Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-12
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ENGLISH NEWS


The events of modern times have been so very
extraordinary in their nature, that they have pro-
duced a moral effect on the mind of all men.
| however experienced, which serves to give more
than ordinary Facility to the diffusion and TO tie
reception Of falsehCod. Thus If an adventure
in political or commercial speculation is DESTROYS
of producing effect such as may suit hts particu-
| lar views, he makes up scory, and regard fer
the usual laws ofprobability are not necessary 10
De taken into consideration, since he will saw, ard
those who read the fabrication will say, nothing
zyiich is Possible be mare irabrsba5Le than rrh,t
has already hapgbened srit,ia t1yenty fire gears
The judgment is therefore Invested of Tie or
| binary advantages ofexperience, since nothing IN
| ancient times can f,Irm objects of comparison
and thus fabrications and facts go to the world
in the incpient state, and it is only after lapse
of time that We can determine with certainty on
| facts which have occupied our minds, and excl
ted anxiety or joy, anguish or eXultaton, for
weeks, or months.
| These ideas are suggested by the report yes-
terday received from Boston, which we shall give
(! in the same form as we have received it.-Ofler-
ing such opinions on the report and the facts con-
nected with it, as dispassionate examination
will enable us TO form.
The report is in substance rs follows THAT
the emperor Napoleon had, after the battle ofthe
18th June, escaped TO Paris in disguise, and de
manded from thelegislative bodies more men y, a
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and that he and all his family had been comm t.
ted 70 prison. That Carnot and Fouche wsrethe
| leaders IN this transaction, and that a fIap NJ
truce had been sent to the head quarters of mar.
lshal Wellington, demand ng suspension ofarms
TIL new form OF government should be estab-
| Eshed.
This is the sum of all that is remarkable
in its character momentous AS we have sad
above, events so extraordinary have happened
that tits difficult TO say what may not have. hap.
pened and = false tale may be so plausible, or q
true story told so lamely, that the former NAV
obtain credit, while the latter, from the manner
Will forbid belief; we have therefore onlyto seek
by analysis OF the statements we receive, how
far they concur With physical and moral proba.
Ibiity
| The report comes from England by vessel
4 which left Gravesend in the Thames, the sotb
June. It's the verbal information of canta;n
4 Drummond, who left port 81 days before or in.
Guiding the day of arrival which gives three
days OF August 81 days of July, and three DAYS
OF June, that is, the 27th, the day of the date OF
Ia London paper, which the captain rebsrts he
aoas Possessed Of, bHt he had gioel array to an oT
or efthe Congress frgrte on the third of Juiy
/ Thus far we have the rebortof capt Drum
mond, OF what was reported IN London bdDer OF
the 27th of June; but the article, which is al.
legged 10 be in the London paper, is also said to
have been an extract from the yHoMten' of Pa.
ris.
BY another statement, being an extract of alet.
ter from Boston, of the Cd INST we are informed
that paper of the 9th has been actually receiy
ed at Boston, containing extracts from the Moni
teur of the 22d Of June ; and that the paper was
+ the well known Courier.
let US now compare dates and distances, and
see how the pieces it, IF the report stood upor
capt Drummond alone, the question ofhis accu
racy might arise but II must stand forcretlibl,
ty, as TO authority, on the character of the Co5ri
er, ministerial paper Of England proverb an,
Known for Misrepresentation but # the Man
FHer were the authority and the extract really
made from that paper, there would be an end t.
doubt 1t rests wholly as TO authority upon th.
london Courier.
We omit some remarks written ON lbe events
of the 18th, 10th and 18th, 10 notice the res,I
and position of the battle OF The 18th. which
taken IN every view, must have been a pnassacree
on both sides, rather than a common conflict O
war The effect must have been disastrous, ant
1t was only with frCSh corps that renewal OF bat
tie could be expected We expected that tlrr
or more corps OF the French were held i'm re
sc,Ue, and that those would renew the action, af
ter days preparation, on the nineteenth ant
twentieth.
Thereports now received, would induce us I,
lbeieye that there were 10 reserves chat tbt
whole OF the Ffench force consisted of only N,
; corbs, aud that Tics beng defeated by the com
1
tate OF Napoleon was decided The report il
tins Point 10 not 70 be credited but giving IL al
tie weight that is required, let us see how i
isquares with the authentic advices, with the de
, tails OF the English commander IN chief
S The action of the 1871 terminated IN the nigh
5 and IN the flight of the French. Let us see tb
{ distance. Brussels is about 1f6 miles from Paris
IA Waterloo IS ten miles nearer TO Paris. saw ~
, miles. Laying aside repose and reireshmen,
this distance would be, even for Napoleon. a bsr,
: days ride. But say he arrived on the 2J,h,
f the morning, at Paris that the constituted au
thoritIes we're assembled OF Chat day and thg
: the day OF dcllberatiOn was tile Dist ;and tbs
+. the day Ofsbd,cation was the I'D :yet even aft
TINS, the article announcing the transaction coui
r not appear In the Monteur OF that day, but
c that OF Tue Odd
4 This, It viii be seen, IS placing events as muc
o at the mercy ofthe story as is practicable, IN
s after all It will not agree.
y We do not credit the story az it was given, ur
on the facts ailedged we do not credit the slor
for as il refers TO Cl1r6t and Fgncbe, it suteri
:, incredible. Both OF them voted for the death {
: Louis XVI. and both know too well what the
have to expect from second return Of the Bou
e bons.
III II IS improbable, with reference 70 the militar
l. force and themlitary arrangements Of the Frenc
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