Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-08-15
TIE Prince Regent,s Eete.

Inc supper IN the conservatory. will be
placed at the Princes table, elevated on
platform about six inches from the ground ::
from this table there will be range Of tables.
extending in line over the further extrenitv
OF the Princes bed-chamber, occupying no
less than 600 feet. Every table will be CO.
vered with soldor silver. plate. Covers will
be laid on the table for 40 particular friends
Ills Royal Highitss will do the huTlors of
tie table, seated III superb state chair, CO..
vered with crimson Genoa velvet, embroi-
dered with gold. The chief de'euvre of the
whole viii be aserpentine bubbling brook of
real water, occupying central space down
the Princes table, 17o feet in length, and
Ia inches In depth. II will be a running
stream, produced by a reservoir at one end,
and waste pipes at the other. This canal
will be filled with gold and silver fish, will
meander over weeds congeniaI to the soil.
artihcially constructed. A. space on each
side is allotted for moss and flowers, to give
the banks an appearance of an enamelled
mead, the bubbles ig< the water will be pro-
duced by square blocks of wood, placed at e.
quail distances 1t the bottom. and painted
iead Colour, So as 10 resemble natural APP
pearancc.
Two thousand quarts of cream have been
sent into Carlton House, to be used at the
grand gala. 1t is deposited in an ice house.
and orders are issued for as much more
The quantity of pastry prepared is i'm
mense' The upliolsterers have resumed
Their preparations for the fete in the house
and garden. The whole expense of the
entertainment viii fall little short of So
oOoL-itis further postponed to the 1sth in
slant.
Soult's retreat was attended with more
disastrous consequences than we were at first
led to believe. Retiring through country
unnamed against him to the highest degree,
ne ieit the FULL effect Of its wrath in the muir
der OF ITS straglers and foraging parties,
wherever the Spaniards could get at them.
t IS ADDED that Gazan is wounded, which in
ms intercepted letter to oult he states 1000
men were overtaken by the gucrellas, and
all put to the sword.
The great wish and object Of our cavalry
ana the Spanish, in the pursuit of Sonlt, was
10 gctat the Polish fancers. Who committed
sucn cruelties on the wounded. They pro-
cceeded over the field cfbattlc, and every Of
hccr and man they found grooming under the
anguish OF their wounds, were relieved from
their suffering by being spiked by these mon
srerS. The unfortunate Major Brooks, saws
letter from our army who was only woun-
ded slightly, and was crawling away as fast
as the nature of the wound would admit,
was pierced thro' tho body, as were many o.
Once during the retreat, we hear. the
od ana 18th dragons came on these lancers,
ana Killed and wounded a considerable num-
Der.
DIR James Saumarez, with the merchant
men under his convoy, 70 the amount of some
hundred sal, liasproceededup the Baltic from
which It is Inferred, tltat an understanding
suoSlsts between this country and Russia.
stter from Lisbon dated the first inst.
says that Soult was des.rous Of renewing the
battle on the 18th uIt. but that DIS army pos
itively refused to advance.
A plymouth letter mentions a report pre-
vaient there Of one OF our squadrons in the
M Mediterranean having taken eight frigates.
we nope 1t may prove true but no such ac-
count has reached government.
nc immense pier Paris plate glasses,
ana BRUSSELS carpets, the property of Luz
cen Bonapartc were sold by public vendue
at Plynicsth, on Friday week, AZ a very high