Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-24
LATEST FROM FRANCE

BY the Sally Windsor. arrived
at Boston, ina short passage from Bordeau.,,
we nave French papers to the 5th of Oct.
Their contents, excepting the affair OF Co.
penhagen, are not interesting.
From gentlemen, however. who came
passenger in the above vessel, and through
the channel OF private letters, we are aEie
10 present cur readers with the following
interesting intelligence -
Ertract ot'a letter from a houac orthr first
rcSfectabiEfy in Hat7gsrh, 10 GnofGeri in
B"rdeGRE dated Srhtem6c, rs, anu Pc
cefUed at Bordeaur, byez-hre3s, j,,st BE-
fore the Sally BErker- HlnGsor lsjl Tie
latter place.
1--WE understand. an order has been Civ
en- out by the Emperor, to capture every
vessel, bound to, or from England, and If
with carSoes, are TO be considered as roou
prize. This is mortal blow to the Ame-
rlcan commerce and we fear will lead
to rupture between America and France -
''it is reported, that MIR. Monroe has
left London; but not or account of the ex-
isting differences between the two coun-
tries; but by reason Of i'll health. Mr..
Punckncy is said to be charged with the
public business"
The first paragraphs of the above letter,
was corroborSted e, Bordeaux, by letters
directed from Paris, OF a later date.
a gentleman. who came passenger in the
Saliy-Barker- Windsor, informs us "that
two cases of cap ure, TAmerican,7 made
slree, and under the Decree Of the 2ist
Nov. 1907, were brought before thu Prize
Courl at Bordeaux, a short time before he
| LETT chat city; but the court hid refused to
give IN opinion, until fresh instructions
should be received from the Emperor.
/ These Instructions were ca led for by the
Court, and question demandeCi-whe her
the Decree was TO be pat in fail force a.
Gsinst the Americans lis answer was,
that in effect, Tie tan must oheratc as-a,ns!
them as with all other neutrai8. E"
! We were Yesterday favored with the fol-
! lowing article from IL source which nav
! be relied on.
" Answers were given by the Emperor
! to the Council of Prizes, on the 23d Sept
/ last, to the following questions -
| 1st. Whether there should he any eXcep
/ tions to the Decree OF Nov. 81, 1906, i'm fla
vOr of such nations, as, by their treaties
were allowed free trade, or the privilege
OF ucatralzng enemies property Aswcr
That rs Me Decree, contained no c-ccchfi
one, fhcir ShSHid NOT be any made in IL
application,
Cd. Whether neutral vessels, in ballas,
sshould also be made liable to confiscatiou
upon the plea Of capture, or stress of wea
Their, II they had entered a British por;
/ Answer. That 1! must Icy oUer /or juT
fher confederation
Sd. Whether one half Of the coniscate
/. property, should, in all cases, be appropri
ated towards ind mnifying sufferers b
British spoiiat:ons i--IHc .4a87ger 7y18 Il
the affirmative"
A letter from \ respectable gendema
in Marseilles, dated sept. 9, states, 'FTha
the Emperor has marched an army of 500
men into Leghorn and Civiti Vita, an
laid an embargo on all the vesslS lying
those ports"
Accounts had been received az Bordeau
from MIR Armstrong, at Paris, stating ths
number of American seamen, taken q
board Of English vessels, during the wa
had been liberated.
An article, under the head Of Geho
Sept. 10, states, "That the America
Consul has been arrested, and seals put az
on his papers" No reasons were assig
ed for this arrest nor is il probable NJ
will be given. Neither on comhuisioH-
or voluntary consent, are the French disp
sed to give reasons for their conduct,
any time.
The Swedish Island Of Regen has be,
surrendered TO the French.
Letters from Paris state that the bon
, diaries Of louisiana have been settled
. the French Emperor to the satisfaction
our minister w Paris.
Nm Embassy from Spain, Consisting d
, Spanish Eobiemsn and large retmu
. passed through Bordeaux about the 1st
y October, on their way 60 Paris, 70 prese
i. 1.-The Sword Of Francis the first to the III
'peror Napoleon, as Peace C1eriHg.