Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-12-01

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iually SO. the following ex.r CT from one
II their hire lirgs organs, The MorniRg
Post ct this day, evidently slfews
Some Spanish and Partlgu Sc papers
have also come to haal. Their contents
are in general OF a favorable complexion
out the peace istween Austria AMI France
will, doubtless, soon enable Boaaparte to
give an entire change of aspect TO the at
fairs IF Soain. Its cause, we fear, is now
Whether MIR. Canning, the Duke of Port-
land, Lord Camden, which of them, or all
of them, is or are to- blame, Lord Castle
Veagh appears TO have been kept in the
dark. Such a transaction in private life,
would be branded with an epithet. that we
shall not use The public w.:l rejoice to
learn, that Mr.. Cooke feels his character
involved so fac as TO reader his retirement
with Lord Castlereagh necessary. Thus
has that gentleman at once eyInced his Ii :
deity TO his patron and relieved the pub
lie from the alarm they felt at the report of
his being the appointed successor of Mr..
Hushisson.
From the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Trent, Sept. The unhappy inha-
bitants of Saragossa, who have survived the
most dreadful siege, and the most destruc
tive epidemic, are now undergoing treat
ment scarcely less hard than death itself.
After so may calamities, the barb.rous Sd
Chef has levied upon them exorhitant con
tributions, ard allowed the soldiers to cut
down the corn before it was ripe, to feed
their hsrses, without being moved by the
tears of the unfortunate widows and orphans.
To this are added many other vexitions,
one of which is, that no one upwards of IL
years old, can 60 about the streets without
a permit for that purpose, for which he
must pay.
CINDAD RIocA, Sept. 4.-Tws mem.
bers OF the board of Old CastIle, who are
just arrived here, state that there are 1000
Frenchmen in Burgos, but that in Burgo de
Osma Orandja, and the adjoining towns,
they have only few detachments OF cavAl.
ry and infantry. Ney's division is station.
cd between Salamanca and Tore.
The terms of the peace have not trans
pired; Government, however, ere said To
De in possession of them, and confess that
they are extremely huniliating 20 Austria.
a report was mentiene6 in some Of the
papers yesterday, that the M ,rquis of Wei
lesley had received instructions 20 proceed
10 Paris to oIea negotiation With Eensl
parte. 1t is hardly necessary to state 10
CIR readers, that the report is wholly an
founded.
Mr.. Yorks succeeds to the Office of Sc
cretarv al War, in the room OF Levisan
Cover. He will of course. have a seat in
the Cabinet---Mr. Yorke flied the Office
Of Secretary at War before, under the Ad-
ngton Administration, prior to his becq.
ming Secretary of State.
Parliament was yesterday farther pro-.
rogued from the I'd of Novem )er to the be-
ginning of December.
The whole of the Spanish and French
ships at Ferrol and Corunna have, it is sup
posed by this time, reached Cadlz.
The Paris papers state, that relays OF
horses for che Emperor were ready at Mu-
nich OH the 1st inst. aud 'it was xptcted
that he would leave Schoehbrunn on the 81
or <th, OH his return to Paris,
A large naval force is now prep tring at
Portsmouth to sail to the Black S.a, TO CO..
operate VITA the Turks against the Russl-
ans. Tne following are among the ships
mentioned to proceed on thu SERVICE Mp
tame, 90; Kent, "a; Repulse, "a; War
spite, "a; Sceptre, Victorious, ID tneipark,
Alfred and la Lore frIgate.
Mr.. Ka%, the messenger, has arrived
with important dispatches from Mr.. Adair.
his majesty's ambassador at tue Sublime
Porte. He came to Plymouth IN the Intel
ligent gun brig, last IRON Malta aud Glib
raltar.
Price of Stocks--S per cent Consols, So
~ 4s, Reduced SO, Long Ann. 1s 7-16 3,
Omnum, LIZ prem.
Letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
France, M. Champagny, to Gen. Arm
strong, Minister of the United States, at
Paris
ATTENDING, Aug o..
"SIR-His Majesty, understanding that
you are about to dispatch a ship 20 the u
nited States, commands me to make 1nown
to you the unalterable principles which have
and will regulate his conduct in the great
question respecting neu,rais.
"France admits the principle that the
flag protects trade. The trading vessel
which carries the license Gifts government,
may be considered as a movins colony: TO
insult such vessel by search, pursuit, or
any act of arbitrary power, is a violation of
the fundamental law Of colcn zation, aud is
an attack upon the government of the same.
The seas belong 20 every nation, without
exception they are the common property
and the domain of all mankind.
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