Star. — London, England, 1802-06-08 00:00:00

NOKTHAAP To ROBERT CARY EI.WEi Lin. Sheriff of the County of NorCharopton, !11. the und:rfigned, reque:l that you will be to COOTAnr a General Merting of this County, oa as early A Day a; coosee - lem, for - he purpore of farming a Congranthtory Addrris to his ivlajc!ly on the happy or Kam. : 1 / 4 . o r tharnmcn, Jure 4, ass. To isaase, • CHAS. NtWICAV, Intim Ertrals Dottere, G. Rout:46ore, TA:I,S CLC I L MAW/SILL, R. W. BLCNCGWE, Roar. Astnaew, Tuos. R. TitiSkSITOSt, W. S.v.isemt, Jos. J LtYLL RT R. de rA'ELL E'ofxr, CHR. HUNTLR, t tar, Fox, G. WATIEIN, LIP SD. BAYLEY, D. D. THOS. BOTCH Cl. concrq.:ence of the above Requifition I appoint a General - 'u or the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and Niahitatits Comty of Northolipton, to he holds at the Col tyHill , i.i Nnithamp:on, on Monday, the el.venth day of June, intl. at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. kOB. CAREY ELWES, Sheriff. Silting, June. 7, 1802• . 1 ~ LONDO.N. TUESDAY, JUNE E. WuirsuN-Tinsoli7,-1 - lohday at the Public Dikes. By letters which reached us this morning from Git)raltar we learn, that on the Bth ult. Sir JAMES .. 2 .tt/MAREZ f a iled from Minorca to take the cm mAnd r.f the Mediterranean fqtradron. Lord H Rill remitted at Gibraltar with four fail of the line, aid a number of frigates. A l'ortuguzfe lquadron, confining of one line of battle and three ft igates, had been lying there fume time ; and art American fquadron, confining of three frigates, had arrived there from off Tripoli, on the 6:h of May.—Four Swcdifh frigates were left keeping up ;he blockade of that place. By the fame l:ttcrs we learn, that the plague Rill ,tinned its ravages in Barbary ; in conk. qtteriee of which the gar:icon were obliged to keep up a very fharp lookout, to prevent any boats from the oppofite fhore from landing, without perfl•rmin avery aria quarantine. The garriion was very healthy, and, from the firtel precautions taken, under no apprehenfion of the malady gainicg a footing among them. ST. DOMINGO. We yeflerday received New York Papers of the a4th April. They contain a variety cf accounts f. - om St. Domingo, which defcribe the French as having made very little progrefs in reducing the ifland to ftibjetlion. The accounts are not later than the French official difpatches, but they are 11"ciul as a fupplement to the latter. We copy the New York Paper, though we muff caution our Readers to diarnfl the horrid details of barbarities committed on both fides in this firvile war. The Americans, at leait the Journals alluded to, evidently are rot friendly to the French caufe, and to fpeak of the cruelties of the Blacks needs little referve. The dtfeelion of RICAUD is a cir cumaance not previoufly known ; and if true, ma have been the refult of a very fingular re f.nement of treachery. If IticaUD, a mulatto, the old rival of Toussaisr, brouglt back to the ifland to aid the French, began to intrigue againa them, their interea with all colours is evidently in a very declii.iag flare. The French troops will have confiderable difficulty to maintain themfelves till further reinforcements arrive. They will be in. ceffantly harafred ; for the Blacks, accuflomed to the climate, will venture to carry on what in rela tion to St. Domingo may be called a winter cam paign, while the French troops will be confined to their cantonments by the rains and by ficknefs. There are fume mistakes in the following details,. in regard to LECI.i.P.O being wounded, &c. and perhaps among recent occurrences is claffed the afftir of t a Coot a Pio-rot, but neverthelefs the general outline a•f the fituation of the French we apprehend to be agreeable to the truth. On the t 7th of April the brig Favourite, Capt. Beacon, arrived at New York, in twelve days, from Cape Francois, and brought intelligence of the Blacks ha►iitg proved vinorious in fevet al late e tgagements with the French; Genzral LECLEsc's firli Aid-de•Camp had been killed, and the Gene ral and feenntl Aid de-Camp badly wounded. The Negroes infeiled fr.e country within a mile of the Cape,anz! were daily capturing fmall detachments ofWhites, the grtatefl part of whom they inflantly maffacred. The Dutch fleet had arrived, and there were between So and go fail of Americans lying in psrt, the gre ttefl part of