Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-10-21

He was badly wounded by the mob. The
Thu ,aerer took ffefn palermo "a Gi5ral-
tar, Prince lie poit second son of the King |
Of Naples. He is sent by his fa,her to
claim the Regency of Spain as mex. heir to
the crown of Spain.
We mentioned runor on Saturday
lcircualed on the authority of a letter from
Oporto, that there had been another ac,i-
on af er the glorious victory of Vimicra,l
in which The French General I.nson, witi
five thousand men, had been killed. Ju
not and Labordc prisoners on their way iol
Coimbra aud Oporto, as the British Cen.
would not concede to them any hanors Il
tina: 3S wagons loaded with plunder had
been taken that the Russians, as soon
as the F,ench left the capital, hois;ed por-
Itueuese colours, aud that there had been
a Naval Engagement, in which the En-
glish destroyed French Squadron, which,
was conveying to Portugal Prince Eugene,
(our King y with several thousand mcn to
reinforce Junot.
No such intelligence has been received
! by government, and no credit Is to be at
! tached to the rumor
Some letters from Holland, received or
Saturday, mention that many members of
the Confederation of the Rhae had mani
tested reluctance To assemble their quota
cqntormabiy 1Siih the spirit and slipulailons
rf the celebrated league. In Wirlem
purgh, i, is SAID, The Inhabitants rose en-
Dasse 10 resist oonsc;ip ION which the
king he'd recourse 20 for furnishing his
contingent
Letters from the British squadron off the
Fagus mention, ,ha, a depei alton from
4 Lisbon had conference with Sir G.. Cot.
ton on The subject of general rising on
he French, and that he dissu AIDED them
rom it until The British troops should have
landed and approached the town.
! A letter from Csdz contains The follow
ing summary Of the plumber taken by
he Spanish armies f,om Dupont g.
IL 600 suits of military cIoa;hing; 81 900
muskets, packed up l20 pieces Of can,
non So mortars, SO coaches 5000 ex
cellent horses 200 ammunition carts
5000 900 OF hard dollars and the military
chest all the plate stolen al Cordova, and
the other places ihro' which the French
army marched, had been melted into bars.
September 6.
The intelligence brought by the transport
which is arrived at Penzance from MARIA,
was not official intelligence brought tn Co
Ministers have not received a.
ny accounts from Sir Arthur Wellesley la
ter than those cOntai ned III the Extraordina-
ry Gazette.-Bus the Portuguese Anbasta-
dor is understood to have accounts, dated
the evening OF the 25th, and the Transport
left Mefra OIL the 2Sth The landing of Sir
John Moore at MARIA, in the rear Of the
French army, would quicken the surrender
of the enemy-The British army was on tlle
25th at Torres Nedras; the Portuguese at
Maciera and the French IN the same posi-.
ton TO which they had retreated after the
battle ofthe 21St. General KeiIerman con .
tinued in the British Camp until the evening
of the oath, when he set out for the head
Iquarters of General Junnt, with the terms
TOT capitulation, as signed by him, for the
isanction ofhis Chief; and in the mean time
an armistice was agreed upon the duration
of which was % depend upon the decision
:. OF General Junot, in resp CT TO the terms up
on which IT was proposed nc should snrren
der his army.
The Officer who had been sent from our
army to Sir Charles Cotton, is reported TO
have been the bearer of the terms of G p-
tulation. Sir Charles sanction being neces-
sary on account of the surrender tine Rus.
sian Fleet in the Tagus beingone of the ar
ticles of the Capitulaton.
The removal OF the Spanish troops from
Langeland was deemed prudent in conse
lquence Of Bernsdott~ beng III Funen, with
5000 troops, with which it was supposed ne
would attempt to pass over to Laugeland.
Immediately after the arrival of the Span
ish troops at Gottenburg, eighteen yictual-
lers arrived from England
The ,wo Spanish regiments in Zealand,
have laid down their arms. and expressed
their determination not to fight against the
English.
\ A letter we have received from an officer
of ship in the Great Belt, gives us some
reason to expect that an action viii take
lplace with the Russian Fleet in the Baltic.
We are in expectation of receiving news
lof Importance from Italy.-A descent upon
Naples is said to be in contemplation.--In
Letter We have received from Sicily, there
is passage which mentions the frequent
exchanges Of flags Of truce between Naples
and Sicily.
The following are the goods permitted to
be exported from Holland :-Bu.ter, geese,
geneva, earthenware, rushes, flower roots,
tiles & pans, hoops, dried hides, cambricks,
leather, plants, paper, pipes, Sach, Ssturni,
lground bark, bricks, starch, tobacco, farras,
max, fruits; clover, garden & flower seeds ;
l-madders.
| September7.