Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-04-21
Majority for Mr.. Gore 2,943
April II.
LATEST NEWS FROM ENGLAND

The ship Dean, captain V,bbers, arrived
at this port yesterday il 40 days from
Bristol. She lett there OIL the second ~
Marcb, and has fnrn,shed the K htor o.
the Mercantile Advertiser with Lo dan
papers to the 2Sth of Feoru .ry, (seven
DAYS later Than by thu Packet,l from
VIII c the su ,sequcnt articles are copied.
An arrival at 5 ,iem from Vdlen IA has
brought GU Splash accounts TO a later
date than wehave received by way o. E.a
gland.
7 ON the extracts we have made il will be
seen thai Is map irte is IN Germ any, re
gtrdmg with jealous eve the moy ements
of Austria; and that Ru s,l is reported
to have exhibited some Synpto ms of "a
hostile disposition az sinst the C1nquer or
of Europe.
LONDON February %.
We understand tina, q " ri nent IA IS a..
greed u MAKE a Lo. To the Prince Regent
of Portugal, Of the SUN of 900 oOol. The
m de OF pay'neut 10 be by consignments
OF Brazil commodities To p rtugucse agents
here, and the produce, when converted IN
to mon. y, 1, to be delivered over to the
treasury the SUN OF so OoOl had Lsen ad
vanced 1T thu time OF the departure of the
b. az ,uza family for the Western, Cont.
ntnt
The cercurrins reports BON from the
North and ) nth OF Europe, Of Banspar5e
having set out tor q rInany, aeem oy 10
me ans destitute ofprooabl,ty. We do not,
however, believe the accompanying ruEor,
of Austria having declared war against
France. Il is not likely that such a step
would he taken by the Cabinet of Vienna,
without some cDmmun Cation Win ihe Bri.
-, nj NJ. oh
hov-vs Il Bonaparse fore seeing a ruDture
with thu, Pow r t. he Inevitable, has deter
mined to anticipate the hostility 4 Austria,
by attacking her before her military pre-,
para,ions are perfected and mAlured H.
has aire adV called cut the consumption or
the year 1870, and such Il measure sud
hard y have heen necessary IT his view
were not directed To E,netnins beyond the
ION ues OF SPAN. ihath ne AIS been very
mech displeased with the wariike atf,tuie
of Austria, as well as win some receng
measures Of the Prussian Governments, -
stbundantly o5v Gus, from variety of ex
presslons in MS last Message To the Senate
IN the official Expose of his Min ster, and
rom the dcnuncidti0n launched against vi
he Seen in ouc Of the Bulletins published
in Spain, and II he thinks u likely that the
elements of another confederacy against
him are collecting, he will naturally b. anx
ious to disSlpate Them before they ares g. lar
dlgested ab to produce An explosion.
The inquiry into the charges against the
Duke OF York was resumed asst nIgnt, aud
the evidence WAS at length closed. Ii has
been runored that his Royal Ii ghness ha d
been advised to address letIer 10 the Ho.
norabie the Speaker, "expressive of the
abhorrencc with which he heard of the
charges brought against him in that hous-
where with all difference To It's autharty,
they had not the rams of investigating the
charges upon oath Tnat he felt 1t due to
MS own honor AMI TO the character OF the
army, that those charges should be bro1yht
IN parliamentary form before his Peers
and he accordingly demanded that ,his
course should be pursuedj for which pur
pose he had made application to- his ma
Jssiy for his gracious permission to resign
tue Office Of Commander in Chief"
February ~.
IL is with great pleasure that we acquaint
our readers that COVE eminent have received
dispatches from Admiral Keats, and thai
the apprehensions which were entertained
for the safety Of our feet in the sound were
unfOundcd. The dispatches from Admiral
X a;sare dated Oh Gottenburgh th,y stat
that The whole OF our squadron was in safe
ty, with the exception vi tne vi sgnet sloop,
VIII ch was lost but the whole OF tue crew
were saved. The sound is now completely
open.
We yesterday mentioned the arrival o,
the Princess Charlotte Packet from Lisbon :;
by tbs vessel government have received
dispatches from M. Vlbers Ii we may
give credit TO the Portuguese papers, tue
greatest enthusiasm pervadgs every part OF
Portugal, and the greatest ex rtions nave
been made by all classes o. people, 10 ena.
ole them to resist the French, WAC, il AID
pears, have not yet entered Portugal.
The following very in eresung account
from Spain, Is extracted from Portuguese
papet.
"Capt. Walker Of the us, regiment, eff.
tected ais escape from Madrid Oh the 24tn
ait. ls was positively believed at .Madr d
that the garrison under the Command I'll
general Behard, intended speedily to eva.
cudte that Guy. the Freacn we're f5rufy
ing the contiguous heights. Tne soldiers
we're extremely disconnected tor, notwth
standing the order of the governor, prob
o'tng tue carrying OF arms and knives, O,
the wearing OF cloaks af.er sun sci, nun.
)ers OF them were assa ss.udteG every useut.
10 such pitch was the resent .nent Cue
Ieople carried, that Gen Penque was a.
i1ssnated by a woman General Gran
MatS uFa IL.