Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-06

oSt, 10 san IN huhoer, out nad separate
divisions: they had taken English ships
with troops on board. they denied that
they had any troops en- board, although
the admirals ship appeared full of troops
The ships were Eole, "a; Maies,ic,
-; impeteaux, "a; Foudroyant, "a;
Veteran, IN; DE Castor, "a: Valehcien.
mes, ~ 4; all French--Admirals Guiliame
and Jerome Bonaparie. st. Helena, east
$50 leagues.
The Cape Of Good Hope is to be the
grand military depot for the supply of our
Asiaiic possessions, the chief admnis,ra.
ton of which, ii is said is 10 be placed in
the hands of sir j. c. Hippesley, and that
general Simcoe is to be commander in
chief.
! An Order in Council has been published in the
London Gazette, extending the late embargo up,
on Prussian vessels to all ships. &c belonging 80
persons residing in any of the ports and places
up the rivers Eibe. Weser. and Ems, except sr,ch
as are navigae ed under The Danish hag. Ihis
fact. and an official notification of Lord Hcc,ick
hat i convoy is appointed for The Baltic Reet,
tend 10 prove, that good understanding exists
between the British and Danish CcyTs. and
! tha' no apprehension need be enter aimed at
present of the Sornd being shut agaiast us.
April %.
considerable pa.t oil the pc ople of this oo,,n
try is now Informed of the tire acf1 nv and n,,,;.
city of Prussia in q few weg.s they will be
known to al Europe. The sEteches Of Lord
Grenvi!le and MIR Fox yesterday ia Parliament
and The important declarations delivered on Sun
day last by Majcs'y as Eioettr of Hanover. con.
tain the essence and particulars of That systsrn
OF deliberate fraud of ice. and of s. Sshness
upon whioh me Cabinet of Berlin, appea,s 70
have aetet iron; the trss moment that there WAS
| prospect Of The renew Al Of the continental war
| Wen might Bouapa,te. in his thirty fourth r,;G
tary bulletin expand himself IN compliments "a
I Ccun, Haugwitz, and proclaim "ihat Prussia
had never rnorszrm and interested friend thar
France!" Al Che very time tina, his Prnssian
Majesty was giving MS hands 20 Emperor Of
Russia over The tomb or Frederick the Creat.
and swearing eternal fidelity TO HIM and to the
general cause, he had perjury and treason in con-
temptation All his measures and proposals were
Calculated to lure and betray. It was perhaps
fortunate for Alexander that the Prussians had
not ln'ned him at the battle of Aus,e,!tz; the
evers might have been adverse than il was
| Suck was the preniedidalcd treachery ofthe king
OF Prussia, that in the heat oe the battle he had
gwen orders TO his troops TO go over to the enc
| NY, and uirn their arms against their ay
/ An artice. copied from the presburgh Gazette
into the Paris papers, says numerous Russian
army is approaching Prussia.
! The inteliig nee that the Elbs is blockaded
was received al Samburgh on the 2lst, when,
rs might be expected /. created general conster.
nation The Prince cf Hcsse ph.ips,hal still
continues to defend in the hravsst manner, the
fortress OF Casa No art is neglected to induce
him TO surrender, bur he positively refuses
By the iast advises from Vienna The proceed.
ings against general Mack aye nearly terminated.
| he is declared insane.
| April 90.
From our Hamburger Correspondents letter:
HaMsuRoH, April 19
In the Correspondenten OF this date is inser-
ted an article. q; the express request of,he Pruss
an minister here contradi9ing the report tina, his
Z Swedish majesty had received note IRON the
! Prussian ministry. intims,ing desire on the
part of their sovereign that he would order his
troops 70 eVecua'e the BapDvegian territories
on this side of the Elbe Notwi,hst,nd;no
this formal contradiction, the hes, informed per
! sons here continue 10 assert, that cornmunica
ton to the above effect has actually been made
In the mean time his swedish majesty las given
orders TO Count De Lowenhem TO defend 20 The
last his positions in the Lsuenbcrgh. The
Count was joined few daysaso by reinforce
ment Of several battaIions from Swedish Pome
rama On the 10Th inst. he moved his head
! duartersfrom Ratzburgh 10 Euchen. which is still
nearer the Eibe
| Private letters from Berlin, Of the 18Th.
I state, that the troops stationed under Count Kal
reuth in Prussian Pomer..nia are ordere! 20 held
themselves in readiness 10 march Ut moments
I notice
| "The Prurssan troops are spreading them
selves over every part Of tic Electorate OF IIapo-
yer. on the other side of the Eibe Within ,hese
! Few days. apasty of them took possession If the
! ce ebrated University Of Co;tingen where hey
immediately put seals on the presses Belonging
TO the diiferen, Prefessorships - lie names,
arms, and mottos of he different Colleges are %
he changed. In the matriculation registers and
| diplomas. ever thing has been erased which
bears any reference 10 the House of Hanover or
the British sovereign.
| Two mails from London being still due, and
our merchants being uncertain whether their late
| puToha tes in England will ever req h them. ma
ny of them have found themselves under the ne
cessity Of withholding their acceptance Of bills
drawn upon them by their English correspon
dents.'
Admiral BerkIey, is appointed commander in
chief or the HslifaS sta-ion, in toe room of the
late Sir Andrew Mitchell
The trial e Lord Viscount Melville common
cod at Westminster Hall the S9.h Of April.
The London payers state, that the curiosity ex
cited by the trial OF Lord Melville, was no,
Exceeded by lhat which prevailed on the first
! day Of rhe trial OF Mr. Hastings AZ 8 o'clock,
! many of those who had Obtained tickets for This
! sDleudid srecfacie Deared AT the enfra,ce -