Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-06-26

that character which is necessary In order
to merit the confidence Of the people aud
other nations.
LosooN, Nav g.
The letters by the French mail confirm
the the intelligence we yesterday inserted,
as to the free import of grain into France,
that no port duties would be levied on
ships loaded with corn, and the export ara
ticles in return would also be exported
duty free. The decree is dated 18th A.
pril, and has been sent into all the de-. .
partments. 1t has not yet been published
i'll any Of the French newspapers, to a.
void exciting apprehensions in the public
mind.
One of the letters adds, that the tonnage
Of goods exported duty free Is not to eI-
coed the tonnage of goods imported.
The telegraph frames at the top Of the
Admiralty are to be removed, and the i'm
proved selnaphor consisting of hollow
mast, from whence two arms project in.va-
rious directions, will be erected in the
stead.--The utility of this invention is to
De tried by way Of experiment, in few
days, from Lon1on to Sheerness, and the
number of nations. il is said will not e1.
coed nine: several are erected.
A copy of treasury minute, dated
Esd February, 1916, printed by order Of
the House OF Commons, directs sum Of
10000 I. out Of the Droits of the Admiral.
ty, to be paid in aid of the privy purse Of
the Prince Regent, towards the discharge
of the expence of additional buildings and
purchase of land made by his Royal High.
ness, and annexed 70 his private property,
at Brighton and the further sum 100000.
out OF the same, for the additional furni-
ture for the said additional buildings.
The remains OF, Lord Arthur Somerset,
who, we are sorry to learn, died on the
Goth OF last month at Lisbon, are to be re-
moved from thence for nteruent, in the
family vault at Tregothan, Cornwall.
Cherries made their first appearance
this season on the 9TH inst. in Convent
garden market. They were sold at two
guineas and half per pound.
The six frigates with troops, which !ateI
ly sailed for the West Indies from Ports
mouth, it is supposed, are bound to Provi..
dence, where we understand, serious
commotlon had arisen among the black
troops.
PARIS, April OF.
Great ceremony is to he observed in es-
cortlng Princess Caroline to Paris the
Mayors OF each city are to meet her at
their gates--the Projects and Sous-Pre-
Iects are to escort her from the frontiers to
the limits Of Their respective departments.
1.-The Civil and Military Officers of every
department. are also to be presented of her
Royal Highness on her way.
we ind that in Burgundy they have
now remaining Of last years produce an
immense quantity of corn aud different
Sorts OF grain. more than they shall con.
sumo before the next harvest. Ii is To be
sent to America, etc.
~. PARIS, April %.
His Majesty has desired letters to be
;Arch6ishops and Bishops, ordering go.
Tenn thanksgiving to be celebrated in alf
me churches in the Kingdom on the Sd Of
May, Tor bis happy return to the throne.
1t 10 said that the Spanish Count Tor.
reno, with the whole ofhis household. has
been arrested in Paris. lie was a nam.
Der Of the Cortes.
A letter from Calais of the Esd saws
!. Nj, du Fauthas, Honorary Counsellor of
the Emperor Of Russia arrived express
from Paris last night, and embarked imme.
diately for England
a butcher Of Apremont, on Easter Mon.
iav' drapk twenty four glasses Of brandy
'ucce' siVely for wager. He died in
10 about an hour afterwards.
An American Society is about TO psta.
dish an Institution for the deaf and dumb
1t Connecticut. NJ. Gallauder has been
'ent TO Paris, to learn the art of instrpct.
ng them from the Able Sicard.
Inc examination of General Mouton-
~, has commenced at Lyons.
The second treaty between the Coprts
u Austria and Bavaria was signed at MIR.
'ich on the 18th inst.
The King of Naples has restored all the
Insoid property of those who were declar-
d emigrants by Joseph Bonaparte or Mu-
Inc plague which was raging at Escla-
'onla has now nearly ceased,
FRINGE Metternich will remain some
'me at Florence, to conclude some impor.
ant negotiations With the Ministers Of The
irsnd Duke Of Tuscany.
yo,, -, Pans, May 6,
Tou Will observe that tie French Nc
' sIs.I maae no mention of conspiracy! or
, ! !' having taken place at Paris vst
!. . - certain that not less than 500 ners1ns
ave oeen taken into custody within ', .Son
eW Gays. Goysrntoo,t 80 e"N.'n theSe