Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-05-30
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

lie was urged 20 press, in CONSEQUENCE of
whathe heard was going forward elsewhere
combined with negotiation of rrea, inn.
poriance, which was known to be on the
fafts. he idea Of enabling the governors
OF The West India Islands 10 suspend our
navigation laws during the war, s,,uck
n'm to be project so alarming, that he
selt 1t TO be his duty a, once TO move for
the production Of such documents as h.
knew were calculated to show, not or.y
the 'nneSpediency, but the danger of such
proceeding.
Ertrac1 of a Letter from rcshccta5le eo,n.
mercidl House az Hamburg, 10 tlci, Cor.
RESPONDENT in PHILADELPHIA dated Ham.
burg, April S.
AS this conveyance has been detained
here ill this day, we have still to add the
important news, that Prussia, has declared
all the ports on The North Sea, to be shut
against The British trade and sbippios.
Ihe Packets are however to 90 unno.
Tested, and It is hoped that neutral shins
from England, will neither be refused ad.
mittance. AT any rate, it is confidently
expected that England will not blockade
our port, and if this expectation proves
founded, brilliant trade. with your, and
other neutral country's, will be the natu.
raj consequence. Large sprcula,ions in
produce have been made on This account.
by which coffee and sugar have advanced
10 per cent. 1ogwood < fus,ic, 90 per cent
and most other goods. about S Der cent.
Irain has also risen 10 per cent, a. war
IN the Baltic is apprehended. OfCoHree
hardly any is left, and the stock of Eli
other produce is considerably reduced. |
1T you learn from England, that no BLOCH
ade will take place, it will be highly adj. !
vlseable to ship produce TO our port, par.
tIcularly coffee, sugar, rice, eve woods |!
and specie. Insurance from your coun,cv
to our Por, remains, per cent,
Extract ofa lefterfron, gentlemen sf g,
Louis TOMS friend at Lexington, Ken }
dated April 2sth, 1906.
7. "There has been no news here for
some time worth relating, until the ex.
press arrived from Fort Adams, with
letters TO the general, ofthis purport, that
ne must have all his troops in readiness
to start from this place as soon as possi-
bic, IS the Spaniards are conmenc;no
hostIiitIes; they have already eot posses.
SION OF Fort Adams,--The Indians show !
great disposition TO war, they have Kill. |
ed four men on the Mississippi river. The |
troops will leave this on the 3otb Of hi, /,
month"; We are indebted to the gen.
tleman who obligingly favored us with
'he foregoing extract, although we are |
confident the information it contains is |
incorrect. Our NatclIez papers are to the |
12d uitimo, and letters have been recciv. |
ed IN town to the same date, which make |
no mention of Fort Adams being taken. !
and we are confident an event of such
Importance could not have escaped notice |
at that Place.l--Ed. Ken. Gag.
The supercargo of the ship George |
arrived az Philadelphia the Goth inst. from |
batavia, but last from the Cape Of Good |
Hope, gives the following information.
Governor Jansson with the Dutch troors |
embarked the 18th, and sailed the 9th Of !
March for Amsterdam. immediately af. |
ter the capture OF the Gaze, an embarso !
was laid upon all neutral vessels, which |
continued two months. This step was !
taken 10 prveni the intelligence of the cap. |
ture OF the Cape being carried ovt Of the |
colony, as they were daily in expectation
OF the arrival ofthe French captain Leen.
voce, who, under the impression of The |
place being IN the possession Of the
former owners. had sent in two British |
prizes, that he had captured off the Cape. |
The squadron alternately stretched out to
sea- sending in vssels Of every description |
that they met with. In the beginning Of I
March they chased in French r-icate /
the La Volantier; this caused a great con. |
sternation among the inhabitants, and a
terrible uneasinsss with the English, the