Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-10-11

ou' otTanHc 40 itiuay appear, X rs no less
so, than true, that OH the fourth day sf,er
his arrival at Paris, he had not had an in.
terview with Talleyrand. If the nseocia.
ton progresses at this rate, our qudnuncs
must arm themselves with llltle more
patience, than they have appeared dispos.
ed to exercise on this occasion.
From the Paris, and other Continental
Journals, il appears, that at the iuneture
oil lord Lauderdae's arrival at Paris, the
French government was deeply occupied
in the affairs Of the German empre.-
That venerable empire, though CONSTRUCT.
ed of crude materials, which has existed
for centuries, is tumbled from its base, and
all its leading features will be, or is by this
time, so completely eifaced, as to leave nc
traces of its former gnity and strength;
upon this subject our readers are referred
tn the note of NJ. Bacher, the French pie
nipoten,iary at Ratisbon.
In England, we understand, that all
ranks and parties are averse 20 peace, up
on such terms as would not deliver the
nation from the present burtken, which
the war imposes. The upanirll,y and pa.
triotism. of the nation, become daily more
conspicuous and il war is to continue, the
exer,ions of Britain viii exceed any cal.
culation that has been made.
1t is with great pleasure, ard we say it
with conGdc nee, that the very Best under
standing exists between our ministers. in
London and the British government, Mr..
| Monroe and Mr.. PinckBey are both much
respected, and confided in the appoint.
ment Of the latter was yery satisfactory
in England, and affnrdrd pleasing evi
dence of the friendly disposition of our
government, Notwithstanding our prohibit
tory law. which it was expe cted would be
! repeated IN some way or other.
=. Dispatches from our ministers in Lon.
don, as late as the middle Of August, re-
ceived by the Sheffield, were sent on to
! Washington by the mail on Sunday. The
| grand expedition, supposed Tor the Medi-
terranean, came down Channel the 18th
ofAusust.
The PRESIDENT of the UNITED
STATES arrived in Washington City on
| Saturday from Monticello.
The ship John and Avice, sailed from
4, London about the 9th of August. baving
on board The baggage Of Mr.. Erskine, the
British minisler.-i5.
| ga letter which we have seen from an
: American captain OF much intelligence,
| from Barcelona, as late as the last of Ju-
! ly, states, that the Tunisians and Ttipol,.
tans have very considerable force al sea i,
| and that the Americans in the Msditerra
mean are under considerable alarIn.-ib.
Ecfrart'of n letter from a commercial se,iiie.
man in Lo7don, dated the IAN august,
received fe, tie s!ia Sheffield.
"Business of every kind is dull here,
except what is connected with the stocks,
and The dea'ers in cotton. When lord
i-auderda'e embarked for France, ornni.
um rose TO IL 3 4 Per cent. from per
cent but /; has been gradually going down
again, and is now about 9 per ceD.. pre-
, MUM. When the idea of peace first
became prevalent, cotton was very duh 1t
seventeen pence hafPenny per ID. some
F, sales have lately been made at twenty
pence, under an opinion that peace will
extend the demand for manufactured
| goods, IN proportion 10 The RESTRICTION
which it is the policy of France at present
to impose on all British manufactures.
Tobacco has fallen about ten per cent.
in consequence of,hs appearance of peace.
AS to Flour, no great change has yet
happened, but if he harvest is as produc.
tive as it is expeGed, thai article will pos.
sibly fall considerably.
" We arc without any intelligence from
| Lord Lauderdaie since he reached Paris,
and the opinion for peace and war seem
neatly equal."-t6.
| The Chancery Court fo4 rhe Richmond Dis.
Ities. rose on Tuesday evening". Greed Taylor,
Esq. has given universal and almost unexampled
satisfaction by the number and equity of his de
ei.ions.-But we shall resume this snbiea on
sorie other OCCASION Enquirer.
The federal paper printed at Hartford I,
says the state representatives recently
chosen in Connecticut are lac federal,
and 81 republican,.
In the Legal Code of Prussia, IL is pro.
vided that the retribution and pay Of Ad.
ocates,n every instanc shall be deterrnin
ed by the sentence, and regulated, accor-
| ding to their Iarbor, and IN proportion to
I the nature and obieet of the sutt. zod m.