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min CORONATION OF .74 , 417E3 t [From the New-York—American Citizen.] RETRACT OF A Writ FROM THI SUPERCARGO OF All •MERiCAM VESSIL, AT CAPS FLANCOIS, TO HIS OWlsk&S IN 111W•YORK, DATED Cape Franctil, Gelobe: 19, 1804. Yellerday I returned to this piaci. from Port-au- Prince, after having witnelfed a fpedate, to me both new and extraordinary-1 mean the Creation of an Emperor, and that too of as ugly, as ill fh;:ped, and as difgulling a little black fellow as I ever beheld on any of the plantations of Virginia or South Carolina. " For three days previoully to the ceremony, the Blacks from all parts of the country flocked to Port au-Prince, and the avenues of the roads to the town, even at midnight, were crowded with males and fe mates. of all ages and feseA—moil of them imern c.imbered with clothing, and agreeable to the (elision of the climate, xleflitute of covering even to a fig leaf, their clothes and provifions being packed up on affes. 4, On the morning of the Coronation (the Bth) the troops were under arms at three o'clock, and in a few minutes alter a moil tremendous roar of ci;nnun and mufquetry commenced, which hiked fur above an hour without the (mallet intermi(4on. 44 This was the fignal for joy and confulion. The Blacks from all quarters at the fird difeharge Qarted from their huts and tents, and flew like madmen to the Champ de Mars. There thetrnops, to the number of about 7000, were drawn up in a hollow fquare, and on a Rage ereded for the purpofe, after many ineffeßnal attempts to procure filence, CHRISTOP H at length commenced the reading of the Al, nnmi• nating litssaLis Es Emperor for life, but the con fided no:le of the fable multitude completely drowned every fyilable he Paid. ‘s \Viten he had finifhed, the people, men, women, and children, together with the troops, fet up fuch a yell, (mingled with the cla(ling of the Coldiers arm•, and the noife of the cannon) you would have thought could have proceeded only from the Infernal Regions. Never did I behold fuch a Irene. The multitude then, in the form of a prneeflion, moved to &large temporary hall, ereEted to the rigist of the Parade ; but here fate interpofed her curtain, and thut me out from the remainder of theft Imperial Rites. "I n plAis language, myfelf, and a party of my eountrymcu, among whom was our mutual friend had polled ourfelves on that fide of the Parade, which we vainly thought w :old keine us an ear) , accels to the Hall of Coronation ; bin we were miitaken. No fooner was the fignal given for the pro cef lion to move to the hall. than the frantic multi. rude ' , tithed in a body towards the doors, furmount ing all impediments, and (weeping every thing before them ; indeed, I am not cet lain, whether it was not fortunate that we were excluded from the hall. as, from the temper of thcfe Sovertign People," it ;night have been dangerous for a white face to have !hewn i►felf among them. " The ceremony concluded about one o'clock, P. M. and I have received the following account from an Officer of the fiat Cape Divilion, who dined with me yeflerday, and whole nation during the Ceremony was within a few Reps of the Corona tion Altar. 0 , After th.• Civil and Military Officers had taken their feats, DLiSALINEs, the Emperor cleft, with M. Pgrios on his left, and the Abbe DsSFON•rAIN on his right, entered the hall from an Anti• Chamber— . entrance was greeted by an anthem from a large fplendid organ and a choir of fingers. The ball was fitted up in 'amphitheatrical order, and in the centre was a large Rage, acceffible by two flights of Reps, by which the Emperor afcended, and by the other the Abbe DEsrourata and M. Philos.— The whole ceremony confined of an oath, which was adminiftered by the Abbe, amidll the mbft pro found filence. The mob who, juft before, were nnify even to madnefs, appeared to be (truck dumb at the fi,,ht of the altar, and whilft the oath was adminifler -411, the ruffling Of 4 leaf might have been heard. .# The fublfance of the oath was, that the Empe ror would preferve the independence of the itland.