburgh, Is known There 10 no.
thing now IN The state of the continen, 10
induce his Swedish IA -iesty 10 continue in
that di9piGed attitude hch he has SO long
preserved with SO much honor to his coun-
try, and advantage 10 his personal charac-
ter.
1t is now pretty well known that lieut..
! gen. SiIneoe, is 10 BE- The successor To lord
Lake inlhe East Indies.
Accounts by the Lisbon mail state. that
BOnaparle had required OF the king of
| SPAN to receive an ambassador from he
new created king OF Naples. 1, was also
'nslsled on that his CATHOLIC Majesty
should agree to the ae,hroring of bis own
daughter the queen OF Etfufa, and that he
should fuIthei consent 10 The incorpo ati-
on Of four of his provinces with the king.
dom of Frarce, viz Catalonia. Arragon,
Navarro and B.scay, thereby making the
liver Eb 0 the boundary line betteen
France and Spain, Instead ct the Pyre-
aees. The Court of Madrld made strong
circumstances against such unjustihabis
Pieiensions and war was even declared
by the French minister six hours before
his Ca hoIic Msjssty consented to The
measure.
| Augusi 6 --Yestcrday dispatches were
received by q flag Of Truce, from Boulogne.
Their contents have not rsnspired.
Stocks declined yesterday towards the
close of the market. The fall was yari.
ously accounted for Some would have it
,ha, dispatches had been received from
/ France, which brought accounts unfavor.
rabie 10 peace. Oilers sent messenger
/ after lord LauderdAle to order hls im,ne.