Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-10-10
LONDON, July 81.
RAMSGATE ELOPEMENr.

lhat perturOed little villain Cuftd, hath
been at Ramsgate, playing the devil! Miss
k---, the great heiress from the West
Indies, eloped On Tuesday night with Fo-
reign officer; and her uncle Ito whose espe-
cial care she was entrusted BY his brother at
hntigua) is inconsolable at the event The
iugitives have been pursued in all directions,
but without the desired success. The butler
OF the family traced them to the Sun Inn, at
Chatham, from whence they changed their
route to Sheerness, and hired boat to con-
vey them across the Thames, to South End,
on the Essex coast, where the clue was bro
ken s; but it is generally believed that they
have directed their course towards Gretna
Green. The position OF the Fleur de Lis
Inn, at Canterbury, says they were both habi-
ted in blue; which color might be assumed,
perhaps, as significant ef eternal constancy.
The young Lady's femme de chani5re hath
been examined, as being supposed an abettor
III the escape OF her mistress, but nothing ac-
cusatory hath transP;rcd. BY the following
neat cpigrammatic stanza which was found,
III the hand writing of the Inamorato, it will
be perceived that he was man of superior
education and dscernment.
A CHLOE.
Think not OF fleeing Time, my Dove,
Pray bottle up those tears, my Honey:
Dream, if you win, upon my love,
And will reckon on--your money!
This amatory morsel was signed with
bleeding heart, transhxed with two darts.
with an arrow from each of Chloe's eyes.
LONDON, August 16.
Another Anholt mail arrived on Saturday
night, by which we received some further
German papers, and letters from GottciI-
burgh TO the 9TH inst. The former do not
supply us with any intelligence of much inter-
est. An article from Vienna state that Rud-
schuck has been appointed as the place Of
meeting for the Turkish and Russian nego-
Gators. Both parties appear to be equally
DESTROYS OF an accommodation.
Last nights Gazette announces the proro-
cation OF parlicmeot to the 4th of October.
August 10.
The Gazette of Saturday contains various
communications from the Officers, of the
squadron employed on the coast of Catalo-
ma, detailing the progress of the siege Of
Iarragona, from the taking of Fort Olive,
10 the successful assault of the principal for
tress. We find the Spanish account of the
way IN which the enemy got possession of
Fort Olive confirmed by capt Adam. We
wereshstore inclined to suspect its accuracy,
as il cams to us through the suspicious me-
diumief French translation.
TheNast dispatch from Captain CodringS
ton, IN hich he details the particulars of the
fatal assault on Tarragona and the massa-
ere of its wretched inhabitants, will be, read
with great interest We hope it will afford
an awful lesson to the Spaniards themselves.
1t is only by resistance, resistance to the last,
| that they can hope for safety. From the mo-
ment the enemy entered the breach, the
garrison seemed to have been seized with
sudden panic, and were unable either to de-
tend themselves and repel their assailants,
| or to concert any feasible means of escape.
Those already without the walls" says
Captain Codrington, :" stripped and endea-
yored to swim off to the shipping, while those
within were seen sliding down the face Of the
batteries; each party thus equally endanger
ing their lives more than they would have
done by FIRM resistance othe enemy"
The only consolation afforded US on this
occasion is, that every thing which could be
| achieved by British humanity and bravery,
was done by our ships of war off the harbor
but the enemy were but too successful in
their atrocious work of slaughter and de-
struction. Man, woman, and child, were put
to the sword: "Many of the women and
young girls ten years of age (says Captain
Codrington) were treated in the most inhu-
man way and after the soldiers had salts
fed their lust, many of them, it was reported,
were thrown into the flames, together with
the badly wounded Spaniards; one thousand
men hadbeen left to destroy the works the
whole city was burnt to ashes or would be
so, as the houses were all set FIRE to-
The private communications by the An
holt mail, which arrived on Saturday are
from Koningsburg to the seth uit. and from
Gottenburg to the 10th inst. Letters from
Koningsburg state that 10000 French troops
had suddenly entered Dantzic, with all their
ammunition and artillery, giving out that
they were ordered to march towards the
Rhine.
The ./otio7ving is an crtract Of one Of tie
XOnihgSburg lcffers:
" KoNIEGsBURG, July %.
"We hear that an arrangement has been
made between the French ambassador and
the minister of Alexander, under which the
trade to England is to be permitted accord
ing to the restrictions hitherto adopted, and
with this concession, the alliance between the
two emporors is not to be interrupted"
Letters of the 2Sd ult. have been received
by transport which arrived at Portsmouth
from Lisbon. They have rot brought any
intelligence Of moment, either respecting the
state of Portugal or the position of the ar
mics. The accounts, however, of the char
acter and efficacy Of the Portuguese troops,
give very dispitS ed picture Of the situation
Of aiffirs in military point Of view in that
county: at least, 50 fafas the native leyjes