Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-23
BoSroN, Setember IS.
LORD WELLINGTON RErREATING
From MeyAorl, Sent. Is, 1913.
LOTIONS coRnKspoNprNcr.

EDITOR CORRE SPQSDEEEK.
"On Saturday informing arrived at this
port, the snip Cuizen, Capt ALLEN, in 81
days from Lisbon, who Informs, that prevl-
GUS to- ms departure, Information had reached
LIS 60n fr' M the North of .SIain, that the
British Gene, al Hin "a rene, ntre with the
fren CHI Marsral SDULT, had LOST rWO
WHOLE DIVISIONS OF HIS ARMY
that General Hill. had been superseded in
IN ms com nand, and would probably be Sent
to England Lord WELLINGToN
was on the RETREAT, yrifh his sviolc army,
and pursued by Marshal SouLT.
[" Having obtained AN English paper of
the latest date, l send it to you tor our in
specti"n; English papers of an earlier cate
have read. and enclose YOU few extracts
| taken from them. You will smile on read
ing he British account of the late gallan,
Captain LAwRENLE's place of birth they
| have made him out pauper of Bristo.,
England. and educated II a Charity School
of tnat place. WoGld The. not claim BONA
PARTK as native OF England, il his sue
ces'cs were as great by sea as by land p
Where will they place the nativity OF the
gallant BURRowsl 1t is rather singular
that we mould have stripped the British
| i'eac0ck OF his plpmage. conquered them in
their Frotic, and beat them in ,her .Bprer.
fl send you the .Neqvhort Mercury, con-
tanning some further particulars. Since II
was printed have seen Capt. ALLEN, who
says Gen HILL lost two diuisio $, instead of
two re inentS, as inserted by mistake in that
! paper
EXTRAcTS FROM ENGLISH PAPERS
London, July l3-The French had remit
| Ted eighteen millions Of The Gu. rnu ion
tirst demanded of Ham6urgh, and the r
rI a -,
francks; about three millions. OF which sum
had been paid into the Bankers. on Freno
account.
| In Lnbeck, the merchants mad been mere
severely dealt with than at Hamburger, tcr
at the latter place the French requested
only return IT certain artic. e. of stores, &
other goods in their possessions, but at the
| former they entered the ware houses by
force and put the French seals on the mer-
chanlize
/ In consequence of the armis,ice which
had beeh agreed upon, between the French
and Danes on one side, and the russians and
Swedes on the 9th +, the Crown PRINcE
had put his troops INTO cantnments.
The Gottenbnrgh mail confirms our OPT
mon, that the person OF distinction, lately
indisposed at Dresden, was BERTHIER.-
lnai celebrated assistant and follower oil
reer, 'lcd last month, iii the Goth year of his
age.-Iimes.
~ The Bristol N7nvor says" We I'M
dcrsiand from very good authority, that the
ate captain LAWRENCE, of the American
t!lgate Ch-saheake. was native of Bristol
| and educated at Coistcn Charity School in
this city. He had a younger brother, and
both were for some time in the Navy but
being disappointed in their hopes of promo
| ton, they went To .dneTlc0, where they short
ly after OBJ aimed the command of gun boats.
ON which captain LAWRENCE was trans
tered ~ the hCrRct aud afterwards 10 the
| CheSaheakc"
- AT Court of Common Council, held at
Guild- Hall, a motion was made. that the
! Freedom ct the City, and a Sword of the va
| value ct One hundred Gurees, be preSen-
ted to captain BROKE Of ii. Nj. frigate
| Shannon, for the gall mt conduct in the cap
ture ct the American trigate Chesaheake.''
" An ounce Of Porsnsese G I'D IS worth,
in Bank Paper .fUe hounds, five shilli,lgs.
and Silver Dollar of the New stamp, Sir
shtlhngs and nine hence.
" he Bank had Bills in circulation in
the year 1907. about ll2 .000, 600 In the
year 1913, tney hadupwards of L43, OoO, 900
sterling"