— that he would always be ready to facrifice his life Car the Liberties of the People, and that he would deliver up the truß repofed in him to that Military or Civil Officer who (ball render bimfell molt wor thy of it by his Cervices, and by his attachment to the country. . . . . " When this was concluded, the Emperor defcend ed from the flag; and received the congratulations of the officers, and happy were they who were per witted to approach his pert 'n. " This done the plocetTiin withdrew from the Hall, and the troops having formed again, the Em peror immediately placed himfelf on foot at the head of the Grenadiers of the ad divifion of the Cape.— He wore on the oceafion, nothing betides hit Grdi sary drefs, except a large cap or head drets, encircled with diamonds. The moment he drew his (word to place himfelf at the head of the troops, the noife of cannon and mufketry, was again heard, and the cries of 6' live lkfaliie: " Vivc "'aqua I," rent the air. The whole then moved to the church in the upper part of the town, where, in the pretence of the Emperor, and of the public Bodies. the troops re maining und.r arms widu'ut, Te Deum was per formed, and prayers offered up fir the lakty of the Empire. The proceffion then returned to the Champs de Mars. and the troops being difmiffed, the Emperor and his officers immediately repaired to rite houfe of the General Commandant of !Ina au- Prince. During the proccaion the Emperor was not attended by any guard f.ir his person, and he refuted to mount his horfe until the troops were dif miffed. " Of the night which followed I can give but an impede& pilture. One thing I remarked, that arnidlt the exceli of joy and unrearained plcafure which prevailed every where, infix ices of intoxica tion were very rare. I preambulated the areas during the principal part of the night, under the pro teftion of an officer of the garrifon of Pnrt au•Prince, ani amidit the crowd, a drunken Black was fcarce ly to be Peen. The fame could not be laid of the men of colour, many of whom lay .n the gutters dead drunk until next morning. But very few of the military Teemed to mix with the ciuwd during the nigh!. i• Their joy, or their enthaG4m, certainly flood , in need of no fakitions affitlance. Although (ober. they were merry even to intoxication, and their ex ultation was that of the molt extravagant madnefs. They danced, fang, and leaped through the beets, males and females mixed, half, and force more than , half naked, like beings broke from Bedlam. bloa of them, although nearly in a hate of nakednef s , h a d their bead. full dreffed ; indeed, this firmed to be the only part the natural colour or conformation cf which they teemed Iludious to conceal. Figure to yourfelf, then, a brilliant illumination—an itnmenfc multitude eying to and fro, with the greafy mixture from their heads ftreaming down each black vifage, and you will have no imperial idea of the night fucceeding the late Coronation at Port-au-Prince. " The Magißratcs and Ofikers of the Garrifon gave a grand dialler to the Emperor, and his offi cers, after the Ceremony, at the holt& of the Com mandant. Nest morning, at day-break, the Em peror and his fuite fet off for the Cape, where they now are. " There were no Females, at feet none of thofe related to the Imperial Family, prefent on the occa lion. The Emperor himfelf is a bachelor, and his mother is the wife of a municipal officer at the Cape. He is about five feet fix incites high, and Petting afidc a row of white teeth, peeping through a jet black countenance, he has nothing to diftin g uifh him from his brethren of the African race in general. Many of his officers are of use faille very different. Chats. TOPMa and GARRARD are both flout fwaggering fel lows, and their military drefs and long fabres give them a very formidable appearance. As to their mental faculties, I believe there is none of them over burthened with fenfe ; but they have fomeimitced En ropmns among them, who, vain they dire& their Councils, are content to remain in the back ground as long as they are well paid for managing the pro. ceedings before the curtain. aa The Emperor is now employed in preparations to march againft the remainder of the White Troops in the quarter of St. Domingo, and if I have not formed a mitlaken opinion of the zeal