Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-01-11
MApRtp. Oct. II.


MADRID, Oct. II.
The American expedition continues in prepa.
ration hut the definite plans are not fixed, or
its ultimate arrangements made.
VlENEA, Oct 19.
II appears certain that what retards the open
ing of the congress IS, that some diplomatic
personages, and several ministers, have dea
handed further elucldltions and instructions
from their respective courts. We are assured,
for instance, that the Turkish divan, convinced
at length Of the mpor ance OF the congress, has
supplissted the sovereign 20 send an embassa-
dor, who shalt neither be Greek nor an Ar
naut, but 4 rurk by religion and birth, and
distinguished for rank and learning.
Continuation ofErfraCfs fran Lotdof ha
i,ers, recciI%d By the S:hr. Thctis, ARMED
az .Ne.y YORK.
LONDON. October 90.
The letters from Client Of YESTERDAY are
10 the 25d The American Commissioners.
i IS now said, viii not leave Europe during
he winter, but the reason assigned is 20 "a
Yoid Stormy VOYAGE across the Atlantic,
and No the move tranquil prospect of sue
cesitul negotiation.
1t is reporyed, in some well-informed po
htioai circles, that q select Committee will
be moved during the ensuing session nj
Parliament, to investigate the State of the
navy, both in It's military and civil branch
es, and in Us entire internal economy, also
with principa yiew to counterfeit the
causes of American Seduction Of our Sea
men; let us hope this interesting subject
Will meet all that close attention and re.
search which itS great importance demands,
and particularly in he present political state
of the world, when w addition to the rising
Transatlantic Navy, such marked and di.
rect Jealousy of our maritime ASCENDING : is
evidently evinciog itself ia every Cabinet ct
the Contireut of Europe, and when, under
our very eyes, the varIOus maritime Powers
of the globe, are at this moment ardeu,ly
Streaming every nerve / re,esJabliSh their
m arine, IN order To dispute with us the tri,
dent OF the ocean, aud 10 force on VS. their
own construction Of public maritime law.
That there is amnlc room for ilyestigl>.
ton and Improvement. is now unquestionabiy
principally proved
An article from Vienna in the Paris na
pers, states that one Of the Prince. who
came to the Congress has lost diamond
worth -, Zoo ducats. A reward q. 5000 has
been offered ior it. Il weighs lO2 carats.
October %.
We insert 20 day curious document,
which has been published az Paris by AN al.
versary, with very severe comments, which
however just, It viii noe DC necessary for us
10 annex II purports Co be protest by the
Parliament nf Paris against the Constitu-
tional Character so solemnly granted BY the
hing OF the 4th of June, and which every
trenchmau, who has any attachment TO IL
berty. considers as the fundamental code
ard conaiti0n of the Monarchy. No doubts
can reasonably be entertained as to the gu.
thenticlty Vt this paGer Il speaks suhlci
emily for itself, and would have besn still
more violent and obnoxious, it any one had
forged 1t ~ eumi-y 70 the Royal Family. u
IS understood at Paris TO have teen signed
BY the Prince Condo, Che Duke de Eours
bon, and by M. Ferraad, one Of the MIN
listers This conduct Of the latter may prob
ably account Tor The disposition skeWn By
the Chamber of Deputies, to censure the
preamble Of Law proposed Though him for
the restoration Of unsold property OF emf.
grants though they ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
red ~ the justice of that measure. and IL
would become the Editor of The Times be-
fore he censures with his usual AFRO
gance, the representatives OF a free people.
TO acquaist himself little better with the
AN'-ofAAss
their debates. We believe that one of King
Wllliam'S Parliaments would have watched
with no small jealousy the language of a
Minister, who was supposed TO have secrets
iy protested against the Bill of Rights
This document IN question. may perhaps
require some explanation Cor those readers
Who are not familiar with the former state OF
France. For some ages before the reyOlu-
zion, and especially from the reign Of Louis
XIV. there existed party in that Kingdom.
protesting sincerely euough, great hostility
to absolute power, but still more ayerse %
any means OF limiting it, but such as they
should point out The leaders Of this party
were found in the Parlaments especially
that Of Paris; but il also comprehended a
few proud and speculative men among the
nobility, who regretted the aris,ocratical in
tuenCe which their ancestors possessed un-
der the feudal system. These men hated
tho memory of Louis XIV and Cardinal
Rlchiieu, next To the philosophical inuovaS
tors Of their own time great deal of
ths spirit peTysdes the writings Of the Duke
de St. Simon, and the Comte dc Boulainvn-
liers, aud not a little, It must be owned
breaks out in those OF Montesqueu. Since
the revolution, it has been kept alive among
the emigrants and a work lately published
on the French Monarchy, by the Comte de
Mont!osier, formerly Editor Of the The
Courier de Londrcs, displays as much Of
this system as is compatible with the talents
and experience Of that gentleman. and with
the versatility of his conduct. Simple dss