Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-09-09
FOREIGN INTELLTGFNCE.

Discontents IN F-oncc-The London Courier
OF the 18TH July, has the following remarks on
the policy which Louis XVIII. has assumed in
forming his new ministry 90 Paris continues to
De the scene OF great agitation. Reports Of plots
are IN general Circulation. Is this to be wonder.
ed at after the selection of the new ministry :
the ministry Of The interior" saws the Paris pa
per, "hGs been tzvice altered 10 Carrot and fsice
refused by him." Really it is not easy to reco-
yer from the establishment into which We have
been thrown, by the choice of the new French
ministry. 1t IS perfectly inexpicable. WHY
were the allies 50 desirous of the restoration OF
Louis XVIII. Because they relied upon it that
ne -go'id H dorm the principles and the men thar
hGdkept f.Rrobe in a state cfinsecinity and 0icrn
Tor nbE9a''lS ef t.UeIifV years 1t WIS not so much
rom personal regard for him. good and amiable
as he IS, IS from a conviction that he would ut
terly discountenance all those parties that had
made France power with which it was impos-
sibie TO establish any relations OF anity or peace
Iheydid not go TO warto re5eat these men n pow
er little altered in their dress but retaining the
same form and features. The selection of these
ministers, is the triumph of Jacobinsm, and
the revived nsolence and plots of the Bonapar-
lists, can no longer be subject of surprise with
any one Not one of the principal agents of b.
nspaTte have yet been arrested Hey & Soult are
gone to their country houses. Carnot has been
solicited to take anodice. Taleyrand is prime
minister. fouche has been appointed to the
most important post in the realm
NO P.4RDOW ron REBELS.
The paitizans of Napoleon Aatter themselves,
that through the lenity Of the king. they viii
find pardon for their treachery; but these
hopes, we trust, viii prove fallscio1s The king
is pledged TO punish the guilty lie makes that
promise both in the proclamation of Chambrsy
countersigned by NJ Talleyrand, and in that Of
Cateuu-Cambresis, countersigned by the duke of
Feltre.
Lucien B0naparte repaired to Boloene on the
3Oth June, incog. assuming the name of the count
de Chatillon and had engaged his passage fol.
England but at the moment of embarkine. an
express from Paris reached him, and occasioned
has return with extraordinary speed.
About the time that Bonaparte was PREPARING
to take the field, Talleyrand took occasion to
quarrel with some OF the officers about the per-
son OF Louis XVII. resigned his place OF minis
ter 70 his maiesty and retired from his family
ready, we presime, to rejoin either. the king or
emperor, as fortune should prevail Hence we
find hm, Immediately afler the battle of Water.
loo, with the former and acting likewise as his
primo minister. F" Ismbsra mutagfItr g mas NIX
fama7 s1 IT'S" as we sometimes say in Latin.
LIST OF CRIMINALS.
Letters from the French coast state that his
grace The duke Of Wellington had given n list Of
the most criminal Individuals attached In tho
Bonapartean cause, and insisted upon their beng
all put at his disposal, as condition for his spar,
ing Paris. THE capi;tlia.ioa 0f Paris. does no.
confirm this report We must therefore w,pnoso
it either uniounded, or that some ARRANGEMENT nj
the kind bad been agreed on in secret article Of
the conyenton] The Times. however. approve
ofsuch plan, and indeed of prosecuinr The
most rigorous measures for the future safety of
Europe II says, f" thc traitors OF france seem,
to entertain an idea that hey may plunge Eu-
rope in blood at their pleasure As PhilIp of
Macedon said OF The Aihenians, after lie battle
Of Chcrohea, they think war isa game which
they may begin for their amusement and bresL
OIL at ther convenience" Bu all Europe is in.
dignant at the impunity which these wre,ches
have so long enjoyed il is indignant that so ma
ny thousands OF valuable lives should have been
sacrificed, merely because France could not. or
would not, restrain these unprinciplcd villains.
They must. therefore, be brought oder the
strong hand Of the,9aw France must be saved
in spite of herself"
The MOniteur contains a letter 10 the editor
from gen. Alix, in which be says, " the report
OF marshal Grouchy contains an error which AZ.
ieets me, and which hasten TO rcctify. Jacs
not killed at The attack Of 7Yavre, was nct even
there"