and refoltnion of his troops, I think I may pr;clid that there will not be a White left in that quarter of the ifland in lets than two months. Thefe Bliliks are well dif. ciplined, although left fo, perhaps, than European troops in general ; but they have that, which, With being naturalized to the ciiinate renders them fupe rior to any equal number of W hite Troops that can ever be brought againil them. a' In general they treat our countrymen and the Briti(b with civility and refped, but the name of a Frenchman is never mentioned without pointed exe cration. Their hatred is carried fo far, that it is in contemplation to change the language of the ifland Per that of the Englifh ; or, as the Blacks call it, the Ameriean Lanpage, and for this purpofe, I underhand that feminartes are fhortly to be efiablifhed by the Government in different parts of the ifland. At all events, my opinion is, that flavery can never be re. eftablifhed in St. Domingo, but by the total extirpa. tion of its prefent race of inhabitants. _ _ " P. S. Port•au-Prince was, in the reign of Re. publicanifm here, nicknamed Port Republican by the French; but the Blacks have reftored its former name, and pulled down one or two of the Town houfcs, upon which the arms of Liberty were engrav ed by their former oppreffors. I 1 1 • 4 I I C I I C C I I J I ii I ti d ti a d 721 LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Conkls, for Jan. 59111—Reduced sllti—Omaiwn Lickeg. Bills is. dif.—Short Ann. 2 This morning we received lifonitturr to the 23th ult. extrafts from which will be found in the follow ing columns : The Morriteur, of the 22d, mentions the lofs of the de Royrsa, of 74 guns, off Antibes, on the 3d of September. This is a mifiake ; the de RUYTEIt, of 144 guns, was 101 l at Antigua. Potts, Deo. 2o.—M. Roos:Ems is appointed Con ful at Damietta; M. NAUPERTUIS,ConfuI at Rotter. dam ; and M. Dasroaciass, Conful at New Orleans. Yeiterday about noon the POPE wept to fee the Hotel of Invalids. His Holinefs was Attended by feveral coaches. On alighting he was received by the hlirfhal, Governor, and all the OffiCers. Being conduBed by the Clergy of the Hofpital into the church and to the altar, his Holincfs (*Aid prayers in a proper place prepared the purpofe. After which he proceeded to the chaptl and viewed the tomb of TURIIINt. He next vitited the • fick ward of the hofpital, and infpelied every thing with much interelt. His Holinefs (hewed every where marks of his goodnefs and exceeding affability. They write from Verceil, in the Department of La Sefia, that her Insperial•Highners, Madame Bo- NAPARTI, the Emperor's mother, arrived there on thi =4th Frimaire, under the name of Madame R 4. mous°, in the Mirka incognito ; the was, notwith ftanding, received with military honours, and on the following day, when the left the town, (he was cr ooked by a detachment from the garrifon 'az far as the fiat Rage. His Serene Higbnefs the Eleaoral Prince PHARLit of Baden, his Highnefs Prince Louis Maigiave of Baden, and Baron Ka oil LSDOR Fr, Mini fier ?len po. tertiary of his Majeßy the King of Proffia to the Sub. lime Porte, hunted with the Emperor on the 17th. Circular Letter of his Excellency Martini MURAT, Governor of Paris, to the Colonels deputed to the Confecration and Coronation of his Majelty the Ern peror : " MONSIEUR La COLONEL—His Majeßrthe Em- peror called Tou to Paris to be prefent at the Conic cration and Coronation. He was dawns of being furrounded during that memorable conjuneure with the whole army. This grand work is confummated. Alter having difcharged the honourable million with which you were charged, that of reprefentieg the army, you will return to your corps, maintain in it that good difpofition manifefted in the capital of the Empire by the deputation which you carried thither. His Majefty has requefted me to Lally to you his par ticular fatisfaelion. I add to it the expreffion of mine, and participate with all the inhabitants of Paris the regret of not being able to poll - els yon any longer. (Signed) " I. _l4 UIIAT." FAAUCKFORT, DSc. I4.