Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-05-13
ITEMS OF INTELLrGENcE

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ITEMS OF INTELLISENCE.
Diaklrk IS said to have been taken pos
session of by British troops.
Cauliecourt, duke of Vicenza. has been
sent to Vienna for Maria Louisa.
Louis XVIII. and his suite, in retreatinr
from Paris, have been treated very respect,
tuly by the soldiers and Bouaparte's par.
tisans, whom they encountered on the way,
After the resignation of Soult, duke of
Da!matia) as ministerof war to Louis XVIII.
general Clarke. duke of Feltre) was an.
| pointed Alter Louis left Paris, gen. Clarke
went TO England on business with the prince
regent, and remained there at the last date.
II is SAID Soult was not suspected Of being a
tooi OF bonaparte but his soldiers com
P'a,ned loudly of the rigor of his system,
and he resigned.
An insurrection, which the military were
scarcely able to suppress, is said to have
broken out lately in Catalonia. Spain,
The restrictions on the bank of England
1916. 'u'''
ne alien law is again enforced in Eng
land as to Frenchmen.
;, So!ohiai produce fell il price greatly in
I, England, IN consequence Of the news from
france. The value of gold has risen,
ne court OF Madrid has issued an elict,
imposing duty on English woollen goods,
amounting almost TO prohibition. The 6u,
" en- all kinds Of cloth per yard was Ia
dollars 1t is now about one dollar and a
n l.' or about Is. Sd. per yard in addtion.--
me duty ON baise. before the edict, was six
1oiafs per piece it is now INCREASED to ten
fdo'iarS per piece, or about 49, additional
per piece.
Charles Emanuel, the king of Sardinia,
mas devoted himself to religious exercises
Tor the rest of his life.
King Ferdinand. of Naples. is married to
the duchess dc Ciminna.
Prince Christian of Denmark is to be mar.
ried to the princess of Augustenburg.
The bronze bust of Napoleon has been re.
placed over the museum, Paris
L ne British minister at the Brasils, and
nan. Dixon, are said to have apologsed to
tue portuguese government,for the capture,
oy the British frigates Niger, and Laurel, oS
She portuguese brig Boa Uniao, from Africa
tor MO 9aneiro, with slaves The British
trigates kept up American colors. The Por-
tusuese captain re>toolS his vessel
number of rioters in England have de-
stroyed many beautiful rail ways and wag.
gon roads, contrived to convey Goals from
the months of the pits towards the place of
snip nsnt. The offence is supposed to be
because they saved human labor. An i'm.
meese Quantity of coal was also set fire to
and DESTROYED. 40
bonr6on Parisi1n army-The army or
canned for the defence of Paris, by the Bour
bons, when Bonauarte was approachiny. was
commanded by the duke OF Berri. II con-
'isted OF two corps-one under general Rapp
ule otner under CONT Mason. Count Rel
nard was placed at the head of the general
stan Count Vaimy at the head Of the cavaI,
" Count Rutte, of the artillery and gen.
i1oxo, OF the engineers. 1t is known that
eae soldiers of this army all turned to Ma
poleon.
Bonafa7r3e's declarations. Genoa ar.
ucie OF March 3, states, that Bonaparte had
oecn long planning his escape he caioled
me commanders of the English force staff,
oned before Porto Ferrajo he seized every
opportunity to shew his liking 10 maritime
ofhcerS he made use of this pretext to go
frequently on board of the English ships Of
war /; ne also made excursions to the small
neighboring islands, as Pianosa, Ssc, lastly.
ne sent his French brig, and another which
he had bought, to Genoa and Leghorn, to
buy ammunition and other things for the e.
qnipment of troops. All this had so accus-
somed the English cruisers to rNset his fag,
mat they paid no attention TO his little sqsad-
ron, which sailed by night. He has left at
Porto Ferrajo the wife of general Bertrand. |
the sister of gen. Drouet, and in general all |
the French upon whom he could not depend |
tor desperate attempt. He made some of !
them believe that he was merely going to |
Orbitello, to have conference with king |
Joachim Murat.
The British transport Charlotte, from Gil |
braltar for England, with 200 of the yete>
ran battalion, was driven, in storm, GA a |
beach IN England, under cliff Of 600 feet |
perpendicular ) twelve soldiers Immediately |
broke into the spirit room, aud drank them !
selves to death The rest were saved.
he Alexander, from the East Indies. was
wrecked on the coast of England. March
20, and all on board are said to have perish.
ed, except Lascars and a woman,
From the London Star, February IL.
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