Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-02
The instruction in the western depart
ments appears to gain ground.

nentS appears TO gam ground.
Lieutenant General Count Auguste de
e.garre, commanding Il /, 18th Military
Division, has pub ished Proclamation,
which states, that 6 the Emperor has Or
dered an army of $4,000 men IT, proceed
post to La Vandee, where he IS to act vi |
gorously against the rebels.
The Emperor" we are farther told,
$ directs the Ex-Nobles who shall have
forced the unfortunate peasants ola Van
dee and Bretagne to take up arms against
their country, to be treated with ali the
Irigonr OF the law. He orders, on the other
hand, that indulgence be shewn 20 the in
habltants OF the towns and country who
shall have been led astray, and he particu-
larly recommends that the Priests he res
pected, aud religion protected. Every Ex-
Noble who shall be taken with arms in his
hands, or who shall be convicted of having
excited rebellion, shall be tried and SEN
fenced TO die.
" By order of the Emperor, the depart
ment of M0rbiiian, and the ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF Redcn, in the departments of lie and
Vllalne, are placed in state of Siege
am authorised to annouce to rthe sinhabi-
tants OF the 18th military divisions. that
the English army in Belgium is preparing,
to retreat, and that negotiations for peace
are commenced with Austria.'
Laval which was threatened with an at
tack by the Insurgents, is the capital of the
department OF the Mayenue, and contains
about $4,000 inhabitants. 1t is far within
the int .ior, being about half way between
Paris and the extreme western coast.
The French funds were rather lower on
Saturday than on the preceding day
ihe per cent, Consols were down to
So 1-2.
a Hamburg mail arrived this morning
with papers to the 31st of May. The mar
riage of the Duke of Cumberland and the
Dowager Princess of Solems, was at length
announced for the s8th last, at Strelits.-
General Vandamme treated the people of
MesIeres SO I'LL, BOnaparte has found it ne
cessary to recall and rusticate him.
Brussels papers TO the eth inst. received
this morning. state that the Emperor of
Russia and King Of Prussia left Vienna in
the night of the 25th last the Emperor of
AUSTRIA was to set out on the following
day. j. Is stated under the head of Genoa,
he 2Oth, upon the alledged authority of
private letters, that Murat has embarked
n the harbor Of Benedetto, near Ascole.
on board a small vessel which steered for
oranto. On reference to the Supple
mental Gazette, given in the Globe yes
to-day, it will be seen that he was suppos
d TO be IN Naples, aud that it was the in
fentlon of the Allies to send him, when
found, to the Austrian states. The REPORTS
oil ms actual arrival in Paris, published in
the French papers, may have been for the
purpose of favOuring his escape, by relay
ng the search for him in Italy.
King Ferdinandis said ohave received on
the Neapolitancoast, where he immediately
ISSUED PrOclamations, announcing his res
iteration to the throne. We trust that his
returh will be more auspicions to his peo-
pie than that of his namesake TO the
Throne OF Spain. He has much to reform
affairs.
The Diet of Switzerland in answer to
Note from the Allied Sovereigns, declares
Its determination to arm merely for tie de-
fensive, and hopes that the several Powers
Will respect its territory.
1t will be seen by the Plymouth letter.
that the Rim frigate sent in another
French prize on Tuesday last.
.Veto Loan-At length Ministers have
given notice of the Loan for the present
year. This afternoon, about half past one
O'Clock, Mr.. Hose communicated to the
gentlemen Of the stock Exchange. that on
Saturday next the chancellor of the ex-
chequer would be ready to see the contrac
tors for the loan, in order to arrange the
necessary preliminaries. Three per cent.
reduced at the time were SO 10, and the
8 per cent. cOnsols at SIS 1-2 for the oper-
ing, when both kind of stock declined
about half per cent. The amount fthe
loan has not TRANSFERRED, but it is estimat-
ed at % millions, all of which is to be rails
ed in England, The Bidding for the loan
will be made known on Saturday.
PARIS, June 5.
The English army in Belgium seems not
to be easy respecting its situation. 1t is
making all the necessary preparations for
blowing up the bridges on the Lys and
Scheidt and at this moment Lord Wei
iington is breaking up and unpaying the
roads leading to Tourney. He conse-
quently thinks himself Incapable oftal,inr
the offensive, and, on the other hand, ex-
poets to see offensive operations COM
menced against himself.
Gazette deFrance.