—The trade of Hambtrigh is again fhackled by the numerous cordon of troops which the Danifh Government has thought proper to efiablifh along its frontiers and banks of the Elbe, to preferve it from the contagion of the yellow fever. As great arillnefs is employed in regard to the im portation of merchandize, the trade of that city mull of neccaity be confiderably fettered. The Council of Health at Copenhagen has forbidden, under the Cc verell penalties, the importation of wool, cloth, licc. The Außrian Government has refolvecl to con buil a new commercial road from Cronaadt in Crotaia, to Zara in Dalmitia. The direAion of this work is entrufted to M. Boa;cK. The Hnngarian Gazettes, of November 23, Rate, that Bekir Pacha has eftablifhed himfelf in the en. 'irons of Aftropitz, where he is negotiating with the Servians ; and at the fame time has fignified tp fuch of the inhabitants of Belgrade as remained faith ful to the Grand Signior, that they mull immediately quit that city, unlefs they with to expofe themfelves to the molt difaftrousconfequeaces.l They add, that this notice has made an impreffion even op the Kerfales, who are daily quitting Belgrade in bands of thirty and forty. While thefe fats are announced in the Hungarian Gazettes, the latt intelligence from Turkey Rates that good order and tranquillity are reftored in Servia, at teal for the preen t. A new arrangement, it is Paid, has been made between Be- Eta-Pacha, Czzast GEORGE, and the Chief of the Kerfales, at Belgrade. A new Turki(h garrifon wil; occupy the fortrcli of Belgrade, and the new Pacha will beacknowledged there in the quality given to him by the Porte. Amid! fo many efmtradiaory reports, however, it is not eafy to difeover the truth. The Porte, according to the fame intelligence from Tur key, has given orders to the Pacha, who commands in Romelia, to repair to Bofnia to reduce the infur gents who are affembled in that diftria. Visa i*, Nov. 20.—1 t is in agitation to form a con fiderable augmentation to the privileges of the town of Lindau, which, by its &nation in the middle of the Lake of Conftance, will foon be oue of the molt important places of the Auftrian Monarchy. Coarranrinopt.s, Nov. to.—No capitulation has yet been concluded between the Captain Pacha and the rebel 'WAIL, who, as is well known, has feiled on the Government of Acre, which is Rill invefted, both by fea and land. Betides other conditions; Isaias:. requires, that the Porte fhould confirm him in the Pachalik. It is believed, that the Grand Seignior is almoft inclined to agree to this demand, provided Ifmael will faithfully deliver up the treafures of Dgezzar Pacha, which amount to feveral millions of piaftres, and that he will take a folenan oath of fide lity and obedience to the Porte. Should an arrange ment really take place on thefe terms, Ibrahim Pa clia, who had been nominated Governor of Acre, will find himfelf in a very precarious lltuation, (ince the inhabitants of Damafcus will no lcuager receive him as Governor. According to letters from Aleppo, of (Maher 22, the negotiations again begun between the new Pacha and the inhabitants of that town, are nearly termi nated. The latterl have agreed to receive the Go vernor, provided he will engage not to eftablifh any new imports. On the departure, however, of the letters, the communication between the town and the troops of the Pacha was nit open. In Egypt the Arnauts and Mamelouks continue to carry on hoftilities, frequent battles take Pla4 be cwt en the two parties, but hitherto no decilive battle has been fought. An epidemic difeafe has broken out in this city and his alremiy iks‘pt off v hole families. It is of Bribed to the great heat which prevailed towards the end of IA rummer ..nd which was foil roved by cold damp weather. As the prejudicei of the Turks pre vent them from adopting the meafures nee:Tory in fuch cares, it is to'be apprehended that this malady will increafe, unle4 winter naturally put an end to it. STUTgAILD. DE . C. 16.—A1l the perfons imprifoned is confequence of the difpute between the Eledtor and the States of Wirtembrrg, have been fet at li berty, and the Members of the Particular Coromittie have been already reatired to their funiftions, as well as the Syndics and other funftionaries of the States. The proceedings alfo inftituted in regard to the ac compts are annulled, and the Extraordinary Com miffion, eftablifhed for tilt porpofe of enquiry into this bufinefs, is diffolved. Ganoa, Die.