which were wait ng payment for their c...rgoes. An American Paper Rates, that the harfh treat ment experienced by the American Captains, &c. in the Weft Indies, from the French, arofe from the circirnifianres of it having been proved that Capt. Lea (an American) with his crew had pro cured immenfe plunder at the Cape during the conflagration, and that General Leci.sec had compelled him to rellore it to the different filter ers. This circtimflance would not have bean dif covered had nut the plunderers quarrelled in di viding the fpoil. PAUL Louvraruar (brother in law of Tous s)L::+r) had futrendered, togethcr with 2000 Ne pots undo-Ids cowman:l. He and his troops were r,inflated in the service of the French. The fever continues to carry off numbers of the French army. The Government fill pradifed the fyftem of forced purchafes of the property carried thither, and had lowered the price of flour to eight dollars, but no payments had been made. The French General was at Port Republicain, and the American Conful had left the Cape for that place to remonftrate with him. Several American Captains have been imprifon ed at the Havannah, for having entered that port contrary to orders. It is the determination of the Governor that no American •e(fels (hall be per mitted to trade there. The Nev York Gazette,lif isith and soth of April, contains the following interefting intelli- I gence on the fubjeet of St. Domingo : " By the brig Liberty, Captain 13lowtt, from Cape Francois, we hive accounts to the • 3d at which time nothing decifive had occurred. The French army was entirely fruftrated in its opera tions by the nightly excurfions of the Blacks, who rased on them with ravage impetuofity,and after flaughtering and burning whatever fell within their reach, retired to their faftnefres. A confiderable number of French wounded troops were brought to Cape Francois, on the if of April, and it was laid General Officers among the number. A fqua dron from Breit, with a reinforcement of 'moo men, had arrived. Madame DESSALINES, wife of the General, has been made prifoner by the French. The jewels and other ornaments found on her per fon, were of immenfe value. On the 6th of April, the day on which Capt. BROWN left Cape Francois, the fituation of that place was truly deplorable. Capt. Bsoww Rates, that there was not the leaf profped of LICLERC'S fubduing the Blacks, who were daily committing depredations on the lives and property of the inha bitants, in fight of the Cape. That the Blacks had in the different engagements killed about 6000 of the French troops ; that many of them were daily falling facrifices to a diforder which prevail. ed among them, and that the cruelty of the one party was not exceeded by that of the other. The French when they have taken a number of Blacks, condua them to the edge of a large pit, dug for the purpofe, when they are either fhot, or put to the fword, or tumbled in ; the Tench arifing from this uncovered grave, is extremely offenfive for three miles round. The Blacks maffacre the Whites wherever they meet them, and leave them unburied, and the ground in many places is flrewed with dead bodies. Capt. &tows adds, that the Batavian fleet, confifling of five 74's, two frigates, and feveral tranfports,with sOOO troops on board, had arrived a few days before he failed; that La: CLERC had been wounded at Port au Prince ; that the French troops had been kept almoft continu ally within their fortifications ; and that feveral fcouting parties had been entirely cut off by the Blacks." It is (fated, on the fame authority, that Ric AUD, who came out with the French army, had turned traitor, and had nearly given up a part of the French army ; but, on the eve of putting his fcheme into execution, his letters to a General in the Spaniffi part of the Ifland were intercepted.