Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-07-15
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Accounts which may be relied ui5oh. CONF
tanning Intelligence ola very laie date have
been received from the French coast.
The embargo laid upon al american ves-
seis IN the French ports is stated to have
been measure carried into erect in con-
tormity with the Bayonne decree. We
understand, however. that pains have been
taken in the drawing up Of the decree, TO
II give 1t the colour and air of proceed
ing much less hos lie to The Americans than
at first was imagined. 1t is pretended
That this act of kind consideration towa rds
| America "A precaution for the benefit of
ner citizens, toprevent their property being
seized by the British; since it IS notorious
they Cannot venture upon the high seas,
without encountering the risk of becoming
the prey Of British cru5zers.
May Is.
America seems now called upon TO MAKE
an immediate decision in regard to England
or France In consequence OF the Ameri-.
can decree, Sonaparte has now decreed, 10y
an ordinance, dated from Bay onne, that c.
| very American vessel found IN the Euro
pean seas shall be Cap ured and condemned.
he cxpediency e this order IS etended
70 be founded or rc idea, that n conse-
Iquence of the American decree, winch proa
hi1its the merchant vessels OF America
IRON trading TO Eur pc, every merchant
vessel found IN the European seas, and pre-
tended to be American, must b. a forgery,
and assume a character TO which Ii IS not
Icnti;lcd.
The only Gottenburg mai! due, arrived
Yesterday with letters and papers from
Sweden To the 9TH inst. The report of a
descent OIL the Island cf Go,hlau d, by the
enemy is confirmed, but It was only pre-
datory enterprise. il was effec Ted no. bv
ten thousand French and Russians, as for
mer accounts sta'ed, but by force If be-
tween two and three thousand Rrssiaps a.
lone FROM Lieoau. The Russians have al
so taken Oeland, another Island in the
| Baltic, between Sweden and Cortland, but
we may presume, that the arrival of,he Bril-
tish forces, win arrest these exped tons in
future. Thtre was a report that the Russ
slams have been defeated with considerable
loss in Finland, in an attack uron Swea-
burg, but this wants confirmation, and we
are sorry 90 add, that the Swedes have
sustained loss in Norway. The official
report Of the Baron Arr.feldt, dated head
quarters, at Pramhus, the GA April, states
that Swedish corps uuder Count Nor
nef, was attacked and surrounded by n su.
pcrior force, and that the Swe6es had go
prisoners taken and 90 killed and wounded.
| an uaoihcIaI account states tl'e prisoners
] as high rs 600 Baron ArmlrlIt, also od-
have recovered from the 6rst impressions
made by the sudden Invasion of their coun-
try, and attack the Swedes wherever they
shew themselves.
| Yesterday we received Paris papers to
the 10Th inst. The MoniteUr of the eth
contains the following important documents
relative TO the Spanish Revolution
Rehort 10 his imfe,1at highneSs the Grand
Duke Of Bcrg lieutenant 1ftde Emher-
or, Commander II ms fgrces IN SEmn.
'Monsiegneur !--hgreeaDly 20 the COM
D1nd of your imperial highness, Iprepared
with the letter of your highneas 70 the
Queen OF Eu;Turia n Aranjuez. j vas
eight O'Clock in the morning the Queen
was still in bed, she rose Immediately, and
babe me enter. ] delivered your letter to
Eher; she begged me to wait little and said
she would go and read IT with the X ing and
Queen. Half an hour afterwards, ] saw
1 the queen 81 Eutruria enter with the king
and queen of Spain. HIS majesty said,
that he thanked your imperial highness
for the share you had taken IN his aiF cti-
on, which was the greater, rs his own son
was the author OF il. The King said that
the revolution had been effected by forgery
and corruption, and The principal actors
were his son, and NJ. Cabcllo, minis.cr Of
dicate the throne, in order 10 save the
lives Of himself and the queen tina, he
knows that but for this, they would have
been murdered in the coarse o. the night
that the conduct Of the Prince ofA tur as was
more shocking, seeing that msel', Uhe
kmg) having perceived lis desire to rcigp,
land being himseI; nearly sixty years OF
aye, had agreed 20 surrender the crown to-
him, on his marriage taking place with n
French Princess, which the king ardently
desired. The King and Queen should re-
pair 20 Bajados, on the frontiers Of Portu-
gal that he had got means TO inform him
that the climate Of Chat country did not
suit him; that he sought 70 obtain perms-
sion Of the Emperor to purchase m estate
in Frauce, where he nigh end hs DAYS.
The Queen told me site begged Of her son
to postpone thcir journey 10 Baiados, that
she had not procured this, aud ihat the
Journey was to take place on the ensuing
Monday. And the moment ] was depart-
ing from their majesties, the King said 10
ne, 81 have written 10 the Emperor, ~
whose hand repose my fate" / wished
to send my lester by a courier, but know
no surer means Of sending Il than By yours.
Tie King lef me iben IN order % repair
TO his Cabinet. he soon returned with
the following letters Go. and y in his
hand, which he gave me and added these