- B.—*The Florence Gazette of the ft contains the followin4article":--The loft accounts from Leghorn are of a mare conOlatory nature. The day before yefterday one" individual died. The num ber of the lick has not been increafed by fo much as one, and many of the conialefeents have been thought fo far reamed to health, 'as to be able to quit the hof pital: At Pifa and in the environs, as well as in the diftria of Leghorn, the People enjoy perfat health. Letters from Naples ('peak of a new eruption of Vefuvius, which took place on the night between the sod and 23d of Nov Aber. This volcano, from whiel. a few inconfJeTabk colamns Of fiv► iffued oc 1 calionaTly at long intervals, about four boars. and after a fudden explofion, which preceded and ar, nounced the eruption, projected to a great height, bright names, which were foon followed by an abundant current of lava, which ran down with Inch violence and rapidity, that in three hours it pa:- fed the limits within which it had confined itfclf dur ing the eruptions which took place three years ago. One may eaftly conceive the terror and fur. prife of the inhabitants of thcfe places, and of thoft in particular of the Tore del Greco, towards which the fury of the volcano feemed to he dircEl cd. But the intrepidity of the Court, which t \ Is then at Portici, greatly contributed to infpire the people with confidence againft the apprehenfion of fo great danger. The courfc of the lava indeed has already aackened, and it is believed that it u ill t .t extend farther its ravages. MARK-LANE. CORN EXCNANGE, JAN. 2. The fupply of Wheat is confiderable, and has a heavy Pale at prefent prices ; to-day it rather inclines downwards for fecond and inferior qualities—at the Fiore of Monday's market, Barley was rather lower than ocr currency—to-day plenty and fomething cheaper—Malt likewife—Peas, with Beans, at fmall difference.—Oats are plentiful, and may likewife be quoted nearly as our laa.—Flour in full fupply, and little 41teration in other articles. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER. Wheat. 841.96 a. lose per qr. Grey Peak 436. to 48a. Fine Ditto, to6a toBs od. Runs, 505. 555. od. Rye, jai. 56.. Tick Ditto 4C 1.525. of tß l dere43l. 471. 04. Oats, 28s. 323.348. Malt, 775. 821. od. Poland ditto, 35s 36.. 64. White Parc, sss. 6:a. od. Rape Sccd, 421. to 461. per la ft PRICE OE FLOUR, Fine Flour gos. to gss. Seconds Bss. to gos. per lack . Bakap.—l'dlerday the LORD MAYOR, after in (peeling the Meal weigher's reports, ordered the anh e or price of Bread, to continue the fame as lah week s viz. at is. 4,d. the quartern loaf, wheaten, and IS. 2;d. houfehold. Yefterday morning his MAJESTY, attended by ; number of Gentlemen, walked through Eton. Her MAJESTY and the PattscissEs took an airing tq Frogmore. Lord Mst.vti.t.a returned to town this morning and attended at the Admiralty. • • Yeiterday difpatches were received at: the Admi ralty from Lord GAanxia at Cork,7ltating that there is no hope of getting the Tif uNgsasit of On Monday a Board was held at the Admiralty. to take'into confederation fame Woe(' of great im portance, relative to Grensvich Hofpital. To-morrow Board will %e held at the Admiralty for the purpofe of examinieg-feaipen previous to their being admitted into Greenwich Hofpital, and for granting out-penfions. ' Letters were yellerday received from Rotterdam, by way of catwyke, dated lait Thurfday. At that time M. SCHIMidIIMINNINCK had not returned from Erance, but he was hourly expeCted, when there wee every reafon to believe, that the long talked-of changes in ' the Natavian Conflitntion would immedi. atelT stake place. It is hated, that BONAPARTE, TAMAYRAIM and Scuttassurrxiiiiicr, had a long conference together at Patis, en the 2 tit ult. and that every thing was then Onally arranged. An the ports of Holland are fo completely frozen up; that no veffel is extwaed from thence for Coma time. Yeßerday, at one o'clock, being New Year's day, the whole Of the Foot Guards, quartered at Knightf: bridge Barracks, were regaled, according to annual