— Itt c au% with feveral of his Officers, was imme diately taken prifoner, and put on board a 74. , and failed for France on theyth int. to take his trial. _ . _ The latter part of this information is confirmed in the Commercial efelverlifer, of the 22d of April, which contains copies of -the letters of Lac sac, Dunue, the officer who apprehended RIGAUD, and of Ricaunhinifelf to General LAPLUIda, com manding in the Southern Department. The let ters of LECLERC and Dunua relate to the order for RIG ROD'S apprehenfion, and RIGAUD, in his letter, regrets the furrender of LAPLUME, and be trays a fpirit of revenge. This letter he had writ ten in exprefs defiance of LECLERC'S orders, who. in his lettcr lays, that his name could do but little good, and much barn; that he had fent emillaries into the South to , flop cultivation, and infpire , peaceable citizens with terror. With fuck he confidered that General RIGAUD could not contribute to the re-eaablithment of the Co lony of St. Domingo. The following are the letters alluded to : COPY OF A LETTER. OF THE GENERAL IN CHIEF LII.• CLERCTO GENERAL DUGUA, CHIEF OF THE STAFF. " You will find hereunto annexed, Citizen General, a copy of *letter DtinCll by General Rioavn to General LAPLUYC• Whin I brought General RJGAUD to St. Domingo, my inten tion was not again to talk up his party, by emitting that of TOUSSAINT. 'The parties which bad miffed fo long in St. Do mingo have been the caufe of all the misfortunes of this Colony. I had laid to General RIGAUD, that if he fuffered much injury in this country, he ought not to forget that hirnfelf had done a grcat deal to others. 1 had forbidden him to carry on any cor refpondence in the South, where I knew his name could do bat little good, and much harm. He has defpifed my orders; he has written to General I.Aet.vssa the annexed letter, in which he kerns to regret that this brave General furrendered, and be trays a dcflre of revenge ; he has fent migrants in the South to Ro h l cultivation, and infpire peaceable citizens with terrors.— With fuck principles General RIGAUo cannot contribute to the re-eltablifhinent of the Colony of St. Domingo. I order you to have him embarked with his family on board the Ertl veffel going to France. You will authorife him to appobit here fame body, wire ktter4 of attorney, to take care of his concerns:— You will give the Petinifter of Um Navy an account of the mo- elves that determine ine to fend back to France General lizOnnii Yon will eade this letter to Lwri.uss a to be printed next to the ;went order. and give it the utmost publicity. (Signcd) " sncizac." COPY OF GENERAL RIOAUD'S LETTER TO GENERAL LAPLUME. COMMANDING THE SOUTHERN DE PARTMENT. " Port Republican, ao Ventofe, (March a a), year to. • Perfecuted thafe ten years, driven away from my property for the loft two years, taken by the Englifit and the Americans• at that time AIIWS of my enemies, I have perfevered in the fame principles I had before. The French Dovernment doing juftice t o my condua and fidelity, gave me an employment In the French army, and my brit fteps are bent towards the incendiary and murdering rebels of the Northern part, whore example you were wife enough not to imitate. You are not ignorant of the deep wounds made on humanity. and deftrudion of my an. happy countrymen; I can only moan on their lot; the evil is irremediable ; but for the fake of thee who are yet living, for me who could not fink under the weight of misfortune, would you not think it conformable tojullice, and even your duty, to give orders without having reeourfe to fuperior authority, that every article that has been taken away, or cards yet in the De partment, Ihould be given back to us. I confine myfeif In this moment to invite you to caufe my niter, or Mr. De aoxszaar , my Attorney, to be put again into the polkftion of my cattle, and that of my brothers, our lands and houfea, and their produce , from the time we have been deprived of it. If we have been enemies to an unjust party, we were true Mends to France that can now caufe its authority to be refpeded, and do jultice to whomfoever it is due. I requeft you to fend me an anfwer, and write what I have to hope for from your return to good prin ciples. I mall not take any other ftep till I have received your anfwer. Whcn the bandittis are once deftroyed in the North ern part, I will bend my conrfe towards the South, where I was born, where I have lived, and canna:Wed with glory. I hope to find there none but brothers and Mends, at leaft good Frenchmen. To the mean while, my wife and children are go , ing among their relations, and I will not tarry long in following them. • (Signed) • A. RIOAL: D." THE GENERAL OF DIVISION AND CHIEF OP THE STAFF TO THE GENERAL IN CHILI LECLERC. " Port Republicain, 7 Germinal, (March 28),year to. " Your order has been executed. General