Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-05-31

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In Germany similar scarcity prcva; -
letters from Hamburg, dated the o., "''u
March, state, that coffee had risen ~ -. ~
lpound. W %
Accounts from Frankfort state. ,h,,
courier had passed through chat -
ms way to Paris, with intelligence oh
turks had refused TO renew the a.,''i u'e
concluded with the Russians. and ,,,n
t'iitles were expected to recommen. nos
tween them Immediately. We do nn, 81 oe-
much Conscience in this report, thons,,, p,'ee
nints have already appeared in tho Fr so'ne
apels, VI d supposed inten, ion in the norts.
TO negotiate with our government. Po'te
The Gazette of Tuesday conra;.
ofhcial details respecting The Iosa 10 .i.e
forts Reggie and Scyila, on the coas, o Os .ne
la0ria. Ihe evacuation of the lat,en -
enected In the face of the enen,,,. was
whicn was drawn up immediateiv ~,
the castle, with the loss of very ~, oe'ow
Our gun-6oats did ccnsiderab r. e..., ,n.'''
ana 1t is said the French lost ON ,h,
caslon several hundred men. 's &C.
/, we are happy 10 state that int~,,;o.
1een received from Helgoland thsf ,hs,
anisn nhe OF battle ship which. accor
unS ~ Tue late accounts, had ven, ured onr
to cruize, under the supposit;on 49, out
| vesses were blocked up bv the 20 our
been taken off the island of Srvar. ~, u a,
Esd OF last month by some of onr ,t: .I VIC
war-1he particulars have not vet rearhs,,
US. ~ ieaCne0
Inc last accounts from India men.
tion that an instruction had tak.n
place amongst the Cadets at the Nj
lltary College at Bonesset; and .l,ho,
from Its nature, the consequences wer.
not aPPrehended to be very serious
the refractory youths would not sinh,
init, until the military were bbronobr
against them, and were about To cboros
them with the bayonet.
a formidable insurrect;on l.,.1~
broke out at Madrid, in which tb,.
frince OF Peace has, at length, fallen >
sacrltice to the crooked policy he had
Tor some time pursued, This if was
that leo 10 the connection with France.
10 the ruinous consequences of which
this misguided politician seems. too
ia'e, to have opened his eyes, and 70
have proposed the emigration Of the
Royal Family To Mexico fo,. tb,s ~.
was denounced br the Mobiles, and his
disgrace demanded by the people.
| whose lnsurrection was favoureJ bv
tue military and, in the confusion
that resulted, the brother of the Prince
was killed. Spain, however, has gain.
ed nothing by the event; the French
troops continue to advance they have,
probably, before this, entered the ca.
Pital ; and the poor king, in his Pro.
ciamation to the people, profess to be
satished with the assurances Given
INN by ''his ally" that he invades
ms Kingdom in perfect friendship.
and proceeds through it for the harm.
less Purpose only of occupying its sea.
ports, to gard against the designs of
England.
Whether the Prince was sincere or
not In the last advice he gave rhe king.
VIII perhaps never be known. His
former attachment, however to French
politics, will meet with no grateful re-
turn from Bonaparte for however
ne may hug the treason to his bosom.
ne VIII discard the traitor, now thar
ne has no longer occasion for his ser.
vices.
Liverpool, April IS.
Monthly Commercial Report---A
convoy is appointed forthe ships bound
to the Brazils; upwards of 40 sail of
vessels are at this time ready loaded
with British manufactured goods for
South America, among them are Sc
veral Portuguese vessels lately arri-
we'd here from Oporto and Lisbon.
The cotton wool Of that country is
perhaps the finest in the world of
this article alone were exported from
the Brazils to Portugal, annually, a.
bout 10000 bags of sugar, $4,000
chests ofindigo, about 1000 seroons.
and of hides, 100000, with horns
and tallow in proportion.
| With respect to the market of sugar.
1t still continues very dull indeed. the
prices of raw sugar from SIS. to 70.
per cwt. according to quality Jumps
from 81. to 81. 6s. powder loave, from
Al. 18s. to 81. is and single loaves.
from Al. 12s. to 81. 6s. per c,st. Rum
has rather lowered in price since our
last; fine Jamaica is worth from So.
Cd. to 6s, per gallon, and Lecward
Island rum, from As. I'd. to s.. per