Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-09-28
Latest from Enrone.

Latest from Europe.
The line fast sailing ship Friends. Cap
tam Hipkins, arrived in Hampton Roads
on Saturday fiOm London, whence she sal
led 18th August, though her passage from
land to land was only so days. Captain
ilipkins aud u. Loyal, Esq. Of this place.
who came passenger in the friends. have
politely iavoured the Editors of the He
raid with files of London papers to the
18th OF August, containing Paris oates to
the 9th. mime days later than those before
received) but papers more completely bar
rem OF what may be called ne,1s, never eros
sed the Atlantic. A few extracts follow.
the endorsements of trade and the
dIstresscs ofthe laboring population in En-
gland continue without any hope of ame-
Ili0ration.-A letter from Cozeiey, in Stat
fordshire, states that an actual examination
from house to house had takan place in ma
ny districts of that country. in order to
ascertain fully and correctly the extent of
distress. In one district alone there were
found
log Famiies whose resources were ali
cut of, comprehcnding s22 individuals
"A faniles who earn Is. per head per
week, compreheTding ass families.
$50 families who earn 2s. per head per
week, comprehending $40 individuals
In another there were SPA families with
out the means OF livelihood, comprehend
| ing 2, $40 individuals, full one half OF the
population.
you (adds the letter. of extreme distress,
would add that Of a family near me, which
has ceen out OF employment for three
mouths, consisting OF man and his wife
and SIX children they have parted with
their furniture, and with all their clothing
excepta few miserable rags that hardly
cover them Land last week, as the last re-
| source, the wife sold her wedding RIM
- The most wealthy classes were active
Is and Zealousiy engaged in coiectiug a
fund Tor the immediate relief OF those dis
tressed objects, hundreds of whom but Tor
these humane eXertions, would have perish
ed by hunger.
Accounts from Spain, Italy, Austria,
land almost all other parts OF Germany, as
we'll as those from most OF the provinces
OF France, state, that the harvest is every
I where more abundant than there was rea
son to expect. Mr.. LyeR, the B. ttish Mes
senger at Madrid, was assasinated on the
21st July while walking in the Retro, be-
tween the hours OF 10 in the morning. and
IN the afternoon. The cause was un-
known though il was supposed that his
person and character had been mistaken
by the assasins. Mr. LycH had been "a
bout twenty years a Messenger.
!'he Arch Duchess Maria Louisa, accom-
panied by her ceurt, left Parma on the 18th
Juiy for a pleasure excursion a. the baths
OF Lucca, and visit to thu Imperial Court
Tuscany. The Florence Gazette which
contains this intelligence, adds, " 1t is said
that she will be absentmo than six weeks
but il Is &c tain that she will be in Parma nr
the l5th of August, a memorable day will,
her Majesty. "-MGmOra6le Tor what, think
you, gentle reader WHY for nothing less
than being the birth day of her husband
Napoleon BOnapa:t London Edi
tors do not half like tllis--they say that
the ex-Emp1ess might with equal propriety
, celebrate the anniversary OF the destructi-
, on Of her fathers subjects by Bonaparte at
Lodi, Marengo, &c.
The Duke of Clarence had been DANCE
rously ill with AN inflammation OF the sto.
mach, but was OH the mend. The Prince
Regent, Prince Leopold and the rest of the
Royal Family were in good health !!
The Times of Aug. 10th, says g the public
/, funds in this country being considered III
general as pretty Correct test of the state
Of poIiticalrelatioB we thinkit the more de.
D serving notice that American stock has adj
vauced during the last week about pei
e cent. This circumstance, coupled TO the
e additional one, that the sale of fine Ameri
: can produce is dull, may be considered a,
r favourable to the continuance of peace. a
: thriving commerce by its produce to the re.
a venues of America might make her cap
5 tIous. We have always entertained less
t apprehension of an open and decaratory
+ war, than # a long course of petty hosliii
6 ties, embittcriug enmities, and embarrass
d Ing trade upon the Canadian frontier. A
/. warfare Of Ibis kind was carried on fol
e many years in India during the middle o
he last century, by the French aud Eng
ish East India companies, while the tw'
Iations were at peace in Europe"
An article dated Ancona, July 81, state
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