RICiA VD is on board the frigate Cornclie, with the exprefs command of going to France. I have Invited. from you, General Joraust to con duet him there. I have addreffed to the MinUter of the Navy copies of your letter, and of that which this officer wrote to Ge neral LAPLOME. Salutation and'refpeet. (Signed) DUCUA. At the time Captain BROWN left Cape Francois there were at the Cape no lefs than 87 American veils, and of thefe only four had permiftion to fail. No bills or money had been given for their cargoes, except in one or two jubilees. The one •fourth calh, which is paid, was barely fufficient for cafh and expences; no fpecie is permitted to be exported from the Cape, and feveral brigs hawing dollars on board have been compelled to reland it, and take coffee in its Read ; fo great was the demand for money, that a ve Wel was on the point of being difpatched to the Havannall, for the ex prefs purpofe of fetching money from that place. This morning a mail arrived from France, which has brought us Journals to the 4th inft. inclufive, which contain very important intelligence from DOMINICA. Our Readers will recoiled from de tails already laid before them in this Paper, that, on Admiral LACROSSE being refacd permiffion to land at Gua , &loupe, in confequence of the Negroes then in infurredion in that ifland being in polfeilion of the forts, he proceeded to Dominica. where he was well received by Governor joultsvoms, and pub billed the proclamation, which we laid before the public fome time ago. We are concerned to (late, that the feeds of negroe infurreetion have found their way to Dominica itfelf, but how tn- in what manner, we cannot learn from the information be• fore us, which our Readers will find in the fub joined letter : BOURDEAU X, MAY 29.—“ The (hip l'Efpiegle, of Brea, anchored yefierday in this harbour. This veflel, which belongs to Madam BERTRAND, &c. has brought home a cargo of colonial produce.— Captain NOEL, the Commander, declares that he left Guadaloupc on the 23d Germinal, (April 13), on the 25th following, (April 15), failed froth the Bay of Rofeau, in the ifland of Dominica, at which he touched in order to receive the orders of Ge neral LACROSSE for France. Captain NOEL having obferved through the Grande Anfe of Dominica, an alremblage of armed men, who were firing upon each other, only lay to in the Bay of Rofeau with. out. anchoring, and landed in a canoe. " He immediately waited on the 'Englifh Go. vernor,' with whom he found General LACROSSE, who was preparing to accompany the Governor, at the head of the troop, who were emhling to march agailft the Blahs of the /Had, who bad hoed the flandard of revolt, of their Englyl, Officers, and feized on the Fort of the Grande Ante. General LACROSSE formed Captain Noss, that three-fourth: of the Ne groes in the Void were in a flate of ieurreBion ; and I added, that the Governor had proclaimed Martial Law, caufed the red flag to be !milted in all the forts, and ordered him to go on board and hold himfelf ready to proceed to France. At five o'clock next morning he failed from the ifland. " Capt. No at. aliens, that his velrel has brought the firft intelligence of this infurreftion, and that it is not yet known in England. We find, how. ever, by the London newfpapers of the igth ult. that the MORGIANA 'loop mull have already car ried this intelligence thither." As to the allufion to the arrival of the Magi c, 1.% A, we can hardly think, had fuck intelligence been reeeived, by her, that Government would have concealed it fo long. Indeed, the meafures that would neceffarily have taken place in confe quence would have betrayed the nature of the in , telligence, had it been attempted to be kept fecrct; for it is not to be fuppofed that a moment's delay would have taken place in fending out forces'to the colony. It is even not poilible that the Moactema could bring fuch news, if the date of her failing has been correEt. She reached Portfmouth on the t7tit of May, and had been 45 days on her paii - age home from Martinico—and Tome days mull be al lowed to carry the news thither from Dominica. We have done our duty in Rating what hac reached us: to dwell upon it further at the pre. fent moment would, perhaps, be improper ; cannot, however, forbear mentioning that tbic mifchief, if it esifts, mutt in Come degree