Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-09
The captain made particular inqrir;es whs
French ports were held by the Royalists.

'oho"uiS Duietin.
BULLETIN rEws PROM THE ARMIES.
In the rear Of Lieny, June l6,2
half past O'clock al Aighf.
The Emperor has just gained a complete vic
tory over the English and Prussian army. com.
manded by the Duke of Wellington and MARSHAL
blucher The army is debouching 1t this mo.
ment by Ligny, in front of fleurus, to pursue
the enemy.
The Moniteur of the 18th contains the follow.
ing: ''''''
60 LIONS, June II.
18th June, z. VI. The enemy were attacked
,nis morning; we have made 900 prisoners includ-
800 men. -Oo ~
(Siged) Duke of ALBuFIJRA
Inc Monteur also contains an address of b.
nsparte To his soldiers, dated from Avesnes. on
ule l4th, and a detail Of operat ons from Ch,rle
roy on The 18th, IN this we find that Ney com
nnalas ms left wing, Morte- is left behind Ill.
NO Russian or German troops appear to hav.
been present IN the battles OF the Is h. 10Th, aud
seventeenth OF June It is SAID they entered
france IN another part of her frontier about the
same time.
Mr.. V;nsittart has stated in parliament, tbatas
ministers expected Little or no effort bv the enc
my at sea, they Calculated on a considerable re.
AAuCtlon OF vi navy ESTIMATES.
Inc Outchess d AngouIeme, French frigate, has
arrived at Plymouth, from Martinique.
Ancona and Pescara, lately held by Nfurat's
trooPs, have surrendered to the AuStrans. -
Gae,a IS the only place which has not yet sub.
mitted.
In April last, large mob at Leghorn, tore
down Nurat's arms from the door of h IS consul.
and lll-treated several persons considered his ad-
herents.
Lucien Bo1aParte's daughter has proceeded
The British have Just established, BY act of
parliament, Line Of packets between England
and India.
A proposed tax on cotton goods in England
has been abandoned.
It appears by report from Brest, June 90
that the telegraph there announced that 30
nRparte had obtained victory over Lord Wei
lngton--and it IS said illumlnations were Or
dered
.Sbain.-A new expedition has been ordered To
be prepared in Spain for its American colonies
1t is to consist of 10000 men, 1900 cavalry, and
large portion of artillery, with great quantity
Of ammunition.
The marquis Of Castillo is fined 1000 dollars
and banlshed. His brother, NJ. Chavis. the same
Tapia, editor of the Government Gazette, fned
500 ducats, and bansheS. Manian, an Aneri.
can deputy to the cortes, fined 10000 dollars
md banished Heis accused Of having vo e.,
N the cortes for the soUereignty of the SeobLe-
but he says at the time ofthat question he was IN
Mex co
The Spanish sold .ers are extremely dsconten
ed, and desert in great numbers.
Madrid papers mention the complete tr;.
umph Of the royalists IN Peru. And at the
yer Plate, they, or third party, have taken pos
session fMonte Video, which the Buenos A,
reans left
d The NT.r5.o,. no..Iz - -. L -,
14'h March last, OH herpsssage to America wit
the mails from England of January and February.
by the Roger privateer, of Norfolk, after adespe-
rate engagement of t5vo days, in which, although,
rom the very superior force of the enemy, III
efforts OF the packets brave crew proved unsuc
cesfui, they well maintained their high reputa-
ton The Roger must have been very SUPERIOR
n something. We are Informed she mounted
but seven guns-we know of no British pack
that has less than double that Number The con-
iinct OF Mr. Foster, the master, deserves men.
ton he had been disabled in the first DAYS ac-
ton, by severe wound, which almost destroyed
has knee, but could not be prevented from return
ng, in this shattered condition, 70 the deck, or
theneIt morning, when he received two more Sc
we're wounds, and was carried below senseless. l.
ro7seqUence Of this capture lave, in consequence
u TINS capture'-but if the privateeF had bee
captured, her crew, IN all probabihty would have
added to the number of their countrymen. muir
Tered in Dartmoorl which unfortunately took
place only four days before the expiration of the
Term prescribed by the treaty of the cessation OF
lostlltes, great Inconvenience will be felt in the
destruction of the valuable commercial CORES
oondence on board the packet (the mails beng
sunk, as usual, m cases of capture) as well by
Inc United States merchants as those of thls
country. The letters for America were very nu.
nerous.
A London paper mentions, that the " Penguin.
ot l8guns, has been taken by the American slool
IF war Hornet, of20, and los men after Am &C
non OF As minutes within pistol shot--and that
apt. ID ckensOn and II of the crew were killed.
and "a wounded" I'VE had prepafed ourselve
10 be informed that the HoI net certainly was no
ess than thirty.two or SO, and that the Pen
gum was OF the small class of fourteen gun br,rs
ohn Bull IS certainly quite at home on nautieai
larra vesl
The reason assigned for giving UP the ships
Which have been detained by our cruizers, is to
'oHcitote He sea porte, and to strengthen the NTH
nee Of ME BOurbon adhere1fs but we have re =
ION to believe that the policy is now changed
ma mat no more detained vessels will be iibe
ated A French national armed vessel (praam n
aden with ammunition, from Brest for Havre.
las been captured BY the Desiree frig te and sent
nto Portsmouth. She was under the tri-colored
lag.
The intrenched camp at Famars, formed to co.
'er Valenc ennes, was Inundated on the 25,h- I
MARSHAL MOrtier supe intends this and other one
atoms Of the kind on that bne. lie has also Do
everal thousand peasants in requisItion to acce |
crate the works of the camp Of Cesar, beswee |
lITlW hon