Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-27

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When Bonaparte & his suite were visit
ing the docks & harbor of that place,
on Sunday the Goth inst. he observed a
ship standing;iu, and waited till it had
cast anchor. On the masters anding,
he was ushered iuto the presence oil
the Emperor, whose rank was not re.
vealed. and who enquired from wha,
part of the world he came! Alarm
ed at this question, the master stated
that he came from Norway, and that
his vessel was laden with wood. You
do not tell me the truth, (replied
NaPoleon) let me see your licence'
you are from England" Fearful lest
the production Of his licence should
subject his ship and CARGO to son6sca-
ton, the trader still hesitated, when
Bonapsrte, penetrating into the cause
OF his apprehension, assured him that
it was unfounded.-The licence and
the ships parers were then produced
and surrendered, and the master re.
ceived orders to attend in two hours
at the Imperial Hotel, when the sur
prise occasioned by, his discovering
that the person with whom he had
conversed was The emperor had subsi-
ded, he was closely questioned by Ma
poleon on the state of British COM
merce. The latter tried 20 ascertain
the motives which could induce our
Government to object to taking from
France a portion Of our imports in
wine and brandy? When his curio.
sity had been satisfied, he returned the
licence and papers, ard allowed the
vessel to unload & take on board car
go of wheat. After this, according to
the report of the Captain, Napoleon
formally announced to the Chamber Of
Commerce at Ostend, his determine
ton to sign no more licences for i'm.
ports, unless England would consent
to receive wines and brandy in which
case, he was willing to grant licences
to enable vessels to proceed directly
to British port and thus secure to
both Governments the reciprocal ad.
vantages of oircumscribed trade.
Recent advices from Holland state,
that great quantities Of Colonial pro-
duce had been seized, and consider
able addition had been made to the
French force in that cou6xy. A let
ter dated May Is, mentions chat the
whole of the Americ an properly which
had been detained there, and which
amounted to more than two millions
o. dollars, was 20 be sold or the 18th
of next month, under the decree lately
published at Paris In the same com.
manication it rs mentioned that the
like sproceedingSis to be adopted In all
the ports of of Flanders and Holland.
Another letter from Schowen, of the
18th instant, observes, that the decree
just alluded to is carrying into execu.
ton with the utmost rigor, and many
ships in that harbor and in the neigh.
borhood were in consequence put an
der seqoestration.
Letters from Frankfort to the 2fst
ult. have been received. An Esta-
fette from Leghorn had brought intel
ligence, that some additional ships la
den with colonial produce had been
taken possession of by the govern.
ment at that port, but not without the
apology that they were English I'm dis
guise. 1t was again ru incurred, that
the daughter of f.ucien Bonaparte was
to be elevated to the rank of Princess,
and to be married to Foreign King,
supposed to be Ferdinand of SPAIN.
Advices from Osnaburgh, mention
variety of regulations regarding the
new Custom Houses in the Westpha.
iian territories. Jerome's officers are
ordered to permit the introduction of
colonial produce, sanctioned by the
proper certificates of origin. A de-
cree has been published to prevent the
admission Of English goods, and gene
rally to prevent the infraction of the
commercial system adopted on the
Continent.
Letters of the date of May 81, were
yesterday received from the South of
France, which state that reinforce.
ments TO the amount of seventy.hye
thousand men, $4,000 of which we've
of the imperial guards, had passed
through on their way to Spain. Their
route was through Saintss and Angou-