be at tributed to having embodied military corps of Negroes for the defence of the Colonies 1 ! The meafure was difapproved by many at the time, bat now perhaps it is coo late to enter upon the queftion FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. THE MINISTER OF THE FOLIC& HA3 WRITTSN THE SOLLOWtNG LETTER TO THE PILEFI,CTS. Paris, May 30. -Reports of every kind ate propagated, and though the putl;c are accuftonsed to there refults of the imbecility or malevolence of the human mind, people dill [Ara themfelves to be deceived. I, therefore, think it my duty, Citizen Prefect, to put you on your guard againft all the falk reports by means of which attempts are made to fpread uncathads, and to impale on the Inhabitants of the Communes : Paris is tranquil, and cannot be agitated. No plot has threatened or threatens the life of the Firft Conful ; he can have nothing to fear but excels of labour, and the fatigue to which he expofes himfclf for the laterals of the Republic. Some libcilifts may f:,r a moment circulate their glaring fare. hoods in the olyistrit . 7 Le whiel, t iy Apple thetufelver concealed; but they will meet with deferved indignation and contempt, evaa before the police has arrefted and puniil4 the authors. I (Aline you. (Signed) lOLICIIf. , Letters from Belgrade Rate, that the janiffarics have expelled from tharcity the Commiffioner fent thither by the Portc to claim the property of the lan Pacha. Tier' 6orielidi, (or, as they are now called, five per cents.) 55 fr. 3o c. BERLIN, MAT-22...—M. Di HUMBOLD, brother of the celebrated Naturalilt, has, it is laid, been appointed Ambaffador . to Rome, in the place of M. UHDEN. The Duke of WEYMAX will /et ou; on the z4th to return to his capital. The Deice of &nu swicit has already fet out for his States. HAMBVRGH MAIL By this conveyance we have received the fol louing : HILSINcIIOILG, IA SCHONEN, MAY 250--The day before yefterday we had the pleafure to fee their Majetlies and the Family of Baden, arrive Isere. From the i9th to the 23d, the plcafure camp was at Bonarp. The troops, under the com mand of General Baron VON TOLL, manceuvred in pretence of their Majeflies, and the other dif tinguifhed perfonages. The day after to. morrow the Family of Baden continue their journey to Elfineur and Copenhagen; and on the fame day their Majefties return to Stockholm, where they will arrive on the ad of June. STOCKHOLM, MAY 2 number of the royal yachts and tranfports, from the fquadron in this port, are now fitting up, and equipping in the belt manner, for the voyage of their Majeftiea t to 'Fin land, which is now fixed for the Bth of June. The Ma(ler•General of the Ordnance, VON EKREN' s7ltoll, is gone to Finknd, with an Adjutant, in order to make all neseffary arrangements for the great encampment, which is to be formed in that country. Baron VON MOLCKEN, Chamberlain to •the Qeen, is appointed Vice-Governor of the pro vince of Carlaadt. PR E saou RO, MAY '4.—Soon after the opening ' of the Dict, the Emperor declared, that it was his intention that it inould not enter upon any reli gious difcuffion, becaufe quellions of that kind tend often to inflame the public mind, without producing any good to religion ; and betides that each fed in the Empire enjoyed the free exercife of its woribip.- BERLIN, MAY 25.—Laft Sunday the review for this year was ended, after having hiked three days. The number of troops reviewed, infantry and ca valry, including the garrifon of this place, amount. ed to 36,000 men. All the manoeuvres were per formed with the greateft precifion, and to the en tire fatisfa&ion of his Majsrry. On each of the three days there was a fplendid dinner in the King's Cattle, and afterwards a ball and (upper. The regiments are already returned to their garrifnus. It is now known here, that the EMPRESS of RUS SIA does not accompany the EMPEROR CO Memel. He will he attended only by two Adjutants. Their Majesties, the KING and QUEEN, fct off this day for the reviews in Pruffia. His Maje(ly's blathers alto depart to-day. His Serene Highnefs the Dugs of BRUNSWICK will go to Praia in July, in order to direr the conftruiftion of the two fort. reffes in the newly-acquired provinces of that king dom. Lieutenant-General Volt GEusAv, Chief of the Engineer Corps, will accompany the Du cs in his journey for this purpofe. •,.