Virginia Argus

FOREIGN

From the Boston Centinel

Yesterday the brig William Henry, captain Clough, arrived here from Bristol, in England: and it having been erroneously reported (er.) in the Bristol papers which had previously reached the United States, that marshal Soult had taken passage in her for America, her arrival spread the report far and wide, that the marshal was on board. and M. Decaen, a French mercantile gentleman—the only cabin passenger in the brig. was mistaken by thousands for the marshal. We therefore deem it our duty to state, that marshal Soult has not arrived here; & that we have good grounds for believing that he is now in the quiet enjoyment of his retreat in Prussia: whither it was known he was ordered to depart. and where he probably will wait for an act of clemency from Louis the 18th. which will restore him, and all others, included in the list of traitors, to the bosom of his country. As we are on this subject we repeat the

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French proscribed persons.—As the American public are frequently led into error by mistaking persons in the above list for those who have been attainted as traitors, or ordered to be arrested as such: we have been requested to make a new list of the latter, with their late and present residence: and we have complied with the request so far as information will enable us.

It will be recollected that the traitors proclaimed by the royal ordinance of July 24, 1815: embraced only nineteen marshals and other military men, to wit—

1. Marshal Ney—His conduct is too well known to need repetition—Tried and convicted of treason. he was executed at Paris, December 7, 1815.

2. Lieut. Gen. Labadoyere—His actions and character too well known. After trial and conviction, he was executed at Paris, the 20th August, 1815.

3. Lieut. Gen. Lallemant, the senior— He surrendered himself to the British on the capture of Bonaparte; was sent to Malta; but it is reported, has been lately liberated, with permission to embark for America; and was at Smyrna at the last dates.

4. Col Lallemand—brother of the above, was arrested by Louis 18th as a seditious person, prior to the return of Bonaparte from Elba: and was set at liberty by the latter. Since his denunciation, his place of residence has been concealed.

5. Lieut. Gen. Jean Baptist Drouet, d. Eblon.—An early adherent to Louis: whom he betrayed when Bonaparte landed from Elba. Had a distinguished command at Waterloo: Has published a memoir in justification of his conduct—and was awaiting his trial in Paris, which was to take place the latter part of June. He is son of the post-master who arrested Louis 18th, at Varennes.

6. Lieut. Gen. Lefebvre Dennewitz.— After Bonaparte's first overthrow, he adhered to the Bourbons; but when Bouaparte landed from Elba, he attempted to seduce the regiment of royal chasseurs, which he commanded, and to capture Laon for the usurper. He was one of Napoleon's favorite officers, on whom he showered offices and orders, but he had the independence to say to the emperor at Fontainebleau, in April 1815—"Sire! You are undone. You would not listen to the counsels of your servants and now the senate has declared that you have forfeited the throne." After the second overthrow of Bonaparte he fled to Germany, and from thence he arrived in the U. States. where he now is An act of outlawry has been issued against him and several others.

7. Lieut. Gen. Ameilh—An early adherent to Louis; followed Monsieur to Lyons, and there showing defection he was apprehended, sent to Paris, tried, condemned to death, but before the sentence was executed, was liberated by the arrival of Bonaparte. He was lately arrested in Hanover. but set at liberty, it was said, by order of the British prince regent.

8. Lieut. Gen. Brayer.—He commanded under Louis at Lyons, when Bonaparte landed from Elba. and went out at the head of the garrison to welcome him. He fled to Germany, where he was at the last date.

9. Lieut. Gen. Gilly—A warm partisan of Bonaparte in the south of France. He opposed the duke d'Angouleme; and after the second overthrow of Bonaparte, headed, it was said, a band of insurgents. Having fled from France, he has been tried in Paris par contumace, found guilty of treason and revolt, and sentenced to death. —Soon after the publication of the decree of July, 1815, he published a memoir, in which he treated the king's rather cavalierly, and said."s he waited without anxiety for the decision of his judges." But when he found in the fate of Labadoyere, that Louis could let the die fall heavy. he fled his country & has not recently been heard from.

10. Lieut. Gen. Mouton Duvernet—He swore early allegiance to the Bourbons, & was sent to Grenoble to stop Bonaparte's career, but joined him He has since surrendered himself to trial, which was about to take place at our last dates from Paris.

11 Marshal Emanuel Grouchy—He is now in the United States. An exposition of his conduct having been recently published in the Aurora, we shall add nothing to it.

12 Lieut. General Bertrand Clausel— He is likewise in the United States. He commanded at Bordeaux. and his conduct was much complained of. He also commanded a corps at Waterloo. Since he left France a process of outlawry has been issued against him.

13. Lt. gen. Laborde—He also is charged with having sworn allegiance to Louis 18th of having violated his oaths, committed treason and revolt, and upheld the usurpation of Napoleon. Having left France a process of outlawry is issued against him also.

14. Lt. gen. Dehès—He was charged with having betrayed the royal cause in the south of France. and intercepted the duke d'Angouleme. He was tried in March last. & sentenced to death : but Louis commuted the punishment to ten years imprisonment.

15 Lt. gen. Bertrand He accompanied Bonaparte to Elba and is now with. him at St. Helena. He gave in his adhesion to Louis only a fortnight before B. landed from Elba. Has been tried for contumacy and sentenced to death. which will be executed upon him, should he return to France, as it is reported he intends.

16. Lt. gen. Cambronne—He was arrested in England, sent to France, tried and acquitted, on the ground that being assigned in virtue of the treaty of Fontainebleau, to attend Bonaparte to Elba, he was absolved from his allegiance to France. When Bonaparte was making his rapid progress from Antibes to Paris, Cambronne commanded the advance guard of forty grenadiers who preceded him.

17. Lt. gen. Drouet.—He commanded Bonaparte's imperial guards. when he landed from Elba ;and signed the address of the guards to the French soldiers, from the Gulf of Juan. He has lately been tried in Paris and acquitted on the same ground as that which saved Cambronne. He has since been introduced to the King : whose permission to be married he has solicited. in order to do away a report that after his acquittal he had determined to follow a clerical life.

18. Lt. gen. Lavalette.—He was one of the household of Louis 18th, and swore allegiance to him. But when Bonaparte was advancing, he seized upon the post office. and made it an engine for the dispersion of