Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-01-19

i,t,-. had IS 900 men, and his loss is stat.
ed TO have been nearly third of his ar
my. Te
November 90.
hn account is said to have been received
from Csdiz, tina. Marquis Wellesley had
prevailed rpon the supreme junta to allew
Cuetl TO be garrisoned by a British force.
Cueta is a seaport promontory, On the
coast Of Africa, opposite Gibraltar, from
which it is not distsnt above FIVE leagues.
While we possess gibraltar, we are not /.
wire CT any greaFuse to be derived from
tlSSoctupation ofCueta.
ThclNters " the last Gottenburs mail
contain some satisfactory information re.
specting the disposition of the Swedish 20
vernment towards this country. Notwith-
standing the article in the treaty With
Rnssia, which s,ipuiates the exclusion of
British vesse.s from the Swedish porls, the
packets, we understand, will be allowed to
enter Gattenburg as before. AS there was
every Appearance of an early winter, the
trade w,.s preparing to leave the Baltic as
soon as possible. S.r James Slumarcx was
expected To sail about the beginning OF
DecemoS with las,teh convoy
NOVEMBER "a.
Letters were yesterday received from
mention the circumstances OF the late ac-
ton in the Mediterranean, nearly in the
same terms in which it has been before
staH5 AMI they supply US With some addi-
tioNl particulars. fney oJserve, that al /.
though the entire nav 4 arnament of the
enemy 10 Sou.on tstk that harbour To pro-
tecs .he c6ayoy 10 ITS destination. the whole
Of the nser WAS not IL the action, ahe prin-
cipA part having Ieturned to port, otter
procecd,ng a snort distance, aud disco.
veriny % eseIny. One of these letters State
further, that the transports were 25 in
number; tia more than malt of them were
taken by tue Brlt;sa, and that the rest,
having dispersed, were pursued in variou )
directions.
Tue accounts from Walcheren, the ar !.
rival OF which we Inepttodel YESTERDAY,
are TO M.pd,y. last. rne evacuation OF
the isia,sd Was the priucipai su ject OF con
ve:satIeus Dat nothing certain was known
respecting III "a letter, dated Flushing,
the 19tn, says: :: according TO the inform =.
tion had received, that we were, going
70 evacuate the Island. waitsd upon gen.
erai Don, who / Thought could infarn me
as to tho fact; bat was disappointed, for
his answer was that he did MI as yes
know the Intentions OF governm sa,."
YGe inhabitants OF Flushng were howe
yer, fctiag upon the pfcsunption that the
eylchaueD " outd ak place, aud the M er :
chants We're accord .nSiy seliias of their
goods.
Tneleuefsfroa NJ dille5urgh of the 18th
inst. on the contrary make nos the sl.ght-
est mettioa-of the reported inteulion OF
evacualing th1- island : bat nrae, contra
ny, talk OF the repa rs Of the ,rrAcis for
til ;Ar'ons and otner impsoyem -nts.
Yesterday his inaJesty, i'll council, was
ple4sed 10 order tae paeham.nt to be SUN !.
ino l@a 60 meet tor the despatch OF business.
on Tuesday the IS day or January. l.
was accordingly ordered to be fnrther pro-
Togued troal rue 5lh day OF Decem5er 10
tue above day. a proclamation for that
purpose viii aPpexs m a fesdays, and De
posed at the palace, whitehall, and the o.
tner usus PLACES, ana wil appear in the
Gazette.
I'VE understand, that no more licences
viii ne s hated by government for impoE.
talions IRON Amodeu.
Its rs5orfd, thai IL, 900 troops, caval.
4. ~ add inE<6try5 with large detachment
OF thu wsggon train, are to be Immediate.
Iy enharked for Portugal.
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Tae grant dnke OF Wurtzbhrg, is the
Austrian srcild,ikc Ferdinand. who comman
del ;he Austrian arm, Z in Polaal.
Aurora