Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-09-18

Corgan, Matthews s. CO. & the Tamwouti
Bank, Paget Il CO. have suspended theil
payments.
July 81.
Yesterday morning Mr.. L.atchfoft thu
kings messenger arrived at the foreign OF.
nee, with dispatches which he brought from
st. Petersburg. Some Importance was at.
tached to the dispatches whichhe brought.
trnm the speed with which ne travelled.
having come in ciaise and four, which is
q novel sigh.in time ofpeace.
Ills majesty t,ie king Of Wirte,nburg has
created his SON in-law the tx King OF
Westphalia, duke of Mantfort. The latter
IS gong with his consort to Brum in MIRA
via, where boil, have obtained from his ma
Jes, y. the Emperor OF Austria, permission
to fix lheir abude Tor tue future.
An american captain at Calcutta, writes
to his friend as follows:
HCAhcurrA, March, 1916.
:" ilaa.ine that you do not feel mach
interest IN The politics of this couatry bur
as geucsal 0chterloney is Yankee (from
Boston originally must tell you that he
has conmeaced his second campaign
gairst the Nepaulese, with the usual abili-
fy aud Saccess ;we call him :. The Weiliag
ton OF Tie East ) he will subJue them this
year.
:" Three country ships have been burnt
by the Lascars within month, and twu
IN re partially destroyed one at Java, aud
thee attempted at Calcutta. Some DIS
contents among the Lascars occasioned
these acts of vil1any."
August 1.
Accnsiderable sensation was produced
IN the city this morning by the following
unexpected notice from the Transporf
Board
:. Transport Office, s1st July, 1916.
Wanted conveyance of the undermen-
toned stores, viz 5 200 Tons Of .rdnance
Stores, to Canada.-Tenders to be receiv-
ed a,i Saturday the third of August"
This n"tice was Immediately considered
rs hostile symptom. We believe we can
remove any approximations of this kind
Several Notifications were begun upon the
lakes immediately after peace was made.
Some vessels also were laid down-buth
require guns and stores. it known also
that the barracks of Quebeck were lately
burnt and considerable quantity Of stores
destroye d.--'These must be replaced, and
government are sending them out at pro-
per time of the year.
August 8.
We had the pleasure to announce yes
terday the Termination of the war in India,
by the final ratification of the Treaty OF
Pence with Nepaul, on the 4,h March,
This important intelligence is commanica
ted in Il Calcutta Gazette extraordinary OF
The fifteenth of March brought by admiral
Ceckbnrn, who reached town Yesterday
from Portsmouth, where he arrived on
Thursday from st. Helena. The shir
Saerburne. charged with the dispatches,
arriyedat ST. Helena on the fourth June
the day previous to Sir George starting
from thence in his majesty's ship Narthun.
Derland. The campaign which preceded
THIS happy result, although Of notmore thar
tortnight's duration, produced, however
several smart actions: in one particularly
which took place on the I'd or Sd of March
the ene5fy resisted with great bravery
about i've hundred OF them fell in battle
and our loss was comparatively small =
though there is some slight foun,iation fo
the report which reached this country from
France, that the Company's troops hat
been worsted, inasmuch as they were, w,
understand, In the first instance taken b,
surprise, (pr0bably through some adyan
tage OF local Knowledge possessed by tht
enemy but soon recovered themselves. re
pulsed the assailarts, and obtained the vic
tory which led to the important diplomati
transaction above described.
The preliminary conferences of the Die
tobe held at Frankfort, were to cGm;nenc
on the 5th, and the solid opening to tax
place on the 18th inst.
The Princess Charlotte is 50 much reco
yered. that only the weather prevents he
from going out; but Prince Leopold, W
are sorry 10 hear, is now indisposed
We received this morning the Paris Pa
pers OF Wednesday. The following ar
extracts:
PARIS, July 81.
Lord FitZroy Somerset has arrived a
Paris and occupies the Hotel of his excel
lency the Duke of Wellington, IN the ru
champ-Elysces.
ihe nine persons condemned to solitar
e9nlinemeDti IL the case of the /" Cunspira
~ OF the Patriots of 1867 will be exposes
this day on the palace ofJustice.
Letterstom Bordeaux state that sever
I'll ships had arrived there from Guatlaloug
and Martinique. They have brought new
from these coipuies 10 the twenty secon
June, at which date they enjoyed perfec
order and tranquility The paucity. q
ships had.raised the freight to an excessive
price. The ships arrived obtained thirt
denlers freight in the pound for sugar, AM
thirty SIX for coffee. The owners wi
have consequently made great profit.
The French funds decline. The fiv