Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-10

from Liverpool are extended TO the Ia n
of August, being FIVE days later than any
previous advices. We lay Def re the rea-
ders of the Mercantile Advertiser the fol.
lowing, as the most prominent articles OF
in diligence which these papers cnn;ain.
CMer. Advertiser.
LONDON, August 49,
Letters from Holland to the 9Th inst.
state that Bonapar,e had issued decree,
BY which all American vessels permi.I Ting
themselves TO be searched by British crui
GERS, shall continue to be e2cluded from
the ports o. France, and in the mean time,
all American property in France has beeo
placed in state of representation. The
same letters state, that Bonapacte has de .
,ermined 10 incoronrae the whole of Hcl-
land with France and that his bro her
LOUIS, is To b. made king of the terri
Tory about to be wres,ed | ON austria,
August IL.
The gloom which envelopes the pelItical
horizon is rapidly increasing AID forms a
|lamentable con rast 10 the Sunshine OF hope
with which it was SO lately iilumned. In
the interval bet, cen the bat les % Aspen
and Wagram, The people OF England, de-
Iuded by pDmpous artificial narratives IN
or the plausible title of /" Austrian Oil
cIal Accounts by daily fdbrlca loas frou,
he Banks of he Elbe, the Weser, ar
Danube by fallscious statements ct the
Eight OF King joseph from Madrid; and
he critical distress OF Napoleon at Wen
a--belie,ed the m men, to have a Ieng,n
arrived when the mighty armament pre-.
pairing on our coasts should give the hnal
jlow TO the paramount asceodancy oi
France on the con inent of Europe. Mean
while the preparations Of Napoleon silent.
ly but vigorously approached maturity
and that atlaiDed--withn one short week
the emperor of Austria was crushed to
atoms. From that moment the grand oh.
leA of our expedition was frustra ed--the
blow was struck, & il was impossible to he.
state in believing that our efforts had been
procraslinated until the Accomplishment OF
the grand Object of the armament had be-
come impraelicable. The Expedition
however, at last sailed on the Ssh of July |;
and on the 8ih Of August, an army OF so,
600 British troops, the best appointed, per.
.haps, of. any equal number Of men ever
IdSSGInDltQ lDf a h'tooSb anu pup
ported by an irresistible Acct, is lingering
before the town OF Flushing, place which
we have been led To believe from many
quarters, and some Of them most respect
able, would fall an easy conquest 10 even
a flying squadron with a few thousand
men.
In the preceding letter in the Gazette,
the enemy is stated to be "aetye and e.
terprising, and the garrison has certainly
received consider able reinlorceme s Tom
the opposite coast, nor has IL been IN III.
power of the FloIlla hitherto to prevent IL"
That Flushing will ultimately fall ,hele
can be no doubt but in the interval thus
given to The enemy by its resis ance, o
force will be organ zed which readers
doubIiul whether they will no even become
the asssllant OF our invading army. Froh
che concluding passage Of Lord chatham
first letter, il IS very clear that the de fence
Of the enemy is as genersla as Il Is vigorous.
" BY letters from Lieut.. Cen. Sir John
Hope, find that the enemy had. on the
5th inst. come down with % gun We sells.
before the Baz, on which they kept up a
smart cannonade for some hours, but were
forced 70 re,iie by The guos from the fort
and every thing has since remiined que
in iha, quarter" 10 hear Cen. az The
head OF AN invading army of 10000 men,
with many hundred vessels OF every des-
cript from llne Of battle ship TO a
Deal boa, cooly naus.e an attack by %
gun vessels of the enemy, and apparently
congratula c himself in every thing having
since remained quiet, is, OF itself avery
Encouraging symptom to say nothing OF
the fciniorcements thrown into Flushing
and the yigorous@orlies Of the garrison I! y!
Il is az the present moment useless TO
probe this sfliGtiug sJbIecl. The pioba
bic result Of The Expedition will be he re-
duction of Flushiog---and an unsuccesstul
attempt 20 ascend The Sch,l dt--iDr he GUY
of Antwerp does at prestnt appear nI
much greater danger thap The town oil
Chatham. Whether. in the present cir-
cOmdauces OF The country the Island o
Walchefen is an adequate result OF the
efforts Of such an armament, we leave e
wiser heads d. termIne.
The delusion with respect 20 Spain j
dssipa,ed Cucsa could not OF
would not fight when Sir Arthur Welies-
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