Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-05-24

ss in England The chancellor OF France. NJ.
D'Ambrsy, was good deal surprised on Sun.
day week, TO see carriage drive up TO his
door about the dinner hour, and some well
dressed persons demanded admittance--thc
carriage was quickly followed by another-and
another, and an tier, to the amount of only Is
when the company was shews in, the master
OF the house received them with great polite.
ness--but begged leave TO ask what fortunate
lent 1t was that had afforded him the honor of
their company-seeng that on Sunday of all
the days Ia the week. he made it point to dine
atone The strangers without exception al
lodged the receipt OF cards of invitation from
has excelency. one OF which was accordingly
| produced. and turned out to be as re aters NAV
| already suspect, Just so mary fcrgeries. The
most impudent part Of the Joke was, that Merlia
st. Jean ID Angeler, Sebastiani. &c. &c with
long list OF right honorabies OF that csst were
| mongst the guests allotted to disturb the board
Q, the meditative, retired, and highly royalist
Nj D'Ambray.
March Is,
1t was yesterday stated that che accounts
rom the continent are so alarming that our
ministers thought it incumbent on them 70 send
neet Immediately into the Mediterranean, for
wh'oh purpose al, the conveys appointed to con
auct our trade were countcrman1ed, and last
TUESDAY night there was press on the river
Thames whether it is imagined that an attack
| might be made on our ships now at Paimero,
| or what other danger is apprehended, we do
| not know. 1t is at least thought necessary to
| tEke precautions.
March ~.
The greatest exertions are making at Piy-
mouth to get ready the ships at that port for.
sea. It is repsrted that . ships of the line will
be fitted out from thence i'm mediately.
April S.
Madrid gszettes have been received. with
| letters from Corunna, the former to the 10Th of
last month The gazette OF the 18th contains
an official notice, announcing the landing of 30
| napsrte in France, and desiring that the public
will not give way to alarm on account OF tbi,
experiment, which it assum,s must terminate
in the ruin of the adventurer, by hi, falling into
the hands OF his pursuers.
The British ffigate Pactolus, arrived AT
Portsmouth, on the 23th March, from New
London, III the remarkably short passage of is
DAYS.
a letter from Rome, dated March sth.
says The news of the escape of Bona
parte from Elba, and his arrival in France.
has occasioned so much alarm and conster.
nation in this pious government. that it has
Thought 1t coald ouiy acquire security BY
additional arrests The imprisonmsnts are
indlscriminatc, because both are expected
and feared To day. however, we have
some relaxation of this holy fervor, and a
story has got into circulation, which is not
believed, that Bonaparte. pursued by the
English, was made prisoner at Corsica.
What seems Certain is, that tomorrow his
mother is to arrive here, and that o.day
other branches of his family did arrive
tbs sister, the princess Pauline Borghess
mas been sent to Naples, escorted, they say,
by British troops
W6ist the Lady Louisa packet, captain
Gibson, which arrived at Falmouth. ON
Sunday he R,o III =
voyage home, her decks, spafs. sides. sc.
were suddenly and completely covered IN
some places to The thicSRe.s of haitian inch)
| with yellow dust. An explanation of this
extraordinary circumstance has been at
'empted, by surprising it - be the effect of
VIOLENT erupt on of q loan on the coast
OF africa, although ne packet was at
least one thousand miles distant from ali |
land whsn the event occurred.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb IL.
An American privateer, called the Sur
prize, which sailed last from Best, has
been lowering off the Start for some DAYS
past, where she attempted to capture the
Briton transport, with which she had
running hgst from half past eleven ill half
past three o'clock, the enemy firing her
bow chase guns the whale time into the
stern of the Briton, which did considerable
damage to the sails and rigging of the lat
teri the Briton's stern and stern boat were
entirely cut to pieces, having nothing but
stern and stern post hanging to the tackles
The Briton had on board nearly 500 troops,
LOO OF which. the whole Of them being below.
were ordered to load their rnaskets, which
having been done, the helm was put a.Iee.
and the broadside exposed 10 the enemy. up.
on which the soldiers jumped on deck, and
poured into the privateer a volley this did
considerable execution, and caused the pri.
yateer to sheer of Immediately in the great
est confusion.
One of the soldiers on board the Briton
was killed. The same priva,eer has erased
several vessels mo port, particularly a
West Indiamaa from Bristol, on her way to
Plymouth, to join convoy, which would have
been taken, had not two sloops Of war move
IN sight One of them, two miles 10 the lee. |
ward, made pursuit after the privateer, un.
der press OF canvass. but with little chance |
of success, as the chase seemed to out sail |
her with the greatest ease. Adm sir Thos |
Duckworth, at Plymouth, on being informed |
of these circumstances. instantly ordered !
out all the small craft, in readiness to pro.
seed to sea
PARIs, Feb. 25
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