cram, with an excellent dinner of road beef and plum pudding, and a pot of beer for each man. There was a very Brong molter ; 310 fat down, and during the dinner ! they were vi fi ted by the Com mander in Chief, the Duke of Yoax, Cpl. CALVERT. Col. Baciwmatoo and a great number of other Ge neral Offieera. After dinner', the Duke of YORK let off on a vifit to his MAISSTY at Windt - or, where he dined, and after dinner proceeded to garlands. PrinceWILLUM of GLoucarr sa arrived yellerday, with the whole of his fuite, at the houfe of his father, the Duke of GLotjcssrsa, in Upper Grofvenor-greet, fi om Liverpool. The Wigtonlhire battalion of Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M'Dow. ALL, of Logan, were on perinancnt duty at Stan raar for fourteen days, from the 14th to the nth No vember tail. On the 23d they were reviewed by Brigadier General blgKtezts, 'who honoured them by bis aPprobation in the following order BRIGADE ORDERS. Brigadier General MlCaizie was this day much gratified to find the Wigtnnfhire Volunteer Infantry fo well founded in the know. ledge of mantruvre, and the ufe of arms ; the exertion of each in. di~idunl rceedls much credit= all tanks, and they only require pradtice to uta.ke them equal to any corys whatever. The General and Gentlemen in the neighbourhood dined • with the • Gfficers, who gave a ball in the evening. • ()mesas Wit:tows AND, CAILDKEN.—The follow. ing benevolent regulation relating to officers widows and children, beating date the 17th of Auguß, 1776, having, from be;ng unknown to the unfortunate ob )elts for whoTe refief it was deflgned, becomeObfolete In the fervice, we have much pleafure in giving it publicly, for the benefit of fuch as may hereafter become entitled to this allowance : Wlien any tinniniffioned Officer San be Wed in action. hi. widow and orphan children (if I* leaves any) Mall be allowed as follows: • To a widow, a hill year's pay, according to her hurband's re ghtwastal cosubilfson to each child under age, and remaining uh married, one-third of what is allabted the widow ; poithunlous child= to be included. " The Commanding Meer of the corps In which the thin eer reeved. eta% on dentand, give 'd certificate of hit being hilted in adion to his funiving wife and children, refpediveig. foceify ing the time when, and the place where, the laid accident hap pened, a duplicate of which certificate mall be tranfinitte4 with the neat monthly return." Mr. Burch, a ?laaerer, in Webber•row, went to . :bed on Friday-night, at nine o'clock, in apparent good health, and at feVen the next morning was !found a lif!lefs ample. NA MA Dublin IV:its/ford PORTS MOIL ]en's the Ga bate has Oft DFAL, JAN and Locusr the Downs w John and R Admiral Ler n•Rcri to the liac failed for YARMOUTH f7eet of home , ived the Vl] —.Er, the SNI PRINCESS At The Amiral tared b 1 the paired, and Sheernefl, un var.—The fh itussfit.; Mc Adamant, of arid Scorpion Drake cutter. bdt cannot ob We are ha; diftribution ul every prnbabi vented from c coerce in that hands of form fearch of him LINOIS 1.614 July, with the The difTerc and likely to Albion Sceptre - There failec tLe Mozambic Trtn.eidou• Lanc..fler Sheernefs - Phatt,n Sailed from to be for Mad Trident Rued Caroline La Dectaigneuil Sailed from dui, accounts barking troop To thefe ma taro FAVERMAI June and w•as ; large chips for with LINOIS, edit) , capture There i lowing Chips o Centurion Grampus St. Forma° Concorde Terpftchore Fot Wilhelmina Vidor Alba:rola Darner Rattleftsake The Cunt, ttw, Captain tnuft now he a The followit the above velfc His Majefty chored in the t from a cruize. Tto 'PRE-51E! arrived at Burr thence about tt SHAKE froOp Lieut. GORDON The For ft Mocha Roads I 'tented the Ft, our trade in tilt His tfajefty Capt. SURRIDG D}DA:oNsuss, were in Cochin Tbr crew of fickly what} at . His Majefty'! =rived in Madi His Majedy Owi.t.t, which 1: rived in patches for Ad The (loops of And ALhATROI Bengal in June gear quantity The PHAETn at Bengal on a The Hugh I to a leak, had bound fleet a c the River Gai Wales's Hand bad been taken her Cafe into the Two Dutch I lying in Banta' on the 2zd May purpofe of proc former one hav The Dutch men manned, and in